Dyego Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Everybody walks to Mordor, which is really cool, but I don't have much space for walking (and it's too hot most of the year.) What I DO have, indoors thank God, is a staircase! So instead of walking to Mordor, I'm going to climb skyscrapers! I first have to do some maths. First, we get the top 100 buildings in the world here. All sorts of different skyscrapers have all sorts of different numbers of floors, depending on if they are residential, commercial, etc. So regardless of how many floors the building says it has, I'm going to divide height of the building (in feet) by 13 feet as a rough average of feet-per-floor. I have 9 foot ceilings, so going down and back up the stairs equals 18 feet, so a "set" of going up and down is, rounding up, 1.4 floors. The math doesn't 100% check out, but I have to make some standards somewhere, so here's where they are. In short: 1 Set (go down, come back up) = 1.4 floors My first goal is not on that list of tallest buildings in the world, but a structure I've always wanted to go to the top of: The Seattle Space Needle! So, maths again: Space needle = 605 feet, divided by 13 feet a floor, rounded up = 47 floors. In order to climb to the top of the Space Needle for my first challenge means I'll have to do 34 (rounded up. I always round up) sets, which means 68 times up and down the stairs. I so far have averaged about 15 times up and down so far (7 complete sets per 5 minutes) so it looks like I should climb to the top of the Space Needle in 5 days. I'll be starting my 4 week challenge early, so I hope to have climbed to the top of the Space Needle before I even "officially" start the challenge! Here's to heights! 3 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Hazard Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Nice twist. 1 Quote You haven't seen my Final Form I Stand With Gina Carano Link to comment
Dyego Posted August 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Thanks, Hazard! I thought it would be rather fun. Once I conquer skyscrapers, it's on to mountains! (so few of those down in the Valley of the Sun, have to go north to find them) 2017.08.06 Update: Did 10 full sets in 5:23. It was a good day! Almost a third of the way there. Time Spent Steppin': 5:23 Total Sets Climbed: 10 Total Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 14 How Many Floors in Current Goal (Space Needle): 47 Floors Left in Current Goal: 33 (Edited 2017.08.07 because I realized I didn't do the set x 1.4 and was actually selling myself short! Always fun to find out you did more progress than you hoped) 2 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
zeroh13 Posted August 7, 2017 Report Share Posted August 7, 2017 Okay, this is officially awesome. 1 Quote Current Challenge: Zeroh, stick to the routine! Link to comment
Dyego Posted August 13, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2017 First day of my 4 Week Challenge! I decided that the floors climbed is one case where I will not be rounding up. If I didn't climb the full floor, it doesn't count! It won't matter that much to me in the end, so I don't mind. In any case, here's my update. I broke the halfway mark! 2017.08.13 Update This Update Time Spent: 5:16 This Update Sets Climbed: 9 This Update Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 12 ================================================================ Time Spent Steppin': 10:39 Total Sets Climbed: 19 Total Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 26 How Many Floors in Current Goal (Space Needle): 47 Floors Left in Current Goal: 21 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted August 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2017 Day 2 of my 4 Week Challenge! Did the same number of sets as yesterday, just a bit slower. But I pushed through the second day blues and completed the five minutes anyway! And it's a good thing I did, because tomorrow I'll be climbing to the top of the Space Needle! Woot! 2017.08.14 Update This Update Time Spent: 5:22 This Update Sets Climbed: 9 This Update Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 12 ================================================================ Time Spent Steppin': 16:01 Total Sets Climbed: 28 Total Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 39 How Many Floors in Current Goal (Space Needle): 47 Floors Left in Current Goal: 8 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted August 17, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2017 Had to take a couple of days off to rest my bad knee, but got back to the stairs today. 2017.08.17 Update This Update Time Spent: 5:19 This Update Sets Climbed: 8 This Update Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 11 ================================================================ Time Spent Steppin': 21:20 Total Sets Climbed: 36 Total Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 50 How Many Floors in Current Goal (Space Needle): 47 Floors Left in Current Goal: None! Goal accomplished! I climbed to the top of the Space Needle in 21 minutes and 20 seconds! The extra 3 floors were my victory lap around the top. ================================================================================================================================== Up next: A trip to Abu Dhabi to climb up: Etihad Towers T2 Height: 1002 Floors (Height / 13): 77 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted August 30, 2017 Author Report Share Posted August 30, 2017 Finally back to the stairs after my vacation and three not-very-good days in a row afterwards. I really didn't want to do the last set today, but I pushed myself to do it anyway. 2017.08.30 Update This Update Time Spent: 5:25 This Update Sets Climbed: 6 This Update Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 8 ================================================================ Time Spent Steppin': 26:45 Total Sets Climbed: 6 Total Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 8 How Many Floors in Current Goal (Etihad Towers T2): 77 Floors Left in Current Goal: 69 It's a slow start, but I've started climbing it anyway! I've conquered the Space Needle, so I know I can do this. I'll be back on the stairs tomorrow whether I like it or not! Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted September 21, 2017 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2017 2017.09.20 Update This Update Time Spent: 5:04 This Update Sets Climbed: 8 This Update Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 11 ================================================================ Time Spent Steppin': 31:49 Total Sets Climbed: 14 Total Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 19 How Many Floors in Current Goal (Etihad Towers T2): 77 Floors Left in Current Goal: 58 I refused to let an entire month go by without climbing skyscrapers again! Despite lots of personal issues, and having to help my gma move, I still did the stairs today. Woot! 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted October 20, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2017 Well, it's been exactly one month since I last updated. In the meantime I helped my Grandma move (several weeks of this) and I hurt my foot. So today I decided it was time to get back to my climbing ways, start slowly, and get back in the habit. 2017.10.20 Update This Update Time Spent: 3:13 This Update Sets Climbed: 5 This Update Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 7 ================================================================ Time Spent Steppin': 35:02 Total Sets Climbed: 19 Total Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 26 How Many Floors in Current Goal (Etihad Towers T2): 77 Floors Left in Current Goal: 51 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 2017.10.23 Update This Update Time Spent: 3:12 This Update Sets Climbed: 5 This Update Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 7 ================================================================ Time Spent Steppin': 35:02 Total Sets Climbed: 24 Total Floors Climbed (Set x 1.4): 33 How Many Floors in Current Goal (Etihad Towers T2): 77 Floors Left in Current Goal: 44 Really didn't want to climb the stairs today, but I did. Foot is still recovering, so I stuck to 5 sets to get it back in action again. Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted November 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2017 So! I figure it would be rude of me to start a new Battle Log for every new type of exercise I try out and accomplish, so instead, Dyego Climbs Skyscrapers! will now include all of my other various efforts at exercise. Climbing Skyscrapers™ Will Return this summer! For now, I'm exorcising my exercise demons! Today's Dyego Episode of Exorcises Exercise! Walking. I spent 4 hours on my feet, and in that time I walked 5.2 miles. So I guess I'll start... Dyego Walks to Mordor! Miles Walked So Far: 5.2 miles Current Leg of the Journey: Hobbiton to Rivendale Last Milestone: Cross The Great Road from the Brandywine Bridge. Enter Tookland. My next exercise adventure? Not sure! I know once my dueling lightsabers arrive, it'll be something EPIC. Also, one day I'd like to afford a recumbent trike so I can go biking again. 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted November 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2017 +2.78 miles added today for walking! Miles Walked So Far: 7.98 miles Current Leg of the Journey: Hobbiton to Rivendale Last Milestone: Look back at lights of Hobbiton from first slopes of the Green Hill Country. 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Dyego Stretches His Limits(Yoga) Today: 5 minutes of yoga, including a 30-second plank, my record by ten seconds! Downward-Facing Dog Alternating Cat-Cow Plank Cobra Butterfly Sit Felt immensely good to stretch those muscles. Will probably do this after every workout from now on. Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 +0.40 miles today, 10:53 minutes walk today Dyego Walks to Mordor! Time Spent Walkin': 10:53 minutes Miles Walked So Far: 8.83 miles Current Leg of the Journey: Hobbiton to Rivendale Last Milestone: Look back at lights of Hobbiton from first slopes of the Green Hill Country. 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted November 29, 2017 Author Report Share Posted November 29, 2017 Dyego Lifts The World Warm-Up: 5 minutes of swordfighting Cool-Down: 5 minutes of Yoga Weight Routine: Benchpress Weight Amount: 100 lbs Sets x Reps: 1x10 Amount Lifted: 1000 lbs Object Lifted: Grand Piano or Arabian riding horse Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted December 3, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2017 A report for Friday, December 1st: +6.84 miles Dyego Walks to Mordor! Time Spent Walkin': 10:53 minutes Miles Walked So Far: 15.67 miles Current Leg of the Journey: Hobbiton to Rivendale Last Milestone: I saw Hobbiton disappear behind the rising slopes, stopped in a birch grove and ate a frugal supper, reached Stock road, and then began to sing while walking between tall trees. 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted December 6, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 6, 2017 A report for 12/6 +5.48 miles Dyego Walks to Mordor! Time Spent Walkin': -- Miles Walked So Far: 21.15 miles Current Leg of the Journey: Hobbiton to Rivendale Last Milestone: Climbed a steep slope, camped in a firwood over the top of the hill. Ate at the campsite as a new day dawned, and then started on my way to the road rolling up and down. Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted December 10, 2017 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2017 A report for the last few days, catching up. +7.28 miles Dyego Walks to Mordor! Time Spent Walkin': -- Miles Walked So Far: 28.43 miles Current Leg of the Journey: Hobbiton to Rivendale Last Milestone: The road has been rolling up and down, but I can tell that I am getting near to a spot to rest. Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted January 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Spent 10 minutes today, first thing I did in the day, walking! In actual sunlight! Who am I?? +0.38 miles, +10:00 minutes Dyego Walks to Mordor! Time Spent Walkin': 20:53 Miles Walked So Far: 28.81 miles Current Leg of the Journey: Hobbiton to Rivendale Last Milestone: Nearing a steep bank, but not quite there yet... Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 January 3rd Report: 20 minutes of aerobics and stretching Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted January 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2018 January 11th report: feeling slightly better, so thought I'd ease back into some aerobics and stretching. 25 minutes. 1 Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted May 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 24, 2018 I'm back to lifting the world! I had to go down in weight since my last run since it's been awhile. Dyego Lifts The World Warm-Up: 5 minutes of jumping jacks Cool-Down: 5 minutes of Yoga Weight Routine: Benchpress Weight Amount: 75 lbs Sets x Reps: 2x15=30 Amount Lifted: 2250 lbs Object Lifted: Bull Cow I lifted a cow today! Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
Dyego Posted June 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 5, 2018 Dyego Lifts The World 2018.06.04 Warm-Up: Walking around the store for two hours before hand Cool-Down: 5 minutes of Yoga Weight Routine: Benchpress Weight Amount: 95 lbs Sets x Reps: 2x10=20 Amount Lifted: 1900 lbs Object Lifted: U-Haul Trailer Quote -- Current Challenge: I'm Back, Baby! Current Daily Battle Log: Dyego Exorcises Exercise! -- Previous Challenges: #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 Link to comment
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