@Fremen @Haleth @Laura Rainbow Dragon @Mamatigerj & @Anek Thank you! :flowers:

@CODawn Thank you, it's been tough. He had a good day today.

Today's Wins: (57 days)
Baked lots of cookies :rstar:
First Thing Water 12
10 squats in the morning [10 squats]
Sore knees from all the baking - will hit up Fit December tomorrow because I didn't want to use a hall pass and I wanted all the squats to count.
30-Minute Walk Workout counted some of the step jacks, estimate 15 per 15 seconds sooo... [300 jacks]
Easy Core 24
Easy Cardio 14 [80 jacks]
Power Squats 6 [18 squats] counting the holds each as 1
Epic Arms 1 replaced bicep extensions with doubled up punches (but not the holds) Also, accidentally increased to 60 punches in total per set [300 punches]
CoS 2
30 sec plank hold

Ornament Progress: (Because, yeah, I can try to do them all)
300/2,000 punches
0/1,000 kicks
28/500 squats
380/1,000 jacks
0.5m/10m plank holds

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
Today's Wins: (58 days)
First Thing Water 13
Power Squats 7 [36 squats] in the waiting room, at the hospital, because I was bored and finished my book and my legs were stiff from driving
Epic Five 16 [1 min plank hold] accidentally swapped climber taps with shoulder taps
Easy Core 25
Kanary Workout lvl 3 [420 punches] [35 squats] [280 kicks] modified with horse stance hold punches for lunge punches on 4/7 sets
Fit December 10 [150 squats] modified shoulder taps down on knees
<Totals> 24 modified sit ups to crunches
Easy Cardio 15 [80 jacks]
Epic Arms 2
CoS 3
30 sec plank hold

Ornament Progress:
720/2,000 punches
280/1,000 kicks
249/500 squats
460/1,000 jacks
2m/10m plank holds

I saw my father-in-law today. He was groggy and hurting a lot. But he's hanging in there somehow. I'll have to go back to work tomorrow, not really feeling it, but I'm out of leave. Had way too much sitting and car time today.

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
Today's Wins: (59 days)
First Thing Water 14
Easy Core 26
Fit December 11
Fit December 12 Hall pass used
River Workout 1 set [50 kicks] body said "no"
Easy Cardio 16 [80 jacks]
Power Squats 8 [18 squats]
Epic Arms 3 [260 punches]
Some "Top Secret" Secret Santa stuff - because it made sense to test it out and use that to find me the missing pieces. Nothing to count towards ornament progress.

Ornament Progress:
980/2,000 punches
330/1,000 kicks
267/500 squats
540/1,000 jacks
2m/10m plank holds

Work wasn't that bad. I did have to explain everything to everyone (or at least it felt like I did), but I guess that the good thing is that M will have to explain less when he comes back in. Perks of working in the same office, I guess. (Same job, different teams, same building.)

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
Today's Wins: (60 days)
First Thing Water 15
Fit December 13
Two Minute Plank Workout [2m plank]
Easy Cardio 17 [88 jacks]
[30s plank]
Power Squats 9 [42 squats]
[30s plank]
Easy Core 27
Epic Arms 4
CoS 4

Ornament Progress:
980/2,000 punches
330/1,000 kicks
309/500 squats
628/1,000 jacks
5m/10m plank holds

Okay okay, gotta make some serious progress on the ornament challenge, but I did my best to chunk down the planks today. The controller is my goal. I just want to prove to myself that I can do the rest, especially the planks.

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
@Mamatigerj :flowers:

Today's Wins: (61 days)
First Thing Water 16
Power Squats 10 [18 squats]
Fit December 14 Hall Pass used I didn't really want to use the hall pass, but I also just didn't want to do this. I have other plank plans.
Combat Light Workout [300 kicks] [300 punches]
[30s plank]
Easy Cardio 18 [90 jacks]
[30s plank]
This is How I Cope Workout lvl 3 [560 punches] [280 kicks]
[30s plank]
90 front kicks [90 kicks]
<Totals> 25 [120 squats] modified to reverse lunges after 4 regular lunges
[10 squats]
[30s plank]
Easy Core 28
Epic Arms 5
CoS 5 I'll make these up tomorrow. :tired:

Ornament Progress:
1,840/2,000 punches
1,000/1,000 kicks :completed:
457/500 squats
718/1,000 jacks
7m/10m plank holds

Upset about some work stuff, but I don't really want to go into it.

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
@Mamatigerj @Fremen @Anek Thank you! :flowers:

Today's Wins: (62 days)
First Thing Water 17
Easy Cardio 19 [88 jacks]
14 side jacks [14 jacks]
[30s plank]
Total Burn 21 lvl 3 [140 punches] modified bicep extensions to punches
[30s plank]
Easy Core 28
[30s plank]
Power Squats 11 [42 squats]
[1 squat]
[30s plank]
Epic Arms 5 [260 punches]
[30s plank]
<Totals> 26 [180 jacks]
[30s plank]
CoS 5

Ornament Progress:
2,240/2,000 punches :completed:
1,000/1,000 kicks :completed:
500/500 squats :completed:
1,000/1,000 jacks :completed:
10m/10m plank holds :completed:

Okay, I'll get caught back up on Fit December tomorrow. :tired:

I slept a lot today. Got news about M's dad. He's doing somewhat better and they are working on building up his arm strength with PT and OT so that he can go home. Though he is groggy and confused. They moved him to another part of the hospital and he is convinced that he is in a nursing home. He's really not actually better, as there is still dead muscle in his leg that they cannot excise, but hopefully he'll be able to go home soon.

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
@Laura Rainbow Dragon @Mamatigerj @Fremen @Anek Thank you!!! :flowers:

Today's Wins: (63 days)
First Thing Water 18
Fit December 15 modified sit-up punches to crunches and doubled up on the sitting punches.

And that's it. I am icing my ankle. It felt fine up until I started working out. I tried taping it, but it really just needs some ice and rest.
 
@Mamatigerj @Fremen @Anek @BetaCorvi @Haleth Thank you!! :flowers:

Today's Wins: (65 days)
First Thing Water 20
Five Minute Plank 1 ... I'm going to have to find ways to keep my mind busy when I get to the longer holds.
Easy Cardio 21
Zero Hero 10 lvl 3
Zero Hero 11 lvl 3
Fit December 18
Power Squats 13
Epic Arms 7 the usual modification - doubled up punches instead of bicep extensions, except the hold.
CoS 7
+162 jumping jacks for the Snowball Fight today! :tired: Note, all jumping jacks done at work (114) were in my steel toed boots. Yay ankle support!

It was a good day, though kinda a weird one.

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
@BrigidForged Thank you! :flowers:

Today's Wins: (66 days)
First Thing Water 21
Total Burn 22 lvl 3
Easy Cardio 22 all in one go :tired:
Five Minute Plank 2
Power Squats 14
Fit December 19
Epic Five 19
Epic Arms 8
CoS 8

+ 300 jumping jacks for the Snowball Fight today! 486 overall. :tired: Lots of fun, but boy, I am tuckered out! I've also had to find interesting places to do jumping jacks at work to keep up. Note: 189 were in steel toed boots.

Okay good night. :night:

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
Today's Wins: (67 days)
First Thing Water 22
So, real talk, I am super exhausted. I have LOVED the snowball fight this year. I'll keep on dodging until I go to sleep (which, honestly won't be too much longer). But I am too tired for a full workout tonight. So, I am going to stretch. My knee is a wee bit twingy, so I might need to tape up tomorrow.

+901 jumping jacks for the Snowball Fight today! 1387 overall. 716 (1019 total) in the steel toed boots. I had to be seriously dedicated today on the eating and drinking water between sets. And I did very, very good! Yesterday I was out of it on the way home (don't worry, M drove), but tonight I was clear headed and just fine.

I'm going to take care of myself for the rest of the evening and get back on the challenges and Fit December (+ others) tomorrow.

As for Secret Santa, I am probably going to put it off until Friday, unless I feel fine tomorrow. I am very excited to do my present and I might pick a few of the other people's presents to do to hide the one that I gifted.

'kay good night. :night:

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
@Laura Rainbow Dragon Thank you!! :flowers:

Today's Wins: (68 days)
First Thing Water 23
Five Minute Plank 3
<Totals> 28
Fit December 20 modified situps to crunches. I just can't do the sit ups without something holding my feet, though I was getting a good amount of up off the mat with the high and knee crunches. This made me feel a little sick and knee crunches were the worst part.
Epic Five 20 made it epic and subbed in punches.
Easy Cardio 23 lil whimper ... my calves, so sore
Power Squats 15 the first set and a half weren't too bad...
Epic Arms 8 ADHD impulse control struck again and I did this in one go. Arms are ridiculously tired.
CoS 8 big nope. calf started seizing up almost immediately.

OK, I might have pushed a little much today. I didn't want to double up on Fit December (because I peeked and I saw that it was a fun cardio that I knew my calves were too sore for.), but I didn't want to let myself talk myself out of Easy Cardio and Power Squats. I didn't push past hurting, everything is just tired. I will get some good sleep and get to making cookies tomorrow. I'll find a way to fit my workout in early so that I am not doing at the end of the evening when my feet are tired from standing in the kitchen all day.

:handon:Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
Today's Wins: (69 days)
First Thing Water 24
Quick Warmup Workout
Power Squats 16
Epic Arms 9 the usual modification - doubled up punches instead of bicep extensions, except the hold.
Easy Cardio 24
CoS 8
Fit December 21
Secret Santa Gift for Syrius (also below) time on plank 1.5 min!!
Power Squats 17
Easy Cardio 25
Five Minute Plank 4
Power Squats 18
Fit December 22 modified to reverse lunges after the first set and split up the plank parts into half each and did half after the lunges and half after the calf raises
Fighter's Stretching Workout

:toohot::tired::chuckle:

This Secret Santa gift was so much fun! I had forgotten how much I enjoyed elbow strikes. I'll definitely come back and do it again. I also surprised myself with how long I held that plank. That is the longest that I have held a plank yet!!! I had a great time with today's workouts.

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:handon: Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
@Laura Rainbow Dragon That's right gotta be sneaky! I'll be doing some more this week to further muddy the waters.

Today's Wins: (71 days)
First Thing Water 26
Fit December 23 Hall Pass used - didn't want to buy I just don't have the space. I might come back later and complete it anyway.
Easy Cardio 27
Power Squats 20

Lots of naps today.

:handon: Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
Today's Wins: (72 days)
First Thing Water 27
Easy Cardio 28
Power Squats 21

Merry Christmas everyone! It was a good trip. We saw M's dad yesterday and he's doing a bit better. The color has really come back into his face, but he's not very alert and lost track of the conversation very easily. Saw my family today and there was no family drama (thank goodness!). But I am tired and I can feel shark week approaching. Spread out my workout a little bit. Hopefully tomorrow will be better. 'Cause I wanna do more Secret Santa stuff.

:handon: Hang in there Bees and have a good one!
 
Congratulations on completing the Easy Cardio Challenge!

Syrius said:
Fit December 24 Ugh, upward downward dog always makes my lower back unhappy.
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Keep your core, quads, and hamstrings engaged in these moves to protect your lower back. Draw your navel in and up to support your up-dog and prevent you from dumping into your lower back. If your thighs are externally rotated in up dog (and in other backbends) this can cause compression in the lower back. Think about drawing your inner thighs towards one another to keep them neutral. (i.e: you want the front edge of your thighs to point straight ahead, not out to the sides at all)
 
Laura Rainbow Dragon said:
Congratulations on completing the Easy Cardio Challenge!


Keep your core, quads, and hamstrings engaged in these moves to protect your lower back. Draw your navel in and up to support your up-dog and prevent you from dumping into your lower back. If your thighs are externally rotated in up dog (and in other backbends) this can cause compression in the lower back. Think about drawing your inner thighs towards one another to keep them neutral. (i.e: you want the front edge of your thighs to point straight ahead, not out to the sides at all)
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Thank you, I'll give that a try!!
 
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