fengor Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 The Journey Preamble What started out as the journey of a ranger quickly bore itself out in / after the second challenge but luckily I managed to stay on IRC for the great people and general awesomeness of NF. And when SpecialSundae mentioned a NF Meetup in Europe I was quickly intrigued and decided to join in. And I was glad that I did. Meeting all those awesome nerds rekindled a fire in me and put the wanderlust back in the heart of this specific ranger. So here we go... Starting Point Meeting ALL the nerds, lifting ALL the things, eating ALL the food, hearing ALL the stories was an incredible experience. One I really care to repeat in the spring meet, hoping to have some tales to tell of my own. My life has been up and down lately and while I havent reached any great heights I haven't had any big downs either. So I count myself lucky on that. I recently managed to cross being able to run a 5K again off my list and managed to loose weight consistently for a few weeks but came down with a slump and stopped to measure about a week before the meetup and somehow am reluctant to start again. Started a new position at work 2 weeks ago which will bei either very good or very bad for me. My work/life balance is pretty crap anyways with not having much of a life beside work here. But hey I managed to drag myself to BruCon end of september and to the 6F last weekend and it did wonders for my mood. Going to try to improve that on somehow and trying to get back into that whole Fitness thing more earnestly now (weight loss was mostly due to dietary changes) especially since that last deadlift just felt awesome. Venture outside I will start with short term goals and cross things of the bucket list of long term goals as I come across them. Some have already fallen this year like finally sorting out my dental situation (now to sorting out the dental bill situation), running a 5K again or being able to DL my own bodyweight. But there are some other things coming up, going on, etc that i need to focus on. Cleaning the caveHaving my own flat is awesome, but right now it looks like a battlefield. And worst of all my parents have decided to visit at the end of the month. Now that may seem like a lot of time to get everything in order but between my work hours, depleted energy and my general enjoyment of cleaning tasks it will be a worthy adversary (dont expect progress pics though) Make beautiful thingsOkay I'll admit I am a tinkerer and fiddler. I generally enjoy making stuff with my hands and since I signed up for a tabletop tournament end of the month I have been given a deadline. I still need to build, paint and base miniatures till then and the plan is to make it to the tournament with a fully finished crew (expect progress pics on this one) Hunt and gather for foodI will try to average 5 self cooked meals a week (allowing for random stuff to happen once or twice a week). Trying to live by the rule of Eat clean, live dirty. Other stuff and goals to be added as i come across them and updates as the mood strikes me. But feel free to poke if i turn into a forum zombie again Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted October 7, 2014 Report Share Posted October 7, 2014 That deadlift was impressive. Get your form right and you'll be in triple figures (kg) in no time.Also... Stalking. Quote Link to comment
fengor Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Today wasnt one of my better days... Stressful day at work and I caved in and bought 2 0,5l sodas and to top it off the dentist bills arrived today. So now I get to organize how to pay them over the coming months... On the plus side I am still resolute to cook more, so i bought myself some chicken and fresh chilies and trying a variant of this recipe: http://www.foodfreak.de/2012/11/haehnchencurry-mit-roten-chilis-und-kokosmilch/ (german) And I also started to look into basic strength training equipment. Fort William left me with a longing to lift some heavy things. But the costs for a barbell, weights and everything sure add up quickly. Well have to shuffle some numbers around. Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted October 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 Body weight workout: 10x bw squats8x pushups25s plank15x jumping jacks6 reverse lunges per leg10 hip raises for 5 circuits with 20s between exercises and 90s between circuits Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted October 8, 2014 Report Share Posted October 8, 2014 That curry recipe looks pretty awesome. I love a good curry! Quote Link to comment
fengor Posted October 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted October 12, 2014 The last few days havent been that great. But at least I started getting my miniatures ready again. These are still WIP. Food wise I've been a naughty boy. Going to get food straightened out again next week. At least flat is semi decent now and the mountain of clothes to wash has shrunk delibaretely. Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted November 28, 2014 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2014 Been a while again... Lets see i caved in to the soft drink addiction again :/ I blame work. But startign monday it's back to water and tea again. Got a 5th and 10th place at the last 2 malifaux tournaments which is quite ok. Had an awesome weekend at SaarCon (gaming convention for board games, tabletops, rpg and other assorted stuff in germany) and a nice company anniversary of my former employer last night where i was invited. It was really good to see all of the old gang again and much laughs were had. That's it for now and i will try to post at least little stuff more often again Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 Update time: 1 Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted January 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 26, 2015 No more excuses about not having a proper gym where i could train. Tomorrow I'll start with Stronglifts 5x5 and work my way up from an empty bar. Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted January 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Squat: 5x5@15kgBench Press: 5x5@15kgBarbell Row: 5x5@25kg pondering putting those numbers to the leaderboards for fun and giggles. Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 Squat: 5x5@17,5kgOverhead Press: 5x5@15kgDeadlift: 1x5@35kg Overall attitude: bring it on! well still the newbie phase but oh well, i'll take my victories where i can find them Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted January 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Signing out for a few days. Going to be in Belgium for the Free and OpenSource Developer European Meet and ConfigManagement Camp till the 3rd. So no training besides maybe some bodyweight stuff in the hotel room. I'll be popping into irc most likely but not much in the forums i guess. Going to try to get at least a couple of blog posts prepared. Blog is lonely with almost a year without posts. Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted February 4, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 4, 2015 I'm back from an awesome trip to belgium. 4 days of nerdfest. First the Free and OpenSource Developers European Meeting in Brussels and then ConfigurationManagement Camp in Ghent Missed a workout due to that but just finished my first one for this week Squats: 5x5@20kgBench Press: 5x5@17,5kgBarbell Row: 5x5@27,5kg Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted February 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2015 I am affliced by the deadly mancold. So abandon all hope ye who enter this thread. Started out as a little coughing this morning but progressed to full on headaches, bodyaches and constricted chest. Still hoping for it to go away since i was supposed to play in a tabletop tournament tomorrow. Dont know if i'll gather my strength for lifting later on as well. probably head to bed for a nap first... Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted February 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 23, 2015 Still not quite recovered from the flu but good enough to start trainign again at leaste Squats1x5@15kg (empty bar for warmup)5x5@22.5kg Overhead Press1x5@15kg (empty bar for warmup)5x5@17.5kg Deadlift1x5@35kg (bar with 10kg plates for height as warmup)1x5@40kg Squats and Deadlift went pkay, Overhead Press was a bit hard. Guess still from the flu Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 been a few days since the lastupdate. atleast i kept lifting. todays workout then: Squats1x5@15kg warmup1x5@25kg warmup1x5@35kg warmup5x5@40kg Bench Press1x5@15kg warmup1x5@25kg warmup5x5@27.5kg Barbell Rows1x5@35kg warmup5x5@37.5kg One other fact I'm kinda proud of: Two days ago i used the big 20kgs for the first time \o/ 2 Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Yay for the big blues! Quote Link to comment
fengor Posted March 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 mine are actually black...like in big black... umh letsswitch topic Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 Blue, black or sparkly purple, they're still fun. 1 Quote Link to comment
summer child Posted March 11, 2015 Report Share Posted March 11, 2015 You lured me in with awesome pictures and made me stay with some of my fav things: Deadlifts and miniatures! Quote Link to comment
fengor Posted March 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 18, 2015 thanks summer child. Ill try to update more consistently Todays lifting: squats1x5 15kg warmup1x5 25kg warmup1x5 35kg warmup1x5 45kg warmup5x5 47.5kg Overhead press1x5 15kg warmup1x5 25kg warmup5x5 30kg Deadlifts1x5 55kg warmup1x5 65kg overhead presses were a real fight today. And especially on the last set i had to really fight the form. Might be close to my first roadblock here. Deadlifts went well but grip strength is starting to show. On the miniatures side: lost at a tournament 2 weeks ago and placed last. this weekend i will give it another shot with a team tournament in saarland. Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 squats1x5 25kg warmup1x5 35kg warmup1x5 45kg warmup5x5 50kg bench1x5 15kg warmup1x5 25kg warmup5x5 32.5kg row1x5 35kg warmup5/4/4/4/3 42.5kg first failure. but i'm told it's part of the game Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
SpecialSundae Posted March 20, 2015 Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Rows were actually my first sticking point rather than OHP. They suck. Quote Link to comment
fengor Posted March 20, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2015 Yeah i'd have bet on OHP, but well lets see on wednesday when rows come up again Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
fengor Posted March 23, 2015 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2015 Tournament was fun but didnt placed wlel with our team 8/9. But still got a recommendation from one of the top players after loosing to him. Todays lifting hit another wall. this time at ohp Squat1x5 15kg1x5 25kg1x5 35kg1x5 45kg5x5 52.5kg Overheadpress1x5 15kg1x5 25kg5/5/5/4/5 32.5kg Deadlift1x5 55kg1x5 65kg1x5 70kg Quote There is one rule, above all others, ... Whatever comes, face it on your feet. Robert Jordan, The Great Hunt Lvl 2 Half-Elf Ranger STR:4 | DEX:2.5 | STA:5 | CON:3 | WIS:5 | CHA:3 Daily Grind Story of a Ranger: 1st chapter, 2nd chapter, 3rd chapter, 4th chapter Link to comment
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