MrHyde

I weighed myself this morning and it looks like the diet is working. I've lost 2.5 Kg (down to 82.5) since the 4th when I last weighed myself. I'm pretty happy about this, specially considering I've had about 5 not-so-stellar days since I started where I overate (by a lot). On for more…

Yoga, huh? I might try it. Never really been a fan, but hey, might be fun. Progress wise, I've been doing pretty well. I haven't weighed myself again, but I'm already noticing my clothes are fitting better (specially my pants!) so I'm going to say I'm making progress. The last 2-3 days have been a bit off though; had some personal problems and my diet suffered because of it, but today I'm hopefully back to normal. Anyhow, time to apply for some jobs; gotta meet today's quota…

In terms of the challenge, my day 1 is done. I stuck to the diet, went for a walk (baby steps, baby steps), but nothing on the flexibility front yet. I did some work on the company and applied for some jobs. Progress! Let's see what happens tomorrow.

Toasmasters, huh? I've been thinking about joining myself. Does it actually work? Best of luck on your challenge.

Sounds achievable. What kind of novel are you going to write? :-) A dream journal? Are you gonna try to lucid dream next by any chance? Cause' you know, that'd be pretty cool.

Cool, a fellow climber! Are you going to actual outdoor walls?

I started climbing a little over a year ago, did it for a summer and then I had to stop (had to start getting everything ready for the move). I'd love to start doing it again, but I know I'm hopelessly out of shape for it. I tried going to an indoor gym a few weeks ago and it was a complete and utter fiasco. Well, I just got fed up with Argentina and New Zealand had an easy-to-get working holiday scheme (1 year visa), so I figured why not? It's been quite the ride :-) Oh, yes. I'm not letting this happen again; it just can't. I'm curious, what caused you to regain all that weight?

Cool! Looks like we've got very similar flexibility goals. Good luck.

Evening, rangers! Last year was a bit hectic ultimately leading to me regaining most of the weightI'd so dutifully lost (regained ~25 Kg) and throwing exercise out the window. Who would have thought moving to another country could be so stressful. Thisis my attempt to start undoing the damage and move on to better things,hopefully while having heaps of fun! Motivation: I strongly dislike the way my body looks and the fact that I can'tdo many of the things I love. I get tired easily (overweight), clothes justdon't look good on me (again, overweight), I'm very weak (climbing, trekking),a painfully slow runner, and just not flexible enough (again, climbing). Irefuse to accept the status quo and I will strive to be better everyday untilone day I can look into the mirror and have a body that enables (rather than prevents)me from doing the things I love look back at me. Main quest: to lose the weight I've re-gained throughout 2013 (and then some)and to get fit (strong, fast, and flexible!). Main goals:Stick to the diet (~1500-2000 kCal/day, intermittent fasting with 2 meals, paleo-ish food) and actually lose some weight (anywhere from 3-6 Kg total would be pretty ok). Bonus points if I can fit back into 2 pairs of pants I've… mmmm… “outgrownâ€. Slowly re-introduce exercise to the point where I'm exercising everyday first thing in the morning and enjoying every minute of it. Bonus points if I manage to consistently workout hard at least 3 days a week. Start training my flexibility in general using GMB's Focused Flexibility program with an emphasis on the front and side splits. I will aim to ultimately do this every day as part of my daily routine and I will measure progress by how far along I get on the splits.Side quests: Since I don't have a fitness side quest, I'm gonna add an extra life quest. I hope that's ok. Life: to bootstrap the company I started last month to the point where I can start looking for clients. This means doing some legal and accounting-related etting up, creating the Website and some portfolio projects, setting up online payment gateways, creating a customer area, coming up with all the products and services I'll be offering, etc. NOTE: It's a Web-development company targeting small businesses. Life 2: to get a job to supplement my income while I work on the company.Can't wait to get started!

I'm presently trying to lose the last few kilograms of remaining excess fat I have (lower back and ass down to my mid-thigh pretty much) and I've been lifting twice a week (strength training) to prevent muscle loss. But 2-3 weeks ago I started rock-climbing and since I'm not progressing much if at all at the gym due to my caloric deficit I was wondering if, perhaps, I could drop lifting altogether and focus on rock-climbing until I'm done losing the extra fat. The idea is that rock climbing is incredibly fun, still counts as whole-body strength-training, and in principle, it should produce the same LBM-sparing effect as weight-lifting. And by dropping lifting altogether I get to rock-climb more, which would be awesome. Has anyone done this? If so, how did you do? Is there any reason you can think of that would make this not work (i.e. cause me to lose muscle mass)? Thanks in advance for taking the time to read and answer this :-).

How do I breathe? I generally use a 2-2 rhythm. That is, it takes me 2 strides (always starting with the same foot) to fill my lungs and another 2 to empty them. This will likely take practice to get right if you've never done it before. How far should my legs go back? Long or short strides? Shorter strides are better. As it turns out, when you run faster you don't change how many strides per minute you take; you just make each stride longer. It follows that if you normally take short strides and thus increase the stride per minute rate your muscles are used to, your speed will improve. How do I improve my distance while running faster? As other have recommended, an interval program is probably a good idea. I'd grab the Couch to 5 K program (C25K) and skip the first 3 weeks or so since you are not starting from scratch. OH, and I wouldn't worry to much about speed just yet. Get to a point where you can run, say, 5K and not feel like you are gonna drop dead on the spot first.

Well, the way I saw it when I wrote the program is that swimming is essentially active recovery and it would essentially be replacing my usual evening walks on lifting days thus representing a minimal increase in stress past the initial 1-2 weeks, the bike commute is just that, an easy commute, and I suck at climbing so intensity is not really an immediate concern. That said, climbing will get more intensive as I improve, the sprints are a killer, and I did add a hard running day as well as make half my hikes more difficult by taking my backpack with about 15 Kg of added weight. My present deficit is TDEE -30% on non-lifting days and TDEE on lifting days with an average weekly loss of 0.4 to 0.5 Kg.

Pretty much what the title says; I'm updating my weekly workout program to include everything I want to do I'd like some input on it. I have the feeling it just might be a little too much considering I'm technically on a caloric deficit (LeanGains cut). So, without further ado: [table=width: 700, class: grid] Day Lift Swim Bike Climb Trek Run Sprint Monday Lift Swim Bike [/td] Tuesday Climb Wednesday Lift Swim Bike Thursday Climb Friday Swim Bike Sprint Saturday Climb Run Sunday Trek [td] [/table] Bike = commute to swimming pool, about 2 Km each way. Swim = 1 hour Lift = Starting Strength Run = 5K at ZOMG-I'M-GONNA-DIE pace Sprint = sprint 30 seconds, rest 2 minutes, repeat 10 times Trek = 2 hour hike up the only mountain within walking distance or a full-day trek with fellow mountaineers Climb = I'm taking a course but I plan on doing it recreationally for 1-2 hours at a time (maybe a little more on the weekend) when it finishes I'm presently lifting on Mondays and Wednesdays, sprinting on Fridays, and hiking/trekking on Saturdays. All other days are filled with active recovery walks. It's worth noting I won't be “easing into itâ€, as they say. Not even remotely. So, what do you all think :-)?

When you stop bending over to pick stuff up (or take something out of the fridge) and start squatting instead. When you are at a bookstore browsing books on the floor-level shelves and a store employee offers you a chair and you say no cause you actually prefer to “sit” by squatting down. When one of the first things that crosses your mind when you meet someone new is something a lot like “could deadlift” or “could squat”.

The Superuser app will pop-up a yes/no dialog before granting root privilegies to another app, so you should be fine.

Computer monitor very often don't come with HDMI ports but rather with DVI (digital with analog signal fallback) and/or VGA (old analog interface) ones. I'm sure you can find a cheap 5 USD HDMI-->DVI cable somewhere. I'd say go check the TV. DVI: http://www.playtool.com/pages/dvicompat/dviconnscables.jpg HDMI: http://content.answcdn.com/main/content/img/CDE/_HDMITYP.GIF

USB is a master-slave protocol. That is to say, you can only connect a slave device (keyboard, mouse, and so on) on a master (type A, big and squared) USB port. Some android devices (tablets) have USB-host functionality and associated USB type-A ports, but phones just don't have the space. Try a bluetooth keyboard if you can get someone to lend you one.

Tell me about it… now I have to shave every other day rather than once a week.

And price aside, building computers is quite fun.

When you go to a kiosk with a friend and notice there is not a single thing you can eat there that won't make you sick.

Take a look at this: http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain/whats-my-genetic-muscular-potential.html

Been watching Jumper lately?

Immortality, of course. How is this even a question?

YES! Now, if only we could make everybody else understand this and not go all "wait 10 years and see" on you…

Over here it was 2 tomatoes in the fridge :-).