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[thelasttime]

my sister (not a swiftie) decided for the first time to listen to a taylor album on release day and unsurprisingly didn't like it 😭😭 and i had to be like no no no you might still be a fan, this just wasn't designed to appeal to the general public, you don't know the lore, please try again

we've entered advanced level taylor swift album

beginner: 1989, fearless, debut, lover

medium difficulty: red, midnights, speak now

advanced: folklore, evermore, TTPD, reputation

[thebaepatricia]

Weekly Recap 🌿🍣📚 Sept 11 to 17, 2023

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I learned that you could add creatine (5g) to coffee and it doesn’t affect the taste 🤯

My first every corduroy jacket - and in a green color that suits me 💚

Attended MIBF 2023 with Dani. Purchased my books mindfully. Forgot to go to the second floor, which was a slight bummer. On a “good” note, ignorance is bliss.

Phone data allowed me to access all the apps while I was out. Was able to communicate with DJ (work) and coordinate things while browing books.

Good haul from MIBF 2023 that will allow me to learn from books for months:

Tender is the Flesh

Why Nations Fail

House of Leaves

The Auschwitz Escape

It’s getting more efficient to prepare spreadsheet and email template for pitching 🙌🏼

Felt liberating to run in sports bra (I don’t look that good, but it is what it is)

Had the best time resting the whole day by reading and lounging in my work room with the AC on. Then, had a good training session in the afternoon.

Started reading Tender is the Flesh and I. Am. Pleased. 🤌🏼 My gruesome threshold seems to be getting higher if I can tolerate this stuff more. Is this me liking.. soft horror? 🦋

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Dogs got groomed

New infrared stove top

Decided to hire Jhaymarie on a 90-day work trial 🫱🏻‍🫲🏼 (I’m happy that I got the Assistant VA I wanted, but I’m a bit concerned about her working and studying at the same time, so I’m keeping it under ‘neutral,’ but we’ll see how everything goes)

Positive

Great training session with Dani. Didn’t argue much LOL. I don’t like rows but I did it anyway. 60kg, 3 reps for 4 sets.

Long productive work day. Felt stressed the whole day because of changes + added tasks (looking for assistant VA), but it was a good mental challenge for me.

Tuesday: Did a combination of walk, jog, and sprint this morning. Felt rejuvenated. Strong legs, healthy heart. Ok, my knees were shookt, but overall still very good progress. Tatay Tony walked with me and wanted to walk again tomorrow.

Unplanned socializing with Tatay Tony 2 while I was doing my morning walk. Chatted with me about house personnel and situation and if I was still unmarried lol - as much as I don’t prefer small talks, I understand that most people don’t mean harm or malice and simply want to get to know their neighbors, which is a good thing. My mother always tells me it’s good to be familiar with the people within the vicinity in case of emergencies, or whatever, like, exchanging meals.

Got on with training (Deadlift • 3 x 4 @ 80% 107.5kg) despite the down mood

“Negative” A.K.A Lessons

Woke up with mama venting about me. Takeway: Don’t talk about business that’s not yours, even if you think the person doesn’t hear you.

Feeling really gloomy and not in the mood to do anything. On a good note, did everything despite doing them gloomily. Lesson: Facts don’t care about feelings. Even if you’re not in a good mood, you have responsibilities that need to be done. Your emotions will always fluctuate, but your duties will stay the same. You might as well do them and let some days be bridges for tomorrows. Anyway, another day will always happen so you can make up for the down feelings.

Ate the worst burger in my lfe at 8cuts (SM MOA). It didn’t even taste bad because it tasted like NOTHING. No flavor. No razzle dazzle. Nothing. I couldn’t eat it and gave the other half to Dani. Lesson: Don’t eat a 8cuts again. Even if some food tasted good, it’s not worth the price.

[venusxxlangdon]

Dance With The Devil. Part One. Invitation

summary: Michael is in hell, his Father is deeply disappointed in him, but instead of demolishing his son to ashes he lets him become a keeper of the 7th, 8th, and 9th Circles with a couple hundred demons in his service. Michael spends his days in boredom and taking his anger out on his subjects until one day Purson, a demon of all secret things of Earth, appears before him and makes an intriguing offer. Once upon a time, a woman made a deal with Satan, but did not pay her debt, passing the burden of it to her granddaughter. Before taking what is his, Michael gives a ball, and makes sure that the reader attends it in the first place.

warnings: for this chapter — a graphic description of hell and demons + there’s a nasty scene of Michael sending the reader a pie with worms, outpost!Michael, fem!reader

Smut is for desert aka the 2nd part

A/N: special thank you to @langdons-rep for discussing Dante with me

Words: 4550

The sound of boots clicking on the marble floor echoed in the corridor where the only source of light was the touchers hanging on the stone walls. A tall man dressed in a burgundy velvet jacket and black slacks was on his way to a big wooden door decorated with ornate monograms. At first glance, one might have thought they were made of the fine metal, hammered by the most skillful blacksmith, but in fact, it was the live cobras, slowly crawling up and down the door and curving into the shapes of spirals and waves. They stopped moving, as the man approached them and confidently wrapped his ring-clad fingers around the gold door handle. The blood-red rubies on his rings blinked dangerously in the dim light.

“So everyone is here?” his voice roared through the Great Hall immediately drawing the attention of the present. They stopped talking and fell silent, cautiously looking at him. “Brilliant. May I wonder why, my dear friends? Why are you all here doing nothing instead of outraging the humanity?”

A deafening silence followed his question. He put his hands behind his back and slowly, as if he was a predator on a hunt, made his way to an empty throne in the center of the room. It was sat atop an elevated marble platform and covered in textured and layered designs. There was a gold skull next to its right leg, and a green snake was wrapped around the left one. It lifted up its head and hissed at her master when he approached the throne, greeting him. The man did not pay any attention to it and took his seat on a thick pillow adorned with the intricate needlework, crossing his legs. He placed his hands on the arms of the throne and skimmed the room with a pretentious glare.

“What? Have my Father finally cut your tongues off?” his full lips were pursed in disgust.

Everyone bent their knees before their master, and only one demon dared to answer:

“My Lord, why are we suddenly fell out of your favor?” Furfur, a Great Earl of Hell stood up straight, facing the man. His usually rough voice sounded fawningly in attempt to sneak leniency from his master. But everyone knew he was a liar unless compelled to enter a magic triangle where he gave true answers to every question, so none of his words should have ever be taken seriously.

The man on the throne snarled.

“You should be the last one to raise your voice, Furfur”, he twisted his wrist, and the snake beneath the throne started making its way up his leg, to his thigh, and then higher to his chest to finally settle on his shoulders. “Did you really think that I wouldn’t find out about the debauch you and Naberius...”, he paused, moving his gaze to a three-headed monster who immediately bowed his head as his name slipped off the man’s tongue. “Had made?

Furfur clapped his raven wigs behind his back and submissively shook his disproportionately big head, having nothing to reply with.

“Do you know that because of your imprudent behavior we had to completely demolish a couple thousand souls?” the man started stroking the head of the snake with the tips of his fingers.

Noberius, being cunning in all arts by his demonic nature, clearly had something to add, but preferred to bite his tongue and remain silent for his own good. However, one could tell that he was angry by the way he clenched his metal claws around the silver rod that he was holding in his hands. He knew that it wasn’t the matter of him or any of the demons in the Hall who somehow had managed to disappoint the man on the throne. Michael Langdon, their master and the spawn of Satan himself, was simply bored. Nothing “entertaining”, as Michael referred to it, had been happening for months, so the young man started taking his anger out on his servants.

Even his morning strolls to the Ninth Circle didn’t bring him the usual satisfaction. A large frozen lake named Cocytus had always been his favorite. Those who were guilty of treachery against those with whom they trusted, in other words traitors, were trapped in the ice, each according to his guilt. Michael especially loved the temperature. It was 60 times lower than the temperature in Antarctica, and it felt like with every breath he took, his lungs were getting covered with a thin layer of ice. Fascinating. Although, the other day he got extremely annoyed by his servants, tiny demons of the lowest arcana with grey wrinkled skin and two gaping holes instead of their eyes, that his head seriously started hurting him.

“Leave me alone and shut the hell up!” he screamed out throwing his hands up in the air. With his movements, a ricocheting wave pushed the exasperating servants back several feet away from him. Whimpering and groveling on their knees they backed off without lifting their gaze up at their furious master. The harrowing screams from the concentric rings of the lake were no longer to be heard as well.

Michael sighed tiredly and closed his eyes, enjoying the silence, but the relief didn’t last for too long. The pain in his temples intensified, and the inhuman growl was drown from his throat. He swished and flicked his wrists once again, this time more delicately, and the ice in the lake started to crack. His anger washed over his body in hot, flushed waves making him clench his jaw. The feeling of pure frustration was creeping under his skin.

He could not forgive himself for failing his Father’s will. After the witches defeated him, Michael found himself home before his Father’s throne. The look on Satan’s face was unreadable, but the way he talked to Michael made it clear that Langdon had disappointed him. Michael clenched his fists so tight, his knuckles turned white at the memory of him sprawled out on the floor before the throne made of bones and metal. The only good thing was that the Demonic Quorum felt genuinely sorry for him and convinced his Father to send Michael to the castle not far from the lake of ice and let him become a peace guardian of the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circles instead of demolishing him to ashes. Naberius and Furfur followed along. Ever since that day, Michael was trying to do something remarkable so his Farther could forgive him.

His anger was like a supernova exploding deep inside him. The grand wave of ice and dust from the lake rose into the hellish sky. He wanted to ruin everything, every suffering soul that wasn’t even able to scream anymore. Only after there was nothing left from Cocytus, and the new lake started to regenerate, he felt like his work was done there. He turned around on his heels and without looking back went to the Eighth circle, blond shoulder length hair, styled in soft curls, bounced with every step.

“So”, he beckoned a creature carrying a bottle of wine and a cabernet glass on its back. It almost stumbled on its way to Michael, but, fortunately, managed not to spill a single drop of the drink. He wrapped his slender fingers around the tall glass, brought it to his nose, and slowly inhaled the smell of wine. “Who wants to tell me their pathetic excuse? Who wants to be the fir-....?” he cocked his eyebrow, looking unamused.

But before Michael could finish his sentence and continue humiliating his servants, he got interrupted by the sound of trumpets in the distance.

“Damn, why now?” as Michael expressed his discontent, a man with a lion’s head and a Viper in his hand appeared before him.

Purson, a Great King of Hell who was served by twenty-two legions of demons, didn’t feel the need to bend the knee. In his opinion, Michael was some sort of a misfit who had managed to seek his Farther’s mercy and somehow hadn’t got completely destroyed. He ran his bony fingers through his messy mane and gave Michael a discreet nod. Purson wasn’t a frequent guest at Langdon’s castle, and he never notified about his visits in advance, as he preferred to come unexpectedly, catching Michael off-guard. He stuck his red, inflammatory tongue out and licked his bottom lip.

 “What a tremendous surprise”, Michael stood up and spread his arms as if he was going to hug the guest. The corners of his lips twitched, but the look in his eyes remained suspicious. “To what do I owe the pleasure?”

“Still trying to figure out how to please your Daddy?” the demon shamelessly ignored Michael’s attempt to seem courteous.

Michael rolled his eyes. Other demons were watching the two of them amusingly, thirsty for bread and circuses.

“What does it have to do with you?” he took his seat on the throne. Michael never understood how the demon even dared to come to his place and start making fun of him. What for? Was it on his weekly bucket list?

Purson shrugged and curiously looked around, unconsciously admiring the floating candles in the air. Damn kid had taste indeed.

“I was thinking that I might’ve been really tiresome to bear the burden of Satan’s disappointment”

“Cut the bullshit”, Michael quickly forgot about formalities. It was always difficult to keep his cool around Purson because the demon was a good empath even when it came to the feelings of the former Antichrist. He could read him like a picture book. “What do you want from me this time?”

Purson smiled carnivorously and clapped his hands excitedly.

“As the one in charge of all secret and divine things of Earth”, a self-satisfied smug spread across his scarred face, as he spoke, “I came to offer you a deal, my Lord”, Michael winced at the mockery.

He made another sip of wine.

“If you are implying that you’ve been fishing for somebody else’s dirty secrets and came to sell them to me, I must say that the answer is no”.

Purson’s red eyes widened. Who was this piece of scam to degrade him like that? Michael basically called him a quidnunc. The demon’s nostrils flared with anger. Most of the time he wished the Quorum sentenced Michael to demolition.

“I came to inform you that the time has come”, he retorted spitefully, “the time for a Limbo bitch to pay her debt to your Father”.

Everyone in the room started whispering frantically, even the tiny creatures dared to crawl a bit closer to Michael’s throne in order to overhear what the demon was talking about. Everyone, but Michael, seemed to be aware of what was going on. He raised his index finger up in the air, shushing his subjects.

“What do you mean?” he genuinely had no idea, and it was surprising to see Purson nearly bounce with exhilaration.

The demon covered his eyes with his palm in disbelief.

“Are you kidding me?” he shook his head, but as the look on Michael’s face remained stern, snapped his fingers. An ancient scroll appeared in his hands. Purson unfolded it and cleared his throat ready to read it out loud. “I’d like to enlighten you, my Lord”, he glared at Michael, “if I may?”

Michael nodded and leaned on the back of the throne, crossing his arms. He wished Purson could stop saying that stupid “My Lord” all the time.

“A long time ago one of our fellow believers had an unrequited love for a man she went to church with, but no matter how hard she was trying to get his attention he had his eyes on a different woman. Therefore, she made a deal with Our Highness: the man would marry her and they would live happily until death did them apart, but in return, she would sacrifice her soul. Our Lord, being a generous master that he is...”, Purson’s hoarse voice was loud and clear, “did everything she begged him for, but when it was time for her to join other sinners in hell, she sought the help of some witch who performed a very powerful ritual which helped the woman avoid the blessing of burning in Gehenna.”

He took a pause and looked up at Michael. The blank expression on his face made Purson shrug his shoulders disappointingly. To be honest, he wanted to make quite a show with his speech. Michael looked deeply unamused.

“Okay, where’s she now?” he finally asked.

“In Limbo”, answered Naberius from the corner of the chamber. Purson nodded enthusiastically.

“Yes, she’s forever trapped in Limbo, and we are unable to get her out of there. However...”, he smiled, “we could have taken her daughter...”

“But she had a fucking son”, barked Bifrons, interrupting the demon. The string of salvia was dripping down his fangs on the thick carpet.

“I would really appreciate if I weren’t interrupted all the time”, Purson demanded, looking really annoyed. “Yes, she had a son indeed. That’s why I said that we could have taken her”, his eyes glistened mischievously, “but her son has a daughter, and now she’s old enough to pay her precious grandma’s debt”.

The Great Hall exploded with applauses and triumphal whistling. The demons were excited about an act of good revenge. Sinners came in packs to hell every day, but those who fell the victims of their relatives’ karma were quite rare.

“Silence!” Michael shouted at them. He did not like the fact that Purson managed to steal his subjects’ attention. “And what does it have to do with me?”

“Here’s the deal: you bring the girl here and win the trust of your Father. Besides, my resources notified me that you’d been bored lately? Well, that’s going be fun.”

Michael narrowed his eyes. “Trust nobody” had been his motto on Earth, and since he got back to hell it pretty much stayed the same.

“You do realize that I’m not going buy the idea of you helping me to get along with my Father without anything in return? What are the stakes?”

Purson looked pleased. If Michael started asking questions, it meant that he got his interest even though the young man was trying to look unimpressed.

“I want to use her soul”, he made a dramatic pause, “for my own pleasure, but I can’t bring her to hell myself, that’s why I need your help.”

“Why so? I don’t want to do the dirty work for you”, Michael frowned.

“Because her grandmother had tricked no priest, for she fooled Satan himself. We would have placed her in the Ninth Circle with other traitors if she hadn’t been so sneaky. You are the keeper of this circle thus her daughter is technically yours ”, the demon stepped closer, and the snake on Michael’s shoulder threateningly hissed at him. “You don’t have to do it yourself. Just send your outcasts”, he nodded at the tiny monsters, “to her house. They’ll do the work…”

Michael listened carefully, and he had to admit to himself that the deal seemed very intriguing. From the corner of his eye he noticed that Furfur leaned forward to Naberius and started whispering something in his ear.

“And I’d be perfectly fine with visiting her once in a while by Cocytus”, Purson finished his speech.

Michael hummed. What was so enchanting about the girl’s soul that even one of the kings wanted it? He looked at the demon, thinking that if he helped him with something like that, Purson would owe him forever. The demon probably understood it himself; otherwise, he would not have come to Michael.

“Show me the soul”, he ordered.

Purson snickered and in one swift motion threw his hands up in the air. A strong wind immediately blew off the candles, etching the Great Hall in charcoal. It was so quiet — Michael could even hear the dust storm outside of the castle. But then a sudden burst of light erupted from the tips of the demon’s fingers, making the others growl disapprovingly. It was the kind of brightness that seared into the retinas of the ones, who possessed a pair of eyes, making them cover their faces with either their hands or their wings (that is what Furfur did). Michael watched it reach out to him, but once it touched his hand he hurried to get it off the armrests of the throne. He carefully examined the burn. His pale skin turned pink for a second, and then quickly healed itself. He couldn’t explain the vibe he felt from this light — it reminded him of something. Something he had experienced on Earth, but he did not remember what exactly was that feeling. Something long-forgotten.

“What was that?” he asked as soon as Purson finished his performance. The shock on Michael’s face was speaking louder than words. The demon smiled, satisfied with the drawn reaction.

“This is what I’m looking forward to getting if you help me”

Michael shifted uncomfortably in his seat thinking if he really wanted to do it. The bastard before him was right: how many more days he was going to handle this insufferable state of being rejected by his own Father? His life on Earth was one hell of a service to others: warlocks, Satanists, whoever wanted to use and manipulate him, and he expected it to be different in hell. It was his home after all, so why was he settling only for some mansion and a couple of legions of demons under control when he could rule all nine circles and be his Father's right hand?

“If I help you”, he said, and Purson’s face immediately lit up, “promise me to never appear in my castle again.”

Purson chuckled.

“As you wish”, he bowed his head mockingly and snapped his fingers, evaporating as unexpectedly as he had appeared earlier. The scent of burned flesh and Michael’s devastated mood were the only things the demon left behind.

Bifronos, a demon of science, the virtues of the gems and woods, who was silent all this time spoke first:

“My Lord, I think you should have discussed the decision with...” his lipless mouth barely moved, making it hard to understand what the demon was trying to say.

“With you?” Michael growled lowly, cutting him off. He turned his head to Furfur and Naberius who were still talking quietly. They noticed his gaze and slavishly bowed their heads.

Michael stood up, and the demons kneeled before him. His words vociferously roared in the Great Hall, as he proclaimed:

“Let every dead and living soul know that their Master will be giving a ball, and I expect all of them to attend it. May every pathetic creature in the farthest corners of hell witness what a splendid soul will soon be trapped under the ice of Lake Cocytus.”

xxx

She didn’t know when exactly all these weird things started happening to her, but something was definitely wrong with her mental state. First of all, she had never had any trouble with sleep, but lately, insufferable insomnia took over her mind and she could lay in bed for hours at night without sleep. In the morning she felt wrecked and drained out, but still had to go to classes and somehow manage to concentrate on the lectures. By the end of the day she felt dizzy, it seemed like her head was about to explode and none of the meds she had taken really helped her. She even bought some sleeping pills, but they made the situation even worse: as she drifted off to sleep, a horrible nightmare woke her up, and after that, she was wide awake on purpose in order not to go back to a surreal world of horror.

From time to time, she could sense a very unusual smell. The smell of burned hair and rotten eggs. It was so weird because the first time she sensed it, she was in a flower shop where it was impossible for something to smell that bad. She figured that she was imagining things because of lack of sleep.

Then sleep deprivation started causing her hallucinations. It was a normal Friday: she woke up tired (this condition had already become a part of her regular routine), took a shower, disappointingly examined her face in the mirror noticing that dark circles under her eyes looked even worse, and tried to cover them with makeup. The lilac color couldn’t be hidden under any concealer.

She made her way to a small kitchen and opened the fridge, thinking that she wasn’t even hungry. But she remembered her grandmother (“May she rest In peace”, she thought to herself) always telling her that breakfast was the most important meal of the day, so with a deep sigh she decided that maybe a piece of blueberry pie she had bought yesterday from a small bakery by her apartment building wasn’t such a bad idea. She opened the fridge once again, took the plate with the pie and dragged her feet to a comfortable armchair in front of the TV. She turned it on for the sake of background noise and closed her eyes tiredly. Maybe she needed to see a therapist. She looked at the digital clock on the shelf.

8:08 am

Interesting. For the past two months, she kept seeing the same numbers. Whenever she glanced at the clock or her phone display, the time was either 11:11 or 9:09 and so on. Even when she took the train to see her friend in the neighboring city her ticket said “platform 11. Train #7766”.

She forgot a fork for the pie, but figured since nobody was watching her, she could eat it with her hands. Bite by bite she started savoring the blueberry pie, absentmindedly staring at the TV screen. And that’s when it happened.... When she was about to take another bite she looked at the plate and rapidly knocked it off. Her favorite dessert was stuffed with worms. They were crawling out of the berry stuffing, wiggling their boneless bodies.

“What the fuck?” she shouted and rushed to the sink to throw up. At the thought of what she just saw her insides quivered as she kept vomiting.

After a while she wiped off her mouth, shaking violently. With her hands on both sides of the sink, she tried to calm down and took a deep breath. The smell of vomit filled her nostrils making her nauseous. She rinsed her mouth and slowly turned around on wobbly legs. Cautiously approaching the mess she had made, the girl looked at the broken plate.

There were no worms. Only the unfortunate blueberry pie crashed on the floor. She stepped closer not being able to believe her own eyes.

That Friday she called a therapist.

xxx

Her own scream woke her up in the middle of the night. She dreamed that she was running from someone, but she couldn’t understand who it was. The only thing she knew was that every cell of her body was shaking with terror at the thought of the man getting his hands on her. She opened her eyes panting heavily. It was so hot in her room! She ran her tongue along her dry bottom lip, trying to calm down. Her hair clang to her sweaty forehead and she brushed the damp strands off, disgusted by the overall feeling of exhaustion that flushed over her. She sat up in her bed and looked at the clock.

6:06 am

Well, at least it was not midnight. The alarm was set for 8am and she growled tiredly because she could have had at least an hour of sleep more!

The air in the room was extremely humid, almost suffocating. She kicked off the blanket and stretched her left arm trying to reach the AC remote control, but as she started pressing the buttons, it didn’t work.

“Goddamn”, she cursed, crushing back on the pillows. She covered her face with her palms and groaned in frustration.

Strange noise from the corner of her room suddenly drew her attention. She pressed the button on the lamp on her nightstand, but nothing happened. Confused, she tried once again, but the room remained dark. And then she sensed that familiar stench, this time it was more intense. A shiver ran down her spine, as the sound of rustling became louder. She grabbed her phone and turned on the flash hoping to see what was causing the noise.

Her eyes widened at the sight of six creatures crawling up onto her bead. She wanted to scream, but no audible sound came out. They were of the size of a small cat, completely naked with bones sticking out of their deformed bodies.

“What are you?” she gasped in shock, trying to cover up her bare legs with her nightgown. The creatures growled at the sound of her voice, showing their brown crooked teeth.

Tears started streaming down her flushed cheeks, as she helplessly grabbed the lamp off her nightstand and tried to hit the monsters with it.

“Get away from me!” her animalistic scream ringed through the dark room. They were getting closer, stretching their anorexic arms to her trying to grab her by the ankles.

She didn’t know if it was another hallucination, but she could swear that they were whispering something like “Master wants to see you, Master wants to see you”. She cried in pain when one of them managed to reach her feet and pierced her skin with its claws. The girl tried to kick it off, but the monster was holding on tight, smearing the stains of her blood on the white sheets.

It was a lost battle. They clang to her body like monkeys, wrapping their arms around her waist and arms making it impossible for her to move. She felt nauseous when one of the creatures crawled atop her chest and pinned her to the mattress. They possessed the inhuman power for the tiny complexion of theirs. She wished it had been just another nightmare, but as the creature grabbed her face and forced her to look at it, she knew it was a terrifying reality. It was staring at her with its lifeless, jet black eyes.

“Please, don’t....” she whispered barely moving her lips. Her body was shaking with fear. She tried to move at least one muscle of her body, but it was paralyzed. She shut her eyes in order not to look at the monster in front of her face, but it slapped her cheeks forcing to oblige. As she stared at the dark abysses, she felt a weird sensation, making her tense muscle go numb. The thought that these weird creatures were draining the life out of her rushed through her mind.

“Master wants to see you” were the last words that she heard before darkness possessed her subconsciousness, and she blacked out.

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[delightfullydismal]

Behind the Mask

     It was the same nightmare each night. A twisted labyrinth of metro rails and warped walls. A chilling wind that seemed to howl in pain. Though these winding corridors he ran in the garments of a prisoner, for the specter of death himself was chasing him. He could only run for so long before running out of breath or becoming trapped in a dead end. This is when death would stop to greet him. It would let the blade of it scythe slam into the ground. The screech of steel biting into steel as it chewed through crooked railing would last for but a moment as the blade swung upward, piercing his sternum. Like a fish on a hook, he was reeled in to face death.

     "Abandoned you they have." Death would mock him, letting its scythe dig in deeper and tear more of his black and white striped jumpsuit. "They left you to rot, because they care nothing for you." Death would dig its claws into the base of its neck and slowly rip the skin from its flesh, revealing the face of a young man with brown hair that flowed down to his neck like a mangled mane. "You'll become as I did, Joker!" 

     He screamed himself awake. He had jumped out of bed well before he had fully woken up, it was as if he had heard the pained shouts of another person and had woken to help them, only to feel the vibrations coming from his own throat. He calmed himself, letting his voice die down and his face rest on the palm of his hand. He was still trembling.      "You're still having those nightmares, aren't you Joker?" A familiar voice asked him. He looked across the room to see his cat and close companion, Morgana, stretching on the old wooden chair by his television set. Morgana used to sleep soundly with him, sharing the same bed. That was when he could be trusted not to throw the poor cat halfway across the room in a startled fit. He missed those days.      "It's nothing." Joker said as he rubbed his eyes. He doubted he would fall back to sleep, so he dug into his pocket and pulled out his cell phone instead. He had a few text notifications; His friends wanted to make sure he would be attending today's going away party.      "It is something, though." Morgana protested. "We all faced something horrible that day, when we were almost erased. I even used to have bad dreams myself. You need to tell the others about this."      Joker didn't respond. He hadn't been checking his messages further either. Instead he had been absentmindedly flipping back and forth through his phones menu. Not noticing, not hearing, his finger swiping left, right, left, right. Morgana looked at him, puzzled. The cat expected some sort of response. When several minutes went by in silence, Morgana yawned.      "It's late Joker...please Go back to sleep soon?" Morgana turned about, not wanting the light from Joker's screen to interrupt his sleep. A few minutes later, the cat was slumbering soundly.      Left, right, left, right, left, right.      right. Left, right, left, right. Right.      right. Right. Right. Right. *BEEP*      A new message lit up on Joker's phone. He felt like he had been woken up again, and had just realized that the room was much quieter than it was before. "You know you've been swiping your phone screen for almost an hour. Talk to me." It was a message from Futaba. Ever since they had grown closer romantically, she had developed a habit over worrying about him too much. This included, but was not limited to, continuing to watch him over his cell phone's built in camera. Joker had a feeling that Morgana was in some way involved in this.      "It's nothing." Joker replied and set down his phone. The crossbeam he used to use for training was just above his head. He almost pulled over the chair from beside the television before remembering Morgana was using it as a makeshift bed. He would have to be quieter, if he did not want to wake him. Joker got into position, and in one deft motion jumped up and took hold of the crossbeam. His muscles ached in protest; He had done several hundred reps over the last few days, despite no longer having any use for being physically fit. It kept him distracted though, it kept him from playing idly with his phone.      His phone continued to beep. Constantly. Joker paid it no attention, instead choosing to do another set of fifty reps.      Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Down.      Up. Down. Up. Down. Up. Up. Up. Up.      Joker struggled one last time when his muscles finally gave out on him. He fell to the ground with a loud *THUD*. He rubbed his back and then looked up at the chair by his television, hoping he had not woken Morgana.      The cat was gone.      Joker could only assume he had gone downstairs. Joker didn't relish the idea of talking with the fiendish little feline. By now he was sure that the cat was already planning something, possibly involving his close friends. He didn't want their sympathy. They wouldn't...no, Couldn't understand. This had nothing to do with Mementos, or the palaces. There was a clear and obvious reason why they all slept soundly, while he woke up shivering in sweat. Still, a cup of coffee would be nice right about now, Joker thought to himself. He picked himself up and walked slowly down the attic stairs.      "You took long enough." A familiar voice called to Joker as walked down the last step of the stairs into Sojiro's Coffee shop. A boisterous red head with large headphones around her neck and a loose fitting white tank top greeted him from one of the booth's in the shop. She had already made herself a drink; Much like Sojiro she appreciated the dark roasts of Cafe LeBlanc. Joker watched her nonchalantly sip her coffee before sputtering and spitting it out. No doubt she had tried to add a "special ingredient" to her coffee this time, to ill effect. "I'll make you another cup Futaba. Just don't put curry powder in this one." "Ch-*cough*-Chili powder!" Futaba coughed as her face turned red. She continued to sputter horribly. Joker brought her a cup of water with lemon before setting out to make her a fresh cup of coffee. As he prepared the fresh brew Futaba's sputtering slowly began to die down, and her flush face began to lose its red tint.      "Feeling better." Joker asked.      “Don't side step the issue Mister!" Futaba shouted brazenly as she pointed at her apathetic boyfriend. "You've been sidestepping my texts, my phone calls. We hardly ever go out anymore. I want you to confess!"      Joker brought her a fresh cup of coffee and sat down beside her at the booth. "I'm not seeing someone else, if that's your concern." Futaba ignored this and took a sip from her coffee. Still daintily holding her cup and saucer, Futaba looked over at Joker and gave him a wink. "Of course you're not. I have Intel, I'd know if you were seeing someone else."      "I forgot about the camera..." Joker said, begin to fade away into his common state of staring listlessly into space. Futaba yanked him by the ear.      "OW! Futaba, what the-"      "You're not dodging the question again." Futaba grabbed Joker's attention. "Morgana told me about your night terrors. You've been waking up screaming. Joker...what Did they do to you?"      Joker paused. No one had asked him that question since he had been released.      "I don't mean the interrogation. I know that was rough on you, but you didn't have these terrors until after your actual prison sentence. I've been doing research. Its highly frowned upon, but in some cases...in some extreme cases they still practice solitary confinement."      Joker couldn't bring himself to speak. He was lucky. Lucky to have Futaba. Could anyone else possibly have her wit, her sheer understanding. He felt a hand rest on his. He looked over and saw Futaba, saw her like a close friend he hadn't seen in years and desperately longed to touch.      "It's OK. When I lost my mother...it took years Joker. You and the others saved me. If it hadn't been for you, I'd still be waiting. I'll wait for you, too. I'll wait until your ready to talk." Futaba spoke. There was a brief silence, one that for the first time Joker did not feel as if he was expected to fill with empty words or excuses. "I'll wait for you, Joker. I won't let you wither away though. So I'm making it my official duty: As your nosy, overbearing girlfriend, I demand that you go with me to your going away party!" By this time Futaba was already standing in full sentai pose, a quirk that had become a habit of hers. Joker knew what it meant, she was unabashedly happy. That happiness was all too infectious; Despite himself Joker was beginning to smile.      "See, you know you want to go. I'm simply too cute and adorable not to take on a date." Futaba added with a wink. Joker stood up from the booth. He stood up and was silent. In that moment, Futaba felt a great deal of tension. Would this be the time for a passionate kiss? She had missed the smiling, happy boyfriend she knew, the one that solitary confinement had taken from her. She meant what had said: she would wait years if she had to. She was still a young girl though, and she missed the simple pleasures of young love. She'd take that promise back just to feel one kiss from him now.      Joker took hold of Futaba in a strong hug. His body shook a bit.      "Thank you." Joker spoke, as he finally caved in and allowed tears to stream from his eyes. "Thank you." He mouthed breathlessly. Futaba held him, and the two lovers shared his silence.

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Car insurance question? Under parents name?

Hi all, I recently got my drivers license when I turned 17, and am now looking to buy a car. I'm looking at a Foxbody mustang 5.0. Before the omg 17 get a civic comments, I can drive, I seldom speed, and when I do, its on an empty road in the middle of the night. I have track experience and know how to control a car, don't try to convince me otherwise. Now, my problem. Obviously mustang insurance for a 17yr old will be nuts, but right now I'm on my parents insurance policy so I can drive their car(1 car family), and a friend of mine told me I could just insure my car under my dad's name and claim that I drive it occasionally. So I realize I could claim my father is the primary driver and I'm just an occasional driver, but if I am actually the only one who is driving it, and something does happen where I get into an accident or get a ticket, what could happen? Would I be covered in case of an accident? Can they say no and not cover me if they find out I'm the primary driver? I'd be the only person driving it whatsoever, my dad can't even drive a stick, so I'm wondering if this is even possible or not. Thanks.""

""Im 19 ,how much should i pay for car insurance?

im not british.but im getting a uk full licence.. any people know how much should i pay for a classic mini? and how about a 1995 subaru wrx?

Is an auto insurance quote a contract?

The reason I ask this is because I got an online quote from an auto company and was quoted $447 for a 12 month term. I find this to be an extremely good deal, but something tells me, when I speak to them, they are not going to honor it. So, do they have to honor their quote? Can I get them for false advertising if they don't (or something else)? More Info: This quote is already based on my driving record so, nothing in my history can come along to change the premium.""

Insurance question on jeeps! help?

Im moving out in a month and a half and am very worried about insurance because i don't know if i can still be under my parents insurance if im not living with them. Questions: 1) Can i still be on my parents insurance if i move out? 2) looking to get a 90's jeep tj wrangler or sport. what one is better on insurance? 3) how much is insurance on a jeep? (wrangler and tj sport) ** im 16 years old in GW drivers training which lowers my insurance. im turing 17 soon my parents have not had any car accidents and i haven't either and don't plan on getting in an accident lol.**

Does searching for Car Insurance drive you crazy?

Does searching for Car Insurance drive you crazy?

Roughly how much is car insurance for a new driver in uk?

im going to get my license because i've been told it's good to have early. but i can't decide whether or not to look into getting a car. i just need a rough idea of how much insurance is. i have no idea what type of car. just basic. i just need a rough price please.

Can I cancel my scooter insurance? Will I still have to pay?

So I dont really use my Vespa any more, I'm paying 380 a year and about 30 pound a months in instalments, if I cancel my insurance will I have to continue to pay the instalments?""

Easthampton Massachusetts Cheap car insurance quotes zip 1027

Easthampton Massachusetts Cheap car insurance quotes zip 1027

Question about auto insurance?

I'm 16 and have my license and my own truck that i am the primary driver on, but i'm also the secondary driver on my dads truck does that make my insurance cost more by being the secondary driver?""

Am I getting a bad deal from the Car insurance Company?

Back in October of 2010I was involved in a Hit and Run Accident. The Guy that hit us was found a few days later and we filed against his insurance. Me and my Fiance both went through Physical therapy for our backs. Medical bills totalled about 5K for me and about 8K for her. There were times when she was in tears because her back was hurting so bad. She Couldnt work some days either and she is self employed and works from home as a graphic Designer. I missed some days of work too but my pain was not near as much as hers. State Farm Called and offered a settlement with me to pay the 5k to the Doctor and then a $1000 check to me for my pain and suffering. They called my Fiance to settle but she did not answer. My guess is they will probably offer her the same. Is Paid medical bills plus $1,000 fair? We missed work from it. Delt with stress and Physical therapy for about 3 months and not to mention all of the inconveniences associated with getting the car fixed and also dealing with insurance stuff. The guy that hit us was found a few days later but never offered a good excuse as to why he hit us and then ran. He originally filed a false claim with State Farm and said that he hit a tree and not another vehicle. It was all overturned against him once Geico called them and submitted the police report. Should I get a lawyer? I honestly feel like we should be getting more. Especially my Fiance but if it's fair It's fair. Can anyone help?""

Has anyone tried the Ameriprise Auto insurance? How do you rate their service compared to other insurance co?

They have a tie-up with Costco and offers a very good rate compared to AAA, Farmers, etc. I signed up with esurance who has a excellent rate but after 6 months, they are raising the premium by more than 30%. A feedback or review on Ameriprise will aid me in decision making. Thanks!""

What is the difference between being forced to buy auto insurance and being forced to buy health insurance?

From my understanding: People have to buy health insurance so that if people get sick/injured, other people won't have to pay for them. Medical bills are very expensive so that's why people have it. And if a patient doesn't pay their medical bills due to not being able to afford it they will be treated anyway because of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act. The health insurance companies will compensate for this by raising insurances rates of the insured. Having car insurance is so that if a driver causes an accident that driver's insurance can pay for the victim's damages. But if an uninsured driver hits an insured driver, the auto insurance company is allowed to raise the insured driver's rates. The reason for this is because the insurance company has to pay for their insured driver's car because there is no on else to pay up, and sometimes even they raise rates because they believe the insured driver is purposely putting themselves in situations to cause accidents. And it is a fact that unless a person lives in a major US city such as New York City, driving a car is a necessity. You need a car to be able to function in a non-metro environment without a car. The only time a person should have their driving privilege taken away unless they hurt someone. So the point is if another person doesn't pay into either health or auto insurance. The people who do pay lose. Because their rates increase. I don't see any significant punishment for people who do without either insurance. Because I know illegal immigrants pull stunts like these all the time. So I just don't see how their different.""

Can I take off car insurance if my car has been repoed?

My car has been repoed due to lack of payments and thus they repoed the car. They are even already putting it back on sale. Can I take off the car insurance, then?""

Does my insurance background disappear when i cancel my insurance premium?

What i mean is you know how some insurance companies give you a little discount if you havent gotten into an accident or received any tickets or any sort for a year? Well say After one year you cancel your insurance for about 7 months, and then you want to get re-insured, would that discount still be available? Or canceling the insurance would mean your background is gone? I plan on leaving for basic training for the Army and ill be gone for 7 months. Ive been driving since i was 17 and almost have a year in clean record and wouldnt mind the good drivers discount?""

Medical insurance during divorce?

We just filed for divorce in the state of California, we've been married for 12 years and his medical insurance renews in July. Can he take me off now or does he have to wait till the divorce is final?""

Question about car insurance.?

Hi there I bought a car that is about 100 miles away, and is in another state. I will get a ride there to pick it up. But what do I do about insurance do I get some or other temp. insurance to drive it back to my home town? or do I get insurance where I buy it? What is the procedure in this case? Thank you""

Additional driver car insurance?

hi , i have a car and i have my car insurance my husband he just get his driving licence and he want to drive my car ,does he need to apply for car insurance for himself , or can i add him with me in my policy and how much will cost him . if i add him as additional driver on my policy is that will cost him to pay""

Affordable health insurance in NC?

I am moving to North Carolina after living abroad to start my own business & I need health insurance. Any recommendations?

How much would car insurance cost on a 2011 Audi A5 Coupe?

For a business math project we have to find out how much it would cost a month to insure a car of our choice.

What happens if im a day late on my car insurance?

i pay monthly with gieco.today my payment is due but i wont have the money untill tomorrow.will they cancel my insurance?will i have to pay some type of fee? will my car insurance go up? Plz help

What would be the cost of a doctor visit for a pregnant woman who doesn't have health insurance?

its for a health project and if you could also help answer these other questions -does the baby have to get vaccines their first year of life? if so, what are the vaccines required, and what are they for? -what does it cost for a week of child care at a daycare center or a private day care facility? -What doctor specializes in the prenatal care of babies and also in the delivery of babies? Does this take extra training? If so, what? -What is the average cost per week for providing for and taking care of a baby? - List 10 reasons why teens should not be parents. - It is mostly the responsibility for the mother to provide care for the baby. Is this statement true or false?""

How much will insurance be on a 125cc scooter?

I will soon be 17, and considering buying a 125cc scooter. It will be my first motor vehicle , never had a moped, car is too expensive etc. I live in a rural area so would be using it to get to nearby places. If i buy one, and after i take the CBT test, how much roughly would insurance be? Any other info on related costs appreciated.....thanks""

What car insurance co. should I go with?

Can anyone offer suggestions for a company easy to, and willing to work w/you? I presently do not have insurance. I am on a fixed income. Money is always an issue. I need low rates. My car is old so I only need minimum. Was with SafeAuto -- OK, but not thrilled with them. Are there others out there legitimate and with good reputation? Pls remember, I cannot afford a lot. My inspection is coming up. Many many thanks!""

""What is the cheapest insurance for a teenager in alex,la for a motorcycle?""

What is the cheapest insurance for a teenager in alex,la for a motorcycle?""

Health insurance coverage for my infant -?

i have a 3month old infant ..we just moved to US from australia. got a group insurance provided by my employer - with United health care. like to know ,as far the doctor visits for my infant is concenred, 1. do we still need to pay copay for infant visit 2. will insurance cover vaccinations what else i should know as far as doctor visits for infant is concerned,and also about my insurance""

""I hit accidentally a car on the back,no damages.Did my insurance will go up?""

I hit the car in the back,but was no damages in the cars.She will contact my insurance ,didi they will increase my payment?""

Car Insurance In Virginia?

I'm 19, First time driver, 1 Child, Car paid in full, Live in the 22031 area (fairfax), Had a seatbelt ticket before I obtained my license, Female. I want to know which insurance would be best suited for me, I dont need the quotes, I just want advice (from expierience) on where to get quotes from first. I have my permit, and will have my license in 25 days. I'm looking into cars right now, and should have one chosen in the next 2 weeks. I know the car will change what the insurance is, but I have not chosen it. I know I want an automatic 4 door sedan Used. Not sure on mileage yet. Leaning towards Nissan Altima. Any advice???""

""For a 17 year old, How much about is car insurance (relatively) and which places are cheaper?

We were thinking State Farm or Country

I live in el cajon san diego i am 16 i want to get a car what insurance company should i get that is cheap?

i cant afford a car payment every month plus insurance so what insurance company will first of all let me be with them cause i have no credit and how much will it cost for me to get insurance

Help with car insurance claim process?

A few days ago I scraped a co-worker's vehicle in our work parking lot. She wasn't in a proper parking space, but whatever, it was clearly my fault. I am paying for repairs to her car. I have pictures of my vehicle after the accident, but not of hers, because she left for the day while I was trying to find out who I had hit and find her in the building. I haven't brought this up with my insurance company yet. I initially thought I was going to be paying for scuffs to be buffed out of her back bumper, which wouldn't be cheap to fix but I figured it'd be inexpensive enough that I wouldn't involve my insurance. Today she handed me an estimate for $600+ for bumper replacement and paint work, etc. Fine. It was my fault. I'll eat it. But if I now want to involve my insurance, what do I do? Do I need her insurance info to file a claim? If I call up my insurance, does her insurance have to also become involved? I'm not even fixing my car - the fender's messed up but it's an old car and cosmetic damage doesn't bother me. I don't know what my insurance deductible is...if it's $500+ then I guess I won't bother and will just pay up in cash.""

Adding teenager to car insurance?

I'm turning 16 in a few months and my parents said if i paid for the extra cost they would put me on their policy and i was wondering how much money it would be

""Can you suggest a good,affordable health insurance plan?""

I am an adjunct instructor at two colleges in Michigan. Neither institution offers health insurance for adjunct instructors. For the last three years I have been getting health Insurance through a postdoctoral fellowship. Now this fellowship has come to an end, and I am in desperate straits. I have heart problems and I need specials medicationss for depression and attention deficit disorder.What do I do?""

What is 20 payment life insurance?

What is 20 payment life insurance?

Easthampton Massachusetts Cheap car insurance quotes zip 1027

Easthampton Massachusetts Cheap car insurance quotes zip 1027

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/los-angeles-california-cheap-car-insurance-quotes-zip-janet-collins/"

[albertcaldwellne]

The Top 3 Exercises to Look Great in Shorts This Summer

I took this picture of my calves last week and forgot to post it, so I’m sharing it now because I have nice calves and I want you to see them so you can validate me with compliments and also I have not trained calves since 2009 and they are probably still better than yours, so please laud me for my superior genetics.

Now, I don’t train calves, but you probably should. You should train your entire legs, actually.

That’s where this article and leg workout comes in.

The workout is metabolic in nature, so it’ll help you burn fat, but it also focuses on exercises that will make sure your legs look strong and well-developed.

I plan on wearing uncomfortably short shorts again this summer. And I want you to join me.

So first, let’s check out the three key exercises you’ll be doing.

Kettlebell Swings

Part of looking really great in a pair of shorts is not what you see, but what you don’t see. In this case, that means the butt. It doesn’t matter how great your legs are, if they’re sitting below a pancake ass, you’ll get no respect.

KB Swings will ensure that not only are your glutes firing properly, and developing on par with the rest of your lower body, but also because they’re the biggest and most powerful muscles in your body, so everything else you do is more effective.

Here’s how to do it:

Grasp the kettlebell with a double overhand grip.

Standing with feet hip-width apart, begin the movement by hinging — push the hips back and keep the feet in place, allowing a slight bend in the knee.

Reverse the movement by creating explosive hip extension — push the hips forward and flex the glutes and quads to generate force.

The force generated will move the KB forward and up; as it reverses direction and begins to descend, hinge back with it, and repeat the movement.

The great thing about the KB swing is that in addition to being great for your glutes, they’re also highly metabolic. This means it works just about every muscle in the body (particularly, the posterior chain) and is great for overall development and fat loss.

Walking Lunge

The road to both fat loss and well-developed legs is paved with unilateral exercises; that is, movements that are done one leg at a time. Of all of these, some of the most effective are variations of the lunge. The Walking Lunge, in particular, is a favorite of mine, because in addition to allowing for a significant unilateral load (and, as a result, muscle fiber recruitment), it also requires balance and coordination.

Here’s how to do it:

Standing with feet together, begin the movement by taking a long step forward with one leg, firmly planting the lead foot.

As you plant the lead foot, create the lunge by bending at both knees.

Do not allow the trailing knee to hit the floor.

Push forward with both legs into a standing position, and immediately swing the trailing leg forward and past the leading leg.

Repeat the movement.

The Walking Lunge is great for anyone wearing shorter shorts because it focuses so heavily on the vastus medialus — the large tear drop muscle hanging over the knee. As an added benefit, it is also metabolic and so great for fat burning.

Single Leg Calf Raises

Even for the most dedicated gym rat, calves are a notoriously stubborn body part to develop; but if you want to have a pair of great looking legs, you absolutely cannot ignore everything below your knees.

While the calves could definitely benefit from a full training program, at the very least, you need one exercise to help build them up. In this case, we’re talking about the single leg calf raise, which, if you can only pick one, is the best.

Here’s how to do it:

Holding a dumbbell in your right hand and stand on a step or block with most of your foot hanging off.

Cross your left foot behind your right ankle, and balance yourself on the ball of your right foot.

Lift your right heel as high as you can. Pause, then lower and repeat.

Complete all reps and sets for one leg, then switch.

The important thing with this exercise is to pay attention to the speed when you perform it.

The calves are attached to the Achilles tendon, one of the largest and most powerful tendons in the body; due to the nature of its structure, the Achilles can act like a giant rubber band, both storing and transferring energy in the form of momentum very quickly.

While this is great for athletics, in terms of building big calves, it’s detrimental — rather than force the muscle to lift the weight, the tendon can do a lot of work. To mitigate this, make sure you pause for a full 5 seconds at both the top and the bottom of the rep. You’ll need to lighten the weight, but it’s totally worth it.

The Workout:

A1) Kettlebell Swings – 5×8

A2) Walking Lunges – 5×10-12 per leg

Set Up: Perform A1 and A2 alternately, with minimal rest in between. Use a weight that challenges you, but still allow you to complete all reps. Perform a total of 5 sets for each exercise, then rest 2 minutes and proceed to B.

B) Single Leg Calf Raise – 4×12 per leg

Set Up: Perform 12 calf raises for your dominant leg, then immediately switch to your other leg. Switch back and forth with minimal rest until you’ve completed 4 sets with each leg. Remember to pause at the top and bottom of each rep for at least 5 seconds.

And there you have it.

Armed with these three moves and this quick workout, you’ll be able to burn fat, add some muscle to all the right places, and even build some lower body strength.

In short, you now have every you need to ensure you can bring your A-game every time you rock a pair of shorts and can flash some leg without shame, all summer long.

The post The Top 3 Exercises to Look Great in Shorts This Summer appeared first on Roman Fitness Systems.

https://ift.tt/2rybRsU

[neilmillerne]

The Top 3 Exercises to Look Great in Shorts This Summer

I took this picture of my calves last week and forgot to post it, so I’m sharing it now because I have nice calves and I want you to see them so you can validate me with compliments and also I have not trained calves since 2009 and they are probably still better than yours, so please laud me for my superior genetics.

Now, I don’t train calves, but you probably should. You should train your entire legs, actually.

That’s where this article and leg workout comes in.

The workout is metabolic in nature, so it’ll help you burn fat, but it also focuses on exercises that will make sure your legs look strong and well-developed.

I plan on wearing uncomfortably short shorts again this summer. And I want you to join me.

So first, let’s check out the three key exercises you’ll be doing.

Kettlebell Swings

Part of looking really great in a pair of shorts is not what you see, but what you don’t see. In this case, that means the butt. It doesn’t matter how great your legs are, if they’re sitting below a pancake ass, you’ll get no respect.

KB Swings will ensure that not only are your glutes firing properly, and developing on par with the rest of your lower body, but also because they’re the biggest and most powerful muscles in your body, so everything else you do is more effective.

Here’s how to do it:

Grasp the kettlebell with a double overhand grip.

Standing with feet hip-width apart, begin the movement by hinging — push the hips back and keep the feet in place, allowing a slight bend in the knee.

Reverse the movement by creating explosive hip extension — push the hips forward and flex the glutes and quads to generate force.

The force generated will move the KB forward and up; as it reverses direction and begins to descend, hinge back with it, and repeat the movement.

The great thing about the KB swing is that in addition to being great for your glutes, they’re also highly metabolic. This means it works just about every muscle in the body (particularly, the posterior chain) and is great for overall development and fat loss.

Walking Lunge

The road to both fat loss and well-developed legs is paved with unilateral exercises; that is, movements that are done one leg at a time. Of all of these, some of the most effective are variations of the lunge. The Walking Lunge, in particular, is a favorite of mine, because in addition to allowing for a significant unilateral load (and, as a result, muscle fiber recruitment), it also requires balance and coordination.

Here’s how to do it:

Standing with feet together, begin the movement by taking a long step forward with one leg, firmly planting the lead foot.

As you plant the lead foot, create the lunge by bending at both knees.

Do not allow the trailing knee to hit the floor.

Push forward with both legs into a standing position, and immediately swing the trailing leg forward and past the leading leg.

Repeat the movement.

The Walking Lunge is great for anyone wearing shorter shorts because it focuses so heavily on the vastus medialus — the large tear drop muscle hanging over the knee. As an added benefit, it is also metabolic and so great for fat burning.

Single Leg Calf Raises

Even for the most dedicated gym rat, calves are a notoriously stubborn body part to develop; but if you want to have a pair of great looking legs, you absolutely cannot ignore everything below your knees.

While the calves could definitely benefit from a full training program, at the very least, you need one exercise to help build them up. In this case, we’re talking about the single leg calf raise, which, if you can only pick one, is the best.

Here’s how to do it:

Holding a dumbbell in your right hand and stand on a step or block with most of your foot hanging off.

Cross your left foot behind your right ankle, and balance yourself on the ball of your right foot.

Lift your right heel as high as you can. Pause, then lower and repeat.

Complete all reps and sets for one leg, then switch.

The important thing with this exercise is to pay attention to the speed when you perform it.

The calves are attached to the Achilles tendon, one of the largest and most powerful tendons in the body; due to the nature of its structure, the Achilles can act like a giant rubber band, both storing and transferring energy in the form of momentum very quickly.

While this is great for athletics, in terms of building big calves, it’s detrimental — rather than force the muscle to lift the weight, the tendon can do a lot of work. To mitigate this, make sure you pause for a full 5 seconds at both the top and the bottom of the rep. You’ll need to lighten the weight, but it’s totally worth it.

The Workout:

A1) Kettlebell Swings – 5×8

A2) Walking Lunges – 5×10-12 per leg

Set Up: Perform A1 and A2 alternately, with minimal rest in between. Use a weight that challenges you, but still allow you to complete all reps. Perform a total of 5 sets for each exercise, then rest 2 minutes and proceed to B.

B) Single Leg Calf Raise – 4×12 per leg

Set Up: Perform 12 calf raises for your dominant leg, then immediately switch to your other leg. Switch back and forth with minimal rest until you’ve completed 4 sets with each leg. Remember to pause at the top and bottom of each rep for at least 5 seconds.

And there you have it.

Armed with these three moves and this quick workout, you’ll be able to burn fat, add some muscle to all the right places, and even build some lower body strength.

In short, you now have every you need to ensure you can bring your A-game every time you rock a pair of shorts and can flash some leg without shame, all summer long.

The post The Top 3 Exercises to Look Great in Shorts This Summer appeared first on Roman Fitness Systems.

https://ift.tt/2rybRsU

[joshuabradleyn]

The Top 3 Exercises to Look Great in Shorts This Summer

I took this picture of my calves last week and forgot to post it, so I’m sharing it now because I have nice calves and I want you to see them so you can validate me with compliments and also I have not trained calves since 2009 and they are probably still better than yours, so please laud me for my superior genetics.

Now, I don’t train calves, but you probably should. You should train your entire legs, actually.

That’s where this article and leg workout comes in.

The workout is metabolic in nature, so it’ll help you burn fat, but it also focuses on exercises that will make sure your legs look strong and well-developed.

I plan on wearing uncomfortably short shorts again this summer. And I want you to join me.

So first, let’s check out the three key exercises you’ll be doing.

Kettlebell Swings

Part of looking really great in a pair of shorts is not what you see, but what you don’t see. In this case, that means the butt. It doesn’t matter how great your legs are, if they’re sitting below a pancake ass, you’ll get no respect.

KB Swings will ensure that not only are your glutes firing properly, and developing on par with the rest of your lower body, but also because they’re the biggest and most powerful muscles in your body, so everything else you do is more effective.

Here’s how to do it:

Grasp the kettlebell with a double overhand grip.

Standing with feet hip-width apart, begin the movement by hinging — push the hips back and keep the feet in place, allowing a slight bend in the knee.

Reverse the movement by creating explosive hip extension — push the hips forward and flex the glutes and quads to generate force.

The force generated will move the KB forward and up; as it reverses direction and begins to descend, hinge back with it, and repeat the movement.

The great thing about the KB swing is that in addition to being great for your glutes, they’re also highly metabolic. This means it works just about every muscle in the body (particularly, the posterior chain) and is great for overall development and fat loss.

Walking Lunge

The road to both fat loss and well-developed legs is paved with unilateral exercises; that is, movements that are done one leg at a time. Of all of these, some of the most effective are variations of the lunge. The Walking Lunge, in particular, is a favorite of mine, because in addition to allowing for a significant unilateral load (and, as a result, muscle fiber recruitment), it also requires balance and coordination.

Here’s how to do it:

Standing with feet together, begin the movement by taking a long step forward with one leg, firmly planting the lead foot.

As you plant the lead foot, create the lunge by bending at both knees.

Do not allow the trailing knee to hit the floor.

Push forward with both legs into a standing position, and immediately swing the trailing leg forward and past the leading leg.

Repeat the movement.

The Walking Lunge is great for anyone wearing shorter shorts because it focuses so heavily on the vastus medialus — the large tear drop muscle hanging over the knee. As an added benefit, it is also metabolic and so great for fat burning.

Single Leg Calf Raises

Even for the most dedicated gym rat, calves are a notoriously stubborn body part to develop; but if you want to have a pair of great looking legs, you absolutely cannot ignore everything below your knees.

While the calves could definitely benefit from a full training program, at the very least, you need one exercise to help build them up. In this case, we’re talking about the single leg calf raise, which, if you can only pick one, is the best.

Here’s how to do it:

Holding a dumbbell in your right hand and stand on a step or block with most of your foot hanging off.

Cross your left foot behind your right ankle, and balance yourself on the ball of your right foot.

Lift your right heel as high as you can. Pause, then lower and repeat.

Complete all reps and sets for one leg, then switch.

The important thing with this exercise is to pay attention to the speed when you perform it.

The calves are attached to the Achilles tendon, one of the largest and most powerful tendons in the body; due to the nature of its structure, the Achilles can act like a giant rubber band, both storing and transferring energy in the form of momentum very quickly.

While this is great for athletics, in terms of building big calves, it’s detrimental — rather than force the muscle to lift the weight, the tendon can do a lot of work. To mitigate this, make sure you pause for a full 5 seconds at both the top and the bottom of the rep. You’ll need to lighten the weight, but it’s totally worth it.

The Workout:

A1) Kettlebell Swings – 5×8

A2) Walking Lunges – 5×10-12 per leg

Set Up: Perform A1 and A2 alternately, with minimal rest in between. Use a weight that challenges you, but still allow you to complete all reps. Perform a total of 5 sets for each exercise, then rest 2 minutes and proceed to B.

B) Single Leg Calf Raise – 4×12 per leg

Set Up: Perform 12 calf raises for your dominant leg, then immediately switch to your other leg. Switch back and forth with minimal rest until you’ve completed 4 sets with each leg. Remember to pause at the top and bottom of each rep for at least 5 seconds.

And there you have it.

Armed with these three moves and this quick workout, you’ll be able to burn fat, add some muscle to all the right places, and even build some lower body strength.

In short, you now have every you need to ensure you can bring your A-game every time you rock a pair of shorts and can flash some leg without shame, all summer long.

The post The Top 3 Exercises to Look Great in Shorts This Summer appeared first on Roman Fitness Systems.

https://ift.tt/2rybRsU

[almajonesnjna]

The Top 3 Exercises to Look Great in Shorts This Summer

I took this picture of my calves last week and forgot to post it, so I’m sharing it now because I have nice calves and I want you to see them so you can validate me with compliments and also I have not trained calves since 2009 and they are probably still better than yours, so please laud me for my superior genetics.

Now, I don’t train calves, but you probably should. You should train your entire legs, actually.

That’s where this article and leg workout comes in.

The workout is metabolic in nature, so it’ll help you burn fat, but it also focuses on exercises that will make sure your legs look strong and well-developed.

I plan on wearing uncomfortably short shorts again this summer. And I want you to join me.

So first, let’s check out the three key exercises you’ll be doing.

Kettlebell Swings

Part of looking really great in a pair of shorts is not what you see, but what you don’t see. In this case, that means the butt. It doesn’t matter how great your legs are, if they’re sitting below a pancake ass, you’ll get no respect.

KB Swings will ensure that not only are your glutes firing properly, and developing on par with the rest of your lower body, but also because they’re the biggest and most powerful muscles in your body, so everything else you do is more effective.

Here’s how to do it:

Grasp the kettlebell with a double overhand grip.

Standing with feet hip-width apart, begin the movement by hinging — push the hips back and keep the feet in place, allowing a slight bend in the knee.

Reverse the movement by creating explosive hip extension — push the hips forward and flex the glutes and quads to generate force.

The force generated will move the KB forward and up; as it reverses direction and begins to descend, hinge back with it, and repeat the movement.

The great thing about the KB swing is that in addition to being great for your glutes, they’re also highly metabolic. This means it works just about every muscle in the body (particularly, the posterior chain) and is great for overall development and fat loss.

Walking Lunge

The road to both fat loss and well-developed legs is paved with unilateral exercises; that is, movements that are done one leg at a time. Of all of these, some of the most effective are variations of the lunge. The Walking Lunge, in particular, is a favorite of mine, because in addition to allowing for a significant unilateral load (and, as a result, muscle fiber recruitment), it also requires balance and coordination.

Here’s how to do it:

Standing with feet together, begin the movement by taking a long step forward with one leg, firmly planting the lead foot.

As you plant the lead foot, create the lunge by bending at both knees.

Do not allow the trailing knee to hit the floor.

Push forward with both legs into a standing position, and immediately swing the trailing leg forward and past the leading leg.

Repeat the movement.

The Walking Lunge is great for anyone wearing shorter shorts because it focuses so heavily on the vastus medialus — the large tear drop muscle hanging over the knee. As an added benefit, it is also metabolic and so great for fat burning.

Single Leg Calf Raises

Even for the most dedicated gym rat, calves are a notoriously stubborn body part to develop; but if you want to have a pair of great looking legs, you absolutely cannot ignore everything below your knees.

While the calves could definitely benefit from a full training program, at the very least, you need one exercise to help build them up. In this case, we’re talking about the single leg calf raise, which, if you can only pick one, is the best.

Here’s how to do it:

Holding a dumbbell in your right hand and stand on a step or block with most of your foot hanging off.

Cross your left foot behind your right ankle, and balance yourself on the ball of your right foot.

Lift your right heel as high as you can. Pause, then lower and repeat.

Complete all reps and sets for one leg, then switch.

The important thing with this exercise is to pay attention to the speed when you perform it.

The calves are attached to the Achilles tendon, one of the largest and most powerful tendons in the body; due to the nature of its structure, the Achilles can act like a giant rubber band, both storing and transferring energy in the form of momentum very quickly.

While this is great for athletics, in terms of building big calves, it’s detrimental — rather than force the muscle to lift the weight, the tendon can do a lot of work. To mitigate this, make sure you pause for a full 5 seconds at both the top and the bottom of the rep. You’ll need to lighten the weight, but it’s totally worth it.

The Workout:

A1) Kettlebell Swings – 5×8

A2) Walking Lunges – 5×10-12 per leg

Set Up: Perform A1 and A2 alternately, with minimal rest in between. Use a weight that challenges you, but still allow you to complete all reps. Perform a total of 5 sets for each exercise, then rest 2 minutes and proceed to B.

B) Single Leg Calf Raise – 4×12 per leg

Set Up: Perform 12 calf raises for your dominant leg, then immediately switch to your other leg. Switch back and forth with minimal rest until you’ve completed 4 sets with each leg. Remember to pause at the top and bottom of each rep for at least 5 seconds.

And there you have it.

Armed with these three moves and this quick workout, you’ll be able to burn fat, add some muscle to all the right places, and even build some lower body strength.

In short, you now have every you need to ensure you can bring your A-game every time you rock a pair of shorts and can flash some leg without shame, all summer long.

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The Top 3 Exercises to Look Great in Shorts This Summer

I took this picture of my calves last week and forgot to post it, so I’m sharing it now because I have nice calves and I want you to see them so you can validate me with compliments and also I have not trained calves since 2009 and they are probably still better than yours, so please laud me for my superior genetics.

Now, I don’t train calves, but you probably should. You should train your entire legs, actually.

That’s where this article and leg workout comes in.

The workout is metabolic in nature, so it’ll help you burn fat, but it also focuses on exercises that will make sure your legs look strong and well-developed.

I plan on wearing uncomfortably short shorts again this summer. And I want you to join me.

So first, let’s check out the three key exercises you’ll be doing.

Kettlebell Swings

Part of looking really great in a pair of shorts is not what you see, but what you don’t see. In this case, that means the butt. It doesn’t matter how great your legs are, if they’re sitting below a pancake ass, you’ll get no respect.

KB Swings will ensure that not only are your glutes firing properly, and developing on par with the rest of your lower body, but also because they’re the biggest and most powerful muscles in your body, so everything else you do is more effective.

Here’s how to do it:

Grasp the kettlebell with a double overhand grip.

Standing with feet hip-width apart, begin the movement by hinging — push the hips back and keep the feet in place, allowing a slight bend in the knee.

Reverse the movement by creating explosive hip extension — push the hips forward and flex the glutes and quads to generate force.

The force generated will move the KB forward and up; as it reverses direction and begins to descend, hinge back with it, and repeat the movement.

The great thing about the KB swing is that in addition to being great for your glutes, they’re also highly metabolic. This means it works just about every muscle in the body (particularly, the posterior chain) and is great for overall development and fat loss.

Walking Lunge

The road to both fat loss and well-developed legs is paved with unilateral exercises; that is, movements that are done one leg at a time. Of all of these, some of the most effective are variations of the lunge. The Walking Lunge, in particular, is a favorite of mine, because in addition to allowing for a significant unilateral load (and, as a result, muscle fiber recruitment), it also requires balance and coordination.

Here’s how to do it:

Standing with feet together, begin the movement by taking a long step forward with one leg, firmly planting the lead foot.

As you plant the lead foot, create the lunge by bending at both knees.

Do not allow the trailing knee to hit the floor.

Push forward with both legs into a standing position, and immediately swing the trailing leg forward and past the leading leg.

Repeat the movement.

The Walking Lunge is great for anyone wearing shorter shorts because it focuses so heavily on the vastus medialus — the large tear drop muscle hanging over the knee. As an added benefit, it is also metabolic and so great for fat burning.

Single Leg Calf Raises

Even for the most dedicated gym rat, calves are a notoriously stubborn body part to develop; but if you want to have a pair of great looking legs, you absolutely cannot ignore everything below your knees.

While the calves could definitely benefit from a full training program, at the very least, you need one exercise to help build them up. In this case, we’re talking about the single leg calf raise, which, if you can only pick one, is the best.

Here’s how to do it:

Holding a dumbbell in your right hand and stand on a step or block with most of your foot hanging off.

Cross your left foot behind your right ankle, and balance yourself on the ball of your right foot.

Lift your right heel as high as you can. Pause, then lower and repeat.

Complete all reps and sets for one leg, then switch.

The important thing with this exercise is to pay attention to the speed when you perform it.

The calves are attached to the Achilles tendon, one of the largest and most powerful tendons in the body; due to the nature of its structure, the Achilles can act like a giant rubber band, both storing and transferring energy in the form of momentum very quickly.

While this is great for athletics, in terms of building big calves, it’s detrimental — rather than force the muscle to lift the weight, the tendon can do a lot of work. To mitigate this, make sure you pause for a full 5 seconds at both the top and the bottom of the rep. You’ll need to lighten the weight, but it’s totally worth it.

The Workout:

A1) Kettlebell Swings – 5×8

A2) Walking Lunges – 5×10-12 per leg

Set Up: Perform A1 and A2 alternately, with minimal rest in between. Use a weight that challenges you, but still allow you to complete all reps. Perform a total of 5 sets for each exercise, then rest 2 minutes and proceed to B.

B) Single Leg Calf Raise – 4×12 per leg

Set Up: Perform 12 calf raises for your dominant leg, then immediately switch to your other leg. Switch back and forth with minimal rest until you’ve completed 4 sets with each leg. Remember to pause at the top and bottom of each rep for at least 5 seconds.

And there you have it.

Armed with these three moves and this quick workout, you’ll be able to burn fat, add some muscle to all the right places, and even build some lower body strength.

In short, you now have every you need to ensure you can bring your A-game every time you rock a pair of shorts and can flash some leg without shame, all summer long.

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