NotoriousDWG

Whoops, out too late. Tomorrow AM for real!

I STILL EXIST!! Full update to come later tonight! I prooooooooomise

Does anyone have a better review on Nike +? I've downloaded it but have yet to use it as I'm not running much right now. As for other apps, MyFitnessPal is king for nutrition logging. I've tried a couple others, but... No. This kills it. I'm also on board the Moves train. I would love something a little more accurate (sometimes it has me leaping buildings... I haven't even started working on Parkour yet! Maybe it predicts the future?). I was using Jefit for workout logging, it's pretty decent, but I fell off of it. I log on Evernote now, but logging workouts is REALLY tough for me and I end up skipping some. I don't like taking too much time.

Donezo! Questions, comments, concerns? http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/51137-notoriousdwg-round-1/

MINI-QUEST TIME!! Is your overall quest achievable (over a short or long period of time)? Is it reasonable? PRETTY CLOSE! I am going to tweak my crow goal to 20 seconds. I feel like 30 is a bit lofty especially with my other challenge focusing on upper body strength. I may re-evaluate my decision to slash it at the half way point, but for now I don't want to set myself up for failure. Do your 3 quests all build towards your main quest in little ways, or are you taking on too much? Do your quests have sub-quests or is it just one thing to focus on? Definitely! The protein goal builds towards consuming calories from a source that is going to aid in lowering my BF%, while the push/pull/chin goal builds balanced muscle. Balance is key for me in body composition as well as in working on my physical balance - which is what my hand balancing goal is all about. The push/pull/chin goal also lends itself to giving me the strength that I need to hold those positions. Are your main goals realistic? Can you scale them to smaller steps to fit your life better, even if it will make it take a little longer to achieve them? I think it's totally realistic and will be evolving. It's very broad right now, but as I progress, I expect to have my goals focus in a little bit more. Are your goals able to be measured and tracked? What will you use to track them? Yes! I will be posting my results and progress on the challenges on this thread. I'm also logging on Evernote and keeping up with my daily nutrition on MyFitnessPal. How are you grading your goals? Are they pass/fail (“every dayâ€, “not even once over the six weeksâ€)? Is there a reward for the effort, or are you only grading yourself on whether or not you “lose the weight†or “run the distanceâ€? I have my grades based on progress toward meeting my goals. There is no pass/fail if progress has been made. I have no reward other than accomplishing something that I've wanted to do for a while and I think that will have me feeling ecstatic enough to not need another reward... Although I may think of something. What is your plan for continuing/altering/grading those goals if you become ill or injured? I plan on keeping up my nutritional goal unless I can't hold food. If I get injured, I have other little goals that I've had in mind for the future. I would try to replace the goal that I could no longer complete with something that I could. I want to continue to progress and not just halt - there are ways. Did you take into consideration any special occasions (Labour Day, Independence Day, birthdays, anniversaries, etc) that may occur during the challenge? What modifications do you need to build into your goals for those? I have a class reunion coming up at the end of August. I am confident that I'll be able to stay diligent. I will only be out of town for two complete days, so the only thing that I'll be missing is a pull-up bar. A couple days away from that part isn't going to de-rail me. Do any of your main goals conflict with each other? Will one goal make it hard to do another? Working on upperbody strength will hinder hand balancing if and only if I do my training before I try balancing. Otherwise, they go hand in hand. Do you already have the time in your schedule to actually complete the goals you’ve set? If not, what are you planning to do to make time for them? I have time right now. My job is picking up from a stall in a couple of weeks, but my shifts will be out of the way by mid-afternoon, so I'll have my time to complete my workouts after. No biggie. Are you trying to build multiple habits, or is all your energy focused on your main quest? I want to focus on nutrition and exercise as a whole, with specifics woven into my goals. I'd like to be in the habit of being attentive to how i eat and to how I spend my energy.

Whoa!! I'm gone for two days and I feel like I've been on vacation. If this is the kind of support that you get at NF, I don't think you can fail. As a quick update, Day 1 of the challenge wound up being a rest day. I had been at it for a week straight, so I gave myself a breather. It felt weird taking the first day of my first challenge off and away from the boards, but it was really necessary to recover and to hit today hard... Which is where I'm at right now. Re: Protein Challenge Day 1: 230g protein I was hungry!! The downside is that I matched it with 230g Carbs, which I'm targeting about 100g less of. C'est La vie, I'm not broken up about it. After a meal and a snack today, I'm at 70g protein. I'm making some lean chicken cordon bleu tonight (with a side of broccoli), so I have no doubt that I'll hit my goal. Re: Hand Balance Challenge Day 1: Slackin Today, I wall planked twice for a minute each time. My hands were probably around 1.5-2' away from the wall. Still feeling a little bit weird inverted. Re: Push/Pull/Chin Day 1: Slackin No Pull/Chin today (although if I see a branch or bar later on, I make no promises to avoid it). Push-ups, though, I totalled 300 on the day, broken down in sets over the course of an hour like so: 50, 40, 35, 30, 45, 30, 25, 25, 20. I between, I did some tricep overhead presses (60 over three sets at 30#), some tricep dips (distracted by music, didn't count... Whoops), planks, and the aforementioned wall planks. So, yeah, I'm feeling it right now. And beyond: I've got the day off today, so I'll probably squeeze a walk in at some point. And to get at some of the posts... Thanks!! Hopefully it's doable I'll be following the NF article to get there within six weeks (hopefully). I'm wall planking right now to get used to the inversion and comfort on my hands. Soon, hopefully, I'll be wall handstanding, free handstanding, and hopefully not falling on my cats. I'll be tackling this daily, save for my 1 full rest day per week. Yeah, I've gotten the protein comment a bit. It's totally unlike my typical eating habits, but there is a noticeable difference from when I started eating to that goal. I'm keeping the sources balanced and not just throwing powder in everything or buying a truckload of chicken, so I'm finding that to be important to at least break up monotony. I guess I can't attribute it solely to diet, as my exercise level has spiked, but I definitely feel more lean and muscle-dense. I soon will download it, too. Thanks for the double recommendation! Thanks a lot! I love real books, but I'm not finding it locally and have some great reading time over the next two days, so I may just pick it up digitally. Bummer, but I'm also pretty excited about it and am super impatient.

I believe #killingit would be applicable to this

In the presence of greatness!! Excited to start this, kill it, then rock the all black over in your guild. Thanks for stopping in and for all of the resources. I'll check them all out and will be keeping an eye on your challenge this cycle! Best of luck!

Candace nailed it. I don't know the others either.

Checked some area book stores today - no dice. Online searching I go.

I will absolutely take you up on that. Thanks so much!

It's a hopeful goal. I've got this.