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Overall, I am very pleased with the progress I've made in my first challenge. Despite the fact that I lost my grandfather in the middle of it and struggled with insomnia, I kept going until the end of the 6 weeks and made some great improvements. 1. When I began the challenge, I was jogging for 90 seconds at a time. Now, I'm jogging for 8 minutes at a time. 2. I went from being able to do 9 pushups in one set and then quitting to doing a max of 12 in a set and adding two more sets after that with fewer reps. 3. I've practiced assisted pull-ups and negatives so that I'm closer to being able to do my first pull-up than when I started. 4. I'm getting more vegetables in me than I have in decades. 5. I've gone from 20% body fat to 18% body fat.

Goal Allocation Q1. Continue with my Couch to 5k program, running three times a week. – .34 DEX, 1 STA Q2. Continue working on my push-ups at least 2 times a week. I would like to be able to do 2 sets of 10 by the end of this challenge. – 1.36 Q3. Eat at least one vegetable a week. I really don't like vegetables, but I'm going to at least try one each week. - 1 CON, .34 CHA Life Quest: read for 15 minutes a day to get in the habit of reading. – 1 WIS End of Challenge Summary The second half of my challenge was only 2 weeks long since I was delayed for a week during the first half. I wasn't very consistent in my exercising during the second half, only exercising about half of the time in those two weeks, so I ended up with only 1/3 of my planned exercise days for the second half. Q1. I completed 3 of 9 days with my C25K program Q2. I have completed push-ups 2 out of 6 times.. Q3. I have eaten at least 1 vegetable a week for two weeks. Life Quest: I read for 15 minutes a day 2 times. Overall, I am very pleased with the progress I've made in my first challenge. Despite the fact that I lost my grandfather in the middle of it and struggled with insomnia, I kept going until the end of the 6 weeks and made some great improvements. 1. When I began the challenge, I was jogging for 90 seconds at a time. Now, I'm jogging for 8 minutes at a time. 2. I went from being able to do 9 pushups in one set and then quitting to doing a max of 12 in a set and adding two more sets after that with fewer reps. 3. I've practiced assisted pull-ups and negatives so that I'm closer to being able to do my first pull-up than when I started. 4. I'm getting more vegetables in me than I have in decades. 5. I've gone from 20% body fat to 18% body fat. Second Half Point Allocation Q1. - .11 DEX, .33 STA Q2. – .46 STR Q3. – .66 CON, .66 CHA Life Quest: – .1

Well, last week I struggled again with sleep, so I ended up running once, doing body weight exercises once, and helping someone move once. Helping someone move turned out to be the most strenuous workout I've had in weeks, but it also helped me see how much my fitness has improved over the last six weeks.. It involved moving two people out of a second floor apartment, so we carried furniture and boxes down the stairs and walked back up again to get another load over and over again. I handled the walking up and down the stairs so many times really well, thanks to my new habit of running :-). The part that got me was carrying the furniture. I ended up working my arms to failure, and I had to sit down and let them rest. That shows me I need to put more effort into working my arms in the next challenge so that they endure as well as my legs do. This morning I am working on push-ups. Thus far I have done 10, 7, 5.

Thanks! I'm not about to derail. I'm just hitting a few bumps, but that is the way life goes. Last week, I ran twice and did body weight exercises once. That makes me two days of exercise short of my goal for last week. Unfortunately, my insomnia is still giving me trouble, and I'm letting the lack of energy that results keep me from exercising every day. Today I got back at it with a 35 minute jog/walk of 2.2 miles. I feel better now that I have finished. I'm going to do better with consistency this week!

I have a few firearms that are mainly for personal protection. I carry a Glock 19 or a S&W M&P Shield in 9mm. I don't like the Shield as much, but it could be because I've shot the Glock more. I ran my 19 through a class back in Feb on the day after there had been an absolute downpour. I ended up with mud all in the magazines, and I was having trouble getting the gun to go back into battery when I racked the slide. On that weekend I found out no gun is perfect, but I also found out how much dirtyness my Glock can take. It will run for quite a while, even with mud in it.

Blaidd gave some helpful definitions for the points categories, so in light of them, I have reallocated my points for this challenge Goal Allocation Q1. Continue with my Couch to 5k program, running three times a week. – .66 DEX, 2 STA Q2. Continue working on my push-ups at least 2 times a week. I would like to be able to do 2 sets of 10 by the end of this challenge. – 2.64 STR Q3. Eat at least one vegetable a week. I really don't like vegetables, but I'm going to at least try one each week. - 2 CON, .66 CHA Life Quest: read for 15 minutes a day to get in the habit of reading. – 2 WIS Mid Challenge Summary My first week went well, but on Sep 20th I found out that my grandfather had had a heart attack. I did complete the second week (missing one running day), but I didn't post updates because I was worried about how he was doing. I missed a week for his funeral, and now I have just finished my third week in which I missed one running day. Q1. I completed 7 of 9 days with my C25K program Q2. I have completed push-ups at least 2 times a week for each week. Q3. I have eaten at least 1 vegetable a week for each week. Life Quest: I have only read for 15 minutes a day 2/3 of the time. Challenge Allocation Q1. B - 0.5 DEX, 1.55 STA Q2. A – 2.64 STR Q3. A – 2 CON, .66 CHA Life Quest: C – 1.55 WIS

I did Week 4 Day 1 of C25K yesterday, slowing my jog down quite a bit so that I could do the 5 minutes of running, and it wasn't as tough as I thought it would be. Right now I'll have to work on adding distance, then I can work on adding speed later. Since my push-ups aren't progressing as I would like, I decided to try the grease-the-groove method to get to where I could do more. I've done sets of 5 push-ups throughout the day today, and I'll keep doing so for a while to see if it helps.

Hey Grazer, I am experiencing a lot of soreness from BW exercises as well, and I have found that stretching helps to lessen the soreness as well.

Yesterday I did two sets of the BBWW, doing pull-up negatives instead of the bent over rows because the negatives work my upper body better. I'm not sure why, but it made me sore all over my body when I woke up this morning. On top of that, I didn't sleep well last night. So, between the soreness, tiredness, and the fact that I had to study for a test tonight, I didn't run like I had planned. I know I'm progressing, even if I keep hitting bumps along the way.

Saturday I drove home from Florida, yesterday was set aside for worship, so today I got back to my normal exercise schedule. I completed week 3 day 3 of c25k. Week 3 was challenging, so I'm wondering how well I will do as I begin week 4 that has 5 minute runs and shorter rest times. Yesterday, I had some soup for lunch, and I decided to try eating the vegetables in it instead of throwing them away like I usually do. To my surprise, I couldn't taste them at all. They tasted like the rest of the soup, so I guess I have found another way to eat vegetables :-).

Today I worked on push ups and let me ins. Now my arms are quite tired. Push ups weren't as good as last time, but that just teaches me how important it is to work on them consistently. Tomorrow I'll be traveling back home, so probably no exercise. On Monday I'll be back at it 100%.

Another Christian nerd here. It's always nice to find a group of Christ followers.

Good job stopping the downward cycle and eating a good lunch! We all fall, but as long as we get up and keep going every time, we will succeed.

Also, I tried cauliflower tonight. Not impressed. It had no taste.

Hello everyone, I am also interested in joining the assassins guild. Jason Bourne is my inspiration. He can use his body or his weapons to get the job done. I want to have that kind of mastery over my body and whatever tools are available to accomplish my goals.

Thank you, that is a good idea. Maybe I can extend my challenge by a week to make up for my missed week. It was good to get my heart rate up again today. My mom and my wife went with me, and it was good for us all to move some after a difficult week.

Hey friends, I apologize for the lack of updates. Two weeks ago my grandfather had a heart attack, and this past Monday he passed away. We had his funeral yesterday. With all this going on, I didn't exercise for a week because I was waiting by the phone for news about his condition when I wasn't at work. I just started back today, doing week 3 day 2 of C25K. I'm still committed to the challenge, but I probably won't level up next week since I missed a whole week.

I feel like I reached a milestone on my push ups today. I've been trying to reach 10 push ups for two weeks now. Two weeks ago, I did 9, but I hadn't been able to reach 10. I had one work out where I got 8, then another where I got 6. I couldn't figure out why I was going backwards. Then, today, I did one set of 10, then I did the circuit of exercises again, and I got 8. That really encouraged me since one of my goals was to do two sets of 10 for this challenge. Yesterday, I discovered that if I put spinach in my shake and leave the blender on for several minutes, the spinach is ground up so small that I can't tell it's in the shake at all :-). As a vegetable hater, that is a wonderful discovery! Now I'm putting even more spinach in my shake and hoping the extra vitamins help me advance toward my goals. And, a weird thing has been happening. I've been waking up a little when I turn over at night and thinking "I feel like going running." I'm only on week 2 of my couch to 5k program, but I really enjoy getting out and running in the mornings. I'm finding that I actually want to go run instead of doing my body weight exercises on non-running days. This amazes me because I have never enjoyed running before, even when I have tried to learn to run in the past. If the first week of the challenge has gone this well, I can't wait to see what week 6 will be like!

It's Friday and Week 1 is going well! I have run 2 miles on Mon, Wed, and Fri. I did the BBWW on Tuesday, and I'll do it again on Saturday. I haven't seen much progress on my push-ups, so I'm wondering if I need to do them more often. I didn't do the BBWW yesterday because I didn't think it was wise to work my legs 6 days a week (between running and body weight exercises), so I used yesterday as a complete rest day. I'm also reading every day like I planned. Right now I'm about 70% of the way through "Replant" by Mark Devine.

I love seeing how many new rebels are posting their first day workouts! Let's keep it going and have just as many people posting on the last day! BTW, I'm drinking cranberry/grape juice :-)

That's a good way to turn a bad situation around! Now you will be able to work out whenever you want!

Day 1 run is complete. 2 miles in about 35 minutes. I was actually feeling a bit lazy today, since it's my day off work. I just wanted to lie on the couch, but I knew I had to exercise whether I feel like it or not to reach my goals. Once I got out and started running, I felt great. I added some distance to my run, and I ran a little faster! I also tried putting some spinach in my protein shake after my run, and it tasted fine. Next time, I'll add a little more. Amberdisa, thanks for the correction. I remember noticing that it was physical, not personal, but I still typed it wrong. Blaidd, thanks for inspiring all of us new people!

Here's the pft from military.com. I didn't think it sounded too bad, but I still have a long way to go. For a man age 27-39, the minimum requirement is: 3 pull-ups 45 crunches 3 mile run in 29:00 Right now, I can do zero pull-ups, and I'm running 1.8 miles in 30 minutes.

This has been a busy week! I had a test in class and my anniversary on Wednesday. As a result, I was studying and celebrating on Tuesday and didn't exercise. Wednesday I did Day 2 of my C25K, running 1.8 miles in 30 minutes. Thursday, I did the BBWW - 20 crunches - 8 push ups - 20 lunges - hang from the pull up bar for 10 seconds - 25 second plank - 30 jumping jacks. - I intended to add a second set to these exercises this week, but I didn't have much time with other things going on. Friday I did Day 3 of C25K, but my shins started hurting after only a few minutes, so I slowed down to walking after the first half.

Hello everyone, I discovered NF about two weeks ago. I've been exercising for two weeks, and now I'm ready to start my first challenge! 1. My main goal that I am working toward is to pass the Marine Personal Fitness Test. I'm not planning to join the Marines or anything. I just think it's a good standard to aim for while I'm trying to get fit. 2. My Three Quests: A. Continue with my Couch to 5k program, running three times a week. B. Continue working on my push ups at least 2 times a week. I would like to be able to do 2 sets of 10 by the end of this challenge. C. Eat at least one vegetable a week. I really don't like vegetables, but I'm going to at least try one each week. 3. My Life Quest: I need to spend more time reading. I own hundreds of books, and I keep buying more, but I don't read them. I'm going to read for 15 minutes a day to get in the habit of reading. 4. My motivation for fitness is because I have (and will in the future have) fewer health struggles when I weigh less, and exercise is going to help me lower my weight. My motivation for reading is so that I can use the knowledge that I gain to help other people. I am a minister, but I don't have a job in a church right now. I want to use the things I learn to help people around me in my daily life until I can find a church position. 5. My attribute points: My challenge mainly involves becoming stronger, having more endurance, and improving intellectually, so I am going to divide my points evenly in three areas: A. 1 DEX, 3 STA B. 4 STR C. 3 CON, 1 CHA Life Quest - 3 WIS (Edited Attribute Points on 10/12/14)