{"id":2601,"date":"2025-08-21T08:24:52","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T14:24:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/?p=2601"},"modified":"2025-08-23T05:24:01","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T11:24:01","slug":"range-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/2025\/08\/21\/range-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Range Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I got out and did some shooting today, it has been a minute.  Life has been so busy, I have forgotten to take the time to improve my acracy and on-target skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Before I was having a hard time with grip and hitting on target.  I was using the most difficult target they had, a group of 36e a. 2-1\/2&#8243; circles numbers from 1 to 36.  I just could not nail it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Same two guns, same distance &#8211; I switch to an easier target with less &#8216;bullseyes&#8217; and a bigger area to focus on to make the score.  this helped tremendously.  it think I was expecting too much out of myself, backed off a bit and left feeling like I was shooting like a tops today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I could more visits and I will be back in play, practice makes perfect.  I figure 1 hour per week at the range will nto only burn some stress, it will get me dialed ina nd keep my wallet low.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Those 9mm rounds are not cheap like they used to be.  I will get back into reloading when it cools down a bit this fall.  Always a perfect afternoon activity when the garage is not overheated from the western setting sun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>WoW (Words of Wisdom): Day 2 \u2013 Health &amp; Weight<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maintaining your health and diet is critical to a successful life.&nbsp; You become sluggish, slow and have a cloudy head when you are not in your top physical condition. Riding a bike, going to the gym, or long brisk walks do wonders to help you stay in shape and keep the weight off.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Recently I have lost 15 pounds and took 13 inches off my body measurements. If you would like to do the same I recommend a phone call to Annette Baker (720) 740-8966, she is with Metabolic Research Center in Longmont and can make weight loss fun. I am in week 7 of a 12 week plan, it is inexpensive, fun and I am shooting for another 15 pounds before we finish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Contact Tad Brooker tad@thebrookers.com with any comments, or questions.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got out and did some shooting today, it has been a minute. Life has been so busy, I have forgotten to take the time to improve my acracy and on-target skills. Before I was having a hard time with grip and hitting on target. I was using the most difficult target they had, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2602,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2601"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2605,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2601\/revisions\/2605"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2602"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebrookers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}