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Right, let's be honest... this will mostly be me posting pictures of my arse and my dinner and rambling, so if you're looking for a serious challenge this probably isn't a thread to follow! I'm mostly meeting my strength goals and I don't have a comp until next April, so I'm just keeping on trucking and doing what I'm told in the gym. Overall goals in the distance: 150kg deadlift80kg bench pressGreater confidence in myselfSelection for International competitionTop 3 -63kg in the UKChallenge tasks: Sleep more – Bad sleep really doesn’t help the lifting good. My challenge is to be in bed by 11pm at least 3 nights a week (aim is to get this to 5 nights a week)In bed by 11 3 nights a week on a graded scale over the six weeks +2 WIS, +2 CON Find fun in fitness again – Don’t get me wrong, I love to lift. I really love to lift, but I need to do something else sometimes. Part of my challenge is to find and book myself into classes that I can do on a rest day (I’d like to do pole dancing to help with the confidence issues, but possibly just yoga or zumba). Find a new class to attend +2 CON, +1 WISActually start attending said class +1 STA Accentuate the positive – This is one of my biggest issues. I get very depressed about my progress even when I shouldn’t (I’m pulling my old max deadlifts for easy reps and still sulking). I need to find ways to deal with the negative thoughts. It also affects me in my day to day life, with a tendency to burst into tears at the smallest negativity. Not only that, but I generally think I’m fat (sometimes) and ugly (a lot) unless I’m having a really good day. I need to get to grips with that!Find ways to manage my poor self-image +1 WISGet through the week without bursting into tears over something stupid +1 CON (per week)You’ll note that there are no strength-based challenge tasks. That's because I’m just going to carry on lifting in my battle log and keeping up with lifting isn’t really the challenge at the moment, it's all the stuff around it that keep me going! Please DO: Post kitten gifsRemind me to go the fuck to sleep if you spot me online after 11pm GMT (Sunday to Friday)Be supportivePlease DON'T: Pick apart my form in videos unless I've asked you to (I know what has gone wrong and I'm already working on fixing it)