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I completed my first Nerd Fitness challenge yonks ago when I was just a baby lifter with a sub-200 pound deadlift. Since then, I've been making steady but sometimes slow progress adding to my lifts, with no real motivation to do another 6 week challenge. But now....now there's sibling rivalry in play. My baby sister, CaraStarbuck, thinks she has what it takes to be the swolest sister. (CaraStarbuck, on right, trying in vain to win the yearly sister arm-wrestling contest. Me, on left, toying with her) In the spirit of raising the stakes, whichever sister does better on her six week challenge goals will be gifted a new fitness item by the losing sister. So, if CaraStarbuck beats me (unlikely), I have to buy her a foam roller. I've been making decent strength gains over the summer, but long hours in the office and too many trips to the snacks in the breakroom mean I've been putting on more weight than I want to be carrying. Meanwhile, I've started taking Judo classes, and while my strength training gives me a definite advantage, I really need to do some more conditioning work if I want to kick ass at randori. With that in mind, my goals: Main Goal (+2 DEX, +3 STA, +2 CHA): Drop 15 pounds without compromising strength. I'll achieve this by 1) sticking to a primarily paleo diet; 2) adding short, high intensity conditioning workouts on my non-lifting days These will be barbell complexes with lighter weights and regular sprinting and HIIT rowing. 3) Continuing my main strength workouts 2-3 times a week. Side fitness quest (+3 STR): Add 15 pounds to my squat. I had some form issues early on, so my squat is much sadder than my deadlift (Currently 175 x 5, versus 300 x 5). I'd love to get it up over 200, but 15 pounds sounds like a reasonable, slightly stretching it goal for 6 weeks. I'd try to get someone to video my form so I can get some pointers from the Nerd Fitness crowd. Bonus side fitness quest (+3 DEX): Test for my first belt promotion in Judo. I'm one of two newbs in my class, and our instructors are potentially going to test us for promotion in late October. So that would be sweet. Life side quest (+2 WIS) : Finish the great closet/home purge of 2013, and sell an additional $300 of stuff on ebay. In my first go round, I hit $200, so I'd like to make it an even $500 to add to my travel fund. So that's my challenge. Bring it, little sister!