RedStone Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Yeah, no. That wasn't working. If you've been with me from ZERO WEEK! that means you probably didn't go to camp. Me neither. Don't worry, we have next year!!! Not as exciting, but what hapenned here last week included: 1. Declaration of simply keeping on with the phul program 2. Viking fish funeral 3. Massive depression as program burnout became evident Sooooooo I'm starting over. Seeing that keeping on title just gave me the sads. Also, since this thread is TLDR already. This is the point where I switched gears AKA massively burned out last week. This week is no training while my body recovers. (Shoulder is still wonky but getting better.) I will continue hiking with the ranger mini since it's gentle and happy making, but I do want to feel better for Saturday - I have a day of training with my Kung Fu students and brothers. I am considering which programs to move forward with, any and all suggestions and thoughts are welcome! Do I go back to stronglifts even though I kind of hated it? Move on to 5-3-1 or Texas? Simply take a 3 day split, one day per lift plus accessories? What is sure is that I want less hours and days in the gym while still improving strength, and more energy and time for: 1. Tumbling/parkour type stuff 2. Climbing 3. Hiking 4. Kung Fu 5. Yoga Yes, I do all of the things... there, I said it, my secret is out. (I'm probably a rebel in a warrior disguise, prepare the trebuchet!) Noooo I don't do all the stuff all the time, but one or another has been a primary focus at some point in my life - lifting since I started here. It's time to start working out how things can work together, and I guess that's what this challenge is going to have to be about now, doing the stuff while still lifting and getting stronger. Here are things I need to accomplish: 1. Tour and try at least one of the 2 playground gyms I found 2. Mingle with cross discipline nerds, spread out. Find out how they incorporate their stuff 3. Play. Do some of the activities I've been jonesing for, see what feels like a priority 4. Go back and lift on Monday, shoulder permitting. See how it feels. 5. All the things from my original challenge (below) I skipped the points system the last few challenges because it was getting annoying and cumbersome, but I've decided to reintroduce a revised version for the sake of incentives! (Read: I wants the swag ) STUDY This is my top priority. It's been going well with some passes on show days. The show closes this coming Saturday so that's the end of that crazy schedule! One of the things I'm concerned about is the exercise science sections which will require a lot of memorization and understanding of movement and anatomy. I'm planning on combining fine art stuff with my study to help cement it into my head (I'm a visual learner for sure), and hopefully get a neat art series out of it! I've done stuff like that before, mostly for dance, but I think it will be both helpful and interesting. I will post for accountability once I get to that. 10 points for every aced test 5 points for every finished chapter 1 point for every day of solid 2+ hours of concentrated study EAT Continue the program with caveat: try not to track as much. See if I can get to a point where I'm eating enough without going crazy, and actually not tracking! At some point I want to be more lax about tracking, but priority is def getting enough. It's a balancing act, work towards it. 1 point for every day successfully retroactively tracked (AKA - where I'm not tracking all day and still eating responsibly, tracked at end of day for confirmation.) WATER Back to basics! I'm down on my consumption. Drink the damn water, track it on plant nanny. Don't let the plants die. 1 point for every pint consumed before 10am FLIP THE SCRIPT Several folks from the theater expressed interest in a climbing party, so that would be a great way to stay in touch and explore the climbey gym nearby. (This is different from the playground gyms that are not nearby, but also have parkour gear and ninja type obstacle courses.) 5 points for pulling off a climbing party. LIVE IN A GROWNUP HOUSE I have 3 main areas that need work. 1: My studio has gone to shambles. It's been a terrible mess for at least 6 months and a lot of it has to do with the materials I have lying around from the old painting job that is no more. I also have a very messy area involving donation clothing (mostly my mom's from when she moved last year - don't ask me how I ended up with it!) So that needs to be handled as well. 2: The office is only half cleaned up from the last challenge! I started, I got a nice office chair, there are piles of organized papers and such that just need to be put away. I have to get this done, and a sidebar of this is to PAY MY OVERDUE MEDICAL BILLS that for some reason seem to remain tardy. There is some confusion causing the hesitation - ie: I thought these were already paid. Some investigation needs to go into this before it goes on much longer. 5 points for finalizing medical bills 1 point for every 2 hour block spent cleaning the studio 15 points for cleaning the studio 10 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
RedStone Posted September 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 ZERO WEEEEEEEK!!!!!!!!! Alright zero week, let's do this! So it seems appropriate that Zero Week is when the show ends. I'm told to expect a sense of loss that I already felt last week when I suddenly had several days between going to the theater rather than being there every day. It'll be nice to have a mental reset of sorts, especially since I'm in the middle of a cycle that I can't really start anew. On top of thinking about squat details, it makes sense to let this week reflect the idea of relaxing more into my eating right. There's celebration food around every corner, what with my parents coming up over this past weekend, birfday mish, and cast party stuff this weekend. I'm not using it as an excuse to eat like an asshole, but also letting the cards fall where they may during certain events. I did not track yesterday or today, and will start again tomorrow... just trying to be a little more relaxed overall about the whole thing and enjoying the fun stuff like friends and lifting and parties and all that, while also being a responsible fitnesser. Zero Week Mini Challenges: 1: Plant the deck stuff - Reward: a pretty deck 2: Finish next section of ACE studies - Reward: Skull Latch hook 3: Finish Cleaning the office & pay off bills - Reward: Enchanted Forest coloring book ZERO WEEK!!! 9 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Volki Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 ZEEERRRROOOOO WEEEEEKKKKK!!!! 4 Quote Link to comment
Sam Ashen Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Starting the Happy Birthday Spam! 3 Quote Classless Human Male Warrior - Introduction Height: 1.77m Weight: 93 kg Spoiler Current Maxes: (repsxkg) Squat: 10x122.3, 5x138.2, 3x147; 1x170 Bench Press: 10x79, 5x93, 1x102 Deadlift: 10x152, 5x192, 3x210, 1x229 Overhead Press: 10x52, 5x61, 1x70.3 Current Battle Log: 1707 Sam Ashen Summer Swole Program 2017 Challenges: 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1609 1610 1611 1612 Daily Log:The Daily Grind Form Check: Stronglifts Olympic More FC's: Pistol Squats Want to play? MFPvP Link to comment
Volki Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Happy Birthday! 3 Quote Link to comment
RedStone Posted September 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 22 minutes ago, Sam Ashen said: Starting the Happy Birthday Spam! 6 minutes ago, Volki said: Happy Birthday! Heeheeeeee YAY! Thank you!! 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
calanthrophy Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Just thought I'd inform you that you have the distinct [dis]honor of being born on the same day of the year as me. So happy birthday and yarrrrgh shiver me timbers! (I always forget it's Talk Like a Pirate day) 6 Quote My band -- My acoustic stuff -- Blog -- Instagram Link to comment
ArgSki77 Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Following along...also, happy birthday! 1 Quote Level 12 Ranger - Instagram | MFP Challenges 2016: First - Second - Third - Fourth - Fifth - Sixth - Seventh 2017: Eighth - Ninth - Tenth - Eleventh - Twelfth Respawn 2017 - CH1 Link to comment
Grymm Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 Happy birthday! 1 Quote Intro Challenges: #1, #2, #3, #4, #5 Link to comment
RedStone Posted September 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 2 hours ago, calanthrophy said: Just thought I'd inform you that you have the distinct [dis]honor of being born on the same day of the year as me. So happy birthday and yarrrrgh shiver me timbers! (I always forget it's Talk Like a Pirate day) GAH!!!! Huzzah!!! Happy birthdaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!!! Do you happen to know a lot of people with our birthday? I have at least 4 friends (including a set of twins) that do, and now you too!!! Shiver me twimblers!!! HAPPY HAPPY!!! 2 hours ago, ArgSki77 said: Following along...also, happy birthday! 1 hour ago, Grymm said: Happy birthday! Thank yoooouuuu guysssss!!!!! <3 <3 <3 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
ixaera Posted September 19, 2016 Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 FOUND YOU AND 2 Quote Link to comment
RedStone Posted September 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2016 3 minutes ago, ixaera said: FOUND YOU AND OMG!!!!! 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
RedStone Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 OKAY! Zero Week challenge updated and things have been lifted. I almost put it off for tomorrow cause hangover and giant birthday sammich, but I made it in and it felt pretty good despite being super late and in the thick of the post work gym crowd. Here we go: ~Bench~ 5/45# 5/65# 4X5/85# ~Incline Press~ 4X10/20# ~Reverse Grip Bent Rows~ 4X5/75# ~Lat Pulldown~ 4X10/65# ~OHP~ 8/30# 2X8/45# ~DB Incline Curls~ 2/15# F on 3 3X10/10# ~Dips~ 3X6 ~2 Hand Tri Extension~ 10/15# 2X10/20# ~Leg Raises~ 2X15 1X12 F on 13 So I swapped out my BB curls for DB because my left side is obviously weaker than my right. I can see it in pretty much everything, (including the mirror), so I'll keep the preacher curls on hyper days and see about working those biceps and triceps individually with DBs as well. (I actually swapped out the DB curls for preacher because I wanted to experiment with them, so this is sort of just fine tuning the switch lol) OHP felt surprisingly solid this week, so i'm thinking all the shoulder stuff is starting to pay off (must be those 2 Arnold presses I did that one time...) either way, it's nice to feel something happening there even if it's nominal In life news, super husband set up a pirate themed scavenger hunt this morning, starting with an eye patch laden Spike Booty recovered includes massage stuff and go out and buy some damn clothes stuff! Also dinner at the Culinary Institute next week so that's awesome! Super husband strikes again! 8 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Volki Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 It sounds like your Bday is pretty sweet Good job on those lifts and I hope you see some good balance with those DBs. p.s I love this pic: 5 Quote Link to comment
RedStone Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 2 hours ago, Volki said: It sounds like your Bday is pretty sweet Good job on those lifts and I hope you see some good balance with those DBs. p.s I love this pic: Thanks! I hope so, I'm not really sure how to approach the imbalances other than making sure there is no compensation. Hopefully that will be a good jumping off point! And really wow, I am a terrible pirate... I know I have some eye patches somewhere, but... where?!?! 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
Sam Ashen Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 14 minutes ago, ~RedStone~ said: And really wow, I am a terrible pirate... I know I have some eye patches somewhere, but... where?!?! Yarr! 1 Quote Classless Human Male Warrior - Introduction Height: 1.77m Weight: 93 kg Spoiler Current Maxes: (repsxkg) Squat: 10x122.3, 5x138.2, 3x147; 1x170 Bench Press: 10x79, 5x93, 1x102 Deadlift: 10x152, 5x192, 3x210, 1x229 Overhead Press: 10x52, 5x61, 1x70.3 Current Battle Log: 1707 Sam Ashen Summer Swole Program 2017 Challenges: 1701 1702 1703 1704 1705 Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1603 1604 1605 1606 1607 1609 1610 1611 1612 Daily Log:The Daily Grind Form Check: Stronglifts Olympic More FC's: Pistol Squats Want to play? MFPvP Link to comment
Man-At-Arms Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Happy Birthday! 3 Quote Link to comment
Jord Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 12 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said: In life news, super husband set up a pirate themed scavenger hunt this morning, starting with an eye patch laden Spike Booty recovered includes massage stuff and go out and buy some damn clothes stuff! Also dinner at the Culinary Institute next week so that's awesome! Super husband strikes again! How have I missed so much of your new challenge already, yikes! That sounds like so much fun! 1 Quote Jǫrð, Delvian Nomad - Level 12 { Battle Log } Link to comment
Volki Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 11 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said: Thanks! I hope so, I'm not really sure how to approach the imbalances other than making sure there is no compensation. Hopefully that will be a good jumping off point! And really wow, I am a terrible pirate... I know I have some eye patches somewhere, but... where?!?! yeah looks good maybe spike will let you borrow his eyepatch 1 Quote Link to comment
.TIFF Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Happy Belated Birthday! Following for the awesomeness as usual I may even jump in on the zero week bandwagon if I can get my challenge together on time. 1 Quote Link to comment
calanthrophy Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 15 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said: GAH!!!! Huzzah!!! Happy birthdaaaaaaaaaayyyy!!!! Do you happen to know a lot of people with our birthday? Well, there's Batman (Adam West). Other than that, nope. 1 Quote My band -- My acoustic stuff -- Blog -- Instagram Link to comment
RedStone Posted September 20, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 6 hours ago, Man-At-Arms said: Happy Birthday! Thank you!!! 2 hours ago, Taddea Zhaan said: How have I missed so much of your new challenge already, yikes! That sounds like so much fun! Just like me, last go around! lol (Am I a broken record here?) Maybe you have a few things on your mind lol... 1 hour ago, TiffanyD said: Happy Belated Birthday! Following for the awesomeness as usual I may even jump in on the zero week bandwagon if I can get my challenge together on time. YUSSS!!! ZERO WEEEEEKKKK!!! 53 minutes ago, calanthrophy said: Well, there's Batman (Adam West). Other than that, nope. Really????? MIND. BLOWN. Anyhoosits, even tho it kind of blows when our b-days fall on a Monday, I hope you had a great day!!! 2 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
elvenengineer Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 Happy Belated Birthday! Sorry I missed the real day, but it sounds awesome! Glad you had fun 1 Quote Goal: Deadlift a (Female) Wookie (100 kg): 65.8% Link to comment
Emerald_Dragonfly Posted September 20, 2016 Report Share Posted September 20, 2016 (oops!) That should juuuuuuust about do it. Hope your birthday was FABS! 2 Quote ~Emerald_Dragonfly Level 13 Warrior Link to comment
RedStone Posted September 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted September 21, 2016 7 hours ago, elvenengineer said: Happy Belated Birthday! Sorry I missed the real day, but it sounds awesome! Glad you had fun 2 hours ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said: That should juuuuuuust about do it. Hope your birthday was FABS! LOL thanks ladies! Belated is awesome, it's like a bonus birthday filled with permissions of toffee... 1 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
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