Ryuu Trains with the Bat Family

[Ryuu1011]

Ryuu1011 Trains with the Bat Family

Challenge 9 (2017 Challenge #2) Feb 12 - March 11, 2017

Continuing many of my goals from last challenge, with a few modifications. These lists correspond to my own goal setting philosophy which I came up with for my 2017 Battle Plan consisting of Auto Goals (goals on the back burner/ habits), In Progress Goals (long term goals that are works in progress) and Strike Goals (goals which are within striking distance of completion).

 

Auto Goals (My Challenge Checklist):

[X] Pay off $150 extra on my Student Loans

[ ] 1 Date night with GF (Set! We're going to Medieval Times on Feb 26th!)

[ ] 1 NC NF Meet Up (Set! We're having a dance meetup on Feb 18th!) 

[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Play with my throwing knives and bow

 

In Progress Goals:

1. Train with Nightwing and The Robin's: Master my own Body- Continue GB Foundations (Upper Body, Lower Body, and Core) x1 each per week , Stretch (Front and Middle Split, and Thoracic Bridge) x1 per week and Handstand Series x3 per week.  (___/12, ___/12, ___/12) 

Nightwing and Red Robin are both body weight training Masters, Nightwing was an acrobat and Red Robin was a Gymnasts. Robin (Damian Wayne) is a highly trained assassin from birth, so I'll be doing similar training to hopefully one day reach their levels. This goal shouldn't be too hard so long as I'm able to keep up my consistency. The GB foundation workouts are not too hard yet until they get to level 9 (their mastery level) which normally involves 5 sets of 15 reps or 5 sets of 60 second holds... uhhh they are rough. 

 

2. Train with Alfred: Master my Health- Loose 3lbs, 1%BF, and ~ 1/2" off of my waist by recording my nutrition in MFP (___/28) everyday and prepping ~9meal per week (5 lunches (___/20), 4 dinners (___/16))

 

I'm sure Alfred knows a thing or two about nutrition and meal prepping since he has to keep the entire bat fam healthy and fed to fuel their late night escapades so I'll be studding under him to try and get my nutrition in check and thus my waist line. I'll be primarily using my waist and weight along with my body composition spreadsheet to guesstimate may Body Fat %. Starting Measurement were taken on 2/9/17

Starting Weight= 163.0lbs Starting BF% = 16.2%  

Starting Measurements:

Waist: 32.5" 

Arms: 12/ 13.5"

Calf: 14"

Chest: 40.5"

Hips: 33.5"

Thighs: 21.5"

Butt: 39"

Neck: 14"

 

3. Train with Bat Girl: Master my Cardio- Run or Walk 3x  per week, ~25-30min, ~5k/ 3m (___/12)

I don't even want to guess just how much cardio the bat family gets in a week but by training with bat girl hopefully I'll be able to keep up with them soon. This goal might be a little bit more difficult, and might get changed depending on how my foot is feeling/ how much I think I can take. My feet have been having some problems which is going to definitely slow my cardio progress but I'd rather be safe than push myself past my limits again and hurt my feet for a second time. 

 

4. Train with The Bat: Master my Training- Research Personal Training Certifications, Go to 3 gyms and ask what types of Certifications they require, Select a certification and start saving for it.  ( [ ] Research, [ ] Champions, [ ] Snap Fitness, [ ] Life Time Fitness, [ ] Savings Started)

There is no better master of personal training than Batman himself. He has trained many partners and continues to be train and improve himself mastering his own body. (I mean look at that picture that suit is practically painted on!)  I am thinking about becoming a personal trainer, perhaps as a complete profession swap or just part time, I'm not sure right now, but for this challenge I just want to do my research and figure out the best path to start down on. 

 

Challenge Strike Goals:

5. Work on my Batcave: [X] Remove my old bed from the workout room [ ] Clean up and Organize the Workout Room

I couldn't train with the entire bat family with out without working on my batcave too! By the end of this challenge I am hoping to get our spare room organized and start turning it  into an actual full workout/ art studio for my GF and myself so we can workout from home and do art stuff too, though I'm setting the goal at just cleaning and organizing for right now. 

 

[Grayspeed]

This is so badass!

[Grandkai_NL]

Awesome!! Following!

[Manarelle]

Here for the awesomeness.  Solid goals, you got this!

[Myrik]

Nice solid goals.  You will rock this.

[Terah]

Following, love the theme!

[Carpinus]

Following!

[Ryuu1011]

On 2/10/2017 at 0:11 PM, Grayspeed said:

This is so badass!

 

On 2/10/2017 at 0:12 PM, Grandkai_NL said:

Awesome!! Following!

 

On 2/10/2017 at 1:11 PM, Manarelle said:

Here for the awesomeness.  Solid goals, you got this!

 

On 2/10/2017 at 3:37 PM, Myrik said:

Nice solid goals.  You will rock this.

 

On 2/11/2017 at 9:02 AM, Terah said:

Following, love the theme!

 

20 hours ago, Carpinus said:

Following!

 

Thanks everyone!!  Hoping this challenge will be a success and having you guys here is always great motivation so thanks for being here

[Ryuu1011]

Week 0 Review

Week 0 was a little bit crazy from some family issues. Spoiler-ed bellow for those of you who'd like to know, and if you have any suggestions please feel free. So because of that I was unable to really start working out until Thursday of this week. That said by doubling up and squishing a lot of things together I managed to complete all of the Strength, Flexibility, and Handstand workouts for the week (in the last 4 days of it) lol. Then on Sunday I ran my first race (5k) of the new year and got 7th place with a time of 23:27, which blew away my time from the same race two years ago of 27:12 which was awesome! I'm really proud of how my feet did and the only draw back was my calf's which are still sore today. Then Sunday morning  I cleaned out the Gym Room in my Batcave and while it isn't exactly how I want it, there is now space so I can do my workout in there completely which is great!  Afterwards, my GF and I had a "Treat yo self" day (just watch the video in the link hahaha) and got massages, a pedicure (my first one!) and some froyo too. I splurged probably way too much on my cup of froyo but it hit all of my sweet teeth and hopefully it will keep that demon at bay for some time and I can actually reach my weight go during this challenge. 

Spoiler

One of my younger brothers (he just turned 19 in December) is going though a really really, rough patch in his life right now and I had him come down and visit just to get him away from the rest of my family for a while. His first real girlfriend broke up with him two days before their two year anniversary (last Monday) and just this weekend sent him a message saying that she is seeing someone else, so she's an awful person, and at least she is out of his life, but she was his first real gf and I know the pain that he is going though. Furthermore he has been really depressed lately because he has no idea what he wants to do with his life (currently a barista at a very popular coffee shop) and no ideas for his future. To top it all off my mom informed me he has been cutting himself again and I just don't have any idea what to do about that so I just left that part alone when he came down but yeah that's going on too. 

 

So to help him out I took him with me to work on Tuesday so he could see another profession and see what I do as a teacher. Then on Wednesday I had a teacher training so he couldn't come with me to work but lucky my GF was off so she hung out with them and they just had a chill day which was nice and after I got home we talked about life and his plans (he currently has none and I told him that we needed to change that) and I got us both copies of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and we're going to start a "book club" and read and talk about a chapter a week starting this Sunday, and hopefully by doing some of those habit he will start down a better path.

 

G1: Strength, Flexibility, and Handstands (12/12) for the week! 

Completed Upper body, Lowebody, and Handstands on Thurs. Handstand, Core and Middle Split on Friday. Font Splits on Saturday, and Handstand and Bridge on Sunday. 

G2: Nutrition and Meal Prep: Pretty good all except for my big cheats on Sunday, will start meal prepping again this Tuesday. Starting lbs = 163 starting BF% =16.2 (according to my GS)

G3: Run/ Walk: Rocked my 5k race!

G4: Personal Training Research: Did a little bit but haven't had a change to really sit down and read deep into any of the certification yet, though from my quick research I'm pretty sure I will be going for a ACSM or NSCA certification thanks to @Machete and some of the info he gave me. 

[Terah]

I think you are doing an amazing job with your brother. He is lucky to have you in his life.

From what you describe it looks like he has got some very deep issues, and it might be best if he saw a therapist. 

[Grayspeed]

Just now, Terah said:

I think you are doing an amazing job with your brother. He is lucky to have you in his life.

From what you describe it looks like he has got some very deep issues, and it might be best if he saw a therapist. 

I second this. It sounds like you're a pretty great brother.

Not knowing what to do with your future is a really stressful situation that I have a lot of experience with, all I can really add is that he's probably feeling pretty useless and ashamed (I know I was until recently) about it. 

[Ryuu1011]

3 hours ago, Terah said:

I think you are doing an amazing job with your brother. He is lucky to have you in his life.

From what you describe it looks like he has got some very deep issues, and it might be best if he saw a therapist. 

Thanks. Yeah I already recommended that to my mom, he (like everyone else who needs therapy) doesn't want to go so we'll see what happens on that front. In my super non professional opinion I just think he need to find something that he enjoys and wants to do, set some goals and work on improving all of the parts that he (says) he hates about himself. 

3 hours ago, Grayspeed said:

I second this. It sounds like you're a pretty great brother.

Not knowing what to do with your future is a really stressful situation that I have a lot of experience with, all I can really add is that he's probably feeling pretty useless and ashamed (I know I was until recently) about it. 

Yeah that is pretty much hitting the nail on the head with what we talked about. But I think i got through to him that he isn't bothering me (or the rest of the fam) by expressing his feeling or his need for help so hopefully it'll get better with some time and self improvement. 

[Sylvaa]

So I can completely relate to the brother thing!

 

Spoiler

My brother had almost the exact same thing happen to him with his first gf (who was his First) - except her new relationship was with a mutual friend. They now have a kid together (which, ironically, for a bit we were concerned was my brother's).

 

In regards to the cutting; take this only at my totally not a doctor opinion, but I've always been under the impression that cutting is a way to have a physical manifestation of a mental pain. I am a big fan of HelpGuide.org for info on mental health issues. It seems to be fairly non-judgmental in the way they discuss everything.

 

I think it's pretty common for kids at that age to not know what they want to do with their life, but I don't think it is something that is talked about regularly. Reiterate that if he doesn't know what he wants to do right now, it's okay! Depending on his current job, sometimes they will pay for college classes, maybe see if there are any gen eds he can take locally to see if anything strikes his fancy. 

 

Agreed on finding things he likes to do - I would concentrate on things maybe you and he or he and another family member can do for right now. Show him through actions that he's got support. Not sure how open he is communicating-wise, but this will give him another way to connect and maybe open lines. 

[Ryuu1011]

Week 1 Day 1: Feb 13, 2017

Today was a pretty good day. Started my Shark Tank lesson with my students which is one of my favorites, got my teeth cleaned, scheduled an flexibility appointment at a place called Stretch Zone for this Friday (super excited about that  ) and did both of my planned workout for today (handstand and upper body). Unfortunately while I was trying to do my handstand work my wrist twinged with some pain so I think I may have injured it a bit with my "fit everything in before the week is over" week last week. It's likely from my bridge work which has been giving my wrist some trouble ever since I started doing it, so I may ease off of my handstand work for a few days to make sure it's ok. Happily though I've got no foot pain, so thats a plus! 

 

Nutritionally today was an A+ 

 

Doodle Gratitude Log:

Dental Insurance, clean teeth (with no cavities), making my GF smile with surprise coffee, getting Adult stuff done, no foot pain.

[Ryuu1011]

5 minutes ago, Sylvaa said:

So I can completely relate to the brother thing!

 

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My brother had almost the exact same thing happen to him with his first gf (who was his First) - except her new relationship was with a mutual friend. They now have a kid together (which, ironically, for a bit we were concerned was my brother's).

 

In regards to the cutting; take this only at my totally not a doctor opinion, but I've always been under the impression that cutting is a way to have a physical manifestation of a mental pain. I am a big fan of HelpGuide.org for info on mental health issues. It seems to be fairly non-judgmental in the way they discuss everything.

 

I think it's pretty common for kids at that age to not know what they want to do with their life, but I don't think it is something that is talked about regularly. Reiterate that if he doesn't know what he wants to do right now, it's okay! Depending on his current job, sometimes they will pay for college classes, maybe see if there are any gen eds he can take locally to see if anything strikes his fancy. 

 

Agreed on finding things he likes to do - I would concentrate on things maybe you and he or he and another family member can do for right now. Show him through actions that he's got support. Not sure how open he is communicating-wise, but this will give him another way to connect and maybe open lines. 

Thanks. I agree, it's hard for young adults to know what they want. As a teacher I see it in my middle school kids too. The pure panic of "actually, I don't know what I want to be when I grow up." Yeah we talked a lot about college and how that really helped me and I think he's finally going to start really looking into taking some classes since he realizes that he doesn't want to be a barista all his life.

 

I really appreciate the link to the resource on self harm (reading it currently) and might PM you with some more question or thoughts once I'm done reading it, if you wouldn't mind.

[Sylvaa]

1 minute ago, Ryuu1011 said:

Thanks. I agree, it's hard for young adults to know what they want. As a teacher I see it in my middle school kids too. The pure panic of "actually, I don't know what I want to be when I grow up." Yeah we talked a lot about college and how that really helped me and I think he's finally going to start really looking into taking some classes since he realizes that he doesn't want to be a barista all his life.

 

I really appreciate the link to the resource on self harm (reading it currently) and might PM you with some more question or thoughts once I'm done reading it, if you wouldn't mind.

 

I tell my kids all the time that I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. 

 

My inbox is always open! 

[Ryuu1011]

Oh I also forgot to post what the new workout bat-cave looks like so here you go!  

[Grandkai_NL]

7 hours ago, Ryuu1011 said:

Oh I also forgot to post what the new workout bat-cave looks like so here you go!  

Looks great, nice and tidy. Are you going to add more stuff? like a pull-up station?

[Ryuu1011]

5 hours ago, Grandkai_NL said:

Looks great, nice and tidy. Are you going to add more stuff? like a pull-up station?

I have a pull up bar and rings on a door frame pull up bar, they were just a little outside the picture area

[Ryuu1011]

Week 1 Day 2: Tuesday Feb 14th

 

Day was ok. Running club started today so I  ran about 2 miles with my student but my calfs are still killing me from my race this weekend, and my wrist is still being a little weird so I decided to take the rest of the day as a rest day. Nutritionally today was awful and my sweet tooth definitely got the better of me. I just couldn't stop eating the yummy chocolates that we got for V-Day :/.

 

Doodle Gratitude: I am grateful to have some to share Valentines day with, Running Club helping me get my cardio in. Our new TV even though it was a nightmare to set up, and resolving problems by communicating. 

[Ryuu1011]

Week 1 Day 3: Wednesday Feb 15th 

Decided to change/updated my 2nd goal to being within 200 +/- cal of my goal of 1720 cal per day as opposed to just purely tracking everyday, hopefully that will help me say on track nutritionally since now the goal it to be in target. As well as "eaten" prepared meals for lunch/dinner since that is a slightly easier way of recording and tracking on a daily basis. I'm also going to try posting an outline in the morning and then just updating that post in the evening to help me with posting on here. 

 

Goal 1: Train with Robin- Strength, Flexibility, and Balance [S 1/3] [F 1/3] [B 2/3]

-For Today: 1 Str, and 1 Flex session and 1 HS session  Done! but I switched a HS session for instead of doing lower body today. 

Goal 2: Train with Alfred- Record Nutrition & be within +/-200 cal of goal  [1/6] 

-For Today: Skipped Breakfast since last night was so poor, packed pre prepped lunch. Unfortunately I ate some fun sized candy pieces that they had at the staff meeting but otherwise so far so good for today. I will probably have some chocolate covered strawberries with my GF later since thats a V-Day tradition that we were unable to do last night. 

Goal 3: Train with BatGirl- Run/Walk 2-3x per week [1r, 0w /3]

-For Today: Hopefully a walk with GF, We cleaned up our apartment instead so unfortunately no walk today. 
Goal 4: Train with Batman- Research Personal Training, & Ask about it [currently researching]

-For Today: Continue Researching and will update thread with some info

So I actually got a lot done on this goal today and am leaning towards ACSM, NASM, or NSCA for my Personal Training Certification. Up next is to go around to local gyms and ask them what certification they require/ accept which will ultimately help me make my decision. Either way I'll need to start saving since the programs and study materials range from ~$500-$1,000. 

 

Doodle Gratitude: I'm grateful to be able to choose my career and not just have to work for survival. For funny comments students say that brighten up my day, and for useful meeting that you actually get something from.

[Ryuu1011]

Week 1 Day 4: Wednesday Feb 16th 

Failed my Nutrition goals for yesterday...so many delicious chocolate covered strawberries >_< but hopefully now that valentines day is over there will be lots less nutritional distractions and temptations and I can really hammer down on my nutrition goals. 

 

Goal 1: Train with Robin- Strength, Flexibility, and Balance [S 1/3] [F 1/3] [B 2/3]

-For Today: 1 Str, and 1 Flex session. 

Goal 2: Train with Alfred- Record Nutrition & be within +/-200 cal of goal  [1/6] 

-For Today: Skipped Breakfast since last night was so poor again, got a healthy pre packed lunch so all will be great at least until later tonight, when I'll need to do something for dinner.

Goal 3: Train with BatGirl- Run/Walk 2-3x per week [1r, 0w /3]

-For Today: Running Club today, Goal ~ 5k 
Goal 4: Train with Batman- Research Personal Training, & Ask about it [currently researching]

-For Today: Nothing Planned

 

Doodle Gratitude: To be updated later

[Manarelle]

Can't really blame you for being tempted by chocolate covered strawberries... they're kinda healthy, at least?  How'd week 1 go for you? Are you feeling more batty... err... batman-like? 

[Ryuu1011]

On 2/19/2017 at 10:32 AM, Manarelle said:

Can't really blame you for being tempted by chocolate covered strawberries... they're kinda healthy, at least?  How'd week 1 go for you? Are you feeling more batty... err... batman-like? 

Eh... not so great, Kinda got attacked by the evil super-villan Fun Distraction Man >_< hahaha... but at least I'm back and going to try again for week 2

 

Week 1 Update & Week 1 Review

If I started slipping off of the wagon the beginning of this week by the end I'd completely fallen off. Thankfully after brushing off some dirt I've found my  way back to the road and am starting up again and hoping to make week 2 better. By then end of the week I'd gotten a new game Dragon Quest Builders (kind of like Mine Craft only better) and got super obsessed. Then my GF and I decided to finally make up our "game-ing together" area in the living room so we did that and I got sidetracked playing with her (its super awesome to be able to game in the same room though) but I need to get better about doing my fitness stuff before fun gamey stuff. But we also moved stuff around and piled things in our kitchen so we ended up not cooking anything for the entire weekend and just eating out, which was horrible for my nutrition goals I'm sure. Well here's to a new week and a fresh start

 

Goal 1: Train with Robin- Strength, Flexibility, and Balance [S 2/3] [F 2/3] [B 2/3]

-This week: Got 2/3 for each of my Workout Goals, need to be better about doing these things first thing when I get home that tends to work out best. I did end up going to see a professional stretcher (lol) and actually signed up for 3 months (1x per week) of stretching assistance to try and help me with my flexibility goals so that was one good thing that came of this week.

Goal 2: Train with Alfred- Record Nutrition & be within +/-200 cal of goal  [2/6] 

-This week: Horrible I think I only managed 2/6 days and had 3 that were VERY over my cal goals :/ 

Goal 3: Train with BatGirl- Run/Walk 2-3x per week [2r, 0w /3]

-This week: Not awful but still only 2/3 for this week. I want to try to start talking more walks after work. 
Goal 4: Train with Batman- Research Personal Training, & Ask about it [currently researching]

-This week: I actually got all the research that I wanted to get done for this week done. Up next going to different gyms in the area and seeing what type of certifications they require.

 

Doodle Gratitude: Restarts and fresh weeks. Grading student work on an iPad. Good workouts. Simple, healthy food. Having our apartment organized and clean.

[Ryuu1011]

Week 2 Day 1 Monday Feb 20th 

Lets do this. Back up and running

 

Goal 1: Train with Robin- Strength, Flexibility, and Balance [S 0/3] [F 0/3] [HS 0/3]

-Today: 1 Strength, 1 HS

Goal 2: Train with Alfred- Record Nutrition & be within +/-200 cal of goal  [2/6] 

-Today: So far so good, no breakfast but had a healthy lunch and am planning on cooking a healthy dinner too. 

Goal 3: Train with BatGirl- Run/Walk 2-3x per week [2r, 0w /3]

-Today: Possibly a walk with the GF it's a nice day
Goal 4: Train with Batman- Research Personal Training, & Ask about it [currently researching]

-Today: nothing planned

 

Doodle Gratitude: Restarts and fresh weeks. Grading student work on an iPad. Good workouts. Simple, healthy food. Having our apartment organized and clean.