AndadorArnoth

Day 13 Workout: 3.0 mile run, .75 mile gradual progressions 3 sets 1 hand pushups & reverse squats, hit 13 in one set on the pushups, new record! Blood Sugar: Pre workout - 197, post workout - 320 I'm hoping that will be good evidence for the doctor that our current plan isn't working.

I'm trying not to get my hopes up, but there are indications we could have a bit of a warm up in my neck of the woods over the next couple weeks. I think it will be really good to practice the handstands outside where there is less stuff to crash into.

Day 12 - Still a little sore from the castle crash. My friendly competition with the Knights of the GSPC somehow went into overdrive today. While I didn't have a full official workout today I snuck in quick sets of reverse squats every chance I had and managed to total 460 for the day. One more day on that challenge, I have a feeling it will be down to the wire! Blood Sugar: Morning 196 Lunch: 235 I accept responsibility for myself today, my youngest daughter turned 3 so I had a doughnut with her for a breakfast and a cupcake after dinner. I'll be sure to have a proper breakfast and a good workout tomorrow.

May as well own it I gotta be honest, this little pvp has been a lot of fun. I have never been more motivated to sneak in exercises at any random points during the day. It has gone a long way in helping me stay positive even though my blood sugar still isn't behaving like it should. Thanks again to CitizenKade for mentioning this place on the podcast, you guys are all awesome! That said I am hitting it hard tomorrow. Joe if you want your lead back, come and try to take it!

Great workout! Glad to see you back up and moving.

I think you are well on your way to that 8 min mile. I have never been able to run on a treadmill, how do you like it?

So you did that funny run where you kick your but with each step? I haven't done those since high school.

I think you are making some good choices. Are you using a stationary bike? If so does it let you increase/decrease resistance to simulate hills? May be another way to scale it up a bit without going to a knee pounding exercise.

I've honestly never had these, I think I will fix that this weekend.

Also, just checked the reverse squat scoresheet, touché Joe. However by tomorrow I will have recovered from my epic battle at the gates of the Disney castle and I will be coming for the lead!

Got in 80 of the reverse squats today, I've been doing most of mine on quick 20/20 breaks. When I have a minute between classes or some other break I sneak in 20 squats and 20 push ups. It's nothing super intense but I'm finding it really helps to get me refocused and provides a little boost of energy to prepare me for the next class. When I got back from my run I thought I would face my fear and try to kick up into a handstand without a wall, and I had my first success! I think I managed to hold it for a solid 3 seconds before bailing out. I got so excited I tried to get one on video and this happened... No princesses were harmed.

Day 11 My usual routine is to workout after putting my daughters to bed at 7:45, but 7:30 tonight I had no interest in working out, and by 8 when I had my running clothes on I REALLY had no interest in working out. Then I remembered that if I didn't run I would have to come up with an excuse to post here and all the excuses I could think of were lame ass so my ass went for the run, and I'm glad I did. 3.89 mile run By the time I got home I was feeling much better so I gave the handstands a try, and had my first successful kickup without a wall! GOAL ACHIEVED!! +1 Strength and +1 Dexterity! I will spend the rest of the challenge seeing how long of a hold I can achieve. Before pulling out the camera I actually had one that I think I held for at least 3 seconds, which made me so excited I pulled out the camera and this happened. Blood Sugar: Breakfast: 199 Late Afternoon: 235

I joined an accountabilibuddies group - Knights of the Geek Show Podcast. CitizenKade's shoutout about Nerd Fitness on the podcast is actually what first turned me on to this website!

I know it is annoying but if you don't get the rest when your body is really needing it you're only doing harm. Get back on the horse as soon as you are ready!

Day 10 This week is head and shoulders above last week, it's amazing what not being sick can do for you! Workout: Strength Circuit: pushups, reverse squats, handstand holds, handstand pushups. Along with the circuits I snuck in a few extra sets of reverse squats to get my total for the day up to 200, look out knights I am catching up! Blood Sugar: Pre Dinner: 199 9 pm (before evening snack): 254

I am right there with you. I think I can do it but the idea of kicking up without some sort of wall or really soft surface to fall on freaks me out. I think the mental blocks are going to be much harder for me than the physical.

I agree. I get nervous about this when I watch some of our student athletes, especially wrestlers. The coach at the school where I teach does a good job of making sure the kids keep a healthy weight, and don't go for anything too drastic, but some of the best of them that go on to compete in college go for the extremes. I know one area wrestler that is a senior who is planning to wrestle 10 lbs lighter as a college freshman, when he was already at a very low weight with almost no body fat. How is he supposed to get any stronger while doing that? I still have this weird idea that sports should promote health. Guess that's why I'm a nerd and not a jock!

Whenever I read articles like this, part of me gets annoyed because I think "yeah if someone paid me to get in shape for 6 months and I got to devote my whole schedule to it I could get ripped too, no fair!!" On the other hand, I'm seeing that more and more of the workout programs they are using rarely use workouts over 45 min, especially when they are going for lean muscle rather than packing on a lot of mass. That gives me some hope.

Wow, we've definitely had our fair share of winter here in the midwest, but it's as flat as a pancake out here so avalanches are one thing I have not had to deal with.

Day 9 I joined up with the Knights of the GSPC today. Between their challenges and the Assassins mini challenges I think that is going to be plenty to give me interesting bodyweight workouts to compliment my running. Workout: 5.19 mile Fartlek run. 4 rounds of 1 hand push ups (5 per hand) and reverse squats (20) I also snuck in 3 random sets of the reverse squats throughout the day. I'm joining they're challenge late so I need to catch up! Blood Sugar Morning - 160 - better! Dinner - 235 - *&$^%#!!!

I've officially jumped in on the reverse squats, looks like I have some catching up to do! I managed to get in 3 random sets of 20 throughout the day, plus 4 sets of 20 in my strength circuit tonight for a total of 140. I will probably regret that tomorrow...

Way to get the 3!

I'm on my second challenge with NF, and I know I'm a little late to this group but I'd love to say "hey" and jump in! I see you are setting up mini boss and level boss challenges so here are mine: Mini boss - 15 one handed push ups per hand (currently at 10) Level boss - 5k in 21 min. I need to shave about 3 min off what I've been running lately so this one is really going to push me. I'm also trying to work my way toward paleo, I'm not a pinterest user but my wife pulls recipes from there a lot.

Day 8 - Week 2 begins! I had yet another school cancellation today, this time because the weather knocked down a tree which took out the power for the whole town where I teach. Luckily I don't live in the town where I teach so I got to enjoy my day off in a warm house with all my electronic devices and stayed very productive. Workout: Assassin Mini Challenge #2 - Duck, Lizard, Horse and Ostrich walks - 3 sets. If you follow the thread for challenge 2 you've seen these but I can't resist posting them again. My youngest daughter saw me doing the silly walking exercises and joined in! Also completed a circuit pushups, ab work, and handstands Evening run - 3.02 miles. Pace was a little better than the last couple runs, maybe if I get to run on pavement instead of ice sometime soon I can start making real progress. Blood Sugar: Morning: 207 (forgot to take it immediately, taken right as I was finishing breakfast) Lunch: 228 (yes scary again but I kinda expected it, I am going to try having a few more good carbs in the morning, mainly oatmeal and fruit which worked great several years ago) Life Goal: Finished my chapter for the week, also downloaded and began to read an article on brain research that was referenced in my book for some bonus points! Take that Monday!

If you find some stretches that work well for you please share, I need to make some serious improvement in that area.