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Feel free to comment and give feedback on the goals. The goals arent all done yet and in flux till monday.

Chapter III: Reorientation The winds blew harsh and cold over the mountainside and carried the howling cries of enemies on the rangers tail. Snow fell all around them as the barren path wided a bit to give room to maneuver and he stopped to catch his breath. With eyes closed he drew his sword and recited a calming mantra and opened his eyes with a smile. His animal companion bared his fangs in acknowledgement and the ranger nodded. "Ok my friend, if it's a fight they want let's give it to them..." The enemies barged arounda corner and with fluid grace the ranger and his companion sprang into motion. Preamble After not completing my second challenge I took some time off between challenges. Mostly because I wanted to focus on some longterm stuff that didnt translate that well to 6 weeks period. Getting back into them now feels kinda strange but I think focussing on some points with a fixed timeframe is something that will help me with my current set of goals. Goal I: Strength During my pause I took a page out of the warriors book and started Stronglifts. So far I have been getting good results and want to continue it at least for this challenge. At some point I probably will hit the linear progression wall but hopefully not this challenge. Grading will be on per week basis with 1 point per week where I get at least 2 workouts in. Points reached: 0/6 Rewards: STR+2, CON+1 Goal II: Grace As they say: Power is nothing without control. This goal will focus on becoming more graceful and aware of my body. Since there will be the german fire thwirlign convention during this challenge i decided that my gracefullness goal will be to master some staff movements again as well as do a flexibility routine regularly Points reached: ?/? Rewards: DEX+2, CON+1 Goal III: Endurance Starting the habit of commuting via bicycle to work again the focus of this challenge will be to take the bike to work as often as possible. Every day that i bike will be one point. Up to a maximum of 20. This is to take regard of vacation days and days where I will be out of town on work related stuff Points reached: 0/20 Rewards: STA+3, CON+1 Goal IV: Peace of Mind Been feeling a bit down for the past few months. That translated to being not very satisfied with my work environment atm, just going through the motions and not getting (as much) stuff done in general. Rereading some books made me face the question again of what do I want out of life? Sad thing is I don't know at the moment. So this goal will be all about introspection and getting at peace with myself again. Starting to act from inside instead of just reacting to the outside. In the coming challenge I will think about what are my short term, medium term and long term goals and write them down for myself. Points reached: ?/? Rewards: WIS+2, CHA+1 Bonus Goal: Discover new recipes This goal is something of a joker. Need to find some easy and quick recipes within my eating guidelines (basically low carb/paleoish). 1 point will be awarded per dish that i tried and liked. Points from this goal can be added to any other goal for the final challenge tally. Points reached: 0/5 Rewards: +1 Stat point if all goals are maxed and still bonus points left over, +2 stat points if all goals are maxed and all bonus points are left over.

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subbed. let's see the warriors of the norse return

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Squats 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 1x5 35kg 1x5 45kg 1x5 55kg 1x5 65kg 5x5 70kg Bench press 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 1x5 35kg 5x5 42.5kg Barbell Row 1x5 35kg 1x5 45kg 5x5 50kg i hatre rows. they often feel "wrong" when doing them. back to rewatching proper form

intersting exercise going to try it out tonight

So if i feel the inside of my thighs i'm doing something right?

Newly finished: The Art of Learning: fascinating tale of growth and performance psychologyAntifragile - Things that gain from disorder: Author raises some interesting points but his disliks for geeks and nerds put me off quite a bit.Currently reading: Living on a budget: reread of a book about basic budgetingContinous Delivery: one of the "classics" for my kind of work

ouch hope you will get well soon and hope your back is fine

Squats 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 1x5 35kg 1x5 45kg 1x5 55kg 5x5 67.5kg Overhead press 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 5/5/5/4/2 37.5kg Deadlift 1x5 55kg 1x5 65kg 1x5 75kg 1x5 85kg Today was a good and a bad day. Bad because I failed OHP and good because i reached my starting bodyweight in deadlift for 5. Squat is tailing a bit behind as it started lower but one of my first goals (BW in DL and Squat) is in reach now. Time for some introspection and thinking about whats next.

Squats: 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 1x5 35kg 1x5 45kg 1x5 55kg 5x5 65kg Bench press 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 1x5 35kg 5x5 40kg Barbell row 1x5 35kg 5x5 47.5kg

Depeds on where you travel. In Scandinavian countries like finland, sweden, iceland etc you can usually get along quite nicely with english

squats 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 1x5 35kg 1x5 45kg 1x5 55kg 5x5 62.5kg overhead press 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 5x5 35kg deadlift 1x5 55kg 1x5 65kg 1x5 75kg 1x5 80kg ohp was very hard today. constantly hovering around stalling on the last rep. squat with the empty barbell feels like nothing meanwhile. pondering if i should drop the 1x5 15kg from the warmup. deadlifts felt heavy but ok. grip strength is starting to be a problem and i will add grip strength exercise on non dl days.

Lifting will be later today but the news for now is I have signe dup for two things: 1. a swedish language class at the local university 2. a miniature paiting contest startign this month. I'm totally out of my league for the painting contest but let the madness commense....

Finished "Release it!" now on "Continous Delivery". "Antifragile" still not finished :/

squats 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 1x5 35kg 1x5 45kg 1x5 55kg 5x5 60kg bench press 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 5x5 37.5kg barbell row 1x5 35kg 5x5 45kg

been there, am there and dont know if i'll act on it

"There is one thing you never put in a trap. If you are smart. If you value your continued existence. If you have any plans of seeing tomorrow. there is one thing you never ever put in a trap... ME"

Squats: 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 1x5 35kg 1x5 45kg 5x5 57.5kg Overhead Press 1x5 15kg 1x5 25kg 5x5 32.5kg increased pause between sets Deadlift 1x5 55kg 1x5 75kg

real books. they are my guilty pleasures and i hoard them

*bearhug* we all have been in that place. it will pass

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I started Pillars of Eternity as well *waves to his fellow backers*

Love the gentleman bastard series