OK! Week 1 accomplished! How’s everyone finding it?
Bit shitty that we started on a weekend, and it’s the summer and barbecues and vacations and all the rest of it, but hope everyone’s hanging in there and not giving themselves an easy ride.
long talk about what I’ve been doing this week, for anyone interested
[details=Spoiler]Just wrapping up my first ever 64 hour week without caffeine…and feeling pretty good! Iced green tea and water have been my only substitutes and have actually been just as good on long drives as the energy drinks and coffees that I usually get. Decided I’m gonna keep it up for the 3 months 
Haven’t touched alcohol yet…but no promises there haha.
Also seen out the week with nothing but nuts, berries, seeds, granola and 1 of those pots I made each day. Wanting to cut it right back, but as the exercise ramps up, I’ll be throwing some more stuff in there.
Lastly, sleeping a solid 7+ hours each night, no excuses.
In addition, I picked up a deck of cards today and started writing a single set of exercises on each of them. I used to have the Fitdeck app on my phone, which was basically the same thing, but since the official cards were so expensive, and the app got boring, I made my own. Back when I was on top of things, I’d be going through 60+ cards a day.
They can be applied in a bunch of ways; one thing I used to do was draw 2 cards whenever I went into a lobby when playing online, which would turn 2 hours of Street Fighter into a moderate workout. Additionally, drawing cards every morning, every night, every time I went to the kitchen etc, I found it was a great way to fit in exercise if you’re “too busy for the gym”.
Official cards can be found here, they do a bunch of different kinds for different people, but I found once you had the gist of what they put on the cards, writing your own was pretty simple. A bit gimmicky for some people, but great for people with limited resources; everything can be done in around a 6’x4’ space using only your bodyweight.
My personal deck is going to be mostly bodyweight exercises, stretches and even some pilates movements. Once I’ve wrote the full deck I’ll share them on here. Current plan is to draw 10 in the morning and 10 at night while I’m away and go through a full deck on alternate days when I’m home, fitting them around a normal cardio and weights routine.[/details]
Anyway, hope everyone’s trooping on. If you still haven’t left the starting blocks, or you’re already making excuses, it’s not too late!
