Here I Go Again (On My Own? Probably Not)

[wjs]

Thank you, @MadamMeow, the support is appreciated.

The workout:
Seventeen Knee Push-Ups (9/8, one minute rest between)
The Guardian Challenge Day 17, 3 sets of 3:00 March Steps with one minute rest between each
Five minutes in the Pits with bastons

 

[wjs]

The owner of the company was at the store meeting last night and we had a conversation. Part of it was his assurance I was doing very well as a manager and, particularly, not repeating mistakes once pointed out to me. Now if only I could see that for myself.

The workout:
Eighteen Knee Push-Ups (9/9)
The Guardian Challenge Day 18, 3 sets of 24 Calf Raises followed by a 14 count Calf Raise Hold with 30 seconds of rest between each
30 minutes steady state cardio (10 step jacks/10 side jacks until time runs out)

 

[wjs]

So, being fair, I'm not much for the holidays. I like being alone most of the time, even more now that I have to deal with the public way more often than not. I'm not one for decorating for any occasion. And the weird American obsession with Christmas music as early as possible has never made sense to me. Why did I agree - no, that's not right - why did I want to be a retail store manager? I guess it's that desire to actually help people. Being unable to feel like I'm doing so working in the quality department for various industries, so far removed from seeing the effect those jobs have on the end users, might be it, since I can see in my customers that I helped them, even if just with acknowledging their presence in the store.

The workout:
Nineteen Knee Push-Ups (10/9, one minute rest between)
The Guardian Challenge Day 19, 3 sets of 4:00 March Steps with one minute rest between each
Two sets of Butt & Gut

Who knew three sets of four minutes of march steps plus two sets of Butt & Gut could make me sweat more than thirty minutes of my steady state cardio?*











*(Non-)Answer: Not me.

 

[wjs]

The workout:
Twenty Knee Push-Ups (10/10)
The Guardian Challenge Day 20, 3 sets of 26 Calf Raises followed by a 16 count Calf Raise Hold with 30 seconds of rest between each
Two sets of Graveyard Shift

 

[wjs]

Still working on the details of January's workouts. I have definitely settled on the new version of Foundation in place of my primary workout. I have almost definitely settled on the De-Stress Challenge in place of my exercise of the month. I'm trying to choose between Iron Core and Back & Shoulders for my challenge of the month. I am also debating twenty-eight days of February versus thirty*, the latter of which will make it easier to knock out a challenge without weird overlaps in March.

The workout:
Twenty-one Knee Push-Ups (7/7/7, one minute rest between)
The Guardian Challenge Day 21, 3 sets of 4:00 March Steps with one minute rest between each
Two sets of Alpha Protocol








*"But wjs, February never has thirty days! Have you gone mental?**" In this case, I would start 31JAN and end 01MAR, therefore starting the March plan on 02MAR. It makes for five months straight with no breaks between challenges and exercises of the month, but it beats weird overlaps for them instead.
**Maybe, but as seen, not for this case in particular.

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

I vote for 30 days in February You make sense!

 

[wjs]

I vote for 30 days in February You make sense!

Thank you, Petite Louve, for the input. I appreciate it.*

The workout:
Twenty-two Knee Push-Ups (8/7/7, one minute rest between)
The Guardian Challenge Day 22, 3 sets of 26 Calf Raises followed by a 16 count Calf Raise Hold with 30 seconds of rest between each
Two sets of Lower Back










*Both the input and that you think I make sense.

 

[wjs]

Nothing to see here. Maybe less.

The workout:
Twenty-three Knee Push-Ups (8/8/7, one minute rest between)
The Guardian Challenge Day 23, 3 sets of 4:00 March Steps with one minute rest between each
Two sets of Tempered Steel

 

[wjs]

The workout:
Twenty-four Knee Push-Ups (8/8/8, one minute rest between)
The Guardian Challenge Day 24, 3 sets of 26 Calf Raises followed by a 16 count Calf Raise Hold with 30 seconds of rest between each
Five minutes in The Pits, unarmed

 

[wjs]

Mistakes were made in tonight's workout. The "ideal" version of the workout is listed below... the actual did not go as planned. I had trouble with my last two knee push-ups. So much so that I had to give a bit of time between them and even still, in not giving enough time before the penultimate one I crumpled. During the march steps, I ended up doing six minutes, five minutes, four minutes because I missed the first stop point and marched an extra minute. Finally, during Paladin, I attempted to do full push-ups, but after the first I crumpled again, so pared back to knee push-ups because it was clear to me my arms were not prepared after the earlier part of the workout. I don't know yet how I feel about tonight's workout.


The workout:
Twenty-five Knee Push-Ups (9/8/8, one minute rest between)
The Guardian Challenge Day 25, 3 sets of 5:00 March Steps with one minute rest between each
Two sets of Paladin*










*The old one. So two push-ups for each time it shows up in a set because level 1**.
**Well, less than level 1, actually.

 

[wjs]

It seems two minutes did the trick for muscle restoration in my knee push-ups. Hopefully it stays that way through Saturday. Sentry is a nice leg workout. That is all.

The workout:
Twenty-six Knee Push-Ups (9/9/8, two minutes rest between)
The Guardian Challenge Day 26, 3 sets of 28 Calf Raises followed by a 18 count Calf Raise Hold with 30 seconds of rest between each
Two sets of Sentry

 

[wjs]

I have a tentative schedule of programs in 2025. This is, of course, subject to change based on my needs at the time, but right now these six are the plan:

January: Foundation*
March: 30 Days of LIIT
May: Total Body
July: Arms of Steel
September: Ronin's Blade
November: One Minute HIIT

Non-program months will follow some variation of what I have been doing with individual workouts. All months will include some sort of exercise of the month and challenge of the month, which may include add-on programs.








*I will reiterate that I have completed Foundation before, but this time I will be doing the one that's new to me. I believe there is enough new in it to be worthwhile to go through the program again. Also, it has been a while, so it will help refresh me on the rigors of DAREbee programs.