Something About a Raptron Challenge

[Nymeria]

So much climbing!  Really, if your climbing gym has auto belays, you could pretty easily work in some cardio and conditioning there by doing 10 or so laps on an easy route.  It's so much more fun that way than doing actual cardio or conditioning work.  

[raptron]

17 hours ago, RisenPhoenix said:

 

I've been hungry and foggy-minded all day.  Chowed down on some extra carbs to try and boost myself back up.  Worked a bit.

 

Also, I learned how burning yourself out on Stairs and then having to walk a bit to work is not ideal.  How the hell do people bike or run to the Stadium and then LEAVE that way?!!?

They're crazier than we areee. Also probably have cardio as their main priority... (she tells herself.)

 

1 hour ago, Nymeria said:

So much climbing!  Really, if your climbing gym has auto belays, you could pretty easily work in some cardio and conditioning there by doing 10 or so laps on an easy route.  It's so much more fun that way than doing actual cardio or conditioning work.  

This gym is bouldering-only, but they do have a treadwall...! And I do have access to their other climbing gyms with top roping and auto-belays. This is definitely an option sometime in the future when my grip isn't as flimsy as a toddler's.  

 

Day 0.3

Stadium day. Churned out 36 out of the 50 prescribed sections in the workout, so not bad. I went up one more after time was called to grab my windbreaker and also round it out to a nice 37 sections (which is total for a whole stadium). Pace was a bit slower than I wanted in the second half, but my goal was to keep moving and I did that for sure. 

 

My chiropractor appointments are quick check-ins and adjustments right now. My neck and trap generally feel better, but the buzzing and muscle weakness in my arm is still going on. I'm crossing my fingers that this changes soon because it is exceeeeedingly frustrating. Went shopping, and then I made chicken tacos and a side of spicy black beans and sausage for dinner and pretty much melted into the couch for 4 hours instead of going to bed early like a responsible person would have. Oops. 

 

Cardio: 1/2 sessions 

Condition: 1/2 circuits

Climb: 1/1, 1/3 flex hang session 

Cook: 2/3 dinners, 0/3 screen-free meals

 

I will puzzle-piece these goals into my schedule for the next few days as it seems fit. Gymnastics practice tonight, bouldering gym tomorrow, gymnastics on Saturday morning and then Caballo de Mayo aka dirty derby dance party, so I anticipate not getting a lot done on Sunday... 

[RisenPhoenix]

1 hour ago, raptron said:

They're crazier than we areee. Also probably have cardio as their main priority... (she tells herself.)

 

Ugh.  Cardio.

[starsapart]

1 minute ago, RisenPhoenix said:

 

Ugh.  Cardio.

 

[Raxie]

Obviously following!

 

Excited to see what you'll be getting up to this off season

[Hazard]

On 5/3/2016 at 9:54 AM, raptron said:

MY 20TH NERDFITNESS CHALLENGE?!?! WHAAAT?!

 

Epic Level Character!

 

 

On 5/4/2016 at 9:26 AM, raptron said:

had me sweating like a horse in Ju-ly

 

Need @PixieKitten for confirmation.

 

 

 

 

[PixieKitten]

Pixie Kitten confirms! Had to hose off the riding school ponies today as it was so hot, they're all getting buckets chucked on them in July!

 

Also, was not aware you could tag people in posts. I like this.

[raptron]

Day 0.4 - 0.7

Perhaps it was 7-8 straight days of gloom and rain or maybe I was depressed about my shoulder/pinched nerve issue, but I just kind of curled into a ball on Thursday and Friday. Thursday, I still did flex hangs and cooked up a nice dinner, but on Friday, I got home at 7:00 PM and immediately spent the rest of the night sleeping on and off. I occasionally just hit walls of NOPE and those two days fit the bill. 

 

Saturday morning had practice with lots and lots and lots of front tumbling plus a conditioning circuit (v-ups, freestanding handstand shoulder taps, glute kickbacks, bulgarian split squats, and tricep dips x 3) and then a derby party that included a raucous dance party in the basement. Much cardio. Much flailing around. Much ridiculous singing on the floor because I've watched too many drag performances lately. My hat was great and that is all that really matters:

 

Sunday = errands and collecting pieces of my life so I didn't make it to the gym on Sunday either. This counts as a solid ZERO week... rest was involved! 

 

Cardio: 1/2 sessions 

Condition: 2/2 circuits

Climb: 1/1, 3/3 flex hang session 

Cook: 3/3 dinners, 3/3 screen-free meals

 

I'm starting today (Monday) for week 1 because that is just how I do and we are welcome to challenge how we like! This week's plan has me back at at full tilt, normal Raptron agenda of activities, but no dance parties (!) so no crash time scheduled afterwards. 

[karinajean]

the hat is truly delightful and the tiny horse captures the spirit of the derby!

[Jonesy]

6 hours ago, karinajean said:

the hat is truly delightful and the tiny horse captures the spirit of the derby!

 

If derby's had dinosaurs, like the one on the hat, I think I would be more interested in them. Haha

[starsapart]

2 hours ago, raptron said:

I just kind of curled into a ball on Thursday and Friday. Thursday, I still did flex hangs and cooked up a nice dinner, but on Friday, I got home at 7:00 PM and immediately spent the rest of the night sleeping on and off. I occasionally just hit walls of NOPE and those two days fit the bill. 

 

Been there, done that, got the ratty t-shirt.......................

[Suzaqu]

On May 4, 2016 at 2:12 PM, raptron said:

There are pictures up from the Savage Games on Saturday. 

 

This face speaks for itself.

Following, and I love your shirt  

[raptron]

Ty, ty.

 

Day 1.1

2 hours of gymnastics practice last night, and I swear it was the longest gymnastics practice of alllll time. I worked on front tumbling again (surprise) and then moved onto balance beam for basics as well as round-off work on the low beam, and then to bars where I tested out the limits of my weird shoulderness. Uprises seemed to bother it the least, so I worked on those for a good while. Finished up with conditioning: 3 floor lengths of butt scoots, handstands to slow straddle stalder down, press handstand foot drags (cause I still cannot press handstand, sigh), v-ups with a floor bar in my hands, hollow rock to supermans, and then moving planks with my feet on floor sliders. 

 

Dinner was leftovers, but I ate them while catching up with our friend who is staying with us while he looks for a new place sans screens. 

 

Cardio: 0/2 sessions 

Condition: 1/2 circuits

Climb: 0/0, 0/3 flex hang session 

Cook: 0/3 dinners, 1/3 screen-free meals

 

Climbing gym tonight, some kind of cardio tomorrow, some kind of cardio on Thursday (and a Red Sox game), and then climbing gym on Friday. 

[CourtnieMarie]

I'd say you totally needed the rest last week and you're already off to a great week 1! Yayyyy!

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[miss_marissa]

3 hours ago, raptron said:

Ty, ty.

 

Day 1.1

2 hours of gymnastics practice last night, and I swear it was the longest gymnastics practice of alllll time. I worked on front tumbling again (surprise) and then moved onto balance beam for basics as well as round-off work on the low beam, and then to bars where I tested out the limits of my weird shoulderness. Uprises seemed to bother it the least, so I worked on those for a good while. Finished up with conditioning: 3 floor lengths of butt scoots, handstands to slow straddle stalder down, press handstand foot drags (cause I still cannot press handstand, sigh), v-ups with a floor bar in my hands, hollow rock to supermans, and then moving planks with my feet on floor sliders. 

I'm having the opposite feeling with my gymnastics... aww man, it's over already!!!

[raptron]

Haha, it's usually pretty quick, which is why it was worth mentioning. I've got a limited set of skills to work on that don't hurt my shoulder so I feel as though I spent more time hemming and hawing about what to do then DOING. 

[elvenengineer]

On ‎5‎/‎5‎/‎2016 at 10:49 AM, starsapart said:

 

This is my life.

[Gainsdalf the Whey]

 

This is my life.

Ditto. I did triples on squats yesterday at around 60% of my max, every minute on the minute, for 8 sets. Whew cardio.

[SymphonicDan]

Found you  NF keeps hiding people's threads from my activity feeds so I have to stalk you manually...

 

Something about seeking inspiration for how to do ridiculous amounts of everything all the time.

[raptron]

You can do all the things all the time, just anticipate you will completely shut down for a day or two every so often to recharge. XD 

 

Day 1.2

Gymmmmm! Beautiful day with the garage doors of the gym open (pretty sure it isn't a real gym if there aren't garage doors to open <3) meant I was super into my workout today. I kind of wanted to spend forever there, but did not because TACO TUESDAY and Civil War. But yes, before that, we did...

 

High bar squats

5 x 45#

5 x 85# 

5 x 115#

5 x 145#

3 x 5 x 170# <-- I'm not 100% sure on the bar placement on these. I think I bruised a little? I bruise easily and my DELICATE FLESH ISN'T PREPARED FOR THIS WEIGHT. My muscles were though. :3 

 

Front squats: 3 x 5 x 125#

 

Deadlifts

5 x 95#

3 x 135#

3 x 5 x 155# <-- Yayayay. I think fixing my negatives has gone a long way in making these feel less risky for my hip/back problems. Going to keep the volume up until it is too difficult to to train that muscle memory/form.

 

Hip thrusts: 3 x 8 x 155# w/10s hold at last rep

Front plate raise: 3 x 3 x 25# <-- shoulder test for my weird shoulder. Shoulder failed this test. 

Toes-above-bar: 3 x 8

Handstand straddle down press work against the wall: 3 x 8

Top ROM donkey kicks: 3 x 10 per side

Side leg lifts: 3 x 15 per side

 

My butt is already a bit sore. GOOD JOB, GLUTES. YOU ACTIVATED. I AM SO PROUD OF YOU. 

 

Then I climbedddd and did flex hangs for a good 40 minutes! Boom! Long day at the gym, but like I said, I wanted to be there foreeeever with the nice spring breezes coming in through the doors. I left when my grip was totally shot and I was starving for taco taco tacos. And then, Civil War. Which I enjoyed, but really wanted more "hey, let's talk about why we are disagreeing here" because there were huge holes in both sides and I wanted way more fleshed out rationale from these characters before they're going to start punching their friends. Hot heads should not rule the day! One of the bigger takeaways for me was that Black Widow's stunt double is fucking awesome and in googling, I found out she also was on UCLA's gymnastics team (NATURALLY!) so enjoy some throwback floor routine goodness:

 

 

Cardio: 0/2 sessions 

Condition: 1/2 circuits

Climb: 1/1, 1/3 flex hang session 

Cook: 1/3 dinners, 3/3 screen-free meals (lunch outside and dinner was chatting without screens, so oops, I already beat this one. ) 

[miss_marissa]

Gymnastics choreography is so weird.

 

Granted I watched it without sound, but I don't think sound would make it less weird.

[raptron]

It would not make it less weird. The late 90s-early 2000s were especially bad. This particular routine has something for everybody: some Flashdance, some Tina Turner, the worm, awkward arm wiggles on the ground, dramatic hair flips.... Bahahah. 

[miss_marissa]

The part right before that last tumbling pass was my favorite.... 

[CourtnieMarie]

On 5/10/2016 at 3:54 PM, Gainsdalf the Whey said:

Ditto. I did triples on squats yesterday at around 60% of my max, every minute on the minute, for 8 sets. Whew cardio.

 

i'm stealing this for a cardio day <3

 

i super LOVE that black widow's stunt is that cool girl. i also watched the video without sound and loved every second.

 

sorry to hear your shoulder is still acting up but yay on the hips/DLs!! is it normal to hip thrust your DL weight? that sounds crazy pants to me.

 

[raptron]

I feel like a lot of women can probably hip thrust as much as or more than they deadlift. It's a pretty small range of motion and butts + hamstrings are freaking huge, strong muscles. But no, I do expect my DL to surpass it. I'm just sticking with a comfortable 8-10 rep range weight for hip thrusts while slowly trying to increase the DL.