PaulRein

Thanks, Knightwatch!

Carcassonne! (If there are newbies around, only basic tiles, otherwise with some extras.) My daughter's favourite game is Dino Hunt but, much as I love dinosaurs, it is too simplistic for my taste. Still, lots of plays! I also love Zendo, Blood Bowl and RoboRally. My collection

Hi everyone! I've been on and off (mostly off) the forums since beginning of 2011 but I have not done any successful challenges since spring 2011. I've spent most of those two and a half years battling depression, so motivation has not carried me through. Time to change that. Main Quest: Become the fittest me I can be. (Functional) Strength, endurance and flexibility. The Final Boss: Doing a hand-stand push up! Goals for this challenge: - Do strength training 3 times a week. (Either bodyweight or barbell) - Take at least one 10km walk per week. - Get a full nights sleep minimum 4 nights a week (>50%) Life Side Quest: Move to a new place, thereby slashing my rent in half. (Actually, I have until end of september to leave the current apartment but I aim to do most of the moving during my summer vacation, which is within the challenge time) Side Quest: I plan to take a hike (>2 nights out) in a couple of weeks, I can as well mention it. :-) Motivation: I want to be physically active far into retirement age. And the time to fix that is not when I have arthritis at 65, but right now!

What is this? Are there no Swedish rebels? Then again, I'm born and bred in southern Sweden (Skåne) so I'm actually closer to Copenhagen than most of Denmark is! ;-) See ya!

Thanks Loren! Today I can add playing Floorball for 1 hour.

Ok, been slow in updating. May 7th: Walk Distance: 4.01 kilometers Time: 0 hr 42 min 24 secs Average pace: 10:34 min/kilometers Route link: http://www.logyourrun.com/showroute/P3ooPFKeMt6Shs May 8th: Walk Distance: 3.89 kilometers Time: 0 hr 42 min 14 secs Average pace: 10:52 min/kilometers Route link: http://www.logyourrun.com/showroute/7xeKKrxylIsISq Squat: 52,5kg, 5x5 (Overhead) Press: 35kg, 5x5 Deadlift: 70kg, 1x5

Tabata anything is murder! Makes four minutes stretch to eternity! :-)

Thanks for all encouragement!

A bit slow to start but today I can at least log a 3.91km walk (took 42min so it was not the best of paces).

Well, seems like this ranger returned from his travels through dark and marshy places just in time! PaulRein Class: Ranger (I guess my fitness have deteriorated enough for me to drop to Adventurer, but this is where I *want* to be) Race: Human Height: 1,93 m (get with the SI already! ) Weight: 99,7 kg Body fat ratio: 17,8% STR: 2 DEX: 1 STA: 3 CON: 3 WIS: 4 CHA: 2 Goals: Let's begin with the life-goal. I'm currently recovering from a depression that began last summer and reached its lowest point around mid-december. (Hence the "travels through dark and marshy places" above.) I was on complete sick-leave during december, and have been on partial sick-leave since then. Currently I work 50%. My goal is to increase that to 75% and sustain that level before the challenge ends. It will be a challenge because my immediate boss is less than supportive. (WIS +3, CON+1, CHA+1) Strength goal (STR +3, STA+2): Keep to Stronglifts 5x5, 3 times a week and increase my Deadlift (1x5) to 1xBW (≈100kg, currently lifting 65kg) and Squat (5x5) more than 75kg (currently squating 50kg). Speed (DEX+3): Do something involving short bursts of speed (e.g. tabata sprints, play floorball) at least every 10 days. Endurance (STA+3): At least once a week, take a walk for ≥3km.

Hi everyone! I missed the Greatest Contest Ever as I managed to get Achilles tendinitis a couple of days before. (I overestimated the distance I could run in Five-fingers…) That forced me to an almost sedentary life for four weeks and then some…inertia…expanded that to the full six. But now I'm back, time to hit some weights again, and perhaps take advantage of the summer to get some (light) outdoor running added in. I'll have to rework my charts to see what a reasonable challenge will be, I'll post back later.

Ok, so I did a workout A on April 1st (no fooling ) And today, on the last day of this challenge, I did another workout B. Warmup: 100 Jumping Jacks and 10 Shoulder Dislocations Squat: 20 kg, 1x5 (warmup), 67,5 kg, 5x5 Overhead Press: 40 kg, 1x5, 1x1 (actually worse than last time) Deadlift: 80 kg, 1x5 (Yeah, stall broken!) Prone Bridges: 1x60s, 2x45s A good one, broke through the stall on Deadlift and extended the Planks. Good job!

Yeah, I know my form is bad in the picture, it was just enough time on the self-timer to run forward, un-rack the bar and squat, not get into proper form. I did just that one squat at the time anyway so it didn't hurt anything. Unfortunately I can't do Overhead Press anymore, as I passed 40 kg I noticed that the ceiling is too low, I can't achieve lock-out anymore. So, I'm forced to do Seated Overhead Press nowadays.

Hi everyone! Now I finally made a Squat Rack so I can continue doing Squats without being held back by what I can Steinborn lift! [ATTACH]246[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]247[/ATTACH] [ATTACH]248[/ATTACH]