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Hell'o
First, as it is still the time I wish a happy new year 2024 full of happy times and good health to all.
Second, it's finally the occasion for me to open this thread and see if I can follow the path I created to get fit again. I'm a long long (long) time lurker of Darebee's works and I always enjoyed using it, sharing it, copying it because I really like the generous mindset behind it "Fitness (free) for all".
I want to apologize for any mistake in the English language as it is not my main language.
Why I'm here? Years 2021 and 2022 were a hard time for me, I always was into health, muscle, sports... but health hit me wrong for that period!
I'll pass the details... From 2023 I'm a little bit back on track, slowly (very slowly) getting my mind and health back on a good way.
And that's why I'm here... to share this path... I'll maybe put some of what I did in 2023 but it's really soft... I'll see... I write on the go so maybe in 2 minutes I'll change my mind.
Me in short... I'm a man, age 45+ 1m92 for 100kg with quite some muscle but yeah I'm not shredded... I'm certainly at the moment like 22 to 24% fat... (maybe more, I did not calculate). I did musculation for some years, all natural, gave my good chest, good shoulder, good overall but
I live in Belgium with my partner and my two young children. Working as freelance in the database area (Oracle, MySQL etc...) for more then 23 years now...
Out of resetting my fitness and muscle goal to be back on track I do golf because it makes me reset my stress and I love to walk (and search).
I'm also a self hypnosis practitioner. I discovered it 2 years ago and I can say that hypnosis and self hypnosis helped me a lot in the recovery process. A real life changer!
A bit more... I'm also a fan of heroic fantasy, roleplay, metal rock music,...
Concerning roleplay, I really like the idea of the RPG programs... I have written several scenarii during my years of mastering warhammer, d&d etc... I would love yo adapt them as programs... I really enjoy to do the one from Darebee... So I'll in the future but this is next steps... I need to slowly up my strenght and cardio.
To conclude. So so I think it's a quite good introduction!
I'll definitely try to keep up with updating this thread to share with you all. I read already quite some thread and I really enjoy discovering some of what you did, it's a good motivation. It seems like this community is full of awesomeness...
I wish you all the best in your live.
Catch you later
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What I already did?
2023 was the year I began to move again... Slowly... Very slowly...
I began with some walking outside and some very small exercices series like Jumping Jack, High knee but not following any program...
From september I decided to go back to darebee and follow some programs, workout.
September --> November
- Ironborn - But I did it in 90 days with enough rest day as I had quite some pain... Sometime doing less exercices etc... Just to get in touch and have a base to follow.
- Ten program - September only - I did it slowly and I skipped some days especially for my legs.
- 60 days of cardio - October and november only - I also skipped some days or exercices especially the climber, side lunge that are too painfull for me... Only did also 2 or 3 sets!
- Jump rope - I began jump rope and went slowly by learning first with some tutorial on youtube then I did some serie of 20, 50, 100 skips...
December
- Zero to Hero - I did only this one with some jump rope and some basic abs. I skipped some days! I'll redo zero to hero soon because I want to do it better!
2024 - January program:
For the moment I do Fit December (in January) with my partner and her brother. We have a small whatsapp group and we post when we do it and how we feel about it. I do very slow and cautious but I'll try to be more organised and it's also why I do this thread!
Anyway we see how all these goes.
Happy to hear from the bee's.
Take care,
Deadoks.
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Here is the list of the programs I did and my opinion about them!
First, as it is still the time I wish a happy new year 2024 full of happy times and good health to all.
Second, it's finally the occasion for me to open this thread and see if I can follow the path I created to get fit again. I'm a long long (long) time lurker of Darebee's works and I always enjoyed using it, sharing it, copying it because I really like the generous mindset behind it "Fitness (free) for all".
I want to apologize for any mistake in the English language as it is not my main language.
Why I'm here? Years 2021 and 2022 were a hard time for me, I always was into health, muscle, sports... but health hit me wrong for that period!
I'll pass the details... From 2023 I'm a little bit back on track, slowly (very slowly) getting my mind and health back on a good way.
And that's why I'm here... to share this path... I'll maybe put some of what I did in 2023 but it's really soft... I'll see... I write on the go so maybe in 2 minutes I'll change my mind.
Me in short... I'm a man, age 45+ 1m92 for 100kg with quite some muscle but yeah I'm not shredded... I'm certainly at the moment like 22 to 24% fat... (maybe more, I did not calculate). I did musculation for some years, all natural, gave my good chest, good shoulder, good overall but
I live in Belgium with my partner and my two young children. Working as freelance in the database area (Oracle, MySQL etc...) for more then 23 years now...
Out of resetting my fitness and muscle goal to be back on track I do golf because it makes me reset my stress and I love to walk (and search).
I'm also a self hypnosis practitioner. I discovered it 2 years ago and I can say that hypnosis and self hypnosis helped me a lot in the recovery process. A real life changer!
A bit more... I'm also a fan of heroic fantasy, roleplay, metal rock music,...
Concerning roleplay, I really like the idea of the RPG programs... I have written several scenarii during my years of mastering warhammer, d&d etc... I would love yo adapt them as programs... I really enjoy to do the one from Darebee... So I'll in the future but this is next steps... I need to slowly up my strenght and cardio.
To conclude. So so I think it's a quite good introduction!
I'll definitely try to keep up with updating this thread to share with you all. I read already quite some thread and I really enjoy discovering some of what you did, it's a good motivation. It seems like this community is full of awesomeness...
I wish you all the best in your live.
Catch you later
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What I already did?
2023 was the year I began to move again... Slowly... Very slowly...
I began with some walking outside and some very small exercices series like Jumping Jack, High knee but not following any program...
From september I decided to go back to darebee and follow some programs, workout.
September --> November
- Ironborn - But I did it in 90 days with enough rest day as I had quite some pain... Sometime doing less exercices etc... Just to get in touch and have a base to follow.
- Ten program - September only - I did it slowly and I skipped some days especially for my legs.
- 60 days of cardio - October and november only - I also skipped some days or exercices especially the climber, side lunge that are too painfull for me... Only did also 2 or 3 sets!
- Jump rope - I began jump rope and went slowly by learning first with some tutorial on youtube then I did some serie of 20, 50, 100 skips...
December
- Zero to Hero - I did only this one with some jump rope and some basic abs. I skipped some days! I'll redo zero to hero soon because I want to do it better!
2024 - January program:
For the moment I do Fit December (in January) with my partner and her brother. We have a small whatsapp group and we post when we do it and how we feel about it. I do very slow and cautious but I'll try to be more organised and it's also why I do this thread!
Anyway we see how all these goes.
Happy to hear from the bee's.
Take care,
Deadoks.
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Here is the list of the programs I did and my opinion about them!
| Program | Level | Score | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fit December -3 | 3 | 7/10 | Fit December 2023 is a nice program including all you need (cardio, legs, abs, lower back) but no strength. Low impact exercises. Fun to do one time but I'll not redo it in the future. Available for a limited time like Fit December 2022. |
| Push Pull Legs - 3 | 3 | 5/10 | PPL is ok program but it's not balanced. The Push & Pull part is good! Too much legs. The worse is the abs too much planks and the increment of duration is horrible (like if it was a challenge). Should keep with the basic exercises for more efficiency! |
| Pathfinder - 3 | max | 8/10 | I just love it. This role play kind of program is amazing and fun! I don't care what is inside because it's out of any strength/cardio plan but it's just something to follow and enjoy. I did it saving all survivors! |
| Recovery - 0.5 | max | 7/10 | Very nice program to come back after a big rest, illness, bad time and to begin to move! It can also be added to any other program! |
| Vitality - 0.5 | 3 | 7/10 | It's a very nice and easy program to begin if your condition is near to zero. You can of course do level 1, 2 or 3 depending of your condition! |
| Arms of steel chair edition - 1 | 3 | 6/10 | It's an easy program but some exercise can't be done sitting in a chair. |
| Ironheart - 3 | 3 | 4/10 | No chest and way too much legs. Not balanced at all. |
| Cardio & abs - 3 | 3 | 7/10 | Very nice one! Abs are too easy compared to cardio but exercises are good! |
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looking forward to seeing more entries in your log. 
I am curious, how did you learn self-hypnosis? I used self-hypnosis recordings aimed at IBS, and it worked quite well, but wonder where to read more / learn more about the method. 
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Best of luck on achieving your goal; it looks like you have a good plan. 
for your back.