Middle Class Caveman

@G_dub52 this one is much faster paced than Cold War. The time to kill is rapid.

Yeh I know what you mean mate, I was having this conversation with my wife the other day. In order to get to a place to put money away you have to strip your life right back and the. Build from there but it’s hard my man. Let me know if I can help you at all, I’m a bit of a money nazi and can often see things others can’t!

dam, I’ve been rumbled!

During the first lockdown both of my portfolios saw a negative return but you have to take the rough with the smooth and ride it out!

Wel I played last night for an hourX first impressions are good. Very fast paced, great actions, nice maps. I like it.

Hey all, seeing as I’ve not played many games since Maddison was born it’s been hard to really contribute on here. So I’ve decided to do a post about money instead because I’m a shallow husk of a person and that’s all I can really talk about 😢 In all seriousness though, as we make our way out of what has been a really tough time for most people I felt like this might be a good time to offer some advice or at least my experience when it comes to securing financial freedom. There are so many ways to do this and I could go in for pages and pages but today I want to share what I’ve done for Maddison since her birth. I’m a fan of the low and slow investment method and I’ve been using a company called Wealth Simple for almost 5 years now. When Maddison was born I set her up a JISA for stocks and shares, Wealth Simple do the investing on my behalf. Essentially any money you put in goes into the big pot of everyone’s money and they invest it into a diversified portfolio for you based on a little questionnaire you take when you register about your level of risk. They manage the first £5k free and then it’s a 1% fee each year for any monies after that. The picture below is of Maddison’s account I started when she was born, I put in £500 to start, £50 each month and then £100 for Xmas and her birthday. You can see over the last 19 months her account has grown by 12.7%, which in simple terms is about a 9% return each year. You won’t find that in the bank. For some perspective if her account continues to grow at 9% and I continue to put in £50 a month her account will be worth £29,000 when she is 18. This is a speculative figure of course but imagine being able to hand over £30k to your kid at 18 to help them along their way. I have my own account too (as well as a lot of other investments on other platforms) but I use wealth simple for my pension fund as I don’t intend to touch it, it’s growing at 9.5% a year. If you are coming to the big FG meet up, why not use wealth simple to save up for it? £10 a month in there over 10 months and you could have £109 rather than just £100. Obviously with any investments there is risk but the longer you invest for the smoother the edges become and the better the returns. For reference I’ve been ‘investing’ in my long term plan for over a decade now (on Vanguard platform first, now wealth simple) and even the lows of the last recession and COVID haven’t stumped my growth. Here is my link to wealth simple, if you register with it we both get some more cash managed for free! Wealth Simple

yeh I’m the same, although I’m going to have to get it on PS4 and by all accounts that’s not the best console to play it on, still the game looks good and is what we expect from a decent COD

FITNESS PPR DATE: 13th March 2021 SESSION: Week 5 Day CALORIES: 2890kcals Atlas stone 3x3@65/75/85kg Paused Bench Press 3x6@112.5kg FEELINGS: Wow this week has kicked my arse. Going back to school was real difficult and by Friday I was wiped. I actually went out to my gym, sorted out the atlas stone stuff and nearly fainted on the first set. So some sleep, good food and a friend to help me the next day and I was ready to rock and roll! IMG_1431.MP4 IMG_1432.MP4

Yeh it's essentially a strongman competition but with stone based events! Very fun

DATE: 10th March 2021 SESSION: Week 5 Day 2 CALORIES: 2890kcals Bench Press 1x4@130kg Bench Press 2x6@120kg Deadlift 3x3@192.5kg FEELINGS: Wednesdays are alway a bit of anti climax as I have to train in the morning (I start later on a Wednesday) and I just never feel as energised. Hard to get too many meals in before hand. However, everything moved well today and I’m feeling strong overall. Need to think about how I’m going to program myself for the competition because it’s not powerlifting so movements like bench press and squats aren’t going to be super useful. IMG_1393.MP4 IMG_1394.MP4 IMG_1395.MP4

DATE: 8th March 2021 SESSION: Week 5 Day 1 CALORIES: 2900kcals Squats 1x3@165kg Overhead Press 3x8@65kg FEELINGS: 2 things. 1, I’ve signed up for my first competition since Maddison was born. It’s a comp based around stones, so atlas stones, dinnie stones, shot put. Very cool! 2, My knee is proper fucked. I couldn’t even do my back off sets because of the pain. I might need to get some physio. IMG_1369.MP4

I find this so strange. People look at you everyday. A video is you. You don’t look any different. It’s you.

DATE: 6th March 2021 SESSION: Week 4 Day 4 CALORIES: 2900kcals Bench Press 5x5@75kg+44kg Chains FEELINGS: Had a lovely session today. Nice upper body pump, nothing crazy but was lovely to get the blood flowing and feel some weight in my hands. IMG_1354.MP4

I had my logo that @Greboth made into a flag on Ali express and it’s now pride and place in my gym. thank you friend!

I have quite a bit of Bitcoin now, I usually buy when it dips. It’s going to continue to grow so it’s not a bad mid-long term bet. Still not as reliable as a decent trust fund etc. I can share my codes here if you’d like to hope in? We both get some free Bitcoin if you buy using my app link

or we could just see a picture/video of you!!!!

That is not a fragile lady

Pictures! We need pictures dammit. Right now all I’ve got is an image of Lucy Lui in my brain!

DATE: 5th March 2021 SESSION: Week 4 Day 3 CALORIES: 2900kcals Squats 4x6@145kg Stone to shoulder 3x3@70kg FEELINGS: Much pain. Bad knee has gotten worse. Send help. IMG_1342.MP4 IMG_1343.MP4

DATE: 3rd March 2021 SESSION: Week 4 Day 2 CALORIES: 2900kcals OHP strict/push press 3 sets 3/3 @72.5kg FEELINGS: I backed off the strength and chased a pump today, Monday was a hard session so I just did some dumbbell work today for chest and back. I did do my 3/3 press session to try and stimulate some overhead gains but nothing major. Got a great pump and some serious cramp later in the day! Winner. IMG_1311.MP4

To be honest it's not until you fight ultimate weapon that you get free reign of the map. Even the open world stuff has a clear 'sequence' and you can't really go anywhere than where you need to go. The first bit after Midgar is going to the chocobo farm, catch a chocobo and cross the midgar zolom pit......

The key's to success: 1. Find foods you enjoy and can rotate around that work towards your goal. Lean proteins, fruits and veggies, carbs and fats. 2. Find a way you LIKE to train. There is no right or wrong way. Movement is movement. Do that a lot. 3. Measure your steps, the easiest way to burn excess calories is with steps as everyone can go for a walk. Want to burn some more calories and shed some fat, increase your steps by 1000 a day for a week and watch what it does. Easy.

Exactly! 100% this!

Yeh I saw the adverts and I just don’t get it. Why waste your time developing this stuff when we could be catching chocobos or up in the golden saucer....literally a massive money grab 😭