In Amongst The Trees

Haleth · Jun 3, 2024

Hiii I did not realise it had been more than five months since I posted here. Uh. Sorry. I fell off the workout wagon again. You know how it goes.

I've been working out consistently for the last month or so, I just haven't posted. In that time I've done Zen, Zero Here, and the Abs and Core Blast challenge. Still doing Duolingo, haven't done Bible in a Year for ages but hoping to pick it back up at some point.

Anyway... today!

3rd June 2024
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare (I couldn't face more sumo squats lol)
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Epic Legs (3/30)
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Ninja (3/30) Strength - Normal - 13 push-ups
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Reboot (2/30) Level III
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Totals (2/30)

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Welsh Practice - 108 day streak

Gratitude: I'm back!

graoumia · Jun 3, 2024

welcome back and congrats for what you have done

JCU · Jun 3, 2024

Welcome back! :hello:

Congratulations on everything you've finished! :gotthis:

MadamMeow · Jun 4, 2024

Welcome back and good job finishing the challenges! :dance:

Fremen · Jun 4, 2024

Congrats

and welcome back

Haleth · Jun 4, 2024

Thank you @graoumia @JCU @MadamMeow @Fremen !

4th June 2024
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 40 side plank rotations
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Epic Legs (4/30)
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Ninja (4/30) - Stealth - Wall-Sit - Hard
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Reboot (3/30) Level III
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Totals (3/30) ooof those push-ups kicked my butt. Clearly I need to do them more often!

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Welsh Practice - 109 day streak

Gratitude: Cats! Mine, to be precise. The best cats in the world

Haleth · Jun 5, 2024

5th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (5/30)
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Ninja (5/30) - Grit - Up and Down Planks - Normal
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Totals (4/30)
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Reboot

My abs seriously hurt today (all those push-ups?) so obviously today had to be abs-focused... yeah, hence a lighter workout today.

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Welsh Practice - Streak Freeze

Gratitude: today has been kind of busy and stressful but at least I can have a slightly chill evening

Haleth · Jun 6, 2024

6th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (6/30)
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Ninja (6/30) Balance - 1 leg hold - Brutal
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Reboot (4/30) Level I
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Totals

Welsh Practice - 110 day streak

Gratitude: this day is finally over and I'm going away this weekend.

Haleth · Jun 11, 2024

7th June
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Ninja (7/30)
I went off for the weekend today, so I knew exercise would be limited.

8th June
No formal exercise, but 10 mile hike and 1.5 hours of dancing in the evening. RIP my feet by the end...

9th June
Rest day after the day before!

10th June
Nothing - I spent most of today in an induction for the job that I'm starting next week and was too tired to do anything once I got back home.

11th June
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (7/30)
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Ninja (8/30) Core Control - Hollow Hold - Normal
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Reboot (5/30) Level III
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Totals (5/30)

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Duolingo
Gratitude - actual decent amount of sleep last night!

Haleth · Jun 12, 2024

12th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (8/30)
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Ninja (9/30) Combat - Punches - Brutal
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Reboot (6/30) Level III
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Totals (6/30)
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Duolingo - 113 day streak

Gratitude: the weather is great today!

Haleth · Jun 13, 2024

13th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (9/30)
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Ninja (10/30)
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Reboot (7/30) Level III
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Totals (7/30)
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Duolingo Welsh - 114 day streak

Gratitude: had a conversation that I'd been putting off for a while, and it turned out well.

Haleth · Jun 14, 2024

14th June 2024
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (10/30)
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Ninja (11/30) Coordination - Hard
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Reboot (8/30) Level III
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Totals (8/30)
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Duolingo Welsh - 115 day streak

Gratitude: my new laptop came today, to replace the old one that was slowly but surely dying, and after setting it up I realised that it's fixed some work problems that I've been having for a while.

Haleth · Jun 15, 2024

15th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 40 alt arm/leg raises
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Epic Legs (11/30)
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Ninja (12/30) Grip Strength - Brutal
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Reboot (9/30) Level III
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Totals (9/30)
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Duolingo Welsh - 116 day streak

Gratitude: got some much-needed new socks today

Haleth · Jun 16, 2024

16th June 2024 - Planned Rest Day
Daily Dare - 30sec knee-to-elbows
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Epic Legs (12/30)
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Ninja (13/30) Explosiveness - Burpees - Brutal
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Duolingo Welsh - Streak Freeze

Gratitude - choir was in church today (always an improvement on just us regular folk singing haha)

Haleth · Jun 17, 2024

17th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 100 side-to-side chops
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Epic Legs (13/30)
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Ninja (14/30) - Elbow Plank - Normal
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Totals (10/30) aka Burpee Hell!
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Reboot (10/30) Level III
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Duolingo Welsh - Streak Freeze

Gratitude: saw a slow-worm (legless lizard) on my walk today, which was pretty cool!

Haleth · Jun 18, 2024

18th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (14/30)
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Ninja (15/30) - Strategy - Lunges - Hard
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Totals (11/30)
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Reboot (11/30) - Level III
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Duolingo Welsh - 118 day streak

Gratitude - I think I had a productive day today, sorted a bunch of stuff out.

Tomorrow I start my new job :oops:

wish me luck!

JCU · Jun 19, 2024

Good luck! :hello:

MadamMeow · Jun 19, 2024

Good luck tomorrow! :vibes:

aku-chan · Jun 19, 2024

Good luck with the new job! :up:

Silent Wolf · Jun 19, 2024

Good luck with your new job!

PetiteSheWolf · Jun 20, 2024

Hoping your new job's start was good!

Haleth · Jun 22, 2024

Thank you @JCU @MadamMeow @aku-chan @Silent Wolf @PetiteSheWolf ! The job is going pretty well so far, but I'm also kind of exhausted as I get used to it, so exercise has been kind of patchy. I'll update again hopefully tomorrow or Monday.

Haleth · Jun 23, 2024

OK, here's where we stand as of today:

Epic Legs: Day 16 completed
Ninja: Day 17 completed
Totals: Day 12 completed
Reboot: Day 12 completed (level 1)
Duolingo: 121 day streak

Gratitude: chillout time!

Hopefully back tomorrow

Haleth · Jun 25, 2024

24th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (17/30)
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Ninja (18/30)
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Totals (13/30)
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Reboot (13/30) Level I
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Duolingo - 122 day streak

25th June 2024
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (18/30)
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Ninja (19/30) Meditation - Brutal (not that 2min meditation is really very gruelling, but that's what it's called)
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Totals (14/30)
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Reboot (14/30) Level III
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Duolingo - 123 day streak

Gratitude: I sent an email today that I have been putting off for a while. No response yet, but I'm glad it's done on my end.

Haleth · Jun 26, 2024

26th June 2024
it's very hot today and I don't have much energy, so light workout.
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 60 sec balance hold
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Epic Legs (19/30)
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Ninja (20/30) - raised leg hold - normal
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Totals (15/30) - replaced pushups with knee pushups
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Reboot (15/30) Level I
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Duolingo - 124 day streak

Gratitude: I had surprise cake today!

graoumia · Jun 27, 2024

CAKE !!!

Haleth · Jun 28, 2024

27th June 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 20 pushups (in 2 sets)
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Epic Legs (20/30)
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Ninja (21/30) - concentration - chest press - normal
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Reboot (16/30) Level I
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Totals (16/30)
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Duolingo - streak freeze

28th June 2024
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Epic Legs (21/30)
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Ninja (22/30) - fortitude - Plank rotations - hard
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Reboot (17/30) Level II
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Totals (17/30)
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Duolingo - 125 day streak

Gratitude: So I've been slowly gaining my energy back over the past few days, as the heat calms down a bit and I get used to my new job. Anyway, the point of this is I was very pleased with my raised leg planks in my workout today.

Haleth · Jun 30, 2024

29th June - Unplanned Rest Day
Epic Legs (22/30)
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Ninja (23/30) - discipline - calf raise hold - brutal

This day I was struck low by a headache. Hence the lack of proper workout. So I worked out today, which would normally have been a rest day, to make up for it.

30th June 2024
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 30 sit-up elbow strikes
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Epic Legs (23/30)
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Ninja (24/30) - Jump Squats - Normal
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Reboot (18/30) Level I. Oof, all those climbers are hard work!
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Totals (18/30)
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Duolingo - 126 day streak

Gratitude: I did something (personal thing) that I really needed to do.

Haleth · Jul 1, 2024

1st July 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 60 sec Raised Arm Hold
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Better Core (1/30)
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Epic Legs (24/30)
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Ninja (25/30) Resilience - Reverse Plank - Hard
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Totals (19/30)
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Reboot (19/30) Level III
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Duolingo - 127 day streak

Gratitude: uhh I'm really tired tonight... but at least I have comfy bed to sleep in.

Haleth · Jul 2, 2024

2nd July 2024
Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Better Core (2/30)
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Epic Legs (25/30)
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Ninja (26/30) Plasticity - Plank Walk-outs - Normal
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Reboot (20/30) Level III
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Totals (20/30)
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Duolingo - 127 day streak

Gratitude: I managed to have a productive work day despite feeling like it was going to be bleh this morning

Haleth · Jul 4, 2024

3rd July 2024
Today I was just... mind-numbingly tired. Idk why (ok fine it's the anxiety. always takes it out of me). So workout was basic. Thought about skipping it but I persuaded myself it would make me feel better. I... think it did?

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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 30 sec Squats
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Better Core (3/30)
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Epic Legs (26/30)
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Ninja (27/30) Spirit - Jumping Lunges - Normal
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Totals - partially completed. Didn't finish all the reps.
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Reboot (21/30) Level I
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Duolingo - Streak freeze

Gratitude: I like trees

Haleth · Jul 4, 2024

4th July 2024
You know what I don't have to deal with at home? Printers. Unlike at work! You'd think a machine built with the primary purpose of printing things would be able to. You know. Print things. *sigh* anyway rant over. It got sorted in the end.

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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Better Core (4/30)
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Epic Legs (27/30)
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Ninja (28/30) Precision - Shoulder Taps - Normal
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Reboot (22/30) Level II
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Totals - finished day 21 and partially completed day 22
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Duolingo - 127 day streak

Gratitude: I am going to just chill this evening and that will be so nice

Haleth · Jul 5, 2024

5th July 2024
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare
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Better Core (5/30)
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Epic Legs (28/30)
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Ninja (29/30) Courage - Overhead Punches - Brutal
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Reboot (23/30) Level I - oof, my arms
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Totals - finished day 22 and day 23!
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Duolingo - 128 day streak

Gratitude: Today was pretty relaxed and I feel very calm and happy right now.

Haleth · Jul 6, 2024

6th July 2024
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Warmup and Stretching
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Daily Dare - 20 Jump Squats
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Better Core (6/30)
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Epic Legs (29/30)
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Ninja (30/30) Commitment - Squat Hold Punches - Normal :completed:

Totals (24/30) Replaced sit-ups for crunches after they made my back feel a bit off
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Reboot (24/30) Level III
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Duolingo - 129 day streak

Gratitude: I am going to have pizza tonight and I am so looking forward to it.

JCU · Jul 6, 2024

Congratulations on Ninja! :gotthis:

Silent Wolf · Jul 7, 2024

Congrats!

graoumia · Jul 7, 2024

Congratulations :yas:

Fremen · Jul 7, 2024

Congrats

MadamMeow · Jul 7, 2024

Congrats for Ninja!

Obsinosterous · Jul 7, 2024

Congratulations! :unstoppable:

Haleth · Jul 14, 2024

Thank you @JCU @Silent Wolf @graoumia @Fremen @MadamMeow @Obsinosterous !

Haven't posted for a few days, but I've still been exercising.

Saturday
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