Glaucos Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Ahhhh, spring. The roses are blooming, and a new challenge approaches! Link to post
pattycake118 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 hehehe.... your ending reminded me of this: Good luck with your goals!! 1 || pattycake118 establishes routine || fitbit || MFP |||| Level 3|| STR 3 || DEX 1 || STA 2 || CON 6 || WIS 3 || CHA 2 || Link to post
Glaucos Posted April 11, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 hehehe.... your ending reminded me of this: Good luck with your goals!!Bahaha awesome!Also I think I changed my mind about not having a life challenge. I've decided I'm going to practice juggling for 5-10 minutes every day (and yes, you read that correctly). I was pretty good at it in high school, but I haven't actually tried it in a while. I've found it's a really great ice breaker though, and also it's fun/ relaxing/ probably good for my neurons or something. 1 Link to post
Teirin Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Heh, you follow the philosophy of more practice for the exercises you don't like? Nice. Good clear goals and grading system :-) Behave yourself, badly if necessary. Current Challenge Judo - Shodan My Character Link to post
Glaucos Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Heh, you follow the philosophy of more practice for the exercises you don't like? Nice. I like to push myself to do things I'm not good at. I'd rather feel/look like an incompetent oaf for now than actually be one for the rest of my life. Link to post
Teirin Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 I like to push myself to do things I'm not good at. I'd rather feel/look like an incompetent oaf for now than actually be one for the rest of my life. I've had issues with running before, too. I have good shoes now, and I know better than to try to do too much at once (hence only two days a week) so I'm hoping it will be better this time around. Excellent policy. Only way to grow. Hope the running works out this time. Behave yourself, badly if necessary. Current Challenge Judo - Shodan My Character Link to post
Kishi Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 I notice that your goals are tied to habits rather than specific results. This is good. It means that the process is the result, and whatever comes of it comes. So! Welcome! Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to post
RisenPhoenix Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 I've had issues with running before, too. I have good shoes now, and I know better than to try to do too much at once (hence only two days a week) so I'm hoping it will be better this time around. When I started running I took the goal of going out only twice a week, too. And then slowly built up my distance. I did C2 5k for a bit a long time back, and wasn't the largest fan - but that's because it hides the fact that sometime on that program you have to repeat a week/session. Which for me was disheartening. Much better off to push yourself to your current limit, I feel, than try to hit markers made by others. Anyway, welcome! RisenPhoenix, the Entish Aikidoka Challenge: RisenPhoenix is an Avatar "The essence of koryu [...is] you offer your loyalty to something that you choose to regard as greater than yourself so that you will, someday, be able to offer service to something that truly is transcendent." ~ Ellis Amdur, Old School Link to post
jimmyjames Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Hey, new to the Monks guild. Will be following you to keep up to date! I like the look of your push ups and stretching! I need to become more stretchy so my kicks "kick-ass" immyjames the level 2 Human Assassin at heart, training with the Monk STR 2|DEX 1|CON 2|STA 2|WIS 2|CHA 1Current challenge Battlelog: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/38914-jimmyjames-battle-log/#entry764580 Link to post
Glaucos Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 When I started running I took the goal of going out only twice a week, too. And then slowly built up my distance. I did C2 5k for a bit a long time back, and wasn't the largest fan - but that's because it hides the fact that sometime on that program you have to repeat a week/session. Which for me was disheartening. Much better off to push yourself to your current limit, I feel, than try to hit markers made by others. Anyway, welcome! 1 Link to post
Kishi Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Yeah, man. Training empty is the way to go. Having something sloshing around inside of you just sucks. You can go a lot harder when you don't have the extra burden in you. Anyway, that seems like a good way to get your distance up. Good luck! Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to post
Teirin Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Ha! We've all overdone it with liquids at least once. Sloshing is not happy. Good work setting baselines and figuring out how to measure progress. 1 Behave yourself, badly if necessary. Current Challenge Judo - Shodan My Character Link to post
SuperVillain Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 SuperVillain noticed that you have the same structure as him for this challenge, or Woody Allen for life, 80% is just showing up. If you have confidence in your program and what you are doing, this is the way to go. The body can be fickle, and results can be sporadic, but actually working the program is almost always the right answer. 1 MMA Sessions Completed for this Challenge 65%65% Lifting Sessions Complete For this Challenge 64%64% Level 2 Yeti Monk Str: 3 Dex:2 Sta:4 Con:3 Wis:2 Cha:2 SuperVillain's full origin story: http://goo.gl/23F7WK Link to post
pattycake118 Posted April 14, 2014 Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 Sounds great! I use Tums if I don't have enough time between ingestion and my workout. Not perfect, but helps a lot. 1 || pattycake118 establishes routine || fitbit || MFP |||| Level 3|| STR 3 || DEX 1 || STA 2 || CON 6 || WIS 3 || CHA 2 || Link to post
Nusuth Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Great goals, nicely structured. I'm rootin for you to do well this challenge! 1 Nusuth Revamped Current Challenge You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf Jon Kabat-Zinn A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. Napoleon Hill Link to post
Glaucos Posted April 18, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 GRAAR, update time! I actually did 3 runs this week, and I can already feel an improvement. Also I'm not horribly sore like I was on the first two runs, despite actually running a little longer.On the second run I once again went a little further than the previous time, and it worked out to about 3 minutes. Then I walked for a little bit and ran FASTER the rest of the way home. This morning I ran about half a mile. I had to stop twice, but it was a very short time. I didn't keep the time or anything; I just did it by feel.This sounds cheesy, but already I can feel the point where before I would have quit running and told myself I couldn't run any more. Now I get myself to go just a little further. I'm still trying to train my body (and my brain, really) that just because I'm breathing a little heavily and my muscles are a little tired does NOT mean I'm dying. I've got 2 days of push ups down so far. I can tell it's much easier to get to 20 than it was a few weeks ago, and I've been doing about 3 sets of 15-20. On Monday I even did a set of 24, which is my new best! Gonna do day 3 later today. Also later today will be more martial arts practice, although I'm not sure if I'll do the whole 45 minutes I have Bonuses (Bonii?):1. Yesterday I made spaghetti squash for the first time ever and it was pretty great. I've always been skeptical, but no more. Spaghetti squash, I'm sorry I judged you before getting to know you.2. Also yesterday as I was falling asleep I caught myself thinking "Oh hey, tomorrow's Friday! I get to do push ups!" I have officially become "that guy." 1 Link to post
Teirin Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Congrats on becoming "That Guy" Behave yourself, badly if necessary. Current Challenge Judo - Shodan My Character Link to post
Kishi Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Nothing cheesy about your body telling you that you're stronger and better than you thought you were. Be That Guy. Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to post
pattycake118 Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 What a great update! || pattycake118 establishes routine || fitbit || MFP |||| Level 3|| STR 3 || DEX 1 || STA 2 || CON 6 || WIS 3 || CHA 2 || Link to post
Nusuth Posted April 19, 2014 Report Share Posted April 19, 2014 Great to have become 'that guy' ; 5more weeks to become 'tha man' .. or 'tha beast' in your case ^^ Nusuth Revamped Current Challenge You can't stop the waves, but you can learn to surf Jon Kabat-Zinn A quitter never wins and a winner never quits. Napoleon Hill Link to post
Teirin Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Stress and stuff can hit that way. Some of the people around here have managed to replace stress-eating with more workouts but I couldn't tell you how. Just keep moving forward and don't let a bad few days convince you to stop. 1 Behave yourself, badly if necessary. Current Challenge Judo - Shodan My Character Link to post
Kishi Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Stress and stuff can hit that way. Some of the people around here have managed to replace stress-eating with more workouts but I couldn't tell you how. Just keep moving forward and don't let a bad few days convince you to stop. +1 Don't let a few days bring you down. You're in this for the long haul, so calm on down and leave this where it lies. Every day is a new day; you don't have to repeat the way things were before. 1 Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to post
Glaucos Posted April 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Stress and stuff can hit that way. Some of the people around here have managed to replace stress-eating with more workouts but I couldn't tell you how. Just keep moving forward and don't let a bad few days convince you to stop. +1 Don't let a few days bring you down. You're in this for the long haul, so calm on down and leave this where it lies. Every day is a new day; you don't have to repeat the way things were before. 1 Link to post
pattycake118 Posted April 21, 2014 Report Share Posted April 21, 2014 Stress does suck.Do you find that you're using it as an excuse to stress-eat? Honest question because I've noticed that in myself before, and knowledge is power.Do you have a plan to calm yourself instead of eating? Having a pre-made plan or kit may make it easier to get through. I'm glad you're back on track! || pattycake118 establishes routine || fitbit || MFP |||| Level 3|| STR 3 || DEX 1 || STA 2 || CON 6 || WIS 3 || CHA 2 || Link to post
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