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So I would like to start out by apologizing to those who kept trying to check up on me last challenge after I went AWOL. Thanks for the comments and support despite my absence. The whole transition to the new job and doing some house projects at home got me out of a rhythm for working out and posting. It has been a month at the new job now and I am loving everything about it! Much shorter drive from home, better working conditions (aka I get to get away from my desk for the majority of the day), benefits are awesome and I could go on but I will spare you. Not sure what was holding me back from moving away from the old job but definitely glad I made the change. At home I have been working on building my "bat cave" and have made a lot of progress. I would say right now it is about 90% done. Basically I built some shelves in the basement and it opened up a ton of space down there for exercising. It looks 100x better down there and I am excited to start using it for working out regularly. So with that I think it is time to get into this challenge! 7.2 - "The Redo" So I am not going to give myself any credit for last challenge. I am going to count it as taking it completely off. So this will be my attempt at a redo, but I will be switching things up a bit. To get everyone up to speed, this weekend was my Warrior Dash race and I had a blast doing it! I did it with my friend and we just had the best time we have had in a while. We ended up doing the course 2x and getting extremely muddy, but it was worth it. I am going to do it again next year and want to include my wife also! I know she will have fun even if she doesn't think so now. It was not nearly as difficult as I was expecting but infinitely more fun. This coming weekend (8/2) is our end of the season softball tournament. I was thinking the next challenge was going to start next week but here it is already! Fitness- 1) Do gymnastic ring workout 3x per week (+2 DEX +3 STR) So while I out this last challenge, I made the discovery that gymnastic rings are a wonderful workout. I have been watching this season of American Ninja warrior and seen a lot of people using them in their audition videos. So I was reading a little about them and then Steve posted about using them for his workout and becoming "Antifragile". Well then I started reading more and more and decided that I could actually try them with some stuff I have around the house! Well almost. The handles I have are not quite the same as rings but they are close and allow me to do the movements. There are plans to get an actual set soon hopefully. That aside, I did a basic workout on them and had a blast! So this challenge I wanted to include them for upper body work. 1) Do Body Weight workout 3x per week (+2 DEX +3 STR) After finding this workout from tenaciousglee, I have decided to switch things up. I will come back to the rings for sure, but for now I will stick with the body weight stuff. It does make sense in terms of building up my strength before using the rings as they do require a lot of strength moves. 2) Speed workout 3x per week (+1 DEX +3 STA) I have a bunch of speed workouts I can do: ladder drills, jump rope, dot drills, speed runs, etc. These will mainly focus on the lower body since rings will be focusing on the upper body. Life- 3) Get my numbers in check (+2 CON +2 CHA) As part of my new job and health insurance, they want me to get tested to get a baseline on my level of health and to "help" me be healthier. In order to get the most out of my insurance I either have to have numbers that are in the range they are looking for or if not, then make an "effort" to get them better. The big concern for me is cholesterol. It has always been high for me but I am going to give it a good run at controlling it with diet and exercise. So grading on this will depend on how many numbers are in the green out of the 4 they check (BMI, LDL, Total Cholesterol, Fasting Blood Sugar) 4) Finish the "Bat Cave" (+2 WIS) Like I said before it is mostly complete but there are still a few odds and ends to clean up. I would like to get it finished by the end of the challenge and that is possible to do. Main things left are: Finish taking out the garbage Clean up desk Wire TV Reinforce tool bench Reposition pull-up bar