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14 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said:

Oh.. I will BUG YOU!!!! ;) 

 

WOW! A spartan? I kind of have this in the back of my head for next spring, but more in the tough mudder kinda place (that one's more casual, right?) I have a gym girlfriend that would do it with me, but first gotta get through the lifty winter :D 

June 17th sounds like a great weekend for a meetup...so many fun things going on cough cough.

 

14 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said:

HA! Fair enough, and a kindred spirit!! Where did she (is she) going?

Shes an advertising/comms and photo major at Pratt in Brooklyn. You can check out her public works here.

 

14 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said:

he's revamping the shed, could probably use a boss graffiti mural...

Every gym needs a good graffiti wall! We have one at my gym.

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1 hour ago, Volki said:

Lol I definitely will check it out. the video reminds me of the worlds most satisfying videos on youtube.

 

 

OMG YUSSSSSS All the good in the world!!! ^^^^^

 

37 minutes ago, ArgSki77 said:

June 17th sounds like a great weekend for a meetup...so many fun things going on cough cough.

 

OOFTA so much to consider..... 

 

37 minutes ago, ArgSki77 said:

Shes an advertising/comms and photo major at Pratt in Brooklyn. You can check out her public works here.

 

Every gym needs a good graffiti wall! We have one at my gym.

 

Yay Pratt! I know it well :D Yeah, I think your IG is one of the graf inspos (grafspo?) I wonder if I could convince him to do a nintendo theme...

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Oooh, I have a new insta to follow. I feel like all the really cool pastry people I follow on IG are Russian. I wonder if it's a Thing there.

 

 

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8 hours ago, raptron said:

Oooh, I have a new insta to follow. I feel like all the really cool pastry people I follow on IG are Russian. I wonder if it's a Thing there.

 

 

Field trip to the crazy cake school in St Petersburgh!!!! I wish she posted more, but it's hella cool!!!

 

5 hours ago, zeroh13 said:

That would be so epic!

 

I'm preeeeetty sure I've seen something like that that I'm ripping off of lol Bradley Martyn's place comes to mind maybe? But yes indeed. WARP ZONE TO DOUBLE EPIC!!!!!

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I went to Russia for my honeymoon back in '13... almost everything the russians do is turned into an artform (most of the arty skills like metal/wood work is passed down generationally and the skill level is amazing)

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21 hours ago, Grymm said:

Thanks, I needed that.  I came home from work and had a bowl of cereal to prep for volleyball.  Being that I'm not bulking, a second dinner afterwards was not in the cards.  Also, I am +4 over the weekend so I need to behave for a couple days.

Yeah....I was up 2.6 lbs.  Darn fajitas.   (Cuz the chocolate eas definitely calorie free.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it,  anyway.)

 

Was the cereal your entire dinner?  

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41 minutes ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said:

Yeah....I was up 2.6 lbs.  Darn fajitas.   (Cuz the chocolate eas definitely calorie free.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it,  anyway.)

 

Was the cereal your entire dinner?  

Bowl of cereal and a scoop of whey before I went to bed. Maybe I had a quest bar at some point.  I don't remember.  The cereal I eat is the Kashi stuff so fairly healthy.  It's light and carby so good before volleyball.  I have a feeling a pound of chicken and a sweet potato would not sit as well.

 

So about that leftover chocolate that we didn't take with us......  Leftovers go to the chickens, right?

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The instant pot came in today!!!! And after 20 minutes or so of discussing it's many button bleep bloop personality, it has been given a stupid name:

 

BEHOLD! INSTIANA JONES!

 

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Please begin a slew of recipe suggestions and helpful tips! A brand new pinterest board has been created :D

 

Meanwhile, today was an off day, 4.3 mi, half with a lighter grocery ruck. I was unprepared and a bit intimidated by Instiana, so I'm having a little party with some pumpkin spice protein pancakes...

 

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(macro porn: 419cal/21Carb/16Fat/49Pro/5Sug)

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12 minutes ago, Grymm said:

 

So about that leftover chocolate that we didn't take with us......  Leftovers go to the chickens, right?

 

Ruh Roh... are we in trouble? :P It was totally not on purpose, scouts honor!!!!!!!!

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Lollllll. Instiana. Mmmm pumpkin spice proteincakes. 

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BENNNNCH DAAAAY!!!!

 

Also falafel. And I should have gotten two... No, the platter. I should have gotten the big platter with rice and everything, and now I have to have dinner #2 cause one falafel wasn't enough. That's okay tho, it was awesome!

 

Pretty simple day, warm up stuff as per, some weighted, mostly not. Bench felt good and solid, I don't think I've ever done volume so these are probably rep PRs at around 65%. Highlights included close grip bench (I've never done before), and chin ups! I did 3 on my own and had crazy grip problems, and did my sets assisted... Lou assisted! (LOU!)

 

Bench

1X6 65# 

3X10 70#

 

Close Grip Bench 

4X8 70#

 

1X3 Chin ups

3X7 Lou assisted chin ups (Basically gave my feet a platform with his Lou hands. He said it was just for kick off but felt WAY easier than unassisted, so :P)

 

1 Arm Rows

1X10 16Kg

2X10 40#

 

2X25 Lat band pulls

 

One of the gym dudes gave me a lift to main street and turns out he's from the same area of the city as me, then I got a few groceries and FALAFEL and Mr R picked me up on his way home. (He's under the weather and needed to go to the drug store, poor boy.) So I didn't have to hike home (thank glob, I'm so tired from beeeench), and now super chill time :D 

 

Self Love project: day getting close to the end pls and thank you:

 

I am patient with difficult people, and even when I feel myself getting frustrated I don't loose my cool. I am able to make myself heard with a firm, but gentle voice, and don't resort to childish or passive aggressive, or flat out rude behavior. 

 

I am grateful for the people that I meet in my life that challenge my sensibilities and aforementioned reactions. I do not have to like you, but I accept who you are in that we may be different and have different world views. You are entitled to your opinions and I am entitled to not to agree with them. 

 

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On 2016-10-19 at 8:34 AM, raptron said:

Lollllll. Instiana. Mmmm pumpkin spice proteincakes. 

 

Oh god... just get me a shovel. 

 

19 hours ago, ~RedStone~ said:

BENNNNCH DAAAAY!!!!

 

Me too (although almost 24 hours later...)!

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Wowsa, new challenge threads are already up? I love zero week as much as the next fell-oh, but that's too soon, even for me! :P (*manically commences googling for the progressions I want to follow next challenge.)

 

So, not much to report today other than something awesome to report!!!

 

Today is basically a rainy, at home rest day, complete with grand plans for self love stuff like dying my hair and doing a self mani-pedi. Also some light cleaning and just one load of laundry. No bigs.

 

SOOOO... I wanted to get some studying in this morning first, and I finished off the chapter I was working on kinda quickly, so I reread all my notes, took a quiz, AND ACED IT!!!!!

 

I've really been struggling with confidence about doing this certification (the depression and anxiety from my breakdownish/over training thing & failing this section twice before adapting my study technique), and I needed this win. I even wooted about it, it's such a big deal for me! Truly, this falls under one of those things that I was never very good at and assumed I am not capable of. But, employing the right techniques and just showing up and doing the work... the system works!!!! 

 

This feels like really good tidings for the end of this challenge, tho it's not totally the end. Lou tomorrow morning :D Things are hapenning.

 

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38 minutes ago, Volki said:

What?! they are already up? dang I will track you down in zero week :D

Also congrats on Acing it!!!

 

Monks I think... 90% sure lol ;) 

 

31 minutes ago, Emerald_Dragonfly said:

Because you are a dynamo of awesome.   Darn right,  you're back!

 

Love you!!!!!! :D 

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Oops. Stayed up super late watching a reality show about steampunk designers making rooms for a crazy mansion with gadgets and costumes and the middle of the night and not enough sleep for my morning session with Lou. (Lou!) 

 

Woke up at my regular mid-range weight, but lowest belly measurement since I started hitting 1600 cals on the reg :D So I immediately drank half a gallon of water, 2 cups of coffee, and a full stack of protein pancakes to be charged for my session which turned out to be full body hyper. (I'm starting to see the pattern). It was super busy and I hope that trend of Saturdays continue because I plan on doing tues/Thurs/Sats going forward and would of course love to make some new friends! (He also has a private group on FB for adult members that i'm trying to be active on.)

 

I was a zombie this morning, didn't write anything down. Here's what I remember:

 

Warm up - shuffle stuff, skipping stuff, hip stuff etc

 

3X Circuit

10X25# plate Good Mornings

3X 1 legged broad jump (Stick the landing!)

10X Straight leg glute bridge (not sure how to call this...)

 

1X8 12kg one leg squats

2X8 16kg one leg squats

 

1X10 65# RDL

3X10 95# RDL

 

3X10 15# Shoulder press

Superset

3X15 16kg KB High Pulls

 

3X10 20#DB Split Squats

 

This is my last workout for the challenge, and I have no interest in recapping or summarizing the whirlwind that was my 5 week zero week of chaos LOL Lots of good and bad in the mix, and it's time to move forward...

 

 

Yep, I am challenging with the Monks next go around, even tho I have a little trepidation about leaving the safety and security of my friends here... I'm starting to follow individuals and threads and all that stuff... hopefully won't be too alienating from my Warrior brothers and sisters!!!

I WILL FIND YOUUUUU!!!!!!!!

(Please find me??) 

 

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