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Just a light workout today as I wasn't in the mood to do much.

Day 1- No Alcohol
I completed day 1. It's a Saturday night here and I had a Cook Islands festival event that I was attending. Usually when I go to these events I always drink but I want to quit drinking so I nominated myself as the designated driver for the night. The night was really good and I ate a lot of food and stuck to coca cola and water. Surprisingly I didn't even feel tempted to drink and spent the night walking around mingling with a lot of people that I only see occasionally at events like this. It was a good night.

I've also been thinking of playing street ball again on Sunday evenings. 7 years ago (time is going so fast) I had a really strong core of good friends and we would all play street ball on Sunday and then go out for dinner and chill at someone's house until around 11pm as we had college/work the next day. There would always be at least 6 of us and on the courts we played there was always anywhere between 10-30 other players ready to ball.  Unfortunately life, other commitments, people moving away etc. ended this but I still have a couple of friends from the group who play every Sunday. Apart from playing basketball it was just the social aspect of it as well having fun and being active without having to resort to alcohol or drugs. These days it seems like whenever friends want to catch up it's always to drink. Work, family, and even the location of where I live are also other huge reasons why my social life has been negatively effected. I guess that's just the way western society is. You get older and have a partner and a couple of close friends and than dozens of 'friends' who are more like acquaintances who you bump into and say "we should catch up soon" but than never do. Even if I do catch up with these people usually I'll quickly lose contact as we generally have different friendship circles so I just don't have the time to commit!

Just my late night thoughts. Peace.
 

Quote from: Mutumbo000 on October 13, 2017, 06:34:40 pm

TIME TO PULL MY HEAD IN AND START EATING/TRAINING/ABSTAINING FROM ALCOHOL!!!

This week was a waste training wise. I'm fkn sick of drinking alcohol and feeling like shit the next morning as well. I'm thinking of deactivating my social media (facebook) as well because I just waste too much time on it. As dumb as it sounds I think it also gives me a bit of anxiety. I just want to start living a simpler life free of drama and just get back to the essentials.

I feel you mate. I'm in a similar position where I feel like I'm waiting so much time on shit that doesn't matter. I'm also very bad at dealing with injuries so have been drinking more than usual and eating worse than usual the last 2 months. Not a good combo.

Now that you've put it out there though, just got and do it. Get off the grog and start putting in the work. You can definitely do it.

Yep definitely. This journal is a motivation for me now that I've put it out there. I'm going out tonight but I've nominated myself as the designated driver so I'll be on the soft drinks tonight.

I heard that netherlands won't be qualifying either. RIP another good team. Aswell as wales, chile and USA.
Glad argentina made it through I want them to win world cup.

That's crazy that the Netherlands won't be making it. In the 90's and early-mid 2000's they were a dominant force in world soccer up with the likes of Germany & Brazil.

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I'm happy with how my bench press is going. Now that I said that I'll probably jinx it haha nah just kidding I feel confident that I'll keep being able to progress linear for a few more weeks yet.

Was surprised to hear the score. Good job melbourne united. I wouldn't take what russ said too seriously tho, he asked steve adams and steve presumably said something flippant (fuck those aussies) in jest and missing the context of the rivalry between teh two nations he prob just projected that in his interview answer. also, i really wish the wildcats had played okc, i think they win.

Yeah they did well! Hopefully the Bullets can be competitive when they play the Suns in the next NBA v NBL pre season game. It's definitely great exposure for the NBL and invaluable experience for the players that get to play against NBA superstars like Westbrook, Steven Adams, Carmelo Anthony etc.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/basketball/oklahoma-city-thunder-edges-past-melbourne-united/news-story/16d2c6ac8e28ec63c7b77547e558bec4

TWO late blocks in the final seconds saved Oklahoma City Thunder’s blushes against Melbourne United, ensuring the star-studded NBA side escaped with an 86-85 win in the sides’ pre-season exhibition game in America on Monday.
Josh Huestis was huge in D at the death to prevent United from claiming what would have been the first ever win by an Australian side over an NBA team.
 
Russell Westbrook in particular will have been nervous about eating humble pie had Melbourne been able to conjure up a late basket after the reigning NBA MVP said “I ain’t expecting s***” when asked what type of challenge the men from Down Under would present.
Even with the win he still had reason to feel sheepish.
Westbrook was far from his best, going at three-from-10 to finish with just nine points. He’d scored double figure points in 144 straight NBA games but couldn’t muster the same scoring efficiency against the team he didn’t rate at all before today.

Melbourne’s David Andersen was proud of how hard his troops made the NBA superstars work to earn their win.
“It was an exciting game, we tried to take it to them as much as we could,” he said after the game. “I thought we did a great job making it competitive all night.
“The NBL’s right up there in terms of competition.

“Making them have to play their starters, that’s what we wanted.”
United’s effort also impressed former Boomers captain Shane Heal and injured Melbourne star Chris Goulding, who took a swipe at those expecting a drubbing.
 
Paul George led from the front for Oklahoma, who was out-rebounded by Melbourne 50-45, scoring 22 points.
Melbourne’s Casper Ware had the job of containing Westbrook and he did it to perfection while also managing to rack up 20 points of his own along with six rebounds and three assists.

Josh Boone had 15 points and nine rebounds and Casey Prather ended with 11 points and 10 rebounds.
So impressive were the visitors Donovan had to give his starting players more minutes than many were expecting. George spent nearly 40 minutes on court, new recruit Carmelo Anthony played 31 minutes and Kiwi centre Steven Adams played 35.
United went on a 7-0 run to take a 30-27 lead into the second quarter but the Thunder regained a 49-44 advantage at halftime after a term in which both teams struggled with their shooting.
Melbourne refused to go away and stayed within four points at the end of the third quarter before opening up a three-point lead late in the fourth.
But the Thunder’s class showed in the end as it left Chesapeake Energy Arena with the victory.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/270288637_Body_composition_characteristics_of_elite_Australian_rugby_union_athletes_according_to_playing_position_and_ethnicity#pfa

“Polynesians are predisposed to possess physical characteristics potentially beneficial to rugby union performance”. They are heavier, have more muscular limbs and smaller proportions of body fat, and can produce “greater force in explosive movements” than players of other ethnicities. This combination of impact and agility has also been useful in other sports. A number of Tongans and Samoans have played in the National Football League, including Super Bowl winners Troy Polamalu and Haloti Ngata. One of the world’s most famous wrestlers, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, has a Samoan mother.

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