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Yeeeeeeeeeep, it's about that time to kick off the Summer months with some fun and excitement. Upon special request from a few close friends, I will be doing a Mad Sweeney themed challenge over the next 4-weeks. Who is Mad Sweeney, you ask? Well he's a big ass Leprechaun who likes to brawl and perform coin tricks. Easily one of my favorite characters in the STARZ show, American Gods, based off the novel written by Neil Gaiman. If you really want to nerd out and find out more about Mad Sweeney, then you can view his complete history via THIS link. I've been on a roll lately with fitness and I want to keep up the momentum as we head into this upcoming challenge. I'm combining aspects of both strength training and body building by doing a strength week followed by 2 weeks of hypertrophy followed by another strength week. So far, this schedule has been working out perfectly. During my strength weeks, SW, I stay within reps of 3-8 and perform big compound exercises like squats, deadlifts and bench press. During hypertrophy weeks, HW, I'm within reps of 8-15 and working on "time under load" with a 4-1-1 cadence. Over the course of this challenge, I'll have 2x SW, 1x HW and a deload week. The deload week will start "Week 2" of the challenge and pick back up with a SW the following week. At 3 days a week with a bonus day for sprints/HIIT/Gaelic football stuff, That puts ,me at 12 WOD's NOT including the deload week. I'll scale back and only do 2x light lifting sessions that week just to give myself adequate rest as I head into the 2nd phase of the training. Things have started out nice and easy to make sure I stay consistent and the intensity will pick up after deload week. I'm drawing a lot of inspiration for my workouts from Anthem, an upcoming 3rd person shooter out of Bioware, the same company that made the Mass Effect games. I'm gamefying my life right now and embracing the Freelancer lifestyle! Lol. Oh, and who doesn't want their own Javelin mech suit? I thought I was excited about Destiny but MAAAAAAN.....I realize it's slated for a Fall 2018 release, but it's not too early to get a little hyped, right? I'm currently centering my training program around what I think the training program of a Freelancer Javelin pilot would be, lol. #Nerd Back to Mad Sweeney.. With Gaelic football pub league in full swing, I'm feeling like I need to exploit my Irish ancestory a little. I also need to budget better...especially since purchasing a new TV that wasn't in the plans. Aaaannnd, road tripping to San Antonio next weekend for Tank's wedding. Busy, busy! Just Pluck them from the Air Budgeting needs to be on point these next 4-weeks. With traveling next weekend plus general budgeting trends for gas/food for work, things could be a little tight and that's ok. I just need to manage me coins fer da important tings! Track the coins you save! Limit the Monsters I've gotten used to drinking Monster energy drink recently...specifically the yummy as hell, pipeline punch. And I'm not ashamed to rock that pink can anywhere I go. This. Needs. To. Stop. Maybe not completely, but definitely not daily, like it can be. Limit myself to 3x monsters a week. Become the Javelin In keeping with my Anthem inspiration, also, keep up with my training program. I didn't list this one first because I feel like I've got a handle on it right now. All I need to do is keep up the consistency 12 total WOD's/2x Gaelic Football Saturday's This is a Brawl, not a Pillow Fight! This goal is more generalized. Here falls the extra HIIT/Acrobatic stuff I want to do throughout the challenge. Shadow boxing, hand balancing, KB swings-basically all the stuff not added in with my WOD's. Get 2x "Extra Stuff" in each week. Bar brawls count for double... HAHAHA! This is going to be a fun challenge. I'm liking my goals and the impact they'll have on my daily and weekly routine. I'm very excited and honored to be in Tank's wedding and have the opportunity to meet other nerds I haven't met yet!! Next weekend will just be epic in general Shall we get started? Wolf