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Going for the gainz TL'DR Lot's of backstory, passionate about healthy exercise, avoid overtraining, or bad form, path to lvl 25, and therefore towards lvl50... Will teach class 17th, start PT 20th, get started on license courses Sept, run OCR in Oct, wanna come with? My plan for this challenge is a bit different. The usual would be something along the lines of "caloric goal, exercise minimum, sleep minimum" While all of those are good, and I will probably get back to them next challenge (especially if this challenge busts out) I feel them not enough and at the same time too complex. So I'm going to go with this instead: Act like a grown up (eat well and with restraint, sleep more than you think you need, go to class, exercise at home) aka don't be a moron Make your weaknesses into strengths (shoulder PT taught me that abs and upper and lower back muscle are where I need to grow stronger) PVP the heck out of it I also noticed I have a competitive streak a mile wide. If I see someone do something I can almost do, I can rarely let go and not push myself to get there. When I know there's something I can't do yet (even if I only compete against my younger self) it's really hard to stay within my limits, and I failed a lot in the past, which bites me in my backside with my tender shins currently (case of too much too soon again) but I will find ways to use this competitiveness: The daily minimum activity that I have tried to implement has not taken hold since I had to stop my wall planks when I hurt my shoulder. So I will enjoy some PVP time with all of you fine rebels out there and see where I can land. And maybe I even can find someone to do some other darebee challenge with/against me throughout this challenge, I am currently at ab challenge day 9, and did my 1:20 plank in one go (never done this long a plank), trick: switching from forearm on the ground to on the hand when it was almost too much, and back down, but no disengaging the legs/abs! And I am considering their Age of Pandora Programm. That is my plan anyway, we'll see how far it survives past first contact with the enemy....

This challenge comes with no fancy theme and some very straight forward goals. Keeping it simple this time around is essential. If I learned anything from last challenge it is that I need to realistic with my goals given my work schedule. So back to the basics I go. Goal 1: Exercise Go to the gym at least 3-4x/week Run 50 miles this challenge (this could be ambitious but I'm going for it) Goal 2: Diet Keep calorie average around 1350/day Eat pizza no more than 2x this challenge No candy for entire challenge Goal 3: Be Social Post on my thread at least 3x/week Post on at least 3 different threads a week Not the most exciting but what can I say...Honeybadger don't care!

I took on double-unders for a 6-week challenge as they were one of my weaknesses in CrossFit; I could barely string together 2-3. Result? Got 47 unbroken today! W00t!

Double-unders are one of my "goats", so it's time to do something about it! Current: Can get about 10 SUDU in a row on a good day. Goal: 10 unbroken double-unders. Scoring: At the end of the quest, I will have 5 chances to get a maximal set of double-unders. For the maximal set, 5 points for each successful DU. This goal is worth 50 points, so more than 10 unbroken DU is extra credit. Related Goals: Supporting goal: at least 10 minutes of DU practice or 100 DU every week. This goal is worth 10 points each week, and DU during a WOD count, provided they are done as consecutive DU and not as SUDU.Supporting life goals: continue to eat right, keep my weight below 175, continue to train 4-5x / week. These are now part of my baseline and thus aren't worth extra points.Life goals: do each CrossFit Open workout RX. This goal is worth 5 points each week.Grading: points will be totaled and divided by 140, the total number of available points. A+ -- over 100%A -- 91-100%B -- 81-90%etc.Attribute points awarded at the end of this challenge will be primarily allocated to: DEXterity (technical ability to do DU)STAmina (metabolic conditioning involved)CONstitution (for perseverance)CHArisma (cool factor)WISdom is available if I meet my supporting life goals.This challenge isn't eligible for STRength points.

I win at jump rope! I managed a new trick today! I've been working on crossing the rope over with my hands behind my back. I could already do it by crossing my arms in front. I managed it not only once, but twice in a row! (A "full trick" being 2 normal jumps, one cross, one normal - just because I need to be able to keep my momentum for it to be useful). Pretty dang happy with that. I hit the back of my head with the rope a lot, but not too bad. : D Next is getting it smooth so I don't trip almost every time. Then doing it while jumping backwards. Jump ropes are fun.