lucky fire dragon Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Lucky Fire Dragon's Daily Spin So I've been away for a while and it was all for good reasons - being on holiday, getting back into good work rhythm, spending plenty of time with kids for school and fun, rearranging the house and uncluttering a LOT, catching up work projects that I've been wanting to do for 2 years and never got around to,... all good things, so I feel it was healthy priority setting and am very glad I did. I missed you guys as you have become part of my larger family, too, of course, but I knew getting back on here would mean less time for the people around me here and for those past few months I soaked up that time like the sunshine on a beach and they did too. Now I feel those habits and relationships are wonderfully steady and will see how to be back here AND have all the delicious time with my family as well There has to be a way!! Am super excited to catch up on your adventures that I missed, yayyyyyy As you can probably guess, the one thing coming short over all those goodies was my fitness Well, I did go for many walks, and after gaining a few kilos over summer (went from 64 to nearly 68 ) I meticulously counted calories for a month to remind my body what a deficit feels like, what enough feels like and what eating more than I burn feels like... that was super interesting. I'm back to 65 now, some days 64 and would love to get it down to 62 kg (less to lift on pole ) and also it's finally time to get some muscle back on. Talking about pole... sigh... 6 weeks holiday break were shocking there. Training only 3 times over the last two months did not improve this either plus I was too lazy for any push ups, pull ups, sit ups, yoga, ... you name it. Getting up early is the only "up" activity I have been successful on over the last few months. Sooooooooooooo It's time to get up on the pole again!!! For real I was pondering for a loooooooooong time (sneaky way of procrastination, planning instead of doing ): Should I rather do some hardcore, "proper" workouts 3x / week? Or should I do a little bit every day? Like 10 push ups, sit ups, etc daily? What about daily yoga? What about starting on weights for quicker strength gain to get back in shape? But then what about coordination on the pole? Aaaaaaaaaaargh Was driving myself a bit mad on this So now I have decided for daily small steps on pole Consistency and fun will be my mantras. I don't need to cover every main muscle every day, I don't need to train progressively, I just need to get up there and DO EEEEEEEEET Here's the plan: - Train for 15 min daily on the pole, with warm-up and cool-down it will be 30 min, that should be totally doable - Train one spin, one form of climbing and one pretty pose to hold each time - only day off is Fridays as they are super busy days and I also have pole class Thursday nights anyway Listed below are all the spins, holds and climbs I have learned so far. I will let a dice decide which ones are due that day and then tick them off here. Aiming to do as many of them as I can over the next 4 weeks, ones I've done won't come again unless in a combo for spicing things up. I really want to start small here, not aim for perfection but rather diversity and consistency. Does that make any sense? Not sure right now @SymphonicDanif you see any similarities to any of your past challenges (like lists and letting a dice decide) they are purely coincidental.... kidding, of course! I loved that so much in your challenges, I've always wanted to give it a try and here I go. THANK YOU Oh and I'll try to capture the various results on camera to link to each move for extra accountability. And maybe explanation of the names... but please don't assume I'm doing them perfectly, because I probably don't!! Instagram would be best for this purpose, right? Am very inexperienced on that. Any suggestions? So here is my list: CLIMBS (will have to be done twice as I don't have 24 different ones) beginner standard both legs (don't have a better name for it) fireman climb 3/4 turn fireman climb full turn fireman climb 1 1/4 turn leg switch on second climb leg switch on second climb with turnother moves that get me up the pole swing mount from squatting swing mount from standing headstand crunch up caterpillar from floor caterpillar on pole (both those don't take me up really, but maybe will one day ) SPINS front hook front hook long leg back spin back spin long leg front spin horizontal plié spin fan kick 1/2 turn fan kick full turn front chair front chair long leg back chair back chair long leg baby spin attitude spin baby spin long leg attitude horizontal attitude horizontal long leg fireman spin attitude dismount 3/4 turn attitude dismount full turn attitude dismount 1 1/4 turn long leg from floor (no idea what it's called) pirouette ??? HOLDS standing cross cross relax (wilting flower?? dead something? It's got some proper name ) cross long leg seat seat relax fireman supergirl superman inverted cross attitude headstand headstand splits headstand baby angel handstand handstand baby angel rainbow sun wheel overhead hold with legs lifted pull up hold pencil forearm hold pencil forearm hold one knee hooked seat next to pole knee hook with long leg that I have no name for inverted v Motivation: Getting my strong and sexy back on, having lots of fun again on the pole and feeling gooooooooooood Isn't that what we always ultimately do it for? I'll try to incorporate this part into training already - please shout at me when I seem to forget and go for tense ambition instead Thank you for sharing my journey with me, I'll do my best to cheer you on in return Let's go have some FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN 5 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 YAAAASSS!!! You're back! All the pole! And totes get on Instagram. It's definitely the easiest way to post pictures. 1 Quote Link to comment
ctfranklin28 Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Just a fellow Nerdfitness member passing through. More power to you on your goals! Love the humor and energy! 1 Quote Dark Panther - Adventurer STR: 3 DEX: 2 STA:2 CON: 2 WIS: 6 CHA: 3 "Laughing myself to a 6 pack or at least at 4-pack"- Current Challenge: Link to comment
ohlemontine Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Looks fun, following to see and hear about the progress. I don't know anything about Instagram, so no advice as to posting pics, sorry 1 Quote Current Challenge : New Frame C1 str ?? | dex ?? | sta ?? | con ?? | wis ?? | cha ?? Mistry | Level 1 | Assassin | Half-Elf Link to comment
LydiaJaybird Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Found you!! Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Level 1 Half-elf Assassin STR 2 | DEX 3 | STA 1 | CON 1 | WIS 2 | CHA 1 'From flabby geek to Sheik and Mystique' Instagram: LJaybirdfly Current Challenge: Link to comment
LydiaJaybird Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 (Also, I second the Instagram) Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Level 1 Half-elf Assassin STR 2 | DEX 3 | STA 1 | CON 1 | WIS 2 | CHA 1 'From flabby geek to Sheik and Mystique' Instagram: LJaybirdfly Current Challenge: Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted October 29, 2016 Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Yay, so glad you're back! 1 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted October 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 29, 2016 Thank you all [emoji4] will go explore instagram and report back Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted October 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Day 1 Squeeeeeeee, challenge start Decided to start with one dice to do first 6 moves of each as those are basics anyway and then move on from there... Today was 4 Fireman climb full turn seat hold back spin long leg Feel a bit stiff still, but basics are there and I had quite some fun aaaaaand most important I DID it, so YAYYYYY Little steps... 5 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted October 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 On 29.10.2016 at 10:48 AM, Mad Hatter said: YAAAASSS!!! You're back! All the pole! And totes get on Instagram. It's definitely the easiest way to post pictures. Thank you Am slowly working it out. I'm so much more comfortable on a computer, so it's new territory doing it all on the phone but new is always good Would love to just add a link in the lists of my starting point and haven't figured that out yet, as tapatalk (on phone) doesn't offer the links and computer doesn't know how to remember the instagram URLs oh well, just a detail On 29.10.2016 at 0:11 PM, ctfranklin28 said: Just a fellow Nerdfitness member passing through. More power to you on your goals! Love the humor and energy! Hey there fellow rebel and thank you! Same to you On 29.10.2016 at 1:23 PM, ohlemontine said: Looks fun, following to see and hear about the progress. I don't know anything about Instagram, so no advice as to posting pics, sorry Thanks, it really is fun, can absolutely recommend it! Will sneak up soon to check out your adventures in return... On 29.10.2016 at 3:54 PM, LydiaJaybird said: Found you!! Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk Yayyyy Thanks for dropping in On 29.10.2016 at 4:25 PM, Elastigirl said: Yay, so glad you're back! Thank you, EG, so am I Your steady, quiet and powerful consistency inspires me so often btw you have no idea 2 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
Bob the Bardbarian Posted October 30, 2016 Report Share Posted October 30, 2016 Excellent. Go forth, and kick some ass. 1 Quote Level 4 | Character Sheet | Current Challenge | | Past Challenges | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | Educate - Entertain - Inspire Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted November 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Day 2 and 3 Okay, I admit it, day 2 happened on day 3 and while I have good excuses, they are just that and I'm aiming for better consistency from here on. Which was put to the test today as it is a public holiday with us and with it being a gorgeous morning with mists over the fields and autumn colors shining softly from the woods I went for a walk with my boy and ended up walking all the way to the neighbor town with him, hunting pokemons There and back took us 5 hours, my fitbit counted 23500 steps and 16 km hubby called as weirdos... not sure why So after that it would have been very tempting to call it a day, but I went I did my few things, so yayyy The walk was utterly beautiful btw, when the fog lifted it was bright sunny with autumn fire on the trees and clear view all the way to the mountains. I only have pics from the start as we tried to save battery life once we had decided to stretch the walk that far here's the daily spin that should have been yesterday And here is today's Crucifix or cross hold and release Beginner climb And with both legs at once (please excuse the crooked back foot, I'm still working on pointing that prettier) 2 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted November 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 On 30.10.2016 at 9:16 PM, Bob the Barbarian said: Excellent. Go forth, and kick some ass. Thank you! I'll do my best Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 That misty forest picture is gorgeous! You make me want to play on the pole too now. 3 Quote Link to comment
LydiaJaybird Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 I'm so jealous of your beautiful walk! Florida has no seasons, so I miss the autumn colors >, Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk 1 Quote Level 1 Half-elf Assassin STR 2 | DEX 3 | STA 1 | CON 1 | WIS 2 | CHA 1 'From flabby geek to Sheik and Mystique' Instagram: LJaybirdfly Current Challenge: Link to comment
Elastigirl Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 wow, impressive amount of walking. Loving all the pole pic's and videos. 1 Quote Wisdom 22.5 Dexterity 13 Charisma 15 Strength 21 Constitution-13 "Love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your strength, and with all your mind' Luke 10; 27 Link to comment
Mrs Van Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 Woot! Woot! on all that walking! Beautiful misty photo and photos and vid's of you. 1 Quote Mrs. Van's Latest Challenge Zechariah 4:6 "Not by might, nor by power, but by My spirit, saith the Lord." Link to comment
ohlemontine Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 This looks like so much fun, and that foggy pic is beautiful, I'm kind of bummed I won't see beautiful early mornings like that much anymore with my new job, as I'll be sleeping by the time the sun starts to peek. Keep up the amazing work! 1 Quote Current Challenge : New Frame C1 str ?? | dex ?? | sta ?? | con ?? | wis ?? | cha ?? Mistry | Level 1 | Assassin | Half-Elf Link to comment
Suzaqu Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 I love all of your pole videos/pictures, especially how happy you look to be back doing it! I really should start using my insta. Please excuse me while I creepily follow you 2 Quote Current Challenge 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
SymphonicDan Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Haha, I wondered whether the dice-rolling idea was inspired by me Glad it's working for you! I'm impressed that you can find 59 moves/holds on the pole - that really shows that you have experience with it now... and you'll very much be training functional strength with your (almost-)daily training. 1 Quote Level 25 Cyborg Assassin [ STR 36.75 | DEX 26.00 | STA 28.00 | CON 31.25 | WIS 29.25 | CHA 24.50 ] current 5-week challenge: March 2020 external websites with my resources for... fitness & breathwork | mental math & mind sports | motivation & productivity Link to comment
annyshay Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 YAY, LFD is BACK!!!! Thank you for sharing all the photos/videos. I love seeing the joy you take in your sweet pole moves. Hugs! 1 Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted November 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Oh boy how time flies... here I am catching up again Swing mount from squatting. This is the very beginner version and always good to revisit [emoji5] Climbing with switching the legs (front and back) in place as well as with a turn built in. As you can see I really need higher ceilings [emoji1] Here is the fireman climb again. This time only with a 3/4 turn instead of a full one which is a lot easier, yay Fireman hold and cross hold with longleg Here is plié spin. One of my favorites [emoji5] easy, pretty, what more could I want Ahhhh this one is not that easy for me [emoji12] fan kick half and full turn. Half turn is ok. Full turn, well let's just say it's better than it used to be [emoji23] Here is a happy one again Back spin is always fun And finally superman and supergirl, squeeee 2 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted November 6, 2016 Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 Lovely! 1 Quote Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted November 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 On 1.11.2016 at 7:01 PM, Mad Hatter said: That misty forest picture is gorgeous! You make me want to play on the pole too now. is that a bad thing??? Always happy to On 1.11.2016 at 9:35 PM, LydiaJaybird said: I'm so jealous of your beautiful walk! Florida has no seasons, so I miss the autumn colors >, Sent from my SM-G920V using Tapatalk oh shame, I'll have to catch some for you to share... if I can still, today it started snowing good thing we spent the day yesterday all together getting the garden ready for winter. At least you don't have to worry about that see no snow shoveling or salt again slippery ice on side walks either... On 2.11.2016 at 3:04 AM, Elastigirl said: wow, impressive amount of walking. Loving all the pole pic's and videos. Thank you!! You know what?!!! I did my first kettlebell workout today!! So excited. My neighbor has a whole bunch which I noticed when I watered her plants for her and when I asked her about them today she said, she's doing other training at the moment and I could happily borrow them for a while. How cool is that? Started light with 6kg and did some goblet squats, rows and swings. Feels real nice I have to say! Haven't dared the TGU yet though On 2.11.2016 at 6:29 PM, elizevdmerwe said: Woot! Woot! on all that walking! Beautiful misty photo and photos and vid's of you. awww, thank you! I'm a bit critical on pics and videos of myself (which is natural and human, I know) but the plus of it is, I really try my best and that is great for my training On 2.11.2016 at 8:46 PM, ohlemontine said: This looks like so much fun, and that foggy pic is beautiful, I'm kind of bummed I won't see beautiful early mornings like that much anymore with my new job, as I'll be sleeping by the time the sun starts to peek. Keep up the amazing work! It is tremendous fun, you should go give it a try somewhere if you can! Oh, I hear you on sleeping through the mornings due to shift work, I once worked a night shift job as well and would always come home when others only left... well, if it's any comfort, winter is setting in with us and now my family leaves the house in utter darkness and sometimes returns in the dark as well. Gotta keep that inner light shining On 4.11.2016 at 1:09 AM, Suzaqu said: I love all of your pole videos/pictures, especially how happy you look to be back doing it! I really should start using my insta. Please excuse me while I creepily follow you yayyyy, follow away I'm excited to have you!! Will have to pop over and see your newest adventures, yay On 4.11.2016 at 9:33 PM, SymphonicDan said: Haha, I wondered whether the dice-rolling idea was inspired by me Glad it's working for you! I'm impressed that you can find 59 moves/holds on the pole - that really shows that you have experience with it now... and you'll very much be training functional strength with your (almost-)daily training. Of course it was And it's awesome, no tricking myself out of the less popular ones lol I've decided that one dice will do as I can just take the first not yet done move as one and so on and that works perfectly. I was quite astounded myself to be able to list so many variations and moves, it really cheered me up. I'm sometimes frustrated by learning so slow, I've been training now since 3 years and when I look what other people achieve in that time... but I mustn't. look at that. I'll rather look at this long list and be happy Daily is really not yet happening *sigh* but yes, I am training functional strength and I am doing it, so that's already something, right? On 5.11.2016 at 4:52 PM, annyshay said: YAY, LFD is BACK!!!! Thank you for sharing all the photos/videos. I love seeing the joy you take in your sweet pole moves. Hugs! Thank youuuuuuu and big hugs right back! Do you have a challenge going at the moment? Not sure if I found you yet.... will have to check asap. It's great how you see the joy, because I sometimes forget maybe it was really a good idea to share so much 3 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted November 6, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 6, 2016 17 minutes ago, Mad Hatter said: Lovely! Thank you Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
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