vanthyr

Seems to bring a whole new meaning to "Wall Balls"... Not sure that I'm in for that one :-P

Figured I should post an update, since I started out trying to find an alternative to CrossFit. Having survived my 2nd Crossfit class, I'm glad to say that I attempted it again. It is still one of the best workouts I've ever encountered, although because of the my duration without strength training I'm lifting weight less than that of most the females. But it'll come back with time- Don't want to blow my back out again just to save my pride. Can someone remind me how long it takes before I quit hurting everyday again? :-P I'm enjoying the perspective on the training manuals, as a newer SGT with no direct reports, I haven't really had to venture out to much to know the regulations yet, although with WLC around the corner this summer, that's going to change. Infantry, tanks and MI... Meh, I say Essayons! Engineer's pave the way :-D Although as a 12Y, I report to the two shop...so I guess I can't bag on Intel much

Thank you all for the suggestions. I'm going to have to do some research on Military Athlete, I haven't heard of it before. I am checking out a different Crossfit box on Monday, to assess for sure if it's something I can still do or not. Also, to see if having different coaches might be of assistance. I know boxes vary widely in quality dependent on mindset of trainers. This one seems to have good reviews and offers personalized planning based on your goals. If I am physically capable (obviously with lighter weights for now) I'll probably return to Crossfit because its primarily what i think of as a good work out. Otherwise, you have all made awesome suggestions and provided me with a wealth of knowledge to research and digest -- I'll keep you guys posted. Thanks so much!

Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. I went ahead and signed up for a trial at a different Crossfit box -- see if I can get through the "on ramp" without back pain. I'll find out next week.

Thank you! Indeed, I'm already working to align some goals for the next challenge. I have a lot that I want to work on. Fortunately, no drill sergeants for me, done with that part of my career. Now, I need to maintain and improve my physical shape to be an example for my soldiers. Unfortunately, facilities is a large part of my issue. I am considering returning to mainly body weight resistance and cardio programs from NF, or trying to do CrossFit again. We shall see.

CD3 seems to be a bit more of the HIIT, if you aren't doing it in cadence, it's all at your pace. But I can see what you're saying. I'm actually NG, so I'm only on post once a month. I don't really have space for equipment. So body weight training has me limited on options.

So I used to do Crossfit, and I really enjoyed it. Until I royally screwed my back up, when I pooched a power snatch terribly bad. I'm still not 100% nearly a year later. I'm trying to decide on some programming to get back into "fighting" shape. I don't really have the additional cash flow, nor am I quite ready to return to a Crossfit box. What other programming do you use in place of Crossfit? A couple of things I'm considering currently: US Army Physical Readiness Training ( I'm a soldier after all) A mix of the NF fitness guides and strength guide eBooks. Any other suggestions, or opinions?

Thank you for the word of encouragement. I completely agree with you on making time versus having time. Fortunately, I graduate next week from school and I've already started my professional career style job with regular hours. Sooo, It should be much easier shortly! Good luck to you as well! Once I get my challenege written up, I'll share it with you. It'll likely carry into the next 6 week since this one is about half over.

Hello Friends, A little over a year ago, I introduced myself to you all the first time. However, I let life happen and it really de-railed my ability to be involved in an online community, hardly at all. First about me: I'm 29 (hit the dirty 30 next month). Male. 5'9" 187ish lbs. I work as an engineer for an embedded systems company involved in aviation and defense. I'm graduating with my BSE from Arizona State University in 2 weeks and I'm a member of the U.S. Army (Arizona National Guard). I'm married and have a half kid ( My German Shepherd, who for all intents and purposes is basically my child, for now...) I enjoyed doing functional training, until I injured myself last August when I royally screwed a Power Snatch in CrossFit. While I joined the community prior to my injury, I failed to complete my first challenge. Working full-time and being a full-time student, along with maintaining my marriage put a huge strain on my time management. Healthy eating and exercise sadly were some of the first things to go, largely due to the time issue. Now that the doc has cleared me, I'm really excited to get back into a routine, but I'm really hoping to establish some accountability prior to jumping back into the challenges here. This also means I'm done with my excuses to why I can't work out. My goals: Achieve and exceed pre-injury Army fitness standards (to eventually max the Fitness Test, I usually score a 220-230 out of 300)I want to participate in a Triathalon (This has a whole laundry list of sub-goals)Develop my physique, such that I'm ok with losing the shirt during runs.I have the NF eBooks, from before the Academy. I'm debating on using some of those routines to develop my plan. I don't really have weights so most strength training will be body resistance. Please feel free to provide guidance and or comments. Actually, please DO, I'm missing a strong support network to keep me motivated. I'll likely be joining the current challenge even though I won't get credit for it. But I'm going to ensure I finish my degree out strong. Safe Travels friends.

This week has been a little rough. Worked out Monday and Tuesday(run) , missed Wednesday, throughout the week I've made a few bad diet decisions. But I'm still holding at 189.2 lbs. Have been here for about a week, but I'm guessing I'm building a little muscle so thats not so bad. Just did a 2 mile run in 92 degrees ( God , I hate the desert... ) Looking good for my PT test. Back up to 44 push ups, and 52 situps, within my alloted time frame. Tomorrow, I'll see how I'm looking on pull ups.

Alright, back from my National Guard drill and now it's time to get back in full swing. Today - I performed Workout B from the Rebel Fitness Guide , Level 2 work out. I did 5 intervals at 1 minute run, 2 minute walk. I feel like my sprints are starting to sustain a little longer in that minute, although I still hate intervals. I get such a high after I catch my breath from them though. It's Awesome! I'm doing ok with my no Soda goal, although I have had a couple during my cheat meals thus far. But I think I can still count the total number on one hand. So not to shabby. I'll finish this challenge without anymore. April drill consists of my semi annual Army PT test. In order to past I have to do 39 push-ups in 2 minutes, 45 sit-ups in 2 minutes and run 2 miles within 17 minutes. Obviously the better I do the higher the score is. I will put an additional sub-challenge into my primary goals, that will require me to do at least my minimum number of push ups and situps every day within 2 minutes.

Missed my update yesterday and I have a four day National Guard FTX later this week, so I may not get my 3 updates in this week. So this is my update for yesterday and today. The weekend went ok, I might have cheated on my no soda goal...but it's hard to have pizza (which was my cheat meal of choice) without something carbonated and beer doesn't do the trick for me with pizza, though I enjoy a good brew! I kept it to 2 12 ounce diet cherry 7ups. That's it for the remainder of the challenge too. Monday - I completed workout 4 of the NF Recruit (Level 2) workout. I'm considering moving up to level 3, as this might be slightly to easy for me, but I do have muscles hurting all over, so I may just adjust weights and or reps to make it more challenging. Tuesday - Today I ran 4.1 miles,, 36:01 minutes. I wanted to try to push for 5, but I got over zealous with my first 2 miles(16:50) since I have a Physical Fitness test coming up, I had to see if I could still beat my max passing time. The path I run is much more steep in grade than the Army will run this test on. I passed with 10 seconds, so I can't wait to see how much faster I am on a flat course, my record time on the Army administered test is a 15:25. (If anyone uses Nike+ to track runs, let me know, i'd love to have more people to compare stats against. ) Overall, I think the challenge is going well. I'm at 2.75 unassisted pull-ups as of Friday and I'm getting a fair amount of studying done( right around 2 hours a day, some days slightly more)...Time to work on school stuff now actually.

Yeah, my Shepherd looks like a guard dog, but that's about it. Most spoiled German Shepherd in the world. Honestly though, as long as she makes people think they need to be scared, that's deterrent enough usually. :-D Sadie's just over a year old, so she still has a lot of puppy in her, and as a result she's full of energy as well. Hope the hike this weekend goes well. We'll have to setup another one sometime before the summer is on the offensive hah.

Sadie is friendly, however since moving into an apartment from a house she's become very defensive and territorial, The vet says its normal sometimes since she no longer has her own space. So she will act aggressive toward other dogs and then wants to play... a very slow introduction helps put her at ease. It's really hard to get people to trust that our dog is friendly when she's bearing teeth and growly and trying to lunge...but she really is LOL