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Main Goals This challenge is all about baby steps to understand what makes a warrior (Food, a barbell and a squat rack, good form). Train like a beast (with good form). I am going to train 3x a week with Stronglifts 5x5. I picked up Starting Strength last challenge, this and me getting to know the first trainer that finally understands what the hell is he doing have make me realize something important. I know almost NOTHING about good form. I am going to read SS slowly this time, see enough youtube videos to know how good form looks like AND focus on form each workout to know how good form feels like. Learn how to eat (a lot of protein) and track it. At least six days a week I'm tracking my calories intake with my MFP. I'm going to start with 1600 calories a day and see how it goes from there. My protein intake will be at least above 100 g a day and it will go up each week. This is to introduce myself to macros slowly (I will deal with CHO/FAT later). Track every rep I do at the gym. I'll track MFP and I will have a journal where I will write every single rep I do at the gym. I may post it here or in a battle log, but my main goal is to write it down somewhere to keep track of my progress. Life Goal Use my time wisely. I need to stop wasting time when I have important things to do (chores, studying,). I need to prioritize. For this I'll turn my computer and cellphone off while studying and begin to write lists (I often forget things, last month I left a friend outside my empty house because I didn't remember she was coming over) Stats Gender: Female Height: 1.56 cm (5'1) Weight: -133- Lifts: Most of the exercises are just the bar (I began a different program in November but stopped because my gym closed for Christmas). I'll update as I progress. Exercises where my form is mostly okay: BB Rows, Squats, OHP. Exercises where I need a LOT of practice: Deadlift (I still don't lift my chest, my hips are too low, I hit my knees with the bar...), Bench Press (I have never bench pressed before ). Method of Grading: Last Challenge it was ABCDF, this challenge I could do that again, or not?. I'll decide what to do this week.

My husband and I are in the very beginning stages of planning a trip to the Galapagos Islands for some time in 2014. So - has anyone been there? Tell me everything!