Hannibal

Got off to a good start. I hit all my goals for the first day. My time management hasn't been the best today, but I should be able to get almost everything done. Being on summer vacation, it's easy to get sucked into a lazy day.

Where are you starting at? Anyway, good luck!

I used Daily Burn's suggested numbers, and I did mistype. Meant 200. Thanks. I did put a lot of thought into it, which made it kind of hard to type out. Too many thoughts.

Background: Well, I don't have nor do I want a character for the purposes of this challenge. I am just me, and I want to work on leveling up my life. I figure it's time to try another challenge. This is my first one since February/March. I didn't finish it because I went on a trip to Turkey during the last week, and just kind of gave up on it. Although that was the last challenge I did, I did not stop trying to level up my life. Since April first I started working out six days a week, and I've only missed one workout since then, spent playing 40K with a friend I haven't seen in months. Worth missing it, and I'm still damn proud of myself for going nearly four months at six days a week. Starting Attributes: I'll take these Monday morning. Edit: This morning I took the following measurements: Weight: 86.75 kg Chest: 103-110 cm Waist: 97 Hips: 95 Right thigh: 57.5-58.5 Left thigh: 58-59 Right bicep: 32.25-35.5 Left bicep: 32.25-35.5 Neck: 39.5 Body fat %: YMCA-22.7/US Navy-24.3/US Army-27/USMC-26.6 Starting Photo: Again, to be added on Monday. Edit: Taken, but yet to transfer to my computer. I might add it at the end, if there's enough of a change to warrant showing. Goals: 1. I want to get my waist line below 90 cm while keeping my weight above 85 kg, preferably with my weight being a higher number than my waist line. That would be like getting 3 stars on Angry Birds. It'd be nice, but not the main goal. I have to get my exat measurements on Monday, but as of last checking I was at 97 cm and 87 kg. So the idea is to lose lots of fat and put on lots of muscle. My way to do it is: To do mostly body-weight exercises, based around the Convict Conditioning workouts, with abs, yoga, and running on alternating days. I am also using a kettlebell and a sledge hammer on alternating days. So my workout schedule goes like this: Saturday: pull ups, run (tabatas), hammer Sunday: bridge, abs, kettlebell Monday: handstand pushups, yoga, hammer Tuesday: leg raises, dips, run (2.5 to 3 miles & hill sprints), kettlebell Wednesday: squats, yoga, hammer Thursday: pushups, abs, kettlebell Friday: off The basic idea behind all this is to improve overall fitness, and to physically prepare myself for the coming zombie apocalypse. Or Ragnarok, whichever comes first. I am also considering making one of those heavy bags Steve talked about in the blog a few days ago to start weighted squats and possibly dead-lifting. [*] To watch my diet & obsessively track what I eat. I want to keep my protein at about 200g and my carbs around or below 200. I'll use Daily Burn to track it, and I'll also take photos of everything I eat or drink (except water). 2. To send in a minimum of three graduate school applications by the end of September. I need to do this anyway, I might as well make it a goal on here too. I've started some of the apps, but I still need to ask for my recommendation letters and work on the needed essays. 3. I have 10 areas of my life I'm working on that my goals from this challenge are coming from: workout, diet, meditate, read, creative work, budget/save money, study Spanish, grad school apps, journal, and "personal projects". I want to get at least 75% completion rate on these goals. I already explained workout, diet, and grad school apps. Meditate - I want to work up to meditating daily for 20 minutes. Read - I want to read 30 minutes a day, not counting on my lunch break. Creative work - any sort of painting or drawing, which I just like to do for fun, and can count doubly with this and a personal project (i.e., learn to whittle, paint some space Orks, etc.). Budget/save - I have a Excel sheet I need to update and stick to a strick budget to be able to afford my grad school apps. Spanish - one of my backup plans if grad school falls through is to teach English in South America, so I should get to studying. Journal - just to keep a journal daily. Personal projects - I have a few things I want to work on, like learning to whittle, paint 10 Orks, or make that heavy bag I mentioned earlier. This can be anything that takes more than a day to complete. Scoring for this is, I have a small poster/big piece of paper that has all the goals and squares for each day. If I do some sort of action on the goal, I color it in red. If I don't, it's black. If I have no plans, it's grey and isn't counted, like Friday will be for my workouts, being a scheduled rest day. PS, I'll probably come back and edit this later, but I have to get going. This took me longer to write than I expected, and now I'm running late. I hope there aren't too many mistakes!

July 31 - yoga, leg raises Also, bought a 44 pound/ 20 kg kettlebell today and carried that sum'bitch across the city, from the sporting goods store to my apartment. That was a workout in and of itself. Time to step this mother fucker up a notch. I hope I don't break my apartment swinging it around. Although, looking on the bright side, it might a good way to meet my neighbor if I throw a 44lb. cannonball through the wall.

Damn! I just plain forgot about this thing! I now have a month's worth of updating to do... July 5 - Legs & abs July 6 - off July 7 - ran .5, tabatas July 8 - chest, back, abs July 9 - 2.5, hills x3 July 10 - shoulders, arms, abs, hammer swings (10 each) July 11 - yoga July 12 - legs, abs, hammer swings (15 each) July 13 - off July 14 - .5, tabatas July 15 - chest, hammer swings (20 each) July 16 - 5k July 17 - arms, abs, hammer swings (20 each) July 18 - yoga July 19 - legs, abs, hammer swings (25 each) July 20 - off July 21 - I missed my first day since April 1st! Damn 40K! July 22 - yoga July 23 - .5, tabata July 24 - back, biceps, abs, hammer swings (30 each) July 25 - 2 miles July 26 - legs, abs, hammer swings (30 each) July 27 - off July 28 - .5, tabatas, pull ups (regular/chins/wide*7/4/2*4/3/0*3/3/0), hammer swings (35 each) July 29 - yoga, abs, bridges, July 30 - 2.5 miles, hills x6, , hammer swings (35 each)

Damn. I keep forgetting to keep up with this thing. June 24 - YRG60 June 25 - YRG20 and core/abs June 26 - 2 miles, 6 hill sprints, pull ups: 5/3/3/2/2/2/2/1 June 27 - X-stretch June 28 - core June 29 - Off June 30 - 1 mile, Tabata July 1 - Shoulders, biceps, & abs July 2 - 2 miles, 6 hill sprints July 3 - chest & back (finally got a pull up bar in my apartment!) July 4 - YRG60

What's your scoop size? Edit: Never mind. Figured it out.

June 20 - Rest June 21 - Legs & abs June 22 - YRG 60 June 23 -1 mile, tabata, ~1 mile barefoot, pullups!: 6/4/6 (regular, wide grip, chins) & 4/1/3