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Good going alr

ormaybemidgets - Don't let it get you down, what's done is done! You can only effect the future. ---- Hi everyone, was away for the weekend and have been working since so just checking in. Challenges are still going well, managed to reach three and a half minutes in the plank and yesterday did 160 push ups as part of the 100 push ups challenge. I'm beginning to feel I'd been putting too much undue focus on just these exercises, so I've begun to incorporate other things into my morning workouts. I'm still attending fitness classes too. I pushed myself into moving up to the advanced class last week (pretty much unthinkable when I joined the beginners three months ago). It's given me a new kick on to improve. Both classes I've been to since have been hard work, but massively good fun.

Nice work ormaybemidgets!

Quick update on my goals: Health: 1) Hold 2:00 min Plank position - Managed three minutes straight the night before last. Good news 8-) 2) Following the 100 push up program. Can now comfortably manage the 30~ rep programs. Averaging ~110 a day, still a long way to go to reach 100 though! 3) Still attending my BMF class. Had the hardest session to date last night, really worked myself hard. Felt great. Life: Sleeping patterns are far better. I'm somewhere around 10.30pm to bed, getting out of bed for 6am. Fair better, now just need to stick to it!

Hooray!!!!!!! Way to go! alr Yeah! Thanks

Whatever works, right? Out of curiosity, do you do anything else to help train for these? Or do you just do them regularly and always try to push yourself just that extra bit further?Hi I do attempt it regularly, probably every other day. Mostly, the improvements come from the bootcamp style military fitness classes I've been attending in the local parks. I try to get to at least three a week. They cover lots of different bodyweight exercises, including plank position. The instructors know their stuff (which it lucky for me, as I'd really hit a fitness low when I started). An average class lasts approx 1 hour including warm ups and cool downs and includes sprints, longer runs, exercises like push ups, crunches, v-sits, inverted rows, squats etc. The topic of each one will vary so one night it'll be sprint work, another night upper body strength. I'm not sure I'll keep going forever but for an re-introduction to regular exercise, it's been perfect. Thanks

Awesome thread, there is a lot I need to learn from in here!

Got stuck in traffic on the way to my workout class last night, it meant I had to turn around and come home. I must have been angry as I managed my three minutes plank position. I'm feeling it this morning though.

Good work alr. A Message to You, Rudy - great song too!

Hi Bryan, welcome aboard! Tell us a little bit about yourself!

Ha, no. Not in a row! Sorry, I didn't write that very well did I. I meant 71 each day.

Hi, Just checking in for this weekend. Hope everyone is doing well. I climbed a local 600m hill yesterday, so that was a good hike. Fun times. I logged 81 press ups which is an improvement, also managed to push the plank position time up to 2min 40 seconds.

Hi Lucas, you are in the right place. It's an inspiration! Good luck, and welcome!

Hi mate, I know how you feel with some of those issues! Welcome to Nerd Fitness. Tuck in!

Me and my friends do an exercise called 'Bastardo's'. Basically it's a burpee with a press-up and when you jump high you shout 'Bastardo' as loud as possible. That definitely draws some funny looks in the park!

Hi, thanks for the response and encouragement. Yesterday was another good day, I ate well all day before a class last night. We had a former paratrooper training us so it was good to hear his advice on explosive work, lower body strength, movements etc. Ended up doing quite a lot of mid-tempo jogging which I could have done without but all in all it was another good session. After the class I had mounds of chicken stir-fry. I felt as tired as I had done for a while and I ended up crashing and finishing off a bag of Fruit Gums, probably because it was the first time I'd attempting three tough classes in three nights. I'll now take today and probably tomorrow lightly. I'll walk to work again to keep loose and also work on my upper body tomorrow. Hope all is good. Enjoying this!

Hi alr, nice work with the inverted rows!

Welcome!

Great thread prefect, nice to meet you too alr! Let's do this!

Hi everyone. Woke up at 6am on the buzzer so got in 7 + hours sleep. Porrage and trail mix for breakfast (I over did it with the trail mix, I think I'm addicted). Walked 2.5 miles to work to get to my desk by 8.45am. Fruit, water and green tea (trying to ween myself off coffee) through the morning, chicken and veg for lunch, then fruit and water through the afternoon. Had a cereal bar at about 5pm ahead of tonight's fitness class. We were working on plyometrics, so lots of fast, explosive leg woke. I'll definitely be feeling it in the morning! Finished with some leopard crawls, horizontal pull ups, dips, alternative v-sits, bastardos etc. Hard work tonight. Just had tea of fish fingers and veg. Still not getting my calorie intake correct. By my calculations, I consumed ~2000 cals, burned ~650 and daily burn rates my daily activity at ~2500 cals so I'm about 1200 calories down today. That seems like far too much. Advice?

Welcome aboard Jeff

Hi eagle, what sort of agility?

Day is nearly over now but it has been a positive one. Ate well today. Fruit for snacks, a one hour circuit training class (lots of sprint work tonight, which was good). Now having jacket potato and mackerel for tea. My copy of Primal Blueprint arrive tonight too, so I've going to dive into that before bed.

I thought I'd kick off this challenge with some good news. I just attempted the plank position and managed 2mins 5secs before I dropped. I'll extend this one to 3mins. I was in bed for 10.45pm, alarm went off at 6am but I slept in until 6.20. Acceptable, but the dozing probably means I went to bed too late last night. Will walk to work this morning, also have a class tonight at 7pm so will try and eat well today. Porage Oats for breakfast, chicken and veg for lunch.

Health: 1) Hold 2:00 min Plank position - I'm currently at around the 75 secs. This has really helped my lower back problems. 2) I've been following the 100 pushups program. Currently on 71 after five days, really just want to stick at this and continue as far as possible. 3) Continue attending the military fitness class I've been attending, aim for at least three classes a week (currently two). Also begin walking to work again. Work is 2 miles down the road. I used to walk often but it's stopped. I'm going to get back into it. Life: Correct my sleeping patterns. I like early mornings over late nights but it's never that way. Looking to nail down a sleep schedule where I sleep when I am tired (whether that's 9pm or 11.30pm) and wake up at 6am on the dot. I like having time to work on things before I head out.