When do you go to bed??
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I do not understand why any young man would use that ābooty blasterā hip thrust machine thing. Other than the fact that you look stupid, surely there are many other way more productive exercises that this shite thing.
Iāve used the booty blaster, standard BB hip thrust, and smith machine hip thrust. They all feel right about the same except that the booty blaster doesnt require you to wedge a flat bench up against a wall using 25lb plates to keep it squared, a BB pad, BB, plates, and clips.
I still do BB hip thrust, but I wouldnāt shame the booty blaster. Unless youāre talking about something completely different than I am
EDIT: I need a lot of ghetto gym-support stuff when hip thrusting 315 + the weight of my fat ass is pushing the free bench over.
Itās so peaceful, I love it. Best time to get some driving in when necessary.
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That was my favorite time of day growing up, especially in the winter.
It was the time when the rest of the world was asleep and everything was quiet and serene. I delivered the morning paper starting at 4:00-4:30 every day.
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used the booty blaster, standard BB hip thrust, and smith machine hip thrust
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but why āflsme freeā ?
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For a few reasons really.
- why would i train every other major muscle in my body but ignore glutes?
- glutes play a big role in squats AND deads, i was concerned it was my weak point (it was)
- i donāt want to have MPA (male pancake ass)
- sometimes the ladies want a man with a little cake
I ignored direct glute training for years before converting to this ideology. Still, i bumped my weight up from 135 to 315 in like 6 months (and thats not my max)
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Glad you found something that worked. Just normal squats and deadlifts plus lots of running have been enough to give me a butt you can put your beer on. I literally thought this was an exercise invented for social media. I am so old !!
Hip thrusts were popularized in social media when the fit chick revolution came around, so they did get more popular within the last 10 years or so. That being said, it was also very dogmatic in the 90s/ early 2000s that training glutes was only for gays (fat bottomed girls by Queen, anyone?).
Theyāre also one of the heaviest/biggest movements for glutes.
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I get nearly no glute work from squats and deadlifts so anything that can directly target glutes is a good thing.
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9 pm
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I donāt understand how you function with so little sleep.
I did 9-5 for a month and never got used to the 5am wake up.
9:30-5:30 is my sweet spot
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My body just does whatever tbh. On the days that I train or really any day tbhā¦ Iāve been waking up at 2:20-2:30 am. This is because I have to pee and once Iām awake Iām awake.
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I get up several times too. But when I do, Iām no where near awake
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Same here.
Some people, me included, need to wake up certain muscle groups in order for them to be activated during compound movements.
I had to do direct glute training in order to maximize my deadās and squats.
I also had to spend a couple of years hitting my obliques directly in order for them to be activated during core work.
Wish I had learned that when I was a young āunā¦ā¦
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This is exactly what Iām imagining, and dealing with myself, frankly. So maybe Iām projecting my stuff onto him.
I talked about it last night, and he said that it was just what popped into his head when I asked what he thought was an outrageous question. The initial argument, though it was more a series of conversations, really, was about division of labor and engagement in the household stuff. I asked if he wished I was a housewife, and ātall bodybuilderā is what he shot back with. So now Iām a little unsure whether āhousewifeā is the equivalent to ātall bodybuilderā (dreamy, desirable?) but he did talk about his appreciation of the money, and it also gives him the house to himself pretty regularly, which I know he likes. Soā¦okay! Done. Weāre back in a good place after the annual realignment, so Iām just going to forget about it. I do recognize after thinking about it, however, that I would not be at ALL okay with him hanging out at an equivalently female fitness site. Iām not sure what to do with this.
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Those of us who suffer like the technical Diminished Glute Syndrome.
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Speaking as a not tall bodybuilder (that doesnāt compete, or have abs!) with a stay at home wife, Iāve found the housewife/working wife preferences to be very individual.
Many guys want a housewife so they can come home from a long day at the factory and be greeted with a martini (sarcasm, kind of), but that is rarely what happens. Personally, Iād rather my wife work and we could just split the house chores (because we already do that anyways) - financial struggles are just way too stressful to introduce to the familyā¦ Making more money helps avoid that stress. Having a SAHM (stay at home mom) is nice for the childās development, but now that our daughter is school aged - Iād much rather not have a housewife.
I guess I just find that sharing the financial/housekeeping burdens more 50/50 makes things inherently more fair and allows for more common ground in the relationship. But thatās just me.
Have you asked him if your engagement here bothers him/causes insecurities?
Maybe a little? Maybe a little bit of both?
Sorry that it has come to the fore though.
These things can be tough, and manifest in ridiculously simple but frustrating ways. The one nurse told me there were two things I could no longer do after my thing, Emphatically. The first was cutting the grass, and the second was shoveling snow. He was very clear that these are the two things that take people with my conditions out frequently.
But there I was 6 mos. later with a snow shovel in hand, saying to my wife āWho the fuck else is going to do it?ā and off I went. No coincidence that I ended up back in later that week.
I find myself saying that about a lot of things, which is ironic since my mantra in sobriety is āChange or Die.ā.
I see you are a man of culture. I too suffer. Maybe Iāll get a prosthetic ass like Hank did.
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