level one

[Eats-Own-Tail]

hi. i just found nerd fitness today.

 

my name is heidi and i weigh 245 pounds. i game alot, rarely leave the computer, and am very unfit. i live in wales.

 

also i have mental health problems.

 

i ordered the rebel fitness guide and tried to download it, but since i am over my broadband capacity this month, my download speed is very slow and the download failed.

 

i can download it tonight when i have unlimited downloads.

 

but im wondering if anyone can tell me what the first lvel is, what its called and what it involves. i really want to get started today.

 

cheers

 

 

 

 

[mHannes]

I´d like to welcome you !

 

Well I´m kinda like you: I game a lot, did rarely get up (most likely to go to the university//fridge ~~) and so on. AND I´m also new here

 

So.. level 1 involves just you, your mental and health state and the fact that you just decided to change things and get your sht done !

 

Leveling up (when you decided to chose a profession and so on) means you participate in 6-week CHALLENGES and master them.

But in general it´s setting goals (maybe not too many at a time ... I know that ... wanting too much at the same time made me quit anything so often )

and achieving them. Maybe it´s just beginning with doing walks (like 10 minutes or so .. I don´t mean jogging) or go jogging or start with the beginners body weight circuit (that´s what I started with today ^.^) or w/e you consider being OK to get started.

 

The great thing at this msg board is that everyone tries just to help you and it´s quite supportive though everyone has his or her own package. 

 

Maybe you want to start with creating your goals (and of course reach them one by one ) in the "Your Epic Quest"-forum so you know

that like everyone gets to know what your plan is and what you want to achieve so you won´t just quit improving and transforming by just saying

things like "O.K. there´s no one anyway that cares for me or knows what I´m trying so I can quit it anyway and no one will notice". That´s just not possible anymore

 

Whoa ... ok as you see I talk a lot when I have the opportunity to ... so again:

 

WELCOME ! And have an awesome time here !

[Eats-Own-Tail]

thankyou

 

ok cool i will look at the 6 week challenge section.

 

right now i cant do a single push up, squat, or sit up.

[mHannes]

Ah what I forgot is like you should (or not should but it could be helpful ^^) also read some articles from the BLOG (the ones Mr. Steve sends you with the e-mail(s) and also some others). You might just browse around and look for titles that sound interesting to you (that´s what I did). Especially the Zelda and Optimus Prime articles are nice (to me).

 

And ye if you can´t do push ups or squats or whatever then just .... TRY to do them. And if it doesn´t work yet, I could imagine using some "tools" to support you. Not things to buy but ... for example for push ups:

 

If you can´t get them done on the floor (and on your feet) then you might just put your knees on the ground so you have like less weight to push up ^^. And if that doesn´t work (and that´s what I do right now) you might maybe try to put your hands on a chair instead of the floor. (That might sound gruesome to anybody being in a "normal" physical state but it´s challenging for anyone that is just too big to get push ups done on the floor as well) So your body has like ~45° to the floor (I mean that´s just a number, any angle is ok as long as you feel it being ok). You have to just take care. that your chair (or w/e you use) stands stable and doesn´t slip away when you exercise

[AverageFish]

What mHannes said -- take a look at the blog. Lots of free, modifiable workout routines there -- no equipment required. Welcome!

[Eats-Own-Tail]

cool

 

have downloaded the rebel fitness guide now. will get back to you once ive read it

[Laureleye]

mHannes is right, do what you can.  I had do start with wall pushups (where you're actually just pushing away from the wall), because I couldn't even do them at an angle.  Glad you joined up. 

[Eats-Own-Tail]

thanks

 

well i read the rebel fitness workouts.... and the first, most basic one is too hard for me. i cant do 15 star jumps for the warmup.

 

but !! i have started eating paleo.

[Karma Stu]

Lavendercat, welcome!!

 

If your not able to do 15 star jumps yet then there is your first goal. Do as many as you can, even if its 5 star jumps. Next time, do 6. Before you know it you will be doing 30 star jumps as a warm up and then going into other stuff.

 

Small steps for the win!

[Eats-Own-Tail]

thanks