raptron Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Nationals is April 13-15. BRING IT ON. So, yes, this challenge is awkwardly cut in half by the only competition that matters, but I think I have found some goals I can work on in both the playoffs and post-season. To get pumped, I am going to look to our bitter rivals: cheerleaders. And what do you know, there happens to be the perfect film about cheerleaders and THEIR OWN BITTER RIVALRIES. It's like it was meant to be. Goal 1. Talk the Talk, Now... Roll The Roll? Mobilize with a foam roller, lacrosse balls, wine bottle, baseball, etc. at least 4x per week I talk about mobility and the importance of doing this all of the time, but do I do it? Naaaaaaht really. Goal 2. Spirit Fingers Work on hand balancing, preferably handstands but other things are acceptable as well, for 60 minutes a week Good for the core, good for the joints, good for the mindspace. Pretty much EVERYONE should be working on handbalancing all the time. Goal 3. Rise Above Actually boulder 4x over the challenge You have the membership and while the gym is beautifullll, you could probably actually take a bold move and use the walls to get into that bouldering groove! You know it's fun after all! These may happen entirely after Nationals, and that is okay! Goal 4. Get Yo Learn On Duolingo German 20 lessons a week Everyone else is doing it and the app makes it easy to. Why not? 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
doctorake Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Following. Using a wine bottle for rolling sounds dangerous. Did you mean it was for drinking? 3 Quote OCEAN RANGER YOUTUBE ADVENTURES 2 X IRONMAN, 3 X half IRONMAN, 3 X GORUCK Challenge, 2 X GORUCK back to back, Way too many GORUCK lights Link to comment
sylph Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Woo, shiny new challenge! 1 Quote Link to comment
Haikoo Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Ooo, languaging. Sounds fun! Quote STR 7.2 | DEX 3.5 | STA 5.8 | CON 8.4 | WIS 5.55 | CHA 5.5 Most Recent Challenge Link to comment
elvenengineer Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Duolingo is so much fun! German is hard though. Best of luck! 1 Quote Goal: Deadlift a (Female) Wookie (100 kg): 65.8% Link to comment
starsapart Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Oh, I am here for this. 1 Quote 🎪current challenge🎪 challenge archive: 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 instagram | goodreads "Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world." - Voltaire Link to comment
Jonesy Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 <3 Bring it on. Following along! 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
miss_marissa Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 20 duolingo lessons a week!!! Yowza! Quote Current Challenge # 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 | Battle Log Instagram | Goodreads Link to comment
raptron Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 39 minutes ago, doctorake said: Following. Using a wine bottle for rolling sounds dangerous. Did you mean it was for drinking? Ideally... a little alcohol helps you relax better into it, right? But really, I have used wine bottles before, mostly in like a THE STICK capacity of manually rolling rather than rolling on top of. 30 minutes ago, sylph said: Woo, shiny new challenge! 29 minutes ago, Haikoo said: Ooo, languaging. Sounds fun! 11 minutes ago, starsapart said: Oh, I am here for this. 10 minutes ago, Jonesy said: <3 Bring it on. Following along! HiiiiI~! 12 minutes ago, elvenengineer said: Duolingo is so much fun! German is hard though. Best of luck! 4 minutes ago, miss_marissa said: 20 duolingo lessons a week!!! Yowza! I took German in high school and in college so in theory I should be able to remember this stuff. I'm not sure how people normally pace them, but I have been blazing through the lessons on my commute. I can get 5 done on the train usually, though perhaps I'll slow down when they get harder? 2 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
Nymeria Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 If you've studied German before, you should be fine with the 20 lessons/week. There was a huge difference for me in using Duolingo to learn a new language (German for me), and using it to refresh my memory on a language I had already learned (Spanish). For German, I was having to repeat lessons over and over, and it was so challenging to figure out the grammar. Spanish was a breeze. And hooray for a new challenge! The moment you finish with nationals, I'll start nagging you to take care of that bouldering. 3 Quote Level 30? who the hell knows anymore? Direwolf Assassin/Ranger - current challenge ACL rehab thread 2016 parkour My tutorials: handbalancing: crow, flying crow, side crow, crow->headstand->crow Bo staff: strikes 1 2 3, spins 1 2 Link to comment
elvenengineer Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 29 minutes ago, Nymeria said: If you've studied German before, you should be fine with the 20 lessons/week. There was a huge difference for me in using Duolingo to learn a new language (German for me), and using it to refresh my memory on a language I had already learned (Spanish). For German, I was having to repeat lessons over and over, and it was so challenging to figure out the grammar. Spanish was a breeze. And hooray for a new challenge! The moment you finish with nationals, I'll start nagging you to take care of that bouldering. This is exactly what happened to me lol. I'm currently still in 'relearning' Spanish mode, and I started German, which I had never studied before. So confusing! I decided to drop German for now and focus on getting my Spanish back (I was fluent at one point) and then I'll maybe look at German again, because it seems really cool! Quote Goal: Deadlift a (Female) Wookie (100 kg): 65.8% Link to comment
Raxie Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Bring it On yesssssssssss! 1 Quote forty-seven: Raxie and the Joining of Unlike Things << previous challenges >> >> instagram || goodreads << Link to comment
Urgan Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Here for mobility mutual empathy. 1 Quote Level 13 Shape-shifting Warrior Monk STR:45 | DEX:18 | STA:10 | CON:37 | WIS:37 | CHA:27 The stronger the body the more it obeys, the weaker the body the more it commands. -- Siegmund Klein Battle Log : MFP : Instagram : Challenges - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12 Link to comment
Mad Hatter Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Wooo challenge! So much good stuff. 1 Quote Link to comment
karinajean Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 can you have a bonus goal of GIFing yourself more, please? 6 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
Mad Hatter Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 10 minutes ago, karinajean said: can you have a bonus goal of GIFing yourself more, please? Yes, please! 1 Quote Link to comment
lucky fire dragon Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 Yay here to stalk you again Seconding all the gifs with you. Wenn du Deutsch üben willst - jederzeit. I'm your girl Can't wait for all the handbalacing goodies, squeee 4 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
raptron Posted March 29, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 1 hour ago, karinajean said: can you have a bonus goal of GIFing yourself more, please? Hah! I should definitely have a good amount of footage from Nationals to go with~ 4 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
RogueLibrarian Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 I'm tired just looking at those gifs. 1 Quote "We can be heroes" Link to comment
dancezwithkittehz Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 YAAAAAAS. Following you as always. <3 1 Quote Assassin extraordinaire!! Current Challenge 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 Link to comment
SymphonicDan Posted March 29, 2016 Report Share Posted March 29, 2016 You'd probably be an awesome cheerleader to be fair, given that it's a sport that combines gymnastics, weightlifting (unless you're a flyer) and performance. For now though, good luck with Nationals preparation! Quote Level 25 Cyborg Assassin [ STR 36.75 | DEX 26.00 | STA 28.00 | CON 31.25 | WIS 29.25 | CHA 24.50 ] current 5-week challenge: March 2020 external websites with my resources for... fitness & breathwork | mental math & mind sports | motivation & productivity Link to comment
tei_ Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 YAAAAAAS CHEERLEADING. I really wish adult cheer teams that got to wear adult-appropriate cheer clothing were a thing. Now I'm imagining various definitions of "mobilizing with wine bottle," and not all of them are health-focused 1 Quote Current challenge: Tei gets the zoomies Previous challenges: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17 Link to comment
raptron Posted March 30, 2016 Author Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 15 hours ago, RogueLibrarian said: I'm tired just looking at those gifs. 15 hours ago, dancezwithkittehz said: YAAAAAAS. Following you as always. <3 <3 15 hours ago, SymphonicDan said: You'd probably be an awesome cheerleader to be fair, given that it's a sport that combines gymnastics, weightlifting (unless you're a flyer) and performance. For now though, good luck with Nationals preparation! There is a lot of overlap between cheerleading and gymnasts -- lots of people wind up doing both at some point in their lives -- but it is an age-old faux rivalry that I am just going to pretend is super serious. 1 hour ago, tei_ said: YAAAAAAS CHEERLEADING. I really wish adult cheer teams that got to wear adult-appropriate cheer clothing were a thing. Now I'm imagining various definitions of "mobilizing with wine bottle," and not all of them are health-focused I am still shocked you guys get to wear pants at your gymnastics meets! We have to ask special permission of the judges to wear shorts if someone wants to and our team's average age is like 28. Most of us just go for the tuff skin/butt glue option. 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
StarGazer Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 Hullo! I've been Duolingoing French (took it in HS but haven't really touched it since). I am thinking about adding in another language that I've not studied before, but I'm not sure i'm ready to take that on. Also... YAY ALL THE THINGS! Quote Link to comment
nightlight Posted March 30, 2016 Report Share Posted March 30, 2016 hi! Quote "Come with me if you want to lift" -The Brominator "Later, I would learn that coincidences are the most planned things in the world. Later, I would learn that every single moment is a coincidence." - Douglas Coupland "Anyone who doesn't want french fries every day is a commie." - AngelaTheGeek Current Challenge INSTAGRAM!! find me on twitter Link to comment
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