karma police

brain snapshots

Leg press – level 14 (110kg) Squats – 17.5kg Lunges – 7.5kg each Inner thigh/outer thigh – level 6/7 Leg curl – level 10 (83 kg) Calf raises – 80kg

  • Gym – leg day! Treadmill – 80 calories (10 minutes), followed by inner thigh/outer thing –> level 4/5 each, leg curls – level 7, Bulgarian Split squats (no weights), calf raises – 30kg (15kg X 2). Went in the morning, and probably didn't sleep enough, so everything was lactic acid and horrible form. But it's a good time to go in general, minimum crowd.
  • Laptop – gameplan finalised. Will discuss in detail when it's finally happening.
  • Cybersecurity – took notes for another section under Network Fundamentals.

  • Cybersecurity – made notes for the Linux Fundamentals part of the Tryhackme learning path. Figured it would be best to store them on Notion so that they're searchable.
  • Laptop – figured out my specifications and asked around on a bunch of forums. Is going to be a confusing process to finalisation but I have to figure it out in 2 days max... ugh!
  • Media – The new Neal Brennan: Blocks special is the hardest I've laughed at stand-up in the longest fucking time.

  • Gym – leg day! Treadmill – 90 calories (10 minutes), followed by inner thigh/outer thing –> level 5/6 each, leg curls – level 7, Bulgarian Split squats (no weights), calf raises – 30kg (15kg X 2). First week of using the machine over woohoo!
  • Driving – 1 hour
  • Video editing – edited together the first 20/30 seconds. Trying to get the aesthetic down, proving very hard.
  • Media – am all caught up with Young Sheldon and the episodes release one a week, so I'm having a unique experience with the show as someone who's just experienced TV shows on-demand to binge. Does create a lot more engagement, and starts to feel more like a storyline in your own personal life. Weird.

Finalised my schedule for now. It's not final, but it is what it is for now. Day 1: Upper Body – Chest press, overhead tricep extensions, lateral raises, lateral pull down, vertical rows, and bicep curl Day 2: Lower Body – leg curl, inner thigh/outer thigh, Bulgarian split squats, calf raises. Day 3: Cardio – Boxing fitness on Wednesdays and a treadmill/rowing machine/elliptical combo on Saturday, both coming to ~500 calories burnt.

Am currently around 72.5kg (started around 76kg), and am looking to run this for 1-2 months before shifting to a Push-Pull Legs routine after I've hit my target weight (below 70kg). Am maintaining a daily calorie deficit as I'm on a cut till then.

  • Gym – did a 10 minute treadmill warmup followed by bicep curl, lat pull down, vertical rows, and tricep extensions. Remind me to never go to the gym past 6pm, the crowd is insane. Ended up triple-alternating for a lot of these, thus slowing down the pace entirely. Took at least 1 hour 45 minutes for a workout that shouldve been done in 1 hour 15. DIdn't track weights closely (TERRIBLE, I KNOW) but everything was comfortable only around 5. Am using level 5 as the benchmark from here on in. In 2 machines (I think tricep extensions and another one) was better around 4. Had a frustrating time researching today, but have settled on this current schedule for AT LEAST till the end of the week. There is a massive urge to move to free weights, but I'm super wary of bad form – it's hard enough getting it right with assistance on a machine.
  • Sports – India vs England – we are jinxed. We are jinxed and will never proceed to an ICC trophy. We are the Spurs of the footballing world. Here's to more bilateral and Asia cup wins. Seriously though, we need to desperately better pace bowling in this country. Can't be relying on one Jasprit Bumrah.
  • Video editing – made eh progress. Got together a concrete plan for the intro and started to get clips together.

  • Driving – practiced shifting the gear between 2 and 3. Also tried out a new route momentarily.
  • Gym – did cardio today, hit a personal milestone – hitting 500 calories burnt. Did treadmill – 25 minutes – 214 calories + elliptical – 15 minutes – 137 calories + rowing machine – 17 minutes – 122 calories. But I mean I could've gone for 30 more and I walked for another 30 minutes after that so like I'M COUNTING IT as a win.
  • Media – finished Rocket Boys Season 1. Thoughts from the first entry stand

  • Driving practice for one hour – getting more comfortable with putting the gear on 2 and using the break to decelerate.
  • Gym – did the treadmill for 20 minutes, followed by push day. That included four reps of: bicep curls, lateral pull downs, and vertical rows. Was told by the gym trainer to not attempt wrist curls, because they could potentially damage my wrists. Was also recommended to shift from a push/pull/legs schedule to a upper body/lower body/cardio schedule, and to move into PPL a month later. Will require more research to decide the optimal route here –> and will also be looking to do my own research into which exercises can be grouped together.
  • Video editing – made progression with ideation and storyboarding the video. Will be making a sort of reactions/thoughts video on the Before Trilogy. Will be targeting a more quiet/artsy vibe with softer piano-style music, and will bring out some of the more overlooked aspects of the movie-> this is quite adjacent to my previous video editing attempts. The other idea (for after this) is to attempt to do a more high-paced adrenaline pumpy type Spurs season review video. Will try to speedrun the editing process in two days, simply because I'm not currently engaged in another big project and would like to keep this going.
  • Started watching Rocket Boys, and was quite impressed. Agreed with most of the online criticism that the show lends itself heavily to dramatisation, but I still think it's a massive step forward when it comes to Indian TV. Loved Jim Sarbh as always, and I definitely excited for the next generation of Indian indie-webserie-ish content and hope it makes into the mainstream (AND MAYBE raises the bar for Bolywood)
  • Main media consumption of the day was the Ben Shapiro interview on the Lex Fridman show. I'm still a large believer in taking in information from all perspectives and will maintain that Ben seems like one of the most decent and measured right-wing commentators out there.

Antonio Conte Resources

While Conte is a relatively big manager and people know a lot about him, I thought it would still be relevant to study our new manager in greater detail!

Tactical Setup

Conte IRL

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Official Communication

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Management Honors

Juventus

  • Serie A: 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
  • Supercoppa Italiana: 2012, 2013

Chelsea

  • Premier League: 2016–17
  • FA Cup: 2017–18

Inter Milan

  • Serie A: 2020–21
  • UEFA Europa League runner-up: 2019–20

Player Quotes

“He needed only one speech, with many simple words, to conquer both me and Juventus. He had fire running through his veins and he moved like a viper,” – Andrea Pirlo

https://www.90min.com/posts/cesc-fabregas-sums-up-relationship-with-antonio-conte-with-hilarious-story - Conte anecdote from Cesc Fabregas

Spurs Fan reactions

Alasdair Gold talking about the appointment: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KEGYLAw8w

The Extra Inch podcast: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3Nob3dzLzY0YzJlMzJmLWJjMWItNDM0Mi04Zjg1LWNiOTc4MDBmNGJmOA/episode/NjE4MTExZmFhMDcxNjEwMDFjODA5ZWRj?sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjhpp6y8_7zAhUXtWMGHZd0CLYQz4EHegQIARAN

The View from the Lane: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5tZWdhcGhvbmUuZm0vVEFNQzkzNTkyNzA5MTQ/episode/YmE0ZDdjZjQtMjExMy0xMWVjLWFkMTUtM2I4ZjY2NmQyMmQ3?sa=X&ved=0CA0Qz4EHahcKEwiIpou48_7zAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

The Fighting Cock: https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3Nob3dzLzU1ZGFhY2RkLTBjN2UtNDMzOC1iYmM5LTU3YjYwZGNmZDYzOA/episode/NjE4MTVhYjk4ZDRmMDMwMDE5NWMzYzdh?sa=X&ved=0CA0Qz4EHahcKEwiIpou48_7zAhUAAAAAHQAAAAAQAQ

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Hope this helps someone save time and learn about Conte! There seems to finally be an air of ambition and positivity around the club, and we can only hope it translates into results in the pitch.

P.S. : if you have any more resources, do put them in the chat, and I'll keep adding them in.