Waldgeist Posted August 15, 2016 Report Share Posted August 15, 2016 Summer of Change - Back to the Academy Backstory: I've had a calling all my life, and at last with the help of Kyle Katarn I figured out what it was. The Force is strong (enough) in me, so I shall attend the Jedi Praxeum on Yavin IV. This isn't my first academy experience, I've been trained as a New Republic spy at the Dantoine Academy. While the content will be pretty different now, at least I how know the wind blows in those kind of institutions. But others bring even better advantages with them (already having their own lightsabers, for example), which means I need to prepare my arrival, to be the best possible Jedi student I can be. GOAL: Be ready for the start of the semester! In exactly 8 weeks my first semester as a undergrad student in Physical Activity & Health is going to start. It is my second time as a university student, but in a completely different field this time. I am 29 years old, while most of my co-students will certainly be under 20. And since this is a sports/exercise science programm (albeit one with a heavy focus on science and medicine and little on performing sports ourselves) it probably attracts a lot of really fit people. Therefore my goal for this and the following challenge is to be ready in body and mind to have a great start. Quest 1: Bodyweight workouts every second day I'm using the 7 weeks to getting ripped template for this quest, because it has a good mixture of different bodyweight stuff. I started the 3 week prep part two weeks ago, which means I'll finish in 8 weeks. BONUS QUEST: Get some kettlebell work done in between If I have the time and energy, I'll do some kettlebell work, but it is not the main focus right now. Quest 2: Endurance workouts (almost) every day Not important what I do, just keep moving for 20 minutes or so. I've biked mostly the last two weeks, but hiking, skating, running or anything else is fine, too. Quest 3: Eat consciously That mostly means discerning real hunger and lust and then eat accordingly: not in between meals and not too much during meals. Also, I've started the habbit to eat at least one protein-rich meal (usually breakfast), which I want to keep up. Quest 4: Hunt down an appartment and a job If I don't get those two, I'm gonna live under a bridge come october. This should be motivation enough... Quest 5: Prestudy I've got two online precourses to work through, math and chemistry. The latter is very unorganised, so I got a textbook in the public library for that and while I was there I picked up som others, too: -Precourse Chemistry for Dummies -Mathematics for Science for Dummies -Physics for Dummies -Anatomy & Physiology for Dummies The goal here is to study something each day (textbook or online course), so I have at least in these core subjects a comparable amount of knowledge as the other students, who just finished school. 1 Quote the artist usually known as WALDGEIST Epic Quests Challenges by theme Star Wars: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #5B, #6, #6B, #10, #11, #16, #17, (Current Callenge) TeenWolf: #7 SHIELD: #8, #12, #13, #14, #15 Magicians: #9 "It's never too late, to become what you could've been!" Link to comment
KB Girl Posted August 16, 2016 Report Share Posted August 16, 2016 First! 1 Quote KB Quest: becoming a decent kettlebell lifter and an excellent coach 2023 goals tracker; cycling: 1047,7/5000km & reading to my kids: 58/365 days (updated may 1st) my instagram - my gym's instagram Link to comment
Waldgeist Posted August 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Challenge Goal and Quests are online. Quote the artist usually known as WALDGEIST Epic Quests Challenges by theme Star Wars: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #5B, #6, #6B, #10, #11, #16, #17, (Current Callenge) TeenWolf: #7 SHIELD: #8, #12, #13, #14, #15 Magicians: #9 "It's never too late, to become what you could've been!" Link to comment
Waldgeist Posted August 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2016 Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaand after 150 days of being "High Lord of the Sith" in the epic battle between the victorious dark side and the light side, I'm back to my old display name! 4 Quote the artist usually known as WALDGEIST Epic Quests Challenges by theme Star Wars: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #5B, #6, #6B, #10, #11, #16, #17, (Current Callenge) TeenWolf: #7 SHIELD: #8, #12, #13, #14, #15 Magicians: #9 "It's never too late, to become what you could've been!" Link to comment
Jonesy Posted August 22, 2016 Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Following along again! 1 Quote GoodReads MyFitnessPal Spoiler Previous Challenges: 2020: 1.20 - 2019: 1.19 l 2.19 2018: 1.18 l 2.18 l 3.18 l 4.18 l 5.18 l 6.18 l 7.18 2017: 1.17 I 2.17 I 3.17 I 4.17 I 5.17 l 6.17 l 7.17 l 8.17 I 9.17 l 10.17 2016: 1.16 l 2.16 l DA v.1 l DA v.2 I DA v.2 Reloaded I DA v.3 I DA v.4 I 8.16 I 9.16 I DA v.5 I 11.16 2012: 1 2013: 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l 8 2014: 9 l 10 l Not Done Yet l Time to Conquer l Conquering HFC for Life! Link to comment
Waldgeist Posted August 22, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2016 Week 1 Sunday Quest 1 - Bodyweight Programmed rest day. But did some BONUS KB swings (one-hand 16kg, two-hand 24kg, 50 reps each in sets of 10) Quest 2 - Endurance Also rest day Quest 3 - Eating Breakfast check! Rest of the day, not so good. Quest 4 - Life Not much happening on weekends. Quest 5 - Prestudy Read in Anatomy/Physiology, which on one hand is the most interesting of my textbooks, but on the other hand it is the one I'm learning the least from, because I already know much stuff. 2 Quote the artist usually known as WALDGEIST Epic Quests Challenges by theme Star Wars: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #5B, #6, #6B, #10, #11, #16, #17, (Current Callenge) TeenWolf: #7 SHIELD: #8, #12, #13, #14, #15 Magicians: #9 "It's never too late, to become what you could've been!" Link to comment
Waldgeist Posted August 23, 2016 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 Week 1 Monday Quest 1 - Bodyweight Unexpected rest day. Quest 2 - Endurance Evening biking trip. Quest 3 - Eating - Quest 4 - Life Found some appartments and one job online, now I just have to get'em. Quest 5 - Prestudy Today: the cardiovascular system! 2 Quote the artist usually known as WALDGEIST Epic Quests Challenges by theme Star Wars: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #5B, #6, #6B, #10, #11, #16, #17, (Current Callenge) TeenWolf: #7 SHIELD: #8, #12, #13, #14, #15 Magicians: #9 "It's never too late, to become what you could've been!" Link to comment
tenaciousglee Posted August 23, 2016 Report Share Posted August 23, 2016 I tried the 7 Weeks to Ripped guide several years ago. I'm still not ripped, but I'm interested to see how it goes for you. Good luck! Quote Level 32 Minifig Jedi Assassin Current Challenge | Battle Log | "Epic" Quest Previous Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11.5, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34 "A man who wants to do something will find a way; a man who doesn't will find an excuse." -Stephan Dolley, Jr. "You don't get stronger by skipping workouts." - me, to myself, about 3 times a week Link to comment
Waldgeist Posted September 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 On 23.8.2016 at 7:17 PM, tenaciousglee said: I tried the 7 Weeks to Ripped guide several years ago. I'm still not ripped, but I'm interested to see how it goes for you. Good luck! I'm not expecting to be ripped, that's for sure. But it is a nice template so I don't have too think about it too much. Quote the artist usually known as WALDGEIST Epic Quests Challenges by theme Star Wars: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #5B, #6, #6B, #10, #11, #16, #17, (Current Callenge) TeenWolf: #7 SHIELD: #8, #12, #13, #14, #15 Magicians: #9 "It's never too late, to become what you could've been!" Link to comment
Waldgeist Posted September 2, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2016 Life happened, but I'm still alive. Just a bit unstructured. My grandparents old (at least 150 years) farm house will be leveled in the near future, so I was there a couple of times helping to get stuff out (either to be saved or trashed). Since its gonna be destroyed anyway we had some fun playing destruction ourselves, too. Also the course catalogue for the fall semester went online yesterday, so I also spent some time figuring out when I'll be doing what next semester. I'll put it in spoilers for those, who are interested: Spoiler Monday: three 1 hour lectures in the morning: Fundamentals of Mathematics + Functional Anatomy of Movement + Introduction to Orthopaedics and exercise traumatology. Then every second week a 2 hour lecture in the afternoon: Introduction to Sports Science/Studying Sports Science. Tuesday: a 1 hour lecture in the morning: Fundamentals of Biomechanics. A 2 hour seminar at noon: Motor learning. And a 2 hour lecture in the afternoon: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiologie for Sports Medicine. Wendesday: a 2 hour lecture in the early morning: Introduction to Movement Science. Two 1 hour lectures in the late morning: Biology for Sport Scientists + Fundamentals of Chemistry. Thursday: Every second week a 2 hour class: Computer and presentation skills for Sport Scientists Friday: no classes. Also there will be a weekend seminar on teaching back strengthening/back pain reducing bodyweight exercises in February or March. I might additonally take a language class on Monday/Thursday in Czech, but that is it for this semester. Anyway the timetable has a very good structure to work a part-time job on the side, since I've got two afternoons and one whole day free (plus saturday) to work and enough study time between classes. 1 Quote the artist usually known as WALDGEIST Epic Quests Challenges by theme Star Wars: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #5B, #6, #6B, #10, #11, #16, #17, (Current Callenge) TeenWolf: #7 SHIELD: #8, #12, #13, #14, #15 Magicians: #9 "It's never too late, to become what you could've been!" Link to comment
Waldgeist Posted September 13, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2016 Seriously, where did this challenge go? Week 3?! update Working out: 3 times Endurance: 2 times Eating: Breakfast check almost every day Life: fell completely off the wagon here Prestudy: occasionally at best Quote the artist usually known as WALDGEIST Epic Quests Challenges by theme Star Wars: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #5B, #6, #6B, #10, #11, #16, #17, (Current Callenge) TeenWolf: #7 SHIELD: #8, #12, #13, #14, #15 Magicians: #9 "It's never too late, to become what you could've been!" Link to comment
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