Before I dive into the quests of my life, I need to let it be known that this blog will drastically change. For the past few months I've been using this platform as an arena to share my personal and professional life. After much thought, I've decided that this blog will strictly be related to my career. I will cover topics regarding color theory, cameras, video codecs, plug-ins, anything and everything regarding 3D, compositing, motion graphics, and visual effects. I think this will be an extremely beneficial way for me to continue sharpening my skills, and a way to help educate those interested in what I do. I'll probably create another blog just for my personal life. Once I have that all sorted out, I'll share the information with all of you. This change will go into affect my next blog entry. Thank you all for the current support and keep up the hard work!
I just wrapped up the project I've been working on for the entire summer. I'll disperse more information in my first reformated blog. I'll share my approach to the project and the techniques used to achieve the look and feel of the project. I'll share a little information right now. Recently I've been getting into Red Giant's plug-ins for After Effects, and I wanted to use them to create a stylized promotional video. Overall, I'd have to say it was a success. I learned a TON about these plug-ins and how they operate. They were extremely fun to use and there's a numerous possibilities waiting to be unlocked.
Relax and Enjoy.
As I've stated in some earlier blog posts, my next project will be compositing heavy with matte paintings. I'll probably include slight visual effects as well. I want to achieve a tasteful meaningful video about "Home". It's going to be my second major attempt focusing on compositing and camera work. Sadly, I don't have a camera, but I have my phone! It has a decent camera and it should get the job done. I'm really excited and looking forward to this! I don't really have much planned out except for a few shots in my head. Stay tuned for more!
Here we go. The moment we've been waiting for. I've been working out hard as nails these past ten weeks, and nine of those weeks I was on serious supplements. I was taking LGD, creatine, whey protein, amino fuel, glutamine, vitamin D3, milk thistle, and fish oils. I'm off the LGD and creatine, but I'm still taking the rest of the supplements. My workout program consisted of three days of hard weight lifting. 3x4-6 for core lifts. That's bench press, power cleans, deadlifts, and squats. The rest of the lifts I stuck to the 3x6-8 with box jumps and jump rope here and there between sets. I had two days of cardio. The first day of cardio I focused on sprints and short high intensity bursts. I used a lot of old football drills. The second day was more of the same, but less intense. I also focused on stretching and form. Long distance running was out of the question because I workout in shoes that are two sizes too small. The bottom of my feet feel like they're on fire if I run long distance, and I even experienced it with my cardio routine, but I was able to shake it off.
The results were quite impressive in my opinion. Before using all these supplements I was around 185lbs. After my cycle I weighed 209lbs. My max weights are as followed:
Bench Press: 245lbs
Power Cleans: 220lbs
Deadlift: 390lbs
Squat: 295lbs
These are personal one rep maxes. I'm pleased overall. I thought my bench would be more, but I'm especially happy with my power clean and squat. Below are pictures. I had a friend take pictures before my cycle, but sadly, he's too busy to send them to me. I do have a picture I took last December when I was 175lbs!
Please excuse the mirror shot...
Here are the recent 209lbs pictures!
I gained a lot of mass in my shoulders and traps.
I know...I have a bit of a gut.
Back is wide. Could use more definition
My plan now is to work on cutting and getting more defined. I've begun using lighter weight because of shoulder and elbow discomfort, and I'll incorporate that with higher reps and more cardio and dieting to achieve that goal. Two weeks from now I plan on taking a much needed break from the gym. I'm excited to see how my cutting cycle turns out.
I encourage everyone to find an aspect in their life to improve upon. Nothing is more satisfying than achieving something you once thought impossible.
"We all have big changes in our lives that are more or a less a second chance." - Harrison Ford
Peace,
Andrew Rose
Andrew Rose
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