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"You must be proud, bold, pleasant, resolute, and now a then stab, as occasion serves." - Christopher Marlowe Train the Body: First and foremost, training is important to me. There is an aesthetic I like, a vainness that I enjoy. But, I like being strong. Not just inside the gym, but outside the gym. I thought a lot about it this past weekend with moving and knowing how the strength I've garnished over the years of lifting really helped me out. I think about being weaker and not being able to lift as much weight and how much more difficult the move would have been. I'm thankful for the time I've put in and how it's translated to real world application. I started a new training program through the middle of the last challenge and love it. The programming is great. The structure and ability to complete within an hour is even better, given that 60-65min is basically the max time I have to train before I have to get ready for work. I'm excited to get back into the program called "Comanche" later this week. The program calls for sprints 2x a week but I think with my busy schedule and two jobs that I'll just go for 1x a week for now. Train the Mind: I know that I am mentally strong. The key to me being successful in my every day life is to be strong mentally. I work 2 jobs. Sometimes my day extends around the 17-18hr mark from the time I wake up to the time I get off from Costco and get home. I have a BRAND NEW routine now that I've moved and this week is going to be an adjustment. Finish 2 audible books during this challenge. Utilize my longer commute. Train my Creative Mind™ Empire of Silence (Sun Eater Book #1) (16hrs left) Howling Dark (Sun Eater Book #2) Recover the Body: Foam roll, yoga, massage gun: USE ALL OF THESE THINGS. Work hard. Play hard. Recover hard. Recover the Mind: Nap. Eat at your desk to save time and use part of your hour lunch to catch some Zzz's. Meditation goes a long ways, I think. I definitely don't take the time to relax my mind in that regard and train it up to be stronger and more palpable. 5min a day is not long. I can do this. Wolf

hi everyone! i'm new here, although i've been reading some of these articles for the past two months. my problem is that i've gotten bored and unmotivated when it comes to my workouts. i work out 6 times a week, monday-friday twice a day, and once on saturday. i do an hour in the morning (monday, wednesday, friday are run days, tuesdays are climbing drills and thursdays are muscle failure) and then typically an hour and a half in the evening. i don't feel good after i work out anymore; i feel a bit frustrated. every time i do a work out i push myself to the point of shaking, but it just doesn't feel enough. i don't really know how to explain it. a typical week looks like this: monday morning, interval running (60-120s): 60 seconds of sprinting, 120 seconds of walking. usually 8-10 times. monday evening i go to the gym. usually i do ab work outs (planks for a minute thirty seconds, leg raises, flutter kicks, etc.) and squats with two 25 lb weights. i do 3 sets of 25. mix in a ton of stretching through out that, along with leg lifts (3 sets of 35) tuesday morning, climbing drills (straight arm hangs, heel hooks, assisted pull ups, leg tucks) 1 set with 7 reps, and then 2 minutes of dips. once that is done typically two minutes of push ups and 2 minutes of sit ups. tuesday evening at the gym, bent over rows with 45 lbs (5 sets of 10), 20 regular push ups, 20 one arm elevated push up (where one hand is on a medicine ball, about a foot higher than the other hand), 90 second plank, 30 second side planks. wednesday morning, 2 mile run. wednesday evening, leg lifts, flutter kicks, scissors, walking lunges with two 25 lb weights (3 sets of 10), squats with 25 lbs (3 sets of 20) and two more sets of the leg raises (20 scissors, 10 leg lifts, 20 flutter kicks). thursday morning, muscle failure. 4 minutes of push ups and sit ups, 15 eight count push ups, 20 squat jumps, 2 minutes of v- ups, 15 mountain climbers. thursday evening: same as tuesday evening. friday morning: 45 minutes of jogging + sprinting and 20 seconds of jogging backwards. friday evening: wednesday on repeat. saturday: a mix of tuesday evening and wednesday evening. sunday is my day off. mix in 45 minutes of racquetball after every evening work out. i take two supplements, a pre-work out and post-work out (pre work out is C4, post work out is a whey protein shake). i haven't been taking much C4 merely because i hate how insane i go when my face starts to itch. but my work out doesn't seem to be doing the right things. as i said, my body feels shaky and empty... but it doesn't seem enough. i don't feel satisfied and 100% spent when i leave the gym. i want to feel like there's no way i could possibly do one more thing. any suggestions? i would really appreciate it!