What are your health / fitness goals? Accountability

It's awesome that you're swimming. I love swimming so much and used to be a swimmer. Our community pool is free. I've only gone once and that was when the septic tank was getting put in and we didn't have running water or plumbing for 11 days (and two bottle fed newborn piglets and hatchlings in our living room...)
I think it's time for me to revisit the pool! Thanks for suggesting it.

 

Hardly worth the effort for 175. Ya gotta throw in the birch to get it to a more reasonable temperature.

 

Wow you're getting some great heat. I really want to build a sauna now.

 

I've been thinking of getting a weighted vest. I'll probably have to start with a light one.

 

All you have to do is make a small 12 by 10 room with 7 foot ceilings and put in a sauna stove that puts out enough BTUs to heat a 2500 square house. Wood fired sauna stoves are the best. Electric stoves are in my opinion weak.

 

Thank you. This definitely sounds doable!

 

I just saw this quote and thought that it was a good reminder:

"If you listen to your body when it whispers, you won't have to hear it scream."
-Anonymous

 

190 tonight with oak and locust...I've gotten over 200 in the past, but man, that takes a lot of wood!

 

maple flooring pulled out of 4 story houses being torn down in cities/towns in the UP burns fricken great. Super duper hard and dry. put in 5 birch quarters and then stack the hard maple on top. After that burns down reload with maple again and shove 5 year old oak logs until you can't fit any more. Within 3 hours of starting/feeding it .. It'll be hotter than Hades in there.
We once got the sauna to 235, dude, I only made it 5 minutes on the top bench and that was getting used to the heat on the bottom bench a few cycles between the sauna and lake superior plunge. Slept like 10 hours after that session.

 

I definitely like it hotter, but my routine is to do it nightly. I try to minimize the start time, ideally under 30 minutes, to make the whole affair cost me 1 hour of time. I figure if I spend a couple hours, I’m not going to be able to maintain the routine to get the health benefits.

 

This sounds like a really good and sustainable routine. I really think it's time for me to build a sauna next!

 

Today I got over 14,000 steps and I just finished my total body workout. Sometimes it's hard for me to find the motivation to get started, but once I get started it feels so good to keep going.
I've noticed that I'm sleeping better at night which is a huge plus!
I'm trying not to spread myself too thin. Sometimes I set so many goals that I get mentally exhausted just thinking about them.
Hope you will have a wonderful week!

 

It felt good to get my workout done earlier in the day. I had more energy and now it feels like I'm more free now. Today was a legs and abs workout:

What are you working on today?

 

On another note, I'm going to deep clean my kitchen, drawers, cabinets, and fridge because I want to start prepping meals to take the guess work out of things.

What are some of your favorite foods to prepare ahead of time and have on hand?

 

I’m still doing my normal routine. It’s not very exciting but…Next tournament is July 28th. Yay.

 

Hard boiled eggs.

 

That's a great idea. I'm going to boil eggs tomorrow!

 

Your routine is working! July 28th? It seems like a long time from now, but I'm sure it will be here before we know it.

 

Today I really had to dig deep to show up for today's workout. I put it off all day long, but finally got it done at the very end of the day. I had a frozen chocolate banana and it was a perfect pre-workout snack!
This is week #5/10 and I'm proud to say that I haven't skipped a workout yet.

 

Oops, July 19th. I’m not sure why the 28th was in my head. One thing I’ll say about these events, I’ve never seen a fight, an argument or even a major issue. Every color, shape and size of human all battling for a .50 cent medal. Lol. Incredible!