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Jeremy517 posted...

There are commercial breaks at least every half inning with baseball

Yea? Thats the break point.

You have at least 10 breaks in one quarter in football. Either for timeouts, for scoring, or just because they need to an ad break.

A 75 minute game(Taking into account halftime) shouldnt take 3 and half hours to play.

I prefer Kane.

Baseball rules. It helps the game is considerably faster now.

No idea how people stand football with all the constant commercial breaks.

lol at pretending that the right have any actual politics at this point.

They are nothing but culture war, and outrage porn at this point.

Today was my back day 2 where I start off with pullups and grip strength exercises, all for strength based gains-very tiring, so I am beyond pumped that I was able to hit 325 on deadlift at the end of my workout, despite the overall back and grip exhaustion. Next back day I start with deadlift so I'm excited to see the improvements.

I'm sure it will continue in a couple months. This could have been a scheduled one month break for all we know, they had one a few months back too. I wouldn't be entirely surprised if it's more than one month for obvious reasons, but Toyotaro was pretty much in control with Toriyama providing guidance at this point. They'll regroup and continue. Too much money to be made.

Got my incline back up to 210, 15 pound jumps are fun(I know they'll settle down by next week). My bench is 240, and that tracks for me. My Incline tends to lag behind by 30-40 pounds. So with that being said, if I can hit my goal of a 315 regular bench, I'm hoping I'll be at the 285 range on incline.

I am specifically hitting my upper chest more and harder this bulk compared to get regular bench too(in addition to more lat work and delt work). So I think it might actually be closer by the end than I think.

iiaattgg posted...

consistent protein and creatine is the solution for me there

Yeah outside of protein intake the supplements I take are; creatine, magnesium and fish oil. I mentioned it early about trimethylglycine, which I will be taking to see if it actually works. From the limited studies on it it seems promising, but they don't know what exactly causes it to do, what it does. So I'm gonna take it for about 3 months and see if it keeps my fat off during this bulk, because that would be amazing.

5tarscream posted...

I'm increasing either my reps/sets or weight each time. The issue I have is that while I'm working out the last few sets are always a struggle. Maybe need to break the sets up and have a short 5-10 second rest before completing the full set, which I think is fine. My concern is that I'm not having any soreness or muscle pain. Like even though the work out is challenging and I feel a good pump, later that day - nothing. The next day - nothing. I'm worried that means I'm not working hard enough but the fact that the sets are challenging at the end makes me think I am.

I mean your progressive overload is improving each week. That's the main indicator you are progressing.

Soreness is actually largely genetic. Some people get sore instantly, others don't. Having no soreness isn't always an indicator of progression. Like I said, the fact you are improving each time, and the fact that your last sets are a struggle means you are essentially going to failure, or within 1 or 2 reps of failure which is pretty much ideal. So to answer your question, you are doing just fine.

The moment your progress stops for an extended period of time means you should take a deload/rest week, and restart your body to get rid of systemic fatigue.

Yeah magnesium rules, and most people don't get enough of it in their diet.

It's also hard for the body to absorb, so that's why I recommend taking it on an empty stomach/before bed.

Yeah my sets/routine are pretty much set so rest and soreness is at peak condition. I haven't had debilitating DOMs in a while. Overall systematic fatigue will be my biggest concern moving forward, but I think if I do a deload every 5-6 weeks I'll be fine.

I also fully recommend taking a magnesium supplement before bed on an empty stomach. I've been taking magnesium for like 6 months now, and my soreness and recovery rate is much more manageable than ever before, and I'm pretty sure I'm hitting the gym harder than I ever have.

It's kinda crazy what muscle memory, and having extra fuel in your body can do to get results. My first leg day was 4 days ago, and finished with a 1 rep of 280 on squat. Today my 1 rep was 305.

Yes. Read the entire thread/response.

She is clearly denying, and doubling down even when presented with evidence. There is no ignorance of a specific event if she is refusing to learn even with provided with new information.

iiaattgg posted...

I will always respect people who have abs. I dont know if respect is the right word. I acknowledge the discipline it requires to not eat a completely trash diet constantly. If I eat at a deficit for more than a day I honestly want to kill myself.

lol this why I started my bulk. I didnt quite get to exactly where I wanted but I just couldnt stand the hunger pains any longer.

I might do a mini 21 day cut in the middle of this bulk tho, just to stay a bit lean and kind of a deload situation.

Im also gonna try supplementing trimeythlicide which some new studies have shown that it helps burn fat while actually growing muscle. Crazy stuff. It can be found in beets and shrimp among food, but I think you need like 2 to 3g of the stuff to see the benefit.

I ordered some and Ill see if they do anything. Kind of seems pretty ideal for a bulk session.

Incredible posted...

A television show isn't more iconic than a movie just because it's "more likely to be seen", no.

Scotty. What did you ask? "Whose work is more iconic"

You named two of the biggest names in the Japanese industry.

All things being equal, the more iconic work is the one seen by more. So the one that is going to garner more veneration-the definition of being an icon-is the one being seen by more people.

I don't even know why I'm arguing this with you.

Incredible posted...

You're the one arguing that airing more on TV equals being more iconic.

No I'm not. C'mon Scotty. You don't need to embarrass yourself. I mean maybe you have a humiliation fetish.

My argument is that Toriyama's work is more accessible because televisions are more widely used, and in households compared to people going to the movies. Which in turn makes him more iconic because his work is more likely to be seen.

And this isn't even taking into account his video game work, or even his own manga.

Incredible posted...

You said that Miyazaki's movies aren't as accessible because people didn't have easy access to theaters or home video, implying that they can't just watch it on TV.

Yeah, and how often were Miyazaki movies playing on TV compared to that of Dragonball?

C'mon use your brain.

Incredible posted...

"You can't watch movies on TV"

Also, that's not what accessible means.

Not what I said.

Keep moving the goalposts Scotty.

Incredible posted...

That's not what accessible means.

More people had TV's than access to a movie theatre, or the electronics to watch a movie on VHS or DVD.

Yes it was more accessible, stop being a clown.

Toriyama is more iconic just because his work is/was more accessible, especially in Latin America, and the west.

Both are legends tho.

Yeah 200lb's is also insane for anyone regardless of your body weight.

My PR is 175, but hoping to hit the 200 mark during this strength/bulkup.

Yea, I waited for Zero Dawn until last week. Picked it up for $12.

God of War and The Last of Us have been half off at times I believe, give it a few more months and they'll be under a $20 sale.

Goals for this bulk;

-Aiming to get around 180-185lbs- so a good 15-20 pound bulk session. Gonna try to keep it clean as much as I can, but I'm not going to shy away from a burger and pizza every once in a while. Gonna try to keep it within a range of 2600-2800 calories. Will up to 2900, 3000 when I'm around 175.
-315 bench (Current PR 285)
-405 squat(Current PR 365, old topic said 395, I'm positive that's a typo and it's 365).
-500 Deadlift(Current PR 450). My deadlift and squat PR are years old at this point, my 285 bench press was my PR from last year tho, so I'm super confident in my bench progress.

And lastly, to dunk a basketball, just for fun. No timetable on it, but I think I can actually increase my vert quite a bit by just doing pylometrics as a warmup to each leg day. That alone will be making me hit my legs 2-3 times a week.

I'm also specifically aiming to 'explode' with more power on my reps, and control the negative/descent.

iiaattgg posted...

Also, since this is a new topic, for anyone who is brand new to this stuff, or is curious about where to begin, I know that myself and many others in this topic would be overjoyed to help you out. This is a judgment free zone and we all started somewhere before we turned into jacked gods. Please post if you have questions or want any advice!

I'll also echo this sentiment. :)

So per the last topic, over a year ago I weighed in at 153 and my PR's were;
Bench-195
Squat-205
Deadlift-275

Currently weigh 165, and current lifting numbers are;
Bench-240(done yesterday)
Squat-300(done a couple days ago)
Deadlift-325(done today).

Excited to see in another year!

Everyone else, keep it up!

Calwings posted...

What the fuck is going on in Minnesota?

Their sports teams need to have some fun since they haven't been to a championship game in 30 years.

Good, "gamers" are a disease.

sabin017 posted...

Smosh seems to have reformed.

Smosh has almost died like twice, I think they've learned from their mistakes and how to make a successful product/channel, and seem to be in an OK spot right now.

My weekend is the same.

Frieza is the GOAT villain.

Super is Super, but it depends on what happens with Black Frieza.

Yajirobe is great too tho, shame he didn't do much later in the series.

NeonOPPAl posted...

I always hear about how awesome the DB manga was because he was always really good at choreographing the fight scenes to flow with where your eyes would naturally follow in the page. Is that true?

Yes.

Toriyama's manga paneling is still top of the game. Dude was legend at it. He had a way of making complicated actions and movements look clean, and flow effortlessly. Dragon ball is an extremely easy read because of it.

It's actually my one complaint about the current state of One Piece. Current One Piece is often cluttered and hard to tell what's going on, and Oda's action scenes can be very messy at times. That's like, never an issue in Dragon ball.

It's short, like really short, as in the Ada DLC in 4 remake is longer.

However, it is a very fun short ride, and obviously some of the OG stuff shouldn't have been cut, but it's worth the $10 sales it always goes on.

It's not even jus Mexico, but Latin America in general.

Dragon Ball is like a religion to them.

Man, Im fucking sad.

Toriyama was such a huge influence for me for not just getting into drawing and art in general, but Goku is literally the reason Im super into fitness and lifting. I keep scrolling through Reddit and seeing nearly every subreddit through pop culture and even country subreddits mentioning his death and I cant help but to get teary eyed.

Biden gives you the chance to elect better candidates that will eventually lead you to where you want to go.

You arent ever getting that chance with the alternative.

Biden looked good, Katie Britt looked and seemed unhinged.

trizob posted...

The mod in my sig is one that remade C&C Renegade into a FPS based on Red Alert 1. There's no single player campaign, but the online is even better than Renegade IMO, although there's even less player base these days. Renegade is still a lot of fun though.

https://youtu.be/_ivwaPFzQvM?si=WVH_Isd_ysWZZFMd

Oh shit, I never knew of this. I'll have to check it out. I've also tried Renegade X for a bit, but it just wasn't the same.

CoolCly posted...

Wat what is Renegades? is this the Starcraft Ghost of Command and Conquer?

Basically lol. The single player is fine, but the online is where it was at. It was NOD vs GDI, each team gets resources throughout the game, and you use the resources to purchase characters or vehicles. Destroying the refinery meant no more resources, destroying the power plant makes everything cost double. Destroying the Vehicle buildings meant no more vehicles, and destroying the Hand of Nod or Barracks meant no more characters outside of the basic standards solider types.

It's relatively balanced, some maps favor one side more than the other, but it's stupidly fun. You win the matches by destroying the other teams base, but you can also win by nuking the pedestal which is usually in the barracks or the Hand of Nod.

If anyone is interested you have to download a fanmade patch to keep playing online, but it's worth checking out even if a bit dated.

Whole country of Mexico gonna throw a vigil.

The fuck. RIP.

Wildly influential in just manga/anime but video games too.

https://store.steampowered.com/publisher/EA/sale/Classic-Games-Sale

Oh, and a bunch of other classic EA games.

But seriously, C&C Renegade online rules, and apparently still has a small group of players playing. Played for a bit. Still wonderful if a bit old.

An updated online game of this style is my dream.

cjsdowg posted...

Are Belt Squat common, two people bought them up and I never heard of them before today.

I don't think they are super common, but they are awesome piece of equipment, specifically for quad stimuli. Because you wear a belt you don't get any axial fatigue because the weight is coming from your lower back as opposed to your upper back so the force isn't crunching your spine. It allows you to do more reps without additional overall fatigue and like I said, it's perfect for isolating just the quads.

Like a typical leg day for me would look like this;
Squat(low bar) 8 x 5 x 3 x 1
Lunges 12 x 8 x 6
Belt Squat 8 x 5 x 3
Leg Press 12 x 8 x 5 x 3
Calf raises 12 x 10 x 8
Leg extensions- No set rep range, but I start heavy and once it gets hard, I start lowering the weight and keep doing this until my quads are completely fatigued to finish the day out.

Low bar squats to hit the glutes, and belt squats(if you have the machine at your gym) for quads. It's all you really need.

Facts wouldn't get you modded anyway. What a cop out.

Yeah fuck Sinema, but oh yeah go Ruben. Potential future presidential candidate tbh.

ivysnow posted...

https://www.tumblr.com/butchlinkle/744144245139685376/one-thing-i-keep-seeing-people-say-irt-yuzu-is

a good post regarding the legality of paid emulators, and other issues

This isn't a good post at all lol.

Luffy solos.

Brendan Schaub

i think thats his name anyway.

Just another record breaking veto for Hobbs.