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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
5 Neutral grip Pull-ups, 5 Pull-ups, 5 Neutral grip Pull-ups, 5 Chin-ups (1 min rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I just finished Network Effect, The Murderbot Diaries #5 by Martha Wells, very good, I still haven't found a book in this series that isn't worth reading.

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I find the relationship between the protagonist, a robot with human parts, his human friends and his artificial friends really tender.
It's the kind of tenderness that I associate with really understanding what's important and giving it value.
Anyway, I've already got the next book ready, then I'll have to wait until November for the next one to come out :LOL:



Aloha, have a nice day bees :coffee:

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. 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 DINNER

Muay Thai (1 h, 30 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Yes, I'm going to Muay Thai tonight with no excuses :LOL:



Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Your best life will not be found in comfort. It will be found in fighting for what you believe in. Maxime Lagacé
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
100 Hindu Squats in one go
10x5 Handles Push-Ups (1 min rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Oh yeah... already mulling over other workouts, clearly feeling better :LOL:



Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Doing is a quantum leap from imagining. Barbara Sher
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I finished All Systems Red today, it was quite good indeed! Now I'd like to get the next ones but I can only get them in hardcover while the first one is paperback and I hate series that don't match...
 
@Anek I have now converted to the digital versions, since the last book donation I made was 25 crates (cartons used for bananas) :LOL:
So I leave more space for my partner's books, usually I only buy a few paper essays :)
Yesterday I finished the last available book: System Collapse, The Murderbot Diaries #7 by Martha Wells, this is also nice, it is a series that really deserves.
 
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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
100 Hindu Squats in one go
5 Neutral grip Pull-ups, 5 Pull-ups, 5 Neutral grip Pull-ups, 5 Chin-ups, 5 Neutral grip Pull-ups (1 min rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Tonight I will try to read a new series: Spider's Bite, Elemental Assassin #1, Jennifer Estep :)



Aloha, have a nice day bees :coffee:

The woman who follows the crowd will usually go no further than the crowd. The woman who walks alone is likely to find herself in places no one has been before. Albert Einstein
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Welcome back to normal, I'll take one more calm week to fully recover but I'm already thinking about future workouts :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Be so good they can’t ignore you. Steve Martin
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
20x5 Push-ups (1 min rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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20x5 Push-ups with 1 min rest will be my limit for a while :LOL:
I trashed Spider's Bite, Elemental Assassin #1, Jennifer Estep, sex thrown in buckets without the slightest sense in the plot is not for me :p



Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Be willing to sacrifice what you think you have today for the life that you want tomorrow. Neil Strauss
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min)
5x5 Pull-ups (1 min rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 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
📌 Hug Challenge

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I started reading the Dark Swan Series by Richelle Mead, and it's getting better, even the sex scenes make sense in the plot and with the characters and are described well and gracefully :LOL:
For this week and next I should be good with the training plan, I still have to test how many hindu squats it makes sense to do.
I will follow the classic push, pull, legs pattern using only one exercise each day: push-ups, pull-ups, hindu squats :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one’s will. Paul Gauguin
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min)
200 Hindu squats in one go
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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In the second round of Push-Pull-Legs I will use 2 min rests and 300 hindu squats in one go, I want to try to find a good balance between training and not getting too tired also because now it's starting to get really hot :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy? Albert Einstein
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min)
20x5 Push-ups (2 min rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 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
📌 Hug Challenge

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The 2 min rest are approved, it's still a good workout but without being too tiring, you can't overdo it above 30° :LOL:
We've officially switched to iced tea, an Irish blend in the morning and Pu'er (theine-free) in the afternoon :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


None of us knows what might happen even the next minute, yet still we go forward. Because we trust. Because we have faith. Paulo Coelho
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min)
5x5 Pull-ups (2 min rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Having a minimal workout at hand is convenient, if I rest for 1 or 2 minutes in push-ups and pull-ups training, the intensity changes significantly and I can train even when I'm a little tired and don't have much wants :)
For hindu squats I will keep a minimum of 100 and a maximum of 200 in one go.





Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


I'm not lost for I know where I am. But however, where I am may be lost. A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min)
200 Hindu squats in one go
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I really bought a lot of tea, 3.7kg :LOL:
I stocked up on all the teas I like best and grabbed a couple new ones to try :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Being a nerd, which is to say going too far and caring too much about a subject, is the best way to make friends I know. Sarah Vowell, The Partly Cloudy Patriot
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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 (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Yesterday we ate the first plums from our tree, they were delicious :)
This year there are only a dozen, last year a hundred but it is known that fruit plants give their best every other year, the plant is doing well and growing prosperous which is what matters.



Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. Robert A. Heinlein
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Wow, plums already! I'm still waiting for the cherries to fully ripen!
My trees have the same "issue" this year, very few fruits compared to last year.
 
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

Centenarian Workout lv III, no rest
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
📌 Hug Challenge

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Today I improvised a bit because I didn't feel like doing my usual workout :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book. Groucho Marx
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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

Elemental Workout lv III with EC, 30 sec rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Today I followed my instincts and instead of doing an easy and undemanding workout just to get around a bit I chose one that was just out and challenging, I worked up a sweat but it definitely gave me satisfaction, I put myself to the test :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead. Charles Bukowski
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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

Start Here Workout lv III, no rest
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
📌 Hug Challenge

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Today I had a very quiet training in the morning because tonight there will be the last training of the Muay Thai season and I want to close with a bang :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint. Markus Herz
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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

Regenerator Workout (15 min, no rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Yesterday the Muay Thai season officially ended and I must say that I am satisfied, with the discipline itself, with the teacher, with the group, with everything, despite some bumps every now and then :LOL:
In July and August I will go to the gym to do some strength training with the machines and maybe I will also take advantage of the punching bags always available :)





Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. Lewis Carroll
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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

I am Enough Workout (15 min, no rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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The bruises on my left side and buttock are turning an artistic deep blue :LOL:
Summing up a bit, I thought it would bother me more to do (light) sparring at every Muay Thai lesson and take a few hits even with the pads and protections, but in the end I got used to it and I think it's something that long distance can become interesting and teach something good :)





Aloha, 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

One Day At a Time Workout (15 min, no rest)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I am very slowly accepting the unexpected as a normal thing in life, yes, it seems obvious but I always end up getting very agitated :LOL:





Aloha, 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

Universal Warmup (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Strength training in the Gym (1 h)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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In the morning it is still possible to do a little gym, with the walls all open a nice breeze passes and you can breathe :)
On the other hand my legs were really weak today :p



Aloha, 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]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (6 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Hand Tendons (1 min)
The Pits Workout (5 min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Given today's level of soreness I'm starting to think it's better to plan 2 strength workouts in the gym instead of 3 :LOL:
Today is our anniversary: 19 years of love :love::fireworks::love:
We went out for dinner last night as our favorite Japanese restaurant was closed today :)




Aloha, 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]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Greek Goddess Workout lv III, with EC, no rest
The Pits Workout, lv I (5 min)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Since this period is full of unexpected events, I will allow myself the luxury, at least in training, to do what I feel like :)




Aloha, 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]

°°°

BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (5 min)
Rotator Cuff Workout (1 min, 30 sec)
Strength training in the Gym (1 h)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)
Shoulder Stretch (2 min, 30 sec)
Uttanasana with hands clasped (1 min)
Baddha Parivrtta Malasana (1 min)
Malasana (1 min)
Supta Virasana (1 min)
Baddha Konasana (forward, 1 min)
Setu Bandha Sarvangasana (1 min)
Paschimottanasana (1 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I didn't like Storm Born by Richelle Mead much, none of the characters are interesting or sensible, so I trashed the Dark Swan Series.
Instead I liked Succubus Blues by Richelle Mead and continued with the second book of the Georgina Kincaid Series :)
For the gym, training twice a week, Monday and Thursday, I think is ideal, I have plenty of time to recover between workouts and I can vary in bodyweight workouts at home, so I can have fun between cardio and fighting techniques :LOL:




Aloha, 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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