#Turbo Trainer

[mental-space-x]

Gratitude Diary

It has been a good week. I’m quite proud of myself, last Sunday I weighed in at 63.5kg, that’s the lightest I’ve ever been and I was so pleased. However, I quickly let myself down by going overboard with my binging on my cheat day. So I’ve have been absolutely brutal with even stricter calorie restrictions this week plus 5 hour long rowing machine workouts, which are harder workouts than the bike…

[cycletechreview]

Wattbike Atom, it's not just for winter

Is the Wattbike Atom the smartest indoor bike? Traditionally winter was the time for cyclists to get fat and enjoy some down time. Then came the turbo. An awful machine that tried to suck all the fun out of well-intentioned winter training plans. While it did mean that you could keep training when the weather was bad and the evenings too dark, they were just horrible! Spin forward more years…

[dollarstore-kins]

Pokemon team for Turbo for our Mod Shade!!

-Mod ET

[nocternalrandomness]

US Navy T-34C banking over NAS North Island

[usafphantom2]

21 September 1973. First flight of the Beechcraft T-34C Turbo-Mentor (YT-34C). American propeller-driven, single-engine, military trainer aircraft derived from the Beechcraft Model 35 Bonanza.

@ron_eisele via X

[theknucklehead]

[bebemoon]

which shoes do you think the sailor scouts would wear if they actually existed?

sailor moon | pretty sure she'd wear any/all of the sneakers from the vans x sandy liang collaboration, cutesy ballet flats in general, and also these mikiosakabe x pink house "jewelry" mohair trainers

{ also including the magical girl footwear, the gcds "bunny" boots }

{ bonus: neo-queen serenity would wear the melissa x y/project "court" point mules in white }

sailor mercury | unif "seph" black satin mary janes

sailor venus | versace "gianni ribbon" low satin mules in pink

sailor jupiter | prada wave leather heel sandals from the "fairy collection" (s/s 2oo8), fendi tan suede floral embroidered boots (c. 199o's)

sailor mars | prada "cloudburst thunder" low trainers in red and trippen "turbo f" asymmetrical sandals in black

sailor neptune | prada black leather mary janes (c. 199o's), christian lacroix heeled point mules in blue and gold (c. 2ooo's)

sailor uranus | either a nice pair of lemon pepper steppers or some kind of slick suede bootie. prada embellished leather lace-up derby loafer, marsell "gessetto" ankle-high suede boots in black

sailor saturn | maison martin margiela tall tabi boots w/ round heel (a/w 2oo3), (and the more tame option) unif 90's inspired "penny" platform oxford shoe in black

sailor pluto | masha popova wheelspin boots (a/w 2o23), giuseppe zanotti metal printed t-strap sandal

chibiusa | loveshackfancy x shelby mid ankle boot and city boot "cheek & bone" heart boot in pink

tuxedo mask | loewe black leather rose heel sandal

[mixelation]

For the sleepover game! I’m going to be teaching English abroad later this year. Do you have any advice from your own teaching experience?

Oh, cool!

For teaching:

Students will match your energy. Try to be high-energy and excited as much as possible. Yes, even if you are teaching bored teenagers at 8 AM.

Kids are usually interested in talking to people from other countries, even if they don't like learning English. Use that. If you speak the local language, then pretend you don't (or suddenly "forget" it if you have to use it for, eg, classroom management) so they have to ask you their questions in English. Scale this to their level, obviously. I used to hold classrooms supplies hostage unless asked for them in English (prompting/helping kids who struggle, ofc).

Pay attention to what vocabulary they've already learned and use it. It's very frustrating if you learned the word trainer and your new teacher suddenly starts talking about sneakers or running shoes.

Know that weird things happen and that kids will do weird things. You will make mistakes you did not anticipate would be mistakes. That's normal. You'll learn quick. For example, you might hear a student say "but my dog is a girl dog!" and then you will suddenly unlock the ability to teleport across the room to stop her from typing "perra" into google translate.

Have fun with it! Kids respond better to fun lessons. I used to carry cards and dice around with me everywhere. If you're playing a game and tell kids you'll give 1000 points to anyone that can spell Massachusetts, their brains will kick into turbo mode and make them finally be able to spell yoghurt.

On that note, I've heard people advise bringing stickers and stamps to give out (especially ones with English words in them). The year I did this, the kids didn't really care.... except they went wild for stickers of US currency? For some reason??? If you can afford them, Gamewright has a bunch of children's card games that you can easily just slip into your bag.

Don't assume your students will have learned the same things as you in the same order. Basically, don't assume the average third grader has learned something just because you knew it in third grade.

For living abroad:

Focus on what you have, not what you don't have. You will make yourself homesick if you can't stop thinking about how you don't have access to [eg, favorite food]. Try to focus on [eg, cool new food you like].

Explore, explore, explore! Walk around your new city. Talk to locals. Ask your co-teachers for recommendations on what to do in your free time. Try new things even if they don't seem like they'd be up your alley.

Learn the local language if you don't speak it already. Learn the version locals speak. This will just make your life easier and enrich your experience. For example, I know a lot of US Americans who just refused to learn vosotros (informal plural you, basically only used in spain) when living in Spain and like.... children will literally not understand you are addressing them if you use ustedes (formal plural you in spain, used informally across latin america).

Try to make local friends. I think the best way would be to engage in hobbies, but most cities have like... language exchanges you can sign up for.

[manyblinkinglights]

an AI assistant that can actually assist you would be cool. Like, act as a personal fitness trainer, remind you to do your actual shit, help you not miss your actual deadlines. Right now help with any of that stuff is free labor from loved ones or like turbo paywalled.

[mental-space-x]

Gratitude Diary

It feels like it’s been a long week but I think that’s just because I’ve been pushing myself harder on my workouts. I’m now averaging 26mph for an hour on the bike and 4.3mph for an hour on the treadmill! I’ve certainly felt those workouts and hope that it means I’m making good progress! I am grateful that: I have more motivation and energy to workout this week. I have been stressing a lot…

[cycletechreview]

Tacx NEO Bike Plus bringing the outdoors, indoors

Tacx NEO Bike Plus bringing the outdoors, indoors

Garmin says the Tacx NEO Bike Plus offers “the most accurate, realistic and quiet indoor riding experiences“. The Tacx NEO Bike Plus is an all-in-one smart bike that’s super quiet and can accommodate multiple users. Like the Wattbike we have been testing, the NEO Bike Plus is an indoor smart bike; so no need to use your own bike. Based on the NEO Bike Smart, the NEO Bike Plus uses the same…

[pokepuff2988]

You know the hyper-fixation hitting different when you make them Pokemon teams.

King Candy (Fairy): I made him a fairy type trainer, as the fairy type is often associated with sweets and other such foods. The fairy type also tends to fit his aesthetic, of shine, frills and pin- SALMON, i mean salmon. There is no other reason why he's this type (🏳️‍🌈).

Reasons:

Slurpuff: It's literally the "Meringue Pokemon", a french dessert / candy. It's also pink and white, and has a general silly vibe to it.

Grimmsnarl: Fairy/Dark type to cross-over with Turbo's team, and shiny to match colour themes more. Probably makes more sense on Turbo's team than it does here, but I wanted to have atleast one Pokemon the same on each team. Fantasy vibes, so kinda fits with the King idea? I feel King Candy could get away with that one as part of the disguise.

Alcremie: The "Cream Pokemon". Essentially same reasons as Slurpuff, to fit with the whole candy sweet thing. (I feel like he'd have the Salted Cream variant, red and white, but I couldn't figure out how to change it on the website)

Rapidash: Fantasy vibes, but also because of Skittles, the uni-candy-corn that was going to be King Candy's familiar/pet before being scrapped from the movie. (also, the hair looks like taffy and the horn like one of those Oreo ice cream cones)

Mawile: Large teeth and metal, huh? Themes of eating and deception? Pretending to be something you're not? Sweet face, but vicious? Never heard of that before. (CYBUG CANDY CYBUG CANDY CYBUG-)

Dachsbun: Last food based fairy type? Again, fits same role as Slurpuff and Alcremie, to sell the disguise.

Non-fairy/ Other options: Mimikyu (fairy, disguise, vibes too creepy for KC), Mr. Mime (fairy, jester, vibes too creepy for KC), Vespiquen (royalty), Bisharp (knight), Nidoking (royalty), and Politoed (described as leader of frogs)

TURBO (Dark): I made Turbo a Dark type trainer, as the Dark type is all about trickery, disguise, thievery and dirty tactics, which Turbo exemplifies. Also, the Dark type is generally seen as the """Evil""" type.

Reasons:

Weavile: The fastest dark type (excusing any legendaries or special forms), which I feel Turbo would value greatly on his team. The red and the smug face also hint to his design.

Zoroark: Oh, so your whole thing is disguises and you're literally the "Illusion Fox Pokemon"? AND you're red? On the team.

Grimmsnarl: Fairy/Dark to cross over with King Candy's team, and shiny to match colour themes more. Personally, I think Morgrem fits Turbo more (a short asshole), but the shiny of Grimmsnarl fits more and I don't believe Turbo would be caught dead with anything considered inferior, like a not-fully-evolved Pokemon. Only the best for the king, after all.

Sharpedo: FAST. It's a torpedo, and it's described as "the bully of the fear" and as being to "swim at speeds of up to 75 mph" which, while not as fast as a race car, true, is still pretty fast, and I think he's admire that.

Spiritomb: Something something death imagery, something something back from the dead, something something your misdeeds will not go unpunished.

Thievul: THIEF >:( Getting his grubby hands all over Sugar Rush, all over that code that's not his. Also red and also Thievul deserves more love.

Non-dark / Other options: Revaroom (CAR POKEMON. WHY AREN'T YOU DARK TYPE), Rotom (Possessing and transforming machines, like a virus...maybe I should've made him a ghost type trainer-), Parasect (TURBO IS THE FUNGUS /ref but also parasite themes and bug), Bisharp (Vibes mainly, also Pawniard looks like him), Rapidash (speed, and to pair with KC), Gengar (creepy smile glowing eyes wombo combo), Mimikyu (disguise, somehow didn't fit the vibe?), Banette (something about something from your childhood being replaced by something horrible. also, yellow eyes and teeth), Darkrai (something about childhood nightmares) and Hypno (yellow? i dunno, i'm a Hypno fan, I gotta get her in somehow).

Let me know what Pokemon you think King Candy or Turbo fit best :)

[revalentine2]

Drew my team in Rejuvination

I kind need more than six for this one

Spoiler text under the cut!

Turbo: "Melia likes to watch their gears spin."

Peach: "The last thing this trainer received from her mother. Was intended to be her starter before-"

[androidsghost]

Stanis Slav is a conceptual artist based in Ukraine.

The New Balance 990 concept trainers

adidas Caiman Turbo 300k Slipper Concept

[gaykarstaagforever]

I gotta say, I really like the Morrowind builds (like Camel is using) where the framerate and textures and effects are all turbo-HD, but they're still hung on low-poly models. And those 4k textures are true to the original aesthetic, and still retain the simple but now iconic character faces.

This is really the "best of both worlds" scenario - it's still the same great game, just made smoother and more beautiful.

"YEAH BUT WHAT ABOUT GAMEPLAY?"

Real men use console cheats and trainers for great justice. You want to grind cliffracers for 20 hours, it's your life to waste. I don't play video games to NOT be an OP badass.

Also I still have no idea how alchemy works in this game and my religion says I don't have to care.