Damon Jones and this years last crusade

[Damy]

About time!

[Damy]

Week 1, Thursday (dip day)

Dip challenge, part 2: 25, 25, 25, 25 = 100 weighted dips (12 kg weight in my backpack)

200 done, 800 to go. But I have to watch my form more closely. At times, I wasn't going down the whole way.

Planks:

Front plank with right knee to my chest = 1 minute

Side plank with one leg in the air, left side = 30 seconds

Side plank with one leg in the air, right sie = 10 seconds (wtf?)

Front plank with left knee to my chest = 50 seconds

They are harder than I would have imagined, especially the side planks. I'm trembling all the time and I make strange noises ("hnnnnnnghhhnnnghh"). 8[

[Damy]

Week 1, Friday (Best of-day)

What a beautiful morning. We had a glorious blue sky, the sun was shining and it was actually pretty warm. It's so much more fun to be in pain, when the sun is shining

Chin ups:

20,17,16

Pull ups:

18,17,15

Diamond push-ups:

50(!!!!!!),40,40

Leg raises:

15,14,13

Tree trunk lifting (big one)

17,17,15

Calf raises

40,40,40

50 diamond push ups. Boy. I'm kind of proud. I'm kind of dead too, but mostly proud.

[Hermione Gainser]

Week 1, Friday (Best of-day)

What a beautiful morning. We had a glorious blue sky, the sun was shining and it was actually pretty warm. It's so much more fun to be in pain, when the sun is shining

Chin ups:

20,17,16

Pull ups:

18,17,15

Diamond push-ups:

50(!!!!!!),40,40

Leg raises:

15,14,13

Tree trunk lifting (big one)

17,17,15

Calf raises

40,40,40

50 diamond push ups. Boy. I'm kind of proud. I'm kind of dead too, but mostly proud.

Best of, indeed! Congrats on the push ups!

[Damy]

Thank you very much

[Denny]

High five on reaching the 50 mark!

[weirdquark]

Planks:

Front plank with right knee to my chest = 1 minute (My thoughts: Huh? That can't be that easy?)

Side plank with one leg in the air, left side = 30 seconds (My thoughts: Oh my god, oh my god, oh my god, oh my god...)

Side plank with one leg in the air, right sie = 25 seconds (Thoughts: aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh)

Front plank with left knee to my chest = 1 minute (At this point I competely stopped thinking, because I was SO busy trembling like a leaf)

This needs work. I propably looked like an earthquake doing planks... 8[

Haha, I have those same thoughts doing planks. Have you tried alternating left arm up, right leg up, switch to right arm up, left leg up for a minute on front planks? I'm always proud of myself if I can manage not to fall over for more than 10-15 seconds at a time.

[Damy]

@Denny: Thank you

@weirdquark: One arm and one leg up, while doing front planks? Oh god, no. I'm already trembling just reading this But I'll try those planks somewhere down the road. Sounds like fun

[Spartiat]

Great done with the push ups!

[Damy]

Thank you =)

Week 2, Monday (Best of-day)

Chin ups:

21,18,16

Pull ups:

18,16,15

Diamond push-ups:

50,50,50

Leg raises:

16,16,16

Tree trunk lifting (big one)

17,17,17

Calf raises

40,40,40

Oh, and I carried a (pretty big) tree branch up and down my hill again. Piece of cake... *cough*

Funny, the diamond push ups are getting easier and easier, while the chin- and pull ups are as hard as ever. I'll start adding weights in my backpack, as soon as I'm up to 20,20,20 again.

Hobby:

I did a few more pages for my sketchbook projekt. That makes fifteen altogether. More to come.

[Damy]

Week 2, Tuesday (Dip day)

I wasn't happy with my form last week, so I decided to not add any weights in my backpack until I got this right. And it went much better today than last week.

Dip challenge, part 2: 20, 20, 20, 20, 20 = 100 weighted dips (12 kg weight in my backpack) (two or three minutes rest)

300 done, 700 to go.

Planks:

Front plank with right knee to my chest = 1 minute

Side plank with one leg in the air, left side = 35 seconds

Side plank with one leg in the air, right sie = 15 seconds

Front plank with left knee to my chest = 30 seconds

And I finished three more pages for my sketchbook.

[Hermione Gainser]

Nicely done, mon ami! I wonder, for your side plank fun if you'd see different results by going Right, Left instead of vice versa. My workout buddy and I did side planks the other day and switched it up like that. It helped. Just a thought.

Keep up the ridiculous epic workouts!

[Damy]

Nicely done, mon ami! I wonder, for your side plank fun if you'd see different results by going Right, Left instead of vice versa. My workout buddy and I did side planks the other day and switched it up like that. It helped. Just a thought.

Good Idea! I'll try that tomorrow. Thank you =)

Keep up the ridiculous epic workouts!

You bet. Ridiculous is my middle name

Week 2, Wednesday (push up-day)

25, 50, 25, 50, 25, 50, 25, 50, 25, 50 elevated push-ups. ~4-5 mins rest betw.

Ouch.

[Hermione Gainser]

Damon Ridiculous Jones!

It has quite the ring to it! :-D

[Crooked]

Week 2, Wednesday (push up-day)

25, 50, 25, 50, 25, 50, 25, 50, 25, 50 elevated push-ups. ~4-5 mins rest betw.

Ouch.

That is just so. many. push-ups. Well done! I'm super impressed.

[Damy]

Thank you both

Week 2, Thursday ((Die) another dip day)

Dip challenge, part 2: 25, 25, 25, 25 = 100 weighted dips (12 kg weight in my backpack) (two or three minutes rest betw.)

400 done, 600 to go.

That went well. I think I can add another kilo next week.

Planks:

Front plank with right knee to my chest = 1 minute

Side plank with one leg in the air, right side = 30 seconds

Side plank with one leg in the air, left sie = 30 seconds

Front plank with left knee to my chest = 43 seconds

I followed Lauras advice and switched the side planks. This time I did the right side first and it helped a lot. I have no Idea why, but I managed to do 30 seconds both sides this time. (Although I'm still trembling like a greek bankmanager, while doing the planks)

[Hermione Gainser]

Fantastic! I'm glad it helped! I'm not sure why it helps either (I could probably BS my way through and explanation that would sound good, though)... but it does!

[Damy]

And that's all that matters. Thanks again

Week 2, Friday ("Best of" day)

Chin ups:

20,19,16

Pull ups:

19,16,15

Diamond push-ups:

50,50,45

Leg raises:

15,16,16

Tree trunk lifting (big one)

18,17,17

Calf raises

40,40,40

[Damy]

Week 3, Just another manic monday ("Best of" day)

Chin ups:

20,19,17

Pull ups:

20,19,17

Diamond push-ups:

50,50,50

Leg raises:

16,17,10

Tree trunk lifting (big one)

18,18,17

Calf raises (with a tree trunk on my shoulders)

50,45,40

(4-5 minutes rest between)

Aww, Crap. I'm so sore. I just want to go to bed, curl up into a ball and die 8[

[Spartiat]

I can imagine how you feel. Reading your "Best of" workouts is enough to make me cringe. Good Work!

[Denny]

I think it's about time you go from Diamond Pushups to Jumping Jack Pushups. ;D

[Hermione Gainser]

Gee, the guy who lifts trees for fun is sore... I wonder why?

I kid! Rest up, amigo.

[Damy]

I think it's about time you go from Diamond Pushups to Jumping Jack Pushups. ;D

Huh. Had to google it. They look... intense. That would be a good exercise for my next challenge

Gee, the guy who lifts trees for fun is sore... I wonder why?

Week 3, Tuesdayy (dip day)

Dip challenge, part 2: 20, 20, 20, 20, 20 = 100 weighted dips (15 kg weight in my backpack) (two or three minutes rest betw.)

500 done, 500 to go.

No planks today.

[Damy]

Week 3, Wednesday (push up-day)

25, 60, 25, 60, 25, 60, 25, 60, 25, 60 elevated push-ups. ~5 mins rest betw.

Doing 5x60 push ups is either incredible impressive, or incredible stupid. I'm not sure myself. 8[

[Damy]

Week 3, Thursday5 (dip day)

Dip challenge, part 2: 25, 25, 25, 15, 10 = 100 weighted dips (15 kg weight in my backpack) (two or three minutes rest betw.)

600 done, 400 to go.

No planks today.

No real news on my sketchbook project. I have 22 pages done, but I didn't find any time to do more during the last three days. Life is really hectic at the moment :/