An Unexpected Party

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Better Legs Challenge day 03
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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My first Muay Thai fitness class wasn't fun or cozy, but I survived. This year, too, Muay Thai classes will be my fun outing outside my comfort zone.
After months I weighed myself again and gained 4 kg...
I don't plan on dieting, but I'll have to start weighing myself regularly again and be a little more careful.




Have a nice day bees

In the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. Abraham Lincoln

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Neck Mobility Workout (2 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min, 30 sec)
Unbound (3 min)
Better Legs Challenge day 04
Full Body Stretch (2 min)

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BEFORE DINNER

Muay Thai (2 h, Athletic training)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I will stick with the 10 minutes of mobility and stretching in the morning on the days I have Muay Thai in the evening, because it's a good exercise.






Have a nice day bees

Dost thou love life? Then do not squander time, for that is the stuff life is made of. Benjamin Franklin

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Better Legs Challenge day 05
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Today's workout in the gym after last night's athletic training was mostly an exercise in stubbornness...




Have a nice day bees

Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive. Elbert Hubbard

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 06
How I Cope Workout lv III with EC
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I'm still sore but I managed to do a good modified combat workout with all the basic Muay Thai stuff.




Have a nice day bees

Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact. William James

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Neck Mobility Workout (2 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min, 30 sec)
Unbound (3 min)
Better Legs Challenge day 07
Sweeper Workout lv III with EC
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Sunday has now become the day of combat & clean workout training.






Have a nice day bees

Do stuff. Be clenched, curious. Not waiting for inspiration’s shove or society’s kiss on your forehead. Pay attention. It’s all about paying attention. Attention is vitality. It connects you with others. It makes you eager. Stay eager. Susan Sontag

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Better Legs Challenge day 08
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I've gotten up to 11 reps, starting from 6, for all the exercises I'm doing in the gym and now I'm starting to feel them...
I have to get to 12 reps and then I reset and I'll have completed another cycle.




Have a nice day bees

The heart, like the stomach, wants a varied diet. Gustave Flaubert

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 09
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE DINNER

Muay Thai (2 h, Athletic training)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I finally know more or less when I'll be able to finalize a deal that's been pending for over a year, obviously it will be at a time of maximum chaos.
More or less my life is: boredom, routine, boredom, routine, full alert, everyone to battle stations, boredom, routine, boredom routine...
I'm not complaining. I'm fine with the routine I've built and which I continue to actively optimize and improve, but it's a fact that nothing happens for months and then, in the space of a few days, something happens that hasn't happened in years.
This way I stay young and lively.





Have a nice day bees

I tell you, in this world being a little crazy helps to keep you sane. Zsa Zsa Gabor

 

[NightWolf714]

My mom use to say that when it rains, it pours. She also said that things always comes in threes. And that has been my experience as well, that life likes to make everything happen at one time. >_<;;;

 

[Fremen]

My mom use to say that when it rains, it pours. She also said that things always comes in threes. And that has been my experience as well, that life likes to make everything happen at one time. >_<;;;

Let's look on the bright side: after a while we'll be fine.

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

Courage, focus on the possible good results from this deal!

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Better Legs Challenge day 10
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I'm already thinking about reducing my morning gym workouts from 3 to 2, with my evening Muay Thai workouts I definitely need to recalibrate my strength training efforts in the gym.
I really like to think, plan, optimize and experiment, you know...




Have a nice day bees

Time means a lot to me because, you see, I, too, am also a learner and am often lost in the joy of forever developing and simplifying. If you love life, don’t waste time, for time is what life is made up of. Bruce Lee

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 11
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE DINNER

Muay Thai (2 h, Athletic training)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Yesterday I talked with Mr. Chatgpt about how to restructure my gym workouts to 2 workouts a week instead of 3. In the end I still do what I want but it's fun not to brood over it alone.





Have a nice day bees

Lighten up, just enjoy life, smile more, laugh more, and don’t get so worked up about things. Kenneth Branagh

 

[Al Raven]

How many times a week do you train Muay Thai?
And btw where in Italy are you? (at least in terms of region!)

 

[Fremen]

How many times a week do you train Muay Thai?

I train twice a week, for an hour and a half: Tuesday and Thursday. There's also Wednesday, which is dedicated solely to sparring, but I never go. The 15 minutes of light sparring in regular classes is enough for me.
It's not a typical Muay Thai class; there's a half-hour warm-up and various training circuits, 45 minutes of technical training, and the last 15 minutes are for punching bags or light sparring. It's basically a mix of athletic training and Muay Thai, which I find very interesting.

And btw where in Italy are you? (at least in terms of region!)

Pisa in Tuscany.

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Better Legs Challenge day 10
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Today I insisted on doing the last workout in 3 sessions at the gym, from next week I will reduce and optimize to 2 workouts, 3 extra workouts at the gym are not compatible with even 2 Muay Thai workouts close together.



Have a nice day bees

I’m the one that’s got to die when it’s time for me to die, so let me live my life the way I want to. Jimi Hendrix

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 13
Counter Strike Workout lv III with EC
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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It's time to take stock.
I've lost 1.5 kg, I need another 3.5 kg to get back to normal, I'm on the right track.
The way I structured my strength training in the gym during the summer (July-August-mid-September) went very well: half an hour of effective training with 10 or more minutes of warm-up at the beginning and stretching at the end is more than enough for my needs.
Supersets are very efficient in managing the number of exercises, effort and training time, it's a scheme that works and that I will continue to maintain.
While keeping the basic exercises as a base (squats, deadlifts, bench presses, and lunges), there's plenty of room to add other exercises and vary them, including push-ups, pull-ups, and other weighted exercises that I can alternate and vary to change up my workout a bit and not always do the same things.
Most of the time the morning after Muay Thai training in the evening I was sore but not in pain, so the training I did maintain a good base and I'm confident that I will be able to adapt it to continue it even if it is as a secondary training after Muay Thai.
Strength training in the gym is useful for my health and also to avoid suffering too much when we do strength circuits in Muay Thai. In the summer when we did them I really suffered since I had completely stopped strength training with weights in the gym.
Then we continue, optimize and refine.




Have a nice day bees

To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all. Oscar Wilde

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 14
Skirmish Workout lv III with EC
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I wasn't feeling very fit today, so I did a light workout, especially since I'm going to the gym tomorrow.
Next week I'll be finishing another 7-week training cycle. I had to tweak the last week a bit because it wasn't possible to do 3 days of gym time with Muay Thai training in the evening, so I've cut it down to two and eased it up a bit, but I'll still be finishing another completed cycle on a high note.
When planning the next cycle, I left myself plenty of room for maneuver and deliberately kept it simple and quick, as I'm very good at complicating my life later on.




Have a nice day bees

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened. Ludwig Jacobowski

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 2 min. 30 sec)

• Around the World 10+10
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20

Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Better Legs Challenge day 15
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Today I've basically finished three-quarters of my strength training at the gym for the week. I had time, the desire, and the energy, so I took advantage of it. So, whatever happens in the next few workouts, I'll still successfully complete this training cycle. I only have one more workout to go on Friday.



Have a nice day bees

The mind is everything. What you think you become. Buddha

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)

• Around the World 20+20
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20
• Pullover Squat 10

Better Legs Challenge day 16
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE DINNER

Muay Thai (2 h, Athletic training)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I will keep the 10-minute extended warm-up every day because it is a great base for mobility and is good for me, and I will add a 5-minute kettlebell warm-up, with a light 8kg kettlebell, to also add some strength and mobility with weights every day.
The goal is to get to using the 12kg kettlebell in some time so as to have a 5 minute mini strength workout every day.





Have a nice day bees

Anyone who lives within their means suffers from a lack of imagination. Oscar Wilde

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)

• Around the World 20+20
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20
• Pullover Squat 10

Carnage Workout lv III with EC
Better Legs Challenge day 17
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Last night's Muay Thai training went well and I was just a little sore today, so I indulged in a nice, hard workout at home.
I'll keep Wednesday as my deload day; it's too close to the previous evening's hard workout to go to the gym in the morning, and it allows me to recover better. I'll do the same with Saturday and Sunday; depending on how I'm feeling, I'll do what I feel like doing.





Have a nice day bees

Our life is frittered away by detail. Simplify, simplify. Henry David Thoreau

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)

• Around the World 20+20
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20
• Pullover Squat 10

Better Legs Challenge day 18
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE DINNER

Muay Thai (2 h, Athletic training)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Basically, 5 minutes of kettlebell warm up is enough to make me sweat.





Have a nice day bees

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. Helen Keller

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 19
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 2 min. 30 sec)

• Around the World 10+10
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20

Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I successfully completed the last workout of the last 7-week cycle of summer training.
I had to modify the final workouts a bit due to commitments and other training, but I'm satisfied with the result I achieved. I was very consistent in training all summer.
In the next 3 weeks I will just start the initial training of the next cycle and maybe I will do some experiments to optimize and maximize it, but nothing more because I will have commitments, annoyances and certainly unforeseen events that will take up my time and mind.




Have a nice day bees

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. Henry David Thoreau

 

[NightWolf714]

Congrats on finishing the 7-week cycle!

 

[graoumia]

Congrats

 

[JCU]

Congrats!

 

[Anek]

Congrats!!

 

[Mamatigerj]

Cheers!

 

[Fremen]

Thank you @NightWolf714 @graoumia @JCU @Anek @Mamatigerj

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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No training today because I had to run to the shops and run errands...
However, we managed to do everything in a reasonable amount of time, so I'm still satisfied.



Have a nice day bees

Good friends, good books, and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. Mark Twain

 

[CODawn]

Congratulations!

 

[Sólveig]

Congrats on the 7-week cycle!

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 20-21
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 2 min. 30 sec)

• Around the World 10+10
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20

Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Today we went to visit the Etruscan mound near our house. It's rarely open and is about 1km from our house, so we went on foot.
Tumulus of the Etruscan Prince (Brief explanation)
Some photos.
It's a rarely visited and even less well-known monument. It always feels strange to me to live so close to a 2,700-year-old funerary monument, but we're in Italy, so it's hard to find a city a thousand years younger...




Have a nice day bees

Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Confucius

 

[graoumia]

Sounds really interesting

 

[Mamatigerj]

Very cool!

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 22
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 2 min. 30 sec)

• Around the World 10+10
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20

Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I'll have to review some of the details of the new strength training at the gym but it promises to be interesting.



Have a nice day bees

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams! Live the life you’ve imagined. Henry David Thoreau

 

[PetiteSheWolf]

All grats!

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 23
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)

• Around the World 20+20
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20
• Pullover Squat 10

Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE DINNER

Muay Thai (2 h, Athletic training)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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All the mobility and stretching work I've been doing is paying off—I have much less pain and can pretty much do all the exercises I want without any major issues, so full steam ahead.




Have a nice day bees

Love the life you live. Live the life you love. Bob Marley

 

[Gurg]

All the mobility and stretching work I've been doing is paying off—I have much less pain and can pretty much do all the exercises I want without any major issues, so full steam ahead.

So, if I understand correctly, you are exercising with pain, ignoring and suppressing it?

 

[Fremen]

So, if I understand correctly, you are exercising with pain, ignoring and suppressing it?

It's more of a nuisance than a pain. I always stop before it becomes painful, and warming up and doing mobility exercises allows me to prepare for the exercises better. I can't push myself too hard, but I'm not taking any risks either.
The exercises I'm doing have helped me go from pain to discomfort, and the idea is to continue to strengthen my joints and get better.
I'll always have weaknesses, but they won't be debilitating, just things to watch out for.

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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No training today because I had to run errands.
It's always amazing to see bureaucracy at work.
They installed a ticket machine at the town registry office to organize and improve line management and reduce staffing. Three employees were manning the machine; no one was allowed to touch it alone...
I was lucky: I didn't have time to sit down in the crowded waiting room and it was my turn right away.



Have a nice day bees

Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better. Albert Einstein

 

[ZenFighter]

Wow, you're doing a lot of things a day to keep track of. Congratulations on your long check-in thread full of work! I hope to be that persistent one day

 

[Fremen]

Wow, you're doing a lot of things a day to keep track of. Congratulations on your long check-in thread full of work! I hope to be that persistent one day

It seems like I do more than I actually do.

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 24-25
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)

• Around the World 20+20
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20
• Pullover Squat 10

Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE DINNER

Muay Thai (2 h, Athletic training)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I'm back on track also because training helps me keep stress under control, and I'm happy to accept any help I can get.




Have a nice day bees

Keep calm and carry on. Winston Churchill

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 26
Rowdy Workout lv III with EC
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Today I really didn't feel like going to the gym or doing a kettlebell strength training session at home, so I did a combat workout, which cheered me up a bit.
The next two weeks are going to be a frenzy of stress, so I have to be very gentle with myself about everything that isn't essential.
Yesterday I read an interesting article about aging and how the loss of power (strength + speed) creates problems with balance and overall well-being.
I train at a good pace but never push myself to the max. Today, to see how it goes, I alternated a slow set, focusing on form, with one at maximum speed.
I have to say it was interesting, and it deserves further study.



Have a nice day bees

Love all, trust a few, do wrong to none. William Shakespeare

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Active recovery and cool-down day, or a lazy day with various chores, your choice.



Have a nice day bees

Life is ours to be spent, not to be saved. D. H. Lawrence

 

[NightWolf714]

Active recovery and cool-down day, or a lazy day with various chores, your choice.

Love the positive spin on it!

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 27-28
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Another lazy day but at least I caught up on the challenge and did the cleaning.
From tomorrow I should be able to train normally until Friday, then next week I'll be traveling.
Not that I had any doubts but I'm always a bit amazed by how the mind always gives up before the body but it also makes sense, if the mind is stressed it can't handle even a demanding workout, luckily I always have very simple and no brain alternatives.



Have a nice day bees

Life is a long lesson in humility. James M. Barrie

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 29
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)

• Around the World 20+20
• Figure 8 - Front to Back 10
• Figure 8 - Back to Front 10
• Halo Goblet Squat 10+20
• Pullover Squat 10

Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (4 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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I had a good strength training session at the gym today and it will be my last one this week.
I noticed the car's windshield wipers needed replacing, and I seriously considered for almost 30 seconds whether to replace them myself, then I picked up the phone and called the mechanic. I drove the car over, and he did everything in two minutes, and I spent basically the same as buying the wipers online.
Modern societies, after all, are based on the division of labor.



Have a nice day bees

Life is short, death is forever. Chuck Palahniuk

 

[Fremen]

BEFORE BREAKFAST

First Thing Water Challenge
Five Rites Workout - (instructional video) [10 min]
Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Better Legs Challenge day 30
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE DINNER

Muay Thai (1 h, 30 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

Daily Gratitude Challenge
Counting Victories Challenge

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Challenge over, I liked it and for the next one I'll follow the one of the month with the caution of throwing punches in the air but look in front of me, my neck will thank me.




Have a nice day bees

It’s better to dance than to march through life. Yoko Ono

 

[astro_lizard]

Congrats on better legs!