paurullan

Great work! Does not sound like a bad idea. I will tweak and push them a little but probably will stick with the main idea (don't binge, get my ass out). On Monday I had an assignment that suddenly I noticed I had done very wrong so I stayed at home working. Even that the last couple of days have been so awesome that I get that fail as a pass I have stick on 210 pounds but feel much stronger and energetic than ever so it's a success. Although I still have to get out today I gone from 21 push-ups to 50 during the challenge!

Hello everybody! How is it going? I got sick a couple of days but worked really hard yesterday and, surprisingly, it went quite well. Cheers!

Thanks! In Wednesday I almost could not got out bed but I pushed myself really hard and did a great Friday. Thanks for the support!

On Wednesday I called sick again but I went out yesterday and it was quite good! Friday 1 of April: Monday 28: 1. jog to the park 2. jumping jack 60 → 60 (done!) 3. crunches 38 → 38 (done!) 4. rope 60 → 60 (done!) 5. jump squat 50 → 15, 5 (could not finish, got hurt) 6. push up 50 → 22, 28 (awesome level up!) 7. inverted rows 40 → 10, 10, 10, 6, 4 8. plank 120s → 60, 60 (unbelievable level up!) 9. rope 60 → 60 10. crunches 35 → 38 I have to work on the inverted rows and will think about the jump squat: maybe I am not doing them well but it hurts my ankle when I fall back. Just great

Really happy birthday! Pictures or did not happen To be true I have found not gaining much more important than losing. We are here for the long haul so just stick to get an awesome lifestyle and things will come themselves. Great work Cynnister!

I got sick last week so I only did the Monday workout. Even that I went out today and keep the marks, so it really felt great! How are you people doing?

Monday 28: 1. jog to the park 2. jumping jack 60 → 60 (done!) 3. crunches 36 → 38 (done!) 4. rope 60 → 63 (done!) 5. jump squat 30 → 15, 15 (level up!) 6. push up 50 → 15, 20, 20 7. inverted rows 30 → 8, 12, 10 8. plank 120s → 40, 40, 40 (was really tough) 9. rope 60 → 60 10. crunches 32 → 35 After a week sick I was surprised I did not get worse but kept the line. I got my two binge meals this weekend so I have to get clean for the rest of this challenge! I still can't do pull-ups so I am widening the inverted rows.

Monday 21: 1. jog to the park 2. jumping jack 55 → 60 (done!) 3. crunches 35 → 36 (done!) 4. rope 57 → 59 (done!) 5. overhead squat 30 → 30 (level up!) 6. push up 50 → 11, 15, 12, 13 7. inverted arms 50 → 30, 20 8. plank 120s → 49, 41, 31 9. rope 60 → 61 10. crunches 31 → 32 The next day I got sick until today; that's why I could not post. Neither I went out but today was great so I forgive myself

Saturday 19: 1. jog to the park 2. jumping jack 55 → 55 (done!) 3. crunches 34 → 35 (done!) 4. rope 51 → 57 (done!) 5. squat 100 → 42, 61 (level up!) 6. push up 50 → 10, 14, 8 (could not finish) 7. inverted rows 20 → 6 (pain, could not finish) 8. plank 120s → 41, 42 (pain, could not finish) And I could not do anymore: I felt really bad. The day before I went to give blood and partied so hard I did the workout with only a couple of hours of sleep. I know this is just an excuse but the next will be great.

I move Wednesday to Thursday for family reasons, next week will re-adjust. Thursday 17: 1. jog to the park 2. jumping jack 50 → 52 (done!) 3. crunches 30 → 34 (done!) 4. rope 42 → 51 (done!) 5. squat 50 → 36, 35 (two levels up!) 6. push up 20 → 7, 14 (level up!) 7. inverted rows 20 → "infrastructure" problem, more later 8. plank 120s → 46, 32, 37, 15 (gotta work on this) 9. rope 25 → 60 (done!) 10. crunches 31 → 21 (was really tired) Mostly this was an great workout. I will push myself with the squats an go to level 4. Push ups were really hard and the plank was more than I could predict. I had a problem with the inverted rows: it had been raining and all was too wet so I slipped. Next time I will try with arm rows until I can do proper pull ups. Cheers!

Thanks! Yes, it is going _too_ well for me!

I am teetotal and usually «had» to resort to soda to stay awake while partying. My solution to get rid of Coke was to get a juice (peach for me) with two ice cubes: you look a total badass (people think is whisky or stronger) and you must dance like a madman to not fall asleep. Win-win

This month I am focusing mostly in the psychological side of recovering the habit of going out. The goal is workout thrice a week, keep a positive eating and limit my non-focused time window (do not slack on the Internet). I must say I am really impressed of how the social pressure works on me: the challenge is going awesome. I hope to keep it at this level!

Just call me Pau! (it is like Paul but without the «l») I am going mostly on regaining and keeping good habits: sleep, hitting the streets three times per week and having good meals. Today was great, altought I could probably be just because I had to post back. Anyway, I did way better than I expected. I am already glad to have joined! How was your day? I got all the twitter adresses I found but there is no need to follow back, I will not post about the challenge there.

I am not going to lie, I am re-transitioning to vegetarian and just a couple days ago I had sushi But yes, this is going to be awesome!

Hawthorne effect in all its glory: today I did my best workout so far! I wanted to try the angry bird scheme with level one in squats, push ups and planks and level two with back exercices. The full work was: 1. jogging five minutes up to the park 2. jumping jacks: 50 (a new record!) 3. crunches: 30 (a new record!) 4. jump rope: 42 (not important but awesome for me) Then I began the Angry-bird work. 5. squats: 40 6. push-up: 21 7. inverted rows: 20 (but will revise) 8. plank: 33sec 9. push-up: 20 10.plank: 33sec And a little of post-work: 11.jump rope 25 12.crunches 31 (new record!) For finishing some static warming and a savangasana. I will revise the inverted rows since I felt more exercice in the arms than in the back. So I may have understimated me since I got at level two of squats, push ups and planks in the first session! More Wednesday!

Name: paurullan Brief overview of goals: - Get the habit: three workouts per week. I will probably try the funny angry-bird scheme - Good health: seven hours of sleep and keep the good eating - Stick to a fixed-schedule to focus at college and not letting slip the workouts If you follow a specific way of eating: I am not on anything exactly right now but mostly vegetarian and light on bread. Any other piece of information you think would be useful for team creation: This is my first time at the forums and the challenge. I am not in any gym but love getting out so I believe this will not be a problem. If you want to be part of a team or if you want to work alone: I would love to join a team!

I have not posted until today because part of the challenge is cutting computer time. I have already started working on it! Since I do not know my real fat percentage I will not take in consideration weight. Keeping the good eating is my goal and feel like, if I keep eating well enough, weight will be cool. On the specifics of the workout I have not still decided exactly what to do. I will probably take the anti-zombie/angry-bird scheme of squats, push ups, pull ups and planks. Last time I got out I could do 25 jumping jacks, 10 push ups against a wall and 26 crunches. The challenge for me is mostly in the habit-making way: even I will try to stretchmyself my goal is to get new habits in order to assimilate this as my new way of living. So they will not look very fitness-oriented but I am into this for life, so just let's get started. - Get out three times per week (Monday, Wednesday and Friday) without exceptions. On Weekends as I feel. I will consider this a success if only I get done all in-week workouts. - Keep on good path of meals. I have already quit soda for a month and a half and reducing the bad stuff as donuts. I will have at most four crash meals (and I have already taken one). - Keep a good habit of sleeping; seven hours is my mark, everyday. - Try to cut Internet usage and alike. I am trying a fixed-schedule for my college work, the workouts and the social life. I will consider it an exit if I do not feel stressed at the end of the challenge. I want to test if this schedule will let me work more calmly and thus be less nervous. Any comment and tip is greatly appreciated!

Yes, I was born and live here. And I absolutely recommend coming to the island (before or after visiting Ibiza ) I am planning on monday-wednesday-friday plan plus weekends as a free work. I will join the challenge and a squad so let's make this March rock

Thank you all for the kind words!

That plan sounds awesome Congratulations for getting grip of your life and welcome to the forum!

Hi all there! Like many I have been lurking the blog for a while and now I join the forums. I am 24, studying computer engineering in Majorca, Spain and finally decided to take my life a serious step forward. I had been doing kendo and keeping myself well until a couple of years ago when I "had" to drop it to focus at college. I know, big mistake. Last summer my fiancee left me and I began a not-very-healthy spiral of pizzas, nachos and couch diving. That put me on 112kg (~ 250 pounds) and, while I am 184cm height (6 feet half inch), it marked the low down. I dumped junk-food and recovered some sport habits so I hit 98 kilos (~216 pounds) at New Year's eve. For the last two months I have been bouncing between 95-98 (~ 209-216 pounds) but I feel stuck. Last month I tried to make a private challenge of one push up and I did not make it. So now I want to go further and but not alone anymore. My goals are to stop getting tired of walking a couple of flights of stairs and be able to at least do a couple push-ups. Medium term I want to be able to make a 5k. I do not really want to be ab-ripped or win Ninja Warrior but to overcome this sadness that comes when I go out for a run and almost faint before arriving to the park. This last couple of months have showed me how much stamina and self-respect you recover while getting in shape and I know I can do even better. Thanks!