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)
Universal Warmup (8 min)
Full Body Stretch (2 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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I opted to keep the heavy clubbell training to the weekend and add some extra mobility and stretching to my workouts, I need that more. :)




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Be nice to nerds. You may end up working for them. We all could. Charles J. Sykes
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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)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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I'm really enjoying the 15 minutes of final stretching in the gym; they're good maintenance. :LOL:




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get – only with what you are expecting to give – which is everything. Katharine Hepburn
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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)
Universal Warmup (8 min)
Full Body Stretch (2 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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I slept little but I'm feeling reasonably well, so let's move on. :)




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens. Woody Allen
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BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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I'm heading into my final two weeks of training at the gym, and all the adjustments I've made are making the workouts smoother and less grueling, but also more rewarding in terms of results, so I'm satisfied. :)




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

Remember, we're madly in love, so it's all right to kiss me anytime you feel like it. Suzanne Collins
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BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Neck Mobility Workout (2 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min, 30 sec)
Universal Warmup (8 min)
Full Body Stretch (2 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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My energy is definitely low today, so let's save energy. :)




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it. Terry Pratchett
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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)
Universal Warmup (8 min)
Full Body Stretch (2 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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Today my energy levels were definitely better, but it's cleaning day, so they take precedence over training. :LOL:




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Have you ever noticed how ‘What the hell’ is always the right decision to make? Terry Johnson
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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)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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Today was leg day at the gym, and it went well. I'll have no problem getting to 12 reps per set for each exercise next week.
I had to go from 60 to 120 seconds of rest, but that's fine. :)




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

All God does is watch us and kill us when we get boring. We must never, ever be boring. Chuck Palahniuk
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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

Shopping at the supermarket on foot

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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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I was undecided about doing my mobility routine too, but the walk to the supermarket is enough.
It's important to understand when enough is enough. :)




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid. George V. Higgins
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BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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Today I really struggled in the gym, my energy and motivation were low but I trained anyway. :)




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company. Benjamin Franklin Wade
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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

Mobility Matrix Workout

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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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I loved the new mobility workout, it will become my daily stretching staple. :)
Thanks @neilarey :love: for the video, it's really helpful to understand how to do all the movements.




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. Mae West
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BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Mobility Matrix Workout

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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We went for a walk and then came home for some mobility, bringing up to 10 reps for each exercise you get to 6 min which is a good fast mobility workout. :)





Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


If at first you don't succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it. W.C. Fields
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BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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I went to the gym anyway even though it was pouring with rain so I tried out my rain gear: all good. :)




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

I was gratified to be able to answer promptly, and I did. I said I didn’t know. Mark Twain
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Part of me likes the quote used today.

But part of me is thinking about the prep-work we're doing for an inspection at my work place. And one of the things they hammer in is if you don't know something, don't just say you don't know. You say, "I don't know. But I know how to find out." And then do so.
 
@NightWolf714 I think the "public" and private spheres sometimes differ. Personally, admitting you don't know something is the foundation for improvement; that's where you start; there's no point in doing something different otherwise. In the public or professional sphere, for example, you can't do this, not entirely, otherwise it's seen as incompetence.
It's a bit of a paradox in our society: we think we know a lot, yet we care very little.
 
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Guess where the third pan of vegetarian lasagna with lentil ragù and vegan béchamel sauce is...
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In my belly :LOL:
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Those look great!

What do you think of the vegan béchamel? I feel like I've encountered some odd behaviors when baking with milk substitutes, since there are some chemical interactions that don't work with perfectly with a 1:1 substitution.
 
BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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I was a little tired, but the gym workout went well. This is the last week of this training cycle, and I'll finish on Friday morning, even though I actually already completed the 12 reps, 3 sets, scheduled for all exercises last Friday. Anyway, I'll pretend nothing happened and finish on schedule; I'm not obsessive-compulsive at all... :LOL:




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

I like work: it fascinates me. I can sit and look at it for hours. Jerome K. Jerome
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MangoTux said:
What do you think of the vegan béchamel? I feel like I've encountered some odd behaviors when baking with milk substitutes, since there are some chemical interactions that don't work with perfectly with a 1:1 substitution.
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You need to take some precautions, such as using unsweetened plant-based milks—the best ones are oat and soy—but above all, you need to work a little with spices and starch to find the right flavor and consistency.
Once you find the right combination, if they didn't tell you, you'd never guess you were eating a vegetable béchamel, and it's much easier to digest. :)
 
BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Neck Mobility Workout (2 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min, 30 sec)
Universal Warmup (8 min)
Full Body Stretch (2 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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I chased a turkey, it's not a common thing to see in Italy :LOL:




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe. Abraham Lincoln
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BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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Today is a good day for training:
:completed:I successfully completed another 7-week training cycle at the gym.
:yas::strong:I indulged in the temptation of trying the 32kg kettlebell for the first time in my life. 10 reps for 5 sets, the kettlebell at chest height from the first rep, all alternating with push-ups, and I'm very satisfied with myself.:strong::yas:
I also tried a few exercises for the next training cycle to adjust weights, reps, and form. :)




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

I have great faith in fools - self-confidence my friends will call it. Edgar Allan Poe
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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

Cleaning

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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I don't know if I'll succeed but my good resolutions for December are to do:
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(with one modification: 1 min of arm circles and 1 min of leg circles)
We'll see how it goes- :)




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


There is nothing in the world so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor. Charles Dickens
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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)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)


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BEFORE DINNER

Fit December day 1
2-Minute Mobility Challenge day 1

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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I've been able to do everything I wanted but I need to make some adjustments to my gym training. :)




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right. Isaac Asimov
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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

Fit December day 2
2-Minute Mobility Challenge day 2

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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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I'll use Fit December as an Advent calendar, without peeking at the next day. It seems like a fun idea, and of course I'll try to always do it every day, using the challenge as a warmup. :)




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Tell the truth, or someone will tell it for you. Stephanie Klein
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BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)


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BEFORE DINNER

Fit December day 3
2-Minute Mobility Challenge day 3

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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The new exercises in the gym promise to be interesting and even challenging. :)




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

Smaller in number are we, but larger in mind. Yoda
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Fremen said:
I successfully completed another 7-week training cycle at the gym.
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Fremen said:
I indulged in the temptation of trying the 32kg kettlebell for the first time in my life. 10 reps for 5 sets, the kettlebell at chest height from the first rep, all alternating with push-ups, and I'm very satisfied with myself
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Belated congrats for both of these!!:worried:
 
BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Fit December day 4
2-Minute Mobility Challenge day 4

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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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I'm really enjoying fit december and the monthly challenge, it's a Darebee Christmas tradition. :)




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Keep looking up… that’s the secret of life. Charlie Brown
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BEFORE BREAKFAST

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

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (8 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Kettlebell Warmup (8kg, 5 min)
Strength Training in the gym (30* min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (3 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (2 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Chakrasana (30 sec)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)


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BEFORE DINNER

Fit December day 5
2-Minute Mobility Challenge day 5

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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I managed to train well in the gym but I'm tired, so I'll take it easy over the next few days. :)




Have a nice day bees :coffee:

I have decided to be happy, because it’s good for my health. Voltaire
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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

Fit December day 6
2-Minute Mobility Challenge day 6

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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I'm already feeling better physically than yesterday, but I fully intend to take every day I can for active recovery. :)
I'm a little sad that I put heavy clubbell training on hold, but between three mornings at the gym, two evenings of Muay Thai training, Fit December, and this month's challenge, I think it's more than fine. More on that later.




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Life is tough, my darling, but so are you. Stephanie Bennett-Henry
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Fremen said:
I'll use Fit December as an Advent calendar, without peeking at the next day. It seems like a fun idea, and of course I'll try to always do it every day, using the challenge as a warmup. :)
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I used to buy this real advent calendar with little chocolates, and allow myself only to take the chocolate of the day if I finished the Daily Dare 🙃
 
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

Fit December day 7
2-Minute Mobility Challenge day 7

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge

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From the fact that I'm a little sad that the gym is closed tomorrow, I deduce that:
either I'm starting to enjoy my strength training at the gym,
or I'm extremely creature of habit,
or even both. :LOL:




Have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Everyday is a second chance. Unknown
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