Rebel Pilot Gar

Thanks! My plan is to run 5K 3 days/week (M/W/F). I've been working on a 5K run/walk and am currently getting about 2.25 before I start taking walking breaks, so over the next 2 weeks I'll work on getting the distance up to 5K full run. Then I'll start timing each run. For that I was thinking of picking landmarks for each mile of the route and working to set a 10 min pace between landmarks - or at least decrease by some margin each run. Though if you have any tips for reducing run time I would really appreciate them. I talk about the running one above. I can currently do about 15 pushups straight. If I could increase by 6 pushups per week by strength training on Tues and Thurs and increasing 3 pushups on each of those days I should hit the 50 pushup mark. I might add another strength day on Sat or Sun or do switch to sets and reps of a lower number if I start finding the increase too difficult. 50 is a bit high - I wrote it down months ago as an 'end of summer goal' but I guess that's why it's called a challenge. I put the pullup in there because I was trying to hit that by the end of last month but still need to work on that quite a bit... And thanks for the comment on the sustainability goals! That's one of those topics I find really important. I'm already pretty good with the reusable bag, no plastic bottles thing but these are a few of the areas I often slip on. Now I'm off to subscribe to squad A ~

~Intro~ Hey all, I'm a newbie on the boards. This is my 3rd post - and this challenge is the reason I actually joined the boards instead of continuing to lurk every once in a while. I'm joining the ranks of rangers because I'm one of those people who likes to have a diverse set of skills - and it keeps the workouts diverse. As a less fitnessy reason, my favorite class is a ranger... for my first (and longest) D&D campaign I played a ranger. Fun times. ~CHAR~ Race: Lycan Class: Ranger Height: 5'7" Weight: 155 ~STATS~ STR - 2 DEX - 2 STA - 2 CON - 3 WIS - 4 CHA - 2 + 1 ~GOALS~ Fitness Run 5K without stopping. (+2 STA) -- COMPLETED: 29 May Run 5K under 30 min. (+1 STA) -- Fastest Time 40:45 50 Pushups Straight, 1 Complete BW Pullup (+2 STR) -- Pushups: 31/50, Pullups: 0 Food NO SWEETS (Includes: candy, soda, cookies, pastries, ice cream, lattes/mochas, store-bought smoothies, etc) Only exceptions are Mother's Day and Grandparent's birthday (+2 CON, +1 WIS) Cook Healthy Meals 5 days/week (+1 CON, +1 CHA) Life Set aside 5 hours/week to clean and organize my room. (+1 WIS) Live more sustainably (eat local food, drive less per week, take shorter showers, etc) (+1 CON, +2 WIS) Save up $5,000 from summer job (+1 WIS) ~More Ramblings~ I really want to work on consistency with my routine. Running and sprinting days are where I tend to miss - hence my goals being centered around them. Also it's finals time for the next few weeks so I'll be focusing on just making sure I'm out doing something active each day to establish a base before starting to ramp things up. My biggest problem is eating right. I have used dining hall food as an excuse but now that I have rules I will stop saying things like "Tough day, need cookies". Also, excuses are for the weak and I'm a rebel now. All that junk food will be replaced with healthier meals. Just some goals I already had floating around for the summer anyway. The monetary, though tough, will be appreciated in the future when I graduate and need to pay bills. Hopefully saved gas will balance out extra money I'll be spending at the farmer's market...

Yeah I did a summer camp 7 years ago and never looked back. And we have a team at school which keeps me active in it. The only problem is how expensive it can be once you get really serious into it (boo tournament fees). I've played around a bit with all three, but I'm an epeeist at heart. I have the rangering thing going though since I've also dabbled in the "normal" team sports, track, archery and martial arts

Hi, I'm Garjan. I've been following the blog for a few months now, but the new 6 week challenge inspired me to actually join the forums and get my life-levelling set in writing. I'm a 3rd year university student and stay relatively active - but have always had trouble with my weight, self-image, etc. I figure this will help me get my act together and buckle down a real routine to start improving myself and my lifestyle. I'm super excited to be a new member of the rebellion. Everything I've read - from blog posts to rules of the rebellion and all the forum posts have inspired me to really work at improving the way I live. And comparisons to geeky things like video games, books and d&d help too. Here are a few things about me: Geek, gamer, girl. I like lifting heavy metal objects - sadly I'm going back home so body weight workouts for me until classes roll around in the fall. Cardio bores me to tears - I hate cardio machines and am not a fan of running due to generally poor endurance (but I do like biking and swimming for fun). Glad to have found others who also do things other than chronic cardio. I like swords - the fencing variety. It's the sport that's kept me engaged the longest and I'd like to remain fit/healthy enough to continue for decades to come.