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I will have to stick with my prediction that a South American team will win, so I will have to go with Argentina.Yes, congrats to Oranje!
That photo is almost like that photo of the Loch Ness Monster!Scout, was that built in the 60s or something?
I thought you might take issue with my “hobby” designation. I used it to distinguish it from something which is overly serious (a competitive “sport”) since a hobby is something you take an actual interest in and enjoy learning about. I find it neat to read articles on proteins, food, different exercises, etc., but I don’t go as far as some people who treat it more seriously and eat 6-8 meals/day, measure exactly what they eat, and so forth. That’s too much for me, and probably for most people. Better to do what you can and enjoy doing it than go all out and lose interest after a few months.
Incidentally, I tied for my best bench press ever today. I may have to try to max out even higher soon since my gym membership expires in about a month!
Well, I’ve been working out at the gym for over a year now, working out regularly. While I am definitely a lot stronger than I was a year ago, I would have thought that I would look even stronger with the amount of time I’ve spent there. I think most of my most notable strength gains game about 3-6 months in. With that said, my general goal when I started was fat loss, and I have done that; I weighed about 215 at the beginning and weigh about 200 now, but with plenty of added muscle.
For people starting out weight lifting, I would advise:
1) Approach it like a devoted hobby. If you enjoy the nuances of it, it will foster a better attitude. At the end of the day, if it’s not something you enjoy, you might as well find a different primary form of exercise.
2) Don’t go too hard if you can’t. It doesn’t matter if you think people are looking at you because you aren’t lifting much.
3) Be prepared for possibly getting injured while lifting. Hopefully, any injuries will be minor and will heal in a week or so. In such a case, continue to work out other body parts while you give the injury locations a chance to rest.
4) Change up your routine every so often. Half the fun of weight lifting is finding new exercises that you can add which attack your muscles in different ways.
5) The more you go to the gym, the more you will want to go; the less you go to the gym, the less you will want to go.
6) Do bodybuilder poses in the mirror at the gym. This will help you to gain confidence you need to succeed.
Again, my general goal for starting back up at the gym was to lose fat. Because I had that in mind, I didn’t worry too much if I didn’t max out at bench press all the time (which was a focus of mine earlier in life). Perhaps you have a different goal that motivates you, which is fine. But I think it’s good to have a reason for lifting weights so that you can call upon it in times when you ask yourself why you’re doing this (at times grueling) form of exercise.
By the way, if you’re still reading this, #6 above was a joke…don’t be “that guy”.
Ha! I meant more like the destination we went to on a day trip earlier this summer. Kind of a quaint antebellum town that is known for being spared by Sherman when he marched through Georgia. We would still like to make it to Savannah, but even that is more than a mere day trip.
Yeah, that would be nice to visit. It would have to be part of a longer trip, though. Here's what my daytrips look like these days:
So, Germany vs. Argentina in the final! Have to ask – who would Hitler be rooting for from his secret Argentinian bungalow?Oh, and it seems it may be a papal clash with Pope Emeritus homeland vs. Pope homeland!
Wow! With the drubbing Brazil received today, suddenly that 1-0 U.S. loss to Germany doesn't seem quite so bad!
Yes, I just opened mine up. It's a bigger bottle so I won't be drinking it all at once. I found one of the beers Aeth mentioned in this thread, but it was $15 for a 4-pack, so I opted for a less-expensive option. Down the hatch! Oh, and even though Belgium is out of the tournament now, congrats again to Aeth. It would be have been nice to see a Belgium-Netherlands match!
Yeah, that's kind of why I'm likely to not watch it. It actually annoys me that TV studios feel the need to insert irrelevant/gratuitous scenes, especially when a show works well already with just its story. I like post-apocalyptic movies shows and so I gave the sci-fi series Defiancea try a couple of months ago. Surprisingly, the storyline was only mediocre and I wondered whether I should continue with it, until a lesbian scene sealed it for me and I stopped watching altogether. Lame.
A little secret – I realized that with my wager I'd still win even if I lost….Belgian beer is probably my favorite of all and so I will try to fulfill my duty by searching for what you have given here. Now, I did try some geuze beer some years back when I toured a brewery in Brussels and didn't really like the taste, but from what I here that kind of beer is now making a comeback. So I was ahead of the curve in my culinary adventure!
Ah, well, America bows to Belgium. Good game. I will have to search for that Belgian beer now. You may provide suggestions, of course!
Well thank you, Erudite, for pointing this out. I think sources such as that should be taken at face value, even if historians may not. With that said, the line that “God made me the messenger of the new heaven and the new earth, of which He spoke in the Apocalypse of St. John” needs some further examination. Did Columbus truly think of himself as playing such a role? I mean, this is no ordinary role that he supposes for himself, and it seems surprising for a Christian to think of himself in that way.
