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19 minutes ago, Scalyfreak said:

 

 

 

Grimdad

Now we're getting somewhere

1 hour ago, Mike Wazowski said:

 

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Also, there are definitely jokes I want to make about embochure and blowing strength, give me some credit for my restraint.

 

So you want to make sure he gets his lips right on the opening and not wrapping all the way around and providing just the right amount of pressure to get the best sound out?

1 minute ago, Mad Hatter said:

In other words, make floor tiles out of books, with a narrow clear path so that you can move between rooms without trampling the books.

Exactly.

13 minutes ago, sylph said:

No dice for me this time. OHP to behind the neck and back to OHP is a sure fire way for my shoulders and elbows to complain loudly and for an extended duration. 

 Scale it down to bodyweight movement. Straightleg hamstring stretch to arms all the way up, bring arms out in a t shape to squat, back up bringing hands back vertical then bend back down into hamstring stretch.

3 minutes ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Dude, that's an awesome moment to have! What prompted you to stick to just two? Trainer, or experiment you were trying?

A combination of both. The trainer had those two then a HIIT finisher, but I suggested the dropset and we decided to just roll through and finish the workout that way instead. In hindsight I'm glad I did it, it was definitely a shock to the system. Turns out it's kinda hard to do dropsets by yourself.

3 minutes ago, Mike Wazowski said:

Ahh, I remember that volume challenge! I think I pushed myself too hard doing a buncha push-ups as a finisher one workout and had to take a couple days off of lifting - I think that was the first of many slow realizations that my competitive nature can sometimes slow down my long-term growth and all that jazz.

I'm still blown away by how much volume I moved over the course of that challenge.

21 minutes ago, Scalyfreak said:

 

I tried that, but it's really hard to find a comfortable position to sleep in when there's books all over the bed.

I should have specified. Every hard flat surface that you would pass by on your way to couch/chair/bathroom/bed that you could reasonably grab a book to read.

1 minute ago, Mike Wazowski said:

YESSSS PLEASE TURN YOUR WEE ONE INTO A LIBRARY LOVER!!!! She'll even more become my favorite child under the age of 8 (I think she's under 8 still, right? 8 is my youngest dance student, so this phrasing, if accurate, keeps me from having to pick favorite kids across different contexts).

5. I will report back on the first chapter of Sorcerer's Stone to further cement her status.

12 minutes ago, Laghail said:

 

Hey, maybe back after some life changes, enjoy pink pokemon n such.

 

Make art like Wigglytuff! This means getting up early enough to practice trumpet on the daily, and keep a daily word count of 200 for writing. This also means keep my fucking german up, on duolingo for now.  

Good, practice is always good.

12 minutes ago, Laghail said:

 

Make healthy like Blissey! This means getting 7 hours of sleep every night, and meditating on the daily.

Sleep and mental health. THese are solid.

12 minutes ago, Laghail said:

 

Shitpost like Clefable!

Good to be... wait a second...

1 hour ago, Scalyfreak said:

 

The libraries around here have activities and events for kids of all ages, that always seem like they are very appreciated y the attending kids and their parents. Something to explore?

Same here, we've just been so damn busy.

1 hour ago, Scalyfreak said:

 

This thought occurred to me. It was immediately followed by the thought, "I can't fit a table in here!", which in turn was followed by, "So what can I do instead...?"

 

I'm working on that last one now.  

Leave them open on every flat surface?

14 hours ago, Harriet said:

LIBRARIES! I rediscovered them (in America, as an adult, having forgotten about them somehow) and now I am convinced. I get to deprive amazon of my gold, and the library brings all these books to me! And then I give them back when I'm done, so they don't clutter up my shelves! Such a great system. 

I keep forgetting about these. And I really need to take grimble to them more often.

Question on the book goals, do you have a bunch of unread paper books or do you need to go buy them? I'm genuinely curious because it is so much more justifiable for me to buy 2 or 3 ebooks than to buy one physical just because of the cost difference.

5 minutes ago, JustCallMeAmber said:

The problem with that theory is that I was actually AT work on Monday lol. (Carefully worded, as I did not do much actual work that day. Except fixing the connection between the scanner and one of the new pcs, which was a ginormous pain in the PITA. That and a spotify playlist was my work day 🤣)

I didn't say it was YOUR monday Holiday, but I see how that could be a kink in the theory.

10 minutes ago, JustCallMeAmber said:

I'm glad to know it's not just me! I thought I'd ripped a whole in the space-time continuum, or got sucked into a wormhole and teleported into the future but my memory was erased in the process. You know, typical Tuesday stuff. Wait, today isn't Tuesday? It's Wednesday?

This is what happens when a monday holiday hits. 

I did 2 exercises for work on saturday. Just two. (not counting warm-up movements obviously) Unless I was going for a PR test in the past I wouldn't even contemplate doing just two exercises, especially as a superset. I'm working on rebuilding some of my leg strength and endurance due to mostly laziness, and in the past I would have done squats, lunges, presses, curls, etc. But this time I did angle squats (think hack squats but with a smith machine) and landmine squat presses. Last set was a dropset til I couldn't lift the bar safely. It's interesting to me, how I felt more exhausted and motivitated doing just two movements, albeit more advanced ones, than I have doing a 3-5x8-12 of a several exercises. Don't know if it's because it's new and exciting or if it's just work that is better for me right now.

I am, at my heart, a challenger. I challenge other people to be better, and by making them do better it challenges me to step up. I might be too competitive. I remember my very first challenge here that really got me going was Broba Fett's volume challenge. And it's been on like donkey kong ever since. But I find JUST challenging myself doesn't always get me to where I want to be. I am working on being internally motivated, but it is more... challenging than I thought.

Let's do this.

56 minutes ago, h3r0 said:

 

Maybe or maybe cut it out completely? I don't know.

Speaking as someone who was upwards of 2000 mg of caffeine a day take my advice in this aspect. Take it slow. I quit cold turkey and went through serious withdrawl, headache, vomiting, fever, the works. Caffeine is a drug as much as anything else. 

56 minutes ago, h3r0 said:

Just frustrated. I am tired of being tired all the time. I know the root cause is not having enough or quality sleep. The 6 or so hours is not enough but don't know how to increase that without other life impacts. I get up a hour earlier than I have to but that is my workout time and don't want to cut that. With work, kids, and our schedules I don't want to go to bed earlier. That last 1-2 hours of the evening is really the only time I get hang out with my wife during the week. 

 

I over come the sleep debt with large amounts of caffeine and I know that isn't healthy long term. I cut it in a effort to improve the quality of sleep if I couldn't increase the quantity but so far hasn't worked. 

More anecdotal observations, go to bed when you're tired. Have you talked to your wife about this? You're in a partnership, or I hope you are, and you need to communicate with her on this. I know you WANT to spend that last couple of hours with her, but you may need to make some temporary adjustments that take away some of that special time in the short term to help make the long term even better. 

Bedroom notes. Have you looked at light polution, electronics in bed, white noise, etc?

Additionally, does your bed suck? Is looking at a new mattress an option? 

56 minutes ago, h3r0 said:

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I brought vegetable soup for lunch but I don't want it. I am tired, cranky, and hungry so I treated myself to a sushi roll. It even has avacado which is a vegetable. 

 

 

It looks amazing. I almost don't want to point out that it's a fruit. Almost.

On 2/9/2020 at 7:39 PM, bigm141414 said:

It's not a great substitute but it does satisfy the need-a-hot-drink-in-my-hand-at-all-times-as-I-stare-into-the-abyss-that-is-the-computer-screen. 

I wasn't expecting to get attacked in someone else's thread, but them's the breaks.

Can't wait to see what the original rebel will bring to the challenge table. 

4 minutes ago, Scalyfreak said:

 

 

Squatnic the Introspective?

Like the lifty version of a beatnik?

4 minutes ago, Scalyfreak said:

Reflector?

 

Look, I understand I don't get as much sun as I should. Doesn't mean I need to be called out like this.

24 minutes ago, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

I don't know what I like better, how happy the smile is or the sass in the hand placement on the hip.

I believe the answer is Yes.

Failure is just an unrealized success. You've got this.

Well, at least I know there's one other person who forgot  is busy as all get out too.

@Tanktimus the Encourager, @Scalyfreak, @Mike Wazowski, @Harriet, @h3r0, @GodzillaKong, @miss_marissa

My apologies for the lack of updates. Work has been crazy enough I did not want to be on a computer outside of it.

I will be making the final decision on my name, but I will be more than open to suggestions and idea, (grumblemcgrumbleface is probably not gonna make the cut)

Also, GOALS UPDATED.

Nice simple goals. I mar or not be hijacking at least one of them.

and following along, of course.