DarthPenguin

What is strange to me is there is a lot of gambling advertising / sponsorship etc. around football / soccer here in the UK, but typically there are not that many scandals around it. You get the odd one come to light occasionally, the player gets banned / jailed and thats it. I wonder what it is that causes these things to be worse in the US. Is puzzling tbh

Good luck! I didn't try for tickets for the London 2012 games (which is a fair distance but doable) and i had friends who went and said it was great. If you can manage it it would definitely be something to do i think, a once in a lifetime experience. Especially if your mini people will be old enough to take in the experience

It is basically greed. I don't disagree with people being able to make a fair amount of extra profit etc. but it gets crazy. When a £100 ticket changes hands for £600 etc. then that is simply unreasonable. I liken it to the crazy air fares we get here around holiday time. The govt pass silly rules here around kids not being able to be out of school during the academic year for holidays (regardless of how well they are doing) so airlines blatantly exploit this. As an example i looked at flights for my family of 4, 2 adults 2 kids, last summer to a nearby European destination. Before school hol fares were c.£2k as soon as holidays start they were c.£4k-£6k! I can't see how this is not unfair monopolistic behaviour etc. but it is allowed. Myself i think they should be capped at the median yearly price +10%. That would allow them to make more profit from the increased demand but make it fair. I would like to see something similar for ticket resales tbh

Tuesday 4th November Strength Endurance session KB double overhead press (2 x 14kg kb) Did this in ABF style with minimal rest. sets of 2/3/5/20 reps. Rests were touch down between 2/3/5 then go again, 45 sec between 5 and 10 and 1min 10 sec after 10 rep set. Ran through 4 times for 80 total reps Followed with a tri-set: Bulgarian split squat (weight is per leg) 28kg x 7 28kg x 7 28kg x 7 Lat pulldown underhand 54kg x 8 54kg x 8 54kg x 8 E-Z bar curl 30kg x 5 30kg x 5 30kg x 5 Full session was done in 24min (including putting away all equipment and stretching a little at the beginning plus some isometric stretching at the end)

Monday 3rd November Karate Session Small class but it was good for me to work on things. Ran through, in detail, everything i will need to do for Shodan grading in March. Pretty much managed to get 1-2-1 attention throughout which was great. Multiple rounds of kumite too which was also good with the 2nd dan who was there. Then just ran through all the Heian katas back to back followed by Tekki Shodan and Bassai Dai myself just to get some more practice in

Sunday 2nd November Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 80kg x 1 90kg x 3 90kg x 3 90kg x 3 90kg x 3 Barbell Bench Press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 83kg x 3 83kg x 3 83kg x 3 83kg x 3 Barbell sumo deadlift 90kg x 3 Biceps E-Z bar curl (tri set with one hand cable rows and triceps pushdowns) 30kg x 5 30kg x 5 30kg x 5 Triceps straight bar pushdown 27kg x 8 27kg x 8 27kg x 8 One Hand Cable Row (standing) - with "gi grip" 27kg x 3 reps (per hand) 27kg x 3 reps (per hand) 27kg x 3 reps (per hand) Weighted bridge (used 2 x 14kg kb) 28kg x 5 28kg x 5 28kg x 5 Captain of Crush grippers identical work done for left and right hands. Same reps and strength for each. Trainer (60lb) x 10 Sport (80lb) x 6 0.5 (120lb) x 2 1 (140lb) x 6 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 Trainer (60lb) x 56

Saturday 1st November BJJ session This session was a combination of working on escapes from pins and also working on transitioning pins. Did a series of games: initially the bottom person had to work on getting to their side; then work on side and getting an underhook; then added on the top person had to keep transitioning pins (So working side>kesa>north south> kesa other side> side > knee on belly etc After this did a couple of rounds rolling. First one went well but then began to gas a bit and got handled in the 3rd one pretty easily - forgot how to pass an open guard pretty much lol - took my grips and just hung about like an idiot!

Tuesday 28th October Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 Barbell Bench Press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 Barbell sumo deadlift 80kg x 5 Biceps E-Z bar curl (tri set with one hand cable rows and triceps pushdowns) 28kg x 6 28kg x 6 28kg x 6 Triceps straight bar pushdown 26kg x 11 26kg x 11 26kg x 11 One Hand Cable Row (standing) - with "gi grip" 26kg x 6 reps (per hand) 26kg x 6 reps (per hand) 26kg x 6 reps (per hand) Bulgarian Split Squats (weight is per leg) - identical done with left and right 28kg (2 x 14kg KB) x 6 28kg (2 x 14kg KB) x 6 28kg (2 x 14kg KB) x 6 Captain of Crush grippers identical work done for left and right hands. Same reps and strength for each. Trainer (60lb) x 10 Sport (80lb) x 6 0.5 (120lb) x 2 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 Trainer (60lb) x 55

Sunday 26 October Strength Endurance session ABC with 2 x 14kg kb 21 sets : classic reps done EMOM Underhand lat pulldown 52kg x 9 52kg x 9 52kg x 9 Barbell REverse E-Z bar curl 17kg x 10 17kg x 10 17kg x 10

Friday 24th October Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 Barbell Bench Press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 Barbell sumo deadlift 80kg x 5 Biceps E-Z bar curl (tri set with one hand cable rows and triceps pushdowns) 28kg x 6 28kg x 6 28kg x 6 Triceps straight bar pushdown 26kg x 11 26kg x 11 26kg x 11 One Hand Cable Row (standing) - with "gi grip" 26kg x 6 reps (per hand) 26kg x 6 reps (per hand) 26kg x 6 reps (per hand) Bulgarian Split Squats (weight is per leg) - identical done with left and right 28kg (2 x 14kg KB) x 6 28kg (2 x 14kg KB) x 6 28kg (2 x 14kg KB) x 6 Captain of Crush grippers identical work done for left and right hands. Same reps and strength for each. Trainer (60lb) x 10 Sport (80lb) x 6 0.5 (120lb) x 2 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 5 1 (140lb) x 4 Trainer (60lb) x 54

Axel Foley is an excellent choice! Myself i didn't dress up by my kids did: my daughter went as a Disney Princess and my son as Goku

As a Mariners fan, if my team can't win i like the best team to win (never been one who roots for underdogs as i believe skill and ability should decide who wins rather than luck) so i was pleased to see the Dodgers win as i think they are the best team in baseball by a decent margin. Reminds me of the all conquering Yankees dynasty 20 years ago but with a better pitching staff. Plus is nice to see the player that i think is the clear GOAT in Ohtani get more rings. Only thing left for him to do now is put together a good enough pitching season to win a CY Young. That would instantly become a record that would never be broken i think : CY Young, MVP as a hitter, 50/50 club etc.. Think it could end up being the only record harder to break than CY Youngs wins record. I wonder if he will fall foul of the same issue Michael Jordan did where he should, in my opinion, have 10-11 MVPs but they gave it to other players such as Karl Malone etc. even though MJ was superior as they had very good years. Ohtani's WAR total is untouchable due to being both one of the absolute best hitters plus a top tier pitcher - so by definition he pretty much has to be MVP every year

yeah very true, as a non US resident (with tonnes of family all over the US) i find it quite sad the way things have changed over time. Being apolitical (as i think both sides exploit this) the issues started when the change in media requirements in the late 80s came in (the one where the obligation to be factual / truthful was adjusted). That plus the unwillingness for bipartisan co-operation just leads to lots of problems. We have similar coming into force here where different sides are becoming increasingly polarised. Doesn't seem to happen as much in countries which follow proportional representation as some kind of consensus is required to govern (though there are other weaknesses to that system). Either way the prices are completely nuts! Brings things into perspective when i was annoyed at the cost the other day when i bought 3 decent tickets for one of the medal nights at the 2026 Commonwealth Games Judo (it is being held in my home city), a large international competition, and it cost me £100!

How can anyone possibly think that is a sensible and fair price??? Whats next : for a ticket you need to sign us over the deed to your property, minimum value 500k

Thanks for the detailed response! I think i will try adding in the concentration kicks for definite (i think i used to do these in the past but haven't done them in years so a good idea). Partner PNF stretching is a good idea too but might be a little harder to implement as not sure if i can easily access someone when in the house etc to help! The strength point is a good one too - i was thinking that part of the issue might be that the outer hip muscles / my glutes may be weaker than they used to be so i have been trying to do a little more for them. I have tried to add in some sets of sumo deadlifts as i find i always feel them in the outer hip area (i used to do them years ago too), starting light and will eventually build it up - i can already feel it in that specific area when i do the lift. Also been adding in bulgarian split squats as i know they are good for the glute area; good for knee stability too and inner thing part of leg. Found a better way to set up to start them so feeling more comfortable doing them: currently been using 2 x kbs but going to try them soon with a barbell on my back and see how i do! Will definitely try some of your suggestions though and will let you know how it works out over time