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I just popped in for a look and now find myself on my ass after attempting a pistol squat after watching someone's form check video. Good times. So.... PR: pistol squat +1 from 0 PR: push-ups +3 from 10 Hope I'm doing this right!

Not exactly bizarre, but more uncomfortable as far as poses go. In other news, I've done two now and my armpits hurt. The heck?

Thanks for posting those! I'm just starting out with flexibility and was wondering where to begin when I saw that.

I just wrote my first challenge today and added flexibility so...perfect timing! You were right, this place is good motivation.

Yay, fun! I'm in

I love Supernatural, and I laughed coffee out my nose at the "Assbutt" gif.

Hello! I'm new to posting, but I started the academy about a year ago and got into the barbell battalion. Loved it, made a lot of progress and now it's time to make even more. I'm 36, 5'4 and weigh 136. I'm fairly active - I do strength training and run/hike about 5x a week. What I'd love to get into is free running, and to prepare for that I created my first challenge. Main quest: build running endurance while increasing agility. (Zombie dodging!) Endurance - Someday, at an unspecified time in the future, I'd like to be able to run most of five miles without completing stopping. For now, I'm going to aim for 2. I already run pretty regularly but I rarely keep running throughout the entire trek. So for the next six weeks I'm going to slowly add on until I gain some endurance. Tomorrow I'll start with .5 and track how far over that I can do at a comfortable pace without stopping. Once I have this number I'm just going to aim to do a little more every day. That's it! No matter how small, progress is progress. Agility - stretch time! This will be harder as I generally forget to do it and I'm not as flexible as I'd like. But I've been reading up and know this is critical towards my progress so here I go. I'll do this after every run, and do a full session of yoga on my rest day. Commitment - I'm already attaining my goal of exercise 5x a week, but I want to adopt a mindset where I have a willingness to learn and gain abilities over a lifetime. I don't want to stop after I meet a specific goal but rather be able to change and grow as my fitness improves. Test of skills: will sign up for Zombie Run in October. Life quest: practice Spanish on Duolingo at least three times a week. SMART: *This goal is very achievable - I have given myself plenty of time to ease into it and by starting with .5, I won't place too much stress on myself and burn out before I can make progress. *My three quests are complimentary and reasonable for my fitness level. *I can absolutely scale my goals down just by reducing the distance. *I will be tracking my goals with Runkeeper, the measure test, and Duolingo. *I will be grading my goals by weekly rather than daily progress. I don't want to fail because I have a couple of off days. I'll be rewarding myself with fun runs such as the Zombie Run, just to get out and enjoy using my new skills. *If I become ill or injured I'll adjust my rest days and do some yoga instead. *no special occasions anticipated in the next six weeks. *My goals shouldn't conflict because the second one is just recovery for the first and the third is more of a mindset. *I have already made time in my schedule for fitness over the last few months so I'm good I go. Final grades: 1st week: A- 2nd week: B 3rd week: A 4th week: B 5th week: B 6th week: A Conclusion: I had a harder time sticking to Spanish than I thought and this knocked my grade down a little. But I did sick with my fitness goals just fine, and made huge progress in flexibility...went from nothing to something! That's always good. 😆 First challenge completed!

you can do it! . And awesome about making video game music...I'm a huge fan.

Yes! Love your post, joining in on wishing you luck (not that you need it, just put an axe in whatever gets in your way) and can't wait to see the progress.

I did find a group and just made contact, we'll see how it goes. I'll let them know I'm just starting out, hopefully they are willing to work with a newbie. I'd love to get with a group that runs outdoors so I can explore my hometown with other people.

Thank you! We can adapt together...it will be fun. I haven't gotten to know a lot of them yet, but from what I've seen the people here are pretty amazing. Thank you in advance, I know I'll have a ton of questions later when I start to grasp how much I don't know. Firstly I need to master the pull ups, because I'm weak in that area. So that's tough right now, but it can only get...probably a lot more challenging? And more fun at the same time!

Love your challenge, it's very well thought out. It's Jo...just started actually posting instead of lurking. Going to try to get organized now, wish me luck.

Just the sound of one guys voice in a comic shop today was enough to make me snap and think about removing his head with my Disney keychain. Doesn't take much these days.

I work Thurs night or I'd ask to join.

I'd like to start hiking in Vegas if anyone is still around.

A park playground doubles as free gym, go early morning and have it all to yourself. The stone benches are great for box jumps and all. Don't vex the gardeners and you're good to go.

That sounds awesome!

Night crew here too. I go for a run after work to relieve aggravation and I find it's a great motivator.

You're definitely not alone, I'm older and a broken mess of bones, and I'm just getting into parkour again. I started a few years back and then a car accident set me back. But I'm going at it again! I lost a decent chunk of weight over the last few months just by walking and hiking most mornings. No running or jumping around, just enjoying moving around far away from people. Stick around and see what happens next, life is full of surprises.

Cones of Dunshire?

Wrangling drunks across a nightclub while dodging pools and projectiles of various bodily excretions.

Hello, everyone! I joined the academy about a year ago and have been lurking around, but never got around to posting. I'm nerdy in many different areas - games, comics, science fiction/fantasy books...a little bit of everything. Like a red mage. So, I became interested in parkour and climbing quite some time ago but never felt I was fit enough to get into it. I think I'm ready now. Stronger, faster and 20 pounds lighter (5'4, 136) than when I started, the only thing holding me back is agility and lots of practice. I know there are excellent parkour threads on here and I'm working on stretching and balance too! Just wanted to meet people who had similar interests to keep me motivated.