Core Commit 2013 Round 1, Jan 7 to Mar 17

littleman · January 12, 2013, 12:24:06 AM

I'm starting this new job and I need to be available during business hours, so I'm working out in the evenings, after dinner and getting the kids ready for bed. The nice part is that the gym is nice and empty after 10pm, but it is sort of hard to drag myself out of the house at the end of the day. Unless something goes wrong I'll be completing my last workout for the week tonight.

ergophobe · January 12, 2013, 05:23:06 PM

>>nice and empty after 10pm

Respect.

littleman · January 13, 2013, 02:04:26 AM

Thanks, I didn't make it last night though. Good thing we have the weekend!
4/4

Rumbas · January 13, 2013, 05:49:16 PM

3/4

Good week!

Rumbas · January 13, 2013, 05:50:03 PM

>I'm working out in the evenings, after dinner and getting the kids ready for bed

Same here, 90% of my workouts are after 20pm.

eljefe3 · January 15, 2013, 06:09:06 AM

5/5 for the week. Off to a good start.

littleman · January 15, 2013, 05:48:18 PM

Here are the totals for week one!

Ergophobe
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Week 1 - 4/4

Bill
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Week 1 - 3/3

Drastic
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Week 1 - 0/5

Littleman
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Week 1 - 4/4

Rumbas
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Week 1 - 4/3

Eljefe3
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Week 1 - 5/5

Anyone have any goals they want to state for this round? For me its finally getting down to the -100 mark.

Rumbas · January 15, 2013, 09:46:55 PM

Sorry LM, I just realized that I switched the numbers. Actually did 4 workouts and have a commit of 3

But never mind updating..

littleman · January 16, 2013, 12:09:19 AM

Nice job, updated.

Rumbas · January 16, 2013, 10:52:47 AM

Thx.

ergophobe · January 17, 2013, 07:21:54 PM

OK, I guess Tom can't give a short answer. If you have limited time, skip all my crap here and click through on the link at the end. It will inspire you.

>>Anyone have any goals they want to state for this round?

Not much ofa goal person in terms of exercise, but maybe a good idea. I'm going to set four "targets" with the "goal" of hitting 3/4.
- 10 pullups with 25 pound plate (at 5 right now, but that was only my second try in the last 30 years!)
- 50 pushups (did 43 the other day)
- deadlift 250 pounds (at 210 this morning, up from zero after breaking my back last March)
- skate ski Glacier Point and back in under 2:30 (did 2:35 ten years ago when I was skate skiing a bunch)

Last round I knocked of two long-standing goals
- get back up to 20 pullups (I mentioned that one)
- hold a four-minute plank - my wife was timing me and I was screaming vulgar expletives at the top of my lungs by the end, but I made it.

I hadn't tried a plank for months, but have always had this idea that four minutes would be a good number. I decided to go for it because I got inspired by this article

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2253785/How-grandmother-72-stand-chair-lost-115lbs-set-world-record-longest-abdominal-plank.html

littleman · January 18, 2013, 01:25:20 AM

>deadlift 250 pounds ... after breaking my back last March(!)

That's pretty hardcore.

littleman · January 18, 2013, 06:25:47 PM

4/4

bill · January 20, 2013, 02:37:10 AM

2/3

ergophobe · January 20, 2013, 06:10:59 AM

4/4

>>pretty hardcore.

It's easy to say. We'll see where I'm at come March! I've lost a *lot* of muscle over the past 20 years and would like to put some of it back on and deadlifts are some of the most functional muscle you have (IMO). I've been lazy about it, but this will get me to work on it a bit I think.