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Matt, Do what you need to do. When I was playing music for a living, music became stressful, and eventually, it became a nightmare. My suggestion is to not concentrate on getting the orders out as fast as you can, but rather slow down a bit, and try to enjoy it. You love armoring. My guess is you do...

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Things are getting quite exciting now. While some of us are still sitting on the sidelines, many of us believe. Still others are training harder, and keeping it to themselves. We are held prisoner. We can't be complete until we put it all on the line, and see where we can go. We have never really pu...

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Someone should post pics of Robyn in her harness. Ask, and sometimes, ye shall receive http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/3379/cocogaunt.jpg http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/723/cocoarmorpose.jpg Photos by Darter the Chronicler (I think), armor by Stonekeep, Frederich Von Der Teufel, and Ironmong...

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OK, tomorrow we begin on this training cycle. I will be posting my planned workout about noon tomorrow. I have spent a week with a relatively low intensity, doing more skull sweat than back sweat. My workout buddy appears to be in the process of quitting, and that is disappointing. He has not been a...

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As for the rest of you, you have 131 days. Be ready. You have been keeping yourself on a leash. You have wanted to be a champion, but you have hesitated to really train. It is too hard. You stand to lose too much if you completely commit. If you don't really try, then losing is not so bad. It takes ...

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My King, I don't know what to say. Thank you. You are, of course, correct. I do believe that there was room to improve my wind too. And I cannot do scrolls. But I am pretty good with music. If you defeat me even once, I will compose a song for you, on any subject you desire. Please understand that I...

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audax wrote:Britta is awesome. I has a little crush on her.

You aint the only one. Very Crushable.

That aint chopped liver.

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Gentles, I have a problem. I bought a phrygian hat from an excellent merchant ane my wife made me two copies of it. She is absolutely wonderful. She is the reason I get up in the morning. She loves me, and she made me some hats. And, I came back from Pennsic last year with no hat. I don't have a clu...

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I believe that he does Hundred Year's War period. I seem to remember the 1330's but I could be wrong. I don't know very much about the later periods of the SCA.

I will direct him to this thread.

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Nissan Maxima wrote:
BdeB wrote:So taking this armour and sticking it in my freezer is most likely a bad idea, right?

Won't hurt it a bit. Does it hurt your steaks?

It certainly makes it brittle while still frozen, and it is a great way to get some free tenderization.

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After the physical bits of gum have been removed, if you are lucky enough not to break the leather (it gets brittle in sub freezing temps) then use baby oil to remove the hard to get spots.

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OK, nobody want to put that mileage on their soul. But, in my youth, I sold my soul to rock and roll, so, there can be no damage done. I don't have a copy of the vinyl anymore, but experience has shown in the past that it doesn't matter if it's vinyl or cassette. Perhaps the you tube version can sum...

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Your Majesty, I will meet you with Great Joy, and we shall do such deeds as to be worthy of the songs of bards. I absolutely promise that I will not be the easy walk you had in October. Virtually all of that weight loss came from things that were, in one way or another, fighting training. The dark s...

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Gentles, I have a buddy that is in Iraq right now, and he has taken the time to completely re-work his kit. He needs to upgrade his soft kit as well. I was talking to him by IM today, and he said I was actually thinking that as long as I'm getting serious about improving all my kit, I should go ahea...

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In that case, they are going in on a Saturday or a Sunday. Those are currently my unstructured days. That has saved my butt a couple of times when I was able to catch up on a missed or delayed workout schedule, or when I just needed something fun to boost my morale. Having a little structure on one ...

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have you tried Torvaldr? +1 for torvaldr.. you can also try midrealm leather and Black tower. I can't speak for Black Tower but the reviews for the first two has always been good. I fight in Thorvaldr Gaunts. I like them. They provide good protection, and they are easy on, easy off. I hate stopping...

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I have a travel golf bag. It has a shoulder strap and wheels. Wheels are important when you fly a lot. Normally, bag wheels are useless in a "natural" enviroment. A bonus that I had heard about, but never actually seen before occurred at the last crown in which I fought. I had a golf bag. ...

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YOU NEED EXPLOSIVE POWER DO POWER CLEANS Power Cleans. Got it. I will be adding it to the weight training. I am not entirely sure if that is a "leg and core day" thing, or a "chest, back and arms day" thing. I am in the process of revamping the whole system, so I may need to giv...

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I can't find my copy of "Piece of Mind". I have looked everywhere.

Could somebody please do the incantation?

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OK, I can see that I need to make some changes to the studio time. There are a lot of exercises that I want to do, but don't do in the gym, because they either require me to mark up the floor, or they look really stupid. This is not the case in my studio. I will be adding the agility exercises I men...

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Well Done! I will be there. But, I would suggest that you make a change in your plan. Don't plan to be the dog yapping at my heels. Plan to be the lion in my way. And remember, your power comes not from what you can do today, it comes from what you can do this year. And I am back on the road work. T...

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My pell is two tires chained together, One large, one small, like a snowman type thing, hanging from a fifteen foot chain. The longer the chain, the better. Each tire is marked off with eight spray paint or duck tape lines (it has been redone many times) that provide targets smaller than a car tire....

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Actually, the more I think about it, the more I feel like this is one of the more interesting lists to happen in D'Wald in a long time. This one might also be tough for DA, as so many of the fighters are relative unknowns. And, as is so often the case, this one is about mental states. Vitus has foug...

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Excellent list. Small, but virtually everybody on the list is solid.

My money is on Vitus. After that, Gerhardt and Lutr, even money.

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At this point guys,

You have 133 days.

While you sit and fail to train, the seconds of your life are ticking away.

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All right, Instead of just asking "How to improve this", Perhaps I should ask these questions. 1 - Is there some drill that I can do alone that doesn't involve the Pell that you would recommend? 2 - Is there some Pell drill that you would recommend that isn't there? 3 - Is there some combi...

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Thanks guys. The workout plan wont be solidified until next week, on Monday. I expect that I will be making changes all through this next cycle. Truth to tell, I haven't really been able to figure out exactly how to integrate all the great advice yet. I suspect that I don't know the knowledge or the...

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Ewan, Sorry you had to wait for this, but I am being a little self centered lately. You deserve better from me. This latest set of videos shows clearly that you are getting better. You should take heart. But I am not sure why. This doesn't mean that you are somehow doing something wrong. It means th...

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Please, guys, I need your input to make this program work. I need to make this part of the program as successful as I can. I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that this can be improved. I also know that the people on the archive are the people to help me develop a working, winning program. I wont wi...

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Proxus, Marvin, You two have said the coolest things the last two days. Marvin, what you said was "I'm going to do it again". Proxus, you committed a little more strongly. You said that you were coming for me. Well, bring it, son. I have enough for you, and some to spare. Get ya some. If y...

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ELIPTICAL MACHINE!!! The endorphin rush can be found without punishing the shins and knees. So your running has to come inside but you can get that cardio moving and have little to no impact on the shins and knees. There is always a bike as well. Inside may be the only way for a little while if you...

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All right, I am half way through the first day of this project. I know that this isn't right, but it is vitally important for me to stop delaying the beginning of this. So, this is it. Morning head training. Observe breathing and heart rate. Candle watching. (both focus drills) Morning physical stuf...

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I have 136 days, I won't be anywhere near Lugh or Pennsic when you are there but as of today I have 136 days. Excellent. I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that. The cool thing is it works. When I started back in October, I had a hard time walking to the second floor of my home without gasping ...

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I'm not going to second guess Max, but I did notice something this weekend. I had a buddy come visit me for fighting. We fought for four hours straight, and it was really good. What I noticed was that about half an hour before he decided to pack it in, he was very visibly physically exhausted, he wa...

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His Grace is spot on: the bucket is for barfing. The 20 seconds of work in the Tabata interval means you are working at your highest capacity. They should be really hard and you should be heaving at the end, if not actually hurling. Oh, Ok, I had already figured that out. I think that I made friend...

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