Jarric - Mobiles and Mobility

[Jarric]

Last challenge I dropped off the boards a bit towards the end. In an effort to avoid that this time I'm writing this challenge on my phone, and I'll be updating it on my phone to be more accessible.

 

I've also just come back from a week in New York City. I had an amazing time, got to meet @raxie (who is the most lovely person in the world if you didn't know), saw all the sights and did some interesting work related things. I also drank to massive excess, slept very little, and smoked a lot when I was drinking. So I need a bit of a reset on most things.

 

I also only exercised twoce in NYC - a brilliant run around Central Park, and a reasonable workout in a hotel gym. To be honest that's all I expected to get though, and I'm not worried about my chances of falling back into my Crossfit and running routine.

 

So, lets have some goals then!

 

Mobile Updates - 10XP

To keep me on here and keep momentum going I'm going to update, from my phone, every day. I can also come on here from a computer, but when work gets busy I stop doing that so I'm enforcing the mobile thing. Scored out of 7 each week.

 

Rehab Exercises - 15XP

I've had a dodgy hip for a long time, but I'm making progress with exercising it regularly. I have 12 exercises/stretches/rolls to do, and I need to do all of them every day. And to do that I need to plan my time to do it. Scored out of 84 each week.

 

Don't eat like a dickhead - 10XP

Simple enough - eat real food, allowing up to 2 variances per week. Planning those variances will help me. Scored as variances remaining each week - 0 is target score.

 

Budget - 10XP

I take out £50 in cash at the start of the week, and that's what I have as spending money (excluding bills, fuel and that kind of stuff). Again, planning my spending ahead will help here. Scored as money left out of the £50 each week.

 

Brushing - 5XP

I started this last challenge and I just want to cement the habit - use my new electric toothbrush every evening. Scored out of 7 each week.

 

Sun Salutations - 5XP

Something else I wanted to mess with. Last challenge I did a lot of yoga in preparation for races and it really set me up for the day. So I'm going to do a quick sun salutation every morning and see how that makes me feel. Scored out of 7 each week.

[Jarric]

I did a thing this morning

 

 

I got 4 in total

 

Other than that it's so far, so good - did my sun salutations (despite it being far before sunrise), no variances, got cash out for the budgeting, and this is my mobile update for day 1.

[Terra]

Wahoo!  Congratulations on that muscle up.  

 

[Elastigirl]

Way to go on the muscle-up!!1

[deftona]

Jarric, woo! That muscle up! Woo! 

[Jarric]

22 hours ago, Terra said:

Wahoo!  Congratulations on that muscle up.  

 

 

21 hours ago, Elastigirl said:

Way to go on the muscle-up!!1

 

14 hours ago, deftona said:

Jarric, woo! That muscle up! Woo! 

 

Thank you guys, I'm very pleased to finally get one!

 

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This is not a mobile update, but whilst I'm at my computer:

• Everything done yesterday - all the rehab exercises, no variances, teeth done, £44.85 left in the budget
• Also watched Critical Role last night - half way through the latest episode and oh my god it's tense!
• Did my sun salutations this morning. I'm wondering if adding another thing to my mornings will de-stress me or just increase stress - only time will tell.
• Crossfit this morning was good - 3x5 squats at 85kg (187#), which is my current 5RM, and 100ft yoke carries in sub-18 seconds. I managed 150kg (330#) in 16 seconds.
• Tonight is D&D, and we're starting a new campaign called Mummy's Mask. I'll be playing a very posh tiefling rogue, so excited for a new character!

[JuiceeTarget]

4 hours ago, Jarric said:

I'm wondering if adding another thing to my mornings will de-stress me or just increase stress - only time will tell.

I feel this. I reached my max and I've become okay with it. But I did have to keep adding things until it broke me... if you go into it knowing that you will do too much at some point and can then scale back, maybe that can help

[doctorake]

Following

 

Nice on the muscle up!

 

 

[Rhovaniel]

On 10/27/2019 at 8:38 PM, Jarric said:

Budget - 10XP

I take out £50 in cash at the start of the week, and that's what I have as spending money (excluding bills, fuel and that kind of stuff). Again, planning my spending ahead will help here. Scored as money left out of the £50 each week.

 

Can I steal this? I also need to work on budgeting. 

 

 

 

Yay for the ring muscle ups! 

[Jarric]

6 hours ago, GoodDoug said:

I feel this. I reached my max and I've become okay with it. But I did have to keep adding things until it broke me... if you go into it knowing that you will do too much at some point and can then scale back, maybe that can help

 

Yeah, it's a tough one. I'm adding this as a way to clear my head first thing, rather than for physical reasons, but I feel like I won't know if it's having a good or bad effect for quite a while.

 

5 hours ago, doctorake said:

Following

 

Nice on the muscle up!

 

 

 

Hi dude! And thanks, wish I could make it look as easy as that little panda!

 

2 hours ago, Rhovaniel said:

Can I steal this? I also need to work on budgeting. 

 

 

 

Yay for the ring muscle ups! 

 

Absolutely. I'm a bit hit and miss with it, but it still makes me more conscious of my spending. Any leftover change I have at the end of the week I stick in a jar, and I'm saving that to buy running/gym/fitness gear in the future.

[Jarric]

Mobile update for the day:

 - No eating like a dickhead, which is good.

 - No stretching/rehab work, which is bad. It's ten past eleven now and I've just got back in from D&D, so not going to happen tonight. I meant to do it when I was cooking dinner but time got the better of me.

 - Haven't spent any money today, so still £44.85 in the coffers

 - Teeth will be brushed before bed

 - Sun salutation was done first thing

 

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D&D tonight was awesome. We're starting a new adventure called The Mummy's Mask. It's basically a tomb raiding game set in the fantasy equivalent of Egypt.

 

I'mplaying a posh tiefling rogue - the leader of the group and less-than-able trapfinder. We have a tiefling ranger, who weilds a scythe and favours fighting undead, a dwarf wizard with a Bristol accent, a desert druid who is our only (rather inept) healer, a 12 year old orc barbarian with no brain to speak of, and the final character being played by a brand new player is known only as "Fighter".

 

So far the barbarian got angry that he couldn't open a door and knocked out the druid, I ran away from some scorpions, the fighter tried to dropkick the barbarian down a 60ft shaft, we all got filled with darts from a trap I failed to look for, and we've found a substantial amount of loot in the forst couple of chambers of a tomb.

 

I really do love this game.

[doctorake]

13 hours ago, Jarric said:

We're starting a new adventure called The Mummy's Mask. It's basically a tomb raiding game set in the fantasy equivalent of Egypt.

 

This sounds awesome!

 

 

13 hours ago, Jarric said:

So far the barbarian got angry that he couldn't open a door and knocked out the druid, I ran away from some scorpions, the fighter tried to dropkick the barbarian down a 60ft shaft, we all got filled with darts from a trap I failed to look for, and we've found a substantial amount of loot in the forst couple of chambers of a tomb.

 

So a typical campaign, hahahaha

[NicTheRugger]

Congrats on the muscle up!! Following along for CrossFit inspiration and recovery buddies!

[Jarric]

10 hours ago, doctorake said:

 

This sounds awesome!

 

 

 

So a typical campaign, hahahaha

 

Pretty much! That's why I love D&D - the only place where trying to dropkick a party member to their death sounds normal

 

9 hours ago, NicTheRugger said:

Congrats on the muscle up!! Following along for CrossFit inspiration and recovery buddies!

 

Thank you! Recovery buddies FTW!

 

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So this is my mobile update. It's late and I've had a couple of beers so it'll be a short one.

 

 - I ran this morning. Resisted getting out of bed until as late as possible but at least I got in and easy 5k

 - 12/12 for my rehab exercises/stretches

 - Got my sun salutation in this morning

 - Did not eat like a dickhead - no variances yet. Barring exceptional circumstances I'm planning to save both for Sunday, when I'm running a D&D game for some awesome nerds (tagging doesn't work on my phone, but you know who you are!)

 - Spent about £20 this evening, whilst playing snooker, on a few beers. It's been a nice night

 - All that's left is for me to brush my teeth before bed for a perfect day challenge wise.

 - I smoked this evening - something that happens after a few drinks that I need to nip in the bud.

[Jarric]

Today has been a good day. Crossfit this morning was paused bench press, and then shoulder to overhead sets every 2 minutes for 20 minutes. I did push jerks - it was good to have some practice on them.

 

Work was busy - can't tell if I'm catching up or falling behind on it at the moment.

 

This evening I cooked halloween carbonara:

 

 

 

Honestly it was a little dry. Tasted nice though.

 

D&D was cancelled this evening as our GM was ill, which was a shame. We still went and played board games though and had a generally fun evening. I also had my first variance of the week - a slice of the gaming cafe's Guinness chocolate cake

[NicTheRugger]

Mmm that looks delicious. I love the spooky macaroni as well!

[Jarric]

7 hours ago, NicTheRugger said:

Mmm that looks delicious. I love the spooky macaroni as well!

 

I know, it's cool isn't it? I saw it the other week and just had to get some!

 

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To round out yesterday - I did not do my rehab exercises yesterday. Again I got back late from D&D and didn't want to spend 30+ minutes doing them. I need a strategy for D&D nights I think.

 

Today is going well so far. At Crossfit this morning we were doing squats with the yokes - setting the yoke low enough to start just above parallel and then picking it up in a squat. Got to 115kg for 2 sets of 4, which was nice (it is easier then normal squats though.

 

Then we had a really gassy WOD. For time:

400m row

8 burpees over rower

300m row

6 burpees over rower

200m row

4 burpees over rower

100m row

2 burpees over rower

 

I finished in 6:35, and happily managed not to throw up.

 

Work was ok - I won't say I'm getting on top of things but the urgent stuff is out the way.

 

Went home and did some rehab stuff - I'm on 9/12 exercises so far. Now off to meet the Captain for a few drinks, so not sure if I'll get the rest in, but at least I've done a big chunk of them.

 

Tomorrow the MIL is coming over, so I need to clean and make space in the spare bedroom and things like that.

[Jarric]

Last night I finished without doing my last couple of stretches, but as I said yesterday 9/12 isn't bad. I also spent a fair bit of money on my card so I've lost track of my budget for the week.

 

Today's been a fairly lazy day. Went and got rid of an old mattress first thing to reclaim our spare bedroom and give MIL somewhere to sleep. Went to lunch with WW and MIL, then came back and did some prep for running my D&D game tomorrow for WW, C_Q, Jon and Rho.

 

Went out for a lovely tapas dinner, and now I'm relaxing some more and watching Strictly. Need to do my stretches at some point.

[NicTheRugger]

On 11/1/2019 at 2:37 PM, Jarric said:

Then we had a really gassy WOD. For time:

400m row

8 burpees over rower

300m row

6 burpees over rower

200m row

4 burpees over rower

100m row

2 burpees over rower

Oof, what a workout! Sounds like a good time though!!

[starpuck]

Aw man Jarric I am so late!  I tend to follow peeps in the zero week and then forget that week 1 is when most people actually got their stuff going.  Here now!

 

Grats on that muscle up, rarr!!!!   So cool.

 

[Jarric]

On 11/4/2019 at 2:05 AM, NicTheRugger said:

Oof, what a workout! Sounds like a good time though!!

 

It was pretty tough! But thankfully short at least

 

15 hours ago, Starpuck said:

Aw man Jarric I am so late!  I tend to follow peeps in the zero week and then forget that week 1 is when most people actually got their stuff going.  Here now!

 

Grats on that muscle up, rarr!!!!   So cool.

 

 

Sorry, I was your side of the pond for zero week

 

And thank you! You should work on one - your pullups are better than mine so I bet you have it in you!

[Jarric]

Quick recap of week 1:

Mobile updates: 6/7 - not bad, just missed Sunday

Don't eat like a dickhead: 7/2 variances - not great; kind of fell apart towards the end of the week. Avoided all the work snacks though, which is something.

Rehab: 33/84 - and I wonder why my hip hurts!

Budget: spent money on my card and totally lost track.

Brushing: 5/7 - this habit will take a while to build.

Sun salutations: 7/7 - though I haven't decided if they're helping yet.

[NicTheRugger]

Some progress is better than no progress!! You're still trying, and that's what counts.

 

Re. the sun salutations, it might take a few weeks to see any benefit to it. I know it took me over a month to see any results from my morning mobility routine. Keep it up and see what happens!

[Jarric]

On 11/5/2019 at 12:16 PM, NicTheRugger said:

Some progress is better than no progress!! You're still trying, and that's what counts.

 

Re. the sun salutations, it might take a few weeks to see any benefit to it. I know it took me over a month to see any results from my morning mobility routine. Keep it up and see what happens!

 

Yeah, that's true, thanks Nic.

 

At the moment I just need to get myself out of bed early enough to do them! A bit of effort now and I'm sure I can make it routine.

 

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So I haven't given you all an update in about a week. I will endeavour to give you one later today.

[Jarric]

On 11/12/2019 at 1:23 PM, Jarric said:

 So I haven't given you all an update in about a week. I will endeavour to give you one later today.

 

...well that plan went well

 

Anyway, last week was ok-ish challenge wise. Only got one update, which is bad. Had 6 variances, which is also bad but I was at least mindful of avoiding the snack table at work. Got 37/84 got my rehab exercises, 2/7 for brushing and 3/7 for sun salutations. Actually now that I look at it it was really quite bad goal wise. Only thing I really smashed was my budget, with a surplus of £19.43 for the week.

 

In other news, I started a new running plan last week written by the amazing @jonfirestar. It's really given me a buzz to go out running, even though it's getting towards thermal gear and headtorch weather.

 

Had a rather boozy Wednesday with work where I totally forgot to eat, leading to a rather snacky Thursday, but other than that quite a quiet week. Also got to play a session of our Rise of the Runelords D&D campaign, which we haven't had in ages and which I've really missed.

 

I will update on how this week's going soon.