Robot Renegades at Miami Maker Faire 2024

 It was quite the adventure...

We got all but one fight recorded - Xolotl vs Mr. Breeze. It was a successful event with some truly difficult fights!

Brick City Open 2024 2/n

 The pictures from Valkyrie Photography have finally arrived from the Brick City Open 2024 at Iron Legion Strength & Combat! I had excellent coaching from R. Allen leading into this, and other than looking like a severely bloated potato, I was very happy with my 237.5 kg total, although that total is only the beginning. I can't wait for my next Powerlifting America event!

Mindful Mobility...

 I did not die doing something at Iron Legion that didn't involve combat training, Olympic weightlifting, or powerlifting. 

This was all after experimenting with possible Gator Cup setups...

Brick City Open 2024 1/n

 This was my first powerlifting meet ever. I have already done a good handful Olympic weightlifting events, but powerlifting is a whole new beast, and it is tons of fun!

Thank you to all the fellow athletes and the audience members who got pictures and footage of me at the Brick City Open at Iron Legion!

My three squat attempts were all successful at 67.5 kg, 75 kg, and 77.5 kg

A. Baker also took some amazing photographs of me while squatting!

I was successful on 2/3 attempts of bench press, where I missed a 47.5 kg after a long fight. My successful attempts were 40 and 45 kg. Getting used to the verbal commands was pretty tough!

And then there was the deadlift. My three attempts were 95 kg, 105 kg, and 115 kg. I was originally going to go a bit more conservative on my third attempt, but 105 kg felt so good that we decided to just go for it, 5 kg short of my absolute personal best of 120 kg.

Turns out I was alone in my division as the only Masters 1 in the women's 76 kg weight class!

More photos to come as they arrive!

New Artwork on Xolotl

 

If there's a reasonably light-colored surface that takes well to Sharpies, why not? I may have named the robot Xolotl Tikbalang, but I'm not above playing with other images and mythologies. I have a Viking rune for strength on my weapon (at least if what my gym says is accurate) along with a falcon's face in front with an eye of Ra and an eye of Horus (at least if my sources are correct), and of course, a wolf. 

Spider Cup 2024 #1: Lancaster Round

 I actually forgot that I had signed up for the Lancaster Round at Spider Cup, but I did it anyway. I didn't shoot a particularly good score for myself, but I held my own against my fellow barebow archers. My division was called "barebow recurve" even though I was shooting a longbow with wooden arrows, and the division is pretty much stripped down Olympic recurves with carbon arrows and allows for string-walking. 

And then there was a fellow barebow recurve archer who pulled this off. I had tons of fun shooting with my friends!