Robzilla1983

http://runkeeper.com/user/robzilla1983/activity/57670853 Really happy with how the run went, especially considering I had planned to take a rest day today. It's amazing how motivating a hyper dog is though. He needed it more than me Didn't really have a plan in mind for it. Just thought I'd go and take breaks as needed. Wasn't even sure about how far I would go. Ultimately I went just a little bit further than usual. And it was at a good speed. If I had started Runkeeper when I actually started to run, and not the warmup walk, I think I could've hit 5k in 30 minutes, which was my main goal last challenge. Nice to know I almost hit it without trying. I may give it another attempt at some point, but the running is really secondary for this challenge

Love it. I'm pretty close to a lot of that actually. Working from home. I have 100 pounds in dumbbells but definitely need more. I tried deadlifts last night and already maxed out the weights. The overhead press goal is right where I want mine as well. For some reason I always struggle on this one. I did strong lifts before, but could never progress on the press for some reason. @Matilda That. Is. Amazing. deadlifts and squats were the only thing I ever progressed up to my body weight. I still remember the first squat at that weight actually. It is an awesome feeling. There's something pretty cool about knowing that you could pick up your own weight

The shakes are my favourite Does watching the timer on my phone count as being occupied? haha. Actually I don't do that until near the end when I'm struggling. I tend to close my eyes and focus on the breathing.... long slow inhales, long slow exhales. I've always got music on, but usually when I get focused on the breathing like that I don't notice it. It sure makes me even more in awe of Loren Wade's 10 minute one though. I'll be thrilled if I can get 5 minutes after 6 weeks. I can probably get 3 after some practice

I pretty much just really like throwing my whole gym in a closet Although I do miss the power racks...

For the food, I'm the cook in the house. Sometime what I do is make a bit extra, or parts of supper different, for my wife. It helps her not get upset with eating what I want to eat

Any jump rope is good a good home workout Other than that you're doing he right thing with circuits. I've got a spot sectioned off for my gym/workouts and I find that helps with home motivation. Also, I I right after work. I seriously walk in the door, unload my stuff, then walk strait upstairs to change and get er done asap

Another good workout tonight. Robs got the shakes! Legs are rubbery. Front squats are limited by how much my arms can handle, but it was an awesome core exercise. Planks were killer. Tried to do a minute. Got 40 seconds At about 2300 calories so still under. I'm thinking squeezing a few eggs in will do the trick. I might try to just mix in with a protein shake just because I don't love the taste. Started on the French

Yep, I'm blind. I've been in that thread like 3 times and kept missing it. Thanks

OK, am I just blind here? I see a couple of people mention the Google doc but I can't find said document...

Same here. Last time I had an off week on week 4 (or 3, already forget). I think that was from taking too much on (that'll teach metro challenge Spezzy to something). So I'm hoping that doing shorter (but stronger) and fewer workouts will help with burnout.

Oh god no. I am BARLEY comfortable doing the handstand as is. If more than three sets were called for I probably wouldn't try

Wooo! I'm in Mama T's squad. I feel stronger already I mostly just want to push to failure every workout and set PRs every time. For specific exercises I would love, and realistically think I might be able to do 50 pounds each arm for push press. (I'm using dumbbells FYI). I've never had much luck I getting stronger in this. I'm at 35 now 10 hand stand pushups in one set. I did declines tonight but have done handstands before, maxing out at about 5 10 pull ups in one set. 6 or 7 would my PR. Today was 4 3 minute planks each side. Tonight was 30 seconds. One minute is my PR Will add more as I do the other workouts. I don't even know what they are yet so I can't hazard a guess Following dumbbell division of the rebel strength guide btw

Thanks guys Thank god I decided to track food intake with daily burn. Looking at what I've already eaten today, and knowing what I plan to eat for the rest of the night, I'm way under my calorie goal. Like probably by 500. Looks like someone is going to drink a lot of milk and eat a lot of almonds. Hopefully that'll bring it up some. So already readjusting Tonight's supper is apple stuffed porkchops wrapped in bacon. Good god ihopeits as good as it looks. Cooking it as I type. On the plus side the workout was awesome. Can definitely see this getting the job done. Feels good to be hitting the weights again.

I think if anyone can keep things consistent during a big move like that it's you. You didn't waver at all last time. So have no fear

Workout: following the dumbbell division of the rebel strength guide. I want to make sure on my last set for everything that I push to failure. So even if only 5 reps are called for, if it takes 15 before I can't finish then I'm doing 15. The rest I will try to get the right weights son do the appropriate number of reps. Eat: eat like a mo'fo. I'm actually sticking fairly close to what Spezzy does (as mentioned in her awesome NF article). I've been slowly moving in this direction for months so hopefully it won't be to bad. But the rule of thumb is everything I eat has to have protein, be a fruit or vegetable. I eat a lot of the yogurt cups and plan to keep doing so. It helps with sweet cravings I expect a typical day to be: protein shake and yogurt for breakfast, with apple or banana when I have some Chicken sac a snack Left over suppers lunch and a yogurt Chicken as a snack Workout. Shake as post workout meal. A protein bar and milk for now while i still have a few bars left Supper of meat and veggies. Cutting potatoes out and doubling my meat portion size. And a yogurt Shake if I get hungry in the evening It's going to be a busy few days but if I have time I'm going to track everything through Daily Burn. I want to be in the 2500-3000 calorie range. Last time I tracked I was 1800-2300, but I ate abnormally well that week and I think realistically I eat 2000-2500 typically They diet and workout go hand in hand and I'm trying to really see food as a fuel for my workouts. Last month I saw some muscle gain which I felt was odd because I focused on running. The only things really changed was eating protein bars and milk after a meal. So I hope to see a lot of gain this month by upping he strength workout, upping the calories, and upping the protein intake Speak: long story short, I want to speak French and I've been putting it off way too long. Going to just jump I n and start talking it this week. Luckily my wife is fluent and awesome teacher. I hope after 6 weeks to mostly speak French athomein the evenings. Can't really at work. Run: this will depend entirely on how I feel from week to week, but keep running on the off days. Probably stick to the 5k distance don't plan to really push this. I just want to be moving

Title says it all. More details later when I have the to do a proper write up. Just want it out there that I start tomorrow

That picture is epic. I had no idea that many people participated. No wonder there's none around here. They must have heats running all day I assume?

@JBarduhn Man that bench is awesome. Good job.

thanks Yours and caco's encouragement got me off my ass more than on e this challenge. Don't really plan to run as much next time. Gonna hit up the weights and eat like crazy. The plan is for three off days a week, so depending on how I feel then I might get a run in.

- run 3 times a week (basically following couch to 5k) - A With the exception of taking a week off in the middle (more on that later), I didn't miss any. Pretty sure I got more in than planned - strength train 2 times a week (following 20 pullups, 200 squats, 100 pushups) - B More or less hit it. Certainly didn't finish either program (I'm one of three workouts into week 4 of 6). Some weeks I got 3 in, some only 1 or 2. When I had to miss a workout I skipped this one to focus on running. - try not to lose my mind at work. It's our busy period. B Mostly stayed true. I noticed about half way through that I was dwelling on things a lot so I put a conscious effort into maintaining a more positive attitude and for the most part it worked. - 5k is on September 25. Last year I ran and had a time of just over 32 minutes. This year I want to beat that at the very least, and really want to beat 30 minutes. If I beat 30 I'm buying myself a pair of real Vibrams (I bought two pairs of eBay knockoffs. One fell apart and went to the trash, the other isn't holding up well anymore). A BAAAAAAAAAAAM. So stocked about this one. Long story short, it's been a goal for much longer than the duration of this challenge. - beat Spezzy in the double unders challenge: http://nerdfitness.com/community/sho...-Double-Unders - A Unless Spezzy did some and didn't mention it, I think I handily won this one. - compete mud grinder on September 25. A Damn near killed me by making my asthma act up, but it was a lot of fun. Overall: A I say A because I wanted my runs to score higher. That was the top priority. Since I didn't miss any, and hit my sub-30 minute 5k goal, it counts as a win. Mud grinder and beating Spezzy are bonus points This was by far the most successful challenge I've done here. (Probably my 4th or 5th overall). My goals did shift part way through. I kind of burned out about 3 weeks in so took a break from everything, then for the last few weeks I just worked on getting my workouts in without going overboard like at the beginning. I'm still really excited about the mud grinder. It's no Warrior Dash, but it was so awesome to have something like that near by. I did kind of hit a mental breakthrough after doing the run. That was mentally really tough on me, but I pushed through, and I'm really happy that I did. Now I need another challenge like that. Not sure what it'll be yet. Another big mental win was that I finally stopped weighing myself. I've been pretty neurotic about checking every Tuesday morning after a shower. My scale has the BF% option, and I kept hoping it would change. But I've been tracking things for the better part of the year and there really hasn't been much fluctuation. On one of my weigh ins before I checked I thought it'd go down a bit. I was feeling great that morning. Felt skinnier, felt like my arms were getting bigger, etc, etc. But my weight, and BF%, went up that day, and I bothered me for a bit. I clued in that I shouldn't let it bother me, so since then I'm focusing more on how I feel and not the numbers. I'm like 4 weeks without a weigh in, and I *just* had to tighten my belt another notch, so it's obviously working out well for me. On my runs I took my dog with me most of the time. I figured it'll kill 2 birds with one stone: I get to run, and we tire him out so we don't have to go for a long walk later in the evening. A nice little bonus to this is that he lost a bit of weight. He's not huge or anything, but he does need to lose a bit more. This is seriously motivation for me to keep going. Next challenge I plan to focus on strength, but I will try to get some runs in for Dwight's sake.

Well I feel better on the water situation now, thanks I figured he was OK. Just always interested to hear what other people are doing, especially where you run a similar distance/speed

Do you give the dogs water breaks on your runs? I drive a bit to get to my usual trail, and I always leave a bottle in the car when we are on the run. I've got a portable bowl, so when we get ack to the car I fill it up for him. Always a bit concerned that we should stop for breaks in the run though. His bowl attaches to the leash so the I my extra weight would be the water bottle. I figure this time of year it's cool enough, and lately it's overcast, not sunny, when we go so I think it's probably ok.

In your face Gears! Finally finished it this morning

Ahhh, I remember that feeling. Have fun I friggen love the squat rack. I want one at home but just don't really have the room so I've settled for dumbbells.

Awesome work on progressing to the 30 min 5k. This was probably my best week yet. I hit my 5k goal of under 30 minutes. Went home for thanksgiving weekend and didn't eat too terrible. Don't get me wrong, I had 2 HUGE meals. But I had small breakys and lunches, and didn't snack near as much as I normally would. Still got two workouts in at home: a run and some heavy lifting.