Chris-Tien Jinn Posted April 25, 2015 Report Share Posted April 25, 2015 stuff. my only rule: I have to learn something out of it. right now I'm sewing a simple skirt for my significant other… I started last weekend, by learning how to use a sewing machine (recently bought) and researching how to make a pattern that'll fit her Good for you!!! I used to sew quite a lot --- costumes mostly --- and still have the machine. Lately, I've been focusing on knitting, but ..... hum ...... Quote Level 4 Human Ranger/Paladin "We are better than we know, if we can be made to see it, [then] for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for less." - Kurt Hahn STR: 9 | DEX: 10 | CON: 14 | INT: 13 | WIS: 14 | CHA: 13 Link to comment
Tkdgirl Posted April 26, 2015 Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Where the devil are you?How are things going? Quote TKDgirl Level 3 amazonSTR 7 DEX 0 STA 7 CON 10 WIS 6 CHA 3Challenges: 1 2, current 20 good form push ups 45%45% Link to comment
erosan Posted April 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2015 Not missing in action, I swear… just swamped in work:3rd Canada Burger is now open for business! 1 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Delete Posted April 28, 2015 Report Share Posted April 28, 2015 SUMMARYIn order to become who I want to be, I want to setup the foundations.I failed the second challenge spectacularly... mostly because my life is a mess, so when life decides to happen, it takes my all to deal with it. But that's OK. You learn more from failure than from sucess, so while I still need to achieve the minimum level necessary to start pursuing the rest of my goals, I now know that the path that will lead me there is to organize my life a little better.Thankfully I've learned a lot so far.On the previous chapter, our hero found itself eating a fistful of reality when it hit him in the face without any speck of mercy to be found. So of course he swore revenge on life, and he will make it his goal to avoid being so careless as to getting caught unaware by something so mundane. No respectable gunslinger would go down so easily on such a wimpy adversary anyways.(current) MAIN QUEST - Getting battle readyGetting life-resistant to become leaner, fitter and healthier.SMART goal breakdown: lose 15kg (goal is being around 70kg before july 1st or so), be fitter, healthier (aiming for stricter paleo this time).GOALS1. LEANER (paleo pantry edition) - While keeping eating paleo at least 80% of the time, try to figure out real food usage, clean the pantry of junk food and buy only what's needed. (+3 WIS if success), lose some more weight too! (+2 CHA if at least 2kg lost).2. FITTER (reprise) - 3 times a week bodyweight (+3 STR if 75%+ success), 1 sprint (+2 STA if 75%+ success). NOTE TO SELF: SCHEDULE IT!3. HEALTHIER - Organize life! I can do this on my professional life, why haven't I done it with my personal life?. (+2 CON, +1 WIS if success).LIFE SIDEQUEST - Build stuff. I've been craving an outlet for my creation instincts. I feel like building. That means I have to learn some skills, but I'm game. Ideally, 6 weekend projects. But I'll grant me this as long as I build something I deem worthy of the time investment. (+1 DEX, +1 WIS) MOTIVATIONLGNMINIQUESTSNone yetNote: to learn more about how I've used habitrpg to aid me on my quests, read this thread. Awesome challenge and great goals!Keeping that pantry free of junk is definitely key. Makes life so much easier and makes it that much harder to mindlessly carb out.I have also taken to scheduling my workouts. First thing in the mornings for me. I was way too easy to keep pushing it to later, and I would just end up not doing anything at all.Glad to see things are going good for you so far and I am stoked to see the final result of your sewing project.Keep up the good work!! Quote Link to comment
Kishi Posted April 29, 2015 Report Share Posted April 29, 2015 CANADA BURGER I like this concept. 1 Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
erosan Posted April 30, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Any excuse is good to serve poutine and a real cheeseburger (real as in 5 types of cheese, 4 of which are inside of the patty) Anyway... update: Yesterday my kid started swimming school. A must have skill when you live this close to the beach, and he wanted to learn something, so how can I refuse? The part that (i thought) sucked was that I was going to be ... waiting ... for 1.5 hours on this horrible hot weather, while I watched him play take his class on the pool. I was almost resigned to my fate, when I noticed there was some gym equipment over yonder... most likely for the swimming team to do some weight lifting. And I had an idea... followed by a smile. I asked, and turns out that yes, I can use the equipment while my kid's lessons are underway. So, although it's not the best equipment and I'm going to outgrow the weights they have (remember its a school for kids/teens), for now its like I got a free gym membership along with Damian's swimming classes... and I can do my exercises! AND it will be under a (somewhat forced) schedule! so win, win, and challenge win. Today I switched from neatstrenght.com's to 5x5 StrongLifts' program. We'll see how it goes. I'll post pics of the equipment and you can chip in to what I can do with it later. 4 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Swampling Posted April 30, 2015 Report Share Posted April 30, 2015 Hooray for the accidental free "gym membership"! Have fun with stronglifts! Oh, and... poutine! Quote Hobbit Challenges: 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1My shiny new "battle" log - probably more of a plodding-along log, but hey, it's mine! Link to comment
Kishi Posted May 1, 2015 Report Share Posted May 1, 2015 5x5 is a great routine, and I won't deny it for even a second. But once you outgrow the weights, don't discount the possibilities of going through higher rep ranges, or trying other lifts, or even hybrid routines where you mix calisthenics and weights. 1 Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
Chris-Tien Jinn Posted May 5, 2015 Report Share Posted May 5, 2015 Great use of time!!!! I used to run around the soccer fields when kidnick was at practice and do stadiums when she was skating. Ya fit it in where ya can!! Quote Level 4 Human Ranger/Paladin "We are better than we know, if we can be made to see it, [then] for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for less." - Kurt Hahn STR: 9 | DEX: 10 | CON: 14 | INT: 13 | WIS: 14 | CHA: 13 Link to comment
erosan Posted May 6, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Yesterday, I did some lifts from SL5x5... today I had a very very hard time not doing something (AKA resting). I really wanted to go lift "heavy" things and put them down, but today was a rest day, and those need to be sacred. You get strong when you rest, not when you lift. Isn't that how it goes? I managed to do nothing, somehow. Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Kishi Posted May 6, 2015 Report Share Posted May 6, 2015 Active recovery. Go for a walk or a run, or swing a kettlebell if you got one. Because you do get stronger/better when you rest, but there's no sense in not using energy if you got it. 1 Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
erosan Posted May 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2015 I need help with a special project. My wife is on a two week business trip and I want to have this ready by the time she gets back… I wanna turn our fridge into Darth Vader. Because my girl is a FAN of Darth Vader (I mean, who isn't?)... the kind that owns a collection and even names her black cat "Cat Vader"... this is our fridge atm: this is my idea: can you see what I need help with? I know my way around illustrator/photoshop, and I know who can make the decals... what I'm looking for is inspiration or a pic of darth vader (preferably in only a few colors i.e. not a photo) where the lightsaber is vertical. if you draw, you are probably better than me and a good drawing is also cool. will you help a fellow geek? Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Kishi Posted May 9, 2015 Report Share Posted May 9, 2015 Here are some I found. You might need to flip 'em but hopefully this kind of works. Guh, there really doesn't seem to be much in Google Images for this kind of thing. Like, there are some Vader pics where he's holding the saber up, but he's also done up differently, like steampunk or samurai or that kind of thing. Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
erosan Posted May 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 10, 2015 I know! but that second one is pretty good! I think I might be able to do something with it... 2 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
erosan Posted May 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 14, 2015 I've been doing my workouts, save for monday when stuff happened and the kid had to skip the swimming lessons (so no gym access that day), but I worked out on tuesday, and I'll work out tomorrow, so that counts for something, right? Aaaand, I've decided to go with the image that Kishi (a gentleman and a scholar) suggested.After reviewing my budget, I decided on doing only one color (black), maybe on top of metalic looking vinyl. anywho. concept images (a bit on the large side, sorry): 3 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
erosan Posted May 15, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 15, 2015 today:5x5 squats (27.5kg)5x5 overhead (25kg)1x5 deadlift (35kg)not a lot, but to be honest it's thrilling! every session I get to pile more weight… soooo cool 3 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Kishi Posted May 20, 2015 Report Share Posted May 20, 2015 Lay the weight on and make it heavy. 1 Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
erosan Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I suck at loging this 6wc… anyways…yesterday's workout:5x5 squat ( 32.5 kg)5x5 overhead press (27.5 kg)5x5 deadlift (40 kg)that and the 1000 jumping jacks I did for one of the bonus rounds of this week's assassins' mini andhello, DOMs!not too bright of me to push that hard, but I had to help my fellow house members win that so we could at least go for second place.so yeah. also, the fridge thing should happen today, just in time for my girl to see it, as she comes back from her business trip today . will update then 1 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
starpuck Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Dur. I totes forgot I was gonna come follow along. Zomg, I am such a nub. Ok, granted, this has been a busy few weeks for me. But here, SOOOOO LATE. (Hey, waddup, challenge ends in 3 days lol) But I will catch up and say things. Or gif. I'll at least give you weird gifs. Quote Level 81 ~*~ Ranger Deviant Art Gallery || YouTube Channel Current Challenge "It is difficult. All things worth keeping are." Thane Krios - Mass Effect 2 "Maybe it's not as simple as you imagined, Seeker." Varric Tethras Dragon Age 2 "Staying within your limits is no fun, Ryder." Vetra Nyx - ME: Andromeda Spoiler ::PAST CHALLENGES:: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 43 | 44 | NEIN | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48| 49 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 62 | 63 | 64 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 69 | 70 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 74 | 75 | 76 | 77 | 77.5 | 78 | 79 | 80 | 81 82 | 83 | 84 | 85 | 86 | 87 | 88 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 100 Link to comment
erosan Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 I like being weird too! Glad to have you around. at least this challenge's thread was very quiet… last one was like half of starsappart's which is koth crazy and an accomplishment. Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Kishi Posted May 22, 2015 Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 Nice. Training is looking good over here. Let us know how Fridge Vader goes over with your lady. Quote Work like a farmer, train like an athlete, fight like a soldier. 2 Tim. 2:3-6 BATTLE! Link to comment
erosan Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 behold my new nerdfridgerator! 5 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
erosan Posted May 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted May 22, 2015 my girl arrives in a few hours so we'll see if it is a success…but considering these:I think she will like it. 4 Quote "Unfocused" Wizard // Rationalist of the order of Bayes Lvl 5 Assassin. Lvl 33 Jack of all trades. 7 STR|6 DEX|7 STA|7 CON|16 WIS|8 CHA Current challenge Wizard in the making: ero san's continuing road of magic My drawings Sketchbook, Other afiliations The Loft Link to comment
Chris-Tien Jinn Posted May 25, 2015 Report Share Posted May 25, 2015 Excellent decorating skills, man!!! 1 Quote Level 4 Human Ranger/Paladin "We are better than we know, if we can be made to see it, [then] for the rest of our lives, we'll be unwilling to settle for less." - Kurt Hahn STR: 9 | DEX: 10 | CON: 14 | INT: 13 | WIS: 14 | CHA: 13 Link to comment
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