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The Boards Better Body Super Challenge
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20-05-2008 12:43PM#1I'm in.
Basically due to having to move country for work the whole challenge went arse over tit for me around weeks 2 - 6, I was in for the first two and on board for the last two again. So I didnt make any progress at all.
Since that started i've completely re-located and am now living in Bahrain. My eating is much better now due to not going out and not having the same access to the likes of take aways and stuff.
I'm out here on 90 days cycles (then home for 14 days), on the 80th day (Counting down) I started a lifting plan with the help of some people on the fitness board and have been tracking my progress in a new journal ("Around the world in 80 days"). I'm also from today, incorporating the Couch to 5K running plan, but with a twist, ill be doubling up on the sessions to try add in a blast of cardio to my usual lifting.
My goals are to loose fat and build some strength too (mostly fat though).
I've put on far too much weight in the last year or so and I want to have a nice chunk of it dropped when I go home on leave. Surprise the girlfriend and all that.
Just to reinstate the fact that I need to loose the weight I had a bit of a reminder today. I met a guy I hadnt seen in about 6 months and he just happened to mention I had put on some weight. If thats not a motivator I dont know what is.
I have no access to scales or tape at the moment. I do however have photos taken at the start of the last challenge so ill take some more at the end of this period at compare (if i'm happy with the progress I might even post them
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Today is Day 72 more days to go from today.
Apologies about the whole life story thing, I felt some was relevant0
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Ok Im in , I failed miserably at the last one
due to a number of factors, I injured my triceps at the start so no decent upper body work up until 4 weeks ago when my doc told me told me to take a week off after two it still wasn’t right so after another two im easing back into it gently , (you can bet I put on size on my legs over this period) with out my normal gym routine my diet went to crap (there was some comfort eating gong on there as well)
There is about a 2-3 kilo difference between the old and the new scale in my gym the new one has me at 98.9 as of Monday, by July 28 I want to be around 85-90 (it will more than likley be closer to 90) and I want to get my cardio back up to scratch 1.5 miles in under 10:45 , plus Id like to get the size in my shoulders back I’ve lost so much size from not being able to do heavy shoulder pressing and im going to try to incorporate more stretching into my workouts to help with flexibility0 -
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When the last Summer Challenge started, I had no interest in losing weight or inches etc all I wanted to do was to push myself harder in the gym and try to increase the big three. It kinda seemed like everyone else was trying to loose weight or put on weight, anyway, when people were putting up their measurements and stuff I felt a bit silly just posting up what improvements I made in the gym that week.
Fast forward to two weeks ago, I was studying for exams - the stress and the nerves really got to me and to cope I ended up with the most insatiable appetite and I showed little to none self control, eating everything in sight. And it wasn't even good - pastries, pizzas, waffles, more pizza. Needless to say, it's left me a little on the soft side
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But now that my exams are over, I can focus on getting that hard tummy that I've wanted for so long
I'll do up all my measurements now in a minute. I'm kinda scared to do them tbh coz I know for the first time in ages, I'm not gonna be happy with them and I'm actually annoyed at myself that I let it happen but what can you do.
For what it's worth, even though I wasn't posting here I was still doing my best to kick ass in the gym every day. I got a whole core program made up, I did my two sessions of cardio a week and improved on the big lifts - Deadlift: 90kg x 2 x 3, Squat x 65kg ATG (Bench is still crap) . At the time I was around 61kg. I'm dreading going upstairs to weigh myself now...I've avoided the scales for the last two weeks on purpose...Anyway...here it goes... 0 -
I'm in too Will start from next Monday - that gives me a break of a few days to have a few cheats - just so I can give it 100% again from next week. Having said that, I started the Couch to 5k and I will be doing my 3 sessions of that this week, along with a boxercise class this evening 0
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Put up your goals for sure - once they've been written up it adds an extra incentive to stick to themDo we post up our measurements and goals etc on here????
As for the measurements it's completely a personal choice if you'd like to make them public or not, but certainly write them down somewhere for your own records as it's hard to judge progress without having quantifiable numbers to rely on. Good luck! 0 -
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My goals are the usual ie to make my body smaller and harder. I need to cop on about my diet - particularly in terms of planning and cooking from scratch. I feel like I have a bit of a routine going in terms of exercise so for the next few weeks I'll really be focusing on my food intake.
I've noticed that recently I've started to have a few small fitness goals for myself rather than purely cosmetic ones. The last 8 weeks have gotten me off the ground a far as exercise is concerned (I was v v unfit but I feel I've progressed a little). I even thought I saw a slight shadow of a muscle line on my arm earlier but I asked my sister about it and she said it must have been the light playing tricks on me
Also I started Ashtanga tonight - its pretty hard! I really enjoyed the first part of the class but I kind of ran out of energy in the second half. Going to session with p t in the morning. That usually nearly kills me - I'm really looking forward to when it stops nearly killing me.0 -
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I'm in.
Main goals are to lower bf% and get stronger.
I'm 165cm and 52kg.
Are you a guy or a girl??
165cm's about 5'5 right?? 52kg would be very lgiht for a guy. It might look like you have too much bodyfat because you don't have much muscle underneath it.
Anyway... food for thought (or not as the case may be!!) 0 -
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Back from hols today ! And I eat a drank rings around myself .. Can feel the fat on me already in only 4 days ! So tommorrow is the first day for me I have 7 weeks to my hols.
Goals:- Get rid of fat the I have added due to over indulgence in french wine and bread !
- Get stronger with regard to my squatting and benching
- Get more defination on my arms and abs
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So I took all my measurements and stuff on Wednesday last nut they were completely skewed (time of the month), so I'm not going to post them as they're pretty pointless as a base to work from. I reckon I'll take them again this Wednesday and work from there.
Training has been a bit hit and miss this past week, it was my sisters Communion on Saturday so with all the prep that went into that I barely had a moment for myself. I have a load of ideas in my head as to where I'm gonna go with my training. Like I said, I just haven't had time to do anything this week and last but hopefully I'll get some of them down tonight and can start working on the new program asap! I'm gonna keep recording my progress in my log anyway!! 0 -
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Great timing - I am just back from holidays and am afraid to step on the scales :eek:
I was thinking about joining weight watchers tomorrow, was just checking out class times, prices, etc but this challenge may be exactly what I need.
My aim is to lose weight and tone up by eating healthy food and exercising regularly. More importantly I want to make these changes part of my life, not just a 'diet' I am on today and off next week.
I have another holiday at the end of August and need to look good so have about 12 weeks to get fit and toned.
I'm going to start tomorrow and will keep a record of my eating and exercise in the fitness logs so I can track my progress.
Thanks for organising again G'em 0
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