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Bker watches Cheetah cautiously, trying to determine whether the hat or the box is the distraction. Unable to decide for sure, he decides the best place to be is somewhere the puts Cheetah between himself and the box... if the problem is the hat, well it is still a bigger threat to Cheetah than himself. In the meantime, he begins searching around in his pack muttering softly, "I know I had my fancy gear in here somewhere..."

Reporting in with today's numbers: Your weight - 157.8 lbs Your gender - Male Type of exercise - Squat Exercise Weight - 80 lb Completed reps in a set - 5 RPE - 7 Type of exercise - Overhead Press Exercise Weight - 55 lb Completed reps in a set - 5 RPE - 8.5 Type of exercise - Deadlift Exercise Weight - 95 lb Completed reps in a set - 5 RPE - 6 Best guess on RPE (a new thing for me to be trying to estimate, will get better with practice I'm sure)

Welcome @NicTheRugger. Pull up a seat and make yourself at home.

I'm no expert, but my understanding of it is that the points system is for the purpose of making the judgments fair across genders and sizes of lifters. As an example: which is a better lift? a 300# man who pushes 300# or a 140# man who pushes 275#?

Always room for one more, especially an old friend who has been lost for a while. Glad to have you Sal.

Sorry to hear your past few years have been so rough my friend. Glad you have found your way back to us. You have indeed been missed. I was just wondering where you had disappeared to not long ago in fact.

Ok, restarting my walk for 2019. Currently at 8 miles which puts me reaching Tookland. Next checkpoint: Encounter with Black Rider in 24 more miles.

I'm in. Let's get this party started.

If you want to check out the show I was watching they have most of it up on YouTube now as well. The characters and the roleplay are amazing (would not expect anything less with the quality of the players they have though). If you are interested, here is the description quoted from the playlist: "Led by Storyteller Jason Carl of White Wolf Entertainment, L.A. By Night is a dark tale of personal horror and inhuman conspiracy that sees four vampires doing their best to navigate the macabre affairs and terrifying realities of surviving the L.A. night." The cast is: B. Dave Walters as Victor Temple Cynthia Marie as Nelli G. Alex Ward as Jasper Erika Ishii (I think I spelled that right LOL) as Annabelle and Jason Carl as the Storyteller among some of the special guests they had on were Talisen Jaffe, Jason Charles Miller, and Marisha Rey. The first season was 8 episodes with 4 short individual character-focused epilogues after the season finished. Episodes 1-7 are currently up on YouTube (all the VODs are available in Twitch if you are a G&S subscriber). One additional little fact that may (or may not) be of interest to you is Annabelle's relationship that she is trying to maintain even after becoming a vampire... she is in a poly relationship with Elenore (played in Annabelle's epilogue by Marisha) and an NPC we never actually see named Mark (who *very early spoiler alert* is also Victor's son LOL). ETA: forgot to attach this L.A. by Night | Chapter 1: Mortal Stakes

May not be as good as you would like, but about 1000x better than I could manage. Meant to pop in earlier with my NYE plans and forgot. I also stayed home alone and binge-watched the rerun of Geek & Sundry's Vampire the Masquerade: LA by Night (although I did NOT stay up all night to catch all 28 hours straight through LOL). Also, no alcohol for me either, although in my case it is much rarer that I do actually have some.

Sounds like this wandering Ranger has a lot of new stories to tell. Pull a chair and welcome home.

Yes, join us on the way to Mordor. I started last year but didn't quite make it... trying to decide if I want to start over or continue. With so many new people joining the fellowship, I think I may start back at the Shire and see what I can make in 2019.

Hello, my friends. A new year means new beginnings and that is what this challenge needs to be. 2018 was a year of doing way too few of the things that are good for me and it is beginning to show. I sat around too much, ate too much (well not really all that much, but reduced activity without reduced eating is beginning to show the wrong kind of gains LOL), and did too little of the important things. So, it is time to get back to the basics that I started with... Quit Smoking. The most important goal this challenge will be to finish my quit smoking program. Technically, the program should have me finished with it and ready to stop the nicotine replacement mints around week 2 of the challenge. At present, I'm not sure I will be quite ready to give them up completely by then or not. However, I need to give them up completely by the end of the challenge at the very latest. I am currently at the stage of one mint every 4-6 hours. I started at 4 hours and have been increasing the time a little every day with the idea of being at 6 hours (minimum) by week 2 of the challenge. At that point, the plan says I should be ready to quit them completely, although I suspect I might need to extend that slightly and move to a 6-8 hour time spread first. I guess we will see when the time arrives. Lift Heavy Things. Get back to a regular lifting plan. Gym membership is paid for January, I need to make sure I'm just throwing that money away by never using it. I plan to get back into my StrongLifts 5x5 program, lifting 3x per week. I want to stick with this for a minimum of 3-4 months before I consider a different program (RangerBrain behave yourself). Get Off Your Butt. Get some walking/running in. At this point, I'm less concerned with time than with endurance. When I was working full time, I was regularly walking 5-10 miles per day at work. I don't think I can manage that anymore and need to get back to that before the restaurant reopens. Obviously, I would like to be able to report good times for fairly standard distances and have the endurance to at least consider long distance events, but first things first. I will walk/run a minimum of 20 miles per week. That is less than 3 miles per day, with the outdoor walking track literally like a block from my house, indoor walking track and treadmills both at the gym the only excuse I have is simple laziness. Eat Sensibly. My eating has rarely been as good as it could be. That needs to change. As I mentioned above, I am starting to show the wrong kind of gains. Nothing too serious yet, but I need to make the changes now before it becomes a problem. I don't really need to lose much weight if any. I just need it to be in different places than it is. Before I actually needed to gain some. Well, I have gained, just not in the places I wanted it to be... larger waist isn't exactly the sort of gains I had in mind. To that end, I will be keeping a closer eye on my calories in vs. calories out numbers while attempting to keep my macros somewhere close to the balance I need them to be. I won't post detailed breakdowns unless asked for them, but please feel free to ask me about them if it looks like I'm not doing what I said I would. I think that is enough to tackle at the beginning of the year, maybe even too much although I managed to balance them all before even though working full-time. So, there they are... now time to kick some butt this year and end this year in better shape than I started it.

Following along for lifting heavy shit (and yes, I read the whole thing also LOL). Now, I'm certainly not at a stage right now to be competing with you guys for lifting numbers (Been so long since I did any serious lifting, I'm not even sure what my numbers would be right now LOL), if I actually get my butt in the gym as often as I plan to I might do some catching up. Although I did manage to take part in Squatmas and it felt really good to move some iron around again

Following along for encouragement and any other help I can give.

Bker slides into the new guildhall, taking in the new decor and new smells. He quietly hangs his cloak on the rack as Bertrand pours a fresh cup of coffee for him. "Fresh and ready as always, Bertrand. My thanks." He smiles to his old friends, many of whom he hasn't seen in far too long. As he glances around, he notices some new faces as well and grins to see that recruiting is going well as he makes the rounds saying hello to many of those he has missed for so long. Food service is not much better around the holidays... One thing I do not miss about them not having the restaurant finished rebuilding yet (although progress is finally being made.) "Yes, it is Sky. The new uniform looks good on you, congratulations on it." "Welcome to the Rangers, Jedi_mind. You have indeed found a place where we DO ALL THE THINGS (in moderation as many of us struggle to learn LOL) DO ALL THE THINGS is good, DO ALL THE THINGS ALL THE TIME, however, is not sustainable as many of us have learned the hard way, myself included.

Following along to see you lift all the things and run all the miles. And, of course, I love a good narrative too.

I'm in: Relax Feat: At least 30 minutes meditation.

Here and early enough to maybe stay caught up LOL.

Count me in, I'll get upside down one way or another.

Done as well, Dec 25: 10 sets of 5 at 80 pounds (roughly 50% body weight) may be a video to follow later Dec 26: 10 sets of 5 at 85 pounds (slightly over 50% body weight) again maybe a video to follow later After I check how well the phone/tablet shot the videos and for squats piece the separate sets together into one video maybe be uploading if they actually shot well enough to see anything.

First walk in book. https://www.instagram.com/p/Brxg2aaA3PJ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

I'm in.

Fitness Goal: Complete the Squatmas and Santa Sleigh 5K events and do not make that the only thing I do during break. Nutrition Goal: Be mindful of what I am eating. I am going to need to make changes to my eating beginning next year, time to begin the mindset changes now. I will not restrict myself from enjoying the good food, but I will be mindful about how much of what I am consuming. Lifestyle Goal: I think for this I am going to make sure I take the time to enjoy a few classic holiday movies I have not seen yet this year. Not in the background while I am doing something else, but just sit and enjoy them.

Alright, I got in the gym the other day for the first time to see how much weight I can move around. Deadlift, I'm in for 50% x 50 (probably as either 10 sets of 5 or 5 sets of 10 will see how it goes when the time comes) Squats, I should be able to manage 50% x 50 also, probably as 10 sets of 5