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Hey tenaciousglee. I'm in (stupid box jumps)! I'll give it a go on Wednesday this week. I'm guessing you'll take me to the woodshed on this one with the running and the jumping. Last week was a good one for workouts, but a bad one for eating. I ate a giant piece of ice cream cake on my birthday and had about 1.2 million beers at a wedding that happened to be at a brewery. I'm back in the saddle now, but those two bad days definitely have me missing my paleo goal. Week 3 should be fun!

I had a pretty good weekend of working out and doing yard work. I fell off the paleo wagon for a day and ate a piece of my birthday cake and drank a couple drinks, but I jumped back on the day after. I had a 5km run under 27 minutes and still had some gas in the tank, so I should be able to work it down to 26 over the next couple weeks. The pullup program is going well so far. Mini-challenge 1 was fun! I hooked up with tenaciousglee and did a little crossfit. 3 rounds of: 25 box jumps (24") 25 sumo high pulls (75 pounds) 25 push press (75 pounds) We were both at just over 14 minutes. It was a whole different mental battle when you're racing against something you can't even see. It was a lot of fun. I wouldn't mind continuing the once a week crossfit Fridays!

I thought I had it in the bag after my 3:30 round 1, but I failed big time on box jumps round 2. Push press - 75 pounds Sumo high pull - 75 pounds Box jump - 24" 14:02. Good battle. I thought you had me when I was struggling through the 3 round of push presses. Competing against someone who isn't even there is like a double mind punch! I like it.

I'm doing mine after work today. I was thinking it would take me 15 minutes-ish as well. I'll let you know how it goes! Workout day 4 - Back/Biceps/Shoulders and a run My legs are still fried from Wednesday so the strength workout went ok. I ran 4kms in 22 minutes with a set of Mordor stairs in the middle. About halfway up the stairs there's a landing where you can look up and down the Edmonton River Valley. I felt like laying down on the bench and having a little nap. That's good in the middle of your run, right? Eating less carbs has been going GREAT! I love it. I haven't been counting calories but I may need to eat more. I've dropped 5 pounds in a week and I don't know where it came from. Here's a picture of the stairs I have a love/hate relationship with. This is taken about 50 stairs from the bottom and you can almost see a person standing at the top in blue.

Haha! Good job on Mount Trashmore. We have a similar park here. The name doesn't quite compare to Mt. Trashmore, but Hamburger Hill was the bane of my existence when I was playing football. My honey-do list is also getting larger rather than smaller. Funny how that happens. Keep it up!

I would not be worried about ^^^^^ at all. You've never seen my box jump. It's painful. Last night one of the trainers asked that I don't box jump so close to the glass because he thought I was going to trip and put my head through. I'm more a wannabe Ranger with a Warrior frame. If you can get a newspaper under my feet while jumping it's a good vert day. Workout day 3 - Legs and a Run 1) Weighted barbell lunges (8 each side, 4 sets) 2) Weighted side lunges (8 each side, 4 sets) 3) Squats (4x4) 4) Alternating box jumps and kettlebell one leg deadlifts 5) 5km run (27:30) I just got some travel shots for a trip, and I have never sweated more in my life in a workout. I was disgusting. I bumped into a good looking girl after my run and she must have felt like she just ran into a wave of sweat. Just sweating out the typhoid I guess.

Going to do day 2 of the pullup program today. Hopefully it looks like I have lat wing muscles after week 6. Questionable as to if they'll actually allow me to fly. I ran stairs today. There was an old guy in hiking boots who slowly and steadily destroyed me toirtoise and hare style. He also had a sweet white pony-tail and his old-man strength definitely killed my youthful exuberance. I've never done anything for pre-workout energy because my workouts are under an hour most days. Does anybody else do anything? Workout day 2 - Chest/Tricep/Ab circuits 1) 3 sets of bench press + tricep dips + toes to bar 2) 3 sets of incline flies + skull crushers + crunches 3) 3 sets of slow pushups + cable pull-downs + Russian Twists 4) The stairs to Mordor - stair runs for 20 minutes (6 sets of 186 stairs) Bonus activities: Mowed the back lawn/dandelion farm and roto-tilled the front in prep for sod. New dinner recipe: Shrimp with coconut, kale and green beans in red curry sauce on top of grilled eggplant. This looked soooo gross but tasted good. I need to figure out how to make the sauce less runny. Cooking is fun, but I won't pretend I'm gooad at it.

I might be doing too much volume, but I try to do everything in circuits and get the weight portion of my workout done in 30 minutes. Then I crossfit or go for a short run afterwards. I'm doing wide grip pullups and doing sets of 5. I can't remember where I found this 6 week program, but I only made it 3 weeks the first time. I really want to finish it up and see how it goes.

Our goals are REALLY similar. I'll be following along!

It's so hard to start a new routine, but once you build the workouts into your schedule it feels weird not being active. Good luck.

I would love a pen-pal! I do mostly short runs, circuit weight training or cross fit, and stair climbing. Anyone want to run some stairs?

I took measurements of myself and some "before" pictures. If that wasn't motivation to do work, I don't know what is. The only shape I'm in is the shape of a pear. My first 5k run was a little slower than I had hoped (28.5 minutes), but I'm not worried (yet) about my goal of 25 minutes in 6 weeks. I think I was weighed down from the copius amounts of wedding alcohol on the weekend. I'm at 8 pullups on the first set right now. Need some major improvement there. Workout on day 1 - Back/Shoulder/Bicep circuits 1) 5 sets of shoulder press + reverse grip barbell curls + pullups 2) 4 sets of lateral flies + dumbell curls + dumbell rows 3) 3 sets of front raises + standing preacher curls + back flies 4) Run 5k (28.5 minutes)

I am a stats nerd. A HUGE stats nerd. I love looking for trends and trying to optimize results. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person in the world who likes that kind of stuff. I am so addicted that I joined a simulation hockey league. It's not like fantasy sports. You just pour over seemingly random attribute numbers and try to build the best team possible. It's really nerd-tastic! Hopefully if you follow my thread you'll see some sweet graphs showing progress. My primary goal right now is to drop my body fat % to a healthy range with changes to my diet. I work out a lot, but one of my other nerdy habits is that I'm a total stuck up beer snob. I love trying new beers (quite obvious by my love handles). I'm turning 29 in 2 weeks, I'm 5'11, 195 and 20% body fat. I would love to have that down to 14% by the time I'm 30. I've already made strides doing crossfit style workouts since I started working out in December. Here's my goals for my FIRST 6 week challenge! Goal 1: Get to 20 pullups in one set. I'll test again today but I think I'm at about 8 reps right now. I have a 6 week program that should get me there. Goal 2: Run a 5k in 25 minutes. I have a 5k run on July 6th and I'd love to get under 25 minutes. My current best time is just over 26 minutes. Goal 3: Do 6 days of paleo a week! I love meat and vegetables and am not that attached to carbs so cutting out the beer will be the toughest. I've been easing my way into a paleo style diet and am ready to dive in. Day 1 has been solid so far! I already turned down beers and watching game 7 of the Heat and Pacers. Goal 4: Finish my front yard renovations. It's a pile of garbage right now. I'll put a picture up. Seriously looks awful. I'm that guy on the block. I just smashed my driveway apart and replaced it with paving stones. What a practical workout that was. The front lawn is next. If anybody wants to help me out and send me your favorite crossfit/warrior training style workouts I'd be happy to give them a go! I love surprise workouts, especially if I can do them outdoors.