Nivek

Update #2 Goals 1 @ 2: Wearing my "pray for Lincoln" bracelet is a great reminder. Goal #3: Attended my first beginners class yesterday at CrossFit South Metro! Completed another item on my epic quest. Someone go tell Louie.

Sounds like an assassin. What goals do you have for fixing this? What do you write? Welcome to NF.

Great goals. I've never heard of "six pack shortcut" before. What's it like?

Update: Goal #1: I knew this would be tough to count, so I am appealing to all the nerds out there to come up with a way for me to track the number of people I make eye contact with during the day. Goal #2: I am going to wear a rubber bracelet to remind me to keep my head up. Goal #3: 3 workouts already completed this week. Did Jackie yesterday (hmmm...maybe should reword that). I completed the named workout Jackie yesterday after some heavy dumbbell presses. The row was the worst part for me. Life goal: There might be a job change in the future (I should find out today). If I do change jobs, I'll be on conserve resource mode and will not be joining a CrossFit gym. Awesome video reminder of my main quest:

Just got FF #6-9 from the library. Batman Year Zero is uberbat-tastic. Hawkeye doesn't disappoint. Dark Avengers circa 2009. If you haven't, read "I Kill Giants" by Joe Kelly. If you have, reread it. And listen to the Talking Comics podcast.

Your bucket list inspired me to add a few items to mine. Great list. And good luck on the six-week challenge.

Main Quest: The person I love the most told me I don't look at people when I'm talking to them. At some level, I am aware of this, and over the next six weeks I'm going to learn that looking people in the eye will not turn me into a stone statue. Goal #1: Seven times a day, make a conscience effort to look a unique individual in the eye. CHA 4 Goal #2: Three times a day, remind myself to walk with my head held high CHA 1 DEX 3 Goal #3: Continue exercising four days a week STR 3 CON 2 Life Goal: Join a CrossFit gym WIS 2

Wait.. The challenge is over? Where was I? Oh, that's right. Europe. Well, here are my results and subsequent ability score raises. Goal #1. Meditate. I had 13 sessions all of which I hated and found somewhat useful at the same time. Still an F Goal #2. Read. Finishes the book. A Goal #3. 15 pull ups 50 push ups. Hit both numbers on the nose. Woot. A Final results Wisdom 3 Strength 2 Charisma 2 Stamina 1 Dexterity 1 Nivek the level two Bavarian Ranger

Haven't been home for a while. Trying to keep in shape while traveling and attending conferences was tough but doable. No excuses, right? Finally home and did 15 dead hang pull ups today. That beats my record by 2 and gives me an A grade for one of my goals in the last challenge. For all you out there with the goal of doing one pull up, let me tell you that was me. It's a great goal. You can accomplish it. It will take time and effort and especially consistency. Then you'll get it and want to do two. You'll get that too. And sooner than you would have thought. Then you'll do five and feel like you can do anything. And you know what? You're right. Thank's. Nerd Fitness, and thank you Steve for this incredible website. Tomorrow, I'll see how many push ups I can do. Nivek the Bavarian Ranger

Humor Dungeon Crawl: Order of the Stick. Competitive Game with Wife: Carcassonne. Party game: Say Anything

Dave needs a bump on these forums. To summarize: *Create a budget that spends less each month than you make (I know, shocking, right!). Whiny person: "I don't make enough money at my job to pay for my food, and apartment and clothes for the kids, and my cell phone, and commemorative QVC Patrick Swayze plate collection. I need credit cards to pay for the things that I ne-ne-ne-neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed." Ultron-Dave smashes QVC Patrick Swayze plate collection: "Now you won't have to buy the rest of those. I just saved you $20 a month. Now let's talk about getting a second job. I hear Wal-Mart is always hiring." *Don't use credit cards (http://helpwithbills.org/?p=1628) pretty simple, people spend more when using credit cards. Spend more equals have less money. *Pay off smallest debt first (reaching a goal gives an endorphin boost making subsequent goal achievement more likely) Sounds a lot like Nerd Fitness. *Don't be lazy. Keep track of how much you spend with gazelle-like intensity. Because the world is a lion that wants to eat your finances. Go! Go! Go! Go! Go! RUUUUUUUUNNNNNNN! Get after it.

Southern Suburbs nerd.

Ranger Nivek reports feeling different this week. The experience that comes with four and a half weeks of adventuring, while not enough to bring him to level two yet, surely has had an impact. The dungeons he enters are deeper. The monsters stronger. The dangers more damaging to his corporeal state. Recently, Nivek heard of a lost totem buried deep in an abandoned salt mine. When he went into the mine to retrieve the artifact, he realized that some nefarious soul had booby trapped the path. It took all Nivek's skills just to make it back to the surface alive. He didn't reach his goal, but every failure teaches a lesson. 20 min. AMRAP Thrusters @ 85# Burpees Pull ups Reps = 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, and 4 thrusters In order to get the treasure, Nivek needed to finish the reps. Time ran out and so did his body. Maybe later he'll revisit this dungeon.

http://library.crossfit.com/free/pdf/06_03_CF_Template.pdf My favorite Crossfit article. Crossfit programs in strictly cardio and weight training days. Two or three days of actual AMRAP or named workouts is recommended.

I love coffee. But I would sleep double ungood after a 9 p.m. coffee. Are you getting good rest?

Ugh. A big heavy iron monster knocked poor Nivek into a squishy overripe vegetable state. 5x5 dead lift @ 185# 3X8 dumbbell press @110# 3X8 ATG front squat balancing bar @85# Chin ups 5, 5, 4, 7 Ouch. He will need time to heal before adventuring again.

The grotesque monster blocking my path laughed as I unhinged my hand and a half sword. Realizing even if I connected with this thing, what damage could i hope to do? It would be like getting pricked by a needle to this ugly thing. His arms looked like palm trees and his head was as big as a Volkswagen. Time to run away. 5K run: 26:48 push ups 16, 16, 12, 23 Live to fight another day.

Back to work. I struggle taking time off from working out. While out of town for two weeks, I did some push ups; I climbed a medium sized hill; I walked around some amazing cities. Now that I am home, my muscles feel energized, ready to lift some heavy weights, but I will ease back into it. No sense getting hurt. Looking forward to seeing how the next two weeks play out. I know goal one won't be an A, but that's ok. Almost done with The Happiness Hypothesis. Some really good stuff in there. If you're a glass half empty type of geek, I give it a recommend. Goal three will be interesting... did 16, 16, 12, 23 reps of push ups after a 5k run this morning. Felt great. Kick it!

Hey, I'm challenging you to a "virtual" workout together. I'm back in the country from vacation and looking for a little motivation to get into the swing of things. Noticed you haven't run much (but goal 4 looks like you've made awe inspiring progress). Let's do a little get off the couch and run/walk tomorrow (Sunday, 6/30)? We could judge it on distance traveled and not time (if we both complete challenge, we get a .5 stat increase in Stamina). Sort of like Ranger mini-challenge #1. I'll PM you my distance traveled tomorrow. If your schedule doesn't work tomorrow, then do it your next available time. Good luck, Ranger.

Welcome, Spooymog. Great story. You'll fit right in around here! The heart of this website is the six week challenges. It's goal setting (research shows writing goals down makes you more likely to reach them) sprinkled with nerd flavoring. Rather like mixing health class with D & D, you are the character and you gain stat points by meeting challenges-- just a fun way to stay motivated. Everyone I've met here has been super supportive (Nerds are the best!). Start planning your goals for the next challenge (or really join the current challenge and set some two week goals). Find a class that seems in tune with what you'd like to focus on, and switch to a different class next challenge. Nothing against multiclassing! Again, welcome.

Nivek flew to Bavaria for fifteen days. He encountered little opposition there. Some minor enemies necessitated push ups. Once back in his homeland, Nivek immediately bumped into a medium sized monster that required many of Nivek's martial powers to defeat: Squat 135 3X8 Push press / Burpee combo at 65# pull ups 5, 5, 3, 6 The adventure continues.

Update: staring out my widow at the Austrian Alps. No good goal gaining has occurred. Oh well. Life is beautiful.

Now for the hard part of keeping on track with my goals while on vacation.