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I sometimes forget to put my helmet on before I leave the house to ride my motorcycle, and wonder why today it feels like so much less of a hassle. Then I remember.

Re knee sleeves over leggings, I pull the leggings down over my foot and hold it there (stepping on it works for me), then fold the knee sleeves over, slide up to the knee joint and unfold. Works quite well, but "slippery" leggings really help. Some of the leftover gear from my former running career is quite grippy.

The proper way to order beer is: "Zwei Bier und zwei Schnapps, bitte!" (Or, if you're feeling conservative, "Ich haette gerne ein Bier." or "Ein Bier, bitte.")

See the most famous use of "fertig" (although not quite what you are trying to say) in this video. It's right at the end, but the whole thing is worth watching.

Exhausted = Geplaettet!

This is a key skill. We're a pretty negative people ;-)

I can haz mini challenge without having big challenge?

Feel ya on your hidden content. That stuff is hard. Only suggestion I have is maybe ask people for a spot or something? It's a reason to make contact, and they'll feel useful ;-) Otherwise, hugs!!! (From me to you, not necessarily from you to people at the gym, unless you feel it's appropriate!!!!!!!)

A little late, but to wrap up this challenge: Week 4 dividends: 1a) 9, Fully tracked, bonus acquired. 1b) Stretched after each session and did my bench mobilitiy challenge. Super pleased with it, the pain I had from switching to low bar squat is almost entirely gone. I guess shoulders ARE important!! 1c) 0, No Romwods done... I'm going to cancel my subscription, seems pointless. 2a) 0, Definitely improving on squats. Back up to 120 for reps and while it wasn't exactly comfortable, I had no issues unracking. We've been doing everything beltless as well, and I reckon that's pant of why they still feel hard. The upside is that everything is a beltless PB. 2b) 6, All sessions done, including a rather nasty deadlift workout on Saturday (3x3, then 2 singles, then stiff legged deadlifts and RDLs!! Deadlifts on deadlifts...with a sprinkle of deadlifts.) 3a) 1, Nordic walking got cancelled again but I went for a run instead. 3b) 2, Kettlebell swings and box jumps. Total for the week: 18, getting me to 64.5 overall. This is better than the 60 I need, so the new singlet is go. Bet I'm not the only one letting out a sigh of relief! I'm not going to do a challenge next round because I want to reduce my time spent online. Will still be checking in to see how peeps are doing! Onwards & upwards.

Following for filth (Dreck).

Could it just have been an off day? Are you feeling okay generally, not overly tired / trouble recovering etc.? Because I've seen you train, it's not like you half a** it!

I don't think there was then! Or maybe there was, and I was tricked into the most boring (sorry!) road trip ever ;-)

I went to Sudbury once. I was doing an internship in Toronto, there was a long weekend at Parry Sound and we drove to S'bury to get Tim Horton's

If by the pocket you mean the bottom of the squat, it'll always be hard to come out of that (but you're right, even harder if not tight). If you're going very deep and not using rebound, it'll be even harder. I really like Alan Thrall, this is his high bar vs low bar video, maybe you get something out of it:

No, you really want to keep as tight as possible throughout the lift, because otherwise, the weight will crush you. Maybe 85lbs won't, but eventually, it will crush you.

Hey, congrats on the meet!!! Not really trying to be all "well actually", but I recently did a 375 total at 99kg, and my Wilks was more like 300something? So I think yours is probably around there as well :-)

Dividends for week 3: 1a) 9, Fully tracked, bonus acquired. 1b) -1, Did not stretch Tuesday because I ran out of time. I did do the bench mobility challenge each day and it's been amazing! 1c) 0, No Romwods done... Thinking I might need to unsubscribe if I'm not going to do it regularly anyway. 2a) -1, Weird session on Friday, was only able to get up to 100 and they were all over the place. It was without any gear at all, though, so maybe that was the problem. Improved shoulder mobility is definitely showing, so that's a plus. 2b) 6, Did three sessions but it wasn't ideal. Had to cut Tuesday short because I ran out of time, then felt ill on Thursday so did Friday at the bodybuilding gym near my house ("not ideal" being an understatement), then deadlifts on Saturday. At least stuff got done. 3a) 1, Nordic walking on Tuesday, it's still good fun. Thinking about poles as a reward for the next challenge, really want to get back into trail running. 3b) 1, It got done but was a short session so only giving half the points. Total for the week: 15, which gets me to 46.5/60 overall.

Be kind to yourself x

Was fun training with you! Trip was good, uneventful really. My flight was delayed a bit so decided if I really really tried, I could squeeze in another meal, and had a haggis burger at the airport that actually wasn't horrible - a twofer because I was complaining about not having had any haggis and no burger all weekend ;-) Hope things are good in Berlin!

Following :-)

Hey, bin auch aus SH :-) Neumuenster, und du???

Was great to meet you! Great lifting as well :-)

Just a quick recap of the week because I'm back at work and it's still crazy. Dividends for week 2: 1a) 5 - No bonus points and didn't fully track 2/7 days. 1b) 0 - Stretched after each session 1c) 2 - One long Romwod session done. Ideally, I'd be doing more of this. 2a) 0, Thought this went much better this week. Squats are slowly coming back! 2b) 6, All sessions done, including one in Edinburgh. 3a) 1 - Nordic walking was cancelled this week, but I went for regular walk. 3b) 2 - Two short sessions done instead of one long one. I'm taking part in a bench press mobility challenge, started today and will run for 21 days. I'm thinking -0.5 for missing a day on that, so this will be included in 1b.

I see you booked the Full British Train Experience. Welcome! Welcome!

If you're trying to get somewhere from the airport: Bus at 00:05, then at least every 10 minutes (so might get lucky and they'll send more!), until 00:35, then you have scheduled ones up until 4:30, then again a bus at least every 10 minutes until 23:55. Same principle for the other stops / return journey.