Geek On Fire Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 3 minutes of bouncing completed with EC. You start to feel that in your calves after a while. Felt like I was back in a 90's mosh pit, just needed Billy Corgan telling me he was still just a rat in a cage. 2 Quote Geek On Fire | Level 4 Half Elf Ranger STR: 9 | DEX: 4 | STA: 9 | CON: 14 | WIS: 15 | CHA: 4 Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Battle log "No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself" - Seneca "The only easy day was yesterday" - US Navy SEAL motto Link to comment
Jarric Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Congratulations to @Geek On Fire and @NeverThatBored for hitting gold! (Also - totally just confirmed that you can tag yourself on here. For science.) Awesome job, well done guys 2 Quote Level 21 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 18 - CON: 22 - CHA: 11 - SAN: 19 - INT: 17 IAgreeWithTank™ "Shit is going down, but I am not." - iatetheyeti Don't say "I don't have enough time", say instead "that's not a priority right now" and see how that makes you feel. Current Challenge: Get going! External: Epic Quest - Instagram - Strava Spoiler Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 Old Stuff: Battle Log - My Introduction - 2017 Road Map - 2018 Road Map - 2019 Road Map - 2021 Road Map - 2022 road map/wrap-up Link to comment
iatetheyeti Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 Done with EC Initially figured I'd break it down into little sets for every time I went to boil the kettle, but I got into a rhythm when I started and decided to blast it all out there and then. 1 Quote "The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring." Yeti on Flickr - Facebook - Instagram Link to comment
RocketbikeNinja Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 3 minutes of bouncing completed with EC. You start to feel that in your calves after a while. Felt like I was back in a 90's mosh pit, just needed Billy Corgan telling me he was still just a rat in a cage. Now I have my soundtrack for the day. 1 Quote Current Big Fat Hairy Goals: Hip to Waist Ratio down to 88%. Capable of 50 pushups, 100 situps, 20 pull-ups in one massive superset. Able to do a bodyweight bench press. Run 10K 1/week for 1 month. Earn 2nd Degree Black Belt. Why? Because I want to model the kind of health and strength that I want my girls to have when they grow up. Introduction / Battle Log / Current Challenge Previous Challenges: 1 Link to comment
Grayspeed Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 If you guys are doing this next challenge I'd love to join in! 1 Quote Level 19 Jedi/Assassin in-training. Challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | "Life happens wherever you are, whether you make it or not." - Uncle Iroh Link to comment
Briniel Posted April 26, 2016 Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 If you guys are doing this next challenge I'd love to join in! I do hope we'll do this again next challenge! And we'll be glad to have you along Almost forgot about this today, but I have 58 minutes left in the day and 3 of those will be spend bouncing. 2 Quote "The way you spend your days is the way you live your life" Challenges: Current | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
NeverThatBored Posted April 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2016 If you guys are doing this next challenge I'd love to join in! Yep! We'll be doing it again next time. But why wait? Feel free to jump in and start doing dares with us today. 1 Quote Gargoyle Ranger | Level 49 2022 challenges: 49 (current) 2015-2021 challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 || 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 || 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 || 43 | 44 | 45 | | 46 | 47 | 48 || My epic quest | MEATBALL WARS You don't get better at anything unless you start doing it. Being alive is heckn swell. Link to comment
NeverThatBored Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Bouncing done, but no EC. Were we supposed to do this with our feet flat, or on the balls of our feet? Quote Gargoyle Ranger | Level 49 2022 challenges: 49 (current) 2015-2021 challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 || 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 || 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 || 43 | 44 | 45 | | 46 | 47 | 48 || My epic quest | MEATBALL WARS You don't get better at anything unless you start doing it. Being alive is heckn swell. Link to comment
iatetheyeti Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Just checking, for today's pushups will it be alright to substratum a build up type of pushup, as in incline or knee pushups, instead of regular full pushups? No mention I could see on the status, so I figured I'd ask :-) If not I'm gonna have to skip today, I tried the regular version and it hurt quite a bit... Sent from cursed technology Quote "The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring." Yeti on Flickr - Facebook - Instagram Link to comment
iatetheyeti Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Don't know how to get tapatalk to do the edit thing, so apologies for the somewhat creative word choices autocorrect felt I should make! Sent from cursed technology Quote "The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring." Yeti on Flickr - Facebook - Instagram Link to comment
NeverThatBored Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Hmmm. Let's do it this way - do whatever push-up variation you need to in order to get the point for the dare safely, but only take extra credit if you do the full push-ups. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk 1 Quote Gargoyle Ranger | Level 49 2022 challenges: 49 (current) 2015-2021 challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 || 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 || 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 || 43 | 44 | 45 | | 46 | 47 | 48 || My epic quest | MEATBALL WARS You don't get better at anything unless you start doing it. Being alive is heckn swell. Link to comment
NeverThatBored Posted April 27, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Sorry for the delay. Stupid posting issues, as you all know. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Gargoyle Ranger | Level 49 2022 challenges: 49 (current) 2015-2021 challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 || 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 || 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 || 43 | 44 | 45 | | 46 | 47 | 48 || My epic quest | MEATBALL WARS You don't get better at anything unless you start doing it. Being alive is heckn swell. Link to comment
Geek On Fire Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Whoa, can't even comment on the website, gotta do it via Tapatalk. Wide pushups completed with EC. It sounds perverse, but these felt really good, in that hurty sort of way. Sent from my SM-N910G using Tapatalk 2 Quote Geek On Fire | Level 4 Half Elf Ranger STR: 9 | DEX: 4 | STA: 9 | CON: 14 | WIS: 15 | CHA: 4 Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Battle log "No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself" - Seneca "The only easy day was yesterday" - US Navy SEAL motto Link to comment
Geek On Fire Posted April 27, 2016 Report Share Posted April 27, 2016 Hey! Congratulations to @RocketbikeNinja @iatetheyeti on hitting gold! 3 Quote Geek On Fire | Level 4 Half Elf Ranger STR: 9 | DEX: 4 | STA: 9 | CON: 14 | WIS: 15 | CHA: 4 Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Battle log "No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself" - Seneca "The only easy day was yesterday" - US Navy SEAL motto Link to comment
RocketbikeNinja Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Phew! Website fixed! Yes, yesterday and today done with EC. Found the wide pushups to be easier than regular ones... 2 Quote Current Big Fat Hairy Goals: Hip to Waist Ratio down to 88%. Capable of 50 pushups, 100 situps, 20 pull-ups in one massive superset. Able to do a bodyweight bench press. Run 10K 1/week for 1 month. Earn 2nd Degree Black Belt. Why? Because I want to model the kind of health and strength that I want my girls to have when they grow up. Introduction / Battle Log / Current Challenge Previous Challenges: 1 Link to comment
iatetheyeti Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 7 hours ago, NeverThatBored said: Hmmm. Let's do it this way - do whatever push-up variation you need to in order to get the point for the dare safely, but only take extra credit if you do the full push-ups. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk In that case, done 'em but without the EC (and I'm so happy to wake up to the forum being fixed!) 1 Quote "The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring." Yeti on Flickr - Facebook - Instagram Link to comment
Briniel Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 16 hours ago, iatetheyeti said: Just checking, for today's pushups will it be alright to substratum a build up type of pushup, as in incline or knee pushups, instead of regular full pushups? No mention I could see on the status, so I figured I'd ask :-) If not I'm gonna have to skip today, I tried the regular version and it hurt quite a bit... Sent from cursed technology 11 hours ago, NeverThatBored said: Hmmm. Let's do it this way - do whatever push-up variation you need to in order to get the point for the dare safely, but only take extra credit if you do the full push-ups. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I personally don't think there should be ways to substitute dares. This is a challenge and the exercises cover a wide spectrum of difficulty; some of them will be easy, some of them will be (too) hard. I think that's part of the appeal. If there is a way to do easier exercises, the challenge aspect will be gone, since I can just substitute difficult stuff with easier stuff that I can do and get the base point every day. 2 Quote "The way you spend your days is the way you live your life" Challenges: Current | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
iatetheyeti Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 I personally don't think there should be ways to substitute dares. This is a challenge and the exercises cover a wide spectrum of difficulty; some of them will be easy, some of them will be (too) hard. I think that's part of the appeal. If there is a way to do easier exercises, the challenge aspect will be gone, since I can just substitute difficult stuff with easier stuff that I can do and get the base point every day. That's a really good point (and something that never occurred to me until now...), and I actually do agree. Once I'm back in front of an actual computer I'll scrub uesterday's point and content myself with the knowledge that I tried (and have something to work towards!). . Sent from cursed technology 1 Quote "The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring." Yeti on Flickr - Facebook - Instagram Link to comment
iatetheyeti Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Calf raises done with EC. Funnily enough, they were done on my break at work while I was replying to this thread... Daily points also sorted to reflect my slip yesterday. 1 Quote "The old that is strong does not wither, deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, a light from the shadows shall spring." Yeti on Flickr - Facebook - Instagram Link to comment
Geek On Fire Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Calf raises completed with EC. Got them in at the end of karate training, so was nice and warmed up by then Quote Geek On Fire | Level 4 Half Elf Ranger STR: 9 | DEX: 4 | STA: 9 | CON: 14 | WIS: 15 | CHA: 4 Challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 | Battle log "No man is more unhappy than he who never faces adversity. For he is not permitted to prove himself" - Seneca "The only easy day was yesterday" - US Navy SEAL motto Link to comment
Jarric Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Wanted to post yesterday but forums blah blah blah. Completely forgot to do the bounces on Tuesday. Quite annoying, because they looked kind of fun. Wide grip push-ups were done last night. Got to 24 and couldn't get any further in that set, so had to split off the last 6 and miss the EC . Will get the calf raises sorted tonight. 2 Quote Level 21 Wood Elf Ranger STR: 18 - CON: 22 - CHA: 11 - SAN: 19 - INT: 17 IAgreeWithTank™ "Shit is going down, but I am not." - iatetheyeti Don't say "I don't have enough time", say instead "that's not a priority right now" and see how that makes you feel. Current Challenge: Get going! External: Epic Quest - Instagram - Strava Spoiler Previous Challenges: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 Old Stuff: Battle Log - My Introduction - 2017 Road Map - 2018 Road Map - 2019 Road Map - 2021 Road Map - 2022 road map/wrap-up Link to comment
Myrik Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Just found this topic. Will add myself to the spreadsheet once I get home, work computer won't allow google docs. Finished todays calf raises with EC in Combat Boots. 3 Quote Myrik's blue print for the Year of the Fire Rooster Challenges: Current Past: I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII XVIII Tracker Myfitnesspal Garmin Account Stories Art of Manliness reading list Link to comment
NeverThatBored Posted April 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 8 hours ago, Briniel said: I personally don't think there should be ways to substitute dares. This is a challenge and the exercises cover a wide spectrum of difficulty; some of them will be easy, some of them will be (too) hard. I think that's part of the appeal. If there is a way to do easier exercises, the challenge aspect will be gone, since I can just substitute difficult stuff with easier stuff that I can do and get the base point every day. 7 hours ago, iatetheyeti said: That's a really good point (and something that never occurred to me until now...), and I actually do agree. Once I'm back in front of an actual computer I'll scrub uesterday's point and content myself with the knowledge that I tried (and have something to work towards!). . Sent from cursed technology You guys are awesome! I'm totally cool with that. I hesitated to allow variations in the first place, but I know a lot of people struggle with pushups and I didn't want to be a jerk about it. Since you feel the same way, I'll just add "no variations" to the challenge guidelines from now on. 2 hours ago, Myrik said: Just found this topic. Will add myself to the spreadsheet once I get home, work computer won't allow google docs. Finished todays calf raises with EC in Combat Boots. Welcome! Glad to have you. 1 Quote Gargoyle Ranger | Level 49 2022 challenges: 49 (current) 2015-2021 challenges: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 |15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 || 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 || 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 || 43 | 44 | 45 | | 46 | 47 | 48 || My epic quest | MEATBALL WARS You don't get better at anything unless you start doing it. Being alive is heckn swell. Link to comment
RocketbikeNinja Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 Calf raises - because life doesn't have enough pain already. 60 seconds in fire. 90 seconds in numb. 120 seconds in and I'm wondering if I'll be able to walk downstairs tomorrow morning, but done with EC! 2 Quote Current Big Fat Hairy Goals: Hip to Waist Ratio down to 88%. Capable of 50 pushups, 100 situps, 20 pull-ups in one massive superset. Able to do a bodyweight bench press. Run 10K 1/week for 1 month. Earn 2nd Degree Black Belt. Why? Because I want to model the kind of health and strength that I want my girls to have when they grow up. Introduction / Battle Log / Current Challenge Previous Challenges: 1 Link to comment
RocketbikeNinja Posted April 28, 2016 Report Share Posted April 28, 2016 OH NOES! Tomorrow is the last day of the challenge! OH NOES! 1 Quote Current Big Fat Hairy Goals: Hip to Waist Ratio down to 88%. Capable of 50 pushups, 100 situps, 20 pull-ups in one massive superset. Able to do a bodyweight bench press. Run 10K 1/week for 1 month. Earn 2nd Degree Black Belt. Why? Because I want to model the kind of health and strength that I want my girls to have when they grow up. Introduction / Battle Log / Current Challenge Previous Challenges: 1 Link to comment
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