Kishi

Yeeeeeeah, Seth! Go get it!

Nice work! I haven't figured that one out yet.

Hey, peace. You caught this early. That's good. Now's the time to get mad and use that energy to attack the problem from a new angle, and hit that sucker hard. Not particularly Yoda-like advice, I know. Also, I second the concretecavewoman: if you love the barbell and you want some rapid gains, Stronglifts is a fantastic program.

I'm just dropping by to let you know that you are a machine. There's just no stopping you!

Yeah, something about the thread title just seems to blend. I've passed right by it before without even realizing it. Anyhoo, regarding NaNo, my progress isn't that great. It's a lot of words, but there's no story in it, but for 300 words that I pounded out last night to stay in touch. We'll see if this one lasts.

Doing it's a lot of fun too. And I'm always glad for the encouragement you guys give me. You'd be surprised how often I'm like, "Meh, I could skip... but... but... dammit, how could I go back and write about a lazy day!" Y'all - all of you - play a part in me winning. I'm grateful.

You totally could hit that word count. Also, it's NaNo5K Day today, or so the Twitter tells me. If you're wanting to get up on that word count, today's a great day for it.

> Not cool! Not only are they taking up squat space, but they aren't even doing the right lifts! That's practically an insult!

Now, now. It's always darkest just before dawn, right? Time is passing. This dark, this pain, they are both passing. They'll end eventually, and it'll be all right. Meanwhile, good job on the word count!

Well, I'm just a hair past 14K, and I'm looking to get more before the night's out. Apparently, this novel wants to be a crossover between Exalted, Asura's Wrath, The Name of the Wind, and the Dresden Files. ... Yeah.

Thanks, everyone. I'll keep working at it. Just keep moving fingers, right?

Lift through it if you can. If you are getting sick, as long as it doesn't sink down into your chest, you're going to be okay. It'll help you, even.

I agree with your assessment. You look like you're taking better care of yourself, and it shows!

For what it's worth, I think you did pretty terrific. And besides, you now have a pretty clear idea of what you need to work on, right?

So, today I was thinking: Man. Wouldn't it be great if I wrote back to the community this evening and said I took my mile time down into the single digits? This is what happened: Day 15: Running Day Three Mile Run - Time: 29:29 (-01:20) - 9:52/mile. Part 2 - Inverted Rows 3x5 Notes Man, but can I just say I feel really good about today? Anyway, you're probably wondering why I'm so focused on these inverted rows. You're also wondering why I added a set, but lowered the reps. It's like this: every other movement is leveling up much better than I ever could have anticipated. There's more than enough time to get all of this done before the month is out. If I cut my focus back to just the rows, I can really get stronger there and catch it up just fine. We'll see how this new plan goes.

Yeah, the weekend. That can be a make-or-break kind of time, really, depending on what you do with it.

Make the most of it! You can totally make this a good week!

Well, I mean. It's okay for you to just run. Strength training is prescribed in general because running destroys muscular structures - the body burns them up for energy, so, strength training forces the body to burn other parts for energy to regenerate them. Obviously, if you don't like strength training, that won't matter so much to you. One thing you could do, though, if you want to add some variety and maybe preserve some structure, is to start seeing about speed work. Maybe do some research on strides or fartleks or what have you. At the very least, it'll give the runs some variety, and it'll help your speed too.

Daaang! Nice work!

Well, it sounds like it was a pretty crazy-busy week for you. And as you're doing NaNo, the intensity of this time definitely takes away from time on the boards. Anyway. It's a brand new week, and the goals are in front of you. If you want to accomplish them, then you know what you have to do.

Well, there is something you could try, then. Go for broke on one set. Then, when you figure out your limit, knock a couple off of there, and just practice a few sets at that rate. So, to give this some numbers, say you fail at 13. That means you put a couple of reps in reserve and start practicing sets of 11. Do that for about a week or so, then next week you add one or two more on. You just keep practicing at that level for the week. The following week, you add on two more, and so on and so forth. And if you go too far and fail, then just scale back a bit and try again. I found that that's worked for me.

Nah, man, I understand. Myself, I lost 5 pounds a couple weeks ago and got knocked from 175lbs to 170. I honestly think it had a lot to do with the caloric intake; I ate a lot more in the past week, and my body stayed at the same weight this week as a result. It's not that strange.

Congrats on leveling the marriage! That's fantastic. And good luck with the marathon.

Told you the interviews were a numbers game. I hope you get that call! That would be a fantastic thing to have happen on this challenge.

Man, sleep surpluses are the best. It's always better to have too much energy rather than not enough.