Raptron: Queen of Monsters

[raptron]

Hi, I'm Raptron. I do gymnastics, lift weights, and fill in the rest with the occasional run, visit to the stadium, hike, yoga session, bouldering session, etc. I like doing things. I also like people. Hello, people! This challenge doesn't officially start for a while, but I am going to post in it anyway. 

 

1. Atomic Breath Weapon

Skreeeeeeonk~!

   *Idk, work out like you normally do?

 

Rapzilla's bread and butter. Doing the work is how we defeat all enemies. This goal is just phoning it it because Rapzillas gotta move or they get sad anyway. 

 

2. Eat Your Vegetables

Lean, mean, green machine

   *Heaping servings of vegetables 14x per week

 

Rapzilla needs more veggies. We all need more veggies, really, but if you're this big and this green, you need more spinach than the average kaiju.

 

3. Public Service

Rebuild what you tear down

   *Take boxes down to recycling 1x per week 

   *Clean counters 2x per week

   *Sweep kitchen floor 2x per week

 

Rapzilla is really good at breaking things and making them dirty, but it seems like a good idea to follow-up on the reverse of that and help put things back together. 

 

4. Queenly Beauty

Dragzilla...? would wear a wig...?

   *Attempt to braid hair for at least 30 minutes per week

   *Find a new face moisturizer 

 

Gotta keep up with those fresh lqqks. It's extra important to moisturize when you've got scales. 

[Grandkai_NL]

46 minutes ago, raptron said:

Hello, people!

 

Hello Raptron

Goals look good.

[Asa Pond]

 

Not missing it this time! Following!  

[Laghail]

Cuuuuute challenge. Godzilla and self care?? wuuuuuuuuuut

[Jonesy]

Love it!

 

[RogueLibrarian]

 

[Deciduous]

 

[WhiteGhost]

Following!

[CourtnieMarie]

hahaha love this! well themed

 

18 hours ago, raptron said:

4. Queenly Beauty

Dragzilla...? would wear a wig...?

   *Attempt to braid hair for at least 30 minutes per week

   *Find a new face moisturizer 

 

Gotta keep up with those fresh lqqks. It's extra important to moisturize when you've got scales. 

 

yay! you are learning to braid so you can braid my hair! perfect.

 

also, I bought a face moisturizer at the boston public market last May and I love it. It's this brand: https://www.carraigfarm.com/ and it was $10. I use it everyday and it's stiiiiiiiilll going! looks like their lotions are only $8 online though. i got scammed!

[Wild Wolf]

HAHA, this one looks fun, Rapzilla. I'm in.

 

 

Wolf

[raptron]

18 hours ago, Grandkai_NL said:

Hello Raptron

Goals look good.

 

18 hours ago, Asa Pond said:

Not missing it this time! Following!  

 

16 hours ago, Jonesy said:

Love it!

 

11 hours ago, RogueLibrarian said:

 

 

10 hours ago, Deciduous said:

 

 

8 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Following!

34 minutes ago, Wild Wolf said:

HAHA, this one looks fun, Rapzilla. I'm in.

 

Wolf

EYYYYYYYYY. Welcome all! Glad you guys are here for the ride.

 

 

42 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

yay! you are learning to braid so you can braid my hair! perfect.

 

also, I bought a face moisturizer at the boston public market last May and I love it. It's this brand: https://www.carraigfarm.com/ and it was $10. I use it everyday and it's stiiiiiiiilll going! looks like their lotions are only $8 online though. i got scammed!

I will investigate! I may go to the Market even if it'd be an extra couple of bucks because there is delicious food there.  

 

Day 00.2 (We're going with the double 0 week system... that I just invented.) 

I am stoked about this workout. I had a very very slight assist from my spotter on the last rep of 127.5#  (the spreadsheet is rounding up), so it was technically 4/5 reps, but I am still really happy about that. I did an extra triple at 225# after the set of 5 just to spend more time under it and remind myself "THIS IS THE NEW NORMAL, BITCH" because I was getting in my head a little bit about them. Because of my timeline of working out, getting injured for a year, and then slowly picking up weights again over the last 14 months, the mental benchmarks I have of how strong I comfortably am are like 3 years old at this point but just stick in my head as these absolutes that are not at all relevant anymore. Brains are dumb, y'all. I am trying to throw them in the trash and accept the gains my future holds.

 

Workouts: 1/5

Veggies: 1/14

Cleaning: counters 0/2, sweeping 0/2, boxes 0/1

Beautifying: braiding 0/30, lotion 0/1

[CourtnieMarie]

rawr those lifts tho

 

[sylph]

Double zero week -- super fancy!

[raptron]

SOOO FANCY.

 

Day 00.3

 

I definitely could not get 5 for 85# on that OHP (because, lol, it's fucking OHP), so it wound up just being 3 reps. I did 2 more sets of 2 at 85# because I was annoyed. Deadlifts! Not bad. I could feel myself over-recruiting my lower back even though there was no rounding. Come on, posterior chain, come throuuuuugh for me next time. Still ain't mad about this workout either though. 2 more 5s workouts and then we are on to 3s.

 

Workouts: 2/5

Veggies: 2/14

Cleaning: counters 0/2, sweeping 0/2, boxes 0/1

Beautifying: braiding 0/30, lotion 0/1

[doctorake]

Following, also stealing your theme for a future challenge.

 

 

[SymphonicDan]

Ooh, you should link your previous challenge to this!

 

Anyway, another monster here checking in to the Queen's challenge 

 

Looking forward to you sweeping your kitchen floor twice on a Sunday evening just to comply with your challenge

[MaylaKae]

[raptron]

22 hours ago, doctorake said:

Following, also stealing your theme for a future challenge.

It's rich with possibilities! Hahah.

 

12 hours ago, SymphonicDan said:

Ooh, you should link your previous challenge to this!

 

Anyway, another monster here checking in to the Queen's challenge 

 

Looking forward to you sweeping your kitchen floor twice on a Sunday evening just to comply with your challenge

Good call!

 

AND HEY THAT'S RIDIC-- ... yeah, you see right through me.

 

11 hours ago, MaylaKae said:

Bahahah. Yes.

 

Day 00.4

IT WAS A DAY. I did my first run in 3 weeks, hah, during lunch yesterday. My ankles are none too keen on the return to running. I have a short trail race (seriously short -- like a bit over 2 miles) on July 8 and then no real reason to run after that. I may still sign up for some other races? I dunno. As much as I don't like running, I kind of like having it in my workout plans? But then again, I also want to start climbing more...? Decisions, decisions. 

 

After work, I went to gymnastics practice. It's going to be a sauna in there all summer but somehow, I conveniently forget that fact each time before I walk in. I just did some tumbling basics, beam basics + a few front walkovers, and tried bars again but my finger still isn't cooperating fully in grips. It's been about six weeks, so if it is the sprain I think it is, probably another 2 weeks or so before I can swing bars again. The fact that it bruises up again after I try makes me definitely lean toward healing sprain. But yeah, cool, cool. 

 

Workouts: 4/5

Veggies: 4/14

Cleaning: counters 0/2, sweeping 1/2, boxes 0/1

Beautifying: braiding 0/30, lotion 0/1

[CourtnieMarie]

5 minutes ago, raptron said:

IT WAS A DAY. I did my first run in 3 weeks, hah, during lunch yesterday. My ankles are none too keen on the return to running. I have a short trail race (seriously short -- like a bit over 2 miles) on July 8 and then no real reason to run after that. I may still sign up for some other races? I dunno. As much as I don't like running, I kind of like having it in my workout plans? But then again, I also want to start climbing more...? Decisions, decisions. 

there's always the Nov. spartan! or we usually do the costume dash in boston near halloween  

but climbing's cool too.

 

5 minutes ago, raptron said:

Workouts: 4/5

Veggies: 4/14

Cleaning: counters 0/2, sweeping 1/2, boxes 0/1

Beautifying: braiding 0/30, lotion 0/1

you swept! you monster, you.

[raptron]

26 minutes ago, CourtnieMarie said:

there's always the Nov. spartan! or we usually do the costume dash in boston near halloween  

but climbing's cool too.

 

you swept! you monster, you.

 

 

Yeah, maybe I'll do some random races! And still climb... baha.

 

OH, I also forgot to mention we did the Becky Downie abs last night, which we get together and do every so often but it's been a while for me. RIP my core.

 

 

[WhiteGhost]

Holy crap that's an intense ab workout

[Jonesy]

20 minutes ago, raptron said:

OH, I also forgot to mention we did the Becky Downie abs last night, which we get together and do every so often but it's been a while for me. RIP my core.

 

 

 

[RogueLibrarian]

Oh, jeez. We did an intense ab routine in my KB class last night. It makes me realize that a) I need more ab work and b ) I hate ab work.

[Deciduous]

I am bailing on watching that vid; we are doing targeted ab work for the first time ever 1x a week at my gym and I am dying.

[raptron]

5 hours ago, WhiteGhost said:

Holy crap that's an intense ab workout

 

5 hours ago, Jonesy said:

 

 

5 hours ago, RogueLibrarian said:

Oh, jeez. We did an intense ab routine in my KB class last night. It makes me realize that a) I need more ab work and b ) I hate ab work.

 

2 hours ago, Deciduous said:

I am bailing on watching that vid; we are doing targeted ab work for the first time ever 1x a week at my gym and I am dying.

 

It's SO GOOD FOR YOU, guys. SO GOOD FOR YOU. I have a chronic problem of over-relying on my hip flexors to avoid using my lower abs (sigh) so they remain perpetually weak. Working these back in while being very conscious about trying to pull from the core instead of from the back + hips is both mentally and physically exhausting but 100% necessary if I want to continue doing the things I like to do. So I shall continue doing these ab torturefests.