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Amazing view! I'm deathly afraid of heights though so standing/sitting on that rock would have me white as a ghost (and probably nauseous). I prefer to stand back about 20 feet .

I find it great for keeping a record of my workouts digitally without having to have a spreadsheet. Plus I like points, achievements and all things that involve leveling.

So I know the challenge is over, and I already graded myself. But I decided to squeeze one in for funsies. Push-Up 21 reps 25 reps 21 reps 21 reps 39 reps W0 D1 Century Push Challenge Barbell Squat 75 lb x 5 reps 90 lb x 5 reps 110 lb x 3 reps 120 lb x 5 reps 135 lb x 5 reps 155 lb x 10 reps 55 lb x 10 reps 55 lb x 10 reps 55 lb x 10 reps 55 lb x 10 reps 55 lb x 10 reps Giving Wendler's 5/3/1 a go this round. Squat Day first because I want to. Running 8:30 @ 1 mile

The Rooster contains 1 g of sugar per serving according to Livestrong. BBQ sauce is much higher. Sweet Baby Ray's has 17g per serving or my favorite BBQ sauce (Dinosaur BBQ)has 5g per serving.

6 Week Challenge Summary Great challenge! Had a blast, gained some strength, finished up things that I was putting off and lost some fat. Overall GPA: 3.675 (Grade: A) Summary: 1) Workout 5 Days a week (3 of which must be lifting) 27/30 workouts = 90% or a 3.6 Grade: A 2) Increase my bench press to my body weight (currently 150lbs shooting for 170lbs), increase my Deadlift to over 230 (old 200)lbs and Squats to over 200 lbs (180 lbs currently). An overall increase of adding 60lbs (90 with new goals) to my working weight. Final working weights: Bench Press: 185 lbs Deadlift: 285 lbs Squat: 205 lbs Total working weight increase: 165 lbs Grade: A 3) Get off my butt and start running and do mobility exercises. Ugh, I suck. 14 miles out of 18. Grade: 77% or C(B-) 4) Finish building my workout room. Finished This was really an awesome thing to finally get done! See pictures below. Grade: A Pics: Before: After: Stats [table=width: 75] [/td] [td]Start Finish Neck 15.25" 15.25" Chest 39.25" 41.5" Stomach 37" 33.5" Waist 36" 34.25" R. Bicep 12.75 13.75 L. Bicep 12.75" 13.75" L. Quad 20.5" 22.25" R. Quad 20.5" 22.25" Weight 174 lbs 168 lbs BF % 23.6% 18.9% [/table]

Awesome job on those numbers! Bench of 210 lbs is great, I wish I was working at that weight!

Don't fret about this challenge, come back stronger next one!

Ditto, it is amazing stuff.

6 Week Challenge Summary Great challenge! Had a blast, gained some strength, finished up things that I was putting off and lost some fat. Summary: Workout 5 Days a week (3 of which must be lifting) - 27/30 workouts = 90% or a 3.6/A. Yay, made a lot of strength gains and it has become more of a habit than anything at this point.( +2 str / +2 con) Increase my bench press to my body weight (currently 150lbs shooting for 170lbs), increase my Deadlift to over 230 (old 200)lbs and Squats to over 200 lbs (180 lbs currently). An overall increase of adding 60lbs (90 with new goals) to my working weight. Goal complete! Final working weights: Bench Press: 185 lbs Deadlift: 285 lbs Squat: 205 lbs Total working weight increase: 165 lbs Grade: A (+3 str) Get off my butt and start running and do mobility exercises. Eh, not as successful on this one Ran a total of 14 miles out of 18. So Grade: 77% or a C(B-) Bleh. (Giving myself 30% credit here so .5 sta and .5 dex) Finish building my workout room. Finished This was really an awesome thing to finally get done! See the pictures in the posts above. Grade: A (+2 con / +2 wis). Total Stats increase +5 str +4 con +2 wis +.5 sta + .5 dex Final Grade: 3.6 + 4.0 + 4.0 + 3.1 = 14.7 / 16.0 = . 92 which is a 3.675.

I used to care a lot about getting recognized as well. After joining the Masons I started doing a lot of anonymous donations and charity work it really has helped me get over the "Look what I did! You should give me a cookie!" mentality.

lol, yeah who would have thunk! I was afraid I'd find a homeless or dead guy underneath that pile.

Thanks! I've got a few more projects that are going into that gym soon(ish) including a better bench and a box to hold the weights upright.

So I posted this in my challenge thread, but after looking at the pics some more I just had to WOOT this out there! Part of my 6 week challenge was to clean up an area in my basement for my equipment, the clutter is about 7 years worth of collected boxes that I was too lazy to get rid of. Each week I broke down the boxes and picked up the garbage and threw them out. Challenge Complete! I must say though, I'm very embarrassed to the before pic. Before: After:

So here is the before and after workout room pic, the area is 12' x 10'. All in all I threw out somewhere around 300 lbs of cardboard. How did I let it get this bad???? (Really embarrassed to post the before ) Before: After:

And that folks is how one becomes addicted to results! Good job, keep it up.

So, here are my shots before and after the challenge: [table=width: 300] Before After [ATTACH=CONFIG]5358[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]5359[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]5360[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]5361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]5363[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=CONFIG]5362[/ATTACH] [/table]

Actually I'm from NY, my father-in-law is though.

Challenge is almost over, hard to believe 6 weeks have almost gone by already. Workout today: Barbell Squat 45 lb x 5 reps 45 lb x 5 reps 90 lb x 5 reps 160 lb x 2 reps 205 lb x 5 reps 205 lb x 5 reps 205 lb x 5 reps Barbell Bench Press 45 lb x 5 reps 45 lb x 5 reps 90 lb x 5 reps 135 lb x 3 reps 160 lb x 2 reps 185 lb x 5 reps 185 lb x 5 reps 185 lb x 5 reps Barbell Deadlift 135 lb x 5 reps 185 lb x 3 reps 245 lb x 2 reps 285 lb x 5 reps Kroc Rows 65 lb x 20 reps 65 lb x 20 reps 65 lb x 20 reps Push-Up 14 reps 18 reps 14 reps 14 reps 40 reps Starting the to prepare for the Century Push challenge

Hunting in the UP is pretty awesome. I head up to the UP with my father in law every year to deer camp. Nothing like sitting out in the woods for 12 hours to catch up on your reading . Unfortunately, every now and then a deer decides to interrupt my reading.

I've been thinking about this for my next challenge thread, so I'm in! Edit: Figured it out

Or it will lead to fisty cuffs. In which case, show 'em whose got the bigger guns! Also for chalk, you could try this stuff, it's only like 12 bucks and does the trick for me. (Plus 1 lb will last me a long time. ) http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0000BYSM0/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00

I've been using it for a long time (in the past for football and now for lifting, 6 years off and on) and it seems to work well (for me at least). It does make you retain water weight though. Keep your fluid intake high as well.

I smell a weekend project coming up

I typically Drink between 1-1.5 gallons a day depending on how am feeling. I have found though that if I'm under by a bit, my lifts seem to suffer (My productivity goes up though as I'm not hitting the bathroom every hour). I am also taking creatine so I try to make sure to keep up the water intake.

Awesome job on the 1RMs! I'll have to get the wife to take a picture of me during a 1RM DL so everyone can point and laugh, I'm sure it probably looks awful. Also, I'm jealous of your sleep, my dog doesn't let me sleep for more than 3 hours at a time before he decides that I need my face cleaned.