The results are in and it is official “Hollywood” has stepped up to the plate and taken the role of “Custard Gut King.”  I thought that Karl was looking a little big lately here is a picture of him this morning what do you think?

I am sure you all know by now but for the past seven months my cortisol levels have been through the roof.  Cortisol, like I said before, is basically the devil especially if you have been trying desperately to get anything that resembles some sort of abdominal muscle.  The reason is that is causes all of your fat to be deposited around your guts and thus covering your abs.  These are called “frying pan abs” because if you ever cook meat or something in a pan there is a layer of grease that forms and covers the bottom of the pan much like the fat covering your abs if you have too much cortisol.

How do you know if you have too much cortisol?  The only way is to have a blood test and due to UCI regulations all riders from Pro Continental teams must have quarterly blood exams. 

Yesterday morning “Hollywood” and I went and got our third quarter blood work taken care of and we got the results today.  Karl “Hollywood” Menzies had higher Cortisol levels than me!!!  We have been have a cortisol competition ever since we started these blood tests and for once it feels good to win something.  I am no longer the “Custard Gut King” of the house it is Menzies!  Apparently, machines still produce cortisol and at higher amounts than me.

Time to go and do my cortisol reducing self meditation techniques.

later, g.