Challenge: 15 in 15 weeks, in 2015!
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I'm a little late posting this as I wanted to gauge interest around my friend list first, but since the only people that replied all hang out around here, I figured this was the place.
The rundown? It's 2015. What better year to decide to go for 15s? That's the theme!
It's simple: you set yourself a goal to accomplish within the next 15 weeks, and it has to be 15 something. Be able to do 15 pull-ups in a single set, deadlift 15 times the weight of an elephant over the course of all your workouts (hey, who knows, it's probably do-able! lol), travel 15 miles doing lunges (yikes!), shed 15lbs of fat (that's mine! But you can steal it, no worries), add 15lbs to your OHP... It's all up to you!
This thread will be used to
1. set your goals (and also tell us HOW you plan on accomplishing said goal. One rule here: no 3-word answers. give yourself a fighting chance and actually write out your plan, step by step, and heck, maybe even have a plan B ready to spring to action!)
2. check-in on your progress weekly (pl0x!)
3. report whether you made it or not at the end
4. Gather everyone together for some good ol' school moral support
So, what is there to win? At the end of it all? Well I was thinking perhaps the losers ones that don't make it could have to record themselves getting through a set of 15 manmaker burpees.
But as far as incentive go I don't have much to offer aside from the deep satisfaction that you've accomplished something in the first (minus one) 15 weeks of 2015.
So go ahead and post your goals and plans (mine to follow)!
Challenge runs from now (January 6th) -> April 20th
The rundown? It's 2015. What better year to decide to go for 15s? That's the theme!
It's simple: you set yourself a goal to accomplish within the next 15 weeks, and it has to be 15 something. Be able to do 15 pull-ups in a single set, deadlift 15 times the weight of an elephant over the course of all your workouts (hey, who knows, it's probably do-able! lol), travel 15 miles doing lunges (yikes!), shed 15lbs of fat (that's mine! But you can steal it, no worries), add 15lbs to your OHP... It's all up to you!
This thread will be used to
1. set your goals (and also tell us HOW you plan on accomplishing said goal. One rule here: no 3-word answers. give yourself a fighting chance and actually write out your plan, step by step, and heck, maybe even have a plan B ready to spring to action!)
2. check-in on your progress weekly (pl0x!)
3. report whether you made it or not at the end
4. Gather everyone together for some good ol' school moral support
So, what is there to win? At the end of it all? Well I was thinking perhaps the losers ones that don't make it could have to record themselves getting through a set of 15 manmaker burpees.
But as far as incentive go I don't have much to offer aside from the deep satisfaction that you've accomplished something in the first (minus one) 15 weeks of 2015.
So go ahead and post your goals and plans (mine to follow)!
Challenge runs from now (January 6th) -> April 20th
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Goal: Lose 15lbs (Current: 201. Goal: 186)
(I started on Jan 1st, so my end date is actually April 16th I think?)
Plan:
- Transition back to doing a 16/8 IF protocol on most days (~2 weeks)
- Train 4-5 times a week, first with the GBB Program (4 more weeks), a transition/deload week, and then restarting UBB 2.0
- Get in at least 30 minutes of "light" activity a day (on top of training program). Walking, mini cycle, DDR, yoga, foam rolling, even. Just... anything
- Work on eliminating most grains from my diet by phasing them out slowly (~1 month)
- Go with the smallest deficit I can manage with. Performance is still important!
- I actually registered for an 8-week transformation challenge, so this should go hand in hand with the goal
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Well, I posted in a 12 week challenge on the NROL4W group but we can call those my 15 week goals too with some wiggle room for more.
Lose a little more weight. Maybe 10-15 lbs. (15 in 15 roughly)
Lower body fat percentage based on gym tester device... Last checked was 39.5% so have a long ways to go.
Increase in lifts would be great. Right now I'm stuck on bench, ohp and rows(but me and that lift have issues, lol). Would be great if I could get ohp to move up past 70 and bench to get up closer to 100. Squat might stall soon too. Would like to get to 150 but might need a deload soon. Deadlift hmmm, 175 will soon be bodyweight or slightly more pending when I reach it.
Start NROL4W or ICF since I'll be at a transition point some time. (Once I decide which as I have minor qualms about both of them)
Addition: Start couch 2 5k training as might sign up for June 5k.0 -
I'm in for losing 15 lbs. I started Jan. 2. I will try to do SL 3x a week @ get cardio in there, too. I am eating lighter:lower carbs, no refined sugar, fresh veggies & protein. And keeping my calorie goal.0
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Goal: Lose 15 pounds (or more) in 15 weeks
Start date: January 2
End date: April 17
The plan:
* 5x5, 3x week
* 3-mile walks, 3-7x week
* Stay within calorie range for the week; adjust range downwards to help reach 1 lb. / week loss when necessary
* Eat an apple with breakfast daily
* Plan meals and pack lunches on days I can't come home
* Limit soda (I have a weird rules for myself on this one that aren't worth explaining here)
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I'm only planning to lose 10 more pounds overall, but we'll call it 15 for the sake of this I really want to think of something more creative but I can't and really losing the last of my weight is current objective.
My actual objective is a body fat % but that doesn't fit the 15 plan. But I'd like to hit 20% BF on my home scale, which is about 22% measured by my PT at the gym.
a) SL 5x5 3 times weekly
b) Walk a minimum of 8000 steps daily on my Vivofit (or at least average 8000/daily for the week)
c) Continue to average a 1lb/week deficit
d) make dinner at home at least 3 nights a week, and eat at home (or home cooked meals at friends or family) at least 5 nights a week.
e) eat out at lunch no more than twice a week
I'm not going to beat myself up if I don't work out more than the 3 times weekly. I'm not going to beat myself up if I lose slower. But in 15 weeks I really should be at my goal weight unless I am really slacking. I don't really see the need to drop my loss to .5/week as is usually advised, because I already practiced maintenance for the entirety of December
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Oh nice! I love challenges!
15 pull-ups in 15 weeks. April 22 is my 15 week deadline.
my plan is simple, work the crap out of my arms lol!
1. Use the assisted pull up machine at the gym as another 5x5 set
2. Decrease the weight of the assist once a week if possible
3. Continue on with my 100 burpees a day
4. Purchase some pull up assist bands
Granted this a large goal as I cannot even do ONE pull up yet, but I know I can get there!
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Count me in! I'd like to lose 15 3/4 lbs in 15 weeks or 11.25 lbs (3/4lb a week seems like the sweet spot for me in terms of losing fat and not losing strength).
My plan:
4x 351 for PL workouts a week
3x conditioning workouts a week
2 5:2 fast days a week
Eating reasonably well the rest of the week except deadlift day. OMNOMNOMNOMNOM
My weigh in day is Saturday so I'll check in then, and I already started at the first of the year. Yay!0 -
Okay, I'm in. I took a break from strict calorie counting and lifting for about 5 weeks over the holidays, although I did keep up other workouts (walking, spinning and boxing). I'm back at it and in it to lose 15 in 15!
Goals:
1) Lift 3x a week.
2) At least 20-30 push-ups on nonlifting days.
3) 10,000 steps or more at least 5 days a week. Just got a new pedometer and it's really motivating me to get my *kitten* out of my desk chair and move throughout the day.
4) Spinning and boxing class once a week.
5) Keeping within weekly calories.
Started on Monday, Jan 5. I think the upcoming spring and summer months will help to keep the juices flowing!
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I am so ashamed of myself. I was doing well with the 5x5 but had to start over twice because I got lazy and am not consistent. Then the holidays hit and I haven't even been to the gym in two months. Aaahh I wish my so called MFP friends messaged me or something.
That being said. I would love to lose 15lbs in the next 15 weeks and just stay consistent with the 5x5 plan. I know the gym will be insane with all the "resolutioners" taking up the space but hopefully the squat cage will be free when I am able to go. I have three young boys and it is hard to have any time to myself. Just going to the bathroom is a challenge lol.
1) Track food intake to make sure I am getting enough protein.
2) Make it to the gym when the kids club opens at 8:30am
3) Stick to my 5x5 program starting over again at an empty bar
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i'm so not a joiner. and i don't do burpees, i don't care who you send to get me it would be cheap at the price. so for that reason alone i don't really feel like i'm kosher to make myself a full-on participant here.
however, maybe i'll just be some kind of unaffiliated fellow traveller. i do have a sort of private idea that this thread set off in my head and i'm mulling it over. and i guess when it's all over with i can report either way about how it turned out. it's intensely unexciting, incidentally.0 -
Early tree check in. I was down 4.4 lbs of mostly water from my 1/1 weigh in. So maybe with that and my 15- .75 lbs I'll hit 15 total by the end of this thing.0
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Mine is a late check-in and I really regret it because I am on the very first day of TOM, which means I'm uber bloated. Bad time to take measurements, but I haven't really had a chance until now.
My weight WAS down 1.2lbs on Thursday [201.6 -> 200.4] (before I ate a whole pizza), and today was up .8 [202.4] so I reckon in 2-3 days I'll even out. But today everything is UP (that does include my biceps? lol) so that's a little discouraging.0 -
So far doing okay. Weight is well at least, went from 179.6 to 177. Only 2 lbs from my goal for January. Lifts are getting back up after the general deload. Will do 85 next time on bench and rows aren't so bad since I tried doing the actual pull from the ground ones. No increase on squat yet (since i dropped the weight a bit to try out some form stuff) but hoping to try 165 on deadlift tonight after work.0
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Goal: Lose 15 pounds (or more) in 15 weeks
Start date: January 2
End date: April 17
The plan:
* 5x5, 3x week
* 3-mile walks, 3-7x week
* Stay within calorie range for the week; adjust range downwards to help reach 1 lb. / week loss when necessary
* Eat an apple with breakfast daily
* Plan meals and pack lunches on days I can't come home
* Limit soda (I have a weird rules for myself on this one that aren't worth explaining here)
01/02 (Starting weight): 0 lbs.
01/09: -2 lbs.
I'm only doing measurements once a month (probably either on the first of the month, or on the first Friday with my weigh-in).
I'm still getting working on getting into my plan as outlined above, so have missed some of them this week (walks and apples, in particular). Next week is when I'm starting to nail down my regular school schedule, so I think things will fall into place better then.
xo,
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1/2-137 lbs
1/10-134 lbs
I stuck to kefir smoothies for breakfast and salads with protein for lunch and dinner all week. I loosen up a little on the weekend. Had heavier meals and wine yesterday and up .5lb. Not gonna worry about it.
Did 5x5 3x last week and started doing 100 burpees/day yesterday. Ugh, not looking forward to doing them again today! I may do a step aerobic or kettlebell workout today for cardio.0 -
And hey, looka dat! My scale wasn't sure she wanted to say 199.9 or 200 this morning! rofl. 199.95, then xD? So I *am* on track, it wasn't just a bad hunch haha. I'm happy. Had to share ^^ Now on to the gym!0
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haha crabada I also have weird soda rules. Mine are: if it's a fast day then diet is okay, or with pizza, or on vacation.0
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1/5 - 172 lbs. due to mindless eating over the holidays. Really p!ssed because I was down to 165.5 lbs. before. Why does it pack on so easily and come off so slowly??? I WILL get this off!
1/12 - 171 lbs.Goals:
1) Lift 3x a week.
2) At least 20-30 push-ups on nonlifting days.
3) 10,000 steps or more at least 5 days a week. Just got a new pedometer and it's really motivating me to get my *kitten* out of my desk chair and move throughout the day.
4) Spinning and boxing class once a week.
5) Keeping within weekly calories.
1) Check
2) Check
3) Walked my butt off and got in at least 10,000 steps every day except for Saturday (5,000+), but I got outside (weather finally got above 30) and walked over 17,000 steps yesterday! Check
4) Classes start back up again this week. Hoping the boxing class doesn't get cancelled due to lack of participant sign-ups
5) Check
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a) SL 5x5 3 times weekly
b) Walk a minimum of 8000 steps daily on my Vivofit (or at least average 8000/daily for the week)
c) Continue to average a 1lb/week deficit
d) make dinner at home at least 3 nights a week, and eat at home (or home cooked meals at friends or family) at least 5 nights a week.
e) eat out at lunch no more than twice a week
Check-in:
SW 1/05: 122.4
CW 1/12: 120.4 (I must have had a whoosh, because I am not eating that big a deficit)
a) nope, went last Tue and then had mega DOMS, and went again Sunday.
b) average for week 8492 daily steps
c) yup
d) Can't remember lol
e) Yes
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mrmrsvoelkel wrote: »Oh nice! I love challenges!
15 pull-ups in 15 weeks. April 22 is my 15 week deadline.
my plan is simple, work the crap out of my arms lol!
1. Use the assisted pull up machine at the gym as another 5x5 set
2. Decrease the weight of the assist once a week if possible
3. Continue on with my 100 burpees a day
4. Purchase some pull up assist bands
1.check
2.check, decreased from 100lbs to 94 pounds
3.check of course
4.not yet.. working on it.
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Count me in. Been a while since I have been on this thread but back doing 5x5 and this 15 week challenge sounds good to me.
My goal, loose 15 in 15 so my date would be April 21. It will be good to hold myself accountable by posting here. I have the working out down it's just those darn weekends...wine, bad food. I just get too comfortable so I will add replace 15 Fridays of alcohol with green tea (gotta have one wine day so Saturday it is) and replace 15 Fridays and Saturdays of junk food snacking with carrots, radishes and celery.
So there, I said it now it's time to do it. Thanks for the inspire.
Start weight 155
Goal weight 140 in 15 weeks.0 -
Goal: Lose 15 pounds (or more) in 15 weeks
Start date: January 2
End date: April 17
The plan:
* 5x5, 3x week
* 3-mile walks, at least 3x week
* Stay within calorie range for the week; adjust range downwards to help reach 1 lb. per week loss when necessary
* Eat an apple with breakfast daily
* Plan meals and pack lunches on days I can't come home
* Limit soda (I have a weird rules for myself on this one that aren't worth explaining here)
* Measurements once a month
01/02 (Starting weight): 0 lbs.
01/09: -2.0 lbs.
01/16: -1.7 lbs. / Challenge total: -3.7 lbs.
01/16 Update -- This week was only semi-successful as far as my plan goes. Considering the *kitten* mood I've been in, perhaps I should consider it a massive success. I tried out my new schedule a couple of times and then decided to just enjoy the last few days of Winter break rather than spend it in the library. But I did get to the gym for 5x5 3x, and got in one 2-mile and one 3-mile walk with Huck. Realized even suggesting doing a 3-mile walk 7x week was ridiculous, so changed that to at least 3x/week. Ate my breakfast apples a few times. Slowly but surely, I'll lock these in.
How did everyone else do this week?
xo,
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Fittreelol wrote: »Count me in! I'd like to lose 15 3/4 lbs in 15 weeks or 11.25 lbs (3/4lb a week seems like the sweet spot for me in terms of losing fat and not losing strength).
My plan:
4x 351 for PL workouts a week
3x conditioning workouts a week
2 5:2 fast days a week
Eating reasonably well the rest of the week except deadlift day. OMNOMNOMNOMNOM
My weigh in day is Saturday so I'll check in then, and I already started at the first of the year. Yay!
Well this week was okay, with some planned indulgences. My birthday was Thursday, but I had 8 hours of work, 4 hours of school, and an exam so I celebrated on Friday which is my normal 2nd fast day. I also normally do conditioning Friday after work, and with Wed am workout but I had to work in a different office on Wed so even though I got to the gym at open I barely got my squat workout in.
This I hit- 3 351 workouts, 1x conditioning, 1 5:2 fast day. Ate reasonably well except Thurs/Fri. My schedule is such that if I mess up 1 day the rest is kind of fubar. I had to very carefully plan school/fast/training to get it all in.
I can't really tell about weight/measurements as doing them after fasting makes them less, but also a lot more consistent. I'm also on some antibiotics that are making me retain a bit of water I think. Like my wrist measurement was up today from only a week ago. (started the antibiotics on Mon.)
I'm excited about next week except that I slipped on the stairs today and hit my tailbone. It didn't seem super hard so hopefully I will be okay to train. Sitting on ice right now.
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I join the challenge a little late, but here are my plan for the first 15 weeks of the year.
1) Join a gym and start Stronglifts 5x5 program and track the progress.
2) Lose 20 more pounds (that's a middle point between 1.3 and 1.5 pounds each week) with a 700 calorie deficit each day. Losing weight is harder without the almost two hours bike ride each day, but I need to stick to it. In fifteen weeks, I will be riding my beloved bike again
3) Do aerobics or any other form of cardio training three times a week. Try to burn at least 300 cals (that's about 40 min. of cardio for me) each session.
4) At the beginning of the spring, switch from normal cardio to C25K training.
5) Inspired by @mrmrsvoelkel , I'm doing my own burpee challenge, which is to DO burpees. I started by beating my own personal record of one (doing six!), and I'm trying to increase my numbers at each cardio session. Yesterday it was 15. By April 19, I want to be able to do 45 in a row. I keep the number low because being significantly overweight means that it's considerably hard on my joints and muscles to perform these, and I'm not sure how well it will go.
6) Each sunday, I want to cook some easy to reheat dinner, so I won't be tempted to skip cardio when I have to train after work.
That's it.
Starting on January 4th and finishing on April 19th.
As for the orignal goals, where I am right now:
1) I am now a YMCA member and I've done Stronglifts for the last two weeks.
2) January 11th: -1.6 January 18th: -0.6 Total: -2.2
3) Did it.
4) Waiting for negotiable sidewalks.
5) January 11th: 8 burpees January 18th: 15 burpees
6) Last week, it was grilled tandoori chicken and beef in red thai curry sauce. Today, I'm going to make salads with yakitori chicken and sesame vinaigrette, and some mole chicken chili.
I'm doing good for now!0 -
- Transition back to doing a 16/8 IF protocol on most days (~2 weeks)
- Train 4-5 times a week, first with the GBB Program (4 more weeks), a transition/deload week, and then restarting UBB 2.0
- Get in at least 30 minutes of "light" activity a day (on top of training program). Walking, mini cycle, DDR, yoga, foam rolling, even. Just... anything
- Work on eliminating most grains from my diet by phasing them out slowly (~1 month)
- Go with the smallest deficit I can manage with. Performance is still important!
- I actually registered for an 8-week transformation challenge, so this should go hand in hand with the goal
Well I was at 198.8 this morning. Still .2 over my check-in weight of Thursday but at least I know Friday's crazy binge hasn't killed all my hopes. 3 lbs give or take in 3 weeks is right on track, aye?
- Gave up on IF for now. It just wasn't working in that the hunger was driving me nuts!
- Training's going well, haven't skipped a day. I'm getting pretty beat up though and might need an extra day off in the near future. We'll see. I also need to dial in my mobility work because, yeah, ow.
- Getting the light activity in is still iffy. It's been hella cold so walks are hard to take. I've been every day for at least 15 minutes last week though, I think.
- It's hard. I love my granola. And cereals. And pancakes/waffles. I need to start counting the number of times I have 'em in a week to decrease that number steadily
- Yeah, too high a deficit, upped cals again. Might also readjust macro % for a little more carbs.
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Goals:
1) Lift 3x a week.
2) At least 20-30 push-ups on nonlifting days.
3) 10,000 steps or more at least 5 days a week. Just got a new pedometer and it's really motivating me to get my *kitten* out of my desk chair and move throughout the day.
4) Spinning and boxing class once a week.
5) Keeping within weekly calories.
1) Check
2) Did this every day except for yesterday because of an all-day event/party. Although I did 50 push-ups on one of the days, so weekly average is on track.
3) Again, walked at least 10,000 steps every day except for yesterday. Weekly total was 88,562 steps for a daily average of 12,651, so I'm happy with that.
4) Check. Spinning class on Wednesday and boxing class on Thursday (luckily, more people signed up and it wasn't cancelled
5) Check. About 50 calories under weekly goal.
Weight:
1/5 - 172 lbs.
1/12 - 171 lbs.
1/19 - 169.5 lbs.
Total lost in 2 weeks: 2.5 lbs.
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dafoots0911 wrote: »Count me in. Been a while since I have been on this thread but back doing 5x5 and this 15 week challenge sounds good to me.
My goal, loose 15 in 15 so my date would be April 21. It will be good to hold myself accountable by posting here. I have the working out down it's just those darn weekends...wine, bad food. I just get too comfortable so I will add replace 15 Fridays of alcohol with green tea (gotta have one wine day so Saturday it is) and replace 15 Fridays and Saturdays of junk food snacking with carrots, radishes and celery.
So there, I said it now it's time to do it. Thanks for the inspire.
Start weight 155
Goal weight 140 in 15 weeks.
January 18 start Carbcycling.
Sunday - Rest/no carb (which really means very low carb about 40grams)
Monday - Stronglifts, Workout A with pushups added/ moderate carb day
Tuesday - Metabolic work, 20 to 30 minute cardio and core/ low carb day
Wednesday - Stronglifts Workout B with assisted pullups/ high carb day
Thursday - Pilates/Core/low carb day
Friday - Stronglifts, workout A with pushups added/ moderate carb day
Saturday - HIIT/ Free day high carb
SW 156 1/13/15
GW 140
CW 154.8 1/19/15
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justmytype wrote: »Goals:
1) Lift 3x a week.
2) At least 20-30 push-ups on nonlifting days.
3) 10,000 steps or more at least 5 days a week. Just got a new pedometer and it's really motivating me to get my *kitten* out of my desk chair and move throughout the day.
4) Spinning and boxing class once a week.
5) Keeping within weekly calories.
1) Check
2) Did this every day except for yesterday because of an all-day event/party. Although I did 50 push-ups on one of the days, so weekly average is on track.
3) Again, walked at least 10,000 steps every day except for yesterday. Weekly total was 88,562 steps for a daily average of 12,651, so I'm happy with that.
4) Check. Spinning class on Wednesday and boxing class on Thursday (luckily, more people signed up and it wasn't cancelled
5) Check. About 50 calories under weekly goal.
Weight:
1/5 - 172 lbs.
1/12 - 171 lbs.
1/19 - 169.5 lbs.
Total lost in 2 weeks: 2.5 lbs.
Keep up the great work everyone and have a goal-reaching week!
Just my type, great job.
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Mind if I jump in a bit late? I've been pondering my 2015 goals, and this challenge fits right in. I started my new years with a clean eating challenge and doing my 5x5s regularly.
1) 15lbs in 15 weeks (end Apr 16)
2) 5x5 3x a week (using SL app)
3) Jan 1-21: 21 day clean eating challenge
4) Jan 15-31: 1x5 assisted pullups daily
5) Jan 22-24: Refeed/diet break
6) Jan 25-Feb 7: 14 day clean eating
7) Feb 1-15: 2x5 assisted pullups, 100 pushups daily
8) Feb 15-Jun 1: If weather permits, start 10000 steps on non-lift days + pullups + pushups
Haven't thought out March and April playbooks yet, but I find this group is ripe with ideas.
1/1: Started at 148-149ish (holiday binge weight)
1/8: 145lbs (my avg)
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blackwolf_wx wrote: »Mind if I jump in a bit late? I've been pondering my 2015 goals, and this challenge fits right in. I started my new years with a clean eating challenge and doing my 5x5s regularly.
1) 15lbs in 15 weeks (end Apr 16)
2) 5x5 3x a week (using SL app)
3) Jan 1-21: 21 day clean eating challenge
4) Jan 15-31: 1x5 assisted pullups daily
5) Jan 22-24: Refeed/diet break
6) Jan 25-Feb 13: 14 day clean eating (adjusting/extending to keep within calorie limits on non-lift days, but still eat relatively clean)
7) Feb 1-15: 2x5 assisted pullups, 100 pushups daily
8) Feb 15-Jun 1: If weather permits, start 10000 steps on non-lift days + pullups + pushups
Haven't thought out March and April playbooks yet, but I find this group is ripe with ideas.
1/1: Started at 148-149ish (holiday binge weight)
1/8: 145# (my avg)
1/15: 143#
1/22: 143# (weighed in at 142.2 before evening workout)
Made it through the strict 21 day diet. Going to enjoy the break before I resume the good eating habits. Figure with V-day around the corner, it wouldn't hurt sticking to the current meal plan.
This morning tried 2x5 assisted pullups and eked through the 2nd set--barely. Full ROM on these bands (1 3/4" Green #5 - 50-120 lbs) requires effort, and I can definitely feel it in my mid-to-upper back and shoulders.
Keep at it, everyone! We'll be unveiling our sexy selves come April.0
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