Wild Wolf: Leave your Body. Chase the Pain.

[Wild Wolf]

 

This challenge has no theme. This is unusual for me, but, I can't seem to find anything that's really motivating me "theme" wise...and you know what? THAT'S OK. I am currently working from home for my day job, still working weekly at Costco because there an essential business, and doing my best not to succumb to absolute bored-ness during this quarantine. Life is... strange, as I'm sure many of us are experiencing. But, I'm gonna make the best of the situation!

 

I had originally had plans to do a Division Themed challenge this go round, but because my working from home productivity is so Important, I don't have a lot of extra time during the day to write up an epic challenge, and until I can do that, I don't won't to half-ass it.

 

 

One of the hardest parts about this quarantine is: no hair cuts. I need one. BAD. I didn't have any intention on growing my hair out, so, I'm gonna need to figure something out lol. I'm loving working from home, though. I get to spend some much needed quality time with the Wolfpack™ and I couldn't be happier there. Going to Costco isn't all that bad. We're busy, that's for sure. And lucky for me, they have designated shopping hours for employees so we can get our essentials as well. It's usually at the ass-crack of dawn, but that's good with me. Get in, get out, and move on with the day. 

 

I've made do with no gym. I do a lot of "grease-the-groove" throughout the day and will be attempting a 3x a week calisthenic program from Athlean-X that covers full body for a rotating A and B workout. I tried one of the workouts the other day and found it pretty challenging, so, I know I got my work cut out for me. This challenge is all about the No Theme Quarantine Discipleen! (And I spelled discipline that way to rhyme with the other words )

 

Discipleen #1: Stay the Course

 

Simple. Follow the workout program 3x a week. I have a better schedule to work around now, so, utilize it!

 

Possible Stat Points: +1 STR, +2 DEX, +2 END

 

Discipleen #2: Don't Eat out of Boredom

 

Simple. Don't needless snack and eat junk. Eat quality food 90% of the time. And...NO SWEETS. PERIOD.

 

Possible Stat Points: +2 WIS, +3 CON

 

Discipleen #3: Flexibility for Sexibility 

 

Simple. Do yoga 1x a week minimum. Stay limber. Stay flexible. Stay Sexy.

 

Possible Stat Points: +1 STR, +4 CON

 

Actually, you know what? I do have some motivation during this challenge. He goes by the name of: Kumail Nanjiani

 

 

He'll be starring in the upcoming Marvel movie, The Eternals, and the man has NEVER looked like this a day in his life. He's very average Joe and he's also 42 years old! I realize he had access to the best trainers and nutritionist money could by, but it was his mental fortitude that got him through the day and allowed him to kick ass for a solid year and get this incredible body. I can only HOPE to look that good at age 42. Kamail would mantra to himself when workouts were really tough: Leave your Body. And it didn't always work. He would still be sore. He would still experience pain. And soon, his mantra would become, "Chase the Pain". That's what this challenge is about. Chasing the pain to become a better me.  

 

Let's get this party started! (also, check out this ARTICLE from Men's Health about Kumail's story.)

 

 

Wolf

[DarK_RaideR]

Have fun and stay safe!

[Elastigirl]

Great challenge. Not sure if you remember what Mr. Incredible's hair looks like, but it's curly. So it doesn't get long, it get's bushy. He's thinking he may have to go on the black market to get a haircut😀

[x Valkyrie x]

Loving the stats for each quest, super cool! I can only imagine how crazy Costco must have been in the past few weeks- I have avoided Sam’s Club for about 3 weeks to stay away from the crazies! 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

Following little buddy.

[WhiteGhost]

Following along for hijinks and shenanigans

 

[Yasha92]

Does Costco do haircuts? Or maybe Princess gets to go after you with the clippers and you rock a quarantine buzz cut?

 

following

[starpuck]

Following Wolfie!!    Love the plan.  And yeah, finding those inspirations is so awesome!!!

For me; Ming Na-Wen super inspires me.  Agent May is 56 in RL!!

 

[Wild Wolf]

21 hours ago, DarK_RaideR said:

Have fun and stay safe!

 

Thank you, sir!

 

21 hours ago, Elastigirl said:

Great challenge. Not sure if you remember what Mr. Incredible's hair looks like, but it's curly. So it doesn't get long, it get's bushy. He's thinking he may have to go on the black market to get a haircut😀

 

I remember him having thick, curly hair. So, he's growing out a fro right now?? I feel his pain!! I'll let him know if I find anyone on the black market that's willing to cut hair in exchange for toilet paper.

 

18 hours ago, x Valkyrie x said:

Loving the stats for each quest, super cool! I can only imagine how crazy Costco must have been in the past few weeks- I have avoided Sam’s Club for about 3 weeks to stay away from the crazies! 

 

Ironically, things have slowed down significantly at Costco. We've been dead most of the week AND we're changing our hours Mon-Fri starting next week. Instead of closing at 8:30, we're closing at 6:30. 

 

I love adding the stats for each goal . It makes it worthwhile when I can smash said goals and have some sort of tangible reward . That's how Nerd Fitness USED to conduct their challenges back in the day, lol. How the heck have you been, girlie??

 

17 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Following little buddy.

 

 

14 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Following along for hijinks and shenanigans

 

 

Ohhhhhh yeah!

 

 

8 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

Does Costco do haircuts? Or maybe Princess gets to go after you with the clippers and you rock a quarantine buzz cut?

 

following

 

Lol...My God, that sounds horrific handing Trixie the clippers hahaha! She would just put them in her mouth... YIKES! No, Costco does not do haircuts  I told Heather I may just need to buzz my hair and she said - 

 

 

Edit: Heather helped me realize that when you said "Princess" you meant her, not Trixie, lol. Either way, Heather wouldn't buzz my hair and clippers aren't safe for the baby hahaha. Although, Heather did say she would clean up my neck line  

 

4 hours ago, Starpuck said:

Following Wolfie!!    Love the plan.  And yeah, finding those inspirations is so awesome!!!

For me; Ming Na-Wen super inspires me.  Agent May is 56 in RL!!

 

 

Ming is a total badass! For starters, she doesn't look 56 AT ALL!! Secondly, I loved her in Mulan, even if was just her voice. I actually haven't watched a lot of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D...I may need to hop on that with Heather. We need something new to watch in the evenings.

 

Nothing to report, really. Had a super chill evening at Costco. We were really slow, as mentioned above. I have to work this evening, but I'm off tomorrow and plan to sleep in a little since I got up early this morning to take advantage of the "employee shopping day" that Costco has designated for us. I was able to snag 2x things of TP! Granted, they are for other people cuz Heather and I are stocked up, and, I was also able to get some healthy snacks and stuff for the next week or so . Our beach body supplements came in a couple days ago which was right on time because I'm nearly out of casein protein that I drink before bed and I just ran out of creatine. #PerfectTiming 

 

I'm ready to get this challenge underway! I'm gonna try and add daily KB swings and TGU (Turkish Get-ups) as part of my routine, too, utilizing them in a "grease-the-groove" type fashion. Any little bit will help! Happy Friday, errybody!!

 

[Sloth the Enduring]

Mr. Incredible gonna look like this.

[Elastigirl]

2 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Mr. Incredible gonna look like this.

I showed this to Mr. Incredible and it made him laugh

[x Valkyrie x]

3 hours ago, Wild Wolf said:

Ironically, things have slowed down significantly at Costco. We've been dead most of the week AND we're changing our hours Mon-Fri starting next week. Instead of closing at 8:30, we're closing at 6:30. 

 

I love adding the stats for each goal . It makes it worthwhile when I can smash said goals and have some sort of tangible reward . That's how Nerd Fitness USED to conduct their challenges back in the day, lol. How the heck have you been, girlie??

I had a feeling that no one would be grocery shopping for a long time after they panic-bought enough shelf-stable food for 6 months. People are often pretty silly. 

 

I’ve done something similar, but with skill points based off of Horizon Zero Dawn. If I get enough skill points, I unlock the Quest Loot. 🤓🦹🏼‍♀️

 

I’m good, actually,  though it’s been a long time getting there. Thanks for asking ❤️ I’m finally in a place to keep up with an NF challenge, so here I am, back again! I see your wolf pack has grown again ❤️❤️❤️ I bet they love having you home for a while! 

[ladyofthebog]

Stay safe you essential worker you! 

[PrincessMononoke]

On 3/27/2020 at 8:47 PM, ladyofthebog said:

Stay safe you essential worker you! 

❤️❤️❤️ 
We have a  “Costco protocol” when Wolfie gets home. He basically strips at the door and immediately takes a shower. While I wipe down his shoes and non washables with Lysol wipes.  He also gets the “safety talk” as he is leaving for work~ “ Wear gloves. Change your gloves. Don’t touch your face. Wash your hands. Don’t touch anyone or let anyone touch you!”  
it’s really surreal that I have to even think about these things right now. Where are we? The twilight zone?!
 

 

 

 

[WhiteGhost]

58 minutes ago, PrincessMononoke said:

We have a  “Costco protocol” when Wolfie gets home. He basically strips at the door and immediately takes a shower. While I wipe down his shoes and non washables with Lysol wipes.

That is very similar to our protocol when this thing first started over here.  

[DarK_RaideR]

6 hours ago, PrincessMononoke said:

We have a  “Costco protocol” when Wolfie gets home. He basically strips at the door

This started really promising...

[Jarric]

Looking forward to seeing you smash this challenge Wolfman!

[ladyofthebog]

11 hours ago, PrincessMononoke said:

❤️❤️❤️ 
We have a  “Costco protocol” when Wolfie gets home. He basically strips at the door and immediately takes a shower. While I wipe down his shoes and non washables with Lysol wipes.  He also gets the “safety talk” as he is leaving for work~ “ Wear gloves. Change your gloves. Don’t touch your face. Wash your hands. Don’t touch anyone or let anyone touch you!”  
it’s really surreal that I have to even think about these things right now. Where are we? The twilight zone?!
 

 

 

 

Yes! Nurse here and using a very similar protocol though we are moving into a house with a detached garage soon. Maybe I’ll instate a corona robe for walk through the yard? Yes, and nobody touches. No touches. It is all surreal. Peak surreal moment for me was the news about medical tv shows donating their PPE. It’s all a lot right now. Starting to get positive patients coming through where I am working, don’t have correct PPE. Taking it a day at a time as most things, I suppose. 

[Yasha92]

We washed all our groceries in the bathtub yesterday before restocking the pantry after our shopping trip. Washed all groceries, had showers, put away groceries. It was such a shamozzle that we determined to shop as little as possible - which we had already decided, but the thought of going through that all for a bag of popcorn - feck it, we'll survive without the popcorn.

 

Babycakes is certainly a princess, but PrincessMonoke will always be my first princess for you.

 

Mr and I are considering getting a pool noodle to bap anyone who comes within bapping distance, while yelling "2meters biatch!" because people are not good at keeping their distance O_O stay safe, glad to hear you have enough loo roll and supplements (the two go hand in hand, no?).

 

Apologies if this is a ramble - I'm doing a group assessment and had rather a large glass of rum.

[Wild Wolf]

On 3/27/2020 at 11:45 AM, Sloth the Enduring said:

Mr. Incredible gonna look like this.

 

Your sense of humor never ceases to impress or amaze me, sir  

 

 

On 3/27/2020 at 3:19 PM, x Valkyrie x said:

I had a feeling that no one would be grocery shopping for a long time after they panic-bought enough shelf-stable food for 6 months. People are often pretty silly. 

 

People are....VERY SILLY.

 

On 3/27/2020 at 3:19 PM, x Valkyrie x said:

I’ve done something similar, but with skill points based off of Horizon Zero Dawn. If I get enough skill points, I unlock the Quest Loot. 🤓🦹🏼‍♀️

 

LOOOOOOVE that game! Such a beautiful masterpiece! My wife thoroughly enjoyed it as well

 

 

On 3/27/2020 at 3:19 PM, x Valkyrie x said:

I’m good, actually,  though it’s been a long time getting there. Thanks for asking ❤️ I’m finally in a place to keep up with an NF challenge, so here I am, back again! I see your wolf pack has grown again ❤️❤️❤️ I bet they love having you home for a while! 

 

That's excellent! I need to go find your challenge now! I'm glad you're back  

 

The wolfpack has definitely grown and they are ALL happy to have me home as often as I am. Me too, honestly. Working two jobs has made the time I get to see them limited so being quarantined and working from home is allowing me (and them) some much needed quality time together.

 

On 3/27/2020 at 8:47 PM, ladyofthebog said:

Stay safe you essential worker you! 

 

 

On 3/29/2020 at 12:05 AM, PrincessMononoke said:

❤️❤️❤️ 
We have a  “Costco protocol” when Wolfie gets home. He basically strips at the door and immediately takes a shower. While I wipe down his shoes and non washables with Lysol wipes.  He also gets the “safety talk” as he is leaving for work~ “ Wear gloves. Change your gloves. Don’t touch your face. Wash your hands. Don’t touch anyone or let anyone touch you!”  
it’s really surreal that I have to even think about these things right now. Where are we? The twilight zone?!

 

It's true. THIS ^^ IS the protocol  

 

On 3/29/2020 at 1:08 AM, WhiteGhost said:

That is very similar to our protocol when this thing first started over here.  

 

Gotta keep things consistent, right? Germs, germs, go away, don't come stooping around my way! You and the Ghostpack holding up ok??

 

On 3/29/2020 at 6:26 AM, DarK_RaideR said:

This started really promising...

 

 

On 3/29/2020 at 10:28 AM, Jarric said:

Looking forward to seeing you smash this challenge Wolfman!

 

Thank you, Jarric! Always appreciate and feel honored by your support my friend  

 

On 3/29/2020 at 11:13 AM, ladyofthebog said:

Yes! Nurse here and using a very similar protocol though we are moving into a house with a detached garage soon. Maybe I’ll instate a corona robe for walk through the yard? Yes, and nobody touches. No touches. It is all surreal. Peak surreal moment for me was the news about medical tv shows donating their PPE. It’s all a lot right now. Starting to get positive patients coming through where I am working, don’t have correct PPE. Taking it a day at a time as most things, I suppose. 

 

Yeah, I completely understand all that and I want to say thank you for what you do! Being on the frontlines like you are can be anxiety driven and scary, so, keep your head up. 

 

9 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

We washed all our groceries in the bathtub yesterday before restocking the pantry after our shopping trip. Washed all groceries, had showers, put away groceries. It was such a shamozzle that we determined to shop as little as possible - which we had already decided, but the thought of going through that all for a bag of popcorn - feck it, we'll survive without the popcorn.

 

Popcorn is essential with all the movie/TV show watching, though! 

 

9 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

Babycakes is certainly a princess, but PrincessMonoke will always be my first princess for you.

 

And you're right, Heather will always be the defacto Princess #1 . Funny, I call Heather babycakes too, hahaha. 

 

 

9 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

Mr and I are considering getting a pool noodle to bap anyone who comes within bapping distance, while yelling "2meters biatch!" because people are not good at keeping their distance O_O stay safe, glad to hear you have enough loo roll and supplements (the two go hand in hand, no?).

 

Loo roll  I love Ausie talk lol! That's a solid idea, honestly. Pool noodles on the rise with sanitizer and TP!

 

 

9 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

Apologies if this is a ramble - I'm doing a group assessment and had rather a large glass of rum.

 

HAHAHA! Large glass of rum Yasha is a great Yasha! Feel free to ramble whenever you please whilst drinking. Could be fun, no?

 

 

THE CHALLENGE HAS STARTED!! And...I'm just doing a whole lot of nothing right now. I work 4 hour shifts this week till 830, so, I've decided to workout AFTER work instead. That way, I can enjoy sleep in the morning. I'm excited about getting my butt kicked with this workout program . I'm gonna do Yoga Thursday more than likely because I'm helping a friend move some stuff tomorrow to make a cool $75. Yay for using my muscles with purpose! Also....the tax people finally took our payment for income tax! We should be getting that money in the next few weeks and possible get what we need going for our future house! It's all in God's hands and I'm trusting Him to with the timing of all this.

 

This upcoming Sunday is Declan, my 6yr olds bday! We're all really excited to celebrate. We're gonna make him a strawberry funfetti cake (which also happens to be my favorite) and watch the newly added Onward to Disney+. I'm debating on weather eating a slice of cake...cuz part of my challenge is NO SWEETS. Ugh. I'll cross that line when I get there. If anything, I'll do 100 burpees as a penalty. 10 sets of 10, right?? Lol...

 

I hope everyone is having a wonderful and marvelous Monday! Stay safe, people! 

 

 

Wolf

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

1 hour ago, Wild Wolf said:

I'm debating on weather eating a slice of cake...cuz part of my challenge is NO SWEETS. Ugh. I'll cross that line when I get there. If anything, I'll do 100 burpees as a penalty. 10 sets of 10, right??

Should you choose to eat that slice, I do hereby grant thee absolution in advance that thou mayest eateth the cake of the day of the birth of thine offspring and it might not forketh thine goal.

[Yasha92]

Dat eyebrow game.

[PrincessMononoke]

2 hours ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Should you choose to eat that slice, I do hereby grant thee absolution in advance that thou mayest eateth the cake of the day of the birth of thine offspring and it might not forketh thine goal.

 

Aye!

 

2 hours ago, Yasha92 said:

Dat eyebrow game.

 

Have you ever seen Wolfies eyebrow game? He passed it on to Trixie!

[Mr_Willes]

 

On 3/26/2020 at 8:51 PM, Wild Wolf said:

I do a lot of "grease-the-groove" throughout the day

 

Please stop, sending my videos of this...

 

 

 

On 3/29/2020 at 7:05 AM, PrincessMononoke said:

We have a  “Costco protocol” when Wolfie gets home. He basically strips at the door and immediately takes a shower.

 

 

On 3/29/2020 at 7:05 AM, PrincessMononoke said:

While I wipe down his shoes and non washables with Lysol wipes.

 

 

 

On 3/29/2020 at 7:05 AM, PrincessMononoke said:

Don’t touch anyone or let anyone touch you!”

 

I'm so glad we are not working together, with these stupid rules

...

 

 

On 3/29/2020 at 5:28 PM, Jarric said:

Looking forward to seeing you smash this challenge Wolfman!

 

Believe me it get's old very quick...

 

 

 

 

 

I can't believe i missed your thread for so long.  Good to see you here Bro! The Division will come another day, don't sweat it!

 

Most important thing is staying safe at the moment, everything else can wait.

 

Really it's real good to hear from you! I'm glad you joined up for the challenge. Give the whole wolfpack a kiss from me!

 

 

[Wild Wolf]

On 3/30/2020 at 4:06 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

Should you choose to eat that slice, I do hereby grant thee absolution in advance that thou mayest eateth the cake of the day of the birth of thine offspring and it might not forketh thine goal.

 

Sooooooo, Heather made cupcakes instead of cake aaaaaaaannnd....I had 2

 

 

On 4/1/2020 at 4:25 AM, Mr_Willes said:

 

 

Please stop, sending my videos of this...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

On 4/1/2020 at 4:25 AM, Mr_Willes said:

 

 

I'm so glad we are not working together, with these stupid rules

...

 

 

 

On 4/1/2020 at 4:25 AM, Mr_Willes said:

 

 

Believe me it get's old very quick...

 

 

 

 

 

I can't believe i missed your thread for so long.  Good to see you here Bro! The Division will come another day, don't sweat it!

 

Most important thing is staying safe at the moment, everything else can wait.

 

Really it's real good to hear from you! I'm glad you joined up for the challenge. Give the whole wolfpack a kiss from me!

 

 

 

Kisses have been given, my friend . And as always, I'm glad ya find me..

 

 

It's been a long while since I updated and figured I needed to do something about that!

 

Week 1 Update:

• Only one workout
• no yoga
• only had sweets on 2 separate occasions. 2 cupcakes for Declan's bday and 2 cookies at the request of Heather. She said, and I quote, "If you don't eat these cookies then I'll be highly offended." LOL! And they were delish! Other than that, eating game has been on point.

So far, in week 2:

• I honestly was NOT wanting to workout yesterday, even though I had told Heather I "needed" to start the week off strong. I was getting ready to sit down and play some CoD around 6ish when she made me realize I needed to workout and stay on my game. I am thankful for her little push cuz I was ready to skip the workout altogether. 
• Eating has still been going strong and I'm maintaining my weight whilst getting more shredded. I LOVE IT!
• planning on a yoga day Thursday afternoon

The one advantage to working from home during the day is ALL the pull-ups/chin-ups and push-up variations I do throughout the day. I probably do anywhere from 60-80 pull-ups/chin-ups a day and 150-250 push-ups. And that's not including my workout. I think this has added to the maintenance of my muscle and even muscle growth since working home. It's looking like I'll be working from home through May, too, so, as long as I'm home during the day, I'm gonna keep doing this "grease-the-groove" method. I would LOOOOOVE to get my pull-ups at the 20 rep mark sometime in the next few months. I'm currently sitting around 10-12 pull-ups and probably close to 14-15 chin-ups.

 

Anyways, not much else to report. I hope everyone is having a safe and productive day  

 

Wolf