Challenges!

[beelikej]

Yay, today I'm having a pajamaday as a reward for finishing two challenges!
In October 2015(!) I started working on my spn_reversebang artwork, it was claimed for a collaboration in November and in the past three months I've created additional pieces and turned the original design into a storybanner. I'm happy to finally be allowed to present all my arsty fiddling and yesterday I unlocked my RB artpost:) I'd love for hear what you think of it: click the teaser to see how those paper tentacles turned out!




Finishing my RB art was not the only thing I accomplished this week.
I had already begun working out more with Gilad at the beginning of January when somersault_j invited a couple of Twitter and LJ friends to join in the 30 Days ABS Challenge. I'm not a group activities person, but I figured sharing this experience with others online could work as an extra incentive to keep going. Even though I didn't think I'd be able to do the described sets beyond Day 3, I could at least try and make an effort. WOAH DID I SURPRISE MYSELF! I totally managed to keep up and made it to Day 30 on Tuesday \o/ Here's what I did*:



*As the length and repeats of the sets kept increasing, my body did start to protest beyond the muscle ache (which actually wasn't as bad as I had expected;) On my elbows pressure spots appeared from doing the static plank, but I could keep going by using a soft blanket for support on the following days. A bigger problem was the chafing on my butt from the sit-ups that I didn't notice until day 24: the next day it was impossible for me to do the movement because my poor skin was rubbed too raw.
BUT I DIDN'T QUIT! I simply adjusted the rest of the sets to make up for missed sit-ups and I'm proud to report I could include the final set of 125 sit-ups on Day 30, ha! (My butt's not pleased, but it'll heal;)


This week I'm taking a break from adding to my regular fitness plan, but I think I already know what to do for my next work-out challenge.

I also signed up for another fanart project: I'm doing a collaboration and a solo piece for spn_meanttobe. These are not due until May, so if anyone has any suggestions on what I could participate in until then? (Preferably one with a tighter schedule;)

Comments

[sillie]

Still so impressed with all of you who did the Abs Challenge. And now I'm curious what your next work-out challenge is gonna be.

Yaay, meanttobe! I know you claimed the cowboy prompt... what was the prompt you claimed for the collaboration?

[somersault-j.livejournal.com]

I WILL HAVE A LOOK AT ALL THE REVERSE STUFF OVER THE WEEKEND :D And it's near. THE WEEKEND IS NEAR!!!!


And yes for another challenge! JUST DON'T START WITHOUT ME!!!

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

I'm pretty impressed by myself too:) Good luck with the final planking! I'm going to test the challenge I have my eye on tomorrow, just to see if I can actually do all the movements. Will let you know;)

ashtraythief claimed #35. One Night With Her Roommate for us:
Ever since her former roommates deserted her, Meg has had to share an apartment with a lazy, obnoxious ass. He won’t pick up after himself, and he refuses to get a good job. Plus, he doesn’t always wear enough clothes—which is really a problem, because he’s hot.

Maybe he’s occasionally funny. And every now and then he can be sweet. But mostly he’s just annoying. It doesn’t matter how much he’s starting to flirt with her—Meg is going to resist. She’s way too smart to fall for a guy who never takes anything seriously.

But then everything changes in only one night…


Dundunduuuuuuuunnnnnn. ;-) We've already been brainstorming on how to turn this into J2, it's going to be an awesome collaboration \o/

[beelikej.livejournal.com]

Counting down to the weekend! My RB isn't up in the community yet though, so be sure to come back to my journal to find it :-p

I don't think I'll be able to do another challenge without your support, but I'm not sure if I can wait until everybody is done, because I want to keep the momentum going;) I'm going to test the one I have my eye on tomorrow to see if I can actually move like that. If I can, I plan to start next week. (My butt needs a couple more days to heal completely;)

[sillie]

Ooooh... nice! Can't wait to see what you both come up with. :D