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[Wk11] Improving in Fitness, Gaming & Music

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Kronen United States732 Posts September 09 2014 16:45 GMT #1 Previous Weeks: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. About this blog/diary: I'm a professional musician and (very) amateur gamer. Blogging about improving and sticking to a program is very effective for my overall progress! Having myself been inspired by Haulvern, I hope this humble blog can motivate another someone in need of positive change. Thanks for checking this out and feel free to leave any comments or suggestions! Week preview: This week is a rekindling of motivation and re-evaluation of my gaming priorities. The new lifting plan is awesome, but will change how I approach cardio. Goals for the Week             Fitness Goals:                   4 Weight-lifting sessions (log)(program):                   2 Running or Cross-training sessions (log)(program):                   Weigh-in regularly (log): ()             Gaming Goals:                   Log Write-Ups of OCC Blood Bowl games (Current Standings):                   Log CS:GO practice sessions and Ranked results: (below)                   Log Hearthstone Drafts/Results: (below)                   Log Write-ups and session prep for my DND 5E Campaign (wiki):             Personal Goals:                   Daily Mental Discipline sessions: ()                   Log daily food intake: (log) ( )                   Quality challenge-seeking practice session: ( ) --- Monday 9/8: Monday was a rather frustrating day due in part to my failure to get the blog posted. I had a quite productive morning, but got sucked into Hearthstone in an unproductive fashion later in the day. As of this post, my play of HS is going to be curbed somewhat. I just don't get as much out of the process of improving in that game as I do with something like SC2 or CSGO. Practice stagnated after 3 good sessions, and I felt like I let myself down in that regard. I really wanted to knock out a mock audition but failed to do that or even some baby mock starts.... Ugh. At least we had a nice Mid-Autumn Festival dinner with the wife! Mooncake is great! Get the good stuff, not the faux-lotus knockoffs for sure. Tuesday 9/9: Today is off to a good start! This morning's practice, despite the lack of adequate practice space at work, was quite quite good! I spent a good portion of time focusing on playing exactly in the center of the note and letting the horn do the work. Really felt nice to blow through efficiently. I find myself bending and weaving moreso when I play at work. The inefficiencies just compile upon themselves when playing in an ensemble in which you can't hear yourself 45% of the time. I really have to commit to not contributing to noise pollution while focusing on fundamentals... Ok... /rant On to the rest of the day! Which went very well! I was happy with the rest of the day and the mock auditions I ran. Good stuff by and large. Wednesday 9/10: Honestly this was an underwhelming day. This was the first of the days that I gradually purge caffeine from my system, always an arduous process. Consequently, I felt tired and hungry while sporting a nasty headache for most of the day. I got two pretty good sessions in but nothing to write home about. I did suck it up and get deadlift day done. Today's form on the 5x10 sets was much better and I didn't feel the massive lower back activation that I felt last week. The extra focus on valsalva and the fixed back paid dividends. I'm definitely de-loading the weight on the 5x10s as prescribed in the book. Damn does it make a difference. Thursday 9/11: Today, I decided to act on the thought that I don't get nearly as much done when I sit and spend time on the computer. I did have a lazier day, but spent it downstairs watching Mostly Walking for a good portion of the day :-). I did get a nice nap, a good Blood Bowl game, and multiple good practice sessions. Not bad for a good day off! The Blood Bowl game was against some crafty sneaky Skaven who were understaffed from previous bloodbath vs. some Ogres. They entered the game with a TV 600k short of mine! With that they were able to purchase a very very scare MVP who cut down my team several times during the game. I was able on turns 6 and 14 to knock him out however with some lucky rolls and mitigate the damage. The skaven rushed down the field early, establishing a foothold in the center of my back field. Even though he knocked my Minotaur down and out for the first 4 turns, I was able to slowly strangehold the early aggression and squeeze the life out of their little rat bodies, one by one. The turnover happened on turn 4, and I was able to hold off the potential re-take, but not advance the ball. I took some risks on turn 7 and left a potential scoring opportunity open on turn 8 with my bad play, but the rolls (and his lack of RR) were in my favor in the end. The halftime was scoreless. The next half I advanced slowly but surely into scoring position and passed the ball on turn 13, getting a second level-up on a Warrior! With the MVP falling on a higher leveled Beast, I was able to garner two level ups for next game! Looking good! Friday 9/12: Saturday 9/13: Sunday 9/14: --- CS:GO Reference Section: Original Silver Elite Account: Nova 2 Alt Account: --- Hearthstone Reference Section: Drafting according to LawrenceJames guidelines. 6-7 2s, 3-4 3s, 4-5 4s, 2-3 5s.

Jerubaal United States7684 Posts September 10 2014 02:33 GMT #2 You realize that cross country running is gainz AIDS right? User was warned for this post

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