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The (kinda) finale! (Plus the reason why there was no Monday update.)

I wasn't doing updates for a bit there, and the reason why is simple enough, I got super sick, and slept for nearly 3 whole days before being healthy enough to type out some work.

245 minutes of running walking, 20 minutes 40 split squats 395 sit ups 115 rows 190 tri-exits 240 Bench presses 150 sit ups 90 leg lifts 205 dumbbell flyes 80 squats 80 shoulder presses 125 pull-ups 170 curls 90 incline presses 60 calf rases 40 hammer curls 40 dumbbell presses 30 situps

when it comes to weight, early on I increased my reps more than I did my weight, so after going from 15-pound dumbbells, I jumped to 25, and soon, I'm going to be going up in weight again,

This project has been truly amazing so far, I do plan on continuing it, but less in the aspect of getting a grade, and more so in a genuine way. you'll see more of a struggle with balancing schoolwork and working out. My main theory is that you'll see workouts coming more in short bursts of productivity, as that's usually how my workflow is, and sadly enough. I could definitely see the not working out some weeks, despite the fact that I'm very much motivated to do so. Over the course of the project, we've seen a pretty simple, basic trend of how my mental health, effected my working out, and vice versa. namely in how, whenever I had a lot of stress, I'd begin running more often, but when I felt confident in myself, I did more lifting, and just general set-based exercises. So, what I really found from this is that the workouts you feel like doing, are definitely going to vary, not just because of the human brain liking variety, but as things happen to you, you're going to gravitate towards a certain "style" of working out, I like running when I'm down, and when I'm feeling better, I'm doing sets and circuits. If anyone who reads this, should take one thing away from this whole project so far, it's that you have to plan out what you're going to do earlier in the day, you only have so much time in a week, and it's best to find it as soon as possible, and get to it!

Thanks for reading this silly little journal so far, and I'll enjoy seeing where this takes me in the future!

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Mental Health Update 5!

I've become sluggish, I don't know where it came from, but just today I've gotten food poisoning as well, working out has been hard, trying to do my work, also got extremely hard, I'm pushing through it better than I have in the past... but I'm always coming across things that just make me stop what I'm doing, and wonder what could be better. Be it for ME, or for whatever, I'm always second-guessing what I'm doing and I've found myself angry about it over anything else. I've got stuff to do, but I don't want to do any of it, I'm not even behind barring a SINGULAR class, a class which I am in tutoring. There is ZERO reason for me to feel bad, yet I still do? And I don't know if that'll show in my actual workout schedule coming Monday, or if I've just, fallen off, but am still going? I'm hoping not, I want to show that perseverance and exercise great things and something people should strive for. I hope I can figure this out while keeping the project working. there's just barely over a week left at this point, and I'm excited to see how I can look back on this.

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WEEK SIX!

This week was more on the running heavy side, you can see this because the entire lineup is just...

60 minutes of running 30 dumbbell flies (50 lbs) 30 shoulder presses (50 lbs) 30 tri-exits (30 lbs) One of the weaker weeks, but hey, that's okay, I've done much more impressive over the last weeks, so it's alright to slack a bit, especially since I've begun taking up learning programming for my robotics team recently, which bites away at my time quite a bit. though I don't plan on making a habit out of the bare minimum, not when the graded bit of this ends in just two weeks! y'know? Adobe recently began TAKING AWAY Flash CS5.5 KEYS! so I'm using Aseprite for my sketches now! Enjoy some nice funky GIF sketches now that I can do those.

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MENTAL HEALTH UPDATE FOUR?

As this project's run, at least the part I'm graded on, nears its end, I gotta wonder if I'm going to keep going after the fact and continue building a repertoire of sketches and records of my exercises. I'm also wondering if I'll begin "cheating" once there's little consequence to do so. Despite the fact that I'm not a HUGE fan of this project, I find myself extremely attached to it. And I love that I've worked it into my grade, and my schedule. I hope that this project ends up showing off and improving my determination, time management skills, as well as my self-control, as I have had days where I've forgotten to work out because I'm doing homework or playing video or have just had a day where I've completely embraced sloth for a day or two.

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WEEK 5!

In one week I've done the following: 100 situps, 80 dumbbell presses (50 lbs) 40 curls(50 lbs) 80 dumbbell flies (50 lbs) 30 bench presses (50 lbs) 30 hammer curls (50 lbs) 30 incline presses (50 lbs) went on a 20-minute run with my dog 30 pushups 30 pull-ups 30 calf raises 40 tri exits (50 lbs) With the fifth week of workouts underway, I'm feeling great! About working out, at least, I've felt a sudden burst of energy, and motivation towards this project, as it's finally begun to set into my routine, and as much as you see people saying it, and probably doubt it, once it's a habit, or a schedule, it's stuck. You're gonna enjoy it a lot more. again, I hope people take this public journal project as something to learn from, and/or see as the final thing to push them into working out consistently!

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Mental health update 3!

This is the first mental health update of November, so let's get into the oversharing bit. I've been feeling pretty in the middle, all things considered, there have been ups, there have been downs, but nothing mental has really been there, other than an overall hesitation to get work done, and a lack of will to get out of bed, but that's been normal for me, surprisingly workouts have helped with this a small bit, as they usually get much worse in winter, but here it's about the same a what it is in the summer. Meaning, again, working out has proven positive for me. I'm glad for that, definitely. I've begun accepting workouts as part of my routine, as much as I do homework, well, really a bit better than homework, as it's something I'm doing for me and not to tick a box on my teacher's lists, overall, really solid week so far, lookin' forward to the next.

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OCTOBER RECAP!

OVER THE MONTH OF OCTOBER, I

Ran, 1 hour, 55 minutes walked, 20 minutes Did: 40 split squats 365 sit-ups 115 rows 120 tri-exits 240 Bench presses (20-50) lbs 150 sit-ups 90 leg lifts 135 dumbell flies (30-50 lbs) 80 squats 50 shoulder presses (30 lbs) 95 pull-ups 130 curls (50 lbs) 90 incline presses (50 lbs) 30 calf raises 40 hammer curls 40 dumbell presses

Well, we're about a month and a bit more in, and it's going great! I've gotten much, much better in terms of quality of workouts over this month, better form, higher weights, and overall a nicer outlook on it. Though, mental-health-wise, I've taken quite a dip, but the issue is, I've got continous pressure placed upon me due to the ramp-up in school work. With more doors opening, and some closing, I've learned to be content with what passes, and I think that this is an important step in the mental health aspect of this journey. see y'all thursday!

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Week 4! aaand I'm sick, and was bedridden for half the day today, and most of yesterday.

55 minutes of running 30 bench presses (50 lbs) 40 situps 80 hammer curls (50 lbs) 25 minutes of walking Being sick, while doing this, is genuinely one of the most annoying things I've ever done, having to put in a BUNCH of effort in order to do something as simple as walk, or run for a *tiny* bit, makes me feel like I'm gonna go crazy at times, because the motivation, is definitely there, but the actual ability to do much, very much is not. It's still very much a personal motivation, so there's no REAL harm done, but there's also so much more I could do, I went to the doctor today, and they gave me some medicine, so hopefully this week will be more than just walking, eh? Hope you folks follow so I see you for a longer, more personal mental health interview on Thursday.

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Mental update time! (I forgot to press post so this one's on a Friday!)

This week has been somewhat difficult for me if I'm being frank, there's been a death in the family, so I've actually been thinking more as I've been working out, and I've found myself running more to get the opportunity for a good 20 minute of thinking. My mental health has dipped because of this, plus I'm extremely stressed because my grades in a few classes going down. But overall, I don't think my performance has been impacted too much, I'm just running, a lot more, doing more cardio, it's good, it's added some variety, and I'm extremely happy with how things are going, despite these mental hurdles.

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Week 3!

45 rows (50 lbs) 90 incline presses (50 lbs) 45 pull-ups 70 bench presses 115 sit-ups 40 curls (50 lbs) 50 hammer curls (50 lbs) 30 squats (50 lbs) 30 leg lifts 30 calf raises 45 dumbbell flies (50 lbs) 20-minute run

This project is going swimmingly! and I've enjoyed being given time to get some sketches done, really just belting out something simple, while still trying to add my own cartoony style and flair, it's a REAL challenge. when it comes to art, having the ability to have someone look at a basic sketch made within an hour, and my profile picture, and know "Yeah, that looks like he made it." Though, if I'm being quite honest, this whole thing has been quite difficult in all honesty. Putting aside the time to workout FOUR OR MORE TIMES a week, usually on the side of more, while something that's definitely possible, has become a game of "How do I add spice to this? To push back the burnout I KNOW is coming?" And, while I have gotten sick of it, I honestly find myself frustrated with how little progress I've actually MADE with myself, even though I signed up for the project knowing it'd be hard! I just, assumed that great progress meant physical process, but honestly, it's just been a FIGHT to get better, more than anything. I get angry when I can't do something as I continually try, and do what I can as I just think more and more about what I can't do, while I've made headway, I have a feeling I'm gonna be keeping this project going AFTER the deadline, just to have peace of mind once I feel satisfied with it.

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NEW WEEKLY FORMAT! (mental health update 1)

So, Posts will now be split up! I went from 1 post with lots of stuff to 2 posts, one recapping my mental state, going back to project roots, and putting more emphasis on the goal, which was seeing how working out more than 3 times a week, and as much as I CAN, would affect me mentally, So, with that said onto the actual post. Honestly? I've been feeling a lot better about myself from this, but I think it's because I'm not working out for looks, and trying to build muscle, I'm eating quite a bit, and just enjoying life. This has been a REALLY nice project, I'm glad I took it up, and things are generally just going my way! I hope this habit doesn't break itself during winter, or when exams kick up.

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Week two folks! And an update!

To start off: I'm gonna start updating bi-weekly on both Tumblr and the Bird App. It seems like the best move. ANYWAY! Here are all my workouts this week, and the total workouts:

yet another 20-minute run 40 bench presses 50 dumbbell flies a WHOPPING 140 situps 50 squats 50 shoulder presses (30 lbs) 50 tri-exits (30 lbs) 50 pull-ups 50 curls

I've been feeling challenged quite a bit on the working out end... But the posting end is falling extremely short, not posting enough, so I'll be DOUBLING my output, expect half the exercises listed per post, BUT, more posts! Meaning more cruddy sketches!

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This first week's exercises: 20-minute run. 40 split squats 70 sit-ups 70 rows 70 tri-exits 100 Bench presses (20 lbs) 60 sit-ups 60 leg lifts 40 dumbbell flies Overall, This project has just begun, but working out makes me feel sore, but pretty good! I'm really looking forward to doing this 'till Thanksgiving Break, I'll keep you guys posted! (Enjoy the rushed, cruddy sketch too.)

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So funny story,

The very week I began working on this, I was sick, so, that's funny. Next Sunday, there will be progress, so much for a real wrapup. October will be great for this though!

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Huh, here we are.

Today marks the start of me using TUMBLR of all things, for a school project.

This isn't a bit, by the way, I genuinely am locked into this, wish me luck y'all.