Disturbing News

So to preface this post I am not against civil rights and I think that they are an important part of being an American, but when the system fails a good friend it is time to expand the different laws to protect all.

A little Backstory:

I have a friend that works for a security company, I will be keeping both anonymous to protect both parties, where his work day is a complete and utter hell on earth.  I learned today that he is being harassed and bullied at work to the point that his depression has gotten out of hand.  It started with extra work, he claims to be doing the job of three people  for the pay of one.   Progressing to comments about his work demeanor and how it is not good for the office.  This point I can understand as it is not professional to let your inner feelings dictate how you present yourself on the job, but still if you are over worked sometimes feelings can creep into your outward appearance.

This has been going on for a while and has led to a feeling of "I can't do anything right" on his end.  About two months ago his boss asked that he not wear his company issued firearm to the office because it is not a safe environment.  Basically this boss that is starting to up his work load and tell him how bad he is at his job is afraid that he has pushed him too far that he might be using said weapon to cause harm to said boss.

Skip forward a couple of months and we reach the point where the bullying has gotten out of hand.  Now everyone in the office is giving said friend a hard time about not being able to come to work armed saying "He will shoot everyone"  and the cherry on top is the boss has created a jar where anyone that forgets something has their name put into the jar to buy pizza on Fridays.   Friend is not a jerk and refuses to put any names in the jar because he doesn't believe in negative reinforcement, but everyone in office keeps putting his name in the jar because he is A) doing three different jobs and B) because they are all starting to follow the bosses example of picking on him.

It gets worse but this is already sounding like a job from hell, and in my mind it is the boss trying to get him to quit so the company doesn't have to pay out unemployment benefits.

Now this is the part that got me upset....

In our state there is no law for bullying/harassment in the workplace unless you are a minority of some sort.  So he cannot pursue legal means of ending the harassment in the work place.  So because of this he either has to lose his income and quit, which is what it looks like he is going to do, or grit his teeth and continue to work for a company that thinks it is okay to create this type of atmosphere.


What would you all do?  Is there any advice I can give him?  Has this happened to you before?

Leave comments below and let's start a conversation.

Three Weeks Down and I feel great!!!!!

So this is going to be a quick look at the effects my training has gotten me so far.  I posted in my intro that I was around 205 lbs and close to 26% body fat.  Well after three weeks of working out I am officially down 5 lbs of body weight and almost 2% body fat.

I know that this does not sound like much but it is already noticeable.  Especially in my sleep habits, I don't know why but it feels like I am able to sleep through the entire night now and get a lot of things done during the day without losing a lot of natural energy.   The biggest change after almost a month of hitting the gym has got to be the fact that I have almost completely gotten rid of soda from my diet.  Not only will this help me lose more body fat but I'll also be helping the environment by not buying products that cost money and CO2 emissions to ship to me.

Now is the fun part where I talk about how I have been doing it so far.

For the first two weeks I started taking a protein supplement and a creatine monohydrate.

Work out:

D.B. Bench Press 3x8-12
D.B. Fly               3x8-12
Lat Pulldown       3x8-12
Cable Row           3x8-12
Shoulder Press     3x8-12
Squat                    3x8-12
Leg Extensions    3x8-12
Tricep Push down 3x8-12
Cable Bicep Curl  3x8-12


When the only squat rack at the rec center was occupied I would substitute Leg Press and Leg Curl in the same reps and sets as the squat to try and get a full workout on my legs.


Though my starting weights were a little weak in just two weeks I have been able to go up on almost everything except for the arm weights.


Now on my third week I am following the same exercise plan above but with a 5x5 mentality.  My hope is that I can add more weight then I can on an 8-12 rep set and put on some raw power.  The problem that I ran into yesterday though is that I was not lifting enough weight to get sore.  Which made me think that I am not pushing myself hard enough on the 3 set program.  Oh well I'll see if I can continue to grow even more and eventually I'll be able to get things done.

Let's Play World of Warcraft: Warrior Files 1

This is a new play through of World of Warcraft that I decided to start the other day.  I came up with the idea while watching "Turwinkle the Gnome Mage" and Bajheera's stream the other day.  This is something I have always wanted to do but never had the guts to do, mostly because I hate the sound of my voice on a recording.  Oh well this is something that I will do to push myself to become a better public speaker and performer as a whole. 





In this video we start out as a Night Elf warrior in the starting zone and explore the start of the problem in the world of Azeroth.  Though we only do three quests per session my aim is to go through the entire story as a new player would experience it.

Introduction: New Year

Hello All!!!!!!  I am very excited to bring a brand new blog to you.  I should probably tell you a little about myself and where this blog will be going in the future.

Fitness:

I am a 31 year old male from the United States.  Since this is going to be about my journey to fitness I should probably give you a snapshot of where I am starting out.  I am currently 205 lbs and have a body fat percentage of 25.6%.

Fitness Goal:

My goal is to eventually enter a physique competition in the States, but the first goal that I will be shooting for is to drop my body fat percentage to 20% by May of this year.

This Blog:

I will be posting some personal writing, journal style, here as to what the workout looked like, how I am feeling, and struggles.


Gaming:

Yes the other part of this blog is to help me find an outlet among a very hectic life.  I have done some competitive gaming in the past and currently have been playing a lot of World of Warcraft as well as other games.

Goals:

I will be publishing videos on my youtube and putting the links/videos here as I go.  My goal is to grow my online presence and gain a couple of subscribers on my youtube channel.