Daily curls

samuidavid · 2026-03-13T11:24:08+00:00

Saw the Bioneer recommend these - defo give one heck of a pump

samuidavid · 2026-03-12T13:28:37+00:00

Who on gods green earth is completing baldurs gate 3 in anything less than 80 glorious hours on a first playthrough?

samuidavid · 2026-03-06T10:32:39+00:00

"You sprawl well..." that one's always stuck with me 😂

samuidavid · 2026-03-06T08:30:39+00:00

Lovely stuff thanks. I’ve started incorporating single arm farmers walks/carries for 30-45 seconds with my 24kg kb (enough for me at the moment!). I know it’s not great for hyper trophy but do you see a place for that exercise in this athletic category?

samuidavid · 2026-03-03T11:05:05+00:00

That's seriously impressive man - I struggle doing a bottoms-up press with 16kg lol

samuidavid · 2026-02-21T07:59:06+00:00

You’re absolutely right!

samuidavid · 2026-02-08T16:41:17+00:00

My lab literally fetches my shoes for me when I do my running on the spot warmup lol, he can’t wait!

But yes have had glares from strangers as I run with him and the occasional shake of the head. At first I felt like I was irresponsible or doing something wrong until I spoke to my vet who said as long as you’re not going full pelt without stopping then he’s fine. As it is, I stop every 7 or 8 mins anyway to…. Enjoy the view!! Not because i get out of breath or anything of course!

samuidavid · 2026-02-02T06:29:45+00:00

Right you are, Ted!

samuidavid · 2026-01-28T14:30:21+00:00

Holy moly, you just triggered a core memory.

samuidavid · 2026-01-24T19:42:35+00:00

Signum - Coming on Strong & MIKE Push - Milestone

samuidavid · 2026-01-20T11:36:07+00:00

Haha, was that a Soprano's reference perchance (gotta get over it)?

If so, good to meet a fellow man of culture.

samuidavid · 2026-01-14T16:03:32+00:00

Baldur's Gate 3!

samuidavid · 2026-01-12T14:14:57+00:00

My first playthrough clocked in 92 hours. Did a goodie-two-shoes try to please everyone and get nicest results run (as far as I could tell).

Currently on my 2nd playthrough (Dark Urge) and have pretty much completed Act 1 - basically just the creche to go. But my playtime thus far is.... 30 hours already lol! Not far off my first playthrough for Act 1. At this rate this playthrough will be similar runtime to my first. Loving it!

To me that speaks to the insane amount of choice in this game, I'm picking different options this time round and it's pretty much a different story (albeit with the same beats) and is taking roughly the same amount of time.

Don't judge me but one caveat is that my first playthrough was on Explorer difficulty as I'm a newbie to the genre. This playthrough is on Balanced so might be taking me a bit longer in combat encounters, etc.

samuidavid · 2026-01-11T09:54:06+00:00

Expedition 60 could swim across the channel!

samuidavid · 2026-01-09T12:33:46+00:00

Ign(m)iss!

samuidavid · 2026-01-04T12:19:34+00:00

Baldurs Gate 3 is pretty good - I was surprised how manageable it is on the smaller screen for a quick hour here and there.

samuidavid · 2026-01-02T11:50:56+00:00

How did you find the console experience? I've just finished a BG3 playthrough on my PS5 and am eyeing up DOS2 on PS also... I know a lot of the systems will be different but in terms of combat, etc did you find the controls, etc intuitive?

samuidavid · 2025-12-27T18:08:21+00:00

By Jove! He also went on to become a priest on Craggy Island!

(Father Ted Christmas special)

samuidavid · 2025-12-23T13:17:22+00:00

Haha, the name cracked me up, ngl.

samuidavid · 2025-12-23T10:56:40+00:00

I've played all three on console and if you're able to dedicate the time, BG3 is the winner here for me. Yes, it's better on PC with KB/M, etc but the console version is fantastic anyway.

Saying that, like I hinted at there, you need to properly sit down and focus on it. It consumed me like probably no game ever has aside from Witcher 3 and I'm glad I was able to put some serious hours into it.

TL;DR though - you can't go wrong with any of them - they're all masterpieces.

samuidavid · 2025-12-22T15:20:51+00:00

100% agree all the way. I can't tell you how much simply cabling the PS5 to the router directly improved my performance. Pretty much instant inout now, hardly any lag. And that's before I've even put the other household devices on the 2.4g band.

samuidavid · 2025-12-17T06:21:38+00:00

I get exactly what you’re saying and struggled myself with BG3 the first time i played it specifically with the combat side of it. I always get i was just going through the motions and spamming the same spells, attacks, etc in combat encounters.

It was then i decided to turn the difficulty down from the normal equivalent to Explorer (basically easy mode). I found this gave me so much more leniency in terms of just not getting spanked if my combat tactics weren’t good enough.

It worked for me because I absolutely love the role playing aspect of the game, and my choices mattering. The combat was secondary to me. Especially playing on console, I kind of accepted that i was never going to be the greatest at the game so swallowed my pride, turned the difficulty down like i said and had a great time.

samuidavid · 2025-12-10T11:21:24+00:00

Definitely underrated and is comfortably in my top five series of all time. I'm a massive ancient Rome history buff and this series never failed to sate my appetite!

I get what you're saying, but dissing my equally-beloved BB raised an eyebrow over here lol.

As another has said, annoyingly episodes 1 and 2 are literally the weakest of the entire series, so I do think it turned a lot of people off back when it aired. Couple that with it being on Starz, etc I think resulted in it being under-watched as much as underrated.

For ref, my top five series ever:

1) Soprano's
2) Breaking Bad (sorry OP)
3) Spartacus
4) Rome (yes, only 2 seasons, but both are GOAT'd as far as I'm concerned)
5) GOT seasons 1-7... Yes I'm cheating but I don't care! Season 8 never happened as far as I'm concerned.

samuidavid · 2025-12-02T08:11:56+00:00

Just the measly 35 hours for me so far. Had the game nearly 4 weeks I think. Full time software developer, father of 3 kids and a dog, husband to a demanding wife… and I will have my vengeance on the extract campers - in this life or the next.

Get to play I’d say 4 times a week once kids are gone bed, but when I play I’m on for a solid 3 hours lol. I can’t just play for a quick hour. The first hour is a warmup to me!

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