The Lazy Man's Guide to GAINZZZ

An interesting study came out last week which added further evidence to the notion that it only takes a fairly small amount of vigorous exercise to gain muscle and strength. John Sexton at Hot Air:

All of that to say, I was pretty intrigued by this NY Times piece that popped up yesterday about some new research that suggests all you really need to do to see health and strength benefits is 4 seconds of real effort. Well, that’s not quite true. You have to repeat those four seconds a couple dozen times with brief breaks in between but it still adds up to about 10-15 minutes total per workout.

A mere four seconds of all-out exercise, repeated two or three dozen times, could be all many of us need to build and maintain our fitness, strength and physical power, according to an inspiring new study of the potency of super-quick workouts. The findings expand on other, recent studies showing that four-second interval workouts beneficially affect metabolism and muscles in adults of various ages…
Most exercise scientists agree an interval should strenuously stimulate and pressure our hearts, lungs and muscles, prompting them to remodel themselves in beneficial ways. But such intense workouts should not be so draining we cannot finish the intervals or wish afterward never to work out again. Each interval should be, in essence, as grueling and as tolerable as possible.
For Edward Coyle, a professor of kinesiology and health education at the University of Texas at Austin, that meant an interval sweet spot of about four seconds. He and his colleagues arrived at that eyeblink number after studying fit, professional athletes.

That jibes with a study noted by Andrew Huberman, that only 10% of your exercise per week needs to be high intensity/peak effort to get significant benefits. The rest can be moderate intensity.

One thing I've read and heard again and again -- I think I first read it in Tim Ferris' The Four Hour Body, which is all about achieving GOALZZZ in the laziest way possible -- is that all-out sprinting for about ten seconds, then walking/resting for a minute or two, then sprinting again for a few cycles, counts as that kind of "peak exertion."

I've wanted to try that for a long time, and so I just did. I just all-out sprinted seven or eight times for eight to ten seconds. First time I've really run full-out for at least two years.

It's Sad! to admit this, but because I haven't really run in a while, the running was not accomplished purely through my passive brain function. I actually had to use my active brain to direct my legs: knees up higher, step out further!

It felt pretty good and with all that resting in between sprints, it didn't demolish me. I think I'll do that weekly, and see if this idea has any merit.

Note that running and sprinting are high impact and can be rough on joints and tendons so don't do that until you've toughed yourself up with a couple of months of vigorous walking.

I have not tried the 100 push-ups per day regimen yet because 1, I wanted to do it with you guys and 2, I'm lazy and the floor is dirty and I'm lazy about that too so I don't want to vacuum.

(Note: this doesn't mean one set of 100 push-ups. It means as many sets as needed, spaced over the entirety of the day. Ten sets of ten push-ups would do it, though that would be a lot of time getting down on the floor.)

But if anyone wants to start that crazy adventure with me this week, let's do it.

Note that only in-shape people are going to be able to do 100 push-ups in a day. The rest of us will have to start out with 30 or 40 and build up from there. One thing Tim Ferris is always talking about is the Minimum Effective Dose -- the very minimum amount of something you have to do to see a positive change. And usually that Minimum Effective Dose is quite small. If you're out of shape, doing just 15 push-ups per day would be an effective dose.

Also note that push-ups from the knees are a good form of the exercise too. It reduces the amount of strength needed to do a push-up. Full push-ups can be built up into, too.

Maybe a reasonable goal would be 100 push-ups per day by the end of a month. The 100 push-ups per day is the goal, not the starting point.

Optimistic article found through Instapundit: You can get better at some mental tasks as you age.

It's long been believed that advancing age leads to broad declines in our mental abilities. Now new research from Georgetown University Medical Center offers surprisingly good news by countering this view.
The findings, published August 19, 2021, in Nature Human Behaviour, show that two key brain functions, which allow us to attend to new information and to focus on what’s important in a given situation, can in fact improve in older individuals. These functions underlie critical aspects of cognition such as memory, decision making, and self-control, and even navigation, math, language, and reading.
"These results are amazing, and have important consequences for how we should view aging," says the study's senior investigator, Michael T. Ullman, PhD, a professor in the Department of Neuroscience, and Director of Georgetown’s Brain and Language Lab.
"People have widely assumed that attention and executive functions decline with age, despite intriguing hints from some smaller-scale studies that raised questions about these assumptions," he says. "But the results from our large study indicate that critical elements of these abilities actually improve during aging, likely because we simply practice these skills throughout our life."
"This is all the more important because of the rapidly aging population, both in the US and around the world," Ullman says. He adds that with further research, it may be possible to deliberately improve these skills as protection against brain decline in healthy aging and disorders.

I'm going to assume GAINZZZ help with that, because bodily GAINZZZ almost always create mental GAINZZZ, too.

And speaking of longevity:

A 100-year-old woman -- a great-great-grandmother -- is the world's oldest powerlifter.

A friend points out that she looks and talks as if she's just 70. Longevity GAINZZZ.

I stopped my regime of semi-fasting/full-fasting this week. I wound up losing about 28 pounds, after re-gaining some lost water. Eh. I need to get actually lean for once in my life.

What about yo' GAINZZZ? Any GAINZZZ to report?

And of course -- BOOKZZZ to recommend? PROJEXZZZ?

One of my favorite things is the tomahawk steak. I'll be getting one soon now that I'm done with this round of semi-fasting/fasting.

This is the original protein bar. pic.twitter.com/GmUodhef4C
— Chef Andrew Gruel (@ChefGruel) August 19, 2021

It's good for you, too!

Posted by: Ace at 06:47 PM

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1 Mhmm.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 20, 2021 05:48 PM (+WWsf)

2 It's always fun to accidentally walk into a first comment.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 20, 2021 05:49 PM (+WWsf)

3 Cross section of zombie head and neck?

Posted by: Getting the banned back together, hobos r us at August 20, 2021 05:51 PM (aZdJM)

4 I started training with blood flow restriction bands for this very reason. Less training time, more GAIINNZZZ.

Posted by: Hazchic at August 20, 2021 05:53 PM (eIFmm)

5 Yeah I used to work with a guy in his 70s that picked apples. He looked 60. Had a mail order wife from the Philippines, but I don't know if that had anything to do with his looks.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 20, 2021 05:53 PM (YynYJ)

6 >>>4 I started training with blood flow restriction bands for this very reason. Less training time, more GAIINNZZZ.

do they make those for your head?

Posted by: Joey Badfinger Biden at August 20, 2021 05:53 PM (0G13K)

7 I wonder sometimes why there's so much "how to get fit" content but not much on "how to get smart", as in, for real improving your brain function and your knowledge, not just repeating whatever the media wants you to... I may have just answered my own question.

Also, I'm definitely not posting on the GAINZZ thread from a Whataburger drive-through.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at August 20, 2021 05:55 PM (7t2yu)

8 And I read that sitting takes years off your life. They suggested getting up every half hour and doing 3 minutes of exercise. I've been making an effort to get up every hour. For exercise, I just march in place. I do feel better so will try and see if I can take breaks more often.

Posted by: notsothoreau at August 20, 2021 05:55 PM (YynYJ)

9 Steak!

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:55 PM (mffzE)

10 I firmly believe that before eating, Tomahawk Steaks would be grabbed by the bone handle by each dinner participant, and used as a club to beat each other senseless until there is only one standing, and he or she -

gets their pick of the best Twice-Baked Potato.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2021 05:56 PM (Xo5lP)

11 I have not tried the 100 push-ups per day regimen yet because 1, I wanted to do it with you guys and 2, I'm lazy and the floor is dirty and I'm lazy about that too so I don't want to vacuum.

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LET'S DO THIS !

*rolls out vacuum

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 05:56 PM (V13WU)

12 All I know is that summer is quickly fading into autumn, and I'm gonna start slowly walking obscene distances daily at sunrise, now that I won't have to worry about being all drippy wet with humidity. Gotta start somewhere. Seems as good a place as any.

Posted by: Walter Freeman at August 20, 2021 05:57 PM (+WWsf)

13 Thankfully, I didn't take on much weight GAINZZZ during the family vacation last week. I'm back to the typical weekly exercise regimen this week, so I'll hopefully eliminate the three additional pounds that I brought back as a souvenir.

Posted by: Curly Shuffle at August 20, 2021 05:57 PM (TNyrE)

14 And I read that sitting takes years off your life.

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but laying is ok , right ???

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 05:57 PM (V13WU)

15 I'm going to repeat my emergency prayer request for my friend's teen son who was in a bad boating accident.
They think he has permanent brain damage in addition to his physical injuries.
Please pray for him and his family.

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:57 PM (mffzE)

16 That push up from the knee is what I was doing. I haven't been doing much of anything for the last few weeks. Lazy! Its what's forever!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 20, 2021 05:57 PM (Vxu+H)

17 I've only had the tomahawk steak once, in a restaurant in Yonkers by my house at the time. Yum!

Posted by: Darrell Harris at August 20, 2021 05:58 PM (mdjgu)

18 Bidet probably thinks Afghanistan is full of electrolytes.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 05:59 PM (UCc6V)

19 >>>further evidence to the notion that it only takes a fairly small amount of vigorous exercise to gain muscle and strength

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I decided to add the stair-stepper to my workouts, which has always been just free-weights. It kicked my butt the first week. But after two weeks I can already see gainzzz to my legs. Who knew.

Posted by: Swingin' for the downs at August 20, 2021 05:59 PM (KQDOS)

20 >>>Please pray for him and his family.

I'm so sorry to hear that. I'm sending thoughts and prayers, vmom.

Posted by: Joey Badfinger Biden at August 20, 2021 05:59 PM (0G13K)

21 Sounds about right: the seconds it takes to do the work set when lifting weights don't add up to that much time. It's the warm-up sets and the rest between that takes so long.

Haven't figured out how to get to maximum effort without the warmup and the resting between sets, though.

Posted by: Not From Around Here at August 20, 2021 05:59 PM (wrzAm)

22 I've liked the idea of the 100 whatever a day.

Since, the same principle can be used for sit-ups, squats, and maybe pull-ups

you could get a full body regimen of 10-20 counts in just 1-3 minutes or so.

I think I'll start with push-ups but segue into the others.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2021 06:00 PM (Xo5lP)

23 I had to walk to pick up my car from a tire shop on Wednesday. It was about four miles a very hilly four miles.
My legs are still a little sore. Talk about a fitness wake up call.
To my credit I got there.

Posted by: Brother Northernlurker just another guy at August 20, 2021 06:01 PM (cSyAR)

24 Diet / Eating has been a disaster these last two weeks. I got upset at the sheer obvious screw ups in Afghanistan, the complete obliviousness of the Pentagram and the White House, and started eating everything. All day. All night. It was a see food diet.

I think it is back under control. I gained 5-8 pounds.
Maybe as the pictures of the freaking disaster get out, I will lose my appetite.

Posted by: rd at August 20, 2021 06:01 PM (Z32m1)

25 >>>Since, the same principle can be used for sit-ups, squats, and maybe pull-ups

I gotta start the pull-ups again. A couple of years ago I was able to do pull-ips for the first time in my life (pretty much). I was doing 6 or 8 per set.

I've lost all that but if I did it once i can get it back.

there are good videos about how to build up to the first pull up. At first you just do "active hanging," tensing your back, pulling down your shoulder blades, that kind of thing.

It does work.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:01 PM (0G13K)

26 Notsothororeau, I rather expect that once the commies get us to national health care the labor camp farms to replace machinery that we no longer have fuel for will be be sold as measures to improve societal health. Although they might just go straight to sending the bitter clingers who refuse to believe that 2+2 = 5, 80 million people voted for Biden, the DC beltway denizens have a clue about anything to the camps.

Posted by: PaleRider is simply Irredeemable at August 20, 2021 06:01 PM (pxVvf)

27 ace, have a side of French Toast w/maple syrup, and a shaken Manhattan with that tomahawk steak to score the CBD hat-trick.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 20, 2021 06:01 PM (a3Q+t)

28 100 push ups by September 20th? Let's do this thing!

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:02 PM (dhFCT)

29 100 push-ups
100 body weight squats
100 assisted (with a band) pull-ups/chin ups
5-10 minutes of core

You have a full body workout. Push. Pull. Legs. Core. Just add on as you get stronger.

Seriously, be careful just doing push-ups without working your back. It's one of the most common ways to harm your shoulders.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 06:02 PM (Jz+Gi)

30 sorry I had on the biden sock, vmom. I thought I changed that.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:02 PM (0G13K)

31 Thanks ace.
I figured it was a sock

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 06:03 PM (mffzE)

32 >>>27 ace, have a side of French Toast w/maple syrup, and a shaken Manhattan with that tomahawk steak to score the CBD hat-trick.

you know there's been bats all week and you haven't said anything

I made french toast with low carb bread like in march. It turned out pretty good.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:03 PM (0G13K)

33 100 assisted (with a band) pull-ups/chin ups

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lol

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:03 PM (V13WU)

34
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 05:57 PM (mffzE)
**********
That's awful. Sending prayers.

Posted by: redridinghood at August 20, 2021 06:03 PM (NpAcC)

35 there are good videos about how to build up to the first pull up. At first you just do "active hanging," tensing your back, pulling down your shoulder blades, that kind of thing.

It does work.
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:01 PM

Another thing you can do is the 'negative' portion of the pull-up. Step up using a chair or stool to the up portion of the pullup, gently depart from the chair, and slowly lower yourself down to full hang. Drop and repeat.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 20, 2021 06:04 PM (a3Q+t)

36 >>>>100 assisted (with a band) pull-ups/chin ups

I tried the band but then tried just the active hangs, plus the negatives (use a step ladder to get your chin over the bar, then use your strength to let you down slowly).

I found the latter worked, and the band didn't really work so great.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:04 PM (0G13K)

37 Looks like my "Lair of the White Worm" is going to land between 70-80K, which means about 220 pages or so, with chapter breaks. It's actually pretty good, if I say so myself. Just a few scenes left, a little punching up, and as much trimming as I can.

I'm getting some art done for it.

Then I guess I go door-to-door. "Excuse me, sir and or madam, could I interest you in a ripping tale of antediluvian herpetanthropy?"

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:04 PM (dhFCT)

38 >>>Another thing you can do is the 'negative' portion of the pull-up. Step up using a chair or stool to the up portion of the pullup, gently depart from the chair, and slowly lower yourself down to full hang. Drop and repeat.

hah i just said that

that's how I got my first pull-up

Only took like... I forget, maybe two months?

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:05 PM (0G13K)

39 We were touristing today. I walked over 7 miles. My ponytail scrunchie was soaked in sweat. Yuck.

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 06:05 PM (mffzE)

40 ace, have a side of French Toast w/maple syrup, and a shaken Manhattan with that tomahawk steak to score the CBD hat-trick.

you know there's been bats all week and you haven't said anything

I made french toast with low carb bread like in march. It turned out pretty good.
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:03 PM (0G13K)

what an ungrateful wretch

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:05 PM (V13WU)

41 Hi ace!

Posted by: Madamemayhem (uppity wench) at August 20, 2021 06:06 PM (Vxu+H)

42 one problem with 100 pushups - it gets boring, so for variety do it over hot coals

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:07 PM (V13WU)

43 An American citizen on her own initiative helps to rescue ten members of Afghanistan's girl robotics team.

https://valorguardians.com/blog/?p=116609

Fvck Joey Bidet, Lloyd Austin, and countless others with the flaming glass encrusted barbed c0ck of Shaitan.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:07 PM (UCc6V)

44 I have a cable-crossover and ultimately achieved pull-ups (for the first time in my life where I could do more than one--I think--I never tried when I was a super-fit 145lb teen) by just doing pull-downs on increasing amounts.

It was so easy I wondered what the big deal had been. lol

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:08 PM (dhFCT)

45 BTW with pull-ups there's a skill to it, you have to know how to activate the muscles needed for it.

The good part is that you can learn this pretty quickly. the other good part is that it means that people are actually closer to being able to do a pull-up than they might think; it's just a matter of picking up a semi-easy kill.

they do need to add muscle, most likely, but they also just need to learn how to do the exercise efficiently. Once you know how to do it right, it doesn't seem so difficult.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:08 PM (0G13K)

46 RIP John Meadows (Mountaindog1)

Died Aug 8 of a pulmonary embolism in his sleep. Leaves behind a wife and two sons. Huge loss to the bodybuilding fitness industry.

Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 06:09 PM (0jZnq)

47 My GUNZZZZZ are looking pretty decent these days.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at August 20, 2021 06:09 PM (II3Gr)

48 What does that mean, 100 pushups? All at once, spread throughout the day, as a suicide set?

Or just 100 in a day however that happens.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 20, 2021 06:09 PM (chMAr)

49 And I read that sitting takes years off your life. They suggested getting up every half hour and doing 3 minutes of exercise. I've been making an effort to get up every hour. For exercise, I just march in place. I do feel better so will try and see if I can take breaks more often.
Posted by: notsothoreau at August 20, 2021 05:55 PM (YynYJ)

My routine was to print off what I was working on, and then walk through the office reviewing it. Even down the stairs to walk in the empty 1st floor halls.

Another was to "check in" daily with the people working on related projects in the office building several hundred yards away. That also gave me a sometimes warning when the Fit was going to hit the Shan.

Posted by: rd at August 20, 2021 06:10 PM (Z32m1)

50 Still maintaining 185 lbs. and working out 2-3 times a week.

GAINNNNZZZZZZZ

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 20, 2021 06:11 PM (jvt6t)

51 I was planning on starting a pushup routine, someday.

Maybe I will start today after I go biking.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 20, 2021 06:11 PM (chMAr)

52 And I read that sitting takes years off your life.

Yeah but they're the ones at the end. Who wants those, really?

(ht to Denis Leary)

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at August 20, 2021 06:11 PM (II3Gr)

53 For anyone that's as out of shape as I am, I started with four stretches my chiropractor gave me, five reps for each one. I started adding to those, as I felt a bit stronger. You just have to start somewhere. As you get stronger, you can try more.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 20, 2021 06:12 PM (5HBd1)

54 I'm up to 10 chinups and 10 pullups, three times a day.

And my marathon time is still sub-4-hours.

I lost 37 pounds in the past 18 months, and having now achieved 'thin,' am starting to work on 'fit,' which is an entirely different animal.

I was fit when I was flying. Now I'm 41, and single, and so require some sort of bait to lure an unsuspecting female to my lair whereby I can entrap her with my boyish good looks and roguish charm.

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 06:12 PM (cvNl1)

55 "But the results from our large study indicate that critical elements of these abilities actually improve during aging, likely because we simply practice these skills throughout our life."

Kind of an indictment of our Idiot in Chief.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 20, 2021 06:13 PM (aXxgO)

56 I was planning on starting a pushup routine, someday.

Maybe I will start today after I go biking.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 20, 2021 06:11 PM (chMAr)

Do it. Even if you just do 5 at a time, do them two or three times a day until you can do 7. Then do those until you can do 10.

Suddenly, your core will be stronger, you'll feel better, and you'll probably be happier about how your body is starting to look.

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 06:13 PM (cvNl1)

57 Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 06:12 PM (cvNl1)

Pro Tip: Do NOT wear the oversized aviator watch with 1200 settings and dials when luring.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 20, 2021 06:13 PM (jvt6t)

58 GAINZ: Down to 225 pounds. I'm taking a break from lifting because when I lift I tend to overeat. I'll probably try to get down to about 220 and then start adding it back in. In the meanwhile, I may try to add some dumbbell thruster intervals, or burpees.

Actually, now that I think about it, I could probably do those intervals as a morning exercise but vary it up. Sword work, heavy bag, sprints, burpees, and db thrusters.

SKILLZ: Signed up for a woodturning class just to get back in the habit. I don't have space, or money, for a lathe, so I found a place that lets you take classes and sign up to use their extensive woodshop.

BOOKZ: I'm trying to read The Deficit Myth, by Stephanie Kelton, but her writing is so annoying that it turns me off.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 20, 2021 06:13 PM (jOcSX)

59
Does furious masturbation for a few minutes count?

Asking for a complete stranger...

Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 20, 2021 06:14 PM (s2VJv)

60 Asking for a complete stranger...
Posted by: J.J. Sefton at August 20, 2021 06:14 PM (s2VJv)

Self-GAINNNZZZZZZ!!!

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 20, 2021 06:14 PM (jvt6t)

61 one problem with 100 pushups - it gets boring
Posted by: runner
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Having a DI or Drill Sergeant standing over you, gently providing encouragement, can change that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2021 06:14 PM (bk3Sg)

62 >>>What does that mean, 100 pushups? All at once, spread throughout the day, as a suicide set?

Or just 100 in a day however that happens.

...

the latter.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:14 PM (0G13K)

63 If you're just getting back into exercise, remember to ease into it and reestablish it as a habit first. You don't want to injure yourself coming right out of the gate.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at August 20, 2021 06:15 PM (II3Gr)

64 Is it easier to do a pull-up with your hands gripping so your fingers face away from you or towards you?

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 06:15 PM (mffzE)

65 I tried to get Mrs f'd to watch the Pig movie tonight but she said it sounds too depressing so we are going to watch Viva Las Vegas instead which is fine with me because it will be free.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:15 PM (Tnijr)

66 ||They suggested getting up every half hour and doing 3 minutes of exercise.||

I've been doing 15 minutes 12 times a day, but I can't do it at specific intervals. Just too disruptive. So I'm probably not getting the most out of it.

||I started with four stretches my chiropractor gave me||

At my later-life peak, I was in pretty darn good shape and still in desperate need of stretching. I've started to get more aggressive about it because I'm seeing my mom who can barely turn her head (and she's also in fine shape for her age, as the mother of a nearly 29 year old).

||and so require some sort of bait to lure an unsuspecting female to my lair whereby I can entrap her with my boyish good looks and roguish charm||

Aren't the boyish good looks and roguish charm the bait?

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:15 PM (dhFCT)

67 BTW with pull-ups there's a skill to it, you have to know how to activate the muscles needed for it.

The good part is that you can learn this pretty quickly. the other good part is that it means that people are actually closer to being able to do a pull-up than they might think; it's just a matter of picking up a semi-easy kill.

they do need to add muscle, most likely, but they also just need to learn how to do the exercise efficiently. Once you know how to do it right, it doesn't seem so difficult.
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:08 PM (0G13K)

I'm actually back at the point where I can do two (admittedly ugly) pull-ups. Now to just keep working on building up muscle and working on my technique.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 20, 2021 06:16 PM (jOcSX)

68 I'm a cheap date.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:16 PM (Tnijr)

69
I can hold my breath under water for 5 minutes !

*actually no I can't , but I just wanted to join in the braggadocio

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:16 PM (V13WU)

70 Aren't the boyish good looks and roguish charm the bait?
Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:15 PM (dhFCT)

Money.

Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman at August 20, 2021 06:16 PM (II3Gr)

71 you know there's been bats all week and you haven't said anything
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:03 PM

They have been appreciated!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 20, 2021 06:16 PM (a3Q+t)

72 68 I'm a cheap date.
Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:16 PM (Tnijr)

Robert Conrad stole that movie from Elvis.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (jvt6t)

73 *waves to Washington Nearsider*

Because "come and see my models" does not work as a pick up line right?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (UCc6V)

74 Thankfully, I didn't take on much weight GAINZZZ during the family vacation last week. I'm back to the typical weekly exercise regimen this week, so I'll hopefully eliminate the three additional pounds that I brought back as a souvenir.

I gained seven pounds, but had had the foresight to drop four about a week before leaving, so like you I was up three on Wednesday morning after driving home. Mine was a two-week trip. This weight gain happens every time.

Two days of eating light (and no bread, grains, or flour) brought me back to my target weight this morning.

And now I get to start trying out recipes from the vintage cookbooks I picked up at antique malls around Missouri and West Michigan.

I started doing the “lose four pounds, a week or two before visiting the family” thing two years ago. It seems to work well. My family’s eating habits are designed to spoil GAINZZ.

Posted by: Stephen Price Blair at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (CX3cf)

75 @59 JJ Sefton-Yes it does for forearm and brachial radialis gainz. A gym bro of mine nicknamed his right forearm Pronhub and his left Netflix because its smaller.

Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (0jZnq)

76 Fixed my squat technique with some help. I was going down way to slow using up too much energy on the way down. Gained confidence the last few weeks with the movement and now almost bouncing out while exploding out the hole.
I hit 405 for 3 reps when only going for a 1 rep PR last week. (I'm very conscious of my knees from baseball so it was a huge mental W for me).

Learning how to handstand walk at the moment. It's not easy at all, and I look goofy, but makes the people I like laugh so win/win.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (Jz+Gi)

77 Yeah...about that NYT study.

Taking an untrained individual and increasing their baseline strength with that approach...well, anything works for 6-8 weeks.

If you're trying to get stronger over time, and I mean competitively stronger, that program won't get you there.

No one who steps on a platform competitively, uses anything remotely resembling that approach.

For cardio gainzz, yeah that high intensity approach is commonly referred to as TABATA. If you're doing it right, you'll want to die at the end of the session...most people don't do it right...but they claim they do...YMMV.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (BgMrQ)

78 Optimistic article found through Instapundit: You can get better at some mental tasks as you age.

That has not been my experience. I forget words in the middle of a freaking sentence

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (KZzsI)

79 >>>I can hold my breath under water for 5 minutes !

i would love to be able to say that.

well I guess I CAN say it. but I'd also love to be able to do it.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (0G13K)

80 I'm a cheap date.
Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:16 PM (Tnijr)

Not Medjool I gather ?

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:18 PM (V13WU)

81 ||Is it easier to do a pull-up with your hands gripping so your fingers face away from you or towards you?||

I've always heard (and personally experienced) the inward facing ones were easier. But I don't quite understand the biology of that. It's not like you're using your biceps, but maybe because you get to look at them, it's a morale booster. ;-)

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:18 PM (dhFCT)

82 Leaping Lanny Poffo was billed as The Genius for some years. Proof positive physical Gainzz lead to Mental Gainzz. It's been proved. It's Science. Don't be a Denier.

Posted by: Dick "The Bulldog" Brower at August 20, 2021 06:18 PM (JPtHE)

83 >>>Fixed my squat technique with some help. I was going down way to slow using up too much energy on the way down. Gained confidence the last few weeks with the movement and now almost bouncing out while exploding out the hole.

i remember going through that and realizing I could just kinda drop and it would all work out

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:18 PM (0G13K)

84 Is it easier to do a pull-up with your hands gripping so your fingers face away from you or towards you?
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus
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There is a third choice, with your hands perpendicular to your body. Many people do that.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2021 06:18 PM (bk3Sg)

85 When was the last time you tried to hold your breath as long as you can? I used to be able to go a couple of minutes.
Trying it now.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:19 PM (Tnijr)

86 I recall, way back when, observing the main regimen was:

Go to gym.
Get in front of mirror.
Lift as much weight as possible so you don't look like a wimp.
Strain a muscle.
Drink some water.
Limp to the car.
Tie an onion to your belt.
Never return.

Did someone put out a new How-To?

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 20, 2021 06:19 PM (aXxgO)

87 Work out like a tiger you dirty cracker ape.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 20, 2021 06:19 PM (X04zC)

88 I remember running wheels on the track. Sprint the straightaways and walk the curves.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 20, 2021 06:19 PM (2DOZq)

89 "For cardio gainzz, yeah that high intensity approach is commonly referred to as TABATA. If you're doing it right, you'll want to die at the end of the session...most people don't do it right...but they claim they do...YMMV.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (BgMrQ)"

I mix in TABATA with some of my routine. But I really want to go to more of a strength routine with everything going on. Got any suggestions?

Posted by: Marcus T at August 20, 2021 06:19 PM (kbvR/)

90 Is it easier to do a pull-up with your hands gripping so your fingers face away from you or towards you?

Works different muscle groups, so it depends which you're strongest and most flexible with. I do best hands apart and facing away from me.

Well I used to, I am not sure I could do one pullup now.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2021 06:19 PM (KZzsI)

91 I worked my way up to doing 100 push ups and 100 situps every morning. It takes me about 15 minutes. I finish up with 30 mins on the rowing machine. I'm looking to get a bench and some weights next month to build some muscle. I love these threads Ace. They've gotten me back into exercising.

Posted by: Mishdog at August 20, 2021 06:20 PM (6BRy3)

92 Because "come and see my models" does not work as a pick up line right?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:17 PM (UCc6V)

It does not. If anything, it severely counts against me.

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 06:20 PM (cvNl1)

93 >>>81 ||Is it easier to do a pull-up with your hands gripping so your fingers face away from you or towards you?||

I've always heard (and personally experienced) the inward facing ones were easier. But I don't quite understand the biology of that.

Palms facing towards you are called, properly, "chin-ups," and are easier, because you can use more of your bicep. Or, they will be easier for most people.

Palms facing away from you are properly called "pull-ups" and they're harder, at least for most people. They're also the "better" exercise, because they're hitting more of the lat muscles that are hard to hit. It's very easy to find a billion exercises to work the biceps; you don't need to do a chin-up or pull-up to work them. But there aren't many good exercises to work the lats.

so pull ups are preferred by most.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:20 PM (0G13K)

94 Tie an onion to your belt.

It was the style on those days

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at August 20, 2021 06:20 PM (KZzsI)

95 OT: Not Joe's fault!

CBS News
@CBSNews
How climate change helped strengthen the Taliban

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks aka Hangdog Barkston at August 20, 2021 06:21 PM (d9FiS)

96 you know there's been bats all week and you haven't said anything
Posted by: ace
------

I've noticed the reduction in flying insects.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at August 20, 2021 06:21 PM (WD9ZA)

97 Is it easier to do a pull-up with your hands gripping so your fingers face away from you or towards you?
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 06:15 PM

Fingertips and palm toward you are a chin-up; fingertips and palm away are a pull-up. Chin-ups are considered easier.

Both can be varied by width of your grip.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 20, 2021 06:21 PM (a3Q+t)

98 Whew I did a minute and it started to get uncomfortable.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:21 PM (Tnijr)

99 Been on a modified keto (allows for on slice of my bread daily) diet for a while. Lost some weighg. Hope it's not cancer.

Posted by: Javems at August 20, 2021 06:21 PM (8SSHh)

100 When was the last time you tried to hold your breath as long as you can? I used to be able to go a couple of minutes.

==

Couple of minutes ?? Under water ??

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:21 PM (V13WU)

101 There has been lots of comment about intermittent fasting here. Intermittent is the key word in relation to exercise also I use this process with my horses, I will ask for 3 minutes of give me all you've got about once every 2 weeks. They don't mind the pressure when it comes to show time.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:21 PM (XiBci)

102 My heart stopped when I saw the 10/10 pull-up and chin up three times a day note. Then I saw he was 41. Thank god.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at August 20, 2021 06:22 PM (oWBc3)

103 "BTW with pull-ups there's a skill to it, you have to know how to activate the muscles needed for it. "

Times 1,000.

There is also a similar technique for push-ups

Posted by: Marcus T at August 20, 2021 06:22 PM (kbvR/)

104 Sprue Brothers going after the pocketbook again, 25% off decals from four different companies.

https://spruebrothers.com/

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:22 PM (UCc6V)

105 No physical GAINZ this week, but I got the next book to my beta readers about an hour before my deadline, so that is something.

Posted by: Long-time Commenter, First-time Reader at August 20, 2021 06:23 PM (Bg96i)

106
Mowed the back acreage. Twice. It was about waist high in spots. It was also in the mid-90s, which made for a rather draining day.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2021 06:23 PM (/U27+)

107 @76 Widespread Pepe-Congrats on your squat! I thought you were also working on hitting 400 for your deadlift?

Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 06:23 PM (0jZnq)

108 Then I saw he was 41. Thank god.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at August 20, 2021 06:22 PM (oWBc3)

I'm not sure if that's an insult or a compliment? :-)

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 06:23 PM (cvNl1)

109 My 81 year of mom had been in hospital for four weeks and lost all her strength. She's in a skilled nursing center now with PT and OT where she will hopefully get back her strength to be able to live in the independent plus apartment I set up. I don't want her to have to go to assisted living.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 20, 2021 06:23 PM (2DOZq)

110 American Commander: "You know, as an intersectional human conditional warrior who brings my personal belief system into our unit's inner psychological space as a preferred anti-racial method of directing my command human units, I must object to your actions that could be interpreted as our inability to situationally digest the rational human space we occupy and determine a suggestive motive of action that..."

British Commander: "Sod off swampy!"

Posted by: Boswell at August 20, 2021 06:23 PM (5iUNf)

111 CDR of the 82d Airborne telling the head of the British SAS unit in Afghanistan to stop rescuing people because it makes us look bad.

Fucking great. The 82d Airborne.

We learned this as "acting on the comparison other."

Posted by: blaster (mbFEM) at August 20, 2021 06:23 PM (mbFEM)

112 BOOKZZZ - just finished reading Sandford's Certain Prey.
SPOILER ALERT:
Clara Rinker got away.

Posted by: wth at August 20, 2021 06:23 PM (v0R5T)

113 I mix in TABATA with some of my routine. But I really want to go to more of a strength routine with everything going on. Got any suggestions?
Posted by: Marcus T at August 20, 2021 06:19 PM (kbvR/)

The two aren't mutually exclusive, but some thought does have to go into the programming.

I would suggest looking at the programming from the folks at Barbell Medicine. The website isn't the easiest to navigate, but they do have good information, and it's all evidenced based.

There a multitude of program choices based on what you want to accomplish. Give 'em a look...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:24 PM (BgMrQ)

114 Aren't the boyish good looks and roguish charm the bait?
Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:15 PM (dhFCT)

Money.
Posted by: Insomniac - Zhou Bai-Den Is Not My Chairman

Your GUNZZZ can get you laid tho.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 06:24 PM (Jz+Gi)

115 Are you guys seeing this Axios story that the FDA is set to approve the Pfizer shot next week? Like moving it from 'emergency use' to standard prescription drug.

Wondering what kind of pressure that's gonna bring.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2021 06:24 PM (4fSQf)

116 Anyone mention the importance of supination whilst doing curls?

Posted by: Joe Weider at August 20, 2021 06:24 PM (JPtHE)

117 "Couple of minutes ?? Under water ??"

Yeah. I would swim laps underwater back and forth.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (Tnijr)

118 > And of course -- BOOKZZZ to recommend?

I'm about half-way though Naomi Novik's Temeraire series. They're novels set during the Napoleonic wars... with dragons. SO MANY DRAGONS. The various militaries use dragons for air power and transport.

Quite entertaining.

(the original comment was longer but got rejected for spam. Seriously?)

Posted by: ArthurK at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (Tz5Ai)

119 I'm going to repeat my emergency prayer request for my friend's teen son who was in a bad boating accident.
They think he has permanent brain damage in addition to his physical injuries.
Please pray for him and his family.
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus

Okay

Posted by: JT at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (arJlL)

120 Evening.

Iron Maiden's new album, Senjutsu, hits in #twoweeks. I already preordered my copy. \m/

New single, Stratego, is out now!

https://youtu.be/mpuwr9fF7kw

Music for \m/ GAINZZZZ \m/!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted by: Robert - 14 Days until the new Iron Maiden album at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (1Yy3c)

121 I remember pretty well a summer of working on holding my breath under water, and remember the more you do it the longer you can.

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (znIQ9)

122 I've absolutely gotten better at some things as I've aged.

In the land of 0s and 1s, I've tackled issues that would've sent me banging my head against the wall previously. In the past five years, I've learned functional programming, which is something I could never wrap my brain around as a kid.

Here's a weird, unrelated GAINNNZZZ: The E-flat chord on the guitar. It's a PITA and despite years of practice (and a college degree) I couldn't nail it in some circumstances. It wasn't too long ago where it would cause my hand to cramp and I wondered if it was incipient arthritis.

Now I can. *shrug emoji*

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (dhFCT)

123 (let's see if the 2nd half of the comment gets rejected for spam)

Before starting I heard some some negativity about the series. "It's too woke in the later books."
Umm. So I was looking for that stuff. If it's there in the first 5 books it's barely noticeable.
A major plot driver is civil rights for dragons (they don't even get paid in European militaries) and, since these dragons are pretty cool, I don't have a problem with that.

I DID notice that at one point the Brit govt. did a very bad thing. Just before that happened it was mentioned that there was a change in govt. and now the Tories were in charge.
BLAME THE TORIES!

At any rate, based on where I am in the series, I'm enjoying it immensely. A big talons up.

Posted by: ArthurK at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (Tz5Ai)

124 FDA approves the Pfizer and the DoD can then order the troops to get the shots.

But still there is the wholesale rejection by many of the anthrax shots to worry the retards running the DoD.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:26 PM (UCc6V)

125 "Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:24 PM (BgMrQ)"

Thanks will do. Had another PSA test that was down almost 5 points but it's still above the top end. MRI next week. Then, maybe the whole biopsy thing. I want to keep building.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 20, 2021 06:26 PM (kbvR/)

126 "It's always fun to accidentally walk into a first comment."

I'm working up a lengthy generic comment that makes it *appear* I've read the content and can be cut n pasted into #1 at a moments notice.

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 20, 2021 06:26 PM (49Exr)

127 I'm up for the 100 pushups a day, although it would be best for me to do "100 pushups up day, twice a week." I already go to the gym 4-5 times a week, aiming to hit each body part once...hard. I'm not sure if your source on the push-ups mentions it, but varying the push-ups would be great. Wide hand placement, close hand placement, level push-ups, decline pushups, incline...etc. Combine all the variations above and you'll hit every part of your pecs.

Posted by: ID ` at August 20, 2021 06:26 PM (4qk6w)

128 121 I remember pretty well a summer of working on holding my breath under water, and remember the more you do it the longer you can.
Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (znIQ9)

After reading The Perfect Storm....I don't wanna try.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 20, 2021 06:27 PM (jvt6t)

129 When I was a kid we lived in a house with a pool for a while and i used to take a bag full of rocks to the bottom of the deep end of the pool and play deep sea diver.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:27 PM (Tnijr)

130 ace: "you know there's been bats all week and you haven't said anything"

Bats were great, but would it hurt to throw in some spiders, too?

Posted by: Goalpost Hurling at August 20, 2021 06:27 PM (aXxgO)

131 >>>I'm not sure if your source on the push-ups mentions it, but varying the push-ups would be great. Wide hand placement, close hand placement, level push-ups, decline pushups, incline...etc.

almost all of those are intensifications of the exercise, which is great, but not so much for n00bz who are just getting back on the horse

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:28 PM (0G13K)

132 (and the whole comment was accepted. The spam filter here must be a mess)

Like I said the dragons are pretty fun. During a long sea voyage 3 of them pass the time by inventing non-euclidean geometry. (That was just about the time people started working out.)

Posted by: ArthurK at August 20, 2021 06:28 PM (Tz5Ai)

133 Aren't the boyish good looks and roguish charm the bait?

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:15 PM (dhFCT)

Indeed, but in my experience, your body buys you that first conversation. That's how it works for me, too. If I'm not attracted to you physically, I'm not going to learn that you're clever and loyal and funny and whimsical.

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 06:28 PM (cvNl1)

134
And of course -- BOOKZZZ to recommend?

_________

Bought on Kindle Don Camillo and Don Chichi by Giovanni Guareschi, the last in the series of stories about Don Camillo, a hot-headed, heavyweight priest in the Po Valley. Don Camillo has to come to terms with a modern, materialist Italy, Vatican II, his new progressive curate Don Francesco, nicknamed Don Chichi, and his rebellious niece Cat.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2021 06:28 PM (/U27+)

135 I've done some scuba diving too but don't like being down 100 feet because I know there is no way I can hold my breath long enough to get back up if I had to.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:29 PM (Tnijr)

136 ArthurK - it does get a little more woke later, like a character out of the blue turning out to be gay, but the books are still very enjoyable. I've read the whole series two or three times now.

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at August 20, 2021 06:29 PM (8548M)

137 Where are the cute chicken videos,eh?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:29 PM (XiBci)

138 Couple of minutes ?? Under water ??"

Yeah. I would swim laps underwater back and forth.
Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:25 PM (Tnijr)

ok. that works

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:30 PM (V13WU)

139 I used to do short walks when I worked in the office. But I work from home and I've just never wanted to walk here. And with the lock down, that meant no walking around when shopping. Had to start somewhere.

Posted by: Notsothoreau - look forward at August 20, 2021 06:30 PM (5HBd1)

140 Note that running and sprinting are high impact and can be rough on joints and tendons so don't do that until you've toughed yourself up with a couple of months of vigorous walking.

I alternate between an elliptical and a rowing machine. My Dad's joints were shot when he was in his eighties and beyond, and I'd really like to avoid that.

Posted by: pep at August 20, 2021 06:30 PM (ZsR3z)

141 No charges will be filed against Ashli Babbit's murderer.

Of course.

Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2021 06:30 PM (4fSQf)

142 Holding your breath exercise could if your in that bad situation save your life.

Like in a upside-down ocean liner

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2021 06:30 PM (znIQ9)

143 When they turn 18....we can teach History XXX.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 20, 2021 06:31 PM (X04zC)

144 > 136 ArthurK - it does get a little more woke later, like a character out of the blue turning out to be gay,

Ha ha, well that's to be expected.

Posted by: ArthurK at August 20, 2021 06:31 PM (Tz5Ai)

145 I've done some scuba diving too but don't like being down 100 feet because I know there is no way I can hold my breath long enough to get back up if I had to.

I recommend burritos and a wetsuit to achieve dramatically positive buoyancy.

Posted by: pep at August 20, 2021 06:31 PM (ZsR3z)

146 107 @76 Widespread Pepe-Congrats on your squat! I thought you were also working on hitting 400 for your deadlift?
Posted by: JROD

Thanks.
Been Working on 405 for Squat and 600 for Deadlift for a long while now.
My Deadlift technique leaves much to be desired as well so I've been told these last couple of months. I'm going to try for 600 by Labor Day.
CrossFit nerds have been a huge help this summer along with Lady WSP.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 06:31 PM (Jz+Gi)

147 >>>142 Holding your breath exercise could if your in that bad situation save your life.

Like in a upside-down ocean liner

...

go on.

Posted by: Cap'n Bill Kristol of the USS Ahoy Matie! at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (0G13K)

148 f'd: "I've done some scuba diving too but don't like being down 100 feet because I know there is no way I can hold my breath long enough to get back up if I had to."

How many decompression stops in 100 ft? 'Cause one would feel like too many.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (aXxgO)

149 Where are the cute chicken videos,eh?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:29 PM (XiBci)

That usually comes later.

Here's something to take the edge off while you wait.

https://youtu.be/A43JOxLa5MM

Posted by: Robert - 14 Days until the new Iron Maiden album at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (1Yy3c)

150 Is it easier to do a pull-up with your hands gripping so your fingers face away from you or towards you?
Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus

Facing away.

Hand towards you relies more on biceps. Hand facing away from you relies more on shoulders. Human shoulder muscles are much stronger than biceps.

https://tinyurl.com/b3syvcv5

But you might consider doing both.

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (49Exr)

151 "I've done some scuba diving too but don't like being down 100 feet because I know there is no way I can hold my breath long enough to get back up if I had to."

Read some of the free diving sites for techniques to work on your breathing.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (kbvR/)

152 I can hold my breath under water for 5 minutes !

I love the idea of this:

https://mpora.com/diving/freediving-technique-hold-

breath-underwater-longer/

But, I'm pretty sure that would be the way I'd croak.

So, pass.

Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (Xo5lP)

153 I wonder if cutting, splitting, and stacking firewood counts. Because I do a fuck ton of that.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (RrtlF)

154 As long as the investigation leads in line with the Leftist movement your fine.

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (znIQ9)

155 Joe's had some terrific GAINZZZ this week, only soiled that diaper three times. Well, four, after today's 'press conference'.

Posted by: Joe Biden's Minders at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (RKp8A)

156 100 assisted (with a band) pull-ups/chin ups

==

lol
Posted by: runner

I'll do them unassisted with you, runner.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (Jz+Gi)

157 My gainzzz tonight is drinking beers with tears. I should be in Denver with WDS, nurse and Jordan right now. 2 positive wuhan flu tests and I feel fine now. Work made me work from home this week. To say I'm pissed doesn't describe it.

Oh, and I found out today that my pay will be reduced by 20% beginning next month. Going to a 4 day work week.

Posted by: Infidel at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (Kx3kq)

158 125 "Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:24 PM (BgMrQ)"

Thanks will do. Had another PSA test that was down almost 5 points but it's still above the top end. MRI next week. Then, maybe the whole biopsy thing. I want to keep building.
Posted by: Marcus T at August 20, 2021 06:26 PM (kbvR/)

Marcus,

Keep us in the loop on the testing...

And do go to the BBM website, there's an article that is very germane to our situation (ie Pca): Strength and Cancer Related Mortality.

The author is my primary care doc.

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (BgMrQ)

159 There's holding g your breath, and. Holding your breath in high stress situations. The two are not the same.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (kbvR/)

160
Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (RrtlF)

_________

How you doing? You didn't sound right the other night.

Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (/U27+)

161 I've done some scuba diving too but don't like being down 100 feet because I know there is no way I can hold my breath long enough to get back up if I had to.
Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:29 PM

At 100 feet, you'd have around 3x the amount of air in your lungs as you'd have at the surface. You need to slowly exhale on the way up. If you ascend at the rate the bubbles are ascending, you'll make it.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (a3Q+t)

162 If you hold your breath and come up from a 100 ft scuba dive, you'll end up in a hospital or morgue

Posted by: PabloD says start up the rotors at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (+BF4k)

163 If you've lost some Army issue eyepro with dark lenses, I just a guy in Kabul who probably swiped it.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (ybIRR)

164 135 I've done some scuba diving too but don't like being down 100 feet because I know there is no way I can hold my breath long enough to get back up if I had to.
Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:29 PM (Tnijr)

You'd be surprised how easy it is.

Posted by: Justsayin' at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (Fs5vw)

165 Hey all you guys working out and having the guns and v shaped torsos and no gut hanging over your belt - eat some effing donuts you are making the rest of us look bad!

Posted by: blaster at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (mbFEM)

166 I've had some solid STALLZZZZ for two months. 210 +/- 2 pounds and I just can't seem to break through.

Posted by: motionview (prep train organize) at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (RKp8A)

167 >Posted by: Infidel at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (Kx3kq)

I'm sorry gray box friend. Mind if I have a drink with you?

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (RrtlF)

168 I read you can even build upper muscle mass simply by WALKING

granted you do have to swing them arms a bit but nothing dramatic, just a little bit more swinging like you just boinked one of Mannix hotties to reap the benefits. I also read you have to walk a minimum of 2.5 miles an hour.

Im trying this now and already seeing some results, so this strikes me as a lazy man way to avoid doing multiple high intensity or moderate intensity workouts

Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (hQVBP)

169 "Marcus,

Keep us in the loop on the testing...

And do go to the BBM website, there's an article that is very germane to our situation (ie Pca): Strength and Cancer Related Mortality.

The author is my primary care doc.
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (BgMrQ)"

Thanks again. Reading it right now.

Posted by: Marcus T at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (kbvR/)

170 Gee, much like exercising the body, mental workouts help with brain function? Never saw that coming!

Posted by: Blake - semi lurker at large at August 20, 2021 06:35 PM (FXW3a)

171 Another study once found that imagining exercise reps with real concentration actually builds the muscles you imagine exercising. Not Incredible Hulk levels but enough to clue us in that there is much more to learn.

Posted by: ... at August 20, 2021 06:35 PM (MMvbB)

172 No charges will be filed against Ashli Babbit's murderer.

Of course.
Posted by: AlaBAMA at August 20, 2021 06:30 PM (4fS

Still waiting for the media to ask why he didn't shoot her in the leg.

Posted by: Golfman at August 20, 2021 06:35 PM (hOMhY)

173 I can hold my breath under water for 5 minutes !

I love the idea of this:

https://mpora.com/diving/freediving-technique-hold-

breath-underwater-longer/

But, I'm pretty sure that would be the way I'd croak.
So, pass.
Posted by: naturalfake at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (Xo5lP)
looked it up ; record is (allegedly) 24 minutes but guy breathed oxygen prior, thay do not tell us if his lungs exploded after...; I was under impression that 5 minutes was max, pearl fishers and all that.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:36 PM (V13WU)

174 yeah, I used to do 100 pushups...I mean back in school one year I got my first set push ups to be 100. Dayam. At my more reasonable age a few years back I was doing 100 in about 3-4 sets over 10 minutes, maybe 15.

It was cool.

I'd been wanting to do 100 pushups during covid lockdown but severe alchoholism seemed the more reasonable goal. Maybe I'll vacuum the rug and start this new goal now that the Delta has ruined my Leaving Las Vegas level of tolerance. My 4 day fast did wonders for me.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:36 PM (ZZK0E)

175 Maud'dib, that's gold medal effort right there. Loved the pictures but is Benny comfortable in his new collar?

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:36 PM (XiBci)

176 >How you doing? You didn't sound right the other night.
Posted by: Hadrian the Seventh at August 20, 2021 06:34 PM (/U27+)

I'm doing OK. Had a death in the fam the other night. Thanks for asking. We are getting through it.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:36 PM (RrtlF)

177 Anna:

What SprueBrothers does NOT have (nor does anyone I can find) is a 1/35 set of decals for HS-5.

I've never built the bird I flew in, and feel that's a correctable oversight...

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 06:37 PM (cvNl1)

178 Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:34

Well of course, the more the merrier. Or so they say.

*cheers*

Posted by: Infidel at August 20, 2021 06:37 PM (Kx3kq)

179 Muad'dib- my theory too, working hard climbing, hauling material should be enough. But think those areas that don't get the workout is where you need to do some strengthening.

Posted by: Skip at August 20, 2021 06:37 PM (znIQ9)

180 This is the kind of gay shit that Ace likes posting for the cafe thread.

https://youtu.be/tKb4vUPpQzo

Doggehs and kittehs, living together! Oh shit!

Posted by: Robert - 14 Days until the new Iron Maiden album at August 20, 2021 06:37 PM (1Yy3c)

181 PROJEXZZZ:
Working on the design for installing two new dry scrubbers at the Chlorine Storage Building at a wastewater treatment plant. Got a CAD headache so now I start drinking.

Posted by: wth at August 20, 2021 06:37 PM (v0R5T)

182 I'll do them unassisted with you, runner.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 06:33 PM (Jz+Gi)

pass

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (V13WU)

183 171 Another study once found that imagining exercise reps with real concentration actually builds the muscles you imagine exercising. Not Incredible Hulk levels but enough to clue us in that there is much more to learn.
Posted by: ...

That's it, THINK. THINK!

Posted by: Professor Harold Hill at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (chMAr)

184 Doggehs and kittehs, living together! Oh shit!
Posted by: Robert - 14 Days until the new Iron Maiden album at August 20, 2021 06:37 PM (1Yy3c)
........

It's the sign of the end times.

Posted by: wth at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (v0R5T)

185 "If you hold your breath and come up from a 100 ft scuba dive, you'll end up in a hospital or morgue"

Yes one of the first things they teach you. Let the bubbles out.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (Tnijr)

186 Delurking for a quick report on the push-ups thing. Do it. Back in the day I for what ever reason decided I was going to go the the Buffalo Rose Halloween party as a gladiator. The only problem was my nerd IT body. It was June at the time. So I got the Perfect Push-up system. They are just some spin things with handles and a 3 rep guide on how to do them. Regular push-ups, push-ups with your hands close together and then push-ups with your hands separated at elbows length. The first time I tried it I could only do five. That became ten, then 20, 30, 50 100, 150 and more. It developed and defined muscles I didn't even know I had. Front and back. Took 2nd place in the Halloween competition on the big stage that night. Thought I had it but the other guy was in an electric chair costume and lit off some pyrotechnics at the last minute and faked his death. Oh well. It still worked out pretty well for me. My girlfriend at the time didn't know what I was doing because I wanted it to be a big reveal. We are married now. Good times.

Posted by: Ghost of PugBoo at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (ECubu)

187 STALLZZZZ for two months. 210 +/- 2 pounds and I just can't seem to break through.

********

Yeah going through the same, like a hooker that doesnt want to leave even after you paid her.

What Im learning is that in these instances the body has to be shocked into weight loss again, usually with a long term fast (3 days) or intermittent fasting, folllowed by normal eating. If you do consistent calorie reduction every day the body learns to adjust to that and makes it harder to lose, so the shocking it with random unexpected fasts makes sense to me.

Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (hQVBP)

188 > Maud'dib, that's gold medal effort right there. Loved the pictures but is Benny comfortable in his new collar?
Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:36 PM (

He loves it Sis! Can't wait for you to see him in it.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (RrtlF)

189 oh yeah, with pullups, 20 is the equivalent to 100 pushups.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (ZZK0E)

190 You have to repeat those four seconds a couple dozen times with brief breaks in between but it still adds up to about 10-15 minutes total per workout.

Not sure my wife will go for sex a couple dozen times a day.

Posted by: Guy Mohawk at August 20, 2021 06:39 PM (r+sAi)

191 Muad'dib, I'm sorry for your loss. Prayers

Posted by: vmom sic semper stabbicus (oEn12) at August 20, 2021 06:39 PM (mffzE)

192 How many decompression stops in 100 ft? 'Cause one would feel like too many.
Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM

If it's your first dive, your no-decompression bottom time is 25 minutes.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 20, 2021 06:39 PM (a3Q+t)

193 Cheers infidel!

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM (RrtlF)

194 @146 Widespread Pepe-Are you doing any accessory exercises to help get to that weight? Rack pulls above and below the knee? Helped me get to 585lbs on my deadlift. I would do pulls above the knee around 650lbs and it helped me get the feel of handling that much weight. Below the knee I'd pull a little over 600. Worked pretty good.

Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM (0jZnq)

195 Here's the scary thing though. You have to get up from under 100 feet of water while letting some of that precious air out at a rate that will coincide with exhaustion at the surface. You don't want to run out at 25 feet down.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM (Tnijr)

196 Decent steak is getting too expensive. Flank or skirt is even getting up there in price now.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM (2xiYd)

197 Maybe a reasonable goal would be 100 push-ups per day by the end of a month. The 100 push-ups per day is the goal, not the starting point.

My mom went thru a week of in house rehab after nearly dying from being in such poor shape. And her attitude changed after nearly dying. Before her first rehab day, they asked her for a self set goal.

Walk 100 feet in a day, she said. She did 240 feet (with a walker) the first day. She continues to exercise daily, and she is now fully mobile.

No walker, either. It just takes will and effort. I'm very proud of her.

Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 20, 2021 06:41 PM (F0YaR)

198 >>>196 Decent steak is getting too expensive. Flank or skirt is even getting up there in price now.

Ah. I haven't really eaten real food for three months so I've missed some of the inflation.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:42 PM (0G13K)

199 Widespread Pepe--you mentioned combatting xenoestrogens in a previous GainZZZZ thread but not how you planned to do that.

Strikes me as a serious problem since they're (apparently) everywhere.

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:42 PM (dhFCT)

200 25-50 feet is fine with me. It's warm and I can see all the fishes and coral just dandy.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:42 PM (Tnijr)

201 Maud'dib, My condolences and prayers for your family.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:43 PM (XiBci)

202 >>>Walk 100 feet in a day, she said. She did 240 feet (with a walker) the first day. She continues to exercise daily, and she is now fully mobile.

No walker, either. It just takes will and effort. I'm very proud of her.

...

What's also helpful is setting a very reasonable goal, like she did.

one of the greatest motivators when you don't want to do something is just to agree to do a small amount of it. Most of the time, once you get over the hump of putting on your sneakers, etc., you wind up doing a full workout.

But just making that deal with yourself to only do a little helps get you to start.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:43 PM (0G13K)

203 194 @146 Widespread Pepe-Are you doing any accessory exercises to help get to that weight? Rack pulls above and below the knee? Helped me get to 585lbs on my deadlift. I would do pulls above the knee around 650lbs and it helped me get the feel of handling that much weight. Below the knee I'd pull a little over 600. Worked pretty good.
Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM (0jZnq)

High Block Pulls are the shizzle for exactly the reason you stated: get's you comfortable with a heavy weight in your hands.

Kudos on hitting 585lbs...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:44 PM (BgMrQ)

204 Thanks Vmom.

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:44 PM (RrtlF)

205 >>>High Block Pulls are the shizzle for exactly the reason you stated: get's you comfortable with a heavy weight in your hands.

what's that guy's name, Alpha Destiny? He's all about those.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:44 PM (0G13K)

206 I've got nearly 30 years on being 41 and 30 pull-ups a day is a man's work at any age. I'm down to 6. Definitely a compliment.

Posted by: Too Bad Costa Rica Sucks at August 20, 2021 06:45 PM (oWBc3)

207 196 Decent steak is getting too expensive. Flank or skirt is even getting up there in price now.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM (2xiYd)

I looked at one of those tomahawk steaks at Sam's Club the other day. $39 for one steak, weighing around 2 pounds. Sadly, it wouldn't fit in my pants at the store...

Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 20, 2021 06:45 PM (F0YaR)

208 Navy bubbleheads back in my day had to qualify by ascending 100 feet in the tower to be rated for sub duty. Frogmen used to follow you up to make sure that you exhaled all the way up to keep your lungs from bursting. If you didn't they would punch you in the stomach.

But on the other hand, if your sub went down in 800 foot of water, you wouldn't have to worry about it.

Posted by: Old Blue at August 20, 2021 06:45 PM (VNmG1)

209 Posted by: Ghost of PugBoo at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (ECubu)

There is a reason the military has ALWAYS done pushups.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2021 06:45 PM (oHd/0)

210 ||Ah. I haven't really eaten real food for three months so I've missed some of the inflation.||

Fasting is good for the budget, for sure.

Vis a vis MOMS: Mine broke her femur--her femur, not her hip--getting off the weight machine at her gym RIGHT before the lockdown. (She'd been working out with weights for nearly 15 years at that point.) And she REALLY didn't want to do the assisted living and so I stayed with her overnight for a few days until she (and my stepdad, who has a terminal condition) was comfortable on her own.

I thank GOD and her instincts she didn't go into one of Newsom's death camps.

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:45 PM (dhFCT)

211 You have to repeat those four seconds a couple dozen times with brief breaks in between but it still adds up to about 10-15 minutes total per workout.

Sounds like one of the Tabata protocols. Works great for cardio fitness, but not recommended for strength moves- you don't ever want to be that exhausted if you have to throw around weight.

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2021 06:45 PM (AytXr)

212 I looked at one of those tomahawk steaks at Sam's Club the other day. $39 for one steak, weighing around 2 pounds. Sadly, it wouldn't fit in my pants at the store...
Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 20, 2021 06:45 PM (F0YaR)

Pledging for Delta House?

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2021 06:45 PM (oHd/0)

213 It's typhoon season here, and the weather is very unpredictable.

In a country where they send an alert to your phone faster than the earthquake p-waves reach you, they manage to predict the weather with a delay of about 4 hours. That is, their predictions are always wrong, but they will update things eventually to reflect what actually happened.

Posted by: Gentlemen, this is junta manifest at August 20, 2021 06:46 PM (chMAr)

214 ace, geeze guy. I'll send ya a box of filets.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:46 PM (XiBci)

215 Might have to bite the bullet and make your own HS-5 Nightdipper decals.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:46 PM (UCc6V)

216
I have an older gentleman who comes over 2x per week to deadlify

today at 80 years old he pulled 195 pounds

not bad tor a 160 pound 80yo

Posted by: will choose a nic later at August 20, 2021 06:46 PM (bTQ72)

217 @165 blaster-I'm not eating donuts but I'm eating a BBQ Beef sandwich on a sourdough baguette at bed time and one at 2am in the morning.

Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 06:47 PM (0jZnq)

218 what's that guy's name, Alpha Destiny? He's all about those.
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:44 PM (0G13K)

Not familiar with the name...I'll have to look him up.

But HBPs are all part of a proper program when the weights get "heavy" enough.

Not only that, but it looks cool as hell when you can load up another 20-30 percent above your normal deadlift and lock it out!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:47 PM (BgMrQ)

219 >>>Fasting is good for the budget, for sure.

yup

I try to fast once or twice a week. It helps undo any damage from overeating, and it does help with budget. It also makes me not care so much about blowing $100 on a dinner.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:47 PM (0G13K)

220 deadlift

he deadlifts

Posted by: will choose a nic later at August 20, 2021 06:47 PM (bTQ72)

221 Here's the scary thing though. You have to get up from under 100 feet of water while letting some of that precious air out at a rate that will coincide with exhaustion at the surface. You don't want to run out at 25 feet down.
Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM

If we're talking scuba, just inhale a little bit. If you've had an equipment failure, your buddy will buddy-breathe with you. 100 feet is only 33 yards. At sub school, you have to do a 100' ascent with only the air in your lungs (i.e. no scuba).

It's one of the reasons the legendary Grotopotomii seek out sailors.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at August 20, 2021 06:47 PM (a3Q+t)

222 >201 Maud'dib, My condolences and prayers for your family.
Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:43 PM (XiBci)

Thanks Sis. I'm torn about how to feel. She died at 80 suddenly of stroke and wasn't sick at all. No nursing home, no Bidenesque dementia, independent......

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (RrtlF)

223 Posted by: Ghost of PugBoo at August 20, 2021 06:38 PM (ECubu)

what a lovely story

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (V13WU)

224 >>> Working on the design for installing two new dry scrubbers at the Chlorine Storage Building at a wastewater treatment plant. Got a CAD headache so now I start drinking.
Posted by: wth at August 20, 2021 06:37 PM (v0R5T)

Everyone I see that does CAD does it in dark rooms or offices. There's a section at work where the designers are and it's like a cave. That can't be good for them. My side of the complex is better lit and I still added a backlight behind my displays to help with eye strain.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (2xiYd)

225 I find I can fast two days without incident

Third day I tend to get call my Mom for bail from the results of my hangry rage

Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (hQVBP)

226 I bought some Prime steaks at costco and was underwhelmed, cheap steaks with a lot of intermuscular fat seems better than expensive cuts with intramuscular fat. Plus, now you all seen that video of them feeding cows candy bars that were ground up WITH THE WRAPPERS STILL ON?

grass fed only baby.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (ZZK0E)

227 >>>Not familiar with the name...I'll have to look him up.

he talks endlessly about the high rack pull. When I started lifting, I did high rack pulls rather than deadlifts because of his boosting of them. then I stopped and did regular deadlifts (as I should, being a beginner)

but he just never stops talking aobut them

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (0G13K)

228 216
I have an older gentleman who comes over 2x per week to deadlify

today at 80 years old he pulled 195 pounds

not bad tor a 160 pound 80yo
Posted by: will choose a nic later at August 20, 2021 06:46 PM (bTQ72)

Damn impressive!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (BgMrQ)

229 I have an odd kind of gainzzz to share, which needs background. I hope you don't mind. My husband three major health issues, and last summer I was majorly depressed about how my own life has narrowed as a result. So I committed to a workshop to write six (6) books in a year. I didn't tell anybody but my twin brother. My start date was August 15, 2020. I got up at 4:30 and worked until my husband awoke, seven days a week.

Last Friday, August 13, 2021, I submitted the sixth book. I actually wrote a seventh, to my own amazement. I added it up: 622,000 words in a year. I can't believe I wrote that sentence.

Still haven't told anybody but the guy running the workshop and my twin brother . . . and you guys, who are a big part of my day, though I rarely post.

Posted by: Wenda at August 20, 2021 06:49 PM (4grFk)

230 I heard somewhere that too much meat ages the cells faster. That cells have their own aging mechanism or something.

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:49 PM (V13WU)

231 still...a tomahawk sounds pretty neat. I got a tenderloin primal once and that's the best $90 ever.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:50 PM (ZZK0E)

232 >>>225 I find I can fast two days without incident

days 2 and 3 are the worst. then it gets easier.

one of the big advantages of a long fast, like five days or more, is that you've already done the hard part when you got through day 2. Might as well coast into the easier part.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:50 PM (0G13K)

233 " Navy bubbleheads back in my day had to qualify by ascending 100 feet in the tower to be rated for sub duty. "

My hat's off to those guys. Or should I say mask which I suppose they didn't have.

They had to do it and I don't really want to try it.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:50 PM (Tnijr)

234 Focus is the whole enchilada...many loose how to use their own brain. Then you are a prisoner and science and flying cars will be late too.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 20, 2021 06:50 PM (X04zC)

235 Maud'dib, a life well lived with dignity.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:50 PM (XiBci)

236 230 I heard somewhere that too much meat ages the cells faster. That cells have their own aging mechanism or something.
Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:49 PM (V13WU)

But Meat is also a needed element to build testosterone, which for Men, is the Fountain of Middle Age.

Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2021 06:50 PM (oHd/0)

237 Still haven't told anybody but the guy running the workshop and my twin brother . . . and you guys, who are a big part of my day, though I rarely post.
Posted by: Wenda at

---

damn, wenda, that's awesome. writing is hard work. I like to do it but once it becomes work...writers block here.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:51 PM (ZZK0E)

238 Need some advice, what's a good piece of equipment for beginners to get? There's so much out there for home gyms it's hard to know where to start.

Posted by: Mishdog at August 20, 2021 06:51 PM (6BRy3)

239 @CBS_Herridge 6m

#Afghanistan Pentagon official tells @CBSNews
@ellee_watson POTUS referred to 169 Americans rescued. Thursday 3 CH47 helicopters picked up 169 Americans. They had planned to walk from a hotel to the airport – about 300 meters – but there was a large crowd between the rallying...

point and the airport gate and the crowd was large enough that not everyone was confident in the safety. NOTE: Local commander took the initiative to take the helicopters + pick them up. This hasn't been done before and hasn't happened since.

Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (cF8AT)

240 he talks endlessly about the high rack pull. When I started lifting, I did high rack pulls rather than deadlifts because of his boosting of them. then I stopped and did regular deadlifts (as I should, being a beginner)

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (0G13K)

Now that observation is worth its weight in gold...

That's a lesson many people never learn about training, ace.

Smart Military Blog / Smart Weight Training Blog

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (BgMrQ)

241 I heard somewhere that too much meat ages the cells faster. That cells have their own aging mechanism or something.

******

I had to start taking any anti-meat claim with a grain of salt because they almost always came from deranged lefty psychotic climate change stop the cows from farting sources.

Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (hQVBP)

242 100ft...just going up?

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (X04zC)

243 >>>Last Friday, August 13, 2021, I submitted the sixth book. I actually wrote a seventh, to my own amazement. I added it up: 622,000 words in a year. I can't believe I wrote that sentence.

wow that's great. I need to hire you as a coach.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (0G13K)

244 But Meat is also a needed element to build testosterone, which for Men, is the Fountain of Middle Age.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2021 06:50 PM (oHd/0)

too much meat I said, not meat in general

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (V13WU)

245 runner, too much food is ageing, a lot of life extension types talk about calorie restriction. But if you're going to eat, it may as well be meat. It's what you need. Someone was also saying the myostatin in eggs is unduly aging but eggs are perfect and the man has been lying about eggs for 50 years, so I don't believe that.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (ZZK0E)

246

I jerk off furiously ten times a day, and it takes both hands, let me tell you... DRAINZZ...

Posted by: Terry Incognito at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (GKpUA)

247 Sly Stallone's pick me up to Tater Stelter (sidebar) was so much wonderful packed into a couple of minutes.

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Biden Time Summer Sale! Sunblock 10,000 SPF 20% Off! at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (0QYMt)

248 That commander has subsequently been relieved of command...

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:53 PM (UCc6V)

249 Damn impressive!
Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard

he started at 79yo and 42 pound deadlift

worked up from 42 to 195

he can not overhead press, back squat or benchpress because his shoulders and their surguries get cranky

Posted by: will choose a nic later at August 20, 2021 06:53 PM (bTQ72)

250 100ft...just going up?
Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (X04zC)

Best direction to go, it's where they keep all the air.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2021 06:53 PM (ghoDT)

251 238 Need some advice, what's a good piece of equipment for beginners to get? There's so much out there for home gyms it's hard to know where to start.
Posted by: Mishdog at August 20, 2021 06:51 PM (6BRy3)

If you've got the space get a Rogue Power Rack, a good Ohio Power Bar, and a Bench. A couple hundred pounds / kilos of weights and you can do anything you want!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:54 PM (BgMrQ)

252 Well done, Wenda.

Posted by: ... at August 20, 2021 06:54 PM (MMvbB)

253 I had to start taking any anti-meat claim with a grain of salt because they almost always came from deranged lefty psychotic climate change stop the cows from farting sources.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (hQVBP)

too much meat, not any meant . people read what is posted , please

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:54 PM (V13WU)

254 All this breath holdling talk is taking me back to my past life as a rescue swimmer...

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 06:55 PM (cvNl1)

255 Wenda, so when will they get published? What is the genre?

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:55 PM (UCc6V)

256 *waves at hogmartin*

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (XiBci)

257 Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM

Yep. I love rack pulls. Great for growing traps. I do Romanian, Hip Thrusts, Hanging, Barbell heavy Rows, heavy farmers walks for grip and traps. ect... There are deadlift barbells down here that i don't have access to back at home that definitely help as well.

Ms. WSP says I do way too much volume and that has been killing my GAINZZZ. She is a huge proponent of rest and recovery. I'm not until this summer and she and others are right in this area. You can't do 2 a days 6 days a week and sometimes 7. I used to do that. For years. I was very angry, JROD.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (Jz+Gi)

258 I've moved away from fasting, although about three times a week I'll drink a shake of six raw eggs, 1/2 cup of half and half, tbsp of honey, and 2 tbsp of cocoa, and then eat a bag of steamed broccoli with butter. That plus tea with cream will be my meal for the day.

Posted by: Colorado Alex in Exile at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (jOcSX)

259 runner, too much food is ageing, a lot of life extension types talk about calorie restriction. But if you're going to eat, it may as well be meat. It's what you need. Someone was also saying the myostatin in eggs is unduly aging but eggs are perfect and the man has been lying about eggs for 50 years, so I don't believe that.
Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (ZZK0E)

some genetic quirk or something, based on the type of diet people evolved with, and how much people consumed over a million years and how cell age and chronological age are not related

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (V13WU)

260 Hallo, Ben Had.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (ghoDT)

261 Amir Tsarfati: The Spirit and the Bride Say, "Come!"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNbsrQrafX0

Posted by: SMH - Dissidentin' in the USSA at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (3P/5p)

262 96 Decent steak is getting too expensive. Flank or skirt is even getting up there in price now.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 20, 2021 06:40 PM (2xiYd)

that has been true a long time for Flank and also brisket. You can still get deals on skirt and other cuts at Latino markets. I have found some ungraded stuff that was big time marbled. Not everything is graded. That is hit or miss of course and not a regular thing.

I also agree that a lot of the recently available prime is not really that great. it was not that long ago when you could not get prime at a super market. Then all of a sudden it is everywhere. The percentage of cattle that are rated as prime has not increased spontaneously.

Posted by: Quint at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (CJtAX)

263
But Meat is also a needed element to build testosterone, which for Men, is the Fountain of Middle Age.
Posted by: Romeo13 at August 20, 2021 06:50 PM (oHd/0)

Make you stronk. Like bool.

Posted by: Justsayin' at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (Fs5vw)

264 100ft easy...i use to be a heterosexual dolphin.

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (X04zC)

265 I've liked the idea of the 100 whatever a day.

100 slices of bacon FTW!

Posted by: Boomer Redneque at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (Lit6A)

266 >wow that's great. I need to hire you as a coach.
Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (0G13K)

The coaching may involve an alarm clock...

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (RrtlF)

267 Everyone I see that does CAD does it in dark rooms or offices. There's a section at work where the designers are and it's like a cave. That can't be good for them. My side of the complex is better lit and I still added a backlight behind my displays to help with eye strain.
Posted by: banana Dream at August 20, 2021 06:48 PM (2xiYd)
........

It's a crapshoot: what gives out first, your back or your eyes?
I get a kick out of walking into offices and yelling: "OK EVERYBODY UP! 5 SECOND STRETCH! OK THATS ENOUGH SIT BACK DOWN!

Posted by: wth at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (v0R5T)

268 Need some advice, what's a good piece of equipment for beginners to get?

--

if you got room, squat rack or bench press thing. Cybex. I saw some nice full racks that have pull up bars and four vertical points, never do the two bar "rack and pray" bullshit. You need to have the seat of the bench press permanently attached to the rack thing or else it's a constant weeble wobble plus guessing game as to whether you're centered.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (ZZK0E)

269 @218 browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard-No blocks at my gym near the house thats why rack pulls. Yes it does make you look like a beast pulling all that weight and especially if you are repping it out. Does wonders for clearing out your sinuses and bowels after the first set too. : )

Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (0jZnq)

270 If you've ever been under 100 feet of water and looked up you know what I mean. That's a lot of water. I'm sure some here have been much deeper. That's pretty much the edge of my comfort zone though.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (Tnijr)

271 No walker, either. It just takes will and effort. I'm very proud of her.
Posted by: GnuBreed, no circumstance at August 20, 2021 06:41 PM (F0YaR)

I'm trying to get my mother to that mindset.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (2DOZq)

272 I've done many different workouts throughout my life and find the most important thing is to be consistent and not be set back by needless injuries. I'm the oldest firefighter on a department of 150+ and still riding the busiest truck in the city. If you prioritize your workouts you can definitely prolong a physically demanding career. Worth it!

Posted by: FirecaptainTX at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (qG3A0)

273 No Meat day here, homemade crab cakes and a pan fried lobster.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (XiBci)

274 I know that protein diet is all the fad and stuff, but ...most of the time people slip back

Posted by: runner at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (V13WU)

275 I had to start taking any anti-meat claim with a grain of salt because they almost always came from deranged lefty psychotic climate change stop the cows from farting sources.
Posted by: The Maskless Ranger

Amen. Look at how our great grandparents lived.

Posted by: rickb223 at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (OCTRt)

276 Hogmartin! Long time. How be you?

Posted by: Muad'dib at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (RrtlF)

277 maybe ace could comment on this but fasting makes your ding dong sad

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 06:58 PM (ZZK0E)

278 Ms. WSP says I do way too much volume and that has been killing my GAINZZZ. She is a huge proponent of rest and recovery. I'm not until this summer and she and others are right in this area. You can't do 2 a days 6 days a week and sometimes 7. I used to do that. For years. I was very angry, JROD.
Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (Jz+Gi)

What's the old adage: You don't get stronger from Training, you get Stronger from recovering!

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 06:58 PM (BgMrQ)

279 WENDA!!

That's AWESOME! Congratulations!!

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 06:58 PM (dhFCT)

280 point and the airport gate and the crowd was large enough that not everyone was confident in the safety. NOTE: Local commander took the initiative to take the helicopters + pick them up. This hasn't been done before and hasn't happened since.
Posted by: Tami at August 20, 2021 06:52 PM (cF8AT)

That commander has subsequently been relieved of command...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:53 PM (UCc6V)

I hope that's a joke.

Sounds like Gunney Highway.

Posted by: Golfman at August 20, 2021 06:58 PM (hOMhY)

281 If you've ever been under 100 feet of water and looked up you know what I mean. That's a lot of water. I'm sure some here have been much deeper. That's pretty much the edge of my comfort zone though.
Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 06:57 PM (Tnijr)

The sight that really wakes you up is when you're doing a wall dive and look down.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2021 06:58 PM (ghoDT)

282
It's a crapshoot: what gives out first, your back or your eyes?
I get a kick out of walking into offices and yelling: "OK EVERYBODY UP! 5 SECOND STRETCH! OK THATS ENOUGH SIT BACK DOWN!
Posted by: wth at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (v0R5T)

Okay everybody, coffee breaks' over, back on your heads.
-Just the Punchline

Posted by: Mikey NTH - Outrage Outlet Biden Time Summer Sale! Sunblock 10,000 SPF 20% Off! at August 20, 2021 06:59 PM (0QYMt)

283 Let the bubbles out.

That's good advice right there.

Posted by: Jerry Nadler at August 20, 2021 06:59 PM (JPtHE)

284 I hope it is a joke, but Lloyd Austin and Milley-Vanelli can't afford to have anyone go off script.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:59 PM (UCc6V)

285 I've been reading some Aldous Huxley. I finished Crome Yellow last evening and will start Antic Hay tonight. Crome Yellow is a manor house "comedy" which includes characters based on Bertrand Russell, PM Asquith, Dora Carrington and some other artsy types. I particularly enjoyed Scogan, the character based on Russell.
I'm also expecting a copy of After Many a Summer.

Posted by: CN at August 20, 2021 06:59 PM (ONvIw)

286 No Meat day here, homemade crab cakes and a pan fried lobster.

Sounds awesome. I've become addicted to grilled lobster tails. Never sautéed one.

Posted by: Jak Sucio at August 20, 2021 06:59 PM (jvt6t)

287 Prayer For Afghanistan

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHHWHaVf904

Posted by: SMH - Dissidentin' in the USSA at August 20, 2021 06:59 PM (3P/5p)

288 KABUL CAFE IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS

Posted by: Skip guy who says NOOD at August 20, 2021 07:00 PM (znIQ9)

289 "The sight that really wakes you up is when you're doing a wall dive and look down.
Posted by: hogmartin"

There's critters down there.

Posted by: f'd at August 20, 2021 07:00 PM (Tnijr)

290

Too much meat causes premature telomere length degredation? What a crock of shit.

Posted by: Jane Sixpack at August 20, 2021 07:00 PM (GKpUA)

291 || like five days or more ||

I gotta admit, I'm usually having trouble on the sixth day. I've never made it past 5 1/2 days: I don't know if it's my brain-heavy job or what. (I mean, I'm just lookin' for answers, I don't know what other people're...braining...like. But I find if I'm doing light physical activity I don't have the problem.)

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 07:00 PM (dhFCT)

292 That's good advice right there.
Posted by: Jerry Nadler at August 20, 2021 06:59 PM (JPtHE)

I heard that....(and so did everyone else)

Posted by: Eric Swallowswell (D) CA at August 20, 2021 07:01 PM (jvt6t)

293 Heya, Muad'dib. Pretty busy, work &c. Also some branches off a tree got sleepy during one of the recent storms and had a lie-down, so I have to clear those out before I can mow the lawn. Also need to finish the chicken run so they can come out of the coop and look at the ground like they've never seen it before, but in a different place.

But I just got back from the gym, so shower time now.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2021 07:01 PM (ghoDT)

294 Need some advice, what's a good piece of equipment for beginners to get? There's so much out there for home gyms it's hard to know where to start.
Posted by: Mishdog at August 20, 2021 06:51 PM (6BRy3)

Barbell and or dumbbells, pull-up bar, and yoga mat.

I've been cooling down with yoga and it has stopped most of the sore stiffness.

Posted by: BourbonChicken at August 20, 2021 07:01 PM (ybIRR)

295 That commander has subsequently been relieved of command...
Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 06:53 PM (UCc6V)

I hope that's a joke.

Sounds like Gunney Highway.

Posted by: Golfman at August 20, 2021 06:58 PM (hOMhY)

I absolutely believe he's been relieved. Absolutely, without question, believe it. I'd expect it, even. Running an off-book mission, risking a Blackhawk Down event, in the middle of this, our greatest embarrassment of the modern era? Yeah. Relieved. Show Cause, motherfucker.

He should have been decorated, but that's not the military anymore.

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 07:01 PM (cvNl1)

296 I wonder if cutting, splitting, and stacking firewood counts. Because I do a fuck ton of that.
Posted by: Muad'dib

Did the horse with the stamp on its ass show up ?

Posted by: JT at August 20, 2021 07:01 PM (arJlL)

297 Maybe you could live longer without meat, but would you want to? I will continue with two pounds a day, thank you.

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2021 07:02 PM (CTJwJ)

298 Re holding breath under stress:

This Survival Expert gives advice on surviving at sea, and covers how much different effects will affect your ability to hold your breath.

https://tinyurl.com/e6stcutc

Also has some interesting advice, like packing some cat or dog food in your survival kit, because you won't be tempted to eat it until you are actually starving, which prolongs the amount of time you can exist

Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 20, 2021 07:02 PM (49Exr)

299 Jak Sucio, pan fried in a little butter and virgin pecan oil.

Posted by: Ben Had at August 20, 2021 07:02 PM (XiBci)

300 Nearsider, I bet the Chinooks were running with 3 mini-guns fitted and guys with itchy trigger fingers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 07:03 PM (UCc6V)

301 Need some advice, what's a good piece of equipment for beginners to get

I'd say a 35-lb kettlebell (depending on age, etc.) but I'm extremely biased.

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2021 07:03 PM (CTJwJ)

302 ...which prolongs the amount of time you can exist
Posted by: Hoyt's Paid Turkish Provocateur at August 20, 2021 07:02 PM (49Exr)

Well if that doesn't just distill pretty much everything I do into one little phrase. Damn.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2021 07:04 PM (ghoDT)

303 Thanks for asking, Anna. Except for the first book, thrillers. Cursing, sex, gore. I like to read it, I like to write it.

The first one somehow involves magic. In an alternate timeline where football is still fun, a brand-new head coach has a dream that if he sleeps with the first woman he sees the next day, he'll win the Super Bowl. The first woman he sees is the owner of the team. Hilarity ensues.

Posted by: Wenda at August 20, 2021 07:04 PM (4grFk)

304 297 Maybe you could live longer without meat, but would you want to? I will continue with two pounds a day, thank you.
Posted by: t-bird at

---

i watch those videos mocking vegans, sure they're brain dead skeletons who are convinced they look good and are healthy, spending 5 hours a day trying to get enough calories and nutrients to live...but it shows the human body could soldier through decades of malnutrition.

Posted by: Tim Riggins at August 20, 2021 07:04 PM (ZZK0E)

305
The sight that really wakes you up is when you're doing a wall dive and look down.
Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2021 06:58 PM (ghoDT

Heh. You're making me really miss diving. Such wonders that remind just how small mankind is. Scuba is a spiritual experience.

Posted by: Justsayin' at August 20, 2021 07:04 PM (Fs5vw)

306 my $.02 on Rogue power racks

Get the R4, it is big enough that 2 people can use it at same time. The R3 is narrow and needs external safeties for 2 people

the Rouge Monster series are quite wide and the bar does not have the same clearance as the R series

Posted by: will choose a nic later at August 20, 2021 07:05 PM (bTQ72)

307 >>> It's a crapshoot: what gives out first, your back or your eyes?
I get a kick out of walking into offices and yelling: "OK EVERYBODY UP! 5 SECOND STRETCH! OK THATS ENOUGH SIT BACK DOWN!
Posted by: wth at August 20, 2021 06:56 PM (v0R5T)

A company I worked for had daily mandatory calisthenics, with commands over the loudspeakers to every building, factory, hangar and office. They did this, of course, because some Japanese places did this and everyone had a hardon to run their companies like the Japanese. I think it even had some Japanese name for it. It lasted for a whole year before the management canned it. It was simple stuff like putting your arms out or touching your knees. There were still some people that I didn't think were gonna make it through every time. It was probably good for us but everybody hated it.

Posted by: banana Dream at August 20, 2021 07:05 PM (2xiYd)

308 Nearsider, I bet the Chinooks were running with 3 mini-guns fitted and guys with itchy trigger fingers.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 07:03 PM (UCc6V)

Can you friggin imagine the hurt they would have put on the Talis? And can you imagine the absolute clusterfuck that would have taken place in the White House had they done so?

They'd all be in prison for murder. Right now. Today.

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 07:06 PM (cvNl1)

309 He should have been decorated, but that's not the military anymore.
Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 07:01 PM (cvNl1)

I see them everyday. Everyday.

Not some woke military. Soldiers. That carry weapons.

Glad those guys are over there. Glad Gen Milley is not.

There will be tales of heroes.

Posted by: Golfman at August 20, 2021 07:07 PM (hOMhY)

310 The sight that really wakes you up is when you're doing a wall dive and look down.

Posted by: hogmartin at August 20, 2021 06:58 PM

For me, its drifting along a wall or over the top of a reef and seeing the fish or the turtles swimming effortlessly AGAINST the current.

Posted by: CrotchetyOldJarhead at August 20, 2021 07:07 PM (x1ex5)

311 Wenda, sounds like some fun writing. Good for you. The only Grisham book I liked reading was Playing for Pizza.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 07:08 PM (UCc6V)

312 ||I had to start taking any anti-meat claim with a grain of salt because they almost always came from deranged lefty||

I think this is probably wise.

But I also think eating--any eating--ages you.

Granted this creates a predicament for the human body, but what is it Sowell says? There are no solutions, only tradeoffs?

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 07:08 PM (dhFCT)

313 Nearsider, a cat grrl can dream of the entire Bidet cabal having a collective stroke.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 07:08 PM (UCc6V)

314 There will be tales of heroes.

Posted by: Golfman at August 20, 2021 07:07 PM (hOMhY)

Oh, I agree vis a vis the pointy end. I was over there with teenagers who most people wouldn't trust with the van on a Saturday night, but they'd kill and die for their buddies. For strangers, too.

We breed warriors here, despite - perhaps in spite of - our ruling class.

Posted by: Dr. Washington Nearsider, Single and #SuperStraight at August 20, 2021 07:09 PM (cvNl1)

315 New stripper names...

Ethanol
Range Fire
Skin
Nails
Nail gun
Wolverinia
Spy Girl
Nuke

Posted by: Humphreyrobot at August 20, 2021 07:10 PM (X04zC)

316 If you ever watched the series Alone, a survival competition, you would see the main focus of the contestants is to find protein . Those that fail usually have to be pulled out.

Posted by: Just a side note at August 20, 2021 07:10 PM (2DOZq)

317 I never see tomahawk steaks in the stores.
Guess I need to drive over to someplace high-class like Gelson's. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 20, 2021 07:11 PM (L2ZTs)

318 306 my $.02 on Rogue power racks

Get the R4, it is big enough that 2 people can use it at same time. The R3 is narrow and needs external safeties for 2 people

the Rouge Monster series are quite wide and the bar does not have the same clearance as the R series
Posted by: will choose a nic later at August 20, 2021 07:05 PM (bTQ72)

Never buy a Rack without safeties.

Never lift without safeties if you don't have spotters!

I'm partial to the one man racks, because size...

Posted by: browndog Official Mascot of Team Gizzard at August 20, 2021 07:11 PM (BgMrQ)

319 @257 Widespread Pepe-I'm right there with you, in fact I made myself take a rest day today. If there was a competition for overtraining whether it be bicycling or weightlifting I could probably compete for the world championship. I set different goals for this part and that and if I start seeing results well my logic dictates DO IT MOAR!!! It is hard to pump the brakes sometimes.

Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 07:11 PM (0jZnq)

320 312 ||I had to start taking any anti-meat claim with a grain of salt because they almost always came from deranged lefty||

I think this is probably wise.

But I also think eating--any eating--ages you.

Granted this creates a predicament for the human body, but what is it Sowell says? There are no solutions, only tradeoffs?
Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 07:08 PM (dhFCT)

What? Y'all looking for food that makes you immortal? Good luck with that.

Posted by: Justsayin' at August 20, 2021 07:12 PM (Fs5vw)

321 For some serious potential monetary gaiinzzz, there is still time to buy tickets for tonight's Mega Millions drawing.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 07:12 PM (UCc6V)

322 ace, wish you were here in LA County sometimes. I'd love to arrange to make some GAINZZ videos with ya. :-)

Posted by: qdpsteve (L2ZTs) at August 20, 2021 07:13 PM (L2ZTs)

323 This Survival Expert gives advice on surviving at sea, and covers how much different effects will affect your ability to hold your breath.

https://tinyurl.com/e6stcutc

This is really interesting

Posted by: t-bird at August 20, 2021 07:13 PM (CTJwJ)

324 Widespread Pepe--you mentioned combatting xenoestrogens in a previous GainZZZZ thread but not how you planned to do that.

Strikes me as a serious problem since they're (apparently) everywhere.
Posted by: moviegique

It's a constant battle. I deal with them well the last 5 years and constantly learning more. They are everywhere. If you stick with red meat and eggs and butter you will be fine.

Reverse Osmosis filter for water to filter out 99.99% of trash and chemicals. Drink out of mason jars. No processed foods. Cook for yourself. Raw milk if you drink milk. No seed oils. Don't drink beer with hops. Don't store food in plastic and if you have to wait for it to cool off. If you girl takes birth control don't sleep next to her because your skin will absorb the birth control she sweats out (no I'm not kidding).
Micro-plastics, birth control leaking from women into you and into the water, and soy and seed oils are the worst. Hormones in milk and hops in beer are bad as well.
I'm obsessive about it to the point my estrogen is so low that my doctor is convinced I'm taking something to keep it low.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 07:14 PM (Jz+Gi)

325 ||What? Y'all looking for food that makes you immortal? Good luck with that.||

No food of the gods, you say?

But, no, it's not a matter of "food that makes you immortal", its that all food hastens your mortality.

I think it's in the Veda or the Upanishads where there's a complaint about things having gone to hell--people were so badly off, they were even =eating=.

Heh.

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 07:15 PM (dhFCT)

326 "Lead from me the unreal to the real." An Upanishad all Democrats hate.

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 07:16 PM (UCc6V)

327 eerr "lead me from the unreal to the real"

dyslexia of the keyboard truly is terminal

Posted by: Anna Puma at August 20, 2021 07:18 PM (UCc6V)

328 Wenda, that's awesome!! Was the workshop something external or something you designed for yourself? If the latter, do you coach people?!?!?

Posted by: Mrs. Peel at August 20, 2021 07:19 PM (8548M)

329 ||If you stick with red meat and eggs and butter you will be fine.||

You mean emphasize those or exclude everything else?

||Reverse Osmosis filter for water to filter out 99.99% of trash and chemicals.||

Yeah, that's tops on my list. I'm good on the rest of it, too, except the milk. (I don't drink a lot but it's nigh impossible to get raw milk here.)

||my doctor is convinced I'm taking something to keep it low.||

Well, that's promising at least. Sometimes it can seem overwhelming to locate and eliminate all the sources.

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 07:19 PM (dhFCT)

330 DO IT MOAR!!! It is hard to pump the brakes sometimes.
Posted by: JROD at August 20, 2021 07:11 PM

Yes it is. It's a cure and a blessing. I have to have somebody to watch me to make sure I don't injure myself and if I do injure myself to pull me aside and say "you're good". I have to be told.
It's how I am since i was a toddler and the way my dad pushed me as well. DNA and nuture.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 07:21 PM (Jz+Gi)

331 >>>I'm obsessive about it to the point my estrogen is so low that my doctor is convinced I'm taking something to keep it low.

More Plates More Dates went super-low in estrogen due to androgenizing pills. Watch it -- men need estrogen too. Without estrogen, your sex drive will end. I'm not sure if it's just that you don't want sex, or you don't want sex AND you also cannot achieve an erection.

Anyway, there is a minimum amount of estrogen a man needs.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 07:25 PM (0G13K)

332
But, no, it's not a matter of "food that makes you immortal", its that all food hastens your mortality.

I think it's in the Veda or the Upanishads where there's a complaint about things having gone to hell--people were so badly off, they were even =eating=.

Heh.
Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 07:15 PM (dhFCT)

You have not a single bit of knowledge of how long your going to live. There might be a small defect in your heart, a weak artery in your brain, or a bit of dna that is just waiting to be turned on to ruin your plans for a long life.

And that's not even considering all the things external to you that can kill you.

Posted by: Justsayin' at August 20, 2021 07:26 PM (Fs5vw)

333 Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 07:19 PM

Yeah. I'm obsessive and like sticking to the same thing so I live off of Grass fed red meat, eggs, butter, and Whey Protein. And cheese. Cheese doesn't hurt me.
Buy everything fresh. Cook your own food. Stay away from plastic packaging, storing food in plastic (if you can), and drinking from plastics. No seed oils. Reverse Osmosis Filter down to the Fluoride level of chemicals to eliminate the birth control chemicals in the water as much as possible.

And don't jerk off. Seriously, that fucks up your T-Levels. If you are married or have a girl, let her handle that job for you. If you don't, after about 30 days you're drive will send you looking for one and they will pick up on the vibes (in a good way). Healthy sex life is important for men and women.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 07:32 PM (Jz+Gi)

334 More Plates More Dates went super-low in estrogen due to androgenizing pills. Watch it -- men need estrogen too. Without estrogen, your sex drive will end. I'm not sure if it's just that you don't want sex, or you don't want sex AND you also cannot achieve an erection.

Anyway, there is a minimum amount of estrogen a man needs.
Posted by: ace

Yikes!
Thanks for the heads up. I'm natty but I'm going to look into that for sure.

Posted by: Widespread Pepe at August 20, 2021 07:35 PM (Jz+Gi)

335 >>>Thanks for the heads up. I'm natty but I'm going to look into that for sure.

i wasn't saying you weren't. Either way, too low estrogen is apparently a problem.

Posted by: ace at August 20, 2021 07:36 PM (0G13K)

336 nood

cafe

Posted by: banana Dream at August 20, 2021 07:38 PM (2xiYd)

337 That usually comes later.

Here's something to take the edge off while you wait.

https://youtu.be/A43JOxLa5MM
Posted by: Robert - 14 Days until the new Iron Maiden album at August 20, 2021 06:32 PM (1Yy3c)

Don't know if the chicks are cute, but the song is

https://tinyurl.com/4h7vap4h

Posted by: Fox2! at August 20, 2021 07:55 PM (qyH+l)

338 Early one morning, my crew drove the AFRTS dj at Thule crazy by calling in and requesting that song. Over and over and over again. Long mid shift. What can I say.

Posted by: Fox2! at August 20, 2021 07:57 PM (qyH+l)

339 Thanks, WP. Good info.

Posted by: moviegique at August 20, 2021 09:10 PM (dhFCT)

340 new thread

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