Congrats to your little brother!
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(agree) And Chinese mothers all start out asā¦???
Iām gonna go with a truth lies somewhere in the middle āopinionā here.
Wasnāt going to comment but the āenthusiasmā for the popular opinion started to seem overly zealous, in my humble opinion.
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Weāll probably see milder variations in this generation and the following ones. But, of course, if the mother is raised in the West, then thereāll be a cultural difference between them and the ones here regardless of race.
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Sure, and Iām not looking to debate that. I donāt know nor do I feel any investment in maternal or spousal behavior across cultures, but I do know that some of what @anna_5588 describes crosses cultural boundaries.
Every motherās trigger point is a spouse working to undermine what she perceives as the good of the child. Too, at some point, every mother is considered erratic by her teenage child.
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I thought the mother okayed the barbell?
If this was me and my wife (or whoever was involved in the decision) and the barbell was okay and when purchasing I found that including weights was far cheaper than buying separately, Iād be inclined to get the plates as well. If there is a risk with the plates but not the barbell then the plates can go in storage until itās safe.
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I confess Spotify just informed me that 2 of my top 5 most listened to songs of 2020 are Miley Cyrus. I feel like I should get a Grandad-trying-too-hard-to-be-cool-and-failing-on-his-ass award or something.
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Dude some of her new stuff is great. Sheās got a hell of a voice.
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I confess I trained fasted this morning because my dog got me up early and I wanted to eat Mickey Mouse waffles at the table with my kid, which required skipping breakfast before training to pull off.
Worth it.
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Sheās super talented, always has been, she went off the rails for awhile but am glad to see sheās seemingly settled into a secure spot.
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I still love the Biggie/Miley āParty and Bullshit in the USAā mashup.
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She convinced me when I heard her cover Nine Inch Nails and then Blondie. And Midnight Sky is a great song.
I confess that my go-to insult in the gym used to be: āYou look like the kind of person who curls in the squat rack.ā
Since I read your blog, itās now: āYou look like the kind of person who squats on a bosu ball.ā
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I confess that, I just picked out the majority of the broccoli from my lunch today. I made the mistake of grabbing broccoli ācutsā rather than florets. I tried to power through it but Iām trying to retain my natty jaw line and I was getting way too much work in.
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Right - donāt want to start a WHOLE tread for this - but bench press from pins. Whats the target ROM? I ended up moving the weight about 4 inches. Is that right?
So its still a confession and fits into this thread:
Done bench press from pins today. Not sure I did it right.
I donāt think thereās a target ROM. It all depends on your goal/what youāre trying to achieve. You can set the pins right at your chest (youāre weak off your chest), or set the pins to just work on your lock out (triceps).
Same thing for squats.
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Yeah I thought so. And itās all about the triceps. So I went high.
Thanks.
Floor press is the correct and moral exercise in this situation 
Is this ribbing or are you randomly insulting gym members? LOL (please tell me it isnāt ribbing)
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Like you, I much prefer the idea of somebody going around insulting people in the gym with the same insult, but changing up the insult every few months or so.
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January - March: āYour legs are WEAK!ā
April - June: āYour arms are NOODLY!ā
June - September: āHere, let me help you lift your WATER BOTTLE!ā
Etc.
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