raptron Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 It's competition season! And I'm going to be focused on staying cool and collected like a regal badass, always prepared and always dedicated. This challenge lines up directly with gymnastics Nationals, as we are going to be competing on April 13. I'll be out of town for 3/22-3/27 and then again for 4/12-4/15, but the rest of the time, I'll be around ruling my kingdom with grace. Rule with an Iron Fist *Don't skip accessories for lifting workouts Beam Queen *Balance beam routines every gymnastics practice *Back handsprings on the high beam 4x Luxurious Produce *Eat heaps of leafy greens 5x per week Supreme and Serene *Do some yoga every damn day: no time requirement, can be just a few asanas *Work on balance poses 4x over challenge, preferably with some flows (it's been a while!) Bonus Quest: *Bake kouign amann the weekend of March 31-April 1 (Kind of stole this theme from @CourtnieMarie's some time back. <3 luh u) 9 Quote Raptron, alot assassin 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
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CourtnieMarie Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 you know i love me a queen theme and it HAS been awhile since you've done balance poses! yay! 1 Quote Instagram | pinterest read harder challenge | Battle Log | NROLFW Challenges: 13-1 | 13-2 | 13-3 | 13-3.5 | 14-1 | 14-2 | 15-1 | 15-2 | 15-3 | 15-4 | 15-5 | 16-1 | 16-2 | 16-3 | 16-4 | 16-5 | 16-6 | 16-7 | 16-8 | 17-1 | 17-2 | 17-3 | 17-4 | 17-5 | 17-6 | 17-7 | 17-8 | 17-9 | 17-10 | 18-1 | 18-2 | 18-3 | 18-4 | 18-5 | 18-6 | 18-7 | 18-8 | 18-9 | 18-10 | 19-1 | 19-2 | 19-3 | 19-4 | 19-5 | 19-6 | 19-7 | current Link to comment
Happienumber Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 14 minutes ago, raptron said: *Back handsprings on the high beam 4x On the high beam.... I'm over here trying not to land directly on my face while doing these LOL Following!!! 1 Quote I must control my THOUGHTS... THOUGHTS become WORDS WORDS become ACTIONS ACTIONS define your CHARACTER CHARACTER determines your DESTINY MyFitnessPal | tumblr Link to comment
Jonesy Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Following! 1 Quote GoodReads MyFitnessPal Spoiler Previous Challenges: 2020: 1.20 - 2019: 1.19 l 2.19 2018: 1.18 l 2.18 l 3.18 l 4.18 l 5.18 l 6.18 l 7.18 2017: 1.17 I 2.17 I 3.17 I 4.17 I 5.17 l 6.17 l 7.17 l 8.17 I 9.17 l 10.17 2016: 1.16 l 2.16 l DA v.1 l DA v.2 I DA v.2 Reloaded I DA v.3 I DA v.4 I 8.16 I 9.16 I DA v.5 I 11.16 2012: 1 2013: 2 l 3 l 4 l 5 l 6 l 7 l 8 2014: 9 l 10 l Not Done Yet l Time to Conquer l Conquering HFC for Life! Link to comment
sylph Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 In for cool, calm, and collected Raptron Quote Link to comment
RogueLibrarian Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 I'm mad that my Sasha Velour gif won't post properly. Quote "We can be heroes" Link to comment
Raxie Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Yaaaasss Quote forty-seven: Raxie and the Joining of Unlike Things << previous challenges >> >> instagram || goodreads << Link to comment
Mike Wazowski Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 YESSSSS! Love the theme. Quote Ballroom dancer, data nerd, calisthenics dabbler Link to comment
annyshay Posted March 14, 2018 Report Share Posted March 14, 2018 Wooo! (currently listening to your playlist, your magesty ) Quote Love as thou wilt. Link to comment
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raptron Posted March 15, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 WELCOME WELCOME WELCOME. Day 0.3 GETTING STRONGERRRR EVERY DAMN DAY. It feels like it's been a long time since I've been able to be like "yep, see, I am getting stronger now" so the past few weeks are just the coooolest and will probably keep getting cooler cause those weights are gonna keep going up. Did I tell you guys that I misloaded my bar for bench on Monday and accidentally lifted tried to do 150# for 3 instead of 140#? I made a single and went "wow that was really hard, but I guess I'll try again in a few minutes." Then I tried again and got another rep, a second rep with almost no spot, and a third rep with more assistance. I was bummed because 140# for three should have been FINE, but once I started unloading the bar, I was like "...oh. OH!" Accidental PR life~ But yeah, here's yesterday's workout. I'm not sure when I am going to fully start counting the ticker on the challenge parts... I guess I could start today/tomorrow? Here's the tracker set-up for the challenge: Accessories: 1/1 Beam: 0 routines, 0/4 high beam back handspring days Leafy greens: 1/5 Yoga: 0 day streak, 0/4 balancing sessions Kouign amann: not yet My plan for the rest of the week: Thurs - gymnastics Fri - lifting (and lifting bday party situation at the gym for two peeps) Sat - light gymnastics practice + St. Paddy's party (but taking it easy with the plan not to drink a ton because Sunday is meet day) Sun - MEET DAY 7 Quote Raptron, alot assassin 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 34 minutes ago, raptron said: Accidental PR life~ brilliant! Congrats on even moar strrrrrrrrrrrrength 2 Quote Level 18 Wood-Elf Assassin battle log: counting the good things current challenge: something, nothing, all the things previous challenges: 25, 24, 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 How cool is it that the same God who created mountains and oceans and galaxies looked at you and thought the world needed one of you, too Link to comment
RogueLibrarian Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 2 Quote "We can be heroes" Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted March 15, 2018 Report Share Posted March 15, 2018 Hahaha love the accidental PR. Maybe that's the way to break mental plateaus? 3 Quote Link to comment
WhiteGhost Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 15 hours ago, raptron said: Accidental PR life~ Woohoo! Nice!!! Quote HUNTER OF ALL THINGS SHINY Intro Thread Challenge Log Bodyweight Exercise Library Recipe Book Shuffle Club Level 2 Ninja Strength: 13 Intelligence: 14 Wisdom: 6 Dexterity:14 Constitution: 12 Charisma: 11 Link to comment
Norgaard Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 I hate when all you want to do is follow the plan and then suddenly, BAM PR! Guess thats the royal life no? 1 Quote Be like water my friend Link to comment
karinajean Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 NOICE ONE RAPTRON. I feel like accidental PRs are your signature style. 2 Quote 2014! #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 2015! #6 | #7 | #8 | #9 | #10 | #11 | #12 | 2016! #13 | #14 | #15 | #16 | #17 | #18 | #19 | #20 | #21 | #22 | #23 | 2017! #24 | #25 | #26 | #27 | #28 | #29 | #30 | #31 | #32 | #33 | 2018! #34 | #35 | #36 | #37v1 | #37v2 | 2019! #38 | #39 | #40 | reference materials | academy battle log mermaid ninja assassin. on a motorcycle. with swords. and knitting needles. and kittens. Link to comment
raptron Posted March 16, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 18 hours ago, Mad Hatter said: Hahaha love the accidental PR. Maybe that's the way to break mental plateaus? Ahahah, totally. I spend a lot of time tricking myself at gymnastics, so it makes sense it'd work for lifting too. Day 0.4 For the Wednesday update, I neglected to mention that I got some drinks and was out pretty late. I felt find at work but by the time practice rolled around at 7pm, I was very much in a whiny mood. That said, I got it together and had an okay practice anyway. A judge last Sunday had a question/concern about my current leap pass and whether or not it meets the requirements -- it turns out that it does, but I am going to move one of the skills to a different part of the routine anyway just because I don't want to deal with judge inquiries and things at Nationals. With that in mind, I practiced the new leap pass and also practiced going into my other series without the leap that I am moving, just to see how it feels and start drilling it so that I don't mess up the new order in my routine. I think it'll be a good change in general, but it does take a bit of time to stick mentally. I did a couple double salto passes and a good amount of front handspring + front layouts because I'm thinking about trying that for my last pass on Sunday (and at Nationals). It should be doable and looks a lot harder/cooler, IMO, so maybe I'd get some cool points added to my score. I did the tiniest bit of uneven bars (mostly just a couple of things on the high bar). My hands were threatening to rip, so I left that event pretty fast. Finished up with beam routines -- 1 okay, 1 good, and 1 terrible, haha. Accessories: 1/1 Beam: 1/1 routines, 0/4 high beam back handspring days Leafy greens: 2/5 Yoga: 0 day streak, 0/4 balancing sessions Kouign amann: not yet 5 Quote Raptron, alot assassin 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
RedStone Posted March 16, 2018 Report Share Posted March 16, 2018 On 3/14/2018 at 10:35 AM, raptron said: Beam Queen *Balance beam routines every gymnastics practice *Back handsprings on the high beam 4x OOOF. I can't believe I ever did that biz. YOU FEARLESS QUEEN!!! The world belongs to you, always <3 2 Quote ~Peace Be The Journey~ one - two - three - four - five - six - seven- eight - nine - ten - eleven - twelve - thirteen - fourteen - fifteen - sixteen - seventeen - eighteen - nineteen - twenty - twenty one - twenty two - twenty three - twenty four - twenty five - twenty six - twenty seven - twenty eight - twenty nine - thirty - thirty one - thirty two - thirty three - thirty four - thirty five - thirty six Link to comment
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raptron Posted March 19, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Day 0.5 Went to yoga class during lunch, which had a lot of side body stretching and felt lovely. My workout after work was: Easy peasy. Day 0.6 Low key gymnastics practice. Light on tumbling, but did some nice front handspring front layouts. The rest of the practice I was on beam and did my routines and a few back handsprings, but only on the beam with all the mats, not the one with fewer. Ended with PT for my ankles and some stretching. Day 0.7 Last meet before Nationals in April. I competed bars, beam, and floor. Floor went pretty well and I wound up tying for 3rd place with a 9.2. I have some things I really want to clean up before Nationals (my leaps look SO LAZY in my routine), but in general I am pretty happy with it. I went off-center on my acro series on balance beam and wound up falling in a valiant effort to connect the series for series credit. She did not give me the credit. Hahah. Uneven bars was kind of a mess this time because I mis-gripped the high bar on the transition and had to take an extra swing. It threw me off enough that I did a totally different high bar section of my routine... it's fine. We're fine. Accessories: 2/2 Beam: 3/3 routines, 0/4 high beam back handspring days Leafy greens: 4/5 Yoga: 3 day streak, 0/4 balancing sessions Kouign amann: not yet Monday: gymnastics or lifting... or rest. Tuesday: lift Wednesday: lift if I can get it in before my blood donation scheduled for 7pm. Thursday: yoga balancing session + FLY TO LONDON I DO NOT KNOW. My body feels tired, man. I maybe also was up late Saturday and Sunday nights and am a bit sleep deprived... and I've been drinking a LOT OF BEER lately. I think I went out Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, AND Sunday. Woof. BUT I am also about to go on vacation, where I probably won't work out much... Things to ponder. 7 Quote Raptron, alot assassin 67 | 66 | 65 | 64 | 63 | 62 | 61 | 60 | 59 | 58 | 57 | 56 | 55 | 54 | 53 | 52 | 51 | 50 | 49 | 48 | 47 | 46 | 45 | 44 | 43 | 42 | 41 | 40 | 39 | 38 | 37 | 36 | 35 | 34 | 33 | 32 | 31 | 30 | 29 | 28 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 Link to comment
sylph Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Wooo!! 3rd place!! Also LONDON!! 1 Quote Link to comment
Happienumber Posted March 19, 2018 Report Share Posted March 19, 2018 Just now, sylph said: Wooo!! 3rd place!! YEAH! 1 Quote I must control my THOUGHTS... THOUGHTS become WORDS WORDS become ACTIONS ACTIONS define your CHARACTER CHARACTER determines your DESTINY MyFitnessPal | tumblr Link to comment
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