TopNotch
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Programmes:
Foundation Day 29
Challenges:
First Thing Water Day 4
Daily Pushups Day 4
Easy Core Day 4
Easy Abs Day 4
Calves of Steel Day 4
30 Days of Running Day 8
XBX Chart 2, Level D+ (Day 2/4) Okay. Honestly, this was an experiment but doing the same exercises every day, varying only in doing one more of each every four days - 
Is this my low boredom threshold making itself shown? I had a good old chat with myself and I don't really think it's boredom (which can really just be a lack of stimulation). Rather, it's lack of exertion. Or challenge. So I'm going to look further afield. Interesting experiement, and I kept it up for about four weeks, but it's not enough for me anymore, knowing the whole wonderful world of exercises. Let's do something fun and challenging, something that makes me grow in some way. For some time now, I have been wanting to do the Hybrid Calisthenics routine, but I didn't think it fit in with my current goals. Other things have changed over the couple of months since I formulated those goals, and I think they may have to change a little. And I think that, just for fun, I might do the HC from the very beginning and progress all the way through, not merely jump to where I am now. Sometimes I wonder if, by doing that, I might miss the opportunity to strengthen or improve something - like skipping a grade in school (which I did and I've always wondered...) I really don't know if I can do 3 sets of 50 wall push-ups (because I haven't done wallies in ages!), though I know that straight leg plough raises are no problem (though I shall begin, as I have said, with the lowest level). I'm looking forward to beginning this.
Taekwondo training. Warm-up with pyramid running - 1 lap up to 5 laps and back down to 1 lap, with laps of lunges (forward and reverse), duckwalk, leg swings. Lots of single leg training, like pistol squat prep (though why?), and stretching. Then the adults worked patterns from Koryo to Taebaek (which I have almost completely forgotten!) 
Last night we had a power failure and since then, I've had limited internet connectivity here at home (I'm having to hotspot through my phone) and we had another brief outage this afternoon - just long enough to make sure I had to reset the clock and thermostat again. Technology is great - when it works and when the people who are supposed to be providing a good service actually do so!
NaNoWriMo. As I've 'finished' the challenge by getting my 50,000 words written, and then I completed my first draft (of both novels) I'm not sure I can really still call this NaNo, but I will until the end of the month. Did a spot more writing today and it was Good. About 1500 or so words, I think.
@Fremen and @PetiteSheWolf This new Duolingo format certainly discourages anyone who has completed a language and just wants to keep it up by practiing. I get only 5xp per lesson unless I do a new language, and that would certainly make me plummet down through the leagues, if I were just to do my usual 5 lessons (because they are no shorter!) per night (though sometimes I have done more). I used to get 25xp per lesson! I know it may just be a matter of getting used to something new, but big changes disturb people who have been used to something for so long.
Foundation Day 29Challenges:
First Thing Water Day 4 Daily Pushups Day 4 Easy Core Day 4 Easy Abs Day 4 Calves of Steel Day 4 30 Days of Running Day 8 XBX Chart 2, Level D+ (Day 2/4) Okay. Honestly, this was an experiment but doing the same exercises every day, varying only in doing one more of each every four days - Is this my low boredom threshold making itself shown? I had a good old chat with myself and I don't really think it's boredom (which can really just be a lack of stimulation). Rather, it's lack of exertion. Or challenge. So I'm going to look further afield. Interesting experiement, and I kept it up for about four weeks, but it's not enough for me anymore, knowing the whole wonderful world of exercises. Let's do something fun and challenging, something that makes me grow in some way. For some time now, I have been wanting to do the Hybrid Calisthenics routine, but I didn't think it fit in with my current goals. Other things have changed over the couple of months since I formulated those goals, and I think they may have to change a little. And I think that, just for fun, I might do the HC from the very beginning and progress all the way through, not merely jump to where I am now. Sometimes I wonder if, by doing that, I might miss the opportunity to strengthen or improve something - like skipping a grade in school (which I did and I've always wondered...) I really don't know if I can do 3 sets of 50 wall push-ups (because I haven't done wallies in ages!), though I know that straight leg plough raises are no problem (though I shall begin, as I have said, with the lowest level). I'm looking forward to beginning this. Taekwondo training. Warm-up with pyramid running - 1 lap up to 5 laps and back down to 1 lap, with laps of lunges (forward and reverse), duckwalk, leg swings. Lots of single leg training, like pistol squat prep (though why?), and stretching. Then the adults worked patterns from Koryo to Taebaek (which I have almost completely forgotten!) Last night we had a power failure and since then, I've had limited internet connectivity here at home (I'm having to hotspot through my phone) and we had another brief outage this afternoon - just long enough to make sure I had to reset the clock and thermostat again. Technology is great - when it works and when the people who are supposed to be providing a good service actually do so!
NaNoWriMo. As I've 'finished' the challenge by getting my 50,000 words written, and then I completed my first draft (of both novels) I'm not sure I can really still call this NaNo, but I will until the end of the month. Did a spot more writing today and it was Good. About 1500 or so words, I think.@Fremen and @PetiteSheWolf This new Duolingo format certainly discourages anyone who has completed a language and just wants to keep it up by practiing. I get only 5xp per lesson unless I do a new language, and that would certainly make me plummet down through the leagues, if I were just to do my usual 5 lessons (because they are no shorter!) per night (though sometimes I have done more). I used to get 25xp per lesson! I know it may just be a matter of getting used to something new, but big changes disturb people who have been used to something for so long.
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The coach had to focus on other things, and our champion, whom I thought would be taking over, has gone on to something quite different. This means that I shall have to think about my goals again. There is little point in working on something with a specific poomsae focus if the only poomsae I'll be able to do will be whatever I do at home. So I'll have a think over the next few days, look over what I had so carefully considered, and re-consider. How lovely to be able to do that!
But oh, when it was over, I was SO tired! My legs ached with having sat still for over an hour and all I wanted to do was sleep. Or walk. Or sleep-walk...? But even the walk today didn't energise me as much as I had hoped, though I did have some good creative thoughts. I realised that I would just be going through the motions with Hard Reset, and I didn't want to do that - the other things were easy, but I always want to be more intentional with programmes. So that's why it's held over until tomorrow.
Oh, and get ready for the snowballs...
Good thing I've got loads of other things to do instead!
