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While I am here I will share some things I enjoyed on this board back in the day

when brawl came out, especially those first few nights where it was pretty much all of ours first times playing such a thing with friends

same with pokemon diamond and pearl, while it was not as community heavy as brawl was, being able to trade and battle with people on here was super fun

i always thought people here were legitimately creative and funny. As social media became a thing we saw that that applied to a lot of people. But the board before that was an outlet to express yourself in ways that real life didnt allow for at the time and it really allowed for a lot of people here to succeed with that

a lot of us were pretty terrible to each other. Obviously I include myself in that list. I think a lot of us faced things that were out of our control in our lives at the time and the board allowed us to have some feeling of control in the different ways that we were lacking. Which of course only resulted in us hurting each other when it could have been a much more supportive and therapeutic environment

Grimlyn posted...

being entirely fair as someone who wasn't high on the epop charts, MySpace days had normies ranking their besties too lmao

vlado was a white supremacist boasting about the beauty and intelligence of the white race and the importance of a culture maintaining a pure gene pool

This is true, no disputing that and he should be held accountable for that in the history books. But on the flip side, he is arguably the sole reason all of us are not speaking transiencese

Genoard posted...

It was originally a contest meant for highlighting good posters on a busy board that didn't have much of a solidified community back in 2003. I liked that the original winner Amazing Telephone was a guy that didn't participate in the contest in any way, people just voted for him because they liked his posts and wanted to give him recognition.

Over time the board became smaller and everyone was more familiar with each other and turned into the "rank your friends" kind of thing that got sort of weird. It's probably good that those sort of contests don't seem to exist here anymore.

Wild to think that vlado was ahead of the curve when it came to the concept of eradicating epop

So I feel like this topic is always a curse for me

textual flow chart:

1. i kill it for three ish months and get in fantastic shape
2. as a result of doing well I wish to talk about it with others and end up posting here
3. within like a week of doing so I get injured
4. i lose my motivation/progress and run away as I know longer want to talk about it

now thankfully I am not injured this time, but I woke up with a gigantic fever and feel as sick as Ive felt in years. I needed a rest day or two but not like this lol

o dang

Oh possible cardiac events are involved

yeah ignore what I said lol

RoseChevalier posted...

So, I'm really struggling. Covid completely wiped out my stamina. I used to do sports like volleyball and hachijojima daiko and go running 3x a week, but now I get winded after 2 flights of stairs. Because of that, I've put on a ton of weight in the last 3 years. Like almost 30kg.

I hate it. I want to feel better. I'm sick of things like being on my hands and knees being painful, you know?

I've tried asking doctors here for help but japanese doctors just say "lose weight", like, they won't even entertain the thought that I might be TRYING to but it doesn't just magically happen

I guess I need to just... not think about what I used to be able to do, and approach this like i'm literally starting from 0. Do you guys have suggestions for the lowest of low impact? Obviously "walking" is a big one, and I have been doing that! but it's almost winter in Hokkaido so unless I invest in snowshoes that won't be so easy soon...

reading this, my single piece of advice is for you to push yourself beyond what you are currently comfortable with or what you think you can presently handle, whatever method of getting back into shape you choose

Its over

neonreaper posted...

getting back at it. had finger surgery, which got infected, and just couldn't use my left hand for a couple of months. and after that I ate goldfish crackers for a few months :) but yeah gotta drop 12 pounds now.

Goldfish will add up quickly

also my crackhead ass hit five years of no drugs/alcohol last week old man.

Now its over

Its over, again

Its over

Today was

weighted pull ups 25x8, x5, x4
dead rows 115x3x10
standard db curl 30x13, 35x10 40x7
lateral raise 40x10, 35x11 30x10
seated row machine 200x10, 210x7 220x5, 230x3 240x2
lat pull down 200x7, 215x5, 230x3, 245x1
hammer curl (bar) (superset 1) 55x3x14
dumbbell pullover (superset 1) 65x3x7
hammer curl (dumbbell) (superset 2) 30x13, 30x10, 30x7
incline reverse fly (superset 2) 25x10, x9, x8
hanging leg twists 8x2
assisted pull-ups -70x2x10

felt fairly weak for most of it honestly

Underleveled posted...

That's me almost all the time on the shoulder press and quads.

i used to love them. Used to be heavier and could do more weight with them. I have no idea. Just cant hack it

i have been doing more of the assisted pull-ups at the end of my workout just to focus on the movement and the muscle connection and it has helped a lot with my lat growth actually

Sorozone posted...

Tricep fatigue is the reason I switched OHP to my bicep/arm regimen instead of my pec regimen. So now my arms focus mainly on my delts/triceps/biceps and forearms. My pecs are basically all just different variations whatever mainly focuses on the actual pec muscles instead of delts/tris ect(cross overs-flys(light loads), decline press). Obviously it's hard to avoid that on most main pectoral exercises, but my triceps strength has improved dramatically since I switched.

My workouts are usually;
Day 1-Squat(focus specifically on the quads)
Day 2-Pecs
Rest
Day 3-Deadlifts, back of the legs(hamstrings, calves) and upper back-Basically any muscles that is on the back of my body gets worked out here
Day 4-Core and cardio
Day 5-Arms
Rest
Repeat.

Anecdotal, but I imagine that since I have such long 'rests' between pecs and arms/shoulders it's benefited in the long run for me.

honestly man Ive been looking for a change even before this wall and that looks like something that works with what my brain likes

one set in today, just want to say fuck pull ups

LMAo

Underleveled posted...

ertyu show.

Oh and speaking of you, MerSHINESess

mer is gone

michete is what remains

Vlado Live was a thing I still think of once or twice a year

This game feels like when I play fifa against someone with actual talent

This morning was a mostly good lift

ohp: 120x12, x12, x11, x10
incline bench: 140x14, 150x11, 160x8, 170x5, 180x3
flat bench: 175x8 (normal), 175x3 (3 second pause on chest), 175x2 (five seconds going down, five going up)
weighted dips: 70x5, x4, x4
pec deck: 240x4, x3, x3
cable lateral raise: 15x8, x6
overhead cable extension (superset 1) 50x12, x10, x9, 8
hammer curl (with that Tricep/close grip curl bar thing, super set 1) 55x4x14
hanging leg raises 15x2 (superset 2)
cable Tricep push downs 40x2x20 (superset 2)

im at the stage in my current cycles where my first two compound lifts are so high rep that it bombs out my triceps for the rest of the workout. Like that 175x8 on flat bench was to failure LOL. Ive been trying to add some more high volume Tricep work to help out with it. But Ill also be at the moderate to heavy weight in a few weeks so they wont be as tired hopefully like they get from the high rep work

Logged in to make a weightlifting topic again and saw this one!! Glad to see so many people still at it

i have been doing really well with the weights over the past few months. I have done fantastic with avoiding any injuries and have gone all but one day since like Labor Day. I also feel age starting to catch up to me in a lot of ways. Hard to make the same progress that I used to, and while my strength is fine my cardio gives out pretty quickly on a lot of things over 6-8 reps. But Im quite happy with how things have been going! My physique is at a good spot even though I just need to accept that Ill never be able to eat in the manner that would produce good abs

currently at 177 pounds. A lot of my lifts have gone down PR wise but I have just been focusing on intent and technique more lately as opposed to hitting nice numbers

Training maxes currently
bench 225
incline 205
overhead 175
squat I have zero clue but I did 265 for 8 this morning so probably 325-345
deadlift 375

This photo was probably 3 weeks ago ish when I was 173, put on a little more muscle since then. Im getting fucking old as shit yall

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