18ck's Donkey Kong Challenge

[18ck]

Sounds like a great day

It was! It was!

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[18ck]

Great day of activity, and getting the kids involved is a bonus!

Yeah - junior scouts division in full effect!

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[18ck]

Sounds like a great day. Wait, what? Great blisters? scary stuff that

Nah - blisters, scratches on the back of the right hand and cuts on the back of the calves - all pretty par for the course in sculling!

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[18ck]

Het 18ck! you are doing great!, I just saw your slacklining video, it looks like the most fun way to break an arm (second to the bike maybe), so I should give it a try!!

It's so great! Good core and balance work. Also noticed - in my ongoing man-crush on Scott Jurek - that he mentions using it in his biog too, which made me feel good about my purchase!

How goes the monkeyness? Bananas are paleo, I presume...?

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[18ck]

Ok, I'm feeling a bit unfocused so here's a day-by-day schedule I'm following till pause day, so I don't waste any time.

Today. Short run, pushups, squat jumps, finish L&D reading if not too busy making lists on NF thread!

Wednesday. Finish L&D written tests if possible, toolbox rows, mountain climbers

Thursday. Long run with hill reps, visit to physio, Portuguese travel show

Friday. Slacklining (full length or die trying), swimming, bw rows, Portuguese podcast

Saturday. Single sculling, short, fast run, finish L&D written exercises if not done already

Sunday. Crew sculling, start next chapter of L&D

Monday. 10k race, blowing out candles, Portuguese convo

Tuesday. Portuguese reading, Pull-up trial, Utterly destroy self with Tabatas. Sod it, I've got a few weeks to recover, so why not?

Wednesday. Hit pause button.

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[nanako]

So we've arranged for a bank holiday on your birthday specifically for you and what do you do ? Go and run a 10K ? ;-)

 

Sounds like a good plan, quite impressive !

 

Love the slacklining by the way. Tried it only once back in Berlin in a park but kept falling off after 3 steps. Might get one for the summer ... once I've lost a few pounds, hopefully. Though I might get more laughs now, falling off. And better padding. :-)

[Anwyl]

Keep up the good work 18ck! I like how you made a list to keep yourself focused!! Good luck with your slacklining!!

[german]

How goes the monkeyness? Bananas are paleo, I presume...?

 

 

What do you mean? Bananas are awesome!!, that's atually one of the main reasons we monkeys are so happy!

 

I am slowly getting used to the new me, yesterday I say some race pictures (I will upload, I promise), and I could not beleive that monkey in black spandex was me!!, I kept looking for the fat guy in the picture, and could not find him!

[KillerGriller]

What do you mean? Bananas are awesome!!, that's atually one of the main reasons we monkeys are so happy!

 

I am slowly getting used to the new me, yesterday I say some race pictures (I will upload, I promise), and I could not beleive that monkey in black spandex was me!!, I kept looking for the fat guy in the picture, and could not find him!

that must feel fantastic

 

18ck - schedules are a great way to keep yourself on track.  "No decisions necessary, just do it".  Well played.

[18ck]

Oh!

http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2010/07/12/the-donkey-kong-guide-to-weight-loss/

Not as sparklingly original as I thought then!

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[18ck]

What do you mean? Bananas are awesome!!, that's atually one of the main reasons we monkeys are so happy!

 

I am slowly getting used to the new me, yesterday I say some race pictures (I will upload, I promise), and I could not beleive that monkey in black spandex was me!!, I kept looking for the fat guy in the picture, and could not find him!

that must feel fantastic

 

18ck - schedules are a great way to keep yourself on track.  "No decisions necessary, just do it".  Well played.

Yep, well, gotta squeeze every last minute out of this week!

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[18ck]

How goes the monkeyness? Bananas are paleo, I presume...?

 

 

What do you mean? Bananas are awesome!!, that's atually one of the main reasons we monkeys are so happy!

 

I am slowly getting used to the new me, yesterday I say some race pictures (I will upload, I promise), and I could not beleive that monkey in black spandex was me!!, I kept looking for the fat guy in the picture, and could not find him!

I'm pretty sure bananas were only invented in the 70s.

Anyway, I know I said it on your thread too, but those pics are great. I guess that must have been mid-transition because you're well below ogre weight but your monkey tail hasn't grown in yet. Top marks!

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[18ck]

Keep up the good work 18ck! I like how you made a list to keep yourself focused!! Good luck with your slacklining!!

Thanks!

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[18ck]

So we've arranged for a bank holiday on your birthday specifically for you and what do you do ? Go and run a 10K ? ;-)

 

Sounds like a good plan, quite impressive !

Thanks - I just hope it works!

 

Love the slacklining by the way. Tried it only once back in Berlin in a park but kept falling off after 3 steps. Might get one for the summer ... once I've lost a few pounds, hopefully. Though I might get more laughs now, falling off. And better padding. :-)

I'm surprised more people aren't into slacklining, especially with all the tricks you can do on them. It actually doesn't feel very dangerous but yes, knowing me, of it's possible to maim oneself with a slackline, I'll find a way!

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[GoodDoug]

Awesome job. I'm looking at putting a slack line in with a new play structure for the kids.

[18ck]

W00t!

30 pushups in i suddenly decided to try doing one of those jumpy pushups Steve K does and found - much to my surprise - that it was pretty easy. Instantly felt 300% more badass.

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[18ck]

Hang on...

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[18ck]

A-hup!

*faceplant*

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[18ck]

Can't quit clap my hands though. At least not now (93 down...)

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[german]

Clapping will come, in the meantime, that's pretty badass!

[18ck]

Ok, that's all my exercises from my schedule done (2k fast, 160 pushups, squat-jump tabata plus bonus tabatas of situps and burpees. Burpees after 160 pushups? I must need my head examining.

Anyway... Mr Lathrop, Mr Dias, Dr 18ck will see you now.

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[nanako]

Ignoring the fact that you can do 160 pushups (!!!) and burpees after that (!!!).

 

Wait, 2K fast ? That sounds clever. I only ever do speed training with the club, and that's an hour or so of fartlek, sprints, games and such, typically to the point of, well, regurgitation, would never do that on my own.

 

But 2K fast ? Can't be more than 10 minutes can it ? Does that work (as in make you faster) ? Sounds intriguing. That would fit into my schedule really, really well ... 

[Anwyl]

2kfast 160 pushups and then what......... How are you human?!?!?!?

Great job!!

[18ck]

Just to unboast my boast a bit, the 160 was in 8 sets as part of the 100 pushups in 6 weeks program I've been doing for the past 20 weeks or so... And even then I was meant to do 175 but I couldn't.

As for the 2k, I'm working on a faster gait and it's pretty good but I can't keep it up for my usual distance (about 11 or 12k) so I'm doing it on short bursts to try and get my muscles used to it. So, it's fast for me but it's not like an all-out sprint!

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[Bard]

Well in any case,

you're rocking it like a boss!

Go 18ck!