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i'm sticking with my guns

the big bad is actually the hero's long lost brother who was supposed to be dead is as hack-y as you can get

if it's 100% confirmed to be the truth!

and Halo has it right with new Freeze

how is a deluded sociopath who terrorizes and kills people on the way to fulfill his warped desires supposed to evoke any sadness? because "aww he just wants someone (with no control whatsoever of their actions) to love?"

call him chilling, sure (c wut i did thar) but sympathetic he ain't

anyway, i might get back to this later after i get some sleep!

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nope, just because it wasn't expected doesn't mean it's good especially with how we basically got an INFO DUMP to explain it all

it's hack writing if it's confirmed to be true

Morrison actually followed through with the insanity and didn't really f*** with the canon while also managing to strengthen the Batman mythos

Snyder seems to be just wanting to copy that but has resorted to one of the lamest PLOT TWISTS of storytelling

and sorry, i haven't read anything about Owlman from the pre-new52 alternate universe so there was no "mindblown" moment for his reintroduction

to be fair, everything else was actually fine for me and i really liked this book from the start to the last issue UNTIL THE REVEAL

i will take this back if the conclusion actually states otherwise! still doesn't take away the fact that this does feel like a retread of Batman RIP and it will even feel more like RIP if the big twist does turn out to be not true >_>

as for the Annual, just because Freeze's old origin story was being repeatedly used by inferior writers, changing it into just making him into another typical sociopath certainly doesn't make it better

what can we even expect from that change? freeze still has his obsession with nora! but he's just deluded! and he's been crazy since he was a kid! how sad (and not in the good way)

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just read Batman 10, too

if this s*** is confirmed to be true by the next issue, i'm gonna stop following Batman

can't believe i just said that but that's true

i hated the Batman Annual, too, btw so Snyder's on two strikes now for me

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sure but i'll probably eat a couple of nutshots for a month before i adjust

MarvelousGerbil posted...

Let's change this to simply, someone will punch you in the balls once a month, but you get $1million. Do you still accept? I think I would let one slip out once a month at least.

i dunno for sure but wouldn't getting hit in the balls once a month for the rest of your life lead to nasty complications?

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wait why do you have SubDiety's top 5?

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TVontheRadio posted...

i really like MBDTF but top 5 placement?

We literally voted on this list a few weeks after it came out >_>

we need to rectify that now that the hype has died down!

B8'S 500 FAVORITE ALBUMS 2012 TOPIC PLZ

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i really like MBDTF but top 5 placement?

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(5)The Wire, "Final Grades"
(3)Firefly, "Out of Gas"

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that is a perfect write-up for Dillane

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iiicon posted...

you guys really like that metric album, huh. surprised illmatic and late registration aren't pushing top 10.

was thinking the exact same thoughts

well, not that part about late registration

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iiicon posted...

45 | The National | Voxer

wut

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as long as none of them are deadly, yeah sure no problem

well, at the very least i need some water and a bit of food so i don't collapse out of dehydration and starvation

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Keibler
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oh natalie portman and your perfect face

if only you didn't have a body of skinny 13-year-old

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1. The Dark Knight
2. Memento
3. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
4. Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring
5. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
6. Pan's Labyrinth
7. Batman Begins
8. Aladdin
9. Toy Story
10. The Truman Show
11. Drive
12. Toy Story 3
13. Toy Story 2
14. Spider-Man 2
15. The Lion King
16. Casablanca
17. The Incredibles
18. Reservoir Dogs
19. Oldboy
20. Snatch
21. The Wrestler
22. City of God
23. Warrior
24. Up
25. Pulp Fiction
26. Iron Man
27. V for Vendetta
28. Sin City
29. American History X
30. The Shawshank Redemption
31. The Godfather
32. The Godfather II
33. A Clockwork Orange
34. Requiem for a Dream
35. Inception
36. The Shining
37. The Avengers
38. District 9
39. Tropic Thunder
40. Spider-Man
41. Goodfellas
42. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
43. Inglourious Basterds
44. Lord of the Rings: Two Towers
45. Se7en
46. Dr. Strangelove Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
47. The Social Network
48. Léon
49. Beauty and the Beast
50. Jurassic Park
51. Fight Club
52. L.A. Confidential
53. The Usual Suspects
54. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
55. Ip Man
56. Ed Wood
57. The Matrix
58. Scarface
59. Monty Python and the Holy Grail
60. Forrest Gump
61. Full Metal Jacket
62. Taxi Driver
63. 3 Idiots
64. 2001: A Space Odyssey
65. Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
66. X2
67. Captain America
68. How to Train Your Dragon
69. Hot Fuzz
70. No Country for Old Men
71. Watchmen
72. Ghost World
73. Blade Runner
74. The Silence of the Lambs
75. Desperado

i'm ok with this

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(4)Breaking Bad, "Face Off"
(2)Mad Men, "The Suitcase"

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still have to make mine!

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i actually haven't gone to a doctor haha

but a lot of bed rest and some muscle relaxants have helped and now i'm feeling a helluva lot better

i was scared as s*** that Friday night after i lied down and then couldn't get up out of bed without help and insane pain

walking, sitting down, standing up, lying down, it all felt like hell for most of Saturday morning

it tapered off for the rest of the day and i got up earlier this morning with barely any pain

now i think i'm at 85% with just a slight pain on my lower back when i bend over and on my left butt cheek when i try to walk too fast

everything else is back to normal so a huge sigh of relief for me

going to the doctor for real tomorrow to make sure it's nothing serious (i honestly don't think it is since i'm not paralyzed or hurting as much as i was last Friday)

definitely gonna take a break from lifting though till i get the medical clearance

in the meantime, body weight exercises to keep my muscles from atrophying! just push-ups, chin-ups, and squats for now and maybe even dips if i can find a good place in the house

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spaghetti
lasagna

ketchup for condiments

i used to not eat pizza till i actually tried it

CRAZY I KNOW

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and better pics of Halili




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i knew there was something wrong with that first pic of Ehra Madrigal

that's not her

that's her younger and IMO inferior sister Michelle en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Madrigal




see:

possible replacement pics for Ehra
http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3174/2737694498_e450b36f17_z.jpg?zz=1




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oh elisha cuthbert and her overrated ass

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tag

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oh god i think i just injured my lower back doing deadlifts

I was doing my usual routine with warm-up sets till I got to my work set of 225lbs. Lowered it because I had trouble last time with 245. On my fourth rep, my lower back shot up with pain and I had to stop. Can't bend at all and even sitting hurts.

I must've rounded my back at the last rep and herniated a disc.

goddamnit

Now I'm home and lying on my back in bed and it still aches. Gonna have to get checked by a specialist. This sucks balls.

Anybody ever experienced this? If so, did you completely stop lifting for a while or did you still do other lifts that don't involve the lower back? I hate not going to the gym and possibly losing all my gains. And the money I spent on all this! blarggh

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on normal, The End then Metal Gear Rex

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the scratched logo never looked good on a belt

not front and center and that big anyway

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ok so i've been cheating on my squats

haven't been going below parallel till just this last workout i had

missed the last rep of the last set and my head started to hurt

hamstrings really need more work so i'll be keeping the weight at 225lbs till i can finish all the sets without struggling

and my body weight's stuck at 126 right now so i need to eat even more ughghhgh

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the thing with fad workouts is that you pay more for the classes that cram way too many exercises in a session that also aren't very efficient in the amount of time you put into them plus as pointed out earlier, run the risk of increasing injuries later on with how they grind certain bones

the best workout programs are usually based on the few core compound lifts (squats, deadlifts, bench press, etc.) and not on a million different isolation exercises

at least for beginners and novices anyway

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to answer MDK's question about cheat meals...

i can't really say for sure since i'm still bulking so i don't really keep good track of what i eat

i guess it's when you have fried chicken for lunch, some pasta and cake for snacks, and half a pizza for dinner while drinking soda for all those meals >_>

i just try to limit my carb intake and get as much protein as i can even if it's not lean!

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+3 My 1st Song
+2 December 4th
+1 Lucifer

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man i hate you guys who can go more than 6 six straight

college really screwed my sleeping habits now that i can't go more than 7 even when i'm really tired

the most i've slept was around 10-11 but that was a long time ago

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i entered this topic to say how you turned out to be a dissapointment

what a pleasant surprise!

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Wanglicious posted...

weightlifting just... never really was something i was all that interested in. blame part of it on my size (5'2 with shoes on) and part of it on lack of interest really.

dude i am the same height as you and it hasn't been an impediment at all

most gym equipment can be used by anyone 5 feet flat and up and the most important ones (the free weights) are hassle free

weightlifting, besides muscle gain, also has the additional benefits of increasing bone density meaning lesser possibilities of bone injuries, more efficient weight loss if you need it with the post-workout burn and faster metabolism, correcting posture if your form is good, adding flexibility with the full range motion exercises, improves your immune system, and makes functional everyday stuff just much easier among other things!

and did i say it makes you look and feel awesome?

anyway, recorded myself doing squats earlier and i have corrected my upper back posture but i'm not going deep enough

thighs are just parallel when they need to go a bit below parallel

might have to deload by 20lbs but i'm OK enough with my squats that deloading isn't too big a deal

did have trouble with the bench as i barely racked the left side of the barbell on my very last rep

gonna keep it at 140 next week

shopping for whey led me to discover ON's Serious Mass gain powder which has a whopping 1250 calories, 50g of protein, and 250g of carbs per serving! pretty expensive for only 8 servings, though

i'm happy with my whey! but i might get some creatine if i land this part-time job for extra income

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for powercleans, one big thing that i still struggle with is using too much of your arms to pull up the barbell when it should be mostly the shoulders for your upper body and the lower body doing most of the work

Wang, what is it exactly that you wanna do? What are your goals? Weight loss? Improved athletic performance? Simple general wellness?

Just making running a habit and pushing yourself past your limit even by small increments should be good enough if you just wanna stay healthy. Swimming or cycling are more fun options with swimming being the most efficient since it works out your entire body. If you want more than just general fitness, simply running won't be as effective.

Don't know much about stretching but I guess pilates and yoga and other similar exercises work well enough from what I hear. Just don't know if you're willing to shell out the cash to go to classes like those.

Just wondering if there's any reason as to why you're not interested in weightlifting. It's got a lot of benefits besides putting on muscles (which look and feel awesome btw).

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SirDiemsma posted...

have you watched rippetoe's videos? he corrects a whole bunch of people's forms on a bunch of exercises but it's incredibly useful for squats

i never did power cleans because it seemed too sophisticated

yeah, i have watched the videos and i think i have been able to do the squats right until now where i'm squatting almost twice my weight

a video of myself doing them would be very helpful

i'll do that tomorrow with the camera on my phone

power cleans are a bit complicated and i definitely had a hard time getting the form down and completing the required sets when i first started

i've gotten better at them but my form isn't perfect and they are definitely the most exhausting out of all the lifts

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never thought you were into weight lifting, SD

and i also forgot to clarify that for my routine, i only deadlift for one set and the power clean is reversed in that i do 3 reps for 5 sets

struggled with my deadlift yesterday, actually and my lower back is hurting now

also got told by one of the trainers in the gym that i was bending too far forward in my squat

i really should video myself to see if my form is good

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The Martial Arts board actually doubles as a fitness/nutrition board here in GameFAQs. There are a couple of good posters there who know exactly what they're talking about and that's where I got my current workout routine. But hey, a fitness topic here on b8 is cool too.

So I've only started lifting weights again just last year of August after stopping way back in high school (graduated college and working now) and I didn't even last a whole year then. I was pretty much a stick before I started again and I wasn't very active besides doing some Arnis (a filipino martial art).

I'm barely 5'2" and I used to weigh just 90lbs back in college (i'm an Asian in a 3rd world country so i've got some sort of excuse!). Since I started lifting again and eating more, I'm now at 126lbs. But that's not all muscle since i've been on a dirty bulk for a month to gain more weight (i plateaued at 115 before).

Gonna keep eating dirty while lifting till I reach 130 to put on a little more muscle before I start cutting to 120 or lower and see my abs again!

My routine right now is Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe as suggested by the MA board and it has really worked wonders for me. I stopped getting much progress three months in with the first serious routine a trainer in my gym gave me back in October last year. That and the fact that I had to pay again to get a new routine made me decide to just look online for a free alternative.

Stumbled upon the MA board and I've been doing SS since the start of February. It's a 3 times a week routine.

Starting weights in lbs (5 reps 3 sets)
Squat 80
Deadlift 90
Standing Shoulder Press 60
Bench 75
Power Clean 65

Current
Squat 245
Deadlift 245
Standing Shoulder Press 105
Bench 140
Power Clean 100

Assistance exercises
Weighted back extensions - 25lbs 15 reps 3 sets
Chin-ups 8 reps 3 sets

Been struggling the most with the shoulder press and power clean but as long as there's progress, I'm good.

As for my diet, I have the three big meals and a couple of snacks but I don't have a fixed one. I've been getting about 2200-2300 calories and 120g of protein a day. I'm not in charge of what food gets bought at home so I just eat as much as I can which is usually eggs, chicken or fish, rice and vegetables. I bring fruit to work for snacks most of the time. I also drink a liter of low fat milk everyday. Only supplement I take is whey powder which I drink twice a day, with water immediately after working out and with milk before going to bed. The brand I get is Optimum Nutrition.

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Jakyl25 posted...

I see Fox is gonna reboot Daredevil too just to keep THAT license.

Seriously, if they own X-Men, Daredevil, AND the Fantastic Four they should just go ahead and do their own crossover Marvel character series once these F4 and Daredevil reboots hit.

i could see an X-Men F4 crossover but Daredevil doesn't really fit in with either franchise

and i highly doubt Fox could pull off something akin to the Avengers

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Tom Bombadil posted...

I could only ever handle Civ on the easiest setting where I absolutely dominated. I like to play 4X games but I don't like being challenged. If I'm not getting every single wonder and wrecking everyone I come across, I just get bored.

holy crap I thought I was the only one

that's how i was for the most part playing Civ till I got tired of stomping musketeers with tanks

challenge is fun!

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