I ran a years long Shadowrun campaign and in between sessions, I’d post news stories, forum conversations and other little scenes the players would have access to that showed how the greater world was taking in their actions. I’d use it to slip in foreshadowing or clues on perhaps people they should hit up for information, stuff like that. Highly recommend this not only as something fun for the players, but also good creative writing exercises to take on different modes of writing.

If you’re not familiar with it, Eternal September is a concept that directly relates to this.

Yeah, there’s a lot to be said for optimized training and getting the most out of your time in the gym. But the best program is the one you’ll actually do. Especially for those of us that aren’t like, professional powerlifters or something and need to hit certain lofty numbers.

My bench has always been my worst lift of the big four. I’ve never tested my 8RM, but my 1RM is 280 lbs. and has been for years. Would love to get up to three plates, but I don’t know if I ever will at this point. But, I’m also addicted to trying out new programs, maybe if I really sat down and picked a bench focused program like Smolov Jr. or something I would get it moving. I’ve been program lifting for almost a decade, to at this point the actual workout being fun is more important to me than hitting bigger numbers and I don’t know if heavy benching four days a week is all that appealing haha