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

Meltdown 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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AMA July 2023 - How To Train All Year Round it's making me think a lot.
And it keeps running through my head: don't always do more but do it better, smarter.
I've found confirmation of what I experienced firsthand this year with my new adventure in the gym and so I'm starting to sum up a bit.
  • If it doesn't work or you don't feel like it anymore, change.
  • The unexpected is the norm, not the exception, so learn to live with it.
  • It takes much longer to recover than to get hurt, so always be careful.
  • You always have to have a plan B and a C and a D...
  • And... no plan always works.
  • You always quit first with the mind than with the body.
  • If you don't stop, you're still moving forward.
And now I have to think about how to train smarter :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


The reason I talk to myself is because I’m the only one whose answers I accept. George Carlin
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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)
Peripheral Workout lv III with EC, 1 min 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 worked up a sweat, had fun and let off steam :LOL:
Combat workouts always give me satisfaction.
I'm reevaluating the rest between sets, today if I hadn't done 1 min of rest I wouldn't have been able to maintain a great pace and always do 20 push-ups for all sets.
Yesterday I started selecting some HIIT workouts to keep on hand, today I've already changed my mind and I'm veering towards combat workouts and maybe some combat HIIT workouts :)




Aloha, 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

Universal Warmup (6 min)
Wild Card Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I'm really enjoying combat workouts, it's been a long time since I tried some, if I can get my exponential training craze under control I'm good for a while :LOL:




Aloha, 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]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (6 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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Today was much better than last week in the gym, we'll see tomorrow morning when I get up... :LOL:
Here are more than 37°, I practically sweat going to the gym, I sweat at the gym, I sweat when I get back from the gym and once I stop at home... I sweat :p



Aloha, 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

Universal Warmup (6 min)
How I Cope Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I continue to enjoy combat workouts so much but I have a hard time choosing what to do each time, there is too much choice :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it. Mae West
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Nanna Io said:
Oh dear I did a very short workout yesterday, in my room, which is half underground and cool.
I literally had sweat dripping off of me fromjust a few squats and a plank...
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Today I continued to sweat for 45 minutes after finishing my workout :LOL:
 
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)
Wild & Free Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I did a quick and easy workout back at the dentist today :eyes:




Aloha, 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]
📌 Wu Qin Xi - (instructional video) [15 min]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (6 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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Today was the easiest workout in the gym but I increased the reps and therefore made a good effort :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees :coffee:

There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line. Oscar Levant
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Fremen said:
Linguistic nuances with translations are lost, at least for someone like me who is not very good with English :)
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While it is true, the context helped to understand. But don't beat yourself too much by saying you're not very good with English. I don't think anyone is, including those whose mother tongue is English. I know that I am not that good with Spanish either, and I'm a writer, and that's my mother tongue! :LOL:

Trust me, you are more capable with the language than you think.

@Tileenah You might also add "perseverance" if that makes his sentence more powerful. I personally think "to persevere" is a much more beautiful verb than "to persist" or "to insist." At least in this context anyway.

About that quote, though... there are a few more "try again" missing before the "Then quit" part. In fact, "try smarter" is also missing.
 
I use google translate :)
I have no problem reading but I'm definitely worse at writing, so I use google translator as a base and I smooth it out a bit if I don't like the result :LOL:
 
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)
Carnage Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I'm starting to have a good rhythm in combat workouts :kungfu:




Aloha, 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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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)
Whisper Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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After doing Whisper Workout I realized why it's a lv 4 difficulty :LOL:




Aloha, 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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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)
Sweeper Workout lv III with EC, 1 min 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 was a bit tired so I chose a relatively easy workout :)




Aloha, 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]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (6 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 don't know if it's a conditioned reflex like Pavlov's dog but I start to sweat as soon as I cross the threshold of the gym :LOL:




Aloha, 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

Universal Warmup (6 min)
How I Cope Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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I will skip at least a couple of days of training because we will have guests at home but if my plans work out I will still be able to maintain the good training trend I have had so far :)




Aloha, 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 BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Today I was thinking of going to the gym and instead I had something more pressing to do, in the next few days I'll go for minimal training because we will have guests at home. The next day off will be Saturday and we'll see if I feel like going to the gym :)




Aloha, 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]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (6 min)
Icon Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest (16kg kettlebell)
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Some friends of ours came to visit us and we hosted them for 2 days with their little one year old daughter and it's really challenging having a little baby at home :p
I developed feline reflexes and naps for a few seconds with my eyes open to try to make up for the lost hours of sleep :eyes:
Today I wanted to go to the gym to maintain the two weekly strength workouts with weights but I just couldn't do it so I opted for a quick workout with kettlebells and I still achieved the desired result :yas:




Aloha, 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]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (6 min)
Pure Rage Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Multiple kicks are interesting because they force you to work on balance without being able to cheat :)
And in any case, throwing 700 kicks in a workout is satisfying :LOL:
I'm aiming for 1000 kicks but it's still a bit early.




Aloha, 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]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (6 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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Today despite the commitments and the unexpected I managed to go to the gym to train :yas:
Let's see tomorrow how I walk :LOL:
I realized that my legs are definitely weaker than my arms but I'm working on it by doing hundreds of kicks.
It will be interesting to see if the two workouts (combat workout and gym) will bring better results than individually.




Aloha, 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

Universal Warmup (6 min)
Cutting Edge Workout lv III with EC, 1 min 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 wanted to start a workout program of pull-ups and push-ups but I'm still sore from the gym so I'll start it tomorrow and do two workouts a week of pull-ups and push-ups and not three and spaced out at least one day of active rest from the gym :)
A combat workout, on the other hand, is perfect for active rest days after the gym.




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Life is tough, my darling, but so are you. Stephanie Bennett-Henry
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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)
Day 1 6-8 Pullups | 50 Pullups & 21-25 Push Ups | 100 Pushups
Lightning Workout lv III with EC, 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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Today I was able to do pull-ups and push-ups and so I started the new training program: at the beginning of the set of combat workouts I do pull-ups, push-ups and start the set without breaks.
I've been following the progression of this site, taking it very easy :LOL:
100 Pushups | How to do a hundred pushups
50 Pullups | Ultimate pullups training
The pace of the workout like this is very slowed down but it's a pragmatic solution for doing two workouts that interest me together.
The idea was to do 3 workouts a week of pull-ups and push-ups but I've already reduced that to two, if I push in the gym I need at least one day without strength training and just some kicks and punches to loosen my muscles.
I'm going to the gym tomorrow, let's see how it goes :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Everyday is a second chance. Unknown
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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)
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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Guess I'll have to reduce to 1 or even not do pull-ups and push-ups workouts at all, today in the gym my biceps and back suffered :p
Anyway I had a good workout and I'm satisfied maybe I should just focus on what I feel like doing: gym twice and the rest combat workouts :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees :coffee:

The first step is you have to say that you can. Will Smith
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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)
Pure Rage Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Yes, combat workouts definitely work better on their own, have better pace and flow :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt
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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)
Whisper Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Whisper Workout amuses me a lot, especially in the version in Thai Boxe sauce that I have developed :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


The best way to predict the future is to create it. 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]

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BEFORE LUNCH

Universal Warmup (6 min)
How I Cope Workout lv III with EC, 1 min 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 wanted a thoughtless workout and I chose an easy one that let me vent :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Keep calm and keep learning. Lailah Gifty Akita
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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)
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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Today I increased the weights in the gym but decreased the reps and I feel better :LOL:
12 repetitions for all the exercises are exhausting, while around 6 I make a fair effort.
Just play on the weight so i don't do too little :p
I must say that I was very happy with the gym I chose, it is also open throughout August, it closed only during the red holidays otherwise it was always open and I also liked the evening classes, definitely a good investment :)




Aloha, have a nice day bees :coffee:

The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. Winston Churchill
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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)
Sweeper Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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Today quick workout done on the fly doing an obstacle course among the unexpected :p




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


Try to be a rainbow in someone’s cloud. Maya Angelou
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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)
Jade Workout lv III with EC, 1 min rest
Surya Namaskara (5 min)

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BEFORE BEDTIME

📌 Daily Gratitude Challenge
📌 Counting Victories Challenge
📌 Hug Challenge

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1000 kicks & 1000 punches in one workout :yas:
From the workout there were 980 kicks and punches, I couldn't resist and I rounded the figure to 1000, so I reached a goal that I had set for myself: 1000 kicks in a workout, I threw the punches to balance the kicks :LOL:




Aloha, have a nice day bees
:coffee:


A problem is a chance for you to do your best. Duke Ellington
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