DonQuijote's log

DonQuijote · Post by **DonQuijote** » Thu Jun 18, 2009 10:26 am

No updates yet. Putting in long hours at work, fighting to save my job

volleyball_man · Post by **volleyball_man** » Fri Jun 19, 2009 3:57 am

I lost mine in May.

DonQuijote · Post by **DonQuijote** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 12:39 pm

volleyball_man wrote:I lost mine in May.

Sorry to hear that.

DonQuijote · Post by **DonQuijote** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:17 am

Man, what a crappy month June was!

Long hours at work and then a viral chest infection but I'm back and raring to go... From L1!

anubis · Post by **anubis** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 10:12 am

Have at thee SIR! There are always set-backs the key is not to quit! Hope your hard work saves the job!

Not to hijack your post, but sorry to hear about your job loss VBM! Hopefully something pans out for you. You've helped a lot of guys (myself included) and hopefully the old adage of good things happen to good people plays out here.

DonQuijote · Post by **DonQuijote** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 2:37 am

No hijack at all! VBM's encouragement for everyone on the site is fantastic and makes me want to push on.

Judgement day for my job is on Tuesday.

Ruli · Post by **Ruli** » Thu Jul 09, 2009 3:24 am

best of luck mate - trust things will go your way!!!
Godspeed.

volleyball_man · Post by **volleyball_man** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 3:24 am

Thanks a bunch people! Send money!!! LOL

We are doing well. I am trying to get my Crossfit Affiliate off and running. Hopefully this will become my new career.

anubis · Post by **anubis** » Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:24 am

Hopefully the Crossfit Affiliate works out. Imagine how many "testimonials" you could get just from people on this site. If you can motivate folks here I'd imagine you'd be exponentially better in person! Best of luck, it would be a great career!

volleyball_man · Post by **volleyball_man** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 3:13 pm

You rock! Thanks!

DonQuijote · Post by **DonQuijote** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 11:23 pm

Enough of that now, back to me!!

Finally got round to starting over again (think I've finally shrugged off the chest infection).

I'm starting from the beginning again due to my confusion over the whole pull-up/chin-up distinction. Turns out pull-ups are harder. Damn, I knew it was too good to be true.

L1D1 - 34 reps

Sounds ok, but there was no way I was going to manage 34 pull-ups so after every 3 reps with pull-ups I switched and did 3 with neutral grip to recover a bit. The push-ups and squats were fine so I didn't want to stand around until I was ready to do another pull-up, I thought it better to keep doing something.

I'll stay on L1 until I can manage without any neutral grip subs.

DonQuijote · Post by **DonQuijote** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 6:32 am

Forgot to add, I've still got my job.

Horrendous day though, about 25% of our department's going

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ianjb · Post by **ianjb** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 7:02 am

My company just announced layoffs this morning. So far I still have a job.

Ruli · Post by **Ruli** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 9:47 pm

i'm very happy for you guys regarding your jobs!
don, 34 rounds for D1 is damn good - congratulations!!!

DonQuijote · Post by **DonQuijote** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:27 pm

Thanks Ruli.

I'm going to take a leaf out of your book and stick on L1 for a few weeks, working on form, until I don't have to use subs for the pull-ups.

Once I'm happy that I've completed the level 'properly' then I'll move on!