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Hello Everyone, I fell off completely last time I did a 6WC-just got busy with the new job, the new addition to the family and everything else life has to offer, but as always, I miss being on NF and kickin ass in the Assassins forum. So, I'm back to support my fellow ninjas and hopefully gain some insight as well. - this was from Thanksgiving so Orin is a lot bigger now I've been motivated by a dude named Hunter McIntyre. He's currently considered #1 in Obstacle Course Racing and is a sponsored athlete for Reebok and Spartan. This guys a stud among studs. We actually kinda look alike (pics coming later) and have a very similar physique. Well, seeing his success and his training has made me want to push my own training... go figure huh? -I want to meet this dude in a Race someday. He goes by the nickname, The Sheriff. All I can see is headlines for "The Sheriff vs The Wolf". Gets me all excited and such! -This is my excited face I've wanted for the longest time to compete in American Ninja Warrior-but have sense turned my sights on running some OCR/Mud Runs. My goal for the remainder of the year is work my ass off with my training and immerse myself into the world of obstacle course racing. I have a Spartan Sprint that I'm volunteering for on June 20th. I'm doing this to see how these things/races look up close. I won't actually be running that particular race because I'll get a free pass to use later on-which I want to do for the Spartan Beast on Halloween weekend. That's the 13.5 mile race!! Now, by no means am I an endurance athlete. And in fact I really don't like running, but it's because of these things that drives me the most. I suck at running for the most part, so I'm researching EVERYTHING, since that's what I do, and watching video after video of how to correctly run and skill drills to do daily to help. Brian Mckenzie of Crossfit Endurance is a genius when it comes to running form and the likes so I have most of his videos on repeat...plus he is the same guy that helped train Hunter McIntyre. Am I an elite athlete? No, not at the moment. Can I become an elite athlete? Of course I can. And that's really the ultimate goal. Dreams can become realities so long as you speak into Faith and BELIEVE! I would love to eventually run the elite races at these mud runs and begin to take home some prize money, which would in turn get my name out there and then get sponsored. These may seem like long shots but I don't care. I'm going for it anyways! The next challenge begins on the 8th; I start my 15-week Spartan beast training that same day! I'm so freakin pumped about it and can't wait to break the cycle of saying I'll do something and not following through with it. I'm HIGHLY annoyed with myself. Goal #1: The Breakdown of the Body The new programs from Obstacle Dominator, Crossfit Endurance, and Train to Hunt will be taxing, I have no doubt, but I will fit it into my schedule. This means following the programs as Rx'd as I can. There will be a lot of running involved, and this is something I'm counting on and preparing for. I want SUPER lungs and heart by the end of this! I must follow the program for the prescribed days-adjusting sets/reps as needed. I'm pretty sure the program will call for 5 days a week, which is fine, I just need to time management like a pro. Embrace the hybrid workouts and maximize your potential! Another thing I want to add into this goal is stair running, daily [emoji106]ðŸ»[emoji123]ðŸ». I work on the 6th floor of my building and when I decided a month ago that I wanted to start running OCR's I also decided that I MUST take the stairs every day. And at least once a day I will sprint the stairs. I've videoed myself on two separate occasions, the first being 27 seconds and then a week or so later it was 23 seconds. I'm also in dress clothes lol so it does impede my speed, however, I'm breathing pretty good after and that's when I try to do some box breathing... And that's tough as crap! So I want to add in a combination of both stair running and box breathing into this aspect of the challenge. I must sprint one ascent of the 6 flights of stairs and immediately begin my practice of box breathing. But also practice box breathing when it's more of a meditation instead of a fight or flight type situation. Possible Points: +1 STR, +4 STA https://vimeo.com/129040737 Goal #2: Harden Yourself for Battle With lots of running can come lots of injury. Well, with any kind of elite training, my recovery days are just as IF NOT MORE important than my training days. I just bought a nice foam roller and plan to mobilize and foam roll till I become a pro. So the goal would be to foam roll EVERY day and make the most out of my recovery days. I must spend at least 30-45 min a day on foam rolling and mobility. Focus areas will be my low back, upper shoulders, hamstrings, hip mobility, ankles, and knees. Possible points: +3 CON Goal #3: Time to be Transparent I've seen tons of people log their day with what they ate and how the felt after eating and whatnot and think it's time to be transparent, even if that means letting you ALL know that I ate a whole bag of Brookshire's Dark Chocolate Covered Blueberries..and yes, that's happened before. No, not the big, industrial Costco sized bag, but still! One serving of those equals 28 g of sugar...YIKES. DAMN YOU SWEET TOOTH!! So the goal is to log my food intake throughout the day, every day. Ya dig? I'll do my best to add macros as well. Possible Points: +1 WIS, +1 CON Goal #4: Just kinda...you know? Right?? So I want to be more active on the forums and a couple weeks ago I started a Warhammer RP who is managed by the infamous DarK_Raider. I'm having a blast teaming up with all the other cats that are doing it with me; ItsDaniel, Shaarawy, kzacher, and cn3wton. So my 4th goal is kinda a "broad" goal. Part of the goal is keeping up with the RP. (I RP a pit fighter named Lanric...he's a total badass.) The other part of the goal is to manage my time better with this new training program. Everything for me is based off time. I workout in the early morning so it doesn't take away my TIME with Heather and the boys, I take a 30 min lunch instead of an hour to have more TIME on my check aka OVERTIME, BABY! TIME IS OF THE ESSENCE...and that's what this goal is about-managing it to the best of my abilities and still performing at a high lvl. This also means sacrificing playing The Witcher 3 or any games really and replacing that with sleep or more TIME with the wife and kids. Log time for important things-when you ate your meal, when you worked out, check to make sure you've posted in the RP, make notes for when you skip playing a game for sleep or quality time with the fam. LOG. IT. ALL. Possible Points: +2 CHA, +3 WIS Mentally and physically I will be drug through the mud, but I want to challenge myself unlike I've ever before! So, please, come join in on the insanity! Wolf