it’s me again

[Martikkkk]

Hello Hive,
I’m here. again. I changed my profile, so this one is quite empty but I was here long ago and even longer ago. Never really stopped doing exercise all the time, but there was a smallish cancer operation and, after that, an operation on my hand that really slowed me down.

I just completed the momentum program (mostly on level III) and the most delightful experience because of that today. I was on the playground with my daughter ( I’m a single dad for the most time) and she wanted to play hide and seek. She went up a wooden play tower. two, three, four stories high… I was supposed to follow her up ... a wonderful game. But the tower is designed for kids so it’s hard for me to duck under bars, jump up stairs, walk steep stairs… I vividly remembered how I had difficulties with exactly the same activity - climbing up this tower - a couple of months ago. I felt like an old man (which I actually am ;-) )
And today it was far from easy but I felt the agility in my arms and legs, the renewed power, the possibility to simply muscle my way up and up … I credit momentum. Sure, it was me who did the program, but it was really cleverly designed to keep one motivated. Great! I’m so thankful to the darebee team!
Tomorrow morning , I think, I will start total-body-strength on level III.

Thanks, everybody, for being here!
Cheers, Martin

 

[Princess Fancy]

 

[Dyneti]

Welcome back!

 

[aku-chan]

 

[Martikkkk]

First thing in the morning was 30 minutes of Zazen… so good! I’m doing that on and off since 25+years and +|- everyday since a couple of years . It’s sooooo helpful. Downside is, that it really takes looping until you feel something of an effect. Probably due to the basic obstruction of not having a goal. Just sit and do that 100%
More and more often (but still rarely) I manage to do that and it spills over into my daily life. Meaning less phone addiction, less multitasking, less anxiousness. People around me tell that I’m extremely calm, even in stressful situations (stress is more or less the job description of what I do) … maybe they’re right??? Don’t know. But I feel well in my skin. B.t.w … THAT may also be due to five years of psychoanalysis that I’m into… who knows. It’s also something I would recommend doing. If you happen to have way too much money and want to source it on something that might or t not give results and if so only after years of doing that… so … seems like I’m a „long term Person“… am I ???

More to the point: I did the second day of total-body-strength on level III … no pause between sets. Took me 15 minutes and felt absolutely gorgeous.
So, that’s it from me for today.

Thanks for being here, hive!!!
Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello Hive,

the morning started with 30 minutes of Zazen. As always, that seems to be the basis of a good day. Directly afterwards day 3 of Total-Body-Strength at Level III. That was quite easy, basically a rest day. ,,, which I needed


have a great day, everybody, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello Hive

today was day 4 in the total-body-strength program. 5 sets, 12 minutes, hardly any rest. I felt the burn in the abdominals and enjoyed it …. what? I did? I did. Crazy sh… That’s how it is.
I started the day as always with 30 minutes of zazen.
All the very best to all of you. Cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

I had a night shift (.i.e. 24 h) on Monday and still feel it. Sometimes I’d love to have a smoke again … I didn’t smoke since my daughter was conceived, 12 yrs ago. So I won’t … but it’s really a serious addiction, I think. I guess, it’s a bit like a recovering alcoholic. endangered to start again anytime….

 

[Anek]

Hello and welcome!

 

[Princess Fancy]

 

[Martikkkk]

Day 5 of total body strength level III. Quite some work, some sweating ... but short and few breaks, 14 minutes for 5 sets. My favourite start of the day was again 30 min of zazen. I'll retire now onto the couch, have a beer and a good book on the lap. wow!
cheers, hive

 

[NancyTree]

Hey you're back! so good to see you!

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello Hive!
30 minutes zazen as a good start into the day. Five sets of day 6 of total-body-strength. 10 minutes, hardly any breaks ...

I’m thinking about switching from this program to daily hand picked workouts from the database here on the site using the search/filter functionality - by the way, the filter function is an excellent tool, I think. Chapeau!!! Thank you Darebee Team!
I’d go for the same rhythm that’s inbuilt in this program - something like: 1st day upper body, 2nd day legs, 3rd day abs & core, 4th day take it slow/stretching … and then repeat. I’d probably go for „normal“, „hard“, and „advanced“ workouts of the HIIT type … I’d never have to repeat a wirkout, there are so many…

I’ll probably use some kind of random mechanism. roll a dice e.g., and take the n-th workout the filter shows me, or the last workout of the n-th page, or anything like that. I’ll determine up front which workout according to the „pseudo-random-algorithm“ I’l „have“ to do. That way, the slight and subtle „pressure“ that comes with following a program would be reproduced and surprise would be my constant companion ;-) ;-)

Yes, I think, I’ll give it a try … I’ll report here ...

cheers, see you around Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

30 minutes of Zazen
care-package stretching workout in 8 minutes
then went home and crashed a model R/C plane with my daughter. repaired it. tried again crashed again … you get the picture...
the epoxid glue is setting while I fire up the randomizer for tomorrow. oops, that’ll be "Jacks Pyramid" on level III … ouch … let’s see tomorrow-
cheers, Martin

 

[LiteraryMatcha]

Welcome back!
I love the lego design from your pfp. Is it a legit product one could buy?
I love how the valves are portrayed. Very realistic.

Have a good one.

 

[Martikkkk]

Welcome back!
I love the lego design from your pfp. Is it a legit product one could buy?
I love how the valves are portrayed. Very realistic.

Have a good one.

Hey there,
thank you for your kind remarks. No, unfortunately the lego heart is pure AI fiction … I got that pic from a friend - I’ not so much into playing with our future robotic overlords. Maybe they would remember me and my stupidity and eliminate me as one of the first after the robocalypse ;-I ;-) ;-) - I think I would have bought it immediately
My daughter built a very cute lego easter bunny recently - but I think it is literally heartless ;-)
cheerio! Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello Hive,

Today,I did the Jacks-Pyramid workout, level II … 115 jumping jacks times 5 sets … that’s a bit of jumping, I’d say ;-) It took me 17 minutes, hardly had any breaks… except for my heart breaking out of pity for myself ;-) ;-)

My randomizer seems to work quite nicely. I’ll warm it up for tomorrow. yeeehawww
cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hey there!
>500 jumping jacks yesterday were quite lot … luckily my randomizer picked the Standing-Abs workout for me. 3 sets in 5 minutes. I started sweating nicely but still, all in all, it was almost a rest day. So, yay!
cheers! Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello,
I was on a 24 hour shift yesterday but managed to get the Office workout in … That seemed deceptively easy at first sight - but 7 sets in 13 minutes , no pauses between sets, was actually quite a thing. And, what a wonderful thing, I think to squeeze in 3 sets of sth like that should really be possible on any busy workday. A good experience!

A send out a deeply heart-felt thank you!! to the Darebee team for creating such a diverse, useful and all-around wonderful treasure trove of workouts
cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

And another bites the … mhh, bites whatever ;-)

Mass Blast HIIT Workout, 7 sets, 30nsec rest between sets. 11 minutes all in all. That was a blast, indeed. Great fun ;-)
cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Phew, Hel Raider … my breath sufficed for only three sets. The announcement in the workout book sounded deceptively easy ...

For days when you need a light, fast, energizing workout, Hell Raider
delivers the goods. It won’t burn your lungs, desiccate your body or make
your muscles scream but ...

I, for my part, must confess the opposite. Heart pumping, lungs burning, sweats flowing … Well, I’ll have to continue training and see what gives in, say, half a year
Three sets took me 15 (difficult) minutes.
Cheers, hive!!
Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Oh! Sweet! I just now discovered the SuperCut program. Juuuust what I ned. Perfect. Day 1 will be my workout later today.

I read the "update from the team" post and understood what it means to have lots of TBs of traffic every day… so, I wasn’t astonished nor put off by the fact that there’s no download of this program to ... emhh ... download. No problem.

As I would like to write every day: Thank you so much, Darebee Team. This resource is AWESOME!!

cheers, hive! I’ll write later today how day one went.
Martin

P.S. I’m also a liiiitle sad about not using my randomizer … that was a fun suprose everyday. Maybe, I’ll make a 2nd workout a day? Nawww….. let’s see...

 

[Martikkkk]

Sweeeet, just as I thought.

$
5 sets in 9 minutes. A bit of rest here and there. My brain is still in survival, asphyxia mode as during the workout, so I might be wrong, but it should be 300 Jumping Jacks all in all. Mpf-phew ...
I guess, I’ll do that till day 30 and then return to my randomizer … that is, if I don’t start over with Super-Cut. Did I say already that I find it sweet?
Cheers, hive, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hi Ho Hive,

the day started, as (almost) always with 30 minutes of Zazen. Then, day two of Super Cut. Only 5 minutes, almost no rest, 300 flutter kicks all in all. Super Cut … a deep cut. But quickly done. So, let’s see … I might do another workout. Optional…

Cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hey Hive,

day 3 of Super Cut brought me to my limits of lung capacity. I rested under 60 secs bewteen 5 sets. 9 minutes, all in all ... Tough stuff

cheers, everybody Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

P.S. what I really really like about Super Cut is that the cardio parts (every other day) stay more or less the same throughout the program. They’re so short that I can wrestle my way through all sets, even though they exceed by a bit my level of fitness.

So I assume that by the end of the month I should notice a change. I should notice that it gets subjectively easier, I need less time for 5 sets or something of the sort.

In summa: I think this is a really clever program

P.S: there’s still more I like about the program ;-)

 

[Martikkkk]

This was Yesterday … I forgot to hit the post button. Thankfully, the Hive software just kept it for me. So, here goes:
yay! Day 4 of Super Cut. 5 sets. Phew. That took me a good 22 minutes. Mostly Not because of the exercises but because of the time I needed to let the burning pain in my abs subside. I’m already looking forward to DOMS the day after tomorrow.
But still, this program is great. It really leaves me satisfied after every day’s workout.
As I suspected at first sight: SWEET.
cheers, hive, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

And today: day 5 of Super Cut, 5 sets in ten minutes. 300 Jacks, all in all. Quite some. Good stuff.
Cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

btw, I was re-reading this article from the Scientific American 2024
https://www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/2024/07-01/
„The New Science of Health and Appetite“
Quite an interesting read.
I’d like to share it, but am hesitating ...
I had a subscription at the time, I scanned and digitalized the article. I guess, it wouldn’t be illegal to share my scan/PDF here, would it? I’d share via a secure link to protondrive location.
Any opinion as to the legality of that, hive? Thanks a million in advance

cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello hive,
I hope everybody is fine
Today was day 6 of Super Cut for me. I increased to 7 sets, took, like, a minute of rest between sets. 14 minutes all in all.
Mediation first thing in the morning as usual.
Cheers!
Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello, good morning hive,

what a beautiful spring day here in Luxembourg. could there be a better day to be alive
I slept in, deferred my meditation to the evening ;-/
But I did 7 sets out of 5 of the Super Cut program, day 7. Maybe a minute or 1,5 min break between sets. 12 minutes all in all. 420 high knees all in all, my computer says. Well, it should know. I don’t. My brain has shut off during set 6.
Have a beautiful day!
Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Woah, yesterday was thunderstorm night here. First an hour of just visible flashes from far, w/o thunder. A whole hour. That was kind of spooky. Then it was cracking right above my house. My daughter fled into my bed and then felt secure ;-)
In the morning we slept ‚til ten a.m. … now, it’s beautiful, albeit a bit cooler than yesterday. Still, lovely.

I did my day 8 of Super Cut. 5 sets in 14 minutes. Had to rest within the moves. So, mostly, like 10 high crunches and then another ten. Still, I mamaged to do all the 300 high crunches. Quite some, I feel .. now...

I felt, I had to add something for the upper body. SuperCut is legs/cardio and core (only). So … in comes the Kettlebell (again). This all-around beautiful, practical, snazzy little ball of high density … mmmhhh

So, I added 50 Kettlebell snatches for good measure. I didn’t touch the KB for way too long. I had to be content with 12 kg. I used to do those snatches with 16, 24 even, sometimes. And managed a 32 with a lot of grunting. Long way to go … But still, 50 snatches in 4 minutes. No rest. That felt ok.

I guess, I’ll throw in KB moves every core day. Or EVERY day? Let’s see. No stress.

cheers, hive, have a beautiful Sunday, everybody.
Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Well, I’m back to my daily 30 min first thing Zazen routine
Now, 14 Minutes of day 9 of SuperCut plus 50 KB snatches after that. Phew
Cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hey ho Hive!
it’s me again … emmm, that was already obvious clear … so ...
7 sets out of 5 of day 10 of Super Cut (loads of „of“s in here ;-) )
Nice. 10 minutes.
I threw in another 50 one-handed KB (12 kg) snatch-presses

for good measure. i.e. another 5 minutes.
cheers! Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello Hive!

the morning started with 30 min of Zazen with a flash of insight that went like „oh, it’s easy, just pour sense into every moment, and there you are!“ Does that make sense? ;-)

Just now, I finished 5 sets of Super Cut day 11. quite some sweating, quite some breathing … stull, finished within 9 minutes, less that a minute break between sets...
To finish off, I did 50 KB … well, actually, yesterday I learned that what I am doing is KB clean and press“. So, I swing the KB up into rack position and then press it overhead… So there, no snatches, after all ;-) ;-) Anyway, I increased the weight to 14 kg and did sets of 5, swinging switch of hands, no breaks, until I had 50 reps. that took me 4 minutes.

cheers, everybody!
Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hi Hive!
I continued to follow the SuperCut program daily + Zazen … but failed to post about it … well, better that the other way round.
I added Turkish Getups with a 12 kg Kettlebell and 2-handed mills with a 7 kg club to my daily routine. Nice. Heavy clubs and KB are such a great thing. Job-related, I am very often not am home overnight, so heavy equipment is not an option for every day. Continuing with my darebee workouts gives me the feeling of not missing out, though. Good

Cheers, Martin

 

[AgileGrrl]

btw, I was re-reading this article from the Scientific American 2024
https://www.scientificamerican.com/issue/sa/2024/07-01/
„The New Science of Health and Appetite“
Quite an interesting read.
I’d like to share it, but am hesitating ...
I had a subscription at the time, I scanned and digitalized the article. I guess, it wouldn’t be illegal to share my scan/PDF here, would it? I’d share via a secure link to protondrive location.

What are the cliffs notes for the article?

 

[Martikkkk]

What are the cliffs notes for the article?

Proton Drive

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Hi, it’s a bit difficult to get the key points down. It seems to depend on what a particular person’s interests in the topic are. So, here is a link. It’s a non-professional scan, but it’s readable, albeit 30 MB thick ;-)

cheers, Martin

 

[Martikkkk]

Hello Hive,

I’ve done day 22 of SuperCut today. It’s such a cool program. Deceptively simple, effective, I’d say. Sweet As was my very first impression.

As always, 30 minutes of Zazen to begin with … I skipped - I think - one day due to work but other than that, I’m keeping to my schedule. Which feels good

I’m already planning the next month and … tadaaa … settled on the „Olympian" program. That’s seems like a level up from SuperCut. Let’s see… I’m firmly determined That will certainly take more time. It’s more varied but appears quite exhausting to me… Bitter-sweet, then, I guess. But there’s still „sweet" in there
cheers, everybody,
Martin