Happy Monday!!! Or some shit like that…
So yeah, its Monday, I hope you all survived the Easter weekend. And if you have off work today because of the holiday, then you can go to hell!
I kid, of course. I had a nice weekend at my aunts house, but I also didn’t forget that this past weekend was the Weekend Warriors Challenge, by Brandon at So Long, Fat Ass.
And since my site didn’t crash this time, I can actually give you an update. WooT, right? Anywho, here are the goals I made for the weekend, as well as how I actually did:
So yeah, it might not have done 100% because of the mileage, but overall I think I did very well. I hope everyone else participating had just as much, if not more success!
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And now that this challenge has come to a close, it’s time for another one!
Steve from NerdFitness is hosting a 28 Day Fitness Challenge. The idea is to give yourself a month to get in shape, get healthier and overall level up your life. You can read more about it here.
Here are my three goals for the next 28 days:
- Get down to at least 225 pounds. I had a brief flirtation with the 220s a few weeks back. I miss it, and I want to get back down there and get a good foothold as soon as possible!
- Run 50 miles. Sounds intimidating, eh? It could be, but if you think about it, it comes out to about 1.8 miles a day. I want to kick up the running because the Baltimore Marathon is now only about 6 months away, and I need to get on the ball.
- Strength train 3 days a week. I’ve made goals like this before, but I still don’t like strength training. Regardless of my personal feelings, it is important for weight loss and to help my overall fitness level, so it must be done.
The one thing about the strength training goal is that I don’t think I’m necessarily going to use the 100 pushups, 200 situps, or 200 squats challenges as my strength training. It may sound lame, but I’m not really feeling any of those challenges. In fact, I kind of dread the days I have to do them, which is why my participation wavers so much. Don’t get me wrong, they are GREAT challenges, and I do still hope to complete them one day, but I think I’ll try to find another strength training program for right now.
I’ll be posting about the 28 day challenge here, but also on my thread on the Nerd Fitness Message Board. So stop on over and wish me and the other participants luck!
And, yeah…that’s all I got. Hope you have a good day!
I love it, man. You set your goals high and don’t get down on yourself if you barely miss them. That’s been a philosophy of mine in many other aspects of life as well….aim high and you’ll achieve more. Good work Steve!
Your upcoming goals sound great! You’re going to be training for the Baltimore Marathon, aye? That’s great!! 6 months is enough time if you start really working hard. You’ve got it, man.
Hey Steve, nice work this weekend! I wish I could claim to have had no candy this weekend – I didn’t have a whole lot, but still more than I probably should have.
I understand where you’re coming from in terms of the 100 pushups/200 squats/200 situps challenges. I had started 200 situps, but my back really started hurting me last week. I’m not 100% sure if that was the cause, but it was really the only major thing that had changed in my routine, so I think it’s pretty likely. I’m going to take it easy with that for the time being. Instead, I started C25K tonight, so we’ll see how that goes!
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WooT! You can do this Steve. I shall be waiting on dailymile…*bwahahaha* (evil)
Awesome, good job! I also enjoyed NO candy this weekend (unless you count Oreos, haha)! I love your goals for the Nerd Fitness challenge, I need to start deciding what mine are.
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Way to go Steve!! You did great!!
Nice job on your goals this weekend! Even if you didn’t hit 20 miles, you still put in alot of hard work and effort, so kudos to you! Hehe…so I have to eat an apple…on my first ever vlog…I’m going to go throw up now…
I think that you’ll find that not getting to 20 miles was fine … and you’ll feel better this week going for it again. And you’re right, you do need to step up the running now to prepare for the marathon. Build a good base now, then kick off “official” training soon. You have to make sure your body can handle a few consecutive 20-mile weeks first.
You are rocking along quite nicely!
Well done, you did really well at the weekend. You must feel so empowered after it! I love how you’ve already put up a new set of goals. Remember, if you’re finding it hard to keep going during a workout or a run, just visualize yourself reaching to the end. Focus on that vision and you will get there!
Steve,
Have to hand it to you on keeping that close tabs on your miles.
That’s a good weekend in my book. Swing by and see if I can help you with your running goals.
Joe
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Glad to have ya man!
Don’t beat yourself up too much on not doing the pushups, sit ups, squats challenge.
They sound great on paper, but in real life application they’re not the best. Really, once you can do more of 20 than something, trying to do 50 of them is either a waste of time or you’re just asking for pain.
Once you can do 20, add weight or up the difficulty, and save yourself some time!
-Steve
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