Montserrat's Musings

[Montserrat]

Thanks @Julian4077 and @Tileenah, as said you are all so nice!

4-5-2023 - day 80

Today I just did 60 Seconds Elbow Plank Hold, the EotD, w/EC. No worries though, one more long work day tomorrow, and after that I'll be back to my usual schedule. I'll pick up where I left off wih my programs then!

Good evening all!

 

[Montserrat]

5-5-2023 - day 81

• EotD: 50 Side Kicks

6-5-2023 - day 82

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 17

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x15 Wall Bridges
  • 3x60 seconds Bent Leg Twists (both sides)

 

[Montserrat]

7-5-2023 - day 83

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 18

and

• Zero Hero day 20 at level III

Apparently I changed into a goat

Spoiler: Today's workout

This story is strange. But it is amusing and the workouts are nice and varied.

and

• EotD 2 Minutes Side Leg Swings w/EC (1 minute each side)

 

[Zenchan]

I think we all knew that you are the:

 

[Montserrat]

8-5-2023 - day 84

Haha thank you @Zenchan

Today I just did the Exercise of the Day: 40 Side Bends w/EC.

 

[Montserrat]

9-5-2023 - day 85

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 19

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x15 Full Squats

and

• Zero Hero day 21 at level III

and

• EotD: 50 Side Leg Extensions w/EC

and (as suggested by @Damer)

• Hamstring Mobility Workout

Hope you all have a nice day!

 

[Montserrat]

10-5-2023 - day 86

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 20

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x15 Alternating Leg Raises (I made a mistake and mixed up today's and tomorow's exercises)
  • 2x15 Wall Bridges

and

• Zero Hero day 22 at level III

and also, The Exercise of the Day was somehow tailored exactly to my hamstring-stretching focus:

• EotD: 30 Side Lunges with Toe Point w/EC

I'm really enjoying my workouts these days!



Edit: Later, I also did Balance workout w/EC.

 

[Tileenah]

Yay to enjoying workouts!

 

[Montserrat]

11-5-2023 - day 87

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 21

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 3x20 Advanced Incline Pushups
  • 3x60 seconds Bent Leg Twists (both sides)

and

• Zero Hero day 23 at level III

and, finally, of course

• Kanary

Might do something more later, will update if necessary. Meanwhile, have a nice day everyone!



Edit: In the late afternoon I did the WotD Made with Love w/EC and the EotD 100 Side-to-Side Backfists w/EC.

 

[Montserrat]

12-5-2023 - day 88

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 22

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x15 Full Squats
  • 2x15 Advanced Horizontal Pullups

and

• Zero Hero day 24 at level III

and

• EotD: 60 Seconds Wall Sit w/EC
• Rest & Repair w/EC

 

[Montserrat]

13-5-2023 - day 89

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 23

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x15 Wall Bridges
  • 3x60 seconds Bent Leg Twists (both sides)

and

• Zero Hero day 25 at level III

and

• Arms & Shoulder Stretch

 

[Montserrat]

14-5-2023 - day 90

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 24

and

• Zero Hero day 26 at level III

I've started watching the Yoga with Adriene Foundations of Yoga videos, that happen to discuss in some detail some of the poses that are also used in the Darebee workouts. I'm a bit of a perfectionist I guess and I love trying to perform the exercises as good as I can. Every now and then, when I have the time, I will practice with one of these videos and slowly work my way through them.

So today was the first one:

• The Easy Pose (Sukhasana)

Is it Mother's Day where you all live too? Happy Mother's Day to all of you!

 

[Tileenah]

I loved that series of videos, they really helped me understand how to do the poses
Mother's day is june 4th in France

 

[Montserrat]

I now understand that it is different days in different countries, @Tileenah! Never knew! Ah well, every day should be Mother's Day, I guess...

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15-5-2023 - day 91

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 25

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 3x25 Advanced Incline Pushups
  • 2x20 Alternating Leg Raises

and

• Zero Hero day 27 at level III

and

• Foundations of Yoga
  • Cat-Cow Pose (Marjariasana-Bitilisana)

 

[Montserrat]

16-5-2023 - day 92

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 26

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x20 Full Squats
  • 2x15 Advanced Horizontal Pullups

and

• Zero Hero day 28 at level III

and

• Foundations of Yoga
  • Bound Angle Pose (Baddha Konasana)

Added the Touch your Toes Challenge, inspired by @Julian4077. I need it. Started yesterday but didn't log it, so today was

• Touch your Toes day 2

also

• EotD: 60 Seconds Sumo Squat Hold w/EC

 

[CODawn]

Thanks for the yoga pose idea. I could use more work with my poses.

 

[Montserrat]

You're welcome @CODawn. It's so nice, I too get great ideas from other Bees' logs all the time!

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17-5-2023 - day 93

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 27

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x20 Wall Bridges
  • 3x60 seconds Bent Leg Twists (both sides)

and

• Zero Hero day 29 at level III

and

• Touch your Toes day 3

and

• Foundations of Yoga
  • Tadasana (Mountain Pose)

 

[Montserrat]

18-5-2023 - day 94

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 28

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 3x30 Advanced Incline Pushups
  • 2x20 Alternating Leg Raises

and

• Zero Hero day 30 at level III

and

• Touch your Toes day 4

also

• EotD: 50 Calf Raises w/EC

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So... time for a new program! I enjoyed Zero Hero, because of its variety and also because I like the RPG element. The little story keeps you going. Now I am thinking of doing a slightly more intense program. Thinking of the following:

• Shadebound: Really like the stealth/ninja/combat theme, but I am still struggling a lot with plank and pushup exercises, and there seem to be a lot of those.
• Ironborn: Training with weights does intrigue me but I only own a set of 4kg dumbbells and I'm not sure whether that would be too light. Would be nice to put them to use, though...
• Hero's Journey: Seems like a lot of fun, but a bit more time-demanding, perhaps?

Anyway, I'll probably want to try them all, some time. What would you all say would be the best order to do them in?

 

[HellYeah]

Happy Badge Day

 

[Tileenah]

Congrats on zero hero!
Shadebound was my first darebee program. I enjoyed it, but had a hard time with all the martial art moves (as I knew nothing about kicking or punching) it's doable I think.
For dumbells, I found this while asking myself what weight I should take https://darebee.com/fitness/how-to-choose-dumbbells.html so I guess you should do the 20 biceps curls to do the test and then decide wether or not to do ironborn?
I can't help you with hero's journey though, I haven't tested it yet.
Have fun choosing!

 

[BlackButler]

 

[JCU]

Congratulations on Zero Hero!

 

[Fremen]

Congrats

 

[Fremen]

I found Shadebound fun but keep in mind it's more of a lv 2 program than a lv 3 in my opinion, the hero's journey is very cool but challenging, if you make it to lv 3 it takes time.
Ironborn requires a set of dumbbells with different weights available, hope this helps

 

[Anek]

Happy badge day!!

 

[Nihopaloa]

Congrats on Zero Hero! It's a fun one, isn't it?

 

[TopNotch]

Congrats!

 

[BetaCorvi]

Congrats on Zero Hero!

I personally found shadebound pretty easy - very much more of a 2 than a 3 like Fremen said. That's with the caveat that I do do a martial art and the kicks/punches felt more natural to me. For most of the push-ups/planks, I think you should be able to do those on your knees if they're too much of an issue.
You are right about Hero's Journey taking more time - it is why I ended up stopping it halfway through - I just couldn't motivate myself to set aside that time towards the evenings.
For Ironborn, if you are not used to weight training 4kg dumbbells might be perfectly fine to start with, if the 20 alternating bicep curls with them are challenging. They may be too light for some exercises, but then you could always slow down the execution of the reps, or increase rep counts. If doing 20 alternating bicep curls is very easy/not challenging at all, I would probably say skip that one for now until you have access to different weights.

However, I don't think there is one "logical" order to do them in. They're all fun/solid programs. Probably had most fun with Shadebound myself.

 

[Montserrat]

Thanks everyone! For your cheers and your suggestions. I think I'll go with Shadebound then, seems to be the easiest to fit into my day, also not needing special equipment. And it seems fun too! Some day I'll do those other programs though... slowly working my way upwards. I'll start Shadebound tomorrow.

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19-5-2023 - day 95

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 29

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x25 Full Squats
  • 2x20 Advanced Horizontal Pullups

and

• Touch your Toes day 5

and

• Foundations of Yoga
  • Tree Pose

 

[roman]

Congrats on zero hero!!

 

[CODawn]

Congratulations!

 

[Montserrat]

Thanks @roman @CODawn!

Somehow, I suddenly don't feel well today. I slept well, but I woke up feeling slightly nauseous and dizzy. This was more than six hours ago and I'm still feeling it. Strange, no idea why. I'm just taking it very easy, which is a pity because it's nice weather outside. Hope it goes away!

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20-5-2023 - day 96

• 30 Days More of Yoga day 30

and

• Touch your Toes day 6

 

[JCU]

Congratulations on the program!

I hope you feel better soon

 

[Fremen]

Congrats
and healing vibes

 

[Anek]

Happy badge day!!

 

[Nihopaloa]

Congrats on completing 30 Days of More Yoga (or More 30 Days of Yoga? §0 More Day of Yoga?)

Hope you feel better tomorrow!

 

[CODawn]

Congratulations and get well soon!

 

[Tileenah]

congrats on 30 more days of yoga ! And I hope you'll get better soon !

 

[TopNotch]

Congrats and

 

[Nightg0ddess]

Congrats on your shiny new badge!!

 

[roman]

Congrats on 30 (more) days of yoga!

 

[Montserrat]

Thanks everyone! @JCU @Fremen @Anek @Nihopaloa @CODawn @Tileenah @TopNotch @Nightg0ddess @roman

@Nihopaloa Yes I get mixed up too!

Today again started slow but I think things are now gradually improving. That strange dizziness is still there but not as bad as it was. Still a bit careful though...

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21-5-2023 - day 97

• Touch your Toes day 7

and

• Foundations of Yoga
  • Staff Pose

 

[Nihopaloa]

Did it get very warm all of a sudden over the weekend over there in the Netherlands? Just asking, because I felt kind of dizzy yesterday morning, too, and the weather has changed over here. It's not something I have experienced when I was younger, but noticed during my late thirties. Maybe it's something like this?

 

[BetaCorvi]

Congrats on 30 more days of Yoga!

Hope the dizziness continues going away

 

[Silent Wolf]

Congrats on the programs, and I hope you feel better soon!

 

[NancyTree]

Congrats on your badges!
I hope you will feel better soon

 

[Froud]

Belated congrats on Zero Hero and Yoga challenge!

You are acing it!

 

[Montserrat]

@Nihopaloa Actually, that could be spot on. It did get warmer here, and I am sometimes affected by that. It's just that this time around, it surprised me because it started immediately after waking up and getting out of bed, when it was not all that warm yet. Ah well... it's still bothering me a bit, but not as much.

@BetaCorvi @Silent Wolf @NancyTree @Froud Thank you, thank you!

I went to see Paul Weller in concert last night, which was nice. Didn't do much in terms of working out. Still recovering...!

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22-5-2023 - day 98

• Touch your Toes day 8

23-5-2023 - day 99

• Foundations of Yoga
  • Plank Pose

 

[Montserrat]

Today I finally started my ninja adventure

Completing the workout on level III wasn't all that easy for me. My arms sure are in need of some training! Looking forward to the rest of the program though. More planking tomorrow...

Also, 100 consecutive days of exercise!

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24-5-2023 - day 100

• Shadebound day 1 at level III

and

• HC Hybrid Routine
  • 2x20 Wall Bridges
  • 3x60 seconds Bent Leg Twists (both sides)

and

• Touch your Toes day 9

and

• Foundations of Yoga
  • Forward Fold (Uttanasana)

 

[JCU]

Congratulations on 100 days!