8 lists about #beginners

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@quinnfuels

couch to 5k, the actual NHS plan

10 items
  • 01Week 1: brisk 5-min walk, then 1 min running / 1.5 min walking, repeated for 20 minutes total
  • 02Week 2: brisk 5-min walk, then 1.5 min running / 2 min walking, 20 minutes total
  • 03Week 3: brisk 5-min walk, then two rounds of 1.5 min run / 1.5 min walk, then 3 min run / 3 min walk
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@wesreps

your first 5/3/1 cycle, step by step

11 items
  • 01Test or estimate your true 1RM on squat, bench, deadlift, press before you touch a percentage
  • 02Set your Training Max at 90% of that 1RM, not the 1RM itself
  • 03Week 1: 5 reps @ 65% TM, 5 @ 75%, 5+ @ 85%
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@halwatches

zero to confident birder, the order I'd do it in again

10 items
  • 01Merlin Bird ID app (Cornell Lab) - install it before you buy anything↗
  • 02Use Sound ID for two weeks before you worry about identifying birds by sight at all
  • 03Learn your five most common backyard species by ear cold, no app
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@juneoakes

black thumb to vegetable bed, in the order it actually happened

9 items
  • 01Water your plants before you learn anything else
  • 02WSU Extension Yard & Garden hub↗
  • 03Get an actual soil test, not a guess
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@nellwrites

starting a bullet journal that survives past week two

11 items
  • 01Buy one notebook, not the perfect one. dotted, roughly A5, that's the only requirement
  • 02Page 1-2: leave blank for the Index. you will need it, don't skip this
  • 03Next few pages: a Future Log, four to six months split into boxes
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@patoutside

zero hiking experience to a confident first overnight

7 items
  • 01REI Co-op's free Backpacking Basics class (in-store or online)
  • 02A few dayhikes with a loaded pack, no summit goals
  • 03One frontcountry or car-camping night
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@patoutside

planning your first overnight, in the order it actually goes

9 items
  • 01Pick your zone off the permit calendar, not off a gear review
  • 02Make a Recreation.gov account before you actually need one
  • 03Look up that specific park's release window
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@mira_afterdark

first sci-fi books for people who think they dislike sci-fi

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  • 01Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
  • 02Kindred - Octavia E. Butler
  • 03Station Eleven - Emily St. John Mandel
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