Erick the Red: Harnessing my Fury

[RoxyFreefall]

You are doing great so far. A very strong start. Hope your little one gets past the teething soon. Mine is now 3 1/2yrs and well past the teething....for which I am very glad.

[Evicious]

Very inspiring! Keep it up!

[Librarian of Doom]

[rowan]

Yay the pictures are back!

 

And I am shuddering at the idea of "ONLY 8 degrees."  Such temperatures are all but unknown to me.  I bet a giant snow beast sidekick would really make a difference though!

[Erick the Red]

Strangely enough in this non snow country of ours I have a Norwegian dog sled and a skidoo stored in the workshop. I am just waiting for the snow.

 

 

You are doing great so far. A very strong start. Hope your little one gets past the teething soon. Mine is now 3 1/2yrs and well past the teething....for which I am very glad.

 

Thanks.  Less issues with the teeth yesterday (although they still have not cut through) but he is still a little sick.  I feel like an Italian grandmother, "Eat!  Why don't you eat more!"

 

Very inspiring! Keep it up!

 

Thanks.

 

 

 

Yay the pictures are back!

 

And I am shuddering at the idea of "ONLY 8 degrees."  Such temperatures are all but unknown to me.  I bet a giant snow beast sidekick would really make a difference though!

 

I live in a state that touches the Gulf of Mexico, what people called the "Deep South".  We have gone two years now without any snow.  

 

This is a "treat" for us as well. 

[Erick the Red]

Day 4, Thursday, 8 Jan 2015

 

Water:

Goal 1: Stay hydrated: 4 liters of water per day. 4/7 for the week. Busy at work in the afternoon, and did not drink like I should have.  Felt very "snacky" as a consequence.  Caught up later in the evening.

Goal 2: At least five minutes of pre-hab/re-hab per day, using The Stick and the foam roller. 2/7 for the week. Forgot.    Won't happen again this week.

 

Earth:

Goal 3: At least two days per week of lifting heavy iron in the gym. 2/2.  (Another, less well earned) rest day.  Thursday and Friday evenings are busy around my house, as my wife teaches dance those nights, and I feed kids and play chauffeur.

 

Metal:

Goal 4: At least two times per week, twenty minutes or more of metabolic conditioning. 1/2.  (Another) rest day. Plan to run on Saturday.

[Xena]

, using The Stick and the foam roller.

 

 

[Evicious]

Looking good!

[Erick the Red]

 

Thanks for showing me how to embed Youtube videos!

 

Looking good!

 

Thanks.

[Evicious]

[Firedance]

So it only went down to 8 degrees. I feel cheated. I didn't have to break out the alternative transportation:

It went down to -1 up here in the northeast this week for a few days, and the next day I was so excited it was 28 degrees I called it balmy. If I had an ice dragon I would have to walk so much to get to work! Gonna get on that.

[Nikki222]

Looks like your first week was awesome!!

[Erick the Red]

Ketchup post:

 

Day 5, Friday, 9 Jan 2015

 

Water:

Goal 1: Stay hydrated: 4 liters of water per day. 5/7 for the week. 

Goal 2: At least five minutes of pre-hab/re-hab per day, using The Stick and the foam roller. 4/7 for the week.

 

Earth:

Goal 3: At least two days per week of lifting heavy iron in the gym. 2/2. (Another, increasingly less well earned) rest day.

 

Metal:

Goal 4: At least two times per week, twenty minutes or more of metabolic conditioning. 1/2. (Another) rest day.

 

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Day 6, Saturday, 10 Jan 2015

 

Water:

Goal 1: Stay hydrated: 4 liters of water per day. 5/7 for the week. Did not have the normal cues, and did not plan things out.

Goal 2: At least five minutes of pre-hab/re-hab per day, using The Stick and the foam roller. 5/7 for the week. Rolling before bed is becoming a habit.

 

Earth:

Goal 3: At least two days per week of lifting heavy iron in the gym. 3/2. Don't have my notes on me, so just the highlights:

5 minutes warmup on the rowing machine

Barbell squats

Bench press

Deadlift

Dumbbell standing overhead press

Farmer's carry (moved up to 35 pound weights)

 

Metal:

Goal 4: At least two times per week, twenty minutes or more of metabolic conditioning. 1/2. (Another) rest day. Started to run on the treadmill after lifting, but my body told me no, we are finished for the day (quickly overheated, very tired, and I had not eaten in too long).

 

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Day 7, Sunday, 11 Jan 2015

 

Water:

Goal 1: Stay hydrated: 4 liters of water per day. 5/7 for the week. Missed again.

Goal 2: At least five minutes of pre-hab/re-hab per day, using The Stick and the foam roller. 6/7 for the week.

 

Earth:

Goal 3: At least two days per week of lifting heavy iron in the gym. 3/2. Rest day.

 

Metal:

Goal 4: At least two times per week, twenty minutes or more of metabolic conditioning. 2/2. In the early morning before the rest of the family got out of bed, three circuits of Neila Ray's Black Widow, except sets of ten reps vs twenty because, goodness gracious, we are only human.

[Erick the Red]

Looks like your first week was awesome!!

 

Thanks.  Plusses and minuses, but I have to have room for improvement to get some drama in the thread.

[Librarian of Doom]

I have trouble getting enough water on weekends as well. I sip on my water bottle throughout the day at work, but for some reason it's not as habitual when I'm at home. Eating is harder, too, because I tend to sleep in so my meal schedule gets thrown out of whack. 

 

I can't decide if I want a The Stick of my own, or if I want to run screaming from the thought.

[Erick the Red]

Day 8, Monday, 12 Jan 2015

 

Water:

Goal 1: Stay hydrated: 4 liters of water per day. 1/7 for the week.

Goal 2: At least five minutes of pre-hab/re-hab per day, using The Stick and the foam roller. 1/7 for the week.

 

Earth:

Goal 3: At least two days per week of lifting heavy iron in the gym. 0/2. Rest day, since I was still a little sore from Saturday (I pulled a little bit too much on the deadlift I think).

 

Metal:

Goal 4: At least two times per week, twenty minutes or more of metabolic conditioning. 1/2. Twenty minutes running, did not get the distance but it was good.

[Erick the Red]

I have trouble getting enough water on weekends as well. I sip on my water bottle throughout the day at work, but for some reason it's not as habitual when I'm at home. Eating is harder, too, because I tend to sleep in so my meal schedule gets thrown out of whack. 

 

Habits are powerful, for good or ill. 

[rowan]

Hmm, careful with those deadlifts - two lifts per week is an interesting number because those lifts are going to be so intense.  

 

Also, big fan of the Black Widow workout!  World-class spy assassin GO!

[Erick the Red]

Hmm, careful with those deadlifts - two lifts per week is an interesting number because those lifts are going to be so intense.  

 

I only deadlift once per week.  I wish I could do more, but it is such a whole-body effort that I can't recover from more than that.

[Erick the Red]

Day 9, Tuesday, 13 Jan 2015

 

Water:

Goal 1: Stay hydrated: 4 liters of water per day. 2/7 for the week. Poor planning meant I had to drink more after 8pm than I was happy about.

Goal 2: At least five minutes of pre-hab/re-hab per day, using The Stick and the foam roller. 2/7 for the week. Evening before bed. 

 

Earth:

Goal 3: At least two days per week of lifting heavy iron in the gym. 1/2.

Busy so no bar bells available.

Warm up rowing machine 5 minutes, resistance setting 4, 1035 meters

Seated chest press machine 50 lbs x 10 reps, 90 x 10, 10, 8 

Seated rowing machine 30x10, 85x10,10,10,10,10

Seated overhead press machine 50x10,10,10

Assisted pullup (78 pounds assist, so I was pulling about 100 pounds)x10,10,10 (total effort at the end)

 

Metal:

Goal 4: At least two times per week, twenty minutes or more of metabolic conditioning. 1/2. Rest day.

[CourtnieMarie]

eep!! can't believe it took me this long to find you. sorry buddy. nice start to week 2 though!

[Librarian of Doom]

Sucks that no bars were available. Good for you for doing something anyway! (I have real trouble sometimes with going "Oh, can't do what I planned? I will do NOTHING!")

[Erick the Red]

eep!! can't believe it took me this long to find you. sorry buddy. nice start to week 2 though!

 

No problem.  I don't post on your thread much because you are Miss Popular and I get shy in large groups.

 

Sucks that no bars were available. Good for you for doing something anyway! (I have real trouble sometimes with going "Oh, can't do what I planned? I will do NOTHING!")

 

I have had pretty good success with some of the machines (which is blasphemous in some circles).  As long as I get the free weights occasionally, and I can track that I am still making progress, I'll keep mixing it up.

[CourtnieMarie]

Look who's talking, Page 4! [emoji16]

[Erick the Red]

Look who's talking, Page 4! [emoji16]

 

Guilty.  But this crowd are my people, not your strange Warrior friends over there. 

 

Granted, many of whom were my strange Warrior friends when I was a Warrior.