Mission 4 --> Day 5 -> 16

Hey Shredders

Sorry for not coming around lately.
I was busy moving to other dorms and i finally got reclassed.
Im in the security forces careerfield now, and have started training already.
So in that mess i wasnt able to take daily pics or blog.
I went to the gym a few times and went swimming twice since then.
I still have to come up with a way to make pics in this dorm. its incredibly small, old and dirty. Ill have to see how that works out.

Anyhow thats all i have to say for now.

Shred on everyone
Danny

Mission 4 --> Day 4

Hey Shredders.

Today was a calistenics day, so i did my workout of pushups and pullups in my room over the day.

Ill be heading over to the gym on the weekend again.

Nutrition was decent today.

Well thats all for today
Sorry for the recent short posts.
As soon as i come across something new or interesting, ill write abut it here.

Shred on everyone

Danny

Mission 4 --> Day 3

Hey Shredders

Once again sorry for the late post.
Food was decent today, but could have been cleaner.

Went to the gym today and blasted my arms again.
Mytraps are also burning like crazy now

Well thats all i have for today

Shred on everyone

Danny

Mission 4 --> Day 2

Hello readers

Well i finished up day 2 without any problem. Only did some light calistenics for a workout since im really still feeling the DOMS.

THe pool that is located very close to me is due to re-open this weekend, so i hope i will be able to do some work with that in the near future.

Nutrition was nice and clean yoday as planned.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Mission 4 --> Day 1

Hey Shredders

I finished my first day successfully.
Sorry for the late post. On weekdays my shift ends at 11 pm( starting at 3 pm) so i usually drop dead in bed afterwards.

I did go to the gym and had a good workout. Feeling some doms in my bi and triceps and shoulders

Its funny how restricted i feel again, now that im cutting out all and every kind of junk food. It reminds me of Mission 1.
Ill get used to this again soon enough, however im surprized how much i crave these things again.
I didnt get weak though, and only ate clean.

Im going to be going swimming at the first availible possibility, whenever that may be.

Well thats all i have for you today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Back with News + New Shred Mission!

Hey Shredders

Ill get right to the point.
I didnt make it into my careerfield, as i failed to complete the PAST test again.
This time it was mainly Form that gave me the finishing blow.

For those of you who dont know about the PAST test from my earlier posts, here are the details:

500 m swim in 14 min or less
1.5 mile run in 10:45 or less
6 pull ups in 1 minute
45 pushups in 2 minutes
45 situps in 2 minutes
45 flutter kicks in 2 minutes

The pushups and pull ups were my downfall
The socalled CCT(Combat Control) pushups, involve me going far below a 90 degree angle and come back up and lock out my elbows before doing it again.
If the form was off, the pushup wouldnt count.
ANd for the pull ups, your head cannot be tilted upwards at all, and your body cannot swing in the slightest. The adamsapple has to be well over the bar, while the bar almost touches the chest.

Anyhow, due to this "little" inconvienience, i will have to reclass into another careerfield within the air force.
However it will take up to a monmth for me to reclass and leave for my tech school.

I can crosstrain back into Combat Controller in 2 years minimum, and i deffinetely plan to do so.
2 years for me to get in the by far best shape in my life and 2 years for me to be able to break all the recors on the PAST test.

And once again i want to reach over to my good friends in the shreddersphere and share this journey with you. I cant tell for sure how often i can use the mission based concept, due to deployments in the future.
I will do my very best to do so though.
its time to get back on track.

It has been 2 weeks since i failed the PAST test.
Now to the truth.
To be completely honest in these last 2 weeks i have let everything go to hell entirely. BK, popeyes, cold cut sandwiches, M&M's and tons of Soda. Not a very healthy lifestyle.
I have been working out in irregular intervalls over this time, and have therewith saved myself from completely balooning. However I did gain a several pounds over this period of time.
You probably will notice this in tomorrows picture.

Why tomorrows picture? you ask?

Because I am starting mission 4!

Mission 4: 100 Days of Hell

Start: 18th May 2009
Finish: 25th August 2009

Goals:
15 Pull Ups
70 CCT Push Ups in 2 minutes
70 CCT Sit Ups in 2 minutes
200 Flutter Kicks
500 meter swim in less than 8:30
1.5 mile run in 9 minutes
Manage to bench 250 pounds for 1 rep
Hold Plank for 5 minutes

I will have the opportunity to go to the gym almost daily now, and occassionally go to the pool as well.

Condition to mission: No Soda, No Candy, No Junk Food.
(just threw away 3/4th of my peanut M&M's Bag)

I have protein powder here.
Have to buy more milk tomorrow.
My fridge is packed with tuna.

I think i am pretty well prepared for now.

Thank you for reading, Shredders
Mission 4 will be going live tomorrow with my first daily picture.
Hope you will enjoy my ride as much as I will,

Shred on everyone

Danny

Basic Training Completion. Hello Shredders!

Hey Shredders

Sorry that i didnt post this a bit sooner.
Im back from basic training and am in tech school now.
Im shooting to become a Combat Controller, which is a special operations job in the air force.
This tech school is nearly 2 years long and very phisically demanding.
Due to that i cant continue witht th mission concept, that i have been practicing since i started this blog.
Ill come here once in a while and check on you guys.
Dont know how often but ill do my best.

Anyhow.
Basic Training was tough and a challenge.
Deffinetely not easy, and the early weeks were more or less depressing.
However the instructor's job is to break you down and then build you up again.
In the end it was deffinetely worth it and i had alot of fun times with my flight(team).
Bad side of BMT: We didnt get the chance to train half as much as i usually did at home.
I lost alot of strength, and some muscle mass. EVeryone who came in really fit, became alot weaker, whereas the really weak people became alot fitter.
I guess its supposed to bring you all down to one level.
So im trying to recover my lost strength now, here in tech school.
I failed the initial PAST test due to my lack of strength(result of BMT), along with 12 others who had the same problem. So they set me back for 2 weeks. Its 2 weeks later now, so ill be taking the PAST test again on monday.
If i fail, i need to reclass into a new careerfield. Wish me luck.

Anyhow thats all i have to say for now.
Congrats to adam and his great success with the RTP System!

Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.: THis pic is about 10 days old now

Danny Update

Hi Folks,
Sorry I haven't posted sooner, I lost Dan's login data.

Dan is now in his 6th week in Basic Training. We received a lot of letters from him and were lucky enough to talk to him yesterday for about 30 minutes. He is doing Very Good and is really starting to have fun. The first few weeks were very difficult and stressful, but as his flight (his group) progressed, things improved.

He is getting 3 square meals a day and doing a lot of physical (and mental) training. This week he has to go in the field (camping out / wargames etc...). We will be visiting him in a few weeks for his Graduation. I expect a transformation in him very similiar to the one he had during his shredding time.

He asked me pass his regards to everyone and to keep shredding. I hope he can send a note on this blog in a few weeks.

Thats all for now. Shred On!

-Bryan
p.s. If anyone wants to send a letter or note to him, you can email me at bperryger@googlemail.com and I will forward/bring it to him.

Danny is in the Air Force!

Hi Shredders,
Dans father here. Just wanted to let you all know that Danny made it to San Antonio and is now in Basic Training. I will try to keep you all up to date as soon as I hear from him. He probably won't be able to Blog again for at least 8-12 weeks. I am sure that he will keep up his fitness level and keep on the path. Anyway, I know that he loved shredding and talked a lot about his online friends. Keep your fingers crossed for him.

Keep Shredding!
-Bryan

Day 214 --> M3 Day 28: M3 End: Good Bye

Hey Shredders.

My short M3 mission is now officially completed.
Went to the gym for the last time here today and went out with some friends for lunch afterwards.
No swimming of course.

Well ill just get started with the goals i set in the beginning.

Like expected, i set my standards way to high again, lol.
However i succeeded in reaching 90 pushups, which is 20 more than my previous max.
Im currently at 8-9 pull ups
And 10-11 chin ups

The run goals fell flat on the face, as the track was covered with a thick layer of ice all throughout the mission.

And the underwater swim was partially my own fault and partioaly the fault of the many swimmiers blocking the lanes in the pool.
I stayed at 50 and havent attemped anything above that, due to the circumstances.

Eventhough this mission has not been a success in reaching the set goals, i cant say that it wasnt a success in total.
I feel and am stronger now than anytime in my life.
Improvements are hard to spot on this missions pictures,as gaining muscle simply doesnt stand out as much as losing fat.
I now weigh 92.6 kg.
My lowest in all my missions was 86.4 kg.
Im sure that i am not able to go down to that level anymore, as ive built a good ammound of muscle since my lowest point.

I have now also set a goal for myself over this year.
I want to reclaim the 100 kg body, but this time with muscle rather than fat.

Now to the last portion of this post.
Im leaving for the air force tomorrow morning.
Will go through processing till wednesday morning, when i will be set on a plane to lackland in texas. Ill be in rammstein for the time before that.
Im not sure when i will be able to pick up contact with you guys again, but i assure you that ill get it done when i have the chance.

I want to thank everyone in the shreddersphere for their massive support over the last 214 days. Thanks especially to adam for setting all this up for everyone.
I have no doubt in my mind, that without you id be in much worse shape than i am now and possibly would have continued down the fat gain spiral.Ill try to send you a mail once im through basic, bud.
Also big thanks to ron, juli, larry and mike groom for the countless comments over the whole time. Im happy to have "met" all of you guys.

Ive given my father the information to this blog.
He offered to post an update about how im progressing in the air force once in a while. I think ive woken his interest a bit with my transformation. Who knows, maybe he will join the shreddersphere as well some day, lol.

Anyways thats all i can think of saying right now
Ive gotta get some sleep now.
Ill check my blog tomorrow morning before i leave.

Shred On and Shred Massive everyone!
Im looking forward to seeing all your guy's transformations when i get a chance to poke my head in here again.

Danny

Day 213 --> M3 Day 27

Hey Shredders

Went swimming for the last time here..
Did my usual two hours.

Tomorrows the last gym run here as well.

I really have nothing to say right now
Starting to get a bit nervous now. Took enough time to seep in :D

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 212 --> M3 Day 26

Hey Shredders

Went swimming today.
No gym as my family(grandparents and others) were there to see me one last time.
Had to go simming earlier than usual though, as the time the relatives arrived was exactly cutting inbetween and into my normal swim and gym times.

Anyhow, i still feel sore from m chest workout so maybe a good idea to skip that.
On sunday im going to the gym again for the last time while im here.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 211 --> M3 Day 25

Hey Shredders

Had a good day today.
Went swimming for 2 hours and got alot more done, as there was noone but me and a friend swimming for more than an hour.
After that several people came, but too little to make swimming uncomfortable.

Went to the gym today and tried out something alse today.
Since i messed up the 5x5 80 kg several times, i downsized the weights.
The last time i did it, i went to 75 kg with my usual 2 minute break inbetween sets.
After warming up today however i did the entire thing with only 1 minute rest.
I figure that ill develop my chest a bunch better so ill be able to lift heavier weights soon.
Also i upped my weight on the leg press today to 205 kg / 452 lb.
Ive been increasing by 10 kg steadily for a while now. Starting with 105 kg / 231 lb.
Used the 5x5 concept for this as i have in the past few months.
Also follwing that i did my "calf presses" on the leg press(legs stretched, holding the weight and moving it up and down with your feet only. Nothing else blasts my calves like that.
I always do 5x30 reps with this and am seeing very healthy gains in my calves.

Anyways thats all for today
Finally a bit longer post, i know, lol.

Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.: Notice the chair in the background. Thats just one of the many things im now moving into what used to be my room and will become my fathers den, lol.

Day 210 --> M3 Day 24

Hey Shredders

2 hours of swimming today and no gym.
Continued clearing out my room over the whole day.
You look at the pic to see what i mean.
Found several secret stashes of dust all over.
Never knew i had all that much =P.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 209 --> M3 Day 23

Hey Shredders

Went swimming for 2 hours before heading to the gym for an hour.
Did mostly bodyweight exercises though.
My deadlifting DOMS(yes, its there even though i failed to complete my sets), is now reaching its high point, so i kept away from most exercises including the lower back and trapezius muscles.

Since im now in the high point of clearing out my room, and there is a not so organized chaos over here, im forced to skip my daily pic today.
Ill continue tomorrow though.

5 days left for this mission and till i leave.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 208 --> M3 Day 22

Hey Shredders

Went for deadlifts again today.
In the 3rd(out of 5) sets my hands couldnt manage to hold gthe bar for a full rep anymore.
My core, back and legs had no problem, but in the end it failed due to my grip.

No swimming today, as its closed on mondays.
Exactly 1 more week for me.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 207 --> M3 Day 21

Hey Shredders

Rest Day today, so no training besides a few chin ups and pull ups spread across the day.

So ill leave it with that for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 206 --> M3 Day 20: 90 Pushups!

Hey Shredders

My schedule was a little squished again today, so i had to get up early and get everything done before both cars were in use again.
Went to the gym first, so i could be there right when it opens, and an hour later i went right to the pool and did my 2 hours.

Well i did my pushups till failure today, which i havent done in quite some time.
My goal for this mission was to go from 70 to 90..... well i did 90 today, lol.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 205 --> M3 Day 19

Hey Shredders

Only swimming again today. 2 hours like usual.
Due to some complications about who was taking which car to what time i was kind of left without one, lol.

Ill catch up with it tomorrow. This will give me a bit extra time to recover fro my previous deadlifts.

Nothing new otherwise
Now i have 10 more days left, so its the final countdown now =P

Well thats all for today.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 204 --> M3 Day 18

Hey Shredders

Nothing all that exiting today.
Went swimming for 2 hours, but didnt go to the gym afterwards

I really am feeling the effects of yesterdays deadlifts. My entire back is aching.(the muscles only luckily, lol)

Nutrition was on target today.
Ive been taking a lot more protein over the last few days, and already feel the difference. Feel alot more pumped when working out.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 203 --> M3 Day 17

Hey Shredders

Went swimming for 2 hours, before heading to the gym for an hour.
Among other things i did 5x5 deadlifts with 110 kg, which is 10 kg more than the last time i did them.

I know this is a very short post, but i simply have nothing else to say right now, lol

Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 198 - 202 --> M3 Day 12 - 16: Internet Disruption

Hey Shredders

Sorry about not posting over the last couple of days.
Our internet was somehow cancelled going into the weekend, and we had to wait for the phone service, at the beginning of the week. So we managed to fix it with them today after going the extra mile complaining on the phone.

Anyhow i havent been slacking off during this time.

Day 12:
Swimming for 2 hours

Day 13:
Swam for 2 hours and then went to the gym for an hour

Day 14:
Rest Day

Day 15:
Gym for 45 minutes

Day 16:
Swimming for 2 hours and working out at the gym for just over an hour.

Yesterday, i noticed that i hadnt been taking in enough protein over the last week and quickly changed this with a few shakes and some tuna.
I felt kind of beaten up without any reason on monday at the gym. Hence i only did 45 minutes of "acceptable" work.
Felt invigorated today again though.

Now I have 200+ Days under my belt.
Time seems to have been flying since day 100
13 days left till i leave for basic training.
Gotta shred it up in these last days now!

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 197 --> M3 Day 11: PAST passed...again.

Heys Shredders

Yesterday was a rest day to prepare for the past, so i didnt post yet.
We drove down to rammstein again today, where i retook the PAST a final time before basic training.
Ill just fill you in on my times and reps.

Underwater swim 20 metres x 2(3 minute breaks between underwaters):
Passed

10 minute break

500 meter swim:
Required time: 14 minutes
First PAST testing: 10:50
Second PAST testing: 10:13
Improvement: 37 seconds

30 minute break

1.5 mile run:
Required time: 10.45 minutes
First PAST testing: 10.45 minutes
Second PAST testing: 10:19 minutes
Improvement: 26 seconds

10 minute break

i was asked to just do a bit better than the last time i did the calistenics, so:
6 pull ups -> 7 pull ups
45 sit ups -> 50 sit ups
45 push ups -> 50 push ups
48 flutter kicks -> 50 flutter kicks

PAST: PASSED!.... again.

The test is designed to wear you out, no matter how fit you are. You still will feel miserably beaten up, even if you have world record times on this test, lol.And it really beat me up.
My run was heavily affected by previously wearing myself out in the pool. Believe me, i felt it, lol.
but hey, thats whay its Stamina test after all =P

4 hour drive there and 4 hour drive back, just so i could take the same test i took once again, lol.I gotta thank my dad for driving me all these times. Its really a pain, to make these long trips down to rammstein and back.


Well thats all for today
Ill resume taking pictures tomorrow and wont miss any more till i leave for basic training.

Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 195 --> M3 Day 9

Hey Shredders

Nothing special today(exept the initiation of president obama, lol)
Went swimming for 2 hours.
The streets were way too icy today to drive all the way to the gym(20 km through a wet, icy and slippery forest).
So instead going to the gym i watched the initiation parade of obama, lol.
Still did some pullups and incline pushups though.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 194 --> M3 Day 8

Hey Shredders

Went to the gym today where i tried for thre 5x with 80 kg benchpressing again, and failed again. Ill try it one last time before i downsize it a few kg to gain strength. Stayed for 100 min

No swimming since the pool is closed on Mondays
Wednesday will be an additional rest day, so i can rest myself for retaking the PAST in Rammstein.

Well thats really all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 192 + 193 --> M3 Day 6 + 7

Hey Shredders

Since i didnt post yesterdays post yet, i figured i would combine.
Didnt get to take a picture again yesterday because of a problem on my computer.
Todays pics are ok though.

Yesterday i went swimming for 2 hours before heading to the gym right after for an hour.

Really am feeling yesterdays deadlifts today. My entire back is sore as heck right now.

Well today was a rest day, so i have nothing else to say.

Thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 191 --> M3 Day 5

Hey Shredders

Went swimming for 2 hours again today. However my choices in exercises in the water was incredibly limited.
There were 50 people in the pool that is 25x8 metres.
Dont know if it was a "bring your newborn" day or somethin =P.
So no sprints, no full lengths of the pool. Underwater swimming was difficult too since there was tons of chlorine in the pool today.
I think they add a bunch when they have many kids and dont want the water to turn yellow :D, lol.

To make up for not beeing able to swim as much as i would have liked, i stayed at the gym for an extra 35 minutes after finishing my hour.

No pic today
Missed the time for taking it. Willl resume tomorrow.

Wellt hats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 190 --> M3 Day 4

Hey Shredders

Sorry for posting this a day late.

Went to the gym and tried for the benchpressing with 80 kg.
On the second set i just barely failed on the 5th rep.
I kind of expected my failure though more or less.
Ill try again for it the next time.
Instead of continuing, i warmed up and tried for my max weight on benchpressing.
I ended up beeing able to lift 89.5 kg for one rep. Jet i failed on 90 kg. Kind of frustrating, lol.I stayed at the gym for about an hour.

Before that i went swimming for 2 hours. Did the 50 meter underwater swim again to prove to myself, that i can still do it.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 189 --> M3 Day 3

Hey Shredders

Uneventfull day today.
Afeter i went to the gym for the last 3 days im taking a day off from it.
Went swimming for 2 hours though and did the 500 meter timed swim again.
I started out quite calmly, trying to just make it in 14 minutes(minimum time for the past), but after 6 lengths i realized how much i had improved, even when swimming calmly(not full power). After that i went for full power swimming for the remaining 14 laps and ended up doing it in pretty much exactly 10 minutes.
Thats 50 seconds better than what i did in the last PAST.
Now I know that i could have done even better if i had given it my all from the beginning.
Im very satisfied with my improvements in this area now.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 188 --> M3 Day 2

Hey Shredders

Went to the gym today where I blasted my bicep and tricep very hard today. Never had that numb arms before, lol. Anyhow i stayed for about an hour.

I also went swimming for 2 hours. Feels good to be in our hometown pool again. Best of all its not even nearly as chlorinated as the pool in the states.

Nutrition today was on target. Still drink alot of milk thesedays. TOday it was 3 litres.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 187 --> M3 Day 1: The Final Shred

Hey Shredders

Here I am again.
The trip went pretty well and I am handling the jetlag pretty good too, though i deffinetely feel it.
After arriving i got a call from a friend at the gym and headed over there for a hourlong workout. Felt good to be working out in that gym again.
Well anyways that was yesterday, Sunday.

Today(Monday), is the official start of Mission 3: "The Final Shred"
This Mission will last 28 Days and will be my finaly effort to get into shape before beeing shipped off to basic training. Finish will be on the 8th of February.
On the 9th im going down to Rammstein, where i will stay till the 10th.

Ill just start this off with my Goals:

- 15 Chin Ups

- 13 Pull Ups

- 90 Push ups

- Run a 6 minute mile on a track

- Run 1.5 miles in 9 minutes on a track

- Swim 65 metres underwater


Well thats pretty much it for formal goals. Of course the six pack is among my wishes, yet i figure that by now everyone is hot for one and its not really worth mentioning, lol.(well too late now, hehe).

This mission will be similar to Mission 2: Eat Big, Burn Big.
I find it incredibly east to lose fat with daily swimming, and have a hard time even eating enough food to make me "not lose weight".Like I said once: Eating alot can get annoying at times. Im eating up to 4000 calories and over every day just to keep up with the swimming, lol. But its deffinetely worth it.
The point to burn alot of fat, while still getting an advanced ammount of protein, vitamins, minerals and all other important building blocks for building muscle.
its worked very well for me sofar!

Anyways, to todays workout.
The pool here is closed on mondays, so tomorrow is the soonest ill be able to go(and I will).
I went to the gym for an hour today, and did my 5x5 bench pressing with 77.5 kg and succeeded.
Because of a difference i weight of the plates and the translation from lb to kg int he states, i didnt manage to keep training the 5x5 routines all that much.
77.5 is still a great improvement for me. I believe however that the next few of these 5x5 benchiing workouts will be harder than sofar and will take repeating to make it.
I ended up staying a helthy 70 minutes working out hard.

Well thats all I have for you guys today
Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.: And the pics are there again too. Heres my day 1 picture.

Day 183 -> 185

Hey Shredders

Im going to be on a plane heading back to germany in a few hours, so ill post this a bit early.

Thursday, Friday and today i basically did the same ammount of time working out.
45 minutes in the gym, 75 minutes in the pool.

Ive failed to mention, but over the last 9 days ive been doing incline pushups at home, using the bed as the incline. I think im capable of breaking my previous record of 70 now or ar least soon.

Ill be starting with daily pictures again when "mission 3: the final shred" commences.

Ill be entirely worn out on sunday(the day i will arrive back in germany), and probably as well on Monday. Ill see how I adjust to the time change this time.


Well thats all for today.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 178 -> 182

Hey Shredders

A little late but here we go.

On Saturday I worked out at the gym for 45 min, also doing my mile run in 6:10(on the treadmill though...). Also went swimming for 75 minutes after that.

Sunday was the rest day inbetween.

Monday i felt a bit sick so i pushed the workout back a day.

Tuesday i went to the gym for an hour, and actually discovered a new room at the YMCA. A strenght room, which is specifically designed for the heavy free weight workout(deadlifts, benchpressing, squats, dumbells weighing up to 200 lbs each)
This is great, as that was the only thing next to a running track that i was lacking over here. Felt good to have a really intense workout again. After that i went swimming for 75 minutes again. The chlorine really is terrible at the Y. Underwater swimming is best done with closed eyes while guiding yourself with your arms infront of you.

And today i went to the gym for an hour, working out at the strenght training room alot again. After training in the gym i went to the showers, got undressed and put on my swimming shorts, before showering. After showering i went over to the pool, but it was closed and dark with a hose running into water. I guess they were refilling the chlorine even more...
Anyways i had no other choice but to dry off and call it a day.

Ill be going again tomorrow. Hope the pool will be open again, and hope the added chlorine wont make me blind, lol.

Anyways thats all for today.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 174 -> 177

Hey Shredders

Happy Newyears to everyone in the shreddersphere and to anyone reading at the moment.
2009 will be a blast!

Went back to the YMCA on Tuesday, and swam for 105 minutes after working out at the gym for 45 minutes.
Wednesday was a "inbetween day" and thursday was newyears.
So I went to the gym again today. 45 min at the gym + 75 min in the pool.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 171 - 173

Hey Shredders

Since I wont be shredding daily, ill update in 3 day bursts till the end of my mission.

On Saturday i wasnt able to go to the gym.
Was still to exhausted from the trip. Also the opening and closing times werent convinient.

On Sunday I went to the YMCA for the first time.
Worked out in the gym for 45 minutes. Did my benching, but regretfully here i didnt know the weight of the bar, also i needed to translate from kg to lbs. So I did an estimated 78 kg. It worked out with the 5x5 workout though.

Afterwards i went to the pool which was almost only filled with cholrine(it seemed, lol) and swam for an hour and 15 minutes.

Today was a "inbetween day". Ill go to the YMCA every second day, so this is the inbetween day.
Finally got entirely adjusted to the timezone, and got some well timed sleep yesterday.

Anyways, while I was watching TV yesterday, I came across a commercial that I had seem countless times on my previous trips. This is the first trip that it really bothered me.
It was a commercial for a fat loss pill.
"do you feel like everything you try to lose fat fails? Then try this"
Then it also tried to reel you in with the 30 risk free deal while its obvious that people wouldnt bother sending it back. Since it has more than 30 servings, people would either continue taking it till it was too late for return, or they wouldn't have sufficient self-esteem to figure that they were beeing screwed over.
Then they continued, that in average, 77-78% of the lost bodyweight was "pure bodyfat". So If you lost 10 kg, then 2.2 kg would be lost muscle.
Its so much harder to put on a kilogramm of muscle than losing a kg of fat.
Even for a cheat product, that isnt a good rate.

And since this commercial has been running for over 3 years, we know that people are still searching for the bogus magic pill that will melt off the fat. If these scams were recognized right away, they would be kicked off the air in no time.

To anyone thinking of trying out the magic pills, all I can say is: dont!
The real method to burn fat, is not new and doesnt need a scientific document to prove it(though I bet it exists). Eat less, burn more! Thats all.
If you already are deadset on buying these pill or have already, then I cant give you any better advice, but to watch what happens and keep a realistic perspective on what is happening to you so you will learn from your mistakes.

Thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny
(yeah, i know this post ran out a bit long, lol :D)

Day 170: In the states

Hey Shredders

Long flights, long drives and unhealthy food.
Sitting around all day and eating alot is really a combination i should be avoiding, lol.

Tomorrow ill be heading down to the YMCA for the first time.
Ill blog about this tomorrow.

For now, everyone shred on

Danny

Day 169: Run Times

Hey Shredders.

Did my run again today.
I haven't missed a run in quite some time now.
These are the stats:

15th = 7:01 min

17th = 7:01 min

19th = 6:47 min

21st = 6:36 min

23rd = 6:34 min

25th = 6:20 min

That was for a 1 mile run.
I improved by 41 seconds in 10 days.
Hope I can keep up the nice momentum ive built up with my runs.

Tomorrow morining Im leaving for my trip to the states.
So Ill blog a bit later than usual.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

PS: Id tell you the previous times if I recorded them or remembered them. Anyhow it started around 7:30-7:40 a mile

Day 168

Hey Shredders

Dearly needed rest day today.
Gym is closed over the next few days along with the pool.
That leaves me with pushups, pullups and running.
Tomorrow I will post again, but on the 26th im going to be on my way to the states.

Anyways thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 167

Hey Shredders

Nothing much today
Thanks for the numerous comments, and thanks adam for dedicating his last daily post to me :D

I ran my mile today reaching a new best: 6:34 min
2 seconds better than last time.

After that I went to a pre-christmas party with a bunch of friends.

I forgot to mention that yesterday, I finally entirely figured out deaddlifting.
Got some nice DOMS all over my back now.

Well thats all for today
No pics

Danny

Day 166 --> M2 Day 84: Mission 2 END

Hey Shredders

Wow is all I have to say. Mission 2 is over already. 84 days of hard training come to an end(not that ill stop now, lol)
I feel and in my oppinion look a good ammount stronger compared to when I started M2.
Funny how my weight however compares.
At the beginning of this mission I was weighing about 90 kg, and surprizingly its sligly over 90 kg now
I went down to 86.4 kg in the first half of my mission reaching a bodyfat percentage under 10%.
And since I hit halftime Ive switched it to a bulking Mission.
Surprizingly all the swimming I do kept me in the low bodyfat didgits, till about a week ago when they closed the pool for maitnance.
Anyhow seeing the difference in looks on my comparative pics below and the "sameness" of my weight, its safe to say that ive gained Ive gained a good ammount of muscle :D
I dont have the measurements but pictures are more comforting in any case.
Thanks to ron being on the stronglifts 5x5 programm, I also incorparated some of it into my second half. Thanks ron and thanks stronglifts, lol.
Ive gotten alot stronger with squats, benching and dips due to that.

As known from me my goals were a pretty darn lofty. Well at least the revised onces when I extended this mission to 84 days.
My original goals for this mission however were mostly reached.
Ive doubled my pullups from 5 to 10
My pushups went from 43 to 70. 65 was that goal.
12 min 500 meter swim i beat with a 10:50 min swim in my PAST.
Im confident that im capable of even more now.
I managed to do the 50 meter underwater swim as my goal asked.
And I almost met the goal of holding my breath underwater for 2:30. I got to 2:24.
Looking as I didnt start running activly again since several weeks ago, i didnt reach the goals i set for that. Im confident to reach a 6 min mile and a 9 min 1.5 mile in the near future soon.

Thanks for the support during this Mission everyone

I will be starting "Mission 3: Final Shred" on the 12th of January. Itll last a 28 days and will be my last super shred in the Shredder-Universe.
On the 9th of February Im off to the Air Foce for Basic Training so that will be the end for me.

Today: Went to the Gym for 90 minutes and tried doing the 75 kg benching a second time. Last time I failed in the 5th set on the 3rd rep.
This time i really struggled with it, made it however. 77.5 kg the next time.

Tomorrow is a rest day. I pushed it back by 2 days already now.
I will however run my mile tomorrow. I dont want to miss the sceduled 1 mile run I do every 2 days.

On Friday im leaving for the states. Will go to the YMCA(gym, pool and track!!!) at least every second day till the 10th of january when we return.

Christmas Is closing in, and Its funny how little I mind eating a bit more.
It seems Ive entirely any fear of fat, lol.
It doesnt seem bad, as it ties on to my bulking mission
My swimming in the states will melt anything right off.
I wont go overboard though.
The 10% pushup challenge on the shrddersphere forum is also coming to an end.
Good luck to everyone. 3 days left to reach your goals.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone.

Danny

Day 165 --> M2 Day 83 : PAST retake

Hey Shredders

Good day today in general.
Went to the gym for just over 80 min.Did 5x5 squats with 75 kg without problem.
I also went running and beat my previous 1 mile time by another 9 seconds.
Im now at 6:36 for once mile.

Also I got a call today from the recruiting center.
They told me that 30-45 days before I get shipped off, i have to take the PAST(Physical Aptitude and Stamina Test; (required for special forces jobs in the Air Force)) AGAIN!!!
I had no idea that was coming, but I see their point.
There are some peole who entirely slack off after taking the past the first time, and are unable to do it again by the time they leave for basic.
The annoying part is that this involves a 4 hour drive to rammstein again.
Itll be sometime between 12th and 15th of january.

Anyways thats all for today

Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.: Last day for Mission 2 tomorrow.

Day 164 --> M2 Day 82

Hello Shredders

Just finished reading the last modules of adams RTP System.
Great Stuff adam! This will be up there with BFFM!

Went to the gym again today for just over an hour, working on my abs.
No real soreness though, which surprises me.

2 more Days for this mission.
Will be pushing back my rest day to tuesday, so I can Shred hard untill my mission is over.

Anyways thats all for today.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 163 --> M2 Day 81

Hey Shredders

Good day today
After resting my triceps and chest since my last benching 5x5, i finally tried out my max pushups again today.
Surprizingly i totally blew away my expectations and did 70 pushups. 8 more than my last max.
When I went to they gym to do the benching with 75 kg i stalled during the 4th rep on the 5th set.
I really struggled throughout that and barely completed the first 4 sets.
In the end i stayed at the gym for just over 50 minutes.

Before that i ran my mile again and beat my best time by a good ammount.

Anyways thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 162 --> M2 Day 80

Hey Shredders

No pic today. Fell asleep a bit early and missed the pic time through that.
Went to the gym for 90 min.

Tomorrow is run + gym day again.

Im sore allover again now. Cant wait for sunday, my rest day.

Well Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 161 --> M2 Day 79

Hey Shredders

Sorry for posting so late lately.
Went to the gym for 80 min and ran a mile down at the track before that.

Nutrition was again decent, but nothing more or less.

5 days left in my current mission. And then its before and after time again, lo.

Shred on everyon

Danny

Day 160 --> M2 Day 78

Hey Shredders

Only went to the gym today for 50 min.
My chest is really feeling DOMS now.

Tomorrow ill go to the gym again and run the mile i run evry second day.

Nutrition was alright, though i didnt quite hit my calorie goal today.
Eating alot can be annoying.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 159 --> M2 Day 77

Hey Shredders

Good day today.
Went running for a mile before i headed to the gym for 70 min.
I did the 5x5 bench pressing today with 72.5 kg successfully.
I was surprized, since i stalled at 70kg and had to repeat it the last time before today.
No swimming of course, since the pool is closed till the day i go to the states.... ironic, lol.

Anyways thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 158 --> M2 Day 76

Hey Shredders.

Sorry for the late post.
I moved my rest day to sunday, as monday is no longer the only day i cant go swimming, and the gym is open longer on mondays.

No pic today due to that.

Thats all i have for you now.
So, see you later

Shred on

Danny

Day 157 --> M2 Day 75

Hey Shredders

Went swimming for 2 hours today, and went to the gym for 40 min.
Nutrition was ok caloriewise, but since i was gone to the gym and pool during normal lunch time, i missed out on that.

My pics are taken shortly after having a big meal and still feeling bloated.
So they didnt come out too good today.

Well thatsd all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 156 --> M2 Day 74

Hey Shredders.

Very good day today.
Went swimming for two hours after i ran a mile on the track.
Lateron i headed to the gym where i tried benching 70kg 5x5 again.
This time i managed it quite easily actually.
Also i squatted the same weight for 5x5.

My calf DOMS finally is entirely gone. Which means ill be going back to burning thm up soon, hehe.

Thats all ive got for today.

Just an announcement: Im going on vacation on the 26th of december till the 10th of january. Flying to my grandparents in the massachusets.
This time ive already secured a gym for the time im there. The YMCA actually.
Mission 2 will be ending on the 22nd, so ill see this as a reward, lol.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 155 --> M2 Day 73

Hey Shredders

First of all I want to congratulate mike and adam for finishing the shreddersphere forum. You two have done a great job.

Today I only went swimming for 2 hours.
Two more days left, before the pool closes up for 2 weeks.

Well thats all for today
(Yes I know, that this is a short post again, lol.)

Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 154 --> M2 Day 72

Hey Shredders

Very good day today.
Went swimming for two hours.
I wanted to do the same distance, as i did in the PAST test and see how much effort i would have to put in to complete the 500 metres in just under 14 min.
At the actual PAST, i made it in 10:50 min, but today i was trying to reach the worst, which is 14 min, but still make it.
I ended up doing it in 13 min without any special effort, andd figured, i would continue for another 500 metres. And as time went by i kept adding 500 metres to the continuous swim, till i reached 2.5 km. I made it in 78 min which means that every lap was 13 min.
Awesome for me to see, that even without effort, now i could easily pass this test again, even if it was longer.

Before swimming, i went running for a mile, even though my calf was still aching like crazy. It seems though that all the activity has finally loosened it up, and now i barely feel any of the soreness anymore.

Lastly I decided to go to the gym for an hour again.
I did the 5x5 bench pressing with 70 kg. I was really disappointed though, as i failed the last repetition of the last set, even though i had already managed to raise it half way. The next times ill use 70 kg again, till i manage to do the 5x5 routine with the weight.

Nutrition today was good. Had alot of milk to drink, along with plenty of tuna, chicken and vegetables.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 153 --> M2 Day 71

Hey Shredders

Went swimming for 2 hours today.
No running, as my calfs are burning even more than yesterday from DOMS.Walking has become a real amusing activity all of the sudden.

Otherwise i did some pushups.
Nutrition was decent. Not entirely clean but on the mark caloriewise.

Tomorrow im going to the pool again and will also go to the gym.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 152 --> M2 day 70

Hey shredders

2 more weeks for this mission.
Its been going great over the last few weeks, and i cant see myself changing anything in the near future. Never change what works for you very well.

Today was a rest day so ive got nothing on the training part today.(and no pics)
My calfs are going through the worst DOMS I can remember. Really an awesome feeling, ill tell you.

Nutriton was alright today, not perfect though.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 151 --> M2 Day 69

Hey Shredders

Went to the gym today.
67.5 kg benching 5x5
and
65 kg squats 5x5.

Thats what i upped for today.
Of course thats not all i did today at the gym.
I really burned out my calfs today. DOMS really is starting to kick in now.

Nutrition was good today.
Tomorrows a rest day for me, so no pic tomorrow.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 150 --> M2 Day 68

Hello readers

Half a hundred days down again.
Time really is flying by lately.

Went swimming for 2 hours today.
After next week, the pool will be closed for almost 2 weeks for yearly cleaning.

Tomorrow im hitting the gym around noon. Time to up the weights again.

Its really funny how short my posts have become in recent time.
Now that everything is going flawlessly, and i have no more spontaneous ideas, i finish writing these posts within 3-7 min. tops.

So ill end it here for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 149 --> M2 Day 67

Hey Shredders

Nothing much to say today again.
Its been a good day.
Nutrition was good and so was sleep.
Went swimming for 2 hours and ran for a mile before that.

My entire body is sore from all previous workouts, which is a great sign.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 148 --> M2 Day 66

Hey Shredders

Couldnt run due to big time snowfall yesterday and last night. The track was and is covered in snow.
I went to the gym today for an hour and had a good workout.
Did squats 5x5 with 62.5 kg, also 5x5 benchpressing with 65 kg.
I upped 2.5kg each.
Thanks to ron i got interested in the stronglift website and practice.
Sofar im deffinetely satisfied with the 5x5(very early though)

Lateron I went swimming for 2 hours and 45 minutes.

Nutrition was below calorie goal today regretfully.
Ill make up for that tomorrow if possible.

Well thats all for today

Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 147 --> M2 Day 65

Hey Shredders.

Short post today as i dont have a lot to say.

Day went great in all aspects. I went swimming for 2 hours and did some push ups at home.
Nutrition and sleep were both great again.
I think im on a roll now.

Thats all i have for you today.
Thanks for yesterdays numerous comments.

Shred on

Danny

Day 146 --> M2 Day 64

Hey Shredders

Very busy day today.
First I ran for a mile. The track is right next to the pool.
Then i went swimming for 2 hours.
I was already sure that i was finished for the day, when a friend from the gym called, and asked if i would come along to the gym.
Surprizingly i agreed, even though the workout wasnt sceduled.
So 1 hour at the gym as well.

Nutrition worked out very well today.

Sleep also is exellent lately.
I think due to this, my bulking mission is finally working better.
I am stronger than ever now and I believe that i am finally gaining a good ammount of muscle mass.
Well judge for yourself on the pics.

Thats all for today
Good Night and Shred on

Danny

Day 145 --> M2 Day 63

Hey Shredders

Good day today
Went to the gym and hit the squats again, this time with 60 kg to start it off. Also with the 5x5 system.
Also benching 62.5 kg(without machine), 5x5.

A few days ago i tried out my max on benching(again witrhout the machine). I ended up doing 82.5 kg once.
Not quite my bodyweight yet, but not that far of either.

Tomorrow im going to the pool again. No gym, but some body weight exercises.
Im trying to teach myself to do a handstand now. Possibly a pushup or two in that position lateron.

Well thats all for today
Since i was in a rush to the gym today i missed out on taking pictures.
Tomorrow is more organized, so ill deffinetely get some pics up here.

Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 144 --> M2 Day 62

Hey Shredders

The gym and pool close early on sundays and i didnt manage to get there in time. I didnt want to drive, with even the slightest ammount of alcohol in my system, even if i felt fine.
Lateron I went to a bigggg family dinner, which also took up some time.

Im booking today as a rest day, rather than tomorrow, where ill deffinetely figure out something to do. I might go to the gym, depending on the availibility of the car.

So no pics today.
Ive got a nice muscle-soreness from yesterdays training though. It might be a good idea to rest it out right the day after.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Dannuy

Day 143 --> M2 Day 61: First Trophy

Hey Shredders.

Today the Gym was holding a contest.
There were two categories,: "Mr. Bauchmuskel" and "Mr. Brustmuskel"
Of course thats in german, so for everyone but juli, ill translate real fast.
Bauchmuskel = abdominals(abs)
Brustmuskel = Chest Muscle(pecs)

For each we had to 4 exercises, with as many repetitions as we could in 1 minute.
We started with the four pec exercises.
First push ups for one minute
30 sec. rest
Butterfly curls for one minute
30 sec. rest
Benching 50 kg for one minute
30 sec. rest
And lastly Benching as much weight as you can at the machine, once, while the bench is bent to about 45 degrees.(weight was calculated with bodyweight for points)

I came in 3rd here.

Then the abs exercises.
First weighted, leg raises(laying down) 5 kg weight for one min
30 sec. rest
then you hang on the pull up bar and raise your leg, till your leg makes a 90 degree angle to your stomache. That for 1 min
30 sec. rest
crunches for 1 min.
30 sec rest
and lastly turning situps(elbow touches opposite knee)

And to my big surprize i actually won this one.

Its not a big gym, but hey, i beat people who have been training for more than 2 years, while im roughly at 4 and a half months into this now.lol

Thats all i did for fitness today.
I was invited to a big birthday party of a friend of mine, so i headed down there.
I had some alcohol for a change again, but didnt go overboard.

Pool closed at 5 pm today, and at that time i was getting home from the gym, so no swimming.

Well thats all for today.
Now that I look at it, a rather long post.

Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 142 --> M2 Day 60

Hey Shredders

Once again a short post.
It feels good to shorten your posts, due to recent successes, rather than babling about mistakes i might have made.

Today was perfect again in nutrition, swimming and sleep.
This week is really rocking

Tomorrow is a Gym day

Well Im going to bed now.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 141 --> M2 Day 59

Hey Shredders

Great day today

1 intense hour at the gym followed by 2 hours of swimming.

Nutrition was exellent in ammount and calorie count.

And lastly the sleep was also exellent.

Not much else to say
Tomorrow is a only swimmming day. Depending on the situation(if the snow melted), i might run a bit outside on the track as well.

Well thats all today
Shred on everyone
Good Night

Danny

Day 140 --> M2 Day 58

Hey Shredders

I dont really have anything new for you today, so ill cut this short.
I went swimming for 2 hours and did some pull ups here at home today.
Nutrition wasnt quite good enough, as i missed out on 4-5 hundred calories today that were planned.

Tomorrow is gym and swimming again.
This week sofar is progressing very well.

No picture today, as my comp crashed and took the latest files with it. It happens.

Anyhow thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.:Thanks everyone for the numerous comments recently. I know i should do so more myself and will try to drop a comment on your blogs now and then.
Thanks again

Day 139 --> M2 Day 57: Back on track

Hello Shredders

As you probably figured out from the headline, i had a pretty good day today.
Went to the gym for an hour and lifted nice and heavy.
Afterwards i went swimming for 2 hours.

Nutrition was really good and last nights sleep was great in timing and recovery.

So Ive got a strong start for a new and better week, compared to last.

Well thats really all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 138 --> M2 Day 56

Hey Shredders

Nothing more than a rest day today. So no pics coming up.
Im getting used to more and better timed sleep now.
Im sure this will help my overall health and performance.

Tomorrow is a swim and gym day.
Cant wait to get back into a good training week as opposed to last weeks bad training.

Well thats all for today.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 137 --> M2 Day 55

Hey Shredders.

Finally this week comes to an end.
In all things, planning and all, this week was an entire disaster for me.
I ended up going swimming twice, out of the 5 planned times. Then the sickness that held me at home, one day past my rest day.
I went to the gym 3 timesout of 4 planned sessions.
Even today we almost had to cancel the trip to the gym because of the severe weather conditions.
yesterday, it snoed relentlessly, and today didnt seem to be lighting up till about 12am.
So instead of going at 10 am we went at 12, and got in 1 and a half hours instead of 3 and a half hours of training. The gym regretfully closes at 2pm on sundays.

Weeks like these are the worst, but we have no choice but to push through and hope for better times...

Now that this week is finally at an end im having high hopes for the next week. Weather is supposed to improve dramatically. I feel fit and healthy. And im trying to apply my new sleeping habits. More swimming, more gym, more calistenics.

Well thats all for today

As I also am trying to develop a habit for taking regular rest days(ignored those in the past/forgot), ill be taking the same rest day as last week. Monday. Mondays, the pool is closed, and mondays i will probably be loaded with muscle soreness like last monday. SO tomorrow no shredding for me.

Shred on everyone
Danny

P.S.:I warned about my abs disappearing in the near future. Well the near future is starting to come around, lol.

Day 136 --> M2 Day 54: Push Up max!

Hey Shredders

No pic today since i just had a huge meal with tons of milk on the side. In short, im bloated.
I usually take pics lateron in the night, since ive been accustomed to staying up till 3-4 am, browsing the blogs and the web for new info on training and on the air force. Want to get back into sleeping at better times from now on. (going to bed at 12 and getting up at 8)

It snowed ALL day today. Swimming was dropped because i didnt have the car availible to get to the pool today.

Anyways, i did some work with the dumbells and did some calistenics.
Im seeing ron getting really good with the pushups since i hit my recent max.
So i thought that id best not fal behind and did some as well.
I went for pushup max, with the goal to do at least 57 and ended up doing 62!
I guess the benching ive been doing at the gym recently is starting to show effect.

Thats all for today i guess.
Tomorrow is the big Gym day again where ill train for at least 3 hours.
Quads are still in a world of hurt though, so im not sure, how much i will train them tomorrow.

Shred on everyone
Danny

Day 135 --> M2 Day 53

Hey Shredders

Its the first day with snow today, and heck did it come down!
I didnt manage to get down to the pool today but i went to the gym again today and lifted nice and heavy.

My abs are still a bit sore, but my quads are now burning like never before.
I hate our stairs at hom now, since very step up or down sends shooting pain though my legs.

Nutrition was almost as good as yesterday, so im satisfied.

Im not going to the gym tomorrow since im sore allover. Ill use my home dumbells to work my arms a bit though, and swimming of course.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 134 --> M2 Day 52

Hey Shredders

Productive day today.
Though i only went swimming for an hour today, i went to the gym for 1 and a half hours and liftd hard and big!.
The weighted suqts really left some soreness in my legs.
Any day with new DOMS is a good day, hehe.

Im still sticking to the mik diet, and its serving me well.
Today I actually managed to eat what i need to bulk.
Split in 3 meals though.
Salmon, Brokoli and Potatoes for the first meal.
Oatmeal in Milk for the second meal.
2 Tuna Sandwiches(each sandwich, one can of tuna) for the third meal.
And with the meals and several times inbetween meals I had milk.

Ate cleaner today than any time in recent memory.
Looks like part2 of this mission is coming together nicely now.

Thats all I have for you today
Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.: For todays pic Id like to ask you to imagine the smile on my face, lol.

Day 133 --> M2 Day 51

Hey Shredders

Back to training today.
I went swimming for 2 hours today. Today alot more intense than usual. Its funny when your head gets red from swimming, lol.

Tomorrow is gym and swimming again.

Also I still get surprized at my weight, since i am not gaining. Im actually equal to my personal best right now.
I need to eat even more i guess. It seems i still have a calorie defecit.
I dont want to lose any more weight.
Of course this is partially because i didnt eat alot during my sick day and rest day.
Its really tricky to get back into the "eat a lot" mood, once youve rid yourself from it once.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 132 --> M2 Day 50: Recovery Day

Hey Shredders

Fever was gone soon after i wrote my last post, and i started to feel better over the day.
Slept alot, and now finally feel healthier than before the sickness.

Tomorrow im back on track with swimming and a gym session.

More tempting and terrible than any food cravings i might have, is the simple fact that you cant train at all when your sick.
Makes the day alot emptier.

Abs are still burning. Never been this satisfied with DOMS before.

Well thats all for today.
Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.: Pics are starting again tomorrow.

Day 131 --> M2 Day 49:Fever

Hey shredders

A rest day for me today.
I took no picture for this reason.

Ive been feeling a bit strange today and at the end of the day i had a fever appearing.

Its 5 am now, and im only awake now, because i wake up every 15 minutes since 12 pm.
Cant sleep, so i figured, that id take a moment to write this post.

Anyhow ive had incredibly sore abs today. It beat all previous DOMS on my abs, im sure of that.

Now to something Ive been doing since i started bulking.
Each day i drank about 3 litres of milk, for the protein(and gthe taste of course, lol). I think that this new habit will pay off very soon in the second half of my mission. Feel free to leave a comment, if you have some criticism for this new habit.

I dont know if i will be doing anything tomorrow. Depends on how i feel healthwise.

Anyways thats all for now.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 130 --> M2 Day 48

Hey Shredders

A tough day at the gym today.
Went there for 3 hours and trained about 2 and a half out of the three.
Ive never has abs this sore. ALso my tri and biceps are burning up from the previous few days.

Tomorrow is a rest day.
I might go jogging at some point for a little while but at remains to be seen.

Anyhow thats all for today

Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 129 --> M2 Day 47

Hey Shredders

A good and balanced day today.
Went to the gym for 35 min and worked out like crazy.
Then i went swimming for an hour, right before it closed.
Reminds me why i hate weekends, =P

Anyhow the gym will be open from 12 am to 2 pm tomorrow, and ill take that opportunity to get in another good workout.
Swimming again on Tuesday.

Surpizingly Im pretty happy with todays picture. I figured that my abs would be leaving about now, lol.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny



Just thought id put it here since the pictures were in the same size for a change.

Day 128 --> M2 Day 46

Hey Shredders

Great day today.
3 full hours of swimming before i went to the gym.
I only went there for half an hour, but like yesterday that was one hell of a half an hour.

Nutrition was also on spot today.
Im starting to get used to eating and drinking more now that im in the bulking phase.
I saw that my body had gone into auto pilot and ate alot less than i did before i started my phisique transformation. Automatically when i think of eating something what i used to eat, i instantly think that its too fatty and move on and try to think of something else to eat. I guess now I am feeling how much my eating habits have changed.

Anyways thats all for today.

Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 127 --> M2 Day 45

Hey Shredders

A burning headache kept me in bed till 3 pm today, so everything kinda got squished in my scedule today.

Went to the gym, but because i still planned to go swimming, i only did 30 min. But some 30 min those were!
Afterwards i went swimming for a bit more than 1 and a half hours.
Car was gone, so i had to catch a ride for both occasions.

Well thats all for today.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 126 --> M2 Day 44

Hey Shredders

Went swimming for for 2 hours today and did some calistenics.
Tomorrow is gym again.

Actually I beat my pushup max today by a full 5 pushups.
Im at 55 now.

Took my pic tonight, so lighting isnt normal at all. It gets dark really fast during this time of the year.

Well thats all for today
Shred on

Danny

Day 125 --> M2 Day 43: Good Start

G'day Shredders

Went swimming for a clean 2 hours today before heading off to the gym and shedding harder than ever for a full hour.
I currently can bench 90 kg once.
The last time i tried this i was at 80 kg.
So deffinetely an improvement.

This really really is to be a muscle building phase, so i wouldnt be surprized if my abs became a bit fuzzy in the future pics for a while.

Nutriton was on target at about 3300 calories
A good start

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 124 --> M2 Day 42: Half Way

Hey Shredders

I appologize for putting this up here this late.
Well it wasnt a rest day today, even though it was planned out that way.
I was called up by a friend and got a ride to the gym with him.
Worked out for about 2 hours.
I really want to get right into the planned bulking phase.
I bumped up my nutrition today instead of starting tomorrow.
I figured, that if i was going to start bulking i shouldnt really wait for a pre-detemined time and waste a day through that.

So for the next 42 days i will be eating big, and shredding harder with the weights than this first half.

My pics are a bit unusual today
I took them a bit late in the day, and decided to do something else for the pic today.

Anyways thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.: This is not a mirror immage, these are both sides of me, lol.

Day 123 --> M2 Day 41: End of GS 2.0

Hey Shredders

Well its done now. Day 14 is over.
Its been an extremely productive too weeks for me and as i read for the rest as well!
Deffinetely set the shredder-shere back into some serious motion.

After this really hard training week, today i felt totally wasted. Also all real opportunities to go to the gym or go swimming are not availible today.
So I took a much needed rest day.
Tomorrow i will probably take another rest day, since i havent had any rest days at all lately.
From tuesday on i will have more opportunities again.
Well like last weekend, i kinda got into a worse mood than usual.
Really am not a fan of weekends anymore.

Tomorrow will be the last day of the first half of Mission 2.
I am going to use the rest day tomorrow and have already today to prepare a few plans for the second half.
Im probably going to pass over nto a bulk up phase as opposed to my fat cutting phase ive been in lately.
Im very satisfied with my weight and bodyfat percentage right now, however i wan t to add a bit more muscle to my frame.

Well thats really all for today
Todays pic isnt as good as yesterdays, but its not too bad either.
Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.: Good luck, mike with your 28 day shred!

Day 122 --> M2 Day 40

Hey Shredders

Lot of action today.
Went to the gym for an hour today.
Went for 2 and a half hours of swimming also and hiked about 13-14 km while carrying a heavy load.

I and a friend had been spontaneous and decided to go hiking, and camp for the rest of the weekend and grilling over a real fire. So we went, but they werent selling any meat at the market.
So with that the neccisicity for a campfire left, and with that interest in camping kinda dwindled and went in the shi**er.

Next time we will get meat beforehand and prepare a bit better.
Anyuways i got alot of workout in through that and my quads are burning like hell now(had been burning slightly from running the previous days anyways).

Anyhow thats really all for today
I reached 86.2 kg weight today, which is once again my all time best.

Shred on everyone
Danny

P.S.: Measured bodyfat with accu measure today and checked out the fitting chart.
Apparently im 6.5% bodyfat right now.

Day 121 --> M2 Day 39

Hey Shredders

2 more days for the group shred now.

I reached my alltime best weight now, at 86.8 kg.
Funny, since i ate a very large dinner yesterday.

I went running for another 3 miles today
And then I went to the pool for just slightly more than 2 hours.
Lastly i mixed in some calistenics throught my day. Im pretty sure that ill break my pushup record soon.

Well thats all for today again.
I know this post is almost identical to yesterdays btw

Shred on everyone
Danny

Day 120 --> M2 Day 38

Hey Shredders.

Productive day today on Day 11 of the group shred.
3 more days to kick some a**!

I went running for 3 miles again today.
Also I went swimming for 2 hours today, which was nice and intense.
Lastly I did some calistenics this evening to end the day.

Nutriton today was maitnance level nothing more nothing less.
I feel fitter day by day(since the weekend), and am confident about this missions outcome. 4 days till half time of my 84 day mission....only that i wont take a break lol.

Anyways thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 119 --> M2 Day 37

Hey Shredders.

Looking back on the last 3 weeks i am noticing a pretty tough pattern.
Whenever the weekend comes and i am unable to go swimming, i inevitably seem to get into sort of a bad mood or simply am not happy with my progress. However during the week i am usually pretty enthusiastic and satisfied with my efforts.
Anyways, its the middle of the week now and im back into a much better mood and groove than on the weekend.

I went running 3 miles/4.8 km today and went swimming for 2 and a half hours, 1 hour later.
Im happy with todays efforts!

Nutrition was decent, but fitting the calorie goal.

Well thats all ive got for you today
Good Night

Shred on

Danny

P.S.: the pics look a bit off today since i got very little sleep after watching most of the presidential election on cnn.

Day 118 --> M2 Day 36

Hello Shredders

Finally back to the pool again today. Swam for 3 hours and did some light calistenics afterwards for my workout.

Nutrion was spot on today. No real mistakes.

I took todays pic a little late, while watching the presidential election.

Anyways thats all for today
Shred on

Danny

Day 117 --> M2 Day 35

Hey Shredders.

Nothing special today really

Nutrition was alright.
I went to the gym and had a good workout for 1:30 hours.

Tomorrow i can finally go to the pool again and swim.
Im sick of waiting these last 3 days.

Well thats really all for today.
Shred on

Danny

Day 116 --> M2 Day 34

Hey Shredders.

I went to the city-run thing and did the 3k. It deffinetey took it out of me.
Out of roughly 400 people i came in 43rd.
Pretty happy with the result, pretty much in the top 10%(or almost)

Otherwise i did some calistenics today.
Regretfully, due to the holiday and weekend i wasnt/wont be able to go swimming at all till tuesday. Cant wait to get back to it.

Anyhow nutrition was better today, and on maitnance level.

Well thats all for today.
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

P.S.: I forgot to take the pic in the morning so i did after the run. Not really a prioblem, only that i drank almost 3 litres of water right before this. So the pics aren't that good.

Day 115 --> M2 Day 33

Hello Shredders

Nothing big today.
Since it was a holidy today, literally everything was closed.
So all i did was a makeshift calistenics programm,

Tomorrow morning im going to attend a city run in the city where my gym is, and participate with a friend. There are 2 races. 3k and 10k.
I have yet to decide which i will do or if both, lol.
We will see.
Good sunday activity though, since just like today everything will be closed tomorrow.

Nurtitionwise it wasnt too good of a day. about 3-4 hundred cals to many.
Tomorrow will make up for that.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 114 --> M2 Day 32

Hey Shredders

Had a great day today.
Still in a good mood because of yesterday.
Went swimming for nearly 5 hours today.
That was basically my workout.

Nutrition was decent today.

In todays back picture i believe that my back is becoming more defined than it was before. Progress is still visible, even after more than a 100 days, lol.

The Group Shred 2.0 is going really well and i want to compliment everyone in it on their continued efforts till day 5, today. This is deffinetely going to be a great success.

Well thats all from me today
Shred on and have fun with day 6, the half-way mark tomorrrow.
Shred on

Danny

Day 113 --> M2 Day 31: PAST ---> PASSED!

Hey Shredders.

Happy is deffinetely something i could describe myself as right now!
We drove down 400 km to rammstein, taking more than 4 hours and then met up with my recruiter to take the PAST.
I was a little skeptic at first in the car because on the night before I ended up sleeping no more than one hour.

First came the 20 meter underwater swim.
When we were supposed to warm up for that and get used to the water, i just dived in and did 25 for fun. Noone but my dad saw though, lol
There was one other guy around my age who took the PAST with me
For the underwaters i just took it easy and ended up beating him by several meters(in speed not distance), even though i wasnt going fast =P. Noo problem at all
But we both made it.

10 minute rest was given inbetween

For the 500 meter swim in minimum 14 minutes:
I blazed off, instantly leaving the other contestant behind me.
Right before they said that a great time for each lap(1 time back and forth) would be 1.20 min, resulting in 13.20. And according to them most people failed on the swim.
The were shocked when i came out of the pool with more than 3 minutes left to spare and breathing calmly.
I completed it in 10.50 min . 3 min and 10 sec less than required.
The other duy taking the past had a much harder time and failed the swim with 14.40 min.

On the to the 1.5 mile in minimum 10.45 min run:
They had a very strange track, which wasnt like your usual 400 meter running track. you ran to a certain point, made 7 laps around a big square and ran to the end about 100 meters away still.
New experience for me, ill tell you that.
This time i was beaten by the other contestant. He made it in 10.40 and i came in exactly on 10.45,bareley scratching the requirement.
Great feeling to make it, even if it was so close.

TO the Calistenics:

First chin ups/pull ups. 6 required in 1 min:

They told us to do the minimum requirement with the calistenics and just leave it with that so we had energy for the rest.
I did the 6 chinups with unfamiliar ease feeling like i could do another 4 or 5.
The other guy also made this but seemed to have a more difficult time.
Good that i bought the pull-up bar on my last trip to the states.


Sit Ups. 45 required 2 min:

They told us to do 50 and just leave it there.
I still had 45 seconds to spare after completing the sit ups.


Push Ups. 45 required in 2 min:

We were told to do 45 and leave it there.
I ended up doing 45 with almost a whole minute left to spare this time.
But i was almost at my limit anyways.
Afterwards the recruiter asked me why i didnt use the butt-in-the-air rest position.
I said, that i read it was illegal during the PAST.
He told me that it wasnt.
Knowing that would have made my life alot easier, and i would have b een able to do at least 55 in total or more in the 2 minutes.

Lastly Flutter Kicks.45 required in 2 min:

Now this surprized me a bit, because i thought, that each leg had to go up once for it to be one flutter kick. Turns out that each leg had to go up 2 times for 1 flutter icks, thereby resulting in 4 kicks.
I ended up doing 48 just for fun even though he tried to stop us at 45.


PAST: PASSED!

The recruiter took us to lunch since we were the first people he ever had to test the PAST on.
We went to chili's, which is a awesome american restaurant that exists regretfully only in one place in germany, and we were there, lol.

Now that i qualify entirely for the Special Operations job that i want he told me that i will have to stay here till february most likely.
He's still looking if theres something availible more aerly, but the odds are 70 to 30 that ill stay here till february.


On the drive back home, I got a blasting headache. About a half an hour after our arrival back at home i went to bed and slept though till just now. I ended up sleeping about 14 hours straight, lol.

Well thats really all for now. Ill update you on day 32 this evening.
Hope you all had fun with day 4 of the group shred 2.0
I certainly did.

Shred on everyone

Danny

P.S.:Hope you dont mind the freakish grin too much, lol

Day 112 --> M2 Day 30

Hey shredders

"GS 2.0" day 3.
Went swimming for about one and a half hours today and changed the tires of one of our cars. Otherwise i took it slowly today. Need alot of rest for tomorrows test.

Also i am now(and without planning this) at my lowest weight ever. 87.0 kg.
Its not that I eat little over the day, its simply the fact that swimming seems to burn more calories than you'd think. Strangely without plannning so i seem to be justigying the name of this mission: "Burn BIG!"

Now one last checkup on he PAST before i leave.

20 meter underwater swim ---> accomplished in training
500 meter surface swim in 14.30 min ---> accomplished in training
1.5 mile run in 10.45 min ---> accomplished in training
6 pull ups in 1 min ---> accomplished in training
45 sit ups in 2 min ---> accomplished in training
45 push ups in 2 min --> accomplished in training
45 flutter kicks in 2 min ---> accomplished in training

So as long as my stamina and endurance holds together i will make this test for sure!

(btw: the above is a list or requirements. The actual progress is even better ;-) )

Thanks for the numerous comments.
I appreciate you all stopping by and wiching me luck.

Going to bed a bit early today because we will have to leave early in the morning.
Shred on

Danny

Day 111 --> M2 Day 29

Hey Shredders.

Awesome day for me today.
Before i went swimming, i went for a short run on the track(5 laps), then went swimming for 3 hours where i improved my underwater distance swim by 4 more meters, reaching 50 metres.For me that deffinetely is a milestone.Beginning this summer i wouldnt have dreamed of diving 2 laps in a full sized pool and even had problems doing one single lap. Just to be sure, i did it again a few minutes later.
After swimming i went for another 5 lap run around the track.
Nutrition stood out today as it was right on track for once.
Lots of tuna and chicken was on the menu.

Tomorrow is my last day before i take the phisical test(PAST) so i usually would rest up for best results. But seeing as group shred 2 is going on i cant just bail on you guys. Ill go swimming again tomorrow. No running or gym though. Ill get back to that after i take the PAST.

On thursday i wont be able to shred here at home as im gone literally all day, but im not worried about getting a workout. The PAST will no doubt burn up all my energy.

Well thats really all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 110 --> M2 Day 28

Hello Shredders

Pool is closed on mondays, so i went to the gym for 1 hour and 40 min.
Also worked on my pull ups and pushups again.

I now have a date for the phisical test(PAST). Its on this thursday.
Pretty sudden but im not all that nervous.

Today is day 1 of the group shred 2.0
Be sure that i wont bail out on this little mission.
Good luck to the other 14 participants.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone.
Danny

Day 109 --> M2 Day 27

Hello Shredders.

I did some intense pace-training today and a few pushups. Otherwise i had a very uneventfull day.
Im taking part in adams group shred 2.0 by the way.
SO i will have pics and effors posted daily and without delay of a day or two.

Well thats all for today.
I think i could almost call this a rest day.
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

P.S.: Lighting and picture quality are pretty terrible today. Dunno the problem...

Day 108 --> M2 Day 26

Hello Shredders

Reward meal day today. SO i went a bit over the limit with eating, but nothing too bad.
Went to the gym today, for about an hour and went swimming for 2 hours before doing a little pace-training on the track outside. Pullups were of course also on the scedual.
All in all a good training day.
Tomorrow is a cardio day. Pool is closed and gym is closed as well on sundays.
SO my only option is running. And that is exactly what i plan to do.
Its kind of a more weak spot compared to the other parts tested in the PAST for me. I know that i will pass , because i managed to beat the time already, but i want to exeed the required time by as much as possible.

Well thats all for today.
Thanks for yesterday's comments, you all.
Shred on everyone

Danny


P.S.: I almost forgot. I checked myself with accu-measure today and it surprized me to see that accorting to the chars im at 8.5% bodyfat right now.

Day 107 --> M2 Day 25

Hello Shredders

As i thought, my weight hasnt really changed much, actually i am at my all time low right now eith 87.3 kg which is 100 grams less than my last all time low. SO nothing big there. Weight loss results at this stage are slow.

Well to my fitness scedual today.
I went swimming for nearly 2 hours.
After leaving i was going to do some running, but he first step outside the pool-facility was apparently the trigger for the outdoor shower and it started raining.
So No running.
I did mu compact pushup training routine today and feel stronger than ever in that aspect. Ill do my max pushups soon to see if ive really made mentionable progress.

My chinups have dropped from 8, down to 6 over the last week and is now back to 7 and a half. The road to success isnt always a straight one i guess.
Perserverance is the key.

I gave my recruiter a call today and found out that he now got himself certified to give the PAST(Phisical Aptitude and Stamina Test). I guess that explains why it took so long to get it all going. Also i seem to be the first person who ever tried out for a special forces job through him. Since i kind of interrupted a meeting with my call to him, i will give him a few availible dates on which i could be availible to drive down to ramstein and take the PAST, on monday. Either the 30th of oct, the 4th of nov or the 6th of november i will be probably taking the test.

Well thats really all for today.
Tomorrow ill go swimming again and will hopefully find the opportunity to go to the gym. Havent been there in a while now.

So Shred on everyone.
Good Night

Danny

Day 106 --> M2 Day 24

Hey Shredders

Went swimming again today and actually had a better workout there in 2 hours than any of my previous 3 hour sessions.
I went there with a friend of mine today and we made up the "swimming" olympics.
Most of the discilines involved racing. Freestyle, breaststroke, sidestroke and back-swimming races made up half of the games.
The other half was all about distance diving. Seing how far you can get with how many strokes compared to eachother.
Then the underwater race, in which we raced underwater for 1 lap
And lastly a total distance underwater swim. I made out for 46 metres(almost 2 entire laps underwater) and my competitor made the full 2 laps(50 metres).
All that really took the air out of me, but hey, i won everything exept for the final underwater distance swim i just wrote about, lol.
At the beginning of the summer he beat me in everything without exeption.

Also 46 metres underwater is a huge step towards my goal of 65 meters underwater that i plan on accomplishing before i leave for basic training.

Otherwise i only did a few Pull Ups today. I simply was too worn out from the strenous water olympics.
(and the chemicals in the water really messes up your eyes.)

I havent checked the scale in several days, but i will again tomorrow morning. I think that i have stayed fairly consistant without any major weight gain.
Also i will start taking daily pictures from tomorrow on again. Gotta get this good old habit going again.

Well thats all for today.
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 105 --> M2 Day 23

Hello Shredders

Had a decent training day today.
Went swimming for 3 hours and did a compact pushup workout.

Nutrition was alright, even though i think i overdid it a bit.
We will see about that soon enough.

Welcome back, larry my friend. Hope youll get right back on track.

Well thats all for today
Shred on

Danny

Day 101 - 104 --> M2 Day 19 - 22

Hello Shredders

First of all i want to appologize for not blogging in the last couple of days.
I just never got to it and my daily picture habit seems to have temporarily broken.
However i haven't lightened up on the training.

On Saturday i went swimming again for 3 hours.

On Sunday i did some intense pace-training on the track. So i get a feel for how fast i am going and how fast i need to go.

On Monday i went to the gym and got a great lat, lower back, triceps, chest, hamstrings and quadriceps workout. ALL of these muscle groups are now increadibly sore.

And today, on Tuesday i went swimming for 3 hours again.
I wanted to do some more pace-training as well today, however i dont like to run in the pouring rain...

No updates on the time of the actual phisical test but any time now my recruiter should give me a call.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 100 --> M2 Day 18

Hello Shredders

Day 100 is finally here.
Once again i have some before and after pics but before that ill briefly get to todays activities.
3 hours of swimming. Stayed underwater for 140 seconds(2 min, 20 sec)for my new personal record. The pool was extremely cluttered today though so i coundt do the 500 meter sprint i was hoping to do.

After the swim i worked a bit on pacing myself on runs. I plan to do 1.5 miles (6 laps) in 9 minutes, so each lap has to be 90 or less.
So i ran a few rounds to get a feel again for how fast i am really moving.
Running on the treadmill only really threw me off balance.
Couldnt do as much as i would have liked to as a girls-soccer team arrives shortly after i did and took up the track + field.

On day 100 i am also at my lowest weight ever, 87.6 kg.
before: 107.5 kg -----> after: 87.6 kg.
Pretty much 20 kg less.

Actually im surprized a bit as yesterdays nutrition was not the best ive had. I guess the 2 hour swim cooked away those extra calories with ease.

Well thats all for today
Ill see you all for day 101
Good Night
Shred on

Danny



Day 0 --> 100

Day 99 --> M2 Day 17

Hello Shredders

Sorry for the late posting. Did nothing but swimming today. It was pouring and the track was soaked.
Nothing I can do about it. Didnt get the pic done but the day 100 pic will be there for sure

Shred on

Danny

Day 98 --> M2 Day 16

Hello Shredders

A very busy training day today. I did 2 short distance runs(1.2 km; 3.2 km), one in the morning and one after the 2 hour swim i did in the afternoon. And in the evening i decided to head to the gym and work out some more.

On todays bad news: think im getting a cold. Felt a bet odd while running today, also a runny nose and a slightly sore throat are involved. Wont stop my efforts though.

No pictures today. Comp was out of power when i was gonna take the pic.

Ill be reaching day 100 in 2 days, a milestone for sure.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone
Good Night

Danny

P.S.: I reached my all time best today, at 87.7 kg, which is about 20 kg less than my worst weight. Feel a bit out of energy though and had a good meal today that probably topped the calorie allowance.

Day 97 --> M2 Day 15

Hello Shredders

Once again a major improvement on pull-ups. 8 full pull ups!
Im bursting with energy lately.
Also I went swimming today. I was planning on running, however the track was literally full of children and trainers playing soccer.
Well as i hoped, i seem to have made a full recovery on this area. I can dive without problems again.
I also was happy to find that my endurance in the pool has only increased in the time i didnt swim.

Well thats all for today
Shred on

Danny

Day 96 --> M2 Day 14

hey Shredders

I mowed the lawn and had a great workout at the gym today.
Ill go run tomorrow instead. The real PAST will probably take place in 2-3 weeks, so my time to improve my running is limited.(i can make the run now already, but i want to be better than I am now when i take the test)

No pushups today. Ill do my max again tomorrow to see if ive improved a bit again.
Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone
Good Night

Danny

Day 95 --> M2 Day 13

Hello Shredders

Today was pretty much a rest day. All i did was pull ups/chin ups.
Actually, if im honest, my progress is really surprizing myself, when it comes to those 2. When I came back from the USA i was again only able to do about 3 and a half(5 before i left), but i quickly recovered and today just barely missed the 7th chinup.
The pullup-bar was really a good buy, ill tell you that.

My plans for tomorrow are: gym, mowing lawn, running.

Well ill leave you to your business now
Shred on everyone
Good Night

Danny

Day 94 --> M2 Day 12: Pushup breakthrough

Hello shredders

Well as the headline probably tells, ive broken through a major pushup barrier today.
Ive been stuck at 43 for some time now and always lacked the motivation to give it my all on the max out sets as i wasnt really making progress.
I did 50 in one set today, which is a great archievement for me.
This also means that ive completed the original pushup challenge and doubled my total pushup count.
The trick to breaking this barrier was actually really simple and just in my mind.
The problem is, that you measure yourself by your past performances, and expect something similar. So in the mind, when i reach my last records count, i automatically think, that that must be the limit.
I read that you should go at it calmly and just count in steps of 10's.
If you already managed 40 pushups or so you are a bit intimidated by the big number and think automatically that its your limit.
But if your keep thinking: "just 10 more, just 10 more......ect.", you dont perceive how large the actual accomplishment is and can give it your all.
Also it keeps your mind less cluttered with the counting the large numbers, and lets you concentrate more on the actual pushups.
(with all this i dont mean that you take a break after every 10, i just mean that when you reach 10, you start counting from one again. In the back of your mind you know how many times you did the 10, but your not focused on that, but on the 10 your doing at the moment.)

I went to the gym again today, and had a great workout.
Im up to 6 chin/pull ups now, and advancing quickly. The home-pull up bar was a great investment.

Also as interest sems to be lacking to be honest, im going to cancel out all but 2 challenges.
My own 10k challenge will be cancelled, as i want to take a different approach at improving the pushups now. I want to make my pushup training sessions more intense over a short period of time, instead of doing sets of 25 every half an hour or so.
The 5 and 2 k challenges are also cancelled, as noone has shown interest in joining up. Also I will be closing the weekly challenge, for the same reason. If noone competes, its useless.

The 2 challenges that will remain active, are the "max-pushups in one set" challenge and the 3000 challenge that juli is participating in. Thanks juli by the way for beeing part of this.
Also i will not be putting this under my post anymore, but on the side. Just look to the top right of the screen.

Well thats all for today.
Shred On everyone.
Good Night

Danny

Day 93 --> M2 Day 11

Hello Shredders

Not much happening today. I went to the gym and had a decent workout.
No update on the pushup challenge, so i wont bother posting today.
TOmorrow im hitting the gym again.

Oh, yeah by the way, my Air Force Fitness book arrived 1 and a half weeks early.
Ive been cramming through that ever since i got it yesterday.

Well thats all for today
Shred on

Danny

Day 91 --> M2 Day 9

hey shredders

sorry for not making another post yesterday. I figured that the extra post already said most of it.
After writing it i did about an hour of my improvised training again and once agaon did a great job in burning up my calfs.

Today i went to the gym as planned. No pushups today or yesterday. My father wants to do a practice PAST(phisical aptitude and stamina test) tomorrow to see how well i will do in the actual test.
SO i rested up all vital muscles today.


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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Double current 1 set pushup count.
Danny: 25 -> 43
Larry: 30 -> 52
Ron: 35 -> 52

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 10.000 Pushups
From: 30th of September
Till: 31th of October
Danny: 1970 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 5000 Push Ups
From: September 30th
Till: October 31st
N/A
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Beat the Current Highscore and hold it till end of week
Duration: 6th Oct to 12th of Oct

Danny: 425 Push Ups
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 3000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

Juli: 200 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 2000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

N/A
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Ill keep you updated.
Shred on everyone.

Danny

Breaking News from Recruiter; Mission 2 Boosted!

Hey Shredders.

Today I finally got in touch with my recruiter again and now I have the official date for basic training.
I kind of expected this to a degree, but it still didnt fail to surprize me.
The Date is January the 13th!
I have more than 3 months left to shred before I leave you guys.
So without further ado id like to present my new mission goals!

This will be 12 weeks long/84 days. Now that i finally have confirmation i can stop with the mini-missions. Seeing as i have more time now, I will change my own push up plan. Like i said in yesterdays post, ive been struggling a bit on the last ones.
Now that i have confirmation of my 3 month stretch, i will be able to listen to my body instead of pushing through.
I want to continue with my pushups, but ill do them every second day from now on. Ill see how that affects it all. I think, the resting time will show some nice improvement on my pushup performance that i have been lacking lately(pushups in one set).

Mission 2 Goals:

- Pushups at 80 in 1 set
- Pullups at 20 in 1 set
- Swimming 500 metres in 10 minutes
- 65 meter underwater swim
- Hold breath for 3 minutes underwater
- Run 1 mile in less than 6 minutes
- Run 1.5 Miles in 8:55 minutes or less
- Reach a exellently defined six-pack

I wont lay off on the pull ups as opposed to the pushups though. I know how much pullups and chinups do miracles, for shoulers, biceps, triceps, lats, lower back and abs. In other words for almost the entire upper body. I want to make this more of a lifestyle, like i have with the pushups over the last month and a half.
20 pull ups is a great goal, and im already fired up for this.

Now to my last concern of this post. Ive been around the 89-90 kg for quite a while, jumping back and forth, but i deffinetely have seen improvement, even if my weight didnt change much. I believe, that this is due to muscle growth. A month or two ago i thought that i could maybe still go down to 83-85 kg or less, but now im not so sure anymore. I think if i really let it get there id be somewhere in the 6% bodyfat region or less. I cant be certain of that of course untill i try it, but i feel that im getting close to reaching a limit of losing weight.
That will be shown in the next time though if im now mistaken :-).

Well thats all for now.
Shred on
Danny

Day 89 --> M2 Day 7

Hey Shredders

No pics today. Didnt find the time. I had a doctors appointment about half an hour away and ironically had to wait there about a half an hour as well till it was my turn.SO lots of time spent.
After that I rushed to the gym and had myself a decent workout.
I say decent, because this morning i was struck with three big muscle-sorenesses.
One in my abs, 2 others in both tricepses, and the others in both calfs. It seems, my improvised workout yesterday really kicked my a$$.
This is a good thing of course as i in the past struggled to attain real muscle soreness in the abs and a calfs. Sometimes i love DOMS =P.

Anyhow, i did 425 Push Ups today. I struggled a bit with doing the last. Im not sure but i think i might be overtraining pushups a bit.
If it continues like that, ill listen to my body and shift things around a bit.

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Double current 1 set pushup count.

Danny: 25 -> 43
Larry: 30 -> 52
Ron: 35 -> 52

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 10.000 Pushups
From: 30th of September
Till: 31th of October

Danny: 1945 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 5000 Push Ups
From: September 30th
Till: October 31st

N/A
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Beat the Current Highscore and hold it till end of week
Duration: 6th Oct to 12th of Oct

Danny: 425 Push Ups
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 3000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

Juli: 200 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 2000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

N/A
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Well thats all for today
Good Night
Shred on.

Danny

Day 88 --> M2 Day 6

Hey Shredders.

The gym was closed early today so i didnt get the chance to swing by.
Instead I did a custom designed training that got me sweating for about 90minutes straight.

400 pushups today from me
Nutrition was alright, exept for a few extra calories.
The Challenge for this weeks highest one-day score has come to an end, and as i was the only one participating, i won. I hope next week will bring some challengers. There are plenty of challenges here for anyone.


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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Double current 1 set pushup count.

Danny: 25 -> 43
Larry: 30 -> 52
Ron: 35 -> 52

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 10.000 Pushups
From: 30th of September
Till: 31th of October

Danny: 1520 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 5000 Push Ups
From: September 30th
Till: October 31st

N/A
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Beat the Current Highscore and hold it till end of week
Duration: 29th Sept to 5th of Oct

Danny: 400 Push Ups(finished)
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 3000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

Juli: 200 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 2000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

N/A
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Well thats all for today.
Shred on everyone.
Good Night

Danny

Day 87 --> M2 Day 5

Hello Shredders.

Today I went out to the gym again. Regretfully, they still haven't fixed the Treadmill there yet.
I got a good workout, but over the day ended up only doing 65 Pushups.
Ive decided to leave this as the rest day and to do my normal routine on sunday.

Ill be going to the gym again tomorrow. Hope the treadmill will be fixed by then.

Also im really satisfied with how well the pull up bar works and holds up. Deffinetely a good buy.

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Double current 1 set pushup count.

Danny: 25 -> 43
Larry: 30 -> 52
Ron: 35 -> 52

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 10.000 Pushups
From: 30th of September
Till: 31th of October

Danny: 1120 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 5000 Push Ups
From: September 30th
Till: October 31st

N/A
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Beat the Current Highscore and hold it till end of week
Duration: 29th Sept to 5th of Oct

Danny: 375 Push Ups
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 3000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

Juli: 100 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 2000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

N/A
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Well thats all for today
Shred on

Danny

Day 86 --> M2 Day 4

Hello Shredders

Today was a german holiday, so the gym was closed. Ill go on saturday though.
We finally mounted the pull up bar and its doing a great job for me. I got a good pushup, pullup workout yesterday due to that.
I did 375 push ups today. If someones is going to beat me and win this weeks highest pushup count in on day, challenge, i invite to so, before time runs out.
I hope some of you will give me heads up if you want to join the challenge.
Nutrition, as opposed to yesterday was spot on.

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Double current 1 set pushup count.

Danny: 25 -> 43
Larry: 30 -> 52
Ron: 35 -> 52

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 10.000 Pushups
From: 30th of September
Till: 31th of October

Danny: 1055 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 5000 Push Ups
From: September 30th
Till: October 31st

N/A
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Beat the Current Highscore and hold it till end of week
Duration: 29th Sept to 5th of Oct

Danny: 375 Push Ups
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 3000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

Juli: 0 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 2000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

N/A
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Well... thats all for today
Shred on everybody

Danny

Day 85 --> M2 Day 3

Hey Shredders

My day was pretty uneventfull. I didnt go anywhere for cardio today and only did some abs training, push ups and pull ups. I ended up doiung 350, a bit more than planned.

Finally I have Daily Pictures again, but no new update on the chart.

Nutrition wasnt that good today. I ate a good ammount too much.
Ill keep that as my cheat meal, and just move on.

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Double current 1 set pushup count.

Danny: 25 -> 43
Larry: 30 -> 52
Ron: 35 -> 52

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 10.000 Pushups
From: 30th of September
Till: 31th of October

Danny: 680 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 5000 Push Ups
From: September 30th
Till: October 31st

N/A
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Beat the Current Highscore and hold it till end of week
Duration: 29th Sept to 5th of Oct

Danny: 350 Push Ups
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 3000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

Juli: 0 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 2000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

N/A
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Well thats really all for today
Shred on everyone

Danny

Day 84 --> M2 Day 2

Hello Shredders

Sorry for the delay. The time change kicked my a$$ on monday.
First thing i did after coming home was go swimming, but that ended quickly too as it turns out that i somehow injured my eardrum 2 weeks ago in the ocean.(yes, me beeing an idiot and falling head first and ear-first into the water =P)
Anyways, i couldnt dive or go underwater due to that.
I also had problems hooking up my internet till late tuesday night. I was too tired to write anything though.

I was planning on doing the push ups on monday, however a simple short nap turned into a full blown hybernation for the next 12 hours.

On turesday i did do the pushups. 330 of them.
I also went to the gym and worked out for a while. The treadmill was broken so that destroyed my cardio session after my regular workout.

Im starting Daily Pictures on wednesday again, to get this started again.
Also there is a problem with the chart.
You see, when in bought this computer, i accidentally lost the code for the microsoft office. It let me do 1 and a half month trial for free, in which i created the chart.
Now its gone, and so is my possibility to edit the chart in any way.
So untill i find some way to do it differently, ill have no choice but too put it down in written form.

Here we go:

Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Double current 1 set pushup count.

Danny: 25 -> 43
Larry: 30 -> 52
Ron: 35 -> 52

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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 10.000 Pushups
From: 30th of September
Till: 31th of October

Danny: 330 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 5000 Push Ups
From: September 30th
Till: October 31st

N/A
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Beat the Current Highscore and hold it till end of week
Duration: 29th Sept to 5th of Oct

Danny: 330 Push Ups
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 3000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

Juli: 0 Pushups total
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Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 2000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

N/A
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Thats all for today(tuesday)
I hope that some others of you also take notice of the challenge.
Just leave a comment if your interested in joining up
Shred on everyone
Danny

Added Push Up Challenges

Hello Shredders

As this month runs out, the second collective pushup challenge is drawing to an end.
And with this I want to thank the participants, larry and juli. I hope youve enjoyed it as much as i did. I was great to have you two on board.

Now... at the end of this challenge I would like to introduce a few others.
These will be a bit more challenging.They will start in synch with my new mission, so my number of days will also be the number of days this challenge has been running.
Maybe this first goal seems a bit lofty, but I want to give it my all while im stil with you
Here we go:

Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 10.000 Pushups
From: 30th of September
Till: 31th of October

Ok, I can see that you are making big eyes. You are probably thinking: "10.000 Push Ups in 32 DAYS? Is it even Possible?"
I tell you that it is possible, and that all you need is willpower.
All you have to do is increase your push up count gently, and ensure constant Progress.
I am confident. Today I noticed, that since the 3000 push up challenge ended, i had already done more than 3000 push ups again.
I failed miserably in that challenge and barely managed more than half with the deadline. That challenge lasted 20 days.
Now i did 3000+ in 15 days. I am confident, that i can keep this progress going and have no doubt about reaching my goal.

Now to the second Challenge:

This is more designed for the relaxed minds who want to be challenged but wont go overboard like me. I will not participate in this Challenge myself.

Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 5000 Push Ups
From: September 30th
Till: October 31st

And as i said several times, these repetition challenges require nothing but willpower. If your desire is strong enough you can archieve these goals. The number of repetitions you can do in one set is not a barrier separating you from this challenge. You can do anything you set your mind to.

The next Challenge Involves what I call the Highscore amd will be a weekly Challenge

Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: Beat the Current Highscore and hold it till end of week
Duration: 29th Sept to 5th of Oct; 6th of Oct to 12th Oct; 13th Oct to 19th Oct;
20th Oct to 26th Oct and from the 27th Oct to the 2nd Nov.

Simple setup. Just do as many in one day as you can and break the highscore.
Hope to get some competetive motion here. :-)

And lastly something for some of you who are just starting out with doing push ups at all.

Challenge: Push Ups
Goal: 2000 Push Ups
From: 30th September
Till: 31st October

I want to get as many people involved into pushups as possible, so this is the starter challenge. You have 32 days to do 2000 pushups. SO if you do 63 push ups each day, you will at the end have done 2016 pushups. Now 63 pushups is very do-able for any of you. Id like this push up group to expand past 4 people and hopefully carry on after i leave, so heres your chance to get involved as well.

To all who read this, and are interested in building tor chest, lats, chest, triceps and centire core, on a competetive and fun basis, please call this number: 08000.............(just kidding :D)
Leave a comment if your interested in joining any of the challenges.

Thats all for now.
Shred on

Danny

P.S.: A quick question to everyone. Does anyone here have the experience and software to help us design a Push Up logo? If so, please also leave a comment.

Day 82

Hey Shredders

Last post till tuesday. Ill be leaving tomorrow morning and arriving on tuesday morning, so it would be hard to blog during that time.

I did 315 pushups as planned today, leaving my just 255 pushups shy from 5000 Pushups in total. Im more active with pushups now than ever.
The hurricane swereved and entirely missed us. Only thing it did was bring humidity from the lower states with it. Lucky us.
I bought the pull-up bar today, and we will take it home with us tomorrow.
Now only have to come up with a way to mount it...

Well thats all for today.
Good night
Shred on

Danny

Mission 2 Announcement: Burn BIG!

Hey Shredders

Im here to present my Mission 2 goals and the mission's background.

Mission 2 will last a full month. I dont know exactly when i am beeing shipped off to basic training, but its possible, that ill be gone in early november. My recruiter still has to give me the date for departure.
So this will be my final and hardest effort before i leave.
Should i end up leaving later than planned, i will probably book this down as phase one, as i did with mission 1.
I want to put pressure on pull ups now more than ever.I have been slacking on that training aspect due to lacking possibilities.
I want to boost my 1 mile sprints as well in this month.
To prevent muscle loss, im going to keep eating more than i am used to, but will be burning even harder.Thats why my Mission is entitled: Burn BIG!
My goals are:

- Reach a six pack.(even if poorly defined in the beginning)!!!
- Reach 10 Pull Ups!!!
- Reach 65 Push Ups!!!
- Run a 6 Minute Mile!!!
- Run 1.5 Miles in 9 Minutes!!!
- Swim 50 meters underwater(not deep but long)!!!
- Swim 500 metres in 12 Minutes!!!
- Hold Breath Underwater for 2:30 minutes

Those are my Goals for the 1st of November
here's where i am at now:

- Poorly defined 4 Pack
- 5 Pull Ups
- 43 Push Ups
- 6:43 min Mile
- 10:05 min for 1.5 Miles
- 35 Meter Underwater
- 13:03 for 500 Meter Swim
- 1:40 min breath holding underwater.

And here for your reading pleasure, how much i need to improve in particular:

- add 2 pack to the 4 pack to attain 6 pack(lol)
- Improve by 5 Pull Ups
- Improve by 22 Push Ups
- Improve by 43 seconds on 1 mile run
- Improve 65 seconds on 1.5 mile run
- Increase by 15 Meter underwater
- Improve 63 seconds on 500 meter swim
- Improve by 50 seconds holding breath

Well there you go. Thats mission 2. Thanks for reading shredders.
Ill see you all tomorrow.
Shred on!

Danny

Day 81

Hey Shredders

A very slow day today. Its raining like crazy, and tomorrow a class 1 hurricane is supposed to either hit us directly, or graze us, giving us some terribly nasty weather as well.(hurricane Kyle, if you want to know)
So basketball was not in question.
I did 300 Push Ups today, as i planned.
Normally i would take sunday off from the push up challenge i set up for myself, however since i am travelling and literally jumping 6 hours in time in my way back to germany, ill once again trade the sunday off against the monday. It would simply look strange for me to do pushups in the plane =P

Hope you are all shredding hard.
Keep it going!
Good Night

Danny

Day 80

Hello Shredders

280 Push Ups today. did nothing else today but some brief abs exercises. Cant wait to get back on track with the training.

Ill catch some sleep now, so good night everyone
Shred on

Danny

Day 79

Hey Shredders

Another day. Another 265 pushups. Again nothing new though.
Ive gained about 1kg since i got here which is very good compared to my previous visits(3-5 kg increase), also this fits with my set goal of bulking a bit.
I hope the pushups are doing their work with the bulking setting now. I wish i had the opportunity to do pull us, but regretfully, i have not yet found any way to work on this.
However we have spotted an actual pull up bar, designed to fit in dorframes.
Of course the doors are not nearly high enough to use them for the idea, but i might be able to rig something up when i get home, so i can do proper pull ups, instead of doing them with our staircase.

Ive also purchased a workout book designed for special forces training. Problem is, that i got it from amazon in the states to send to germany. The delivery wouldnt make it on time if we sent it to where we are staying now, so ill have to deal with this.
Itll take a couple of weeks for the shipping, but i am confident, that it is worth it.

Well thats all for today. Ill see you all tomorrow.
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 78

Hey Shredders

Nothing much today. Everything was basically identica, save the 15 extra pushups i did. 250 instead of 235.
I dont have to many possibilities over here right now. Ill be back in germany on monday again, where i can get back into tthe proper groove.
Untill then its just push ups push ups push ups.

Well thats all for today
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 77

Hey Shredders

Again, an uneventfull day.
I played about another hour of basketball today against my father for the cardio.
And I did my 235 push ups as planned. Tomorrow is 250 push ups.
Im struggling to find a place to do pull ups. i have to train those as much as possible and this is really a pain in improving them.
I had a bit too much to eat today, but i doubt that one day will make the deciding difference.

Well thats all for today
Ill see you all tomorrow
Shred on

Danny

Day 76

Hello Shredders

Rest day today.
No pushups.Tomorrow im going at 235 push ups again though.
I played about a half an hour of basketball in the driveway against my father for some cardio.
Also i bought some new clothes including some jeans. I didnt have ANY even remotely fitting pairs anymore.

Well thats really all i have to say
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 75

Hello Shredders

I forgot, that i planned sunday as a rest day from my pushup challenge. Halfway though i realized it and figured, i would just take the day off tomorrow instead.
235 pushups today, and tomorrow is off.
This puts me over the 3000 goal i had for the first added up pushup challenge.

Thats really all for today. Sorry i cant blog more today, but ive simply got nothing to say.
Shred on you guys.

Danny

Day 74

Hello readers.

A very uneventfull day today.
I upped my max pushup score by 2, leaving me at 43 in one set.
In total i did 220 pushups today, 5 more than planned.
Nothing else though
Ive been doing a light abs workout since i got to the states, but otherwise nothing special.

Larry broke the 3000 pushup goal today. Congrats to you larry, your really doing a awesome job with the challenges.
Also he managed 50 pushups in one set today, which is an impressive improvement, as can be seen in today's chart.

Well thats all for today.
Good Night everyone
Shred on

Danny

Day 73

Hey Shredders.

I got my 200 pushups done and ended up doing only a half-mile run today.
I had the chance to dig into the tuna today and thats what i did. IM planning to do the same again tomorrow as well.

I really have nothing more to say today, so ill stop wasting your time now.

Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 72

Hello Shredders

I have a bit more to talk about today , than over the last few days, so here we go.

Im in Massachusets at my grandparent's house now. The travelling pretty much took up my whole noontime today.
However i got up nice and early today to use the treadmill again. Today I ran my mile at 9 mph and made it in 6:40 min, which is 13 seconds less than yesterday. Im really starting to get back into running mood since i tried out the treadmill.
But most of all i'd like to ask you at this point, what how long your timed mile is.
As you see, i created a new sidebar, similar to that of the push-up challenges.
Please leave a comment if you knw your time, and ill add you.
Dont worry, its not a challenge and you cant lose anything.
Should there be enough enthusiasm, i will probably open a challenge lateron though.
Please leave your thoughts in form of a comment on this idea(yes i like organizing challenges....and yes, im high on positive pressure...)

Also I want to announce, that ill be covering up for the rest of my vacation.
Ill take pictures of myself, wearing clothes, till im back in germany. I know of a few people who tried this in the shreddersphere and had some success with this method, including guru adam waters.Ill be starting Mission 2 when i arrive back in germany as well. i just have to figure out the parameters for this.
Ill update you on that soon.

To my pushup-challenge, i managed 185 today, as planned. i altered the original plan as my father interfered yesterday. So instead of 175 its 185 today. Tomorrow is 200.

Well thats all for today.
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 71

Hey Shredders

Today i tried out the treadmill here for the first time. Im impressed to be honest. It has alot more options and progamm options than any ive come across sofar. It also had the option to do a timed mile, whic h i of course wanted to try out. I ran a steady 8.7 mph and ran the mile in 6:54 min. Im pretty satisfied with this actually. If i add it up to 1.5 miles i should 10:21. I need 10: 45 to pass the phisical test needed for the AF-Special-Forces job's.

Today we went to the last of our 3 baseball games, RedSox vs. Rays.
Regretfully the sox only won the first game.
Werre flying up to providence tomorrow before riding up to massachusets where ill be staying for the rest of my vacation.

I accomplished my planned push-ups, 160. Right when i completed these my dad told me to do 10 more. So i did 170 today.

So thats all for today.
I'll see you all tyomorrow
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 70

Hello shredders.

I was literally gone all day since i woke up today till just now. I juat managed to do a quick 145 pushups as planned, and got some swimming in before heading out.

I hit my calorie goal today, and tomorrow ill have some tuna again as the first time since i left for the vacation.

Well thats all for today.
Shred on

Danny

Day 69

Hello shredders.

Went swimming today in the ocean and in the hotel pool for about 2 hours.
I did my planned 130 pushups, and got 41 in one set now. I think ill make a jump oin those soon, as im changing my nutrition to higher calories than before at the moment.

Also i today found out, that our hotel has a little gym area with a few treadmills, dumbells and 2 weight machines. I didnt have any time today to use them, as we were busy travelling around the area.

Well thats all for today
I dont think ill get any pictures up till im in boston.
Good Night readers.
Shred on

Danny

(notice that i took out the 3000 pushup challenge as its already completed.)

Day 68

Hello Shredders.

I dont have much to say today.
Only went for a brief swim in the ocean today and did 115 pushups over the day.
Also i want to do a little challenge for myself to get up to high numbers of pushups without overworking my chest to avoid injury.
Ill be doing 15 pushups more than the previous days from now on. So tomorrow its 130
Ill take a day off of pushups only on sunday and start at my old pushup count on monday.
(This is a personal thing im doing. If anyone is interested in doing the same, please do so, even if you start from a higher startnumber than 115. I think its a great way to give yourself detailed goals ahead of time.)


The only thing new for today is that for the convinience of my goals im changing up my diet a bit.
Im going to have a hard time staying on a low calorie diet here in the states, where my dad and my family is constantly pressing food on me.
Also my primary goal is to build up power and improve in the exercises i do.
As you probably know its hard yo gain muscle while losing fat, and that it will get alot harder as you become lighter.
In other words I'll be bulking from now on for the duration of my vacation at the least, as opposed to the last 1 and a half weks where i worked to shred off some fat.
From friday on i will probably be able to get to a local gym in massachusets, so i can lift.
If this doesnt work i can always go back to my grandfather's old dumbells =P.
Busy day today, so no pic.

Well thats all for today
Shred on everyone
Good Night

Danny

Day 67: Wireless Internet!!!

Hey Shredders

Well obviously i couldnt be posting here today without the wireless internet i was hoping for. Best of all, is that it is complimentary for the hotel guests.
No pic though as i was in a rush this morning.

Since i was travelling all day i wasnt able to get any workout in today.
Just to save the day a bit i did 100 pushups just now.

Also this brings me to the challenge. Today the 3000 push up challenge ends, and obviously i didnt make it due to my injury thing.
However larry and juli might make it through. I just need to current stats from you guys, so please leave a comment to fill in the empty spots.

Well thats all for today.
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 66 --> M1 P2 Day 61: END OF PHASE 2

Hello shredders.
I know this is a day early, but ill be travelling all day tomorrow.
a 2 and a half hour drive to the airport, then waiting for an hour for our 9 hour flight to atlanta, and wait for another 2 hours for our 1-2 hour flight to tampa bay. And by the time we have the car, and are settled down in the hotel itll be another hour or two later.
I may or my not have internet tomorrow. The website tells about free wireless internet, but im not sure how true that is. Luck isnt usually on my side when it about having internet or fast internet.
Also were leaving real early in the monring(6 am), so pre-travel training is out of question.

So Im putting up my Mission 1 Phase 2 Results today.

I deffinetely improved my pushups since the start of phase 2 and in general, and even though i doubt that my max count is at 60 as pre-determined im satisfied with the result.
I already accomplished my pre-determined 500 meter swimming goal a while ago and shot past my goal easily.
The running part im not entirely sure if i exactly reached the goal of 1.5 miles in 10.45 min, since i havent tried to run that distance at high speed in a while. It remains to be seen, but im sure that if i didnt already reach it, i will till the beginning of october where i will actually need my results for the military test so i can shoot for the special-forces job im aiming at.(i think ive written about this some time ago though)
As for pullups i made some mayor improvements over the last DAYS. Strangely enough my Pull Ups didnt really iomprove alot and i was stuck at 2 and a half over the last few weeks. Now i can do my 5 in a row. My goal of 8 wasnt reached, but im happy with the sudden progress. I can finally feel some real lat muscles on my back :)

TO the well defioned 4 pack i so dearly crave(d), judge yourself. Its deffinetely a 4 pack in my oppinion, however if deffinition can be questioned.

TO my last goal of gaining upper body strength, i know i succeeded, as i feel, am and(in my oppinion) look a good ammount stronger at the end of this mini mission.

Since my vacation so convieniently coincides(yesh right, lol) with my vacation to the states, I wont start a new mission till the day I come back. I will be shredding all i can but i dont really have the possibilities over there if compared to what i have going here right now.
Also this trip is to a certain degree a kind of redemption for me.
Last year we went to tampa bay and watched a couple of basball games(redsox vs. devilrays), and that was very close to my lowest point in fitness(maybe a kilo less than my worst).
And now we are again travelling to tampa to watch a few more games(same teams again).
Now you see, i have a redsox jersey, that fit me years ago, but was way to small last year in tampa. It was because of my fitness level of course. Now i can wear that very same jersy and have space to bring in 3 illegal immigrants, a pizza, a stack of paper and a lava-lamp or two without it beeing noticed, lol. Funny how things work out.
Also i think im gonna buy a new belt soon, as the belt that didnt fit me before is getting too small for the purpose. Im at the last hole and moving to less.
So thats my redemption trip more or less, hehe.
I dont have any before pic's from tampa and im not taking my laptop to take pictures in the streets, lol.

Also after that im going down to boston where i will see my american half of the family who literally saw me the last time when i was at the worst point in my fitness life. Hope they are ready for a surprize.

Well ill get to todays occurances before i leave(its 2 am here).

Today I went to the gym with the friend i work out at the gym with, and ended up leaving 10 minutes later.
My buddy was going onto a machine where you bottom part of your body is supported while you lay on your stomache, and you do reverse sit-ups.
Anyhow, as he went on it, he messed up and didnt hook in his feet properly, and as he bent forward he quite violently crashed to the ground headfirst. Last second he tried to catch himself with his hands.
He jumped right back u as anyone would do after beeing hurt and tried to play it off like it was nothing. As he rushed to another machiune to continue training, i notices that he was bleeding from the face.
He didnt admit it at first but after a few minutes he calmed down and even said that he was in knid of a shock-state for the moment.
It wasnt anything much, just a bit of scraped swin on his face and elbow.
But somehow he hit his middle finger while trying to catch himself and that was beginning to swell. So i drove him over to the local hospital.
That killed my gym session today pretty quickly.
His finger is just a little banged up. Nothing broken or anything though.

Well i hope your still with me after this long tale. No pushups today. Tat was all planned into the gym session which was cancelled, and with all the hassle of packing i didnt get to it.

Thats all i have for you guys today.
Thanks for stopping by my blog everyone, i really enjoy the positive pressure you exert on me. The shredder universe really is a awesome place to be i tell you!
Good Night, and see you in a couple of days.
Shred on

Danny

P.S.: By the way i reached my lowest weight today, like i anticipated. 88 kg. Thats 19.5 kg less than my worst.




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And Finally a side flexing picture

Day 65 --> M1 P2 Day 60

Hello shredders

Tday was my sisters birthday, and both cars were gone for quite a while so my plan for the gym fell apart.
However lateron i managed to get there about an hour before it closed.
I only worked the treadmill though.
I should use it more frequently, seeing as im out of breath a bit sooner than normally.
Nutrition was fine, but left me in quite a calorie defecit today.
I think ill reach my lowest weight ever by tomorrow morning.
Only 100 pushups today as the DOMS stil hasnt faded.
I also have a strong case of doms in my lats, and shoulders.

Well thats all for today.
Ill see you all tomorrow for my final post before vactation
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 64 --> M1 P2 Day 59

Hello readers.

Uneventfull day today.
Both cars were gone today, so i couldnt make it to the gym, and my local swimmingpool is closed...
SO today i ended up with only the pushups.
I dont want to stress my chest too much, as i have some DOMS(the good pain) there.
110 pushups today.
Nutrition was alright today, nothing to brag about.

From saturday for about a week or so i will be on a trip to the states and wont have internet in the hotel if im not mistaken. After that ill be at my grandparent's house and will continue as normal till im back from my vacation.
Just to let you guys know.

Well thats all for today.
Good night
Shred on.

Danny

Day 63 --> M1 P2 Day 58

Hello Shredders.

Today was a pretty exhausting day.
I went swimming for several hours, followed up by softball training.
SO i didnt get to do too many pushups today. I got only 80 down today, which puts me at 1400 pushups in total.
Nutrition was ok, even though i ate a bit less than planned.

Short post today i know, but i dont really have anything interesting to write about.
So thats it for today
I'll see you guys tomorrow
Good Night

Shred ON!

Danny

Day 62 --> M1 P2 Day 57

Hello Shredders.

Sorry but i have to say, that i ended up totally ignoring the multiple comments telling me to take it easy with pushups today.
I felt and still do feel so energized to be able to do pushups again.
SO I ended up doing 500 pushups today.=P(in sets of 10)

I also went to the gym and the nutrition was very good.

Well thats all for today
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 61 --> M1 P2 Day 56: Back again

Hello Shredders.

Im back from my tournament, just now. No pics today due to that.
Tomorrow im back on track. My nutrition suffered just a bit, as the selection i had over the weekend was pretty poor, and as i said before, eating nothing is worse than eating a bit of something unhealthy in my oppinion.
The scale in the morning will show how bad my eating really was though.
I deffinetely got my cardio and fitness in over the weekend.
I realized again how much faster i have become while on the playing field, and am quite satisfied... but not done yet of course.

To the pushup matter... I have been staying away from all kinds of exercise, that would pressure my chest and therefor didnt feel the pain at all since i left.
Im giving it a try tomorrow again.
Also before leaving i researched chest injuries on the web and the only symptom that matches is the pain.
if my pec was ripped, i should be in constant pain though, and i should notive a swelling and burising, which i dont have in the slightest.
My guess it that i just pulled it a bit instead of an actual rip. I hope to see improvement tomorrow.
Theoretically i have to do 353 pushups a day to complete the 3000 challenge.
You probably can guess how that will go =P

Well thats it for today.
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 58 --> M1 P2 Day 53

Hey shredders

Im leaving tomorrow at 2 pm for my softball tournament.
Its possible that ill get in tomorrows post before i leave, but i cant promise it.

Well today I went swimming again as planned. Otherwise i just got a brief abs workout in here at home.

Nutrition worked out well today. I love tuna!

Well thats it for today
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 57 --> M1 P2 Day 52

Hello shredders.

Well it turns out that the doctor isnt there on wednesday afternoons.
So i didnt go to the doctor today.
I was hoping to get an appointment for a specialist for tomorrow.
Im going to a softball tournament from friday to sunday(the last of the year).
So ill go to the doctor on monday.
Ill stay away from any exercises where i can feel the burn, and who know, maybe some more rest is the key.

Well today was rather uneventfull.
No swimming today. Ill go again tomorrow.
All i did today was some abs training.
No pushups.

Nutrition was ok, and i am losing a bit of weight again.
This time im sure its just fat though. :)

Well thats it for today.
Im certain that i will fail the 3000 pushup challenge due to the injury/pain, but hey... S%$& happens.

Good night everyone
Shred hard!

Danny




(BTW: my expression is caused by me beeing tired, lol I take my pics in the morning)

Day 56 --> M1 P2 Day 51

Hello Shredders.

Today i actually had a busy day.
I went swimming for several hours before heading off to softball training.
Im reallly worn out now.

Bad news is, that when i attempted pushups again today i felt the pain increase.
Its now at the same level as the first day when it happened.
In other words: My days off didnt do squat for healing.
Im going to a doctor tomorrow, maybe he can figure it out.

This probably means for the near future: less gym and more cardio.

Well thats it for today.
Good Night everyone
Shred on

Danny

Day 55 --> M1 P2 Day 50

Hello shredders.

Weather was nice today, and hence i went swimming again.
I tested myself on the 500 meter swim today. For my Phase 2 goal i needed to make it in 14 minutes and 30 seconds. I made it today in 13 min and 5 sec.
Major improvement since last time i checked.
The last time it was at 15 min 30 sec.
That means, i improved by almost 2 and a half minutes !!!

Well my chest is still really a pain. Im starting to believe that i tore a muscle...
However i took it slow today and did 50 pushups for the challenge.

Tomorrow im going swimming again if the weather stays even remotely close to the conditions it has now.

Well thats it for today.
The challenge chart is updated for this week by the way
Good Night
Shred on

Danny






Day 1 to day 50

Accu-Measure

Hey shredders

Just a short post on the accu measure.
I finally managed to get my hands on it at the gym, and the owner even borrowed me it for a few days.
Well ive looked at all the instructions, several times and I came to a result.
Nice to know how dead wrong my scale is on it.
Im currently between 12 and 13 % bodyfat, which a total of 3 people got right in the poll.
I actually gave myself the 18% vote.
Im really surprized with the result.
It seems im in a comfortable zone now.
But i still want to get rid of some exess far around some areas.

Oh yeah by the way, im not sure if im the only one, but when you look at my midsection, you can see that the "love handles" are still more or less there.
Im about to reach a limit on losing weight there. Dont know if you noticed from the pictures, but theres only about 1cm of fat on both sides. All past that is bone.
It seems its in my family to have wider bones than usual(a reason, why BMI never was accurate with me ever, as i have a very large frame), and my hips are no exeption.
Well i just want to clear that up. ill never have a waist like adam or most people due to that.


Thats all for now

Shred on everyone

Day 54 --> M1 P2 Day 49

Hey shredders.

First of all, i want to thank adam for adding me to the shreddersphere, and want to congratulate, juan and ron, on making it as well.
Ive enjoyed beeing in the shredder-universe, since i joined, and am exited to keep on going with you guys.

Today was a perfect day for swimming as it was nice and hot outside, however i want able to due to the time i came back from the softball games.
I got in a good bunch of cardio and sweat in today though.
My chest isnt quite recovered yet, but i feel a huge difference in comparrison to yesterday.
I think ill start doing them again starting tomorrow.

Also tomorrow im going to start my sprint to the end of Phase 2 by cutting on the calories and raiseing cardio ammounts by a lot.

Well it seems as the idea of a pull up challenge is quite unpopular according to the recent polls. So ill pass on setting one up for now. The problem is really the availibility of a bar or a ledge to train on properly, so.... another one bites the dust =P

Well thats it for today.
Ill be getting up early tomorrow so i need to sleep now
Good night everyonee and thanks again for the induction into the shreddersphere.
Shred on.


Danny

Day 53 --> M1 P2 Day 48

Hello shredders.

Not much of an improvement with my chest pain today, if at all. Im confident, however,that when it heals itself, it will become stronger than ever.
No push ups today.

I concentrated on abs, and biceps exercises in the gym today, and changed up my nurtition a bit.
If i cant lift big, then eating big is just a method to gain fat.

Also ive decided to switch up my nutrition plans for the last 13 days of the mission.
I want to burn of the layers of fat, and will therefor jump onto the cadio+calorie defecit train.
Like adam did several times in his missions, i will shred as hard as I can over the last 13 days to get that 4 pack clearly defined!
Its been rather stable lately and hasnt shown much/any improvement since it first appeared.

Tomorrow ill have a few softball games, so ill get in plenty of cardio there.

Thats all folks.
Good night
Shred on

Danny

Day 52 --> M1 P2 Day 47

Hello Shredders.
Short Post today. No pics today. Big rest day today.
Tomorrow im back onto training though.

The chart shos no progress for me today. Please send stats so i can update you.
My chest is still stinging alot on my right side. Hope i didnt rip a muscle. If its still like this when im at the gym tomorrow, ill stick to cardio.

Thats all
See you all tomorrow
Shred on

Danny

Day 51 --> M1 P2 Day 46

Hello shredders.

I had a very busy day today.
Firstoff i went to the gym early this afternoon for slightly more than an hour.
Then I headed to the swimmingpool, as the weather was alright today and swam for several hours.
I did my pushups, and boy did my pec's hurt. I feel a stingin burn right now, even though i havet done any pushups in an hour. Its byfar the worst continuous pain in memory(next to breaking my index finger of course).
Its really a love vs. hate relationship.
I wanted to do my 200 pushups today, and it hit me, starting from 110 pushups and everything after was hell. I know, pain is an indication of my pushups working, however its also an indicator for when your body needs to recover.
Tomorrow, i will be busy all day, and wont do any training at all.
The parents of a good friend of mine(the guy i go to the gym with alot), are having their 25th wedding anniversary, and will have a big party. They need waiters for the party, and i, along with a few other friends were asked. SO thats whenre im at tomorrow.
Seeing as that, i focussed on pushing through today and doing my 200 pushups, so i can recover tomorrow and have almost enough"stored push ups"

You see, i calculate it this way. I have to do 150 a day to reach 3000 by the end of the challenge, but sometimes i can do more than that.
Like If i do 200 pushups today, ill have 50 pushups "stored" for another day.
Yesterday i did 220, and today 200, so i have a total of 120 stored push ups, ill use up tomorrow.
And on saturday ill make up for the missing 30 pushups by doing at least 180.
Hope you could follow my logic, lol.

Well nutrition was fine today, even if i missed out on one protein shake.
Ill see how it goes tomorrow.

Well thats it for today
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 50 --> M1 P2 Day 45 : 50 Day Milestone. Yeehaaaa!

Hey Shredders

It seems like yesterday, that i started the blog to hold myself accountable... well actually, thats untrue.
I know that phrase is used alot, but for me it seemed like the longest days in my life(seriously). However it was allthemore fun and exiting, as my days seemed to last longer than before and i could enjoy my training, nutrition(even if it was hard), and of course the shredder-universe i am lucky to have found at the time i did. Thanks to Adam who took the extra step, throwing the snowball, that has now become an avalanche of shredders.
Also thanks to all commenters. As i said many times before i really appreciate all of your support alot. Thanks also to the Larry, Ron and Juli for joining the push up challenges.
Im really looking forward to the next 50 days now.

Today I finally got to go swimming. The weather was very nice and sunny today. Even if it only bordered at 23 celcius, i enjoyed the swim.
Tomorrow im heading to the gym again, possibly in combination with swimming again, depending on weather conditions.

Funny thing today about my pushups for the challenge.
When i was doing my last 15 pushups today to finish at 210 pushups, my dad came in and demanded i do 10 right after i stood up from doing 15.
You see, my dad was in the army almost 2 decades ago, and strongly supports, me joining the military. Once in a while, when i see him at home, he randomly asks for push-ups. I dont really mind most of the time, however today when i just finished my last pushups, after doing several sets of 30, 25 and 20(each number several times) push ups during the last 30 minutes, i was really burnt out when he demanded 10 more.
I tried to tell him, that i had just finished my push ups, however he stayed stubborn and demanded i do another 10, since he didnt see me doing the last ones, when he wasnt there.
I guess it was good, since i ended up with 220 push ups today, and i notice now more than ever, that ill have to get more used to following orders unconditionally.
There are no "but"'s or "why"'s in the military afterall.

Well ill leave it at that today.
Nutrition was according to plan, ancd i got my protein in as well.

I updated the Challenge Chart, just now, so it should be accurate.
Thanks again for participating in it with me.
Good Night

Shred on

Danny

Day 49 --> M1 P2 Day 44: Sore

Hello shredders

Hope you like the new chart for the challenge.
Im putting an updated version under my post today as well.
Please everyone who decided to join in, send me a comment with the stats i need. The chart is a bit empty if im the only one doing something. Thanls for competing by the way, i appreciate it.
Well as the below chart shows, i only did 100 Push Ups today. It seems, yesterday's pushups really hit my chest fast and hard!
To reach the 3000 Push up goal i need to do 150 a day, if i do it constantly. Today combined with yesterday, it fits perfectly.
Also my abs and legs are really sore from yesterday's workout.

Well next to the push ups i went to the softball training. Our coach really pushed us hard, so i deffinetely got my cardio in today.
It was way to cold this morning to go swimming.
The pool inside doesnt open till 3 pm...
If its the same tomorrow, im going cycling instead of swimming.

its strange how the cycling actually influenced my running style. I noticed it alot since i last went cycling. I now take smaller, more frequent steps and am therefor alot faster than before, especially on sprints. This is because, while cycling, you have a very limited range of motion with the legs, and i got used to it.
SO i reccomend biking for a while instead of running to anyone, trying to improve form, from making big, long slow steps while running.

Well thats it for today's post.
Have a good Night
Shred ON

Danny

Challenges Chart

Heres the Challenge Chart I designed. Ill post this over my daily pictures from nowon(updated of course).
Hope you like it.



Shred on

Day 48 --> M1 P2 Day 43

Hey Shredders

Had a great gym session today, and topped it of by running my ass off on the treadmill.
Nutrition today was deffinetely good.
I actually found 2 more bottles for the protein shakes in our house, and am preparing more and more at once, so i wont skip the protein shakes if i dont feel like it. They are there, so they have to go, hehe.
Swimming didnt work, doue to today's downpours all day. So im postponiong it again, till tomorrow.

Anyhow, to the challenges.
Thanks for joining larry and juli.

Well i get to the point.
Today i did 200 push ups in total.
I didnt max out the sets, so the old challenge remains untouched today.

Please leave a comment, and ill update your scores as well.

Im also thining of adding another challenge,(yes... another =P)
This however concerning pull ups.
I have a possibility of doing pullpips over the day, as our staircase gives a good hold from below.
I dont know however, how others fair.
Ill have a vote on calling this challenge into life. Please leave a comment if you have anything to say about this.

Thanks for reading
Good Night
Shred on

Danny

Day 47 --> M1 P2 Day 42: Added Challenge(s)

Hello shredders.

Ill invite you now to take a look to the right side of my blog, where i have added a new chalenge chart.
To actually hold myself more accountable, i want to reach at least 3000 push ups done in totalm over the next 20 days.
Ill be trying to exeed the 3000, and invite anyone to join me.
If in fact one of you should be interested, ill also open a challenge, of who has the most push ups in total over a limited time period(like lilla's running challenge, just with push ups xD(too bad there aren't any nike+ pushup sensors, lol.)
Anyhow, please leave a comment. Seeing improvement when competing on how many push ups you can do at once, is good, however progress comes over alot of time.
In this type of challenge, you will actually be able to score very high, even if you cant do many at once.
Summed up: this challenge is all about willpower and seizing the opportunity to act when it arrises.
This should make things alot more competitive compared to the "pushup's in one go" challenge.
Im really exited about this right now.
PLEASE leave a comment if you want to participate. No matter what level your at in push ups at once, you CAN and WILL succeed here if you have the will.
Thanks for reading.

Well to my day today.
I went to the softball games today. Luckily, the weather was much better today, even if the field was still quite muddy. Got a good ammount of cardio in while training.
I asked my friend today about the opening times in the gym on weekends. Now i see why it was closed yesterday when i got there.
It was opened to 2 pm today, and i came back from softball at 4 pm, so i couldnt go to the gym today.
Tomorrow however its back to normal. Gym is open here till 9 pm on weekdays.
Might be going swimming tomorrow morning as well.
Ill see how the weather does.

Well thats it for today.
Hope your heated up as i am about the new challenge and will join quickly.
Simply leave a comment and you will be added.
I will be Bringing DAILY UPDATES on all Challenges in my posts from nowon.
Possibly ill add a chart as well.

Good night everybody.
Shred on and On and oN and ON!

Danny


P.S.: Today's pics were lost when my laptop crashed. Ill be restarting from nowon, after i take them, so they are properly saved(also i can use a memory-stick if that doesnt work)

Day 46 --> M1 P2 Day 41: Wreck...again

Hey shredders

It seems that today is one of thise awesome wrecking days ive been having once a week lately...
It rained like crazy all day, and its still coming down now.
Softball games were cancelled.
Rain also cancelled out swimming today.
And when i drove down to the gym it was closed.(its a 20 min drive, getting there...)
Very unsuccessfull day today.
Nutrition was ok though.

Just, so i dont entirely leave this day in a wreck, ill do some abs training here at home after i finish writing.

Btw.: I believe that in todays pic, a poorly defined 4 pack is visible :D

Well thats it for today
Have a good night
Shred on

Danny