spezzy Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Okay, so! I'm back I thought about taking two challenges off instead of just one. However, I'm struggling with is not having any sense of in person community where I'm at right now (I moved across the country 4 months ago, and am struggling feeling like I belong in this new location), so I think this will be good for me. This challenge is going to be focusing on some habit based goals. Big lifting numbers are cool and all, but I truly believe that consistency and habits are the roots of all of this, are what gets you to the big numbers, and that the years of consistency and habits I had in place are the reason that I've been able to give myself permission to put my physical fitness in the backseat for the last 8 months, while maintaining my weight and the majority of my strength. So now it's time to build up the habits and consistency again. FITNESS RELATED: 1) 4+ lifting sessions each week (currently at 3-4) 2) 1+ cardio session each week (steady state, 20 minutes, can be combined with a lifting session) (have done 1x a week the last 2 weeks) 3) 2+ 10 minute walks every day (currently this is random) **The cardio one is the big wildcard here. Repetitive motion is what makes my hip act up, so if it does start to do that, I reserve the right to break it up into multiple sessions. WORK RELATED: 1) No watching TV while working at my desk. This is just a bad habit that makes things take longer than they should, and there's nothing worthwhile on anyways. 2) Use Pomodoro Technique when possible (meetings and phone calls it's not - but the rest of the time it is) 3) Start 2 work days a week with reading for 20 minutes on a work related topic. LIFE RELATED: 1) Schedule in everything at the beginning of the week, including: —> Gym time —> Meal prep time —> Personal time 2) Delete all games from my phone (with the exception of Pokemon Go, and that’s only to be used for walks, and when possible, will only be used on my watch) 3) Practice breathing at least 2x per day 4) No Snoozing. This is going to be the hardest one - I use a vibrating alarm, so can't set it far away from me. Will take all the tips here, sometimes I don't notice I snooze until later. And that's it! Nothing fancy, not a lot of gifs, but a really good list of things for me to focus on. Good luck on your challenges, y'all 10 Quote Spezzy, the Arcane Skirmisher Chaotic Good Quarter Elf Slayer/Magus STR: 21 / DEX: 17 / CON: 14 / INT: 15 / CHA 15 Current Challenge: Spezzy Keeps Her Garden in Ard - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to post
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Following! Don't worry about the gifs, we can help with that. What's important is your goals are good. 1 Quote Current Challenge Original 1,2,3, R 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51 52 "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to post
RedStone Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to post
Harriet Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Excellent goals. We're here to nod approvingly and provide animal gifs. Quote Let cheese and bread and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination. Link to post
Grumble Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Spezzy's back, back again. Spezzy's back, to lift again. Quote "You're going to be amazing." Fantasy Football league 2019 The Grumble Battle Log Spoiler Books: Shows: Games: God of War, Kingdom Hearts 3, Destiny 2 Level 15 Wookie Warrior Link to post
Mike Wazowski Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Quote Ballroom dancer, data nerd, calisthenics dabbler Link to post
JessFit Posted April 22, 2019 Report Share Posted April 22, 2019 Ugh, the no snoozing is a struggle! I've heard of apps where you have to actually go take a picture of another room to get the alarm to shut off, but I've never tried them. Quote Warrior, Ravenclaw, book lover, history nerd, Red Sonja wannabe Current Challenge Battle Log Link to post
Scaly Freak Posted April 23, 2019 Report Share Posted April 23, 2019 Returns right in time for GRumble's new mini challenge... There is no way this is a coincidence! 1 Quote Book Riot Challenge 2021 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scaly Freak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27 Link to post
spezzy Posted April 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 10:28 AM, Tanktimus the Encourager said: Following! Don't worry about the gifs, we can help with that. What's important is your goals are good. On 4/22/2019 at 10:51 AM, RedStone said: On 4/22/2019 at 11:17 AM, Harriet said: Excellent goals. We're here to nod approvingly and provide animal gifs. On 4/22/2019 at 12:10 PM, Grumble said: Spezzy's back, back again. Spezzy's back, to lift again. On 4/22/2019 at 12:55 PM, Mike Wazowski said: Thanks all! 1 Quote Spezzy, the Arcane Skirmisher Chaotic Good Quarter Elf Slayer/Magus STR: 21 / DEX: 17 / CON: 14 / INT: 15 / CHA 15 Current Challenge: Spezzy Keeps Her Garden in Ard - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to post
spezzy Posted April 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/22/2019 at 3:54 PM, JessFit said: Ugh, the no snoozing is a struggle! I've heard of apps where you have to actually go take a picture of another room to get the alarm to shut off, but I've never tried them. haha, yeah, I've heard of those too! The biggest problem I've been having is that my fiance HATES alarms, so I use my apple watch and have it on vibrate. So trying to find an app that vibrates on my wrist that also makes me get up. 5 hours ago, scalyfreak said: Returns right in time for GRumble's new mini challenge... There is no way this is a coincidence! ha, a volume challenge on movements I can actually do (well, kind of, I'll have to do ring pushups)? I'm in. 1 Quote Spezzy, the Arcane Skirmisher Chaotic Good Quarter Elf Slayer/Magus STR: 21 / DEX: 17 / CON: 14 / INT: 15 / CHA 15 Current Challenge: Spezzy Keeps Her Garden in Ard - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to post
Harriet Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 On 4/21/2019 at 8:25 PM, spezzy said: 4) No Snoozing. This is going to be the hardest one - I use a vibrating alarm, so can't set it far away from me. Will take all the tips here, sometimes I don't notice I snooze until later. The only thing that helped me with this was practice. I was always more motivated to sleep in than to get up. But recently I was extremely frustrated by always being tired, and I knew sleep hygiene was a piece of the puzzle, so I used that wave of motivation to get up at the same time every morning for several weeks. I had this mantra "wake up, get up", because I knew sleeping in was bad for my sleep quality. Sometimes I would just poke one leg out from under the covers at a time before getting up... anyway, it became a habit. Now I don't set an alarm, I just get up whenever I wake up, which is actually better for me because sometimes the alarms would wake me up in the middle of a sleep cycle and I'd be groggy. Quote Let cheese and bread and mead crowd out our secret desires for power and domination. Link to post
bigm141414 Posted April 24, 2019 Report Share Posted April 24, 2019 Oh hai there. Welcome back, there was a request for animal gifs? I'mma just camp out here. Quote "Pull the bar like you're ripping the head off a god-damned lion" - Donny Shankle Link to post
spezzy Posted April 25, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2019 On 4/23/2019 at 11:36 PM, bigm141414 said: Oh hai there. Welcome back, there was a request for animal gifs? I'mma just camp out here. 3 1 Quote Spezzy, the Arcane Skirmisher Chaotic Good Quarter Elf Slayer/Magus STR: 21 / DEX: 17 / CON: 14 / INT: 15 / CHA 15 Current Challenge: Spezzy Keeps Her Garden in Ard - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to post
spezzy Posted April 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 Updates! So this last week was likely a bad week for me to start, but I wanted to anyway. Here's an update on progress towards goals: Fitness Related - I was doing great here, and then ended up going into Washington D.C. on Wednesday to spend the day with some family that was in town. It was amazing and totally good for the soul, but I walked somewhere between 8 and 10 miles (10 according to Pokemon Go, 8.15 according to apple watch), which has caused my hip to be super inflammed for the rest of the week (it still is, today). So I'm going to say that counts as the cardio day. For lifting, I lifted Monday, Friday, and Sunday, though Friday and Sunday didn't go great, but I went. I wanted 4, but that wasn't realistic with my hip. This week I need to plan a bit ahead because my gym is mostly closed this weekend to host a meet. Walking I need to play by ear the next few days. Work Related: --> I have not started any days with reading but included that on my schedule for this next week --> Better about tv, but not great. Goal is a little better each week. Same with pomodoro. I set it up to remind me to set the timer, so that's a good thing. Life related: --> I scheduled out Monday last night, and i'll likely do nightly for the rest of this week, and then try to do 2 days at a time next week. The rest hasn't happened. Still working on a good plan to make that happen. 6 Quote Spezzy, the Arcane Skirmisher Chaotic Good Quarter Elf Slayer/Magus STR: 21 / DEX: 17 / CON: 14 / INT: 15 / CHA 15 Current Challenge: Spezzy Keeps Her Garden in Ard - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to post
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted April 29, 2019 Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 I hope your hip clears up soon. Quote Current Challenge Original 1,2,3, R 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51 52 "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to post
spezzy Posted April 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 4 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said: I hope your hip clears up soon. Thank you! It's starting to, it's just when it gets super cranky I just have to... wait. However, changing my training style so I won't have to anymore 1 Quote Spezzy, the Arcane Skirmisher Chaotic Good Quarter Elf Slayer/Magus STR: 21 / DEX: 17 / CON: 14 / INT: 15 / CHA 15 Current Challenge: Spezzy Keeps Her Garden in Ard - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to post
spezzy Posted April 29, 2019 Author Report Share Posted April 29, 2019 okay, so. Basically what I've realized over the last week is that my actions aren't supporting my goals. This sounds negative, but it's actually a really good realization for me. Sooooo let's change that. Made time for the gym today and did all upper body stuff because hips are still sore. Today - Feet up bench press ladder - 70kg, 75kg, 80kg, 75kg, 70kg all for 3 Ring Dip - 5x10 Dumbbell - incline bench, flys, back flys, curls 6 Quote Spezzy, the Arcane Skirmisher Chaotic Good Quarter Elf Slayer/Magus STR: 21 / DEX: 17 / CON: 14 / INT: 15 / CHA 15 Current Challenge: Spezzy Keeps Her Garden in Ard - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to post
Scaly Freak Posted April 30, 2019 Report Share Posted April 30, 2019 2 hours ago, spezzy said: okay, so. Basically what I've realized over the last week is that my actions aren't supporting my goals. This sounds negative, but it's actually a really good realization for me. No, it actually sounds like progress. Quote Book Riot Challenge 2021 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scaly Freak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27 Link to post
spezzy Posted May 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 It looks like I'm doing weekly updates here, hah. Will try to update more, things have just been busy. Yesterday I actually had a HUGE win - my gym was holding an event, but the gym was still open. I picked out a secondary gym to go to, but they were also holding an event - so instead of over analyzing it I decided to just go to the gym and get whatever workout I could in. Ended up PR'ing my beltless back squat at 280, after not straight bar squatting for a good 6 weeks. So that was really nice. Otherwise, last week was good but not perfect. Fitness - 1) 4 lifting sessions - DONE 2) Cardio Session - was holding off on this until the inflammation went down in my hip, likely okay to start up again this week though! 3) Walking - same as above. Work Related: 1 and 2 I'm giving myself a C. I'm making progress, but not quite there yet. 3) I haven't started any days with reading, I keep forgetting. Have added a sticky note to my computer. Life related: These are all not really going at all. I've been trying to schedule ahead, but mainly doing the night before (that's better than before though!) 5 Quote Spezzy, the Arcane Skirmisher Chaotic Good Quarter Elf Slayer/Magus STR: 21 / DEX: 17 / CON: 14 / INT: 15 / CHA 15 Current Challenge: Spezzy Keeps Her Garden in Ard - Instagram “There's only one rule that I know of, babies—God damn it, you've got to be kind.” Link to post
Tanktimus the Encourager Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 22 minutes ago, spezzy said: Life related: These are all not really going at all. I've been trying to schedule ahead, but mainly doing the night before (that's better than before though!) If there is improvement, I'm going to disagree with you and say that things are going. They are simply slower than you would prefer. Congrats on the PR, and I'm even more excited that you went ahead and made the best of the situation and worked out despite all the other stuff going on. Quote Current Challenge Original 1,2,3, R 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,38,39,40,41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48,49,50,51 52 "By the Most-Righteous-and-Blessed Beard of Sir Tanktimus the Encourager!" - Jarl Rurik Harrgath Link to post
Scaly Freak Posted May 6, 2019 Report Share Posted May 6, 2019 2 hours ago, spezzy said: Life related: These are all not really going at all. I've been trying to schedule ahead, but mainly doing the night before (that's better than before though!) If they're better than before, that still counts as progress though. They may be crawling instead of going, but as long as they're moving, isn't that what matters? 1 Quote Book Riot Challenge 2021 “I've always believed that failure is non-existent. What is failure? You go to the end of the season, then you lose the Super Bowl. Is that failing? To most people, maybe. But when you're picking apart why you failed, and now you're learning from that, then is that really failing? I don't think so." - Kobe Bryant, 1978-2020. Rest in peace, great warrior. Personal Challenges, a.k.a.The Saga of Scaly Freak: Tutorial; Ch 1; Ch 2; Ch 3; Ch 4; Ch 5; Ch 6; Intermission; Intermission II; Ch 7; Ch 8; Ch 9; Ch 10; Ch 11; Ch 12 ; Ch 13; Ch 14; Ch 15; Ch 16; Ch 17; Intermission III; Ch 18; Ch 19; Ch 20; Ch 21; Ch 22; Ch 23; Ch 24; Ch 25; Intermission IV; Ch 26; Ch 27 Link to post
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