The Challenge

Complete the most unassisted chin ups.

I challenge all of you who currently cannot complete a single unassisted chin up to see who can do the most unassisted chin ups by March 22, 2008.  It is important that you currently cannot complete a single unassisted chin up.

How do you get involved?

Leave a comment letting me know you want to be involved.  I will post an entry outlining my plan for how to accomplish some unassisted chin ups and in that entry will be the list of people interested in joining the challenge. 

What is involved?

Starting on Sunday, December 23, 2007 (80 days from the end of the challenge), I will begin a weekly post regarding the challenge.  Each of you should provide me (via email) your current progress regarding chin ups.  I will post this every Sunday for all the world to see.

Participants:

Tea [visit her blog]
Lynda [visit her blog]
Suzette [visit her blog]
Lilla [visit her blog]
Jeff
Michael [You are here]

Progress:

Tea — ?? Need an update please
Lynda — ?? Need an update please
Suzette — Suzette is figuring out how to get the training in to do the chin ups. 
Lilla — ?? Need an update please
Jeff — Assisted chin machine: 2x (part of back routine)
            Assisted Chins: 3×5,3×7,3×10
Michael — Doing 5 sets of 5 chin ups with 80 pounds assistance

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The stats are in for the week.  Here they are:

I did not lose any weight this week, but I did gain lean body mass.  I dropped 1.11 pounds of fat and gained 1.96 pounds of lean body mass, so this is a success for me.  I am going to remain on the chosen path until the goal date.

Accountability Plan for This Week:

Sunday, 1/06/2008:
    Nutrition:  
        Metabolic Surge, 40/40/20 and cheat meal day
        18 glasses of water
    Workout:  
        HIIT Cardio Session for 30 minutes

Monday, 1/07/2008:
    Nutrition:
        Metabolic Surge, low carb
        18 glasses of water
    Workout:  
        Squats and Deadlift Shrugs 3 x 15 (supersetted)
        Bulgarian Split Squats and Step Ups 3 x 15 (supersetted)
        Reverse crunches 3 sets
        Steady Cardio Session for 45 minutes
        Chin up session

Tuesday, 1/08/2008:
    Nutrition:
        Metabolic Surge, low carb
        18 glasses of water
    Workout:
        HIIT Cardio Session for 30 minutes
Wednesday, 1/09/2008:
    Nutrition:
        Metabolic Surge, low carb
        18 glasses of water
    Workout:
        DB Incline Bench Press and Cable Seated Row 5 x 5 (supersetted)
        DB Shoulder Press and Wide grip lat pulldown 5 x 5 (supersetted)
        BB close grip bench press and High pull 5 x 5 (supersetted)
        Swiss ball crunches 3 sets
        HIIT Cardio Session for 30 minutes
        Chin up session

Thursday, 1/10/2008:
    Nutrition:
        Metabolic Surge, low carb
        18 glasses of water
    Workout:
        HIIT Cardio for 45 minutes
        Chin up session

Friday, 1/11/2008:
    Nutrition:
        Metabolic Surge, low carb
        18 glasses of water
    Workout:
        Squats and Deadlift Shrugs 4 x 10 (supersetted)
        Bulgarian Split Squats and Step Ups 4 x 10 (supersetted)
        Reverse crunches 3 sets
        HIIT Cardio Session for 30 minutes
        Chin up session

Saturday, 1/12/2008:
    Nutrition:
        Metabolic Surge, all protein
        18 glasses of water
    Workout:
        Rest day today

Monday through Friday my nutrition plan starts at 4:30 a.m. while it starts at 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.  I am happy with the progress so far and as you all know, I'm kicking it up a notch moving forward.

My pics and the rest of my day will be coming later. 

Until then…

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I just finished the push up challenge week 2 test and got 33 push ups in, which is an increase of 5 from last week!  I'm very happy with those results.  I apologize.  I'm still trying to find a bright enough spot in the house to do my videos and so this one is dark, but you can see me doing my push ups.  I thought of going outside, but it is raining today, so that axed that idea.

Here is the push up video as posted on YouTube.

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I received this from my follow-up coach from Global Fitness:

What does your future hold?

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It is the home stretch.  I have 28 days left in my mission and 12 days left in my first 84 days.  I threw down the gauntlet a few days ago and upped every goal I have.  I mean business and I intend to nail this mission. 

Today was one of those days where you think alot about change.  I drove through some areas I hadn't been in for a decade and was amazed at the changes.  That, inevitably, got me thinking about change and how we can cause change to happen.  It is a topic near and dear to anyone visiting this blog because we are all trying to change our physiques in a drastic way.

Time is a necessary element of the changes we are trying to accomplish.  Nothing happens overnight.  It is all about the time and effort we put in.  I have 12 days left until my first 12 week mark.  I intend for those to be the best 12 days of the entire first 84 days.  Once I hit that marker I will be heading towards the finish line of my first 100 day mission. 

I did some writing for my eBook today.  It is a fun task because I know when I'm done I will be helping people.  At some point prior to releasing this eBook I plan to give my readers (and most especially The Shredder Council) a preview of portions of the eBook.  I will expect feedback from all of you.

Accountability Log:

Yes, today was a rest day and it was so hard to take the rest, but I know my body needs that time to recover.  I've managed to hit 97% of my marks in the first 10 days of my accountability plan.  I'm actually very surprised by that number. 

Updated post on 1/6/2008:

I thought I would post my Day 1 side view picture alongside my Day 72 side view picture.  What do you think?

Until tomorrow…

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