Beckerhead "Spartan" Fitness Challenge GAW Round 2 is Live!

granitestateofmind · Dec 29, 2015

Core workout: 30 minutes of shovelling 5" of heavy, wet snow. Headed out now to finish the other half of the driveway. I was sweating though my shirt this morning, despite being lightly dressed.

TBL · Dec 29, 2015

granitestateofmind said:
Core workout: 30 minutes of shovelling 5" of heavy, wet snow. Headed out now to finish the other half of the driveway. I was sweating though my shirt this morning, despite being lightly dressed.

Core, back, arms, legs (hamstrings especially).... I hear ya brother! I did that this morning after my run. I'm not as much of a warrior as you are

I defaulted to my snowblower after completing 1/3rd of my driveway (I needed a break

its a big driveway)

granitestateofmind · Dec 29, 2015

Yeah, I have no snowblower....tho sometimes the neighbors take pity on me and loan me theirs. Went back out and sweated my ass off a second time (tho beer was involved this time) for another 40 minutes. Wife tried to drive through the snow bank and - surprise - got stuck, with the car blocking a good portion of the street. High effort shoveling.

TBL · Dec 30, 2015

TBL said:
MYB: +2 = 109.5
BSP: 73

Came up for some water while on the treadmill, looked outside. Need to cut workout today to go shovel snow. Winter is here :thumbdn:

MYB: +3 = 112.5
BSP: +1 = 74 - pushup day! with a little bit of energy I'm back to my normal. Need to keep pushing!

granitestateofmind · Dec 30, 2015

granitestateofmind said:
Yeah, I have no snowblower....tho sometimes the neighbors take pity on me and loan me theirs. Went back out and sweated my ass off a second time (tho beer was involved this time) for another 40 minutes. Wife tried to drive through the snow bank and - surprise - got stuck, with the car blocking a good portion of the street. High effort shoveling.

Another 30 minutes of sweating in freezing temps last night. Not surprisingly, I'm feeling it in my abs today.

Nice going, TBL and Qeth. You guys are rock steady.

crimsonfalcon07 · Dec 30, 2015

Shoveling is hard work! I bet you're sore, GSOM.

2 more days in this one. Let's keep up the good work!

I'm mostly gonna be doing upper body (and not my clap pushups) because I twisted my ankle pretty good yesterday in my Krav Maga class, and it's pretty unstable today.

TBL · Dec 30, 2015

granitestateofmind said:
Another 30 minutes of sweating in freezing temps last night. Not surprisingly, I'm feeling it in my abs today.

Nice going, TBL and Qeth. You guys are rock steady.

I'm also not surprised, shovelling sucks. You rocked that bud! Get that exercise in where ya can!

Thanks! I find all I need to do is stick to my routine and it just flows! I understand how crappy and hard it is to get in a work out when working takes up 70% of your day

last week proved that one for me. Everything counts when you take advantage of the little spare time you can get!

Qeth · Dec 30, 2015

granitestateofmind said:
Another 30 minutes of sweating in freezing temps last night. Not surprisingly, I'm feeling it in my abs today.

Nice going, TBL and Qeth. You guys are rock steady.

Thanks!

Qeth said:
125.37 BSP to date.

Circuits and deload overhead presses.

1040 light = 5.2 BSP
15 medium = 0.15 BSP

130.72 BSP to date.

granitestateofmind · Dec 30, 2015

Got about 30 minutes of ice skating in this afternoon. Ice sucked, but I was sweating bullets as soon as I sat down to take my skates off.

Captain Airyca · Dec 31, 2015

Is it ok if I do my pushup test/video on the 1st? I'm running out of time and I'm totally booked tomorrow.

crimsonfalcon07 · Dec 31, 2015

Sure thing Cap.

TBL · Dec 31, 2015

TBL said:
MYB: +3 = 112.5
BSP: +1 = 74 - pushup day! with a little bit of energy I'm back to my normal. Need to keep pushing!

MYB: +3 = 115.5
BSP: 74 - my little guy decided that it was time to wake up at 0430h and It took me until 0530h to get him back down cutting my workout time by 30 min

Time to get ready to work.

TBL · Jan 1, 2016

TBL said:
MYB: +3 = 115.5
BSP: 74 - my little guy decided that it was time to wake up at 0430h and It took me until 0530h to get him back down cutting my workout time by 30 min Time to get ready to work.

I started off my workouts today trying to do my max' and it was the same as the last video as I posted. Got half way through 80 and collapsed. If required, I'll make another video :thumbup:

After that test I did pushups until I could go no more (in one min intervals), did my twohundred situps week 2 day 3 column 3 workout, then the onefifity dips week 4 day 3 column 3.

Starting the year with:

MYB: 3
BSP: 2.5

Lets keep this party going!

[video=youtube;-qR0Uke2XNI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qR0Uke2XNI[/video]

Also just sat down with the wife and got our game plan together for dieting! Let the meal planning begin!

Watched an interesting documentary last night called "Food Matters" I recommend it if you want to change the way you think about eating.

Captain Airyca · Jan 1, 2016

I DID IT. Two full pushups this morning. They weren't perfect but it's a start. Got it on video, it'll be a little while before I get it up, need to eat lunch real quick. My arms are tired now lol.

granitestateofmind · Jan 1, 2016

Captain Airyca said:
I DID IT. Two full pushups this morning. They weren't perfect but it's a start. Got it on video, it'll be a little while before I get it up, need to eat lunch real quick. My arms are tired now lol.

That. Is. Awesome! Now that you've got it done, I bet you'll be hungry for more. Must be a great feeling.

crimsonfalcon07 · Jan 1, 2016

Captain Airyca said:
I DID IT. Two full pushups this morning. They weren't perfect but it's a start. Got it on video, it'll be a little while before I get it up, need to eat lunch real quick. My arms are tired now lol.

Yes! Fantastic news! Worthy of celebration for sure.

Thanks all for participating in the giveaway. I look forward to seeing the final posts, and in the meantime, I wish you all a very happy New Year. Round 2 will be posted shortly.

Captain Airyca · Jan 1, 2016

Really love this challenge, super awesome job everyone. It's fun to see the photos/videos y'all post as well. Thank you to crimsonfalcon for a little extra inspiration at the end of the year.

granitestateofmind said:
That. Is. Awesome! Now that you've got it done, I bet you'll be hungry for more. Must be a great feeling.

crimsonfalcon07 said:
Yes! Fantastic news! Worthy of celebration for sure.

Thanks all for participating in the giveaway. I look forward to seeing the final posts, and in the meantime, I wish you all a very happy New Year. Round 2 will be posted shortly.

Thank you! I am going to continue doing the challenge. Will I ever get to 100? Probably not, but I'd like to be able to do a few in a row. In this video I do a couple real pushups and 9 or 10 half pushups. When I don't do the full pushups I can do 16 or 17 half pushups with pretty good form. I'm going to incorporate some planks into my workout stuff, which should help with my form for sure. Cameron has been doing a lot of body weight workouts, including planks and it's done him a lot of good. Really looking forward to the new year. I actually like new years resolutions, so I will be making some of those and doing a video on those soon too!
[video=youtube;4I2VqGFWBGs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4I2VqGFWBGs[/video]

Zemapeli · Jan 1, 2016

: 53.5
100 pushups..
I will figure these in more later, I need to turn in early tonight.

TBL · Jan 2, 2016

Captain Airyca said:
I DID IT. Two full pushups this morning. They weren't perfect but it's a start. Got it on video, it'll be a little while before I get it up, need to eat lunch real quick. My arms are tired now lol.

CONGRATS!!!!

Captain Airyca said:
Will I ever get to 100? Probably not, but I'd like to be able to do a few in a row.

Lies Cap! You can get to 100 if you really push for it

It may take you a little longer then 6 weeks, but you can do it!

crimsonfalcon07 said:
Thanks all for participating in the giveaway. I look forward to seeing the final posts, and in the meantime, I wish you all a very happy New Year. Round 2 will be posted shortly.

Thanks again for the motivation! Is there anything specific you would like to see in the final posts? or is this ok?

For 2015
MYB: 115.5
BSP: 74

TBL said:
I figured out how to use the webcam, Warning - turn down your sound. Youtube didn't like me using a copywrited song so it asked me to blur it, and I grunt out my last 4 pretty bad lol:
[video=youtube;lwZL8OJTdp8]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwZL8OJTdp8[/video]

***Weight***

Qeth · Jan 2, 2016

Grats Cap! And kudos to all of us for posting and being accountable for our workouts and goals!

ETA:

130.72 BSP total for the challenge.
Weight: 143 lbs (from 150 lbs)
One rep max for both squats and deadlifts: 355 lbs (from 335 lbs before the challenge started)