Ryuu1011 Trains with the Avatar

[jaex]

That new workout looks intense!  You should be proud.  Awesome work!

[tenaciousglee]

That is a beast of a workout doing the burpee and squat tabata! And to do the arm workout also! That is just crazy! But very glad for the mini that you are on my team

Seriously! If you keep this up for 4 weeks, that Rugged Maniac is going to be a walk in the park!

[Mad Hatter]

My legs are sympathy hurting just from reading your workout!

[Ryuu1011]

That is a beast of a workout doing the burpee and squat tabata!  And to do the arm workout also!  That is just crazy!  But very glad for the mini that you are on my team

That new workout looks intense!  You should be proud.  Awesome work!

Seriously! If you keep this up for 4 weeks, that Rugged Maniac is going to be a walk in the park!

My legs are sympathy hurting just from reading your workout!

Thanks for the support guys! I'm quite sore but still going strong! Did some more squats, sit-ups, and burpees for this morning and I'm about to knock out another set at lunch too! For Fire and Blood, Targaryen's going to win this mini for sure! I'm actually more worried about loosing progress in my skills by making my workout this intense, its really hard to just find the time to practice my handstands, L-Sits, and Planche with this new program... but I know I'll be doing a lot of practice in them over the weekend, so hopefully that'll help.

[Ryuu1011]

Week Two: Day 3

Morning Workout for Hunt Mini-Challenge

50 Sit ups, 50 squats, 25 burpees

 

Plus I also did 50 more squats and 25 more burpees during my lunch break for the mini challenge. For Fire and Blood!

 

Today's Workout: Calves and Abs

 

Warm Up Set:

Standing Calf Raise:

3 sets 20 Reps @ 200lbs

 

Standing Calf Raise:

3 sets 12 Reps @ 260lbs

 

Calf Press on Leg Press:

3 sets 15 Reps @ 140lbs 

 

Hanging Leg Raises (toes to bar):

3 sets 15/12/11 Reps @ 0lbs

 

Decline Crunches:

3 sets 15 Reps @ 0lbs

 

Decline Russin Twists:

3 sets 12 Reps @ 0lbs

 

Lying Oblique Leg Raises:

3 sets 15 Reps @ 0lbs 

 

Did 5 min of handstand, L-sit, and Planche practice today, all of them still super hard. It may have been a bad idea to try and get all three to 15 seconds :/ may have bit off a little bit more than I could chew with this one. Oh well still gonna rock it and see how close I can get!!

 

Completed my Endurance Feat for the Assault on Brightwater today as well. My first dreadmill 5K I completed in 27:30, this time I completed it at 24:10 without stoping and without going lower that 7.5mph yeah progress. This was also great preparation for my Boss Battle that is coming up soon.

[Everstorm]

Toes to bar on the leg raises is badass! And congrats on shaving three minutes off your 5K. That's a massive improvement in the running world.

[jaex]

Great job on the improvement on the 5K time!  Shaving three minutes is impressive.  And the rest of that workout looks great too!

[Ryuu1011]

Toes to bar on the leg raises is badass! And congrats on shaving three minutes off your 5K. That's a massive improvement in the running world.

Great job on the improvement on the 5K time!  Shaving three minutes is impressive.  And the rest of that workout looks great too!

Thanks guys!! I felt like I was really booking it on the treadmill  so I'm glad to see that my training has been paying off

[Ryuu1011]

Week Two: Day 4

 

Today was a crazy day, I ended up cutting my workout short because my right shoulder was feeling really weird during my workout, not sure what it was or why but I'd rather play it safe than sorry so I'm probably going take tomorrow as a rest day as well and do my final workout for the week on Saturday. On the plus side, I made all my classes do extra squats for their warmup to get more more squats for House Targaryen and managed to get about 200 extra squats in today

 

Apart from my workout today was also crazy because I got some upsetting news from my Mom yesterday, and I decided that I'm going to take a personal day off from work, and go home to spend some time with my little brother who is struggling though HS (grades and such), Girls (GF just broke up w/ him for another guy), and depression (He's just really not doing so well ) Because Mom was worried that he was going to do something stupid while she was out of town for a convention. 

 

Workout- Chest

Warm Up Bench Press

3 Sets 20 reps @ 95lbs 

 

Bench Press

3 Sets 12/10/12 Reps @115lbs

 

Incline Bench Press**

3 Sets 10/12/12 Reps @ 95/85/85  **This is were my shoulder really started to feel very weird, not pain but not good either

 

Dips 

3 Sets 12 Reps @ n/a lbs *Only did 2 sets of the 3 and stopped my workout here just to be on the safe side.

 

Dumbbell Flies

3 Sets 12 Reps @ I skipped this exercise for safety concerns

[Ryuu1011]

Week Two: Day Five

 

Today was an impromptu rest day, just to be on the safe side, and I'll pick up my last workout for the week on Saturday. Then use Sunday as another rest day and then repeat come Monday

 

Came back into town late last night and shockingly since my Mom is out of town their is no food in the house especially no sources of protein (basically all we have is cereal) so I ended up eating out twice today, but I made good choices at both restaurants opting for the grilled chicken and what ever veggies the would sub out for the fries at both places. Buttttt....then I made horrible choices when my Dad got a cookie pizza from Papa Johns with his pizza for dinner and had 2 1/2 slices so I figure today was probably a little bit of a wash lol.

 

Spend a lot of time today hanging out with my youngest brother. First we cleaned his room because I was sure that living in a disaster zone (it was BAD lol) was not helping any of his troubles, then I gave him the notebook that I created for him (basically a workout notebook with some motivational quotes and some calisthenics routines inside). I also introduced him to Nerd Fitness and told him how amazing all of you guys are and how much I am enjoying the 6-week Challenges and how now instead of trying to level up a character in a video game I am actively trying to level up my own real life character. Finally we had a wonderful heart to heart about goals and dreams (I showed him my Epic Quests and said he should consider writing some of his out too), our family, school, girls, and just about everything else under the sun. I think it went pretty well especially because I'm normally not a talk about my feelings kind of guy and it was really hard for me, but I think it was good for my little brother and I'm just hoping that it helped enough to get him through this rough patch. 

[Everstorm]

You're an awesome brother!

[Ryuu1011]

Week Two: Day 6

 

Finally, got my Titin Tec weighted compression shirt in over the weekend so I decided to do my calisthenics workout today with an extra 20lbs today at test it out. I was pleasantly surprised by just how comfortable it is, 20lbs is quite a bit of weight and it definitely make the whole workout significantly harder even though I went down a few variations in some cases just to be on the safe side. Even the exercises that there is no way you would be able to do with a normal weight vest (like handstand pushups) were possible with the Titin Tec, a little bit weird for sure, but possible.  

 

I also did my whole workout with my youngest brother and helped him figure out how to record and track his workouts in the journal that I made for him

 

+ 20lbs Calisthenics Workout

Squats

3 Sets of 8 Reps @ Bulgarian Split Squat

 

Pull Ups

3 Sets of 8 Reps @ Pull Up (Regular)

 

Handstand Push Ups

3 Sets of 8 Reps @ Decline Pike Push Ups

 

Leg Raises

3 Sets of 8 Reps @ Lying Straight Leg V Raise

 

Push Ups

3 Sets of 8/8/6 Reps @ Uneven Push Up *Last set almost killed me SO hard for some reason*

 

Horizontal Pull

3 Sets of 8 Reps @ Horizontal Pull Legs Elevated

 

Plank

1 Set of 1 Min @ Regular Plank

[Ellith]

Looks like you're an amazing big brother, he's lucky to have you .

 

And congrats on the challenge, you're doing amazing !

[Ryuu1011]

Week Two: Day Seven & Week Two Review

Day Seven

Sunday was a good day although nothing much happened, apart from me driving back to Greenville, and actually using that 1.5 hour drive to give an old friend who moved to FL a call and catch up

 

Week Two Overview:

 

Goal 1: Learn to Fire Bend- Drop 6lbs and 2% of my body fat

Start Weight: 156.8lbs Current Weight: 154.6lbs Goal Weight: 150

35%

35%

Start FB%= 17.5% Current FB%= 16.6% Goal BF%= 15%

35%

35%

Progress: Lost a little over 2lbs so far and .9% body fat. Everything seems to be working out ok, even though this weekend was pretty poor as well in terms of diet. 

 

Goal 2: Learn to Earth Bend- 15sec Handstand, 15sec Tuck Planche, 15sec L-Sit

Handstand= 7 Seconds

46%

46%

Tuck Planche= 7 Seconds

46%

46%

L-Sit= 7 Seconds

46%

46%

Progress: Didn't make any great progress in my triple threat in terms of my handstand but made some good gains in the other two bringing all three up to about the 7 second mark. I am starting to wonder if I took on to much trying to work on all three of these skills but I am also seeing some interesting overlap between the gains I'm making in my shoulder strength from the Planche work as well as the finger tip strength I am gaining from the L-sits in my handstands so I'm going to keep working on all three as much as I can. 

 

Goal 3: Learn to Air Bend- 6 Kipping Muscle Ups and 1 Dead Hang Muscle Up

Max Kipping Muscle Ups= 4 Dead Hang Muscle Ups= 0

65%

65%

Progress: Managed 4 in a row during one of my workouts this week which felt great, plus I got pretty close to getting my dead hang muscle up too. I am now thinking that one dead hang is definitely an obtainable goal by the end of this 6-week challenge. 

 

Goal 4: Learn to Water Bend- Letters to Ex's Written

Letters Written= 2/6

34%

34%

Progress: Wrote my second letter to my second Ex, if you're interested in reading it, it's typed out below:  

Dear A T ,

 

I should have said this ages ago, many, many times over, but I am so sorry for the way I treated you in High School. Some of the things I said, the promises I made. I was so foolish-so childish, I though only of myself and how I was feeling at the time, in the beginning heat of our relationship. It never occurred to me how you would feel or how broken it would make your heart if those words never came to be true. I didn't think of how much I would destroy you with my words and actions. I could blame others for the reasons or why I did what I did, but I've been doing that for too long already. Ultimately, they were my choices, my actions, my stupid decisions, and I know that I hurt you more than I could ever imagine. 

 

Even after all of these years I still can't come to an actual reason why I broke up with you and got back together with J. I realize now how much that must have hurt, especially after all we had said and did only weeks and months before. It was my fault, my decision, and I'm sorry that I blamed you for it. I've recently started taking a very hard look at my past and I've started to realize just how much I repeat it. How much I destroy the women that I "loved", those who I should have cared about the most in the world, with my abhorrent behavior, personality, and actions. How I loved so hard and fast and then stopped loving just as hard and even more suddenly that I'm basically giving my girlfriend whiplash. The worst part of all, I end of blaming them for the cause of everything, trying to make myself seem like I'm not ever at fault. Despicable. Again, I am so sorry for everything, and I know it does not mean much, and you might not even care, but now that I've finally realized it I'm taking steps (like writing this letter) and starting to change for the better.

 

For the longest time I did not have the courage to take responsibility for my own actions, and that is the first thing that I need to change if I am going to become a better man and stop doing this 100%-0% on and off relationship roller coster that I take girls on. The past few months I have been taking a very hard look at my past, looking at my old journals and letters, reading hours of old Facebook conversations, and digging deep into my old memories, so I can finally look my skeletons face to face and stop blaming J, you, A M, K, and M for all of my relationship troubles and finally start to work on myself. 

 

I realize that I've already apologized twice in this letter, and honestly this old wound has likely healed, but I just wanted to apologize one last time if I have cause more harm than good by writing this letter to you. I was too much of a boy to actually say it then, so I am saying it now. I am sorry. 

 

I hope that were ever you are and what ever you are doing with your life you find everything that you desire and that you are happy. Wishing you all of the best.

 

Sincerely,

C

 

 

Side Quest: Harmonize my World- Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity

Times Volunteered= 0/1

0%

0%

Progress: Nope, my little brother had troubles so I went home to spend time with him.

[Ryuu1011]

Week Thee: Day One

Ok second day of exhausting leg day! Decided to cut out two of the sets so that the max number of sets was 3 sets, just because I didn't want to be spending almost 2 hours in the gym again. You'd think it would have made it easier but no...lol

Leg Day!

Warm Up Set: 

Squats

3 Sets 30/30/30 reps @ 45lbs (Just the bar)

 

Barbell Squats:

3 Sets 20/20/20 reps @ 145lbs

 

Incline Leg Press:

5 Sets 16/16/16/ reps @ 140lbs

 

Leg Extensions:

3 Sets 16/16/16 reps @ 80lbs

 

Lying Leg Curls:

3 Sets 16/16/16 reps @ 75lbs

[Sam Ashen]

Barbell Squats:

3 Sets 20/20/20 reps @ 145lbs

 

Also known as widow-makers?  20 Reps?

[Everstorm]

Well, at 1/3 of the way through the challenge, you are more than 33% on all of your goals, so you are right on track! With everything that has been on your plate lately, that is doubly awesome!

[jaex]

Smart to throw in a rest day if something feels "off"   Overall you seem to be rocking this challenge.  Keep it up!

[Ryuu1011]

 

Also known as widow-makers?  20 Reps?

 

Yep, doing some medium weight for a lot of reps in my workouts right now.

 

Well, at 1/3 of the way through the challenge, you are more than 33% on all of your goals, so you are right on track! With everything that has been on your plate lately, that is doubly awesome!

Thanks! I'm hoping to be able to keep steady No kidding >_< Its been tough but I'm trying to make it work, I think I'm going to have to skip out on this week's mini too because I've just got so much coming up. But I don't want to let down my house....I'm so torn >_< lol

 

Smart to throw in a rest day if something feels "off"   Overall you seem to be rocking this challenge.  Keep it up!

Yeah my shoulder was just not feeling right that day, no idea why, but it's feeling better now

[Delete]

Keep up the good work man! That's awesome what you did for your brother. And really respect what your doing with the ex letters. Emotional turmoil is the toughest to get over. Seems you are well on your way.

[Ryuu1011]

Week Three: Day 2 and 3

 

Tuesday: Shoulders and Triceps

Warmup Set- DB Shoulder Press

3 Sets 20 Reps @ 20lbs 

 

Machine Shoulder Press

3 Sets 13 Reps @ 90lbs

 

Seated Behind the Neck Press

3 Sets 12/12/8 Reps @ 70lbs

 

Arnold Press

3 Sets 13 Reps @ 25lbs

 

Close Grip Bench Press

3 Sets 15 Reps @ 75lbs

 

Seated Dumbbell Triceps Extensions

3 Sets 13 Reps @ 20lbs

 

Triceps Pushdown 

3 Sets 15 Reps @ 80lbs

 

Wednesday: Calves and Abs

Warm Up Set- Standing Calf Raises

3 Sets 20 Reps @200lbs

 

Standing Calf Raises

3 Sets 13 Reps @ 260lbs 

 

Calf Press on Leg Press

3 Sets 15 Reps @ 140lbs 

 

Hanging Leg Raises

3 Sets 15/14/11 Reps @ n/a lbs

 

Decline Crunches

3 Sets 15 Reps @ 10lbs

 

Decline Russian Twists 

3 Sets 12 Reps @ n/a lbs

 

Lying Oblique Leg Raises

3 Sets 10 Reps @ raised into side plank 

Late post because yesterday I lost my flash drive that had all of my lessons plans and Power points on in and spend most of the night cleaning my whole apartment looking for it. Today I even recruited my students to help me look for it in my classroom and I still couldn't find it anywhere. I've seriously looked everywhere and still cannot find it. Its going to royally suck having to remake everything since I last backed up my data a few months ago....why is it you never remember to back up your data until after you loose it

[Mikroftt]

Bummer about the flash drive.  Hopefully it turns up somewhere.  I have done the search all over only to realize that there was an obvious place that I forgot to search and there it was.  So hopefully you can find it.  Workouts look good as always!

[Ryuu1011]

Week Three: Day 4

 

For the mini challenge I decided to knock out my JJs during my workout today and then do some yoga tomorrow morning 

JJ Warm Up: 50 Jumping Jacks

Then after each set I did 25 Jumping Jacks for a total of 425 JJs

 

Warm Up: Bench Press

3 Sets 20 Reps @ 95 lbs

 

Bench Press

3 Sets 13 Reps @ 115 lbs

 

Incline Bench Press

3 Sets 13 Reps @ 90lbs

 

Dips

3 Sets 12 Reps @ 10lbs

 

Dumbbell Flyes

3 Set 12/12/8 Reps  @ 15/15/20 lbs

 

Spend my designated cardio time today cleaning my apartment with my new 20 lbs Titin Tec weight vest on. Took about 2 hours so that counts right hahaha  

[Ryuu1011]

Week Three: Day 5

 

Warm Up Set: Lat Pull Down-

3 Sets 20 Reps @ /70 lbs 

 

Wide Grip Pull Ups (Really wide) *a lot harder than I was expecting*

3 Sets 8 Reps @ 0 lbs

 

Bent Over Barbell Row

3 Sets 12 Reps 95 lbs

 

Seated Cable Row

3 Sets 12 Reps @ 90 lbs 

 

Barbell Curl

3 Sets 6/8/8 Reps @ 55/45/45

 

Preacher Curls (w/ EZ bar) * biceps dead*

3 Sets 12/8/6 Reps  @ 20/25/25 lbs

 

Seated Dumbbell Curls (Skipped because my biceps were fried and I had somewhere to be)

0 Sets 0 Reps @ 0 lbs

 

Went to an Art gallery opening that one of my pieces got accepted into today and, the Gallery attendant said it was her favorite out of the whole show and that she had heard a lot of other patrons saying great things about it as well, which made me feel pretty good. I put the picture of my piece in show below and if you're interested in checking out more of my other work just check out my site 

 

+5 Belt Buckle of Adventure: Copper, Sterling Silver, Cast White Bronze

[Elastigirl]

 

Week Three: Day 5

 

Warm Up Set: Lat Pull Down-

3 Sets 20 Reps @ /70 lbs 

 

Wide Grip Pull Ups (Really wide) *a lot harder than I was expecting*

3 Sets 8 Reps @ 0 lbs

 

Bent Over Barbell Row

3 Sets 12 Reps 95 lbs

 

Seated Cable Row

3 Sets 12 Reps @ 90 lbs 

 

Barbell Curl

3 Sets 6/8/8 Reps @ 55/45/45

 

Preacher Curls (w/ EZ bar) * biceps dead*

3 Sets 12/8/6 Reps  @ 20/25/25 lbs

 

Seated Dumbbell Curls (Skipped because my biceps were fried and I had somewhere to be)

0 Sets 0 Reps @ 0 lbs

 

Went to an Art gallery opening that one of my pieces got accepted into today and, the Gallery attendant said it was her favorite out of the whole show and that she had heard a lot of other patrons saying great things about it as well, which made me feel pretty good. I put the picture of my piece in show below and if you're interested in checking out more of my other work just check out my site 

 

+5 Belt Buckle of Adventure: Copper, Sterling Silver, Cast White Bronze

 

That is gorgeous.