munigeek

Hey all. I just found out about this and, perfect enough, I'm heading down for work tomorrow! I'll probably be working a good part of Saturday, so will miss the lifting, but I would love to meet up afterwards. Is there an official schedule? Is everything taking place at the Crossfit gym, or will there be meet ups elsewhere?

First Challenge underway here. I am not an unfit guy, but not really a super fit one either. I spent a lot of time outdoors in my youth, and try to do so in my adult life as well. I usually spend a fair portion of the summer going mountain biking (up and down, not lift-assisted) and recently decided to get rid of one wheel and now enjoy mountain unicycling. I have signed up for a Spartan Race (Sprint) this summer, so it's time to start training to make sure I do the best I can do. I figure what better way than to challenge myself with a bunch of strength training. 1. NF Bodyweight Brigade Level 1, with two days per week of light cardio STR +1, DEX +2, STA +2 I have gone through each workout in the program once, and have done a few circuits of a mixture of the Beginner and Advanced body weight workouts previously, although I allowed it all to be disrupted on a vacation to Arizona this past week. I plan to follow the program throughout this six weeks and ensure I do my three strength training work-outs a week, every week. I also want to do a couple of days of light running/jogging or riding of the unicycle to keep my cardio up 2. One set of 10 chin ups (currently 4) STR +3, STA +1 I have never been one to do any chin ups or pull ups. Since following NF, I have started doing some. At this point I can do a max of 4 chin ups in one set, with my best being 4-4-4-2. In this short time, I have discovered the pure awesomeness that is the chin/pull up and want to be able to get better at them 3. Remove soda from my diet (excluding Soda Water) CON +3 Luckily, I will have my wife's help on this one, as we will both be trying to go more Paleo. Currently, I drink about 1 per day, and usually diet soda. That was a cut from 2+ per day, and we're now trying to go down to one every other day. By the end of the six weeks, I'd like to be done with it completely, other than the soda water once in a while. Is that cheating? Probably a little, but at least I'm including that as a clause. We'll see how things go for the next challenge, and maybe I'll go kicking that too. 4. Consolidate our debt with an LOC, and create a payment plan to pay it off. WIS +3 Our financial discipline is pretty much non-existent. We need to create a plan to get rid of our debt, save for our future, and our children's future, and get our spending in order. We don't really spend a whole lot, but we definitely don't know where it's going. Current Abilities Feb 24, 2013 (max on first set) 16 push-ups 4 chin-ups 3 pull-ups 35 body-weight squats 25 body-weight lunges 5 km run Age - 29 Weight - 185 lbs Height - 5' 9" Chest - 41.5" Waist - 39" Hips - 40.5" Bicep - 13" (shh) Leg - 23.5" STR 1 DEX 3 STA 3 CON 2 WIS 3 CHA 3