For several years now, I’ve been a bit of a work-out buff. When considering where my enthusiasm for it came from, I considered it likely to have originated from the fact that, as far as I can remember, I’ve always been bigger and healthier than the typical guy my age (I was taller, stronger, faster, ate more healthily, and got sick less often as a result). I wanted to keep it that way.
But my attention was particularly devoted to my arms; not to the fitness of my whole body (as it should be). This year, I was introduced to a workout routine by Chloe Ting (a YouTuber) that specialized on the core. It is a two-week workout done in 10-minute daily periods. She claimed that you could get abs in two weeks. Of course, I thought, “2 weeks? 10 minutes a day?! Then I get abs! How hard can it be?” I decided to give it a shot.
I failed.
I am a strong dude, but the workout was pretty intense and sometimes it was inconvenient. I got to day four before it started getting irregular and eventually stopped.
That is one of the reasons I am making this post. I want to be held accountable to more people as I do this exercise. Plus, it would be cool if you all joined me as I did it.
There is one thing I want to point out: Chloe wears really immodest clothing (by my standards) in this video. My solution was to write down the exercises and glance at the form to understand how to perform it. For those interested, here is the video:
Just wanted to share that with you. 😀
If you do decide to join me, please let me know! I am officially starting today, 11/29/20, and will continue to at least 12/12/2020.
I will do it!
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Awesome!
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Lol, all I do is push-ups. 200 a day. I’m skinny and small. But push-ups are easy to do.
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200 push-ups is good! I knew a guy who did that and started getting more defined leg muscles…so it does something!
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Leg muscles? Cool. So, though I am doing a different exercise, I can be in your train of accountability.
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Sweet. 😎
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Woah 200? All in one go, or do you do sets? Also it doesn’t really matter if you’re skinny, as long as you’re strong. A wiry person can be just as cool as a super buff dude.
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IN sets, of course haha! Divide it into sets of 25 reps. Thanks for the encouragement. I just want to be fit.
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I will join you! 😁
I have done this before and I actually got abs in two weeks, if that’s any encouragement. 😉 It gets less intense and so easy after week 1 so keep going!💪🏻
I am starting today! 🏋🏻♀️ And holding you accountable!!!!!! 🤝
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Great! That’s cool that you got abs doing this ( I already have abs too but I don’t know what exercise to attribute it to)!
I’ve continued doing various exercises since I stopped doing this one, and I think I have gained muscle since today was nothing (I kept exercising after I’d finished because it wasn’t hard enough! 🤷♂️). I should be good to finish, but maybe when it gets inconvenient and I am tired I’ll need to know that people like you and Iman are there to prod me on!
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Yeah, the workout is pretty easy for me as well since I have been exercising frequently. But we all have those days when we are just not in the mood and somehow the workout gets more intense… 😅 Yep, just imagine me and Iman are shouting encouragement at you! 🗣📢 I am holding you VERY accountable for “making” me do this workout. 😂
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You’re actually the one who introduced this workout to me! XD
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Oh, 😂 I don’t even remember… XD (My 🧠 = 💩) 😂
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LOL! You hyperlinked to it in one of your posts. (BTW, are you getting notifications of my comments in your bell?)
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Lol 😂😂
No, I am not getting notified when you comment but when you like my comment I go and check 😉😆
Also about to finish day 2! A lil sore from yesterday but I will live 😆
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Shoot!
Nice! Pain is great, isn’t it?
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Yes! 😅 No pain, no gain 😅
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Sorry if I’m late to the bandwagon but I’m ready to go and hold you accountable. (Day 1 done)
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Terrific! Let me know how you feel! XD
This morning I leaned up in bed to drink some water and felt the after-effects of yesterday’s workout.
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I will join you!
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Great!
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Whew! I just started today when I saw your post. This better work. Lol
I really really want abs.
How many times do you do each workout though?
She doesn’t say.
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Nice! Lol, yeah, it better!
You have to do each exercise for 30 seconds each and each break for 10 seconds. Does that help?
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I do each excersising for 60 seconds
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Where do we post our logs? Do we just comment in this post or will you make daily posts?
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You comment on this post. 😀
Here is my log for today:
Day 2:
Woke up. Tried to lean up to drink water safely. Failed. Spilled it on my bed. My abs hurt.
Exercised this afternoon. It felt harder than yesterday but seemed to take less time. My abs sometimes hurt.
Added pull-ups to the workout.
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Oh lol! I am pass the aching stage of doing my push ups. Now it only aches right after the workout. BBut it does not last to the next day. I’ll do mine later.
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I did my 200 for today
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Did you do THIS workout?
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Oops, forgot you weren’t doing this! 🥴
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Dude….. i Dont know if imma be able to do their today. My body hurts so bad😢😢
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That’s too bad! 😭 Don’t stop, though! Push through!
I can understand why you hurt. Especially if you’ve been doing each one for 60 seconds! You can keep doing that if you want to (I guess) but it would be better to be consistent with a little than to do a lot and then stop.
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Ur right. I’ll try my best tho. Ion know if imma be able to do all of them tho😫😫
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Day 3: Done ✔️
It was really easy today! But those up and down planks… 😅
But yeah, I am alive! 🥳
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Great! I have yet to do mine tonight…
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Good luck! 😅
Just DO IT!!!! 😂🤣
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Day three is done! Wasn’t too hard. Woke up this morning with hardly any pain. I am starting intermittent fasting today.
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Good job! 👏 Oohh I do intermittent too! I have been enjoying it a lot!
Day 4 is done! ✔ Easy and went quick! 😅 I am not sore at all anymore 😃 🥳
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Tonight mines is check
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Day 4 done! Its getting better.
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Day 5, done! ✔
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Day eight (break day) done! 😜
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Noice!
Yeah, days 3,4,5,and 6 were okay, but then on days 8-9 I was busy on a job and another activity and didn’t end up doing the workout until about 10:00 PM…and then day 9 I spent the entire day moving a LOT of work heavy furniture, tools, boxes, etc.
I took yesterday (day 9) as a break day. I am still sore today! XD
Intermittent fasting kind of blew up on days 7-9 when I had to eat a fair bit to sustain my energy…but alas! I plan to get back to it!
One more update: Certain exercises in this workout are making my back make cracking noises. I don’t think that it is the form, so I substituted other abs exercises for those ones. I am, however, trying to stick as close to the plan as needed…I just think that proper back formation and posture are more important than loss of a little more fat or gain of a little more muscle.
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Totally identify! That’s a good idea to switch out some of those exercises … I’ve been having similar problems. Best wishes! Working on day 12 today! 🤣😎
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Oh, okay! I thought you started on the same day that I did?
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I’ve decided to do it because I’ve already got leg day down so why not get abs for the beach LOL🤣
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Lol! Have fun!
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it is pretty difficult
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Is it? It should get easier. A lot of people find it nearly unbearable the first day. They tend to find that it gets easier towards then end.
Their is a results video online. There’s a skinny teen who gets abs and a bunch of women who lose a fair bit of weight; pretty inspiring.
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my abs are pretty sore today
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Yeah, I think that the worse is yet to come! I think it was sometime near the beginning of the week when coughing and laughing were nearly torture!
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*ahem* this is where you say BE PREPARED (lion king voice)
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Why am I having a deja-vu? Lol!
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i wouldnt know lol
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😡 Well, it’s all your fault.
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Oh, yeah…working on empathy, right?
“Aw, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean it. Honest!”
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🤣 i forgice you i guess
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sorry forgive, typo
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Ah, good.
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you make me smile
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SMILE?!
You insult me.
I’m TRYING to make you laugh.
Jerk…
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okay THAT one made me laugh
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*pumps arm
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Eh, maybe your area doesn’t do it…but sometimes when people do something right they pump their arm and say “Score!”
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ARE YOU FLEXING ON ME??!!!!!!
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*Ahem
“Your highness, I did not mean to insult you. I beg your forgiveness!
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LOL! no need to beg you filthy pesant
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*ahem* looks like i need to work on empathy too
“i am sorry, i should not have gotten angry, lease forgive me”
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“Lease” forgive you? You want me to rent you forgiveness?
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exactly
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*ahem* sorry i mean please😉
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Oh, fine…
But just this once!
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lol
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have you ran today yet
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Nope…to be perfectly honest, I haven’t run a ton recently.
The other day, I had my vitamins before I went of to work (it was literally right after I woke up).
Bad idea.
I ran on the job with the disintegrating vitamins inside my body. I don’t think my organs were awake yet…
I met my vitamins for the 2nd time.
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ive done that before makes you feel funny
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No kidding!
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when you take them before eating anything it will make your stomach hurt alot
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how about we run together today i’m going about two miles today want to join me?
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You mean, me at my house and you at yours? We just do it at the same time?
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yes does 10 work for you
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Should work.
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im almost done with my homework just have scripture study left
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right now it is 8:40 for me, you?
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Uh, I’d rather not say. I’ll just translate the time if it needs to be translated.
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ok, i’ll just give you a 15 minute heads up before I go
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how far are you planning to run?
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You’re going to be running two miles, right? I’ll run with you…or do you want to run 8 today?
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well since you are probably not used to running 8 miles we can work up to it together
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So what’s your plan?
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two miles for this week each day then 3 miles for the next week and so on remember, the event is on May 15th
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Okay, I’ll see…but again, I can’t promise that I’ll be able to make it to the event. We’ll have to see how things play out with all this crazy stuff going on.
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if it helps any, here is the course map https://humanpotentialrunning.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Endure-Map.pdf
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Will it involve the use of an orienteering compass or will there be paths?
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there will be paths and to pick which paths you take you draw little colorful balls and the color of the ball decides which path you take
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hence the color of the loops. for example, you draw a green ball you run the green loop, draw a purple ball you run the purple loop
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ok im going running now see you in about 30 min
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Okay. 👍
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Okay, I’m back from my 2 mile walka-runathon.
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mine too except it was a run and little walking
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ive been back for a while now just forgot to get back to you
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I was back a little while ago as well. I also didn’t leave as soon as you did.
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any ways i have to go flesh a coyote skin so be back in another 30 min
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Huh?
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when you skin animals there is sometimes meat still on the hide so you have to take it off
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Yeah, I know…but isn’t is just better to take it to a taxidermist, or do you have a specific purpose for it?
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you have to pay money to the taxidermist but if you do it yourself you can sell it on for money
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Nice!
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See me in 30 min, huh?
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sorry had to go do other things
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😔 More important than me? *sighs
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No no im sorry i didn’t mean it like that! Honest!
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I give up.
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im back from running, have you gone yet?
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No. Not yet.
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Goooooood Morning!!
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im going running in a little bit at about 10 again you coming?
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Not at 10, maybe later.
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when?
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Well, perhaps at around 3-4 your time.
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ok will do
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but you are forgiven
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Don’t expect me to kiss your feet.
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i dont that would give you nightmares
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how has your day been going? done anything fun today?
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Pretty good. Nothing much so far, but I have been having a Bible conversation with this guy:
How about you?
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but your so rude and mean you jerk😥 😡
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Haha! 😂🤣
A laugh has escaped my lips.
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your lips must be Askaban for laughs
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