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LINSANITY!!!!!

Published: 25 Feb 2012 by Lenny | Comments: 1

To Linfinity and beyond! 

(Ok ok...I will spare you guys. I think we've heard enough of all the 'Lin' play on words)

For those who didn't know, basketball is a huge hobby of mine and there's no way I could lie to you guys...I caught the Linsanity bug. But what do I really think about Jeremy Lin?

Ok, if you don't know who Jeremy Lin is or you're wondering why you keep hearing all these play on words like 'LINSANITY', 'all he does is LIN LIN LIN', or 'FOR THE LIN', then let me give you a very quick summary.
Jeremy Lin is an Asian American basketball player of Taiwanese or Chinese descent, a Harvard University graduate who VERY quickly rose to stardom in the NBA. There are a couple of reasons for this sudden hype: 

• One - he is the very first American-born player of Taiwanese or Chinese descent.
  Ok I will be completely honest...he is getting alot of hype for the simple fact that he's asian. Period. If an African-American player made the same stats as he has been getting, it would just be a normal thing. Black players do what he does every night but not many are singing praise for those guys. It's unfortunate but part of the hype is because of race. 
• Two - he unexpectedly led the New York Knicks to a winning streak and was promoted to the starting line up.
  What Jeremy has done on the basketball court and how the New York Knicks have benefited from him is the true story here. This is what's most important. Not many people know, but Jeremy started at Golden State Warriors (his hometown), then moved onto the Houston Rockets before the New York Knicks picked him up because they simply needed to replace their injured players. He was competing for only a backup spot and even considered himself the 12th to 15th guy on the roster (that's pretty bad considering there's only 5 players on the court from one team). 
  The beautiful thing is...Jeremy was given an opportunity and he took it with both hands and look at where he is now. Don't get me wrong he didn't get to this point without hardwork. If you check him up, he has gone through ALOT to get to this point and he will continue to face problems. Like right now, there's a huge thing about the media commenting on his race. 

To me, Jeremy isn't a flashy player. There's nothing fancy about him. He's not a LeBron James, Dwayne Wade or a Kobe Bryant. He gets the job done on the court. He played amazing and very inspiring basketball in the Knicks winning streak but after a few losses and turning over the ball alot, people are starting to be very critical of him. I've been seeing headlines like "Lin fails to lift Knicks", "Lin and Knicks overwhelmed by the Heat", "Heat gives Lin, Knicks a reality check". Cut the guy some slack! I'm sure he's not the only player on the Knicks. What about Carmelo Anthony and Amare Stoudemire? Did they play well? Well....no they didn't and the Miami Heat's big 3 Wade, Bosh and James were just too good. To be honest, they are in another league at the moment in the whole competition.    

Ok I can talk FOREVER about basketball but what I'm trying to say is, Jeremy is a prime example of hardwork, focus and passion for the game. If you genuinely love what you do, you will excel in it and that's that! Hopefully Jeremy can become a 10 year NBA player. I will leave you guys of a clip of Jeremy Lin's Highlight for those who have no idea what I'm ranting about and also for the basketball fans who wanna appreciate some good basketball =P

Talk soon guys!

ps LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS THINK OF JEREMY LIN. I am very interested to know =)

Lenny (aka Frog)  

Blending Chicken Breast!

Published: 21 Feb 2012 by Jeff | Comments: 9

Today I went and got myself a new blender! A pretty decently powerful one at that! It was way more expensive than I would've normally paid for a blender, but seeing as I had a voucher from a long while back, I thought I may as well use it!

For many people, eating is one of the most difficult parts to body building. Even more so than the training itself, because it is easy to remain focused and train hard for 45 minutes or an hour. Being able to eat well is something that needs to be managed all day every day. A number of people have told me that blending chicken breast is a great easy way to get quality protein, as an alternative to having to eat the same amount. Personally, I find it very difficult to eat the amount of protein that I should at every meal, because chicken breast tastes remarkably bland and uninteresting. Even more so if it is cooked in a way to maximise health. Because of this, it would obviously be much easier to drink the contents down in one hit and be done with it.

Now blended chicken sounds terrible... but I put it to the test tonight! After boiling the chicken until it was cooked, I put it into my new blender and let it work its magic! The first round came out looking much like sawdust :P so I figured I needed to add water to it. After adding water, it turned out much smoother, and I tried some of it. To be honest, it really wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. It literally just tasted like boiled chicken breast. Bland but not particularly repulsive.

Next I got to adding a few more things to it to make it taste significantly better. I added some garlic, onion flakes, onion salt, some all purpose seasoning, and some carrots. Surprisingly, this time around when I tried it, it was much like drinking chicken soup, albeit a thick and chunky chicken soup. After adding a little bit more water and giving it another whirl, the result actually turned out quite good! It was almost just like a pasta sauce! I have to say I am pretty pleased with how it turned out. It is probably still something that I will get sick of after having it too much, but for now, I think I've found a great way to get my required protein intake without having to choke down chunks of bland meat!

I guess I will also have to see whether or not this actually works in terms of improving body composition. All a work in progress! Can't wait to see the results in a couple of weeks. We are all actually thinking about doing the P90X workout program as well, the reviews for it have been awesome! If we can train to look like spartans in 90 days, then we are all keen to give it a go!

Has anyone tried drinking blended chicken juice? Or maybe tried the P90X workout program?

Animal association

Published: 17 Feb 2012 by Lenny | Comments: 3

Ok....so it's not rocket science.....

If you think of Australia, you would immediately think of kangaroos. Right? And if you think of burgers, you will think of McDonalds. So if you say Jeff.....I would say ....MONKEY!!!! IT'S A NO BRAINER!

Poor Jeff has been called a monkey for a while now, I feel so bad for him....well you know what? I take that back....he puts it on himself with the way he does his hair; the way he waves his arms around as he's walking and not to mention the throwing of the poo onto the walls. It's no secret....we're proud of our endangered animal friend here at EOM and we will promise we'll continue to feed him all the right stuff and will train him well....if he doesn't behave then we have no choice but to tranquilise him.

Ok enough of that! So you guys would have heard of 'animal association' and that was an example right there. Do your friends 'animal associate' you? DO THEY SAY YOU LOOK LIKE AN ANIMAL?

One day, Jeff just randomly goes to me...'hey man, with your new glasses....you look like a FROG!' Now.....I'm a frog and I'm actually being called Kermit. Do I even look like a frog? Guys...be honest...DO I?  Or is Jeff trying to just add a friend to his animal world?

Ok Vinh was hard...after me....Vinh just HAD TO be associated with an animal....it was actually quite hard....but my girlfriend hit the nail on the head. Vinh's a RHINO!!!!! What do you guys think?! Well it's sorta too late about what you think because for Vinh's birthday late last year, I bought him a rhino. Check him out in the photo! Cool right?

hahaha there's a little peak into EOM.....this animal association is sorta our inside joke we have going on. So EOM consists of a Rhino, a Monkey and a Frog. There I said it...it's out there now D:

We're even thinking of making our animals into merchandise with our logos on them. WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF THAT? Would you guys want one? 

Lenny =D

What is your secret food when you’re sick?

Published: 10 Feb 2012 by Lenny | Comments: 8

Ok let me get serious right now! Who here hates to be sick? I don't mean 'fully' sick or 'hey that was a sick trick'. Like I mean coughing to the point where your head and throat is going to explode, fever spiking up and down, one moment you're freezing and have goosebumps and next thing you know you're drench in sweat.

Man I've gone to the point where I'm sick of coughing because it takes so much out of me. I don't know if you guys have seen 'Contagion' the movie, but I'm feeling like PATIENT ZERO right now.....ugh....-_-"

I've been sick for 3 days now with a flu or viral infection...and I've NEVER been sick for THIS LONG. Normally I get over an illness in 2 days MAX! Thank goodness the other EOM boys are keeping me positive =)

But what did I do differently this time around? Did I forget to increase my vitamin c uptake? Did I get too close to the disease infested Jeff the monkey?

There's one thing that hasn't changed though....and that's the fact that I always seem to be even hungrier when I'm sick. Like my appetite goes crazy and I would crave for so many random things like peanut butter jelly sandwiches, jello (or jelly as they call it here in Oz), ice cream....yeh all the bad stuff.

But being from an asian background, you cannot go pass congee (or asian porridge). I know it can taste bland sometimes but it always makes me feel better =P

So what I want to know is....what do you guys crave for when you're sick? Good stuff? Bad stuff? weird stuff?! o_O I want to hear them all coz who knows it might make me feel better if I try it and right now....I'm happy to try ANYTHING...well almost anything =P

Ok guys, I'm in bed right now dying here with my heater on with a hot tea. I've loaded myself up with the right medications (typical pharmacist) and let's hope sleep fixes me.

P.S guys would love to hear your love and support. I'm sure if you guys cheer me on I can recover much faster =D

Lenny

Trying A New Protein: Myofusion!

Published: 09 Feb 2012 by Jeff | Comments: 0

Over Christmas and the New Year festivities, it is very easy to fall out of routine and start eating the wrong things, skipping training sessions, and just letting your health wither away. Along with being incredibly busy, I must say I am guilty of that... Our usual 5am starts slowly dragged out to 6am starts... and eventually gym sessions were skipped altogether or had to be pushed to after-work hours at 7pm or so. Training during these peak hours at the gym is really inefficient, as every man and his dog seem to be there, and half your time is spent waiting for a bench, or a set of dumbbells.
Four sessions a week became two... and all the hard earned mass over the course of 2011 seemed to have disappeared overnight!

It really hit me in the face when people started telling me I look like I'm shrinking. Pretty disheartening when I managed to put on about 5 to 6kg over 2011, but going into 2012 I had lost it all. It's like a years worth of work went down the drain within the span of a month!

Anyway, I guess I've decided that I need to get myself back on the horse and train like a soldier again! What's more, the protein I was using had run out a weeks back as well (which probably also contributed to losing so much mass). It's time to try a new one!
We asked around and got recommended a few different brands, one of which is the one I decided to go with: Myofusion by Gaspari Nutrition. It got excellent reviews and looked like it had a great profile. Ordered it and it just arrived yesterday!

Gonna take it for a spin and see what results we can get from it combined with our new intense training regime! >:D

Would be keen to know if anyone else has tried a new protein, and what results they got! Or maybe a new training program?