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I'm sorry to report that it's not been going well. The trips to the gym haven't happened at all. Of my 3 main goals I'm completely failing 1 of them. Goal 1: Eat only what I take to work and drink only water at work, no buying anything extra “to bulk out†my pack up or sugary drinks. Doing very well at this, not bought any extra food and had zero sugary drinks during the day. Sometimes during the evening I have a glass of Tesco Traditional Lemonade which whilst it isn't good for me it's certainly not as bad as it could be. Goal 2: Attend Wrestling training once a week Check, been every week here and I've been putting in the effort when I go. Goal 3: Attend the Gym AT LEAST twice a week (3 times in an ideal world). Work through Starting Strength 5 x 5 and do “some†cardio every session Complete fail. I could come up with excuses but I'm not going to. MUST TRY HARDER!

I know the challenge hasn't started yet but I thought I'd update this with what's happened since Thursday morning when I wrote the post. Thursday evening I went to Wrestling training as I had promised myself I would. Training on a Thursday is taken by UK Wrestling legend Marty Jones (He trained William Regal) and he's hugely big on fitness. His "warm up" is an hour of running, jumping, squats, press ups / bump drills etc etc. Friday night I came home and then went to take a look at my new gym. It's at the end of the road, 2 squat racks, 4 benches, space for deadlifts, really quiet (I was the only person there until 3 other guys walked in) that'll do Did the first session of Stronglifts 5x5 which is 5 sets of 5 Squats (20kg), Bench Press (20kg) and Bent over rows (30kg). No real issues but I need to take another look at the technique for Rows. 15 minutes on the rowing machine before I left and then a hobble (walking was interesting with wobbly legs) round with the dog for 30 mins. Feeling pretty good this morning, not as sore as I was expecting. Food wise I've been on track so far, no extra food bought and drinking water all day

Some good goals there and reading through your Battle Log (also following that one) it sounds like you are off to a great start. Looking forward to reading throughout the 6 weeks

Thanks for the comments. Please come back and post when you make your thread EmbraCraig so i can follow your progress too. Thanks for the tag Blaidd, i definitely see myself as a future warrior :-)

A little about me. My name is Daniel and I’m a few days away from being 36. I work repairing PCs and my passion is Professional Wrestling which I take part in by being a referee. Last summer I did fairly well at eating well and working out, I lost 2 stone and was stronger, faster and generally felt much better day to day. Too much slacking and complacency and the weight has come back (most of it) and worst of all I’m struggling to referee a show! Nobody wants to watch the referee get blown up from dropping to the mat to count and getting up a few times. I've a big (for me) show in late September with a former WWE star on the card who has a reputation for trying to get the refs to run out of wind. I don’t think I’ll be able to keep up but I would like to not embarrass myself too badly in front of a few 100 people. Main Quest: At the end of these 6 weeks I’d like to have more endurance than I currently do and to not ache almost constantly (not in a good way). Goal 1: Eat only what I take to work and drink only water at work, no buying anything extra “to bulk out†my pack up or sugary drinks. Goal 2: Attend Wrestling training once a week Goal 3: Attend the Gym AT LEAST twice a week (3 times in an ideal world). Work through Starting Strength 5 x 5 and do “some†cardio every session I’m looking to really start this challenge on June 8th in line with everyone else on the forum but I’m posting now and will be trying to meet my goals next week as well (1st June). In fact tonight is Wrestling training and I WILL be there, no excuses!