So after filling everyone in on the various stages of getting back to the gym and how I have been handling recovery, I decided to conclude the Re-Armed concept with a video sharing my intent to get back to regular training. Although I’m not 100% yet, I am getting close and will be following a steady routine from here. You can get the details in the latest video. Remember I do read the comments, so if you feel I need to cover something else before hitting a new segment then let me know.
Best,
Sebastian Maclean

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I had a number of people ask me what supplements I was taking while healing from surgery and what might speed tendon repair. That being said, here is my response. I didn’t cover much about standard protein powders etc., as I wanted to discuss the supplements I started using specifically to speed recovery. Check out the video here:

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Well things went nuts this last week, so I haven’t had an update for you as quickly as I wanted to. That said, the below video is a bit of a montage of what has been going on with my blown bicep since the last video.

I wanted to bring you up to date on how things are progressing with the healing process, so I can get back to those of you that have been asking me what I am doing for nutrition to get the tendon healing faster.
In the mean time, I am applying the Naturally Massive methods in the gym (see the side bar for that program) and have the latest video for you here:

Talk soon,
Sebastian MacLean

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Yesterday I turned another year older. With the arm still moving through its recovery process, I found myself struggling to feel entirely positive about adding an extra year to the sum of my life. It’s just part of my frustration with being slowed down when moving toward a goal, specifically one such as getting in shape for a film that I need to sell my physicality on.

As I get deeper into my 30’s I find myself wrestling with the question of how much time a guy has to make an impact through youthful resilience and risk taking. The responsibilities of fatherhood, marriage, making a living, and minimizing injury all press on the mind as reasons to feel the clock of age beginning to turn against the more youthful desires of the heart.

I had to give my head another shake, get mad and snap out of it. I was falling into the trap that hits many of us when life knocks the wind out of our sails. Something in our circumstances and our head starts telling us, ‘It’s time to sit down and get old because we had our chance. Our fortunes have changed; the time for boldness has come and gone.’ I suppose every big change or big endeavor is tested in its resolve in this way. We can shake off that fear or surrender to the lethargy of age.

A time will come, maybe it already has, when you will question if you can still take a stand and become what you once believed you could. That day will make you doubt you have what it takes, because your body will hurt in ways it never used to, your heart will have been crushed in ways that can make optimism feel like a fantasy, and personal failures will humble you into seeing how little you know.

Don’t let these hard things cripple you; let them be tools that cause you to find the grit to carry on, even when others would lie down under the pressure. In the end it’s not how hard you can shake your fist that gives you courage and a youthful heart, its whether or not you’re still willing to curl your fingers in a ball, get up and start swinging with all the strength you still have left.

Being young of heart at the dawn life takes no courage; it is just the way things are. However, being young of heart, when life has laid its scars and years on you, takes the courage and boldness to stand with the weight of the world on your shoulders. You’ve got to be brave enough to recognize you never have to throw in the towel in life, because the only person that will make you step out of the ring is you.

This is your one life of mortal flesh and bone and you never have to sit down or shrivel up. That will be your choice. Until your last breath, this is your time to do something. Be bold or get old.

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I’m getting that much closer to getting myself back to the gym in the latest video. That said, my tendency to lose size fast when I’m not training is really starting to show. It’s all part of the process though.

Have a look at how quickly things are progressing with the blown bicep and let me know if you have any useful recovery information that might make it into future episodes. In the mean time, here’s the latest video journal update:

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A few days after my surgery for the distal bicep rupture I decided it was time to do a little update on my progress. I didn’t have access to the fancy camera, so your seeing some stuff shot with a little Kodak InstaPick still camera I had near my couch. Here is what a man with a few days of cabin fever looks like. Not a pretty sight…

Check out episode 2 of the Re-Armed series:

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One Week Give Away / Exchange

I just realized I have said little about the contents of CONTEST RIPPED: A CONVERSATION REVEALED.

I guess that since I decided to hand out the book this week,in exchange for any donation of $1 or more to my friends Haiti relief effort,I took for granted that knowing more about the book might still be needed.

First of all, Contest Ripped: A Conversation Revealed is not a menu break downor a training program. It is a conversation and is written as such.

It is a book that looks over my shoulder, as I speak to the concerns and questionsof a first time competitor, looking for the way to get as lean and muscular aspossible for the contest stage. It covers how to eliminate water retentionfrom under the skin, how to carb up, how to evaluate blood sugar levels and much more.

If you have no idea how to train then this book may be worth grabbing now,while I’m essentially giving it away. However you will likely onlybe able to apply this information once you have advanced in your training.

So far many of you have grabbed a copy and the funds, which will bedonated to the Mana Care Foundation for relief in Haiti, have reached $483.With amounts ranging from $3 to $100, everyones desire to help is making a difference.

With just 3 more days to go, I got a call from the Mana Care Foundation yesterdayand their goal of $100,000 in a week has already hit $80,000. These guysare hitting the ground with food and water soon and it looks like they willhave the funds to feed a large number of families over the coming weeks.

Again, for those that donated, I thank you.

For those still thinking about it, you can look at it one of two ways:

1. Take a shot at helping these guys hit the dollar mark they are looking for this week or…

2. Take advantage of me and grab my book for dirt cheap, while I’m giving the book away in exchange for any donation of $1 or more. Head to Paypal.com and send whatever you decide to info@sebastianmaclean.com

Only three days left to go.

Talk to you soon.

All the best,

Sebastian

PS

Remember that if you don’t like the idea of sending me the donated funds (which I am turning over at the end of this week), you can also donate directly by going to www.helphaitinow.ca and then send me your receipt. I’ll still send you my book this way as well.

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