Machete Posted December 28, 2017 Report Share Posted December 28, 2017 I refuse to start on January 1. I'm continuing my last challenge. Life is getting crazy, and I'm trying to schedule my time wisely by listing down the weekly priorities. I'm completely out-sourcing my training to GB by following the recommended format: Monday: Core Tuesday: Middle Split Wednesday: Front Split, Lower Body Thursday: Upper Body Friday: Bridge, Handstand I'll also be hitting a Snatch Test once a week for maintenance. Main Quest: Foundation Building Chore List: Laundry - Wednesday and Saturday morning Dishes - Wednesday and Saturday morning Sweep and dust once a week Grocery and cooking on Sunday Taking out the dogs once a day Trash once a week Junk mail/email once a week Bathroom cleaning once a week Eliminate tabs on browser Read for 15 minutes a day Misc: Daily Instagram and Facebook post Bi-weekly Coaching updates Big Tasks: Living Room - boxes of papers, books, old magazines, etc. Closet - sort clothes, throw away other clothes Weekly Schedule - install whiteboard, figure out priorities Repair Laptop and external HD, set up workspace Find place to stay at in Ft. Lauderdale 6 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted December 29, 2017 Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 Tracking down your elusive challenges is always a delight. Here for amazing stuff and embarassing tunes 1 Quote Lvl 54 Multitasker Link to comment
UnquietBones Posted December 29, 2017 Report Share Posted December 29, 2017 Sounds like a pretty solid (and full!) plan! (Any plan where doggos are involved is automatically a win! ) 1 Quote Learning the art of Failing Upwards... (or: Moving Mountains with Teaspoons!) www.Martha.net - Model Horses, Stories, Webcomics, Plaster Casting, Treadmill Gaming, etc... because you can never have too many hobbies! Link to comment
WhiteGhost Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Following 1 Quote HUNTER OF ALL THINGS SHINY Intro Thread Challenge Log Bodyweight Exercise Library Recipe Book Shuffle Club Level 2 Ninja Strength: 13 Intelligence: 14 Wisdom: 6 Dexterity:14 Constitution: 12 Charisma: 11 Link to comment
Sloth the Enduring Posted December 31, 2017 Report Share Posted December 31, 2017 Following. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote “We might as well start where we are, use what we have and do what we can." – Caitlin Rivers Sloth: The Man with the Hammer battle log Link to comment
Machete Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 On 12/29/2017 at 6:36 AM, DarK_RaideR said: Tracking down your elusive challenges is always a delight. Here for amazing stuff and embarassing tunes Semi-embarassing. Speaking of which, I already have one: On 12/29/2017 at 4:40 PM, UnquietBones said: Sounds like a pretty solid (and full!) plan! (Any plan where doggos are involved is automatically a win! ) They always work themselves into my plans anyway. So needy. Haha 3 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
Machete Posted January 1, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2018 AOM got me interested in checklists. I like lists. I need to be intentional about making them. WEEK 1 MONDAYdogs Facebook Instagram Core work reading Duolingo eliminate a tab Trainerize updates HS practice laundry dishes cook bathe dogs TUESDAY scout Ft. Lauderdale lodging trash dogs Facebook Instagram reading (OTA, SFG) Duolingo eliminate a tab Middle Splits HS practice WEDNESDAY junk email dogs Facebook Instagram reading (OTA) Duolingo eliminate a tab Front Split, Lower Body HS practice cook THURSDAY dogs Facebook Instagram reading Duolingo eliminate a tab Upper Body HS practice FRIDAY dogs Facebook Instagram reading Duolingo eliminate a tab Bridge, Handstands SATURDAY dogs Facebook Instagram reading Duolingo eliminate a tab HS practice visit open gym 1 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
Machete Posted January 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Lots accomplished. What a day. Anyone else talk to their dogs while bathing them? 2 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
Cataleya Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Quite the list! Monday seems to be a pretty productive day in general, at least for me. 1 Quote Cataleya Tries to Regain Her Balance Instagram | MyFitnessPal Link to comment
Sloth the Enduring Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Lots accomplished. What a day. Anyone else talk to their dogs while bathing them?Don't you have to, to keep them calm? 1 Quote “We might as well start where we are, use what we have and do what we can." – Caitlin Rivers Sloth: The Man with the Hammer battle log Link to comment
DarK_RaideR Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Guile's theme isn't embarassing, it's awesome! Your list thing looks a lot like my no-frills Bullet Journal. Not sure how it'll work for you, but it's been a game changer for me. 4 hours ago, Machete said: Anyone else talk to their dogs while bathing them? I used to talk to mine on all occasions anyway. She loved her baths (and the taste of spilled shampoo) 1 Quote Lvl 54 Multitasker Link to comment
WhiteBeltBrowncoat Posted January 2, 2018 Report Share Posted January 2, 2018 Lots accomplished. What a day. Anyone else talk to their dogs while bathing them?Absolutely. How else are you going to convince the half German shepherd half great dane to not drag you down the hall.? 1 Quote WhiteBeltBrowncoat | Four-week Challenge 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Current Goal: Weigh 238 lbs by 10/14/2018 SW(201809112):245.9 / CW(201800917):244.2 Think Progress, Not Perfection Link to comment
karinajean Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 1/1/2018 at 11:37 PM, Machete said: Lots accomplished. What a day. Anyone else talk to their dogs while bathing them? I am admittedly a crazy cat lady but I talk to my cat kind of non-stop. I wouldn't bathe her, though, that's her job. I'll just tell her anecdotes and jokes. 2 Quote 2014! #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 2015! #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12 | 2016! #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | 2017! #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | 2018! #34 | #35 | #36 | #37v1 | #37v2 | 2019! #38 | #39 | #40 | reference materials | academy battle log mermaid ninja assassin. on a motorcycle. with swords. and knitting needles. and kittens. Link to comment
Rooks Posted January 3, 2018 Report Share Posted January 3, 2018 On 1/1/2018 at 10:37 PM, Machete said: Anyone else talk to their dogs while bathing them? Isn't that the point of pets? Someone to talk to that won't accuse you being crazy? Also, as always, beast mode stuff on that Snatch Test. I would have been on the floor after a minute at most. 2 Quote Link to comment
Sylvaa Posted January 5, 2018 Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 So hard to find your challenges sometimes! Sneaky Assassin. I do not generally talk to my dog. I do however, spend a lot of time arguing with my cat - generally about the number of treats she needs on any given day. I really like your checklist set up this challenge! 1 Quote Sylvaa's BattleLog Sylvaa's Tracking Spreadsheet Link to comment
Machete Posted January 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2018 On 1/1/2018 at 11:39 PM, Cataleya said: Quite the list! Monday seems to be a pretty productive day in general, at least for me. I think a lot of stuff spills over from Sunday for me. Still can't manage to be productive on a Sunday. On 1/2/2018 at 2:31 AM, Sloth the Enduring said: Don't you have to, to keep them calm? On 1/3/2018 at 8:33 AM, karinajean said: I am admittedly a crazy cat lady but I talk to my cat kind of non-stop. I wouldn't bathe her, though, that's her job. I'll just tell her anecdotes and jokes. On 1/2/2018 at 4:25 AM, DarK_RaideR said: Guile's theme isn't embarassing, it's awesome! Your list thing looks a lot like my no-frills Bullet Journal. Not sure how it'll work for you, but it's been a game changer for me. I used to talk to mine on all occasions anyway. She loved her baths (and the taste of spilled shampoo) They seem calm. It just happens instinctively. Yeah, mostly a bunch of jokes and stuff. And attempts to tell them not to drink the bathwater. On 1/2/2018 at 8:46 AM, WhiteBeltBrowncoat said: Absolutely. How else are you going to convince the half German shepherd half great dane to not drag you down the hall.? Peanut butter is usually my go-to with these two. Suddenly they understand every command when the PB is out. On 1/3/2018 at 1:55 PM, Rooks said: Isn't that the point of pets? Someone to talk to that won't accuse you being crazy? Also, as always, beast mode stuff on that Snatch Test. I would have been on the floor after a minute at most. Try it with Guile's Theme. You'll probably finish. (The comments are hilarious, by the way.) 2 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
Machete Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 1/5/2018 at 12:02 PM, Sylvaa said: So hard to find your challenges sometimes! Sneaky Assassin. I do not generally talk to my dog. I do however, spend a lot of time arguing with my cat - generally about the number of treats she needs on any given day. I really like your checklist set up this challenge! 1 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
Machete Posted January 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Selected comments from Guile Theme Song. Quote I was eating pasta with a russian friend when this song played, I am now eating a cheeseburger, and my russian friend is now eating capitalism, a flashkick, and JUSTICE. Im proud to be american everytime I hear guile`s theme, and Im not even american I thought it would be funny to play this on loop. Since then I finished all of my work, repaired my own car, and also defeated communism. This makes me embarrassed of not being American. I was doing up my belt while this was playing, now it's the world heavyweight championship I played this on a public airplane, it became a fighter jet with giant eagle wings. I listened to this while cutting onions. The onions started crying. 1 3 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
Cataleya Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 Having just cut onions, I found the last one funniest. 1 Quote Cataleya Tries to Regain Her Balance Instagram | MyFitnessPal Link to comment
peelout Posted January 6, 2018 Report Share Posted January 6, 2018 On 12/28/2017 at 12:11 PM, Machete said: I'm continuing my last challenge. Life is getting crazy, and I'm trying to schedule my time wisely by listing down the weekly priorities. I'm completely out-sourcing my training to GB by following the recommended format: I like the format you are using to knock things off your list. I may borrow that in the future. It's a way to keep things you need to get done staring you in the face. What is meant by out-sourcing to GB? 1 Quote Current Challenge We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Diet is 80% of losing weight, exercise is 80% of motivation. The only thing I am 100% sure of is my ability to be wrong. Link to comment
Machete Posted January 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 5 hours ago, Cataleya said: Having just cut onions, I found the last one funniest. Now you have to try it. 1 hour ago, peelout said: I like the format you are using to knock things off your list. I may borrow that in the future. It's a way to keep things you need to get done staring you in the face. What is meant by out-sourcing to GB? GymnasticBodies. I'm trying to follow the program to the letter. ============================================================================ Productivity looks like it dropped-off as the week progressed. Car trouble, traffic jams, and the new quotas of starter sessions I need to reach at work might be getting to me. (I apparently am unable to make people take a one-on-one session that they already paid for as part of their membership. Considering my late dating life, I am not surprised.) However at the same time I just got the welcome email to assist as an instructor at an SFG event, and another, more experienced SFG has just reached-out to me and asked me for help in programming and training for his Level 2. I feel out of my depth, or Impostor Syndrome has been hitting me extra hard lately. I must tread lightly. Anyway, I need to hit 20 sessions this month, and I have 1, with 2 scheduled next week. I've been that annoying guy asking everyone if they've done their starter session, but I guess that's what it takes. I might try to add extra constraints on the list next week like timelines and schedule blocks. 1 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
Sylvaa Posted January 7, 2018 Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 So someone on the Women's Academy FB page was asking for kettlebell training advice. Is Simple & Sinister like the program to use? Quote Sylvaa's BattleLog Sylvaa's Tracking Spreadsheet Link to comment
Machete Posted January 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2018 16 hours ago, Sylvaa said: So someone on the Women's Academy FB page was asking for kettlebell training advice. Is Simple & Sinister like the program to use? It's a minimalist program--the exercises with the most carryover, devoid of entertainment value. But yeah, it might be the closest one could get to a catch-all for kettlebell programming. 2 Quote Valar Morghulis Halfling Monk, Chaotic Neutral Machete's Blog: Inside A Mad Mind Third World Warrior: The Eight-Year Training Log Link to comment
peelout Posted January 8, 2018 Report Share Posted January 8, 2018 Curious as to why the name Machete? 1 Quote Current Challenge We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Diet is 80% of losing weight, exercise is 80% of motivation. The only thing I am 100% sure of is my ability to be wrong. Link to comment
otterbyte Posted January 9, 2018 Report Share Posted January 9, 2018 I could listen to John Mulaney all day...thanks for posting that. 1 Quote otterbyte, level 3 chirpy otter assassin STR 3|DEX 2|STA 3|CON 3|WIS 4|CHA 3 current challenges: otterbyte juggles priorities \\ old challenges:4-week: DEC16 * JAN17 * FEB 17 * APR 17 * JAN 18\\ Assassin MiniChallenge: Epic Throwdown Championship * Assassin's Age: Origins \\ Monkey Tamers United Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better. Samuel Beckett Link to comment
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