Sirona Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 My first half-challenge has gotten me in working physical condition, so I can actually purse exercise related goals! Mission: To build regular exercise into my schedule. It's the final piece in the Jenga tower of life habits that I am building. Mission 1: Strong Lifts 5x5 workout 3 times a week. I'm aiming for Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday because I already know that my Wednesdays and Fridays are a write-off. Mission 2: Twice weekly yoga. This can be power yoga, Moksha series or yin yoga. I'm not setting a fixed schedule, but I'm anticipating Sundays and Mondays, due to scheduling constraints around gym time and work. Mission 3: Keep my nutrition on track to feel better and help lose weight. Three meals and two snacks a day. [*Edit*] I forgot to put a grading scheme in, so here it is: Mission 1: A - 3 times, B - 2 times, F - once or less. Mission 2: A - 2 times, B - Once, F - Zero times Mission 3: I'm not going to grade this because my schedule can be wonky and it's more of a feel-good goal than a specific mission. I don't want to beat myself up for not eating enough. Life Quest: Move! Mission 1: Paint my new apartment Mission 2: Actually move (June 21st!) Mission 3: Unpack and make the new place feel like home. 6 Druidic Adventurer Current Challenge Past Challenges: 0.5, Weight Loss Goal (started 01-01-2013): 65%65% Avatar by: saurivaa Link to comment
Silverwind Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hi Sirona, Great set of goals! Have you ever tried the StrongLifts program before? (Or any of the individual barbell lifts that make up the program?) I did it for like 6 months back in 2010/2011, and loved it. Doing the SL routine is part of my 6 week challenge as well (I haven't exercised in over 6 months and figured it's a great program to get me back into working out!) Build some momentum early in case things get crazy while you try to move in a few weeks 1 1st Challenge | Current Challenge "Eat a ton of protein. Squat heavy. Push heavy objects. Have sex. Love life." -Jim Wendler Warrior Challenge Vanity Goal: 4k pushups in 6 weeks 31.3%31.3% 1250/4,000 Link to comment
Hazard Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hello! Just stopping by to wish you luck with your challenge! 1 You haven't seen my Final Form I Stand With Gina Carano Link to comment
EvillePanda Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 I like the goals. Good luck! 1 "I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that causes total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will allow it to pass over me and through me until only I remain." My Current Challenge Level 2 Bene Gesserit AssassinSTR 4 | DEX 3 | STA 3 | CON 3 | WIS 4 | CHA 3 Link to comment
TheStephil Posted June 4, 2014 Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hello! I love seeing so many Rebels using the Stronglifts program. I'm eager to follow your progress. Best of luck 2 Link to comment
Sirona Posted June 4, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 4, 2014 Hi Sirona, Great set of goals! Have you ever tried the StrongLifts program before? (Or any of the individual barbell lifts that make up the program?) I did it for like 6 months back in 2010/2011, and loved it. Doing the SL routine is part of my 6 week challenge as well (I haven't exercised in over 6 months and figured it's a great program to get me back into working out!) Build some momentum early in case things get crazy while you try to move in a few weeks I learned how to do all of the StrongLifts lifts except the bent over barbell row and bench press when I was doing CrossFit before my spinal torsion made that a problem. His videos did a good job of explaining the bench press and I figured out the bent over row in the mirror at the gym. I'm pretty comfortable with those lifts and I started right at the beginning despite having much higher PRs for several of those lifts to take it easy on my back. Druidic Adventurer Current Challenge Past Challenges: 0.5, Weight Loss Goal (started 01-01-2013): 65%65% Avatar by: saurivaa Link to comment
MogiShade Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Best of luck with your challenge! "If you're not waking up in the morning and living your life like a ritual of creation or destruction or life or death or love or hate then you really are just dieing one minute at a time."- Paul "Grimnir" Waggener of the Wolves of Vinland Mogi Shade, Level 4 Yeti[STR 6] [DEX 8] [STA 4] [CON 5] [WIS 4] [CHA 4] Current Challenge: [05]JJSOMMER.COM | Tumblr | Instagram Quinte Outdoor Club Meet-Up Group [ON, Canada] Link to comment
elinox Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 A fine set of goals and similar to my own. Best of luck, fellow druid pirate queen! 1 Level 38 Lupine Pirate = STR: 98 || DEX: 91 || STA: 102 || CON: 76 || WIS: 88 || CHA: 75 Current Challenge: Past Challenge List: Challenges 1-38 Battle Log: Battle On, Eli! "You're the best kind of crazy." -Murphy, Dresden Files "That's wolves for ya; good guys!" -Wolf, 10th Kingdom Link to comment
ShadowLion Posted June 5, 2014 Report Share Posted June 5, 2014 Look'n teh be a great challenge fer ye n' a grand adventure wi' the move! 1 All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to find that it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act on their dreams with open eyes, to make them possible. ~T. E. Lawrence When we contemplate the whole globe as one great dewdrop, striped and dotted with continents and islands, flying through space with other stars all singing and shining together as one, the whole universe appears as an infinite storm of beauty. ~John Muir Link to comment
Arya Sapphire Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Welcome to the challenge Sirona! I think It's awesome that you want to mix yoga and lifiting. Those two disciplines are amazing. All the best and I know you'll do great in the upcoming 6 weeks. :-) 1 Level 2 Gnome -who wants to be a Mermaid- RangerSTR 5 | DEX | STA 4 | CON 3 | WIS 1 | CHA 1Challenges: 1 | Current Challenge: Arya Sapphire and the Majora's Mask''Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.'' - Alan Alda Link to comment
Super Destroyer Posted June 6, 2014 Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Welcome! You have some great goals, and I guarantee you will not regret Strong Lifts. Best of luck in your challenge! 1 "It is cutting time......" Spoiler 1st challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/38089-worlds-greatest-math-teachers-quest/ 2nd Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/39264-becoming-super-destroyer/ Holiday Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/41497-super-destroyer-is-staying-on-track/ 3rd Challenge (1/6/14-2/16/14): http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/42105-defining-super-destroyer/ Daily Battle Log: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44212-super-destroyers-battle-log/ 4th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44345-super-destroyer-will-make-800-by-50/ 5th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/46686-putting-the-super-in-super-destroyer/#entry976817 Current PVP Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/46764-join-the-800-club/#entry978826 Another PVP Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48506-may-20-july-13-20-pound-challenge/#entry1042244 6th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48918-super-destroyer-takes-on-podgy-and-the-binge/ Link to comment
Sirona Posted June 6, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2014 Thanks for the good wishes! It's going to be an interesting 6 weeks. (Confession: I have never painted a wall, much less most of an apartment. Fortunately, I'm good at following instructions.) I can totally paint, pack, move and hit my goals all at the same time... Well, I'm good under pressure, so let's hope that deadlines and my lifetime need to get an A+ at all times get me through this. 3 Druidic Adventurer Current Challenge Past Challenges: 0.5, Weight Loss Goal (started 01-01-2013): 65%65% Avatar by: saurivaa Link to comment
Chris-Tien Jinn Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 Buy a good brush and roller. It's worth it. And get more paint than you think you will need. 2 Level 4 Human Ranger/Paladin "We are better than we know, if we can be made to see it, [then] for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for less." - Kurt Hahn STR: 9 | DEX: 10 | CON: 14 | INT: 13 | WIS: 14 | CHA: 13 Link to comment
Guest Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 I recommend putting in the effort to make sure masking tape covers all the corners and edges before painting even if takes a while, then the painting part is really easy and fun and the end result still looks really neat. (painted my room twice now, and want to paint it a third time lol) Also, remember to take the "before" picture of the apartment, I forgot to do so and regret lol! Link to comment
arwenavery Posted June 8, 2014 Report Share Posted June 8, 2014 I recommend putting in the effort to make sure masking tape covers all the corners and edges before painting even if takes a while, then the painting part is really easy and fun and the end result still looks really neat. (painted my room twice now, and want to paint it a third time lol) Also, remember to take the "before" picture of the apartment, I forgot to do so and regret lol! After losing a few deposits to unscrupulous landlords lying I now take pictures of EVERYTHING in an apartment before I move in, I send it to the letting agent so they know. I also take pictures after I leave, my aim is to have everything look better after I leave therefore they really cannot hold my deposit legally 2 Level 1 Hobbit Assassin (is that even a thing?!) Strength (earth) +1, Dexterity (wind) +2, Stamina (fire) +1, Constitution (earth) +3, Wisdom (water) +5, Charisma (water) +2 Link to comment
Sirona Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Good advice! I am going to have to buy primer for a particularly bright room. It's funny, my landlord has been replacing my bathroom all week, so he's pretty clear on how bad the place was and how much better it looks now. The previous tenants did not understand the words dust or vacuum. They're my friends so I know they were trying to live eco-friendly and off the electrical grid, so they whole place just needs scrubbed. I will probably even clean with eco friendly cleaners safe for my cat, but it's the worst. Photos are key though... 1 Druidic Adventurer Current Challenge Past Challenges: 0.5, Weight Loss Goal (started 01-01-2013): 65%65% Avatar by: saurivaa Link to comment
Sirona Posted June 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Starting Stats: Height: 5'8.5Weight: 156.4Body Fat%: 30.0%BMR: 1527 CalFat Mass: 47.0Lean Mass: 109.4Total Body Water: 80.0 (I love having a Tanita scale at work) Bust: 36Waist: 30.5Hips: 40Arm: 11Thigh: 22 Druidic Adventurer Current Challenge Past Challenges: 0.5, Weight Loss Goal (started 01-01-2013): 65%65% Avatar by: saurivaa Link to comment
Varelse Posted June 9, 2014 Report Share Posted June 9, 2014 Great goals. You do your workout the same days as me, I also begin the week on Tuesdays. Level 4 10 WIS | 2 STR | 2 STA | 2 CON | 5 CHA | 1 DEX battle log | epic quest The Stoic Path of Virtue: #1 | #2 | #3 Current challenge: Don't break the challenge Link to comment
Arya Sapphire Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Good luck with everything and I hope your day one was great. Level 2 Gnome -who wants to be a Mermaid- RangerSTR 5 | DEX | STA 4 | CON 3 | WIS 1 | CHA 1Challenges: 1 | Current Challenge: Arya Sapphire and the Majora's Mask''Be brave enough to live life creatively. The creative is the place where no one else has ever been. You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.'' - Alan Alda Link to comment
Lady Senie Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Sounds like you have a plan, hon, and THAT'S always a great first step. Remember to pace yourself with the painting Level 1 Hobbit. Warrior at heart STR 3|DEX 2|STA 3|CON 3|WIS 2|CHA 2 Desired Class/Profession: Favored Soul/Warrior "...But if you want to get what you never got, gotta do something that you've never done" - Mary Mary "Go Get It" "Reasons or results - you decide" - Shin Ohtake, MAX Workouts "Defeat is a state of mind; no one is ever defeated until defeat has been accepted as a reality." - Bruce Lee "We Become What We Want to Be by Consistently Being What We Want to Become Each Day" - harlanJEN Link to comment
Sirona Posted June 10, 2014 Author Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 So, day one was a total mess. The phone system crashed at work, kept me there super late, and totalled my schedule. I had to literally turn around while driving away to get something for one of our lawyers. I did make it to my osteopath, who says I actually have back flexibility now! My wonderful friends helped paint in my absence AND they made me dinner, so the day wasn't a total loss. Today, I already have all my gym gear in my car, so I will definitely make my SL5x5 workout. I also have wood filler and painter's tape, so trim will start getting painted tonight! 5 Druidic Adventurer Current Challenge Past Challenges: 0.5, Weight Loss Goal (started 01-01-2013): 65%65% Avatar by: saurivaa Link to comment
EvillePanda Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 Hooray for awesome friends! Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk "I must not fear. Fear is the mind killer. Fear is the little death that causes total obliteration. I will face my fear. I will allow it to pass over me and through me until only I remain." My Current Challenge Level 2 Bene Gesserit AssassinSTR 4 | DEX 3 | STA 3 | CON 3 | WIS 4 | CHA 3 Link to comment
Super Destroyer Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 So, day one was a total mess. The phone system crashed at work, kept me there super late, and totalled my schedule. I had to literally turn around while driving away to get something for one of our lawyers. I did make it to my osteopath, who says I actually have back flexibility now! My wonderful friends helped paint in my absence AND they made me dinner, so the day wasn't a total loss. Today, I already have all my gym gear in my car, so I will definitely make my SL5x5 workout. I also have wood filler and painter's tape, so trim will start getting painted tonight!I keep extra shorts, shirts, socks, everything in my bag. NO excuses. Have an excellent workout. Can't wait to see how great you do. "It is cutting time......" Spoiler 1st challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/38089-worlds-greatest-math-teachers-quest/ 2nd Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/39264-becoming-super-destroyer/ Holiday Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/41497-super-destroyer-is-staying-on-track/ 3rd Challenge (1/6/14-2/16/14): http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/42105-defining-super-destroyer/ Daily Battle Log: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44212-super-destroyers-battle-log/ 4th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/44345-super-destroyer-will-make-800-by-50/ 5th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/46686-putting-the-super-in-super-destroyer/#entry976817 Current PVP Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/46764-join-the-800-club/#entry978826 Another PVP Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48506-may-20-july-13-20-pound-challenge/#entry1042244 6th Challenge: http://rebellion.nerdfitness.com/index.php?/topic/48918-super-destroyer-takes-on-podgy-and-the-binge/ Link to comment
Guest Posted June 10, 2014 Report Share Posted June 10, 2014 So, day one was a total mess. The phone system crashed at work, kept me there super late, and totalled my schedule. I had to literally turn around while driving away to get something for one of our lawyers. I did make it to my osteopath, who says I actually have back flexibility now! My wonderful friends helped paint in my absence AND they made me dinner, so the day wasn't a total loss. Today, I already have all my gym gear in my car, so I will definitely make my SL5x5 workout. I also have wood filler and painter's tape, so trim will start getting painted tonight! Way to go on the back! Would like to ask, did you focus on back exercises in particular when you were doing yoga? Or do you think the flexibility came from the strong lift? I'm thinking of strengthening/getting better stability/flexibility/everything haha for my back and shoulders, that's why I asked. Also, yay to great friends!! Link to comment
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