Tenkyuu

Hello there! Once again I'm here to change the answer to a simple question: Can your body keep up with your mind? A 8 years ago, the answer was "kinda...", 3 years ago it changed to "Nope". I tried to change it, and failed... Sh*t happens, took me a while but I'm back on my feet. Now the answer to that question is "Hell no!!!", and I'll change it because I want to play Life in the "Challenging yet fun" setting! I'm really tired of the "I can't do that" mode. For this change I'll need some Str, Stamina and Dex powerups, to achieve the "Warrior Body". Main quest: Ressurect the Warrior shell. Checkpoints: 4x wk - Eat paleo. 3x wk - Exercise (Squats, Pushups, Abs at least, with room for improvement) 1x wk - Run (So I can run with my friends) Life quest: Return to S.H.I.T. (Standard Human Individuals Timezone) - I'm a night guy, but bosses don't like owls... =D Motivation: Can your body keep up with your mind? Explaining: If you saw an orange tree and suddenly wanted some, would your body be able to climb it and grab one? Next time you want to go to a waterfall, would you be able to reach it? What experiences are you letting go because you can't walk 3h, or push yourself up a stone, or carry a heavy backpack? That's it! I'll write measurements on an excel sheet twice a week and post it here at the end. Tomorrow will be the first day to include full stats (Scale needs batteries).

Here it goes: Name: Tenkyuu or Math. (Mr.) Brief overview of goals: Fitness 1 - BW exercises at least 3x a week, running at least 2x. Fitness 2 - Take notes on meals, results and everything else ralated to this changes... Fitness 3 - Improve my soccer related skills. Life 1 - Kick ass on the first round of tests at college. Life 2 - Finish my CNC project, at least Mech part. Life 3 - Guitar 15min at least 5x a week. Life 4 - Help a friend who's interested in paleo\exercises, but haven't started yet. If you follow a specific way of eating: Basically paleo + beer + coffee with a little milk and no sugar. Any other piece of information you think would be useful for squad creation: Hate running. I like the angry birds WO plan, will try to stick to whatever I can of it. If you want to be part of a squad or if you want to work alone: Squad me for some zombie head choppin' action! DIE ZOMBIES, DIEE!

Count me in. Spent the weekend away from internet with my girlfriend's family, will post a complete sheet tomorrow, (11), when I'm home again. See ya.

We all know you can do it!! I'm fighting against it with ya! Let's brag about it when it's finally gone! Keep strong, remember why you're dropping it, and never forget life is a game where there are no save-spots and easy mode. When you feel the craving, do something, anything, but don't smoke. I lost some big trenches in this war because I allowed myself one damn cigarrete, and it grew to a pack sometimes. I'm slowly reducing it again, and that's the way to go. Good luck, and have a nice victory! See ya healthier in a while!

Opa! Somos 3 então! Tem o Perfect42 também! =D I said that because I never had a pleasurable experience in a gym, and have been offered one or another tipe of s*** more than once =P. But i have nothing against the rebels, altough I never met one that really acted, ou trained like one in the gym I had to go to fix my knee back then. But see ya!

Thanks for the info folks =P I didn't know if there were a word for chocoholics, that's why I explained it. I'll try and find some of this herbs around here, and post the results later on. C ya.

I have to say by experience. Mix what you don't like with something you like. I am not very fond of most vegetables either, but I usually mix it wit eggs... I know you already mentioned hating eggs, but have you tried them scrambled??? It's the best food-I-don't-like-delivery-method i've ever tried... Apart from that, I use a lot of spíces and olive oil to make salads interesting. =) There are a lot of pepper kinds to try... each has its own smell and flavour if you try'em. just make sure you can still sense ANY flavor after trying a new kind.... =D

Yep. Arugula (here we call it rúcula) is one of my warriors against boredom salads... =P. I have never tried frying salads except "couve" (Brassica oleracea) fried in bacon fat.... yummy.... (Is there anything bacon doesn't improve???) A also have used some leafs of "agrião" (Nasturtium officinale) to spice up some leaves.... Apart from that, I'm open to suggestions. =) (thanks C. Bear)

Okay... I've been following paleo (as close to it as I can get) for 3-4 weeks now. I've had my moments of complete unpaleo bonanzas (some graduations, marriages and stuff). Here in Brasil we have some terms for chocolate addicts, "chocólatras", and I'm one of'em. I have been triyng my best, but sometimes (especially when you are the only one in your house trying to paleo, and easter is closing by) chocolate wins. I don't feel bad at it at al, because instead of devouring a box of 'em, I'm eating only one when I figure resistance is futile... And I absolutely can't give up my beers... But enough of that... I always loathed vegetables, but I have tried different green stuff to complete my paleo meals. I found out I don't like sweet vegetables. I hate spinach. I can survive "beterrabas" (Beta vulgaris, I found in wikipedia), and as an exception I love carrots, but I would like some suggestions on sour, bitter or tasteless vegetables to include in a possible salad. Can ya folks help me??? I'm getting tired of lettuce with olive oil, pepper and salt... =P Thanks =)

Took me a while to come back, but here I am. Took me some time to assess what I could or couldn't do. I have tried the begginer body weight workout, so far so good. My arms are weak, my legs are fine. 15 sec planks, 20 squats, 20 walking lunges went ok, but the DB rows were hard. My goals for next month are run 15min (can't run more than 5), finish at least one stinking pull up, finish 20 perfect push ups, and reach the 100 body weight squat mark. I'm still not sure how much can I improve in one month, but I'm pretty sure this goals won't be too easy but are certainly reachable. As long as paleo goes, I've slipped up in the weekends. It's kinda hard to resist a marriage buffet and a graduation... I'll not even start talking about beers. Let's just say that was THE major mess-my-diet-glorious-liquid-of-the-damned-gods... Couldn't wait 'till the weekend for a smoke, so I changed my goal to 2 a day. I'll reduce it again next week. See ya later (Same post in Portuguese to train w perfect42.) Demorou, mas eu voltei. Levei algum tempo para verificar o que eu conseguia ou não fazer. Tentei o Begginer body weight workout, e até agora tudo bem. Meus braços estão fracos, minhas pernas estão ok. Tábuas de 15 seg, 20 agachamentos, e 20 walking lunges (não faço idéia como chamam isso por aqui, vou tentar descobrir) foram tranquilas, mas as remadas foram complicadas. Meus objetivos para o mes que vem são correr 15 min (não consigo correr mais que 5...), completar uma maldita barra, finalizar 20 flexões perfeitas, e alcançar a marca de 100 agachamentos. Eu não tenho certeza de quando é possível melhorar em um mes, mas tenho certeza que estes objetivos não são tão fáceis, mas são alcançáveis. Quanto a dieta Paleo, vassourei (this is a slang) nos finais de semana... é meio complicado resistir a buffet de formatura e casamento... E eu nem vou falar sobre as cervejas. Vamos só dizer que elas foram o principal líquido-glorioso-que-avacalha(slang)-dietas. Não consegui ficar sem fumar até o final de semana, então alterei o objetivo para, no máximo, 2 cigarros por dia. Vou reduzir denovo semana que vem. Até mais! P.S.: Aqui é mais comum chamarmos gyms de academias em vez de ginásios. Na verdade chamamos de ginásio lugares onde se treina ginástica olímpica ou esportes e chamamos de academia lugares onde se treinam artes marciais, musculação e etc. Não tenho certeza se isso vale para o país inteiro, mas aqui no sul é assim. =) Grande abraço!

Thanks for the warm welcome folks! I've noticed the seriousness of my smoking on a soccer game with some friends... I almost puked my guts too. I already quit smoking once, and it last for some months, buuuut I was in a nice bar, the craving came back and I started again with renewed vice... (from lights to reds...) As for the Portuguese, hell yeah! It'll be great to help, but let's write it in Port. and in Eng, so everybody else can read too. =)

Hello rebels! For quite some time now I've been reading the blog, absorbing some ideas, lol-ing with another ones, but of all those ideas one stood up in my head and won't let go: I can be better, and for this I don't need to spend my life in a gym. I don't like gyms. I hate gym guys who go kissing their drug-filled biceps and, incredibly, don't choke at their own self proclaimed awesomeness. The idea of entering their dungeon always terrified me to the last bit, but not now. Now I've heard of people who can still be normal, like what they like, and have time to live their lives outside of a damn sweaty space, and I am proud to get in touch with some of these guys, A.K.A. the rebels. Trough all the reading I've now reached a critical point, a point where I realized it's my fault my body is this way, and once you get to that point is quite hard to ignore the mesmerizing voice from behind your neck that says "it's you fault, you got it this way, you understood how to change it, now go and F*ING DO SOMETHING" I'm overweight, can't run more than a block to save my life, I'm a smoker, I'm weak, I feel tired every friggin' day no matter how much i sleep.... Nope. I was all that. I made a promise to myself after a lot of reading and inspiring found here, and this promise is "by 07/07/11 my body will be my tool to roam, change, and enjoy the world, not my burden." For this, tomorrow, I'm starting my 30 days of paleo and exercise just to see how it goes, and I'll smoke only on the weekend, 2 cigarretes tops. I'll set some other goals after I analyse how bad I am to set how much I will improve, but for now "better" paints a picture good enough for me. Hell, that post is something a little longer than I expected, but will have to do. Count me in for the trenches of the rebel army! Thanks folks and sorry if I screwed up something here, my English ain't perfect. Tenkyuu. =) P.S.: And hello from Brasil (here we write it this way)