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Wow... Haven't been on in a while with all the end of semester stuff for school (one week and I'm done for the summer) and working in the lab. I have been working on the challenge though. I've ordered all the stuff for my arrows, just waiting for it to get here. Last time I was at the gym I squatted 55 lbs, either tomorrow or the next day (there's a free class at the rec I'm going to try to catch) I'm doing it with 60 lbs. I'm going slowly, but so far I haven't been sore the next day doing 5x5s. I attempted a body weight row today using my dorm bed, it didn't seem bad actually pulling myself up, but one of my elbows locked coming down and I couldn't go all the way back down to the starting position. I injured that arm a few years ago and it used to lock fairly often, but it hasn't for a long time, even now that I'm doing push ups often. Anyone else ever have this problem or have tips for me?

This morning I used 35 lbs (yay for the weakling bar) to do 5 sets of 5 for squats, either Wednesday or Thursday I plan to do 45. I've never done a body weight row, but as one of my ultimate goals is to be able to do a pull up before I start up at school for sophomore year next August, I wanted to start doing that. I'm not sure about heights and what's appropriate for someone my size (I'm 5'2" and 121 lbs), do you have any suggestions? As far as arrows go, I'm not entirely sure how many hours it's going to take since it'll be my first attempt, I have a friend who's been making his own for a while and he can make a set of 12 in a little over an hour, but I still have to research materials and where to get them which will add to time outside of actually making the arrows. This Thursday I'm going to meet with the group I practice archery with for a lesson in making arrows.

Ok, so this is my first six week challenge. I want to focus on strength training, however I also want to try a couple new things by taking classes (maybe yoga or pilates). As for my life goal for this six week challenge, I've been getting into archery since last September, and even recieved a longbow for Christmas, but I never purchased arrows because I have friends who make their own and was hoping to learn from them; now seems like a perfect time. Fitness Goals 1) Squat 100 lbs 2) Take two fitness classes 3) Be able to do a set of 5 body weight rows Life Goal 1) Learn how to and make my own set of arrows

Thank you I'm using micro as a kind of stepping stone to later get into parasitology, virology, or epidemiology (haven't completely decided which yet, but so far I'm leaning toward parasites) since there aren't majors for those specifically, I have to wait until grad school to really get in depth with one.

The real rough part was when he made me compete hurdles anyway. At least he didn't have my high jump or run any of the relays.

I have some experience in agricultrue (mainly raising livestock, but some with planting) and I'm hoping to start a little garden next year when I'm out of the dorms. I haven't used this technique myself, but a friend of mine said it worked for her; dilute bleach in water and spray it around the area where you are getting ants, just be sure not to get it on the actual plants, since it'll kill them, too.

I've been trying to be as paleo as possible on campus, but I'm finding it really isn't very viable for being on campus where my main source of food comes from the different places on campus that accept meal plans. I might give it another go during the summer when I have more control over meal choices, but for now I think I'm going to drop it and just stick to the fundamentals of it (don't eat a bunch of processed crap, stick to real food). This way I can up my daily intake with oatmeal and cheese.

That definitely helps, thanks so much. I've never had deviled eggs, but I keep hard boiled eggs in my fridge (still have to hard boil the ones I have currently), I usually eat one or two with breakfast or lunch.

Haha I guess I could technically be employed weaponizing viruses, though not sure anyone would trust me with that.

Yeah, it can be annoying. I'm lucky that I have a large meal plan, but I know people who ran out first semester and had to get their parents to throw another thousand dollars onto theirs (only to run out again before second semester ended). Probably a good idea to just ease into it. I have to get more almonds (ran out Monday :/) so when I do that I'll grab some soy milk and start incorporating that into my diet as well. Any ideas on other high protein snacks to pick up when I'm at the store?

This morning there was a guy there doing bicep curls with like 25 lbs, grunting in this oddly sexual way everytime he lifted them. It was really hard not to laugh. Like, really, I could do that without the sound effects and I'm like half the guy's size.

I was thinking more along the lines of find a cure for the zombie apocalypse, but I'm sure I could do both.

I've never had any problems with soy, coconut, or almond milk, and I could possibly fit a small container in the door if I move stuff around (my roommate likes to keep sodas and her coffee creamer there, so hopefully she won't care). As for pulling breading off the stuff they serve, I'd probably lose like half the meat trying to do that. There is one place on campus where I can get a good burger (it's even grass-fed beef), but it's one of the most expensive places on campus (last time I was there is was like $10 for the burger and a tiny side of vegetables. I really can't wait to go home for the summer so I can really get serious about getting in better shape and actually cook decent meals. I had one of these. It seemed like the healthiest of the options there, there was less sugar in it than other bars with half the amount of protein it had. My school works on like a credit system. You have your ID and a meal plan connected to it that you load up with money. Basically if you have the money on your card and are willing to buy it, go for it, but of course they jack up prices on literally everything there is (one banana is 0.63, when I could get a pound of them at the store for that price).

Agreed. Stretching is so important. Once I was running late to meet someone at the gym, forgot to stretch in my rush, and ended up pulling a muscle. It wasn't fun and my coach wasn't happy when I couldn't compete in the track meet I had that weekend.

Thanks I meet with him on Thursday to discuss when I start and what I'd be doing (heck I'll be happy to be a glorified cleaning lady labeled as a lab tech as long as I get to see what they work on).

Half I live on campus, there aren't a lot of protein packed options here that aren't deep fried and breaded, and cooking in my dorm isn't really an option (my fridge is tiny, so not enough room for much of anything, it's half full and all I have in there is a bag of spinach, carrots, mushrooms, and a carton of eggs, plus my roommate's crap). I bought a protein bar this morning to help up my intake (20g protein in the bar). Would milk substitutes also work? I've never been considered lactose intolerant, but having more than like a forth cup of milk always upsets my stomach. So should I just alter paleo to include stuff like cheese and more yogurt?

Hi, Dave! Welcome to the Rebellion! You seriously have to have one of the coolest jobs ever.

Today I had 2 bananas, a piece of toast with peanut butter (2 tbs), an orange, an apple, red wine & olive oil vinaigrette (1 tbs), spinach, mushrooms (as a snack, and as a salad topping for the spinach, so maybe a cup and a half), half a fillet of salmon, baby carrots (approx 2 cups), and a chewy bar.

I'm trying to get stronger. I'm lifting tomorrow morning before class, maybe I'll have more of an appetite after that. Any particular adjustments I should make?

So I know that I'm supposed to be consuming around 1400 calories a day based on my BMR. The thing is, I've only had 986 calories today, and even though I did some body weight exercise today, I'm not hungry currently. Should I try to consume more despite not being hungry or fatigued? That's kinda how I've been eating lately anyway, and so far no ill results, but I don't want to damage my body long term. Any ideas what I should be doing? And possibly any suggestions for increasing my calorie intake without adding a bunch of crap food or causing myself discomfort from over eating?

I am a freshman in college majoring in microbiology, and hoping to pursue a career in a lab environment. I've applied and been rejected from more labs than I want to think about. Everyone I talked to told me to be patient and wait, that I was only a freshman and labs want juniors and seniors who are already more knowledgable. Well guess who has a position in one of their professors' labs? If you said sneaky, than you would be correct. I am so f'ing excited!!!!

No better time to start again than now

Alright so, unfortunately I didn't do what I'd planned to do today. I was going to do some interval running (try to get to 26 minutes of consecutive interval running), but between my allergies acting up, taking benadryl to counteract that, and the chem test I had scheduled for tonight, I'm no where near energetic enough for that. I didn't want to be completely inactive though and I did day 4 of the 100 burpee challenge. That wasn't really anything though, so I decided to do something I haven't in a really long time: yoga. I found a couple videos on youtube with quick routines and did those. They're short and simple, but they were nice. I'd definitely do them again (maybe try the rest in the beginner's series the instructor does). Here are links: Flexibility- Strength-

Welcome! I am also on the quest for pull ups. There's an article on here about conditioning for pull ups (here)I have a friend that's actually preparing for deployment in a few months; I'll have to remember not to send him too much junk, maybe some protein powder instead. Also, thank you for your service.

How long have you owned your mare, jml? Haha yeah, you can always find horse people, we're everywhere, ride_uphill.