shmoozilla Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 hello all, I'm a 6' 40-something and have been generally thin, fit and active most of my life. Over the past 7 years of caring for and then losing one parent after the other I packed on the pounds. Over the last few months I've been trying to jump start my life in terms of diet and exercise. Since Octoberish I've been eating Primal and trying to follow that approach to exercise: lots of walking for cardio, gym once a week for lifting heavy things, sprinting, not so much. Initially I set my rebel fitness goal at an hour of weight lifting a week and an hour of walking four times a week....but I realized that should be my baseline, and the whole point of the challenge is to kick it up a level. Since I see myself as a Ranger/Monk type, I'm adding for the first week, 100 crunches each morning and 30 sec. plank. In the evening, 15 minutes of stretching. To add to the monk part I'm also doing a 28 day gassho challenge, basically 2 mini-meditation sessions per day. Not sure how I'll step it up in the following weeks, or how to give myself points, but keeping in mind the idea of always trying to push myself a little more really changes the way I feel everyday (for the better). Thanks! Shmoozilla Quote Link to comment
Plex Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Welcome to the Alliance Shmoo! Way to go to take positive steps forward. Quote "She turned me into a newt!" "A newt?" "I got better..." Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/NFPlex That's NFPlex. Link to comment
Alethea Posted February 3, 2011 Report Share Posted February 3, 2011 Hiya, welcome! Help me out here. As far as I'm aware, "gassho" is a hand pose used in meditation. I wasn't aware there was anything more to it. Quote "Let another say. 'Perhaps the worst will not happen.' You yourself must say. 'Well, what if it does happen? Let us see who wins!' ". - Seneca, 63 AD "There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength." - Henry Rollins Link to comment
shmoozilla Posted February 14, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2011 there's some breathing and chanting involved....it's about all i can do at the moment what with my mystery ailment.... :-( Quote Link to comment
LynnyLee Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Welcome to the rebellion. Quote Link to comment
Gowaduv Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Welcome aboard! It sounds like you have the right mindset for success. Keep us posted Quote I read a study once that said doing ANYTHING in the gym is more anabolic than doing NOTHING sitting in front of the computer. ~Chris Shugart @ T-nation Iron is full of impurities that weaken it: through forging, it becomes steel and is transformed into a razor-sharp sword. Human beings develop in the same fashion. ~Morihei Ueshiba Favorites: * Robb Wolf Podcast #68- Matt Lalonde vs gluten (<-transcript) *Documentary: Fat Head *NF blog:Most Inspirational 20 Minutes *Starting Strength Wiki Link to comment
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