I’m now questioning everything about the way I workout.
Sounds like you may need to start thinking VERY Deep…
…water…
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I’d have to start squatting, deadlifting, and push pressing 
. But other than that it is tempting.
I have indeed witnessed this. Last night it was a couple of guys doing some really light deadlifts with what looked like an exact technique they must have been shown and then going on to do what I can only imagine is accessory work. None of what they did would have caused their body to adapt to anything!!
The preoccupation on form with so many trainees is just nuts. Yeah, don’t look like a dog taking a crap when you deadlift, but you’re not going to “form” yourself into growth: you’re gonna need to put some weight on the bar and strain. For some reason, the notion of straining is seen as some sorta super taboo.
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Oh great, I already worry about my kids not wanting to walk next to me, now I gotta factor calves into that equation as well?
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I work out at a pretty good anytime fitness (actually has 3 power racks and a deadlift “platform”) and usually grunt on the last few reps of a set. I always get weird looks from the casual gym goers. Works to get those last tough reps in so I don’t care and no one has said anything to me yet thankfully.
I confess I don’t understand how folks can spend two hours in the gym and not make progress. Since I started lifting in my teens my workouts have rarely topped 1 hour (excluding mma training).
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Try being literally the smallest person in the gym
There’s a solution to that.
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Idk, the dr. said my growth plates were sealed. Don’t think I’m getting much taller than 150cm anytime soon
Great for leverages though 
I have a REAL confession here.
While stores were selling them, I bought a prime rib roast. It’s currently in my fridge.
People that have been following my log know that, as of recently, I’ve significantly reduced my red meat consumption. This prime rib is like “meat candy” for me: something I’m going to enjoy the hell out of for a meal sometime in the next week or so.
I bought a 5lb roast. Since COVID is a thing, it’s going to be shared between myself, my wife, and our young child. That is to say: we’re not going to eat it all in 1 sitting. (…ok, I COULD do that, but one of the most valuable lessons I ever learned in college was "just because you CAN do something doesn’t mean you should).
We are going to have leftovers.
I will not be able to eat the leftovers at an appreciable rate to finish the roast before it goes bad in my fridge.
My confession: I am going to freeze prime rib.
My apologies to all who understand what a tragedy that is.
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@SkyzykS that has to be a worse food crime than your potato pizza right? Too bad the US isn’t like the Italians
It’s more like one of those acts of mercy because the alternative is worse. The potato was just culinary vandalism.
Like putting down old Yeller so he doesn’t go bad and act against his own good nature.
Freezing it is eh, but you can’t just throw it away or let it go bad. It’s a better of two bads, but unavoidable if he wants to preserve the goodness of it.
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So does that put Costco on the hook?
Nah. It’s not about blame. It’s an internal struggle. Like a parental coming of age plot. Sometimes there is no right action to take and you have to make difficult and imperfect decisions.
Now look down in the meadow Anna. Tell me about the rabbits…
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We picked up a vacuum sealer last year for less than $50. I got it because I wanted to sous vide (which of course I never have) but they have saved a freeze reasonably regularly. I find it pretty useful.
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do you prefer rabbit stew or roasted rabbit
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It’s 5 lbs! Will be more like 4.5 when it’s done, your wife eats a half pound, your kid eats a half pound, that’s 3.5lbs left, you eat 1.5 lbs that night, that’s only 2 lbs left!
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I like your math!
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The main reason I want lockdown to end is so I can use a leg press again.
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