PWN your workout

Working out is something we all should do. Along with a healthy diet, working out will leave you slim and muscular in matter of weeks. I recommend lifting weights every other day and cardio as often as possible. The real trick is to make your workout "routine". Set a few days aside and make sure you work out those days, no excuses. What works best for me is working out Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday because I can easily fit in 3 workouts no matter my schedule for the week, and 3 is enough to see gradual results. Find a consistent, doable schedule and stick to it. People who commit to workout everyday rarely last longer than a few weeks. A smaller commitment is easier to incorporate into a steady routine.



Secondly, set goals. Which muscles need the most work? Which workouts are best for targeting those muscles? Do your research and ask the gurus, but the best way to tell is if you feel the burn the next day. If you are trying to work your triceps but your shoulders hurt the next day then you're doing something wrong. Either try another workout or work on your form. Some workouts are better than others at isolating muscle groups giving that muscle a rigorous workout, while others work a few muscle groups at once and will show impressive results over time. Decide what you prefer and experiment to find what works for you.

Reps? Sets? Everyone has their personal opinion, but I'm a strong believer in 3 sets of 20. With the 20th rep on the 1st set being a real struggle. If you can't make it to 20 go down in weight. If the 20th rep feels as easy at the 1st go up in weight. Many will advocate 3 sets of 10, and this may give faster results, however your muscles will not develop as evenly or with the stamina that sets of 20 will provide.



More important than anything, stick to your routine, rain or shine, and you will see fast results. Workout pwnt!

Some great work out resources:
Full Fitness
Muscle and Strength
Body Building

Also make sure to check out this list of workouts NOT to do:
Diet Blog

PWN 2v2 Arenas

WoW 2v2 arena's are great practice for your arena skills, but it can be difficult to post a consistent winning record. One mage comes out and nukes your partner down and it won't be a long fight.



Quick thinking is the key to victory. Anticipate your foes moves and counter them before they devastate your group.

Some people like to size each other up and discuss the strategy of who to attack first, who to cc, etc. DON'T BOTHER! Especially in 2v2. If you charge straight in and open up on the weakest enemy you will almost always prevail. Catching the other team off guard and unprepared, they will likely not have decided which one of you to kill first before you've already killed one of theirs. Surprise attack ftw!

Never remain stationary. Keep running circles around your enemy in an erratic pattern and make them face the wrong way as often as possible. Constant movement will prevent the enemy from casting huge spells, melee will be out of range or facing the wrong direction, and the greatest benefit is that your harder to target! This is paramount because truly good 2v2 teams will switch between targets to interrupt heals, cc, etc. If your running around like a chicken with its' head cut off, the other team will waste precious moments trying to target you. Since there's only two of you, they could always tab target, but if you drop some totems or have a pet or anything that they will have to cycle through, you will waste some of their time and maybe they will accidentally attack your pet.

There's 2 types of teams in 2v2: The burst team and the drain team. I use these terms loosely because there is a gray area, however the class make-ups generally fall into either category. Examples of a burst team would be any 2 dps team: rogue/rogue, mage/enhance shaman, hunter/warrior. And then those dps/healer combos with extreme burst dps, such as a healer with a mage or rogue. The drain team always has a healer and the dps is usually a warlock, warrior, ret pally or some other slow but powerful dps. Being able to distinguish between the two will assist you in prioritizing targets. Against a drain team always kill the healer first, and against a burst team kill the squishiest dps as fast as possible.

Also, you may be wondering: what's the best class for me to partner with? If you're a healer, generally its a better bet to go with a drain dps class (warlock,warrior,paladin). If you're burst dps you ALWAYS want to group with another burst dps. I speak from personal experience here playing with my enhance shaman. I've tried 2v2 with a resto druid before and didn't have near the success I've had with a mage or rogue partner. 2x burst dps means something is dead in a matter of seconds. Always have 1 ranged and 1 melee dps if possible. The variety will thwart hunters multi-shot and ensure your team is never kited.

Practice makes perfect! Play a ton of games to figure out what works best against what combos, each other's strengths and weaknesses and to get a feel for the hectic fast paced nature of arenas. Don't let losses discourage you and try not to worry too much about your rating, because the real points come from your 5v5 team. Use your 2v2 as practice for your 5v5 and, with any luck, you and your 2v2 partner can get on the same 5s team. Since you already are used to playing with each other, you will PWN FACE!

PWN Desktop Tower Defense

So there's a lot of fun and entertaining casual flash games out there, but only a few that offer a real compelling challenge.

My favorite is Desktop Tower Defense



Basically, your desktop is under invasion by waves of "creeps". You must strategically place tower defenses to prevent the creeps from getting through. There are infinite choices about what towers to place where, and the choices you make will dictate how far you make it. Some towers are good vs. air, some vs. ground, some can be heavily upgraded and others serve to slow down the enemy. All of these combinations must be strategically placed to maximize firepower and efficiency. If you haven't played, I highly recommend it.

Anyway, the tough part is trying to actually beat the game. On medium mode there are a total of 50 waves of creeps and even making it through that can prove near impossible if you don't have a good strategy.

Here's the set-up that seems to work the best:

pe = pellet tower
ba = bash tower
sq = squirt tower
fr = frost tower

Using this set up I got 9326 points on Hard, which is the best I've been able to do.

I also recommend placing less pellet towers in favor of bash and freeze towers in an alternating pattern to slow them down and maximize the time creeps can get bashed. A long line of these will stop ground forces in their tracks, especially if you arrange it so the creeps have to double back and come back by the gauntlet.

The key is that a few fully upgraded turrets will far outperform dozens of lvl1 towers. The squirt towers upgrade exponentially so a bank of those will pwn most everything that comes through, including the flyers. A few "typhoon towers" will see you through to the end. pwnt.

PWN air travel

So... it's been a while since my last post. I apologize, but school is hellish right now and my 21st birthday was on the 10th! Anyway I have a few interesting tidbits to share... enjoy

First off, the godly power of Craigslist never ceases to amaze me! You can find a job, a house, and even argue religion! But I warn you, steer clear of the red light district that is "casual encounters"...

If your searching for rentals some other great sites are fastrental.com and forrent.com

Now, in the spirit of PWN FACE let me share a few tips for pwning cheap air travel:



If you're 18-22, AirTranU is the best! Flights are $70 for short trips and $100 for "long haul" flights. You show up at least an hour b4 your flight, show em your ID and they give you a stand-by ticket. If you don't make it on the next flight you can just wait around and get on the next. If you have some flexibility in your schedule there's no better, cheaper way to fly.



If your planning on traveling to Florida, the Carribean or South America you gotta check out Spirit Air. Ridiculously cheap flights but limited destinations. They have deals every now and then where you can fly for as cheap as $9! International flights are nice and cheap too. We're talking $200 for a non-stop from Atlanta to Costa Rica.
I've heard the service is lackluster, but with prices this cheap, who cares!?

And just to give you some motivation to get out there:
The average human life is 700,000 hours!! Get out there and enjoy it! Time is ticking. pwnt!