February 2025 Edition
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Blog Post: Bass Practice Framework - It has been about a year since I started learning how to play the bass. Other than some middle school experience with music/choir – I started from scratch. Here is how I figured out how to practice effectively.
Podcast: The Project Warrior Podcast is on an indefinite hiatus, but I’m toying around with some ideas for a new project. In the meantime, you can access the whole catalogue of episodes here.
The Buzz: After starting training in August, my coach has said I am ready to start going to Olympic Weightlifting Competitions! I have signed up for the Tough Temple Open for the week of July 12th.
The goal is for me to get my form good enough to do a starting snatch at 20kg and clean and jerk at 25kg. These numbers are for beginners (like think 12 year old) whereas I will have just turned 36 (so 3x that age). But I don’t care! I’ve got something to work towards and that’s all I ever need.
Recommendation: Check out text-only versions of news sites! It’s a great way to scan headlines without the intrusion and sway of images and ads. Here are some you can check out:
NPR: https://text.npr.org/Here is Ms. Olive Ismail fully melted to capture the hot air that is blowing into the room.
And here is Mr. Charley Chart (the puppy formerly known as Rondall) featured in a video by the SPCA:
And here’s a bonus video of the siblings having a face-off!
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Olympic weightlifting? Wow! You go girl!