Heavy Squats and Great Judo

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If you’re in a real street fight, it definitely is - or it should be (at least in my own limited experience). Legal consequences are really an afterthought. If someone tries to sucker-punch you or make an aggressive move, your number one priority should be to put their face in the concrete, hard. That is my own opinion though, haha.

But honestly, we can agree to disagree. I’m not an expert in weight training or martial arts so I think it would be better if I stayed in my lane. In any case there are plenty of experienced people here who can give you advice.

At the end of the day, there are many different philosophies in both fighting and lifting; if what you want to do actually works for you, then I’m not going to sit around and argue with real results!

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It’s over 100lbs difference. For combat sports, that is “only in Japan” levels insane, haha.

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Oh :laughing: I didn’t think it was that much!

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Monday, November 16, 2020.

Terrible day. Or rather, night. My lazy ass procrastinated and my lazy brain didn’t think things through. Gym was gonna close at 11 pm, as it always does on weekdays. I thought “okay, I’ll arrive there at 8 pm and have a whole three hours to finish my workout.” Things didn’t go as planned.

I was gonna drive to the gym but couldn’t find my key until I eventually found it inside my damn pocket. That delay caused me to arrive at the gym at 8:15 instead. Still salvageable, right? Yeah. Instead, I composed a silly philosophy joke to impress my MMORPG friends with in some distant future I don’t even know will arrive or not. I entered the gym at 8:30. Surprise: Squat rack was occupied. Instead of immediately moving upstairs for the less glamorous squat racks that were just as good, I sat down to text my friends about trivial stuff and hoped the ladies using the grand, awesome squat rack would get done in their workout soon. And then my friend arrived…

We moved upstairs for the open squat racks. I socialized with him instead of going to the other squat rack to start my workout. At about 9 pm, he started with his warm up. I finally went to the other squat rack to do my own. I looked at the time. One hour wasted. Fine, fine. Gonna do my squat workout, which will last an hour, and then do other stuff. Time is now limited but I’ll do what I can. It’s fine. My program is flexible so I can salvage it by catching up on other days. It’s fine…

Almost two hours later, I finished my last set of squats… Which was the twelfth. No time for the much-needed back workout and the clean-pulls and the overhead presses.

I’m an idiot.

Here’s the squat workout I did…

385 pounds for 12 sets of 1 rep. Basically, twelve “singles” as they call it. The very fact that I didn’t anticipate how long that workout will take is testament to how I’m an incel among true Chads like Kdjohn and T3hPwnisher. I’m not saying that to flatter anybody, I’m just telling the truth.

I can’t let this silliness happen again.

@kdjohn

(EDIT: I’m not sure if editing a post and adding a tag to someone will actually tag the person or it’d have to be a new post, but here it is if it’s the former. KDJohn, I referred to you. Please tell me if it’s offensive or not.)

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Glossing over the fact that it took you 2 hours to do 12 reps, I think it’s important to look at your terminology here.

Using phrases like “I am an incel” or stuff like that plays really hard into the victimhood mindset. Focus on what you do, not what you perceive yourself to be. “Being an incel” is a very difficult condition to fix, being the guy who doesn’t take 3 hours to do half a session is easy to fix.

Edit: I also have a personal policy of tagging someone if I’m talking about them. It may be irritating for them, but I’d rather that than people think I’m misrepresenting them without a chance to correct.

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I do not appreciate being lumped into this sentiment and would ask you please refrain from doing so in the future.

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If you were resting 10 min in between every squat, why not fit in some upper body work in that time?

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What would have happened if you cut the rest to 5 minutes between each single?

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That was actually the plan. I wasn’t timing them and over-rested. But I was aiming for slightly less than five minutes.

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I don’t believe in super sets. If I was gonna do a workout, it’ll be in its own time.

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Understood. Sorry.

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Dude really? You gotta look at context there. I didn’t mean it literally. In fact, it literally meant nothing. I was just drawing a comparison between dudes who got their life sorted out and my own disorganized self. I could’ve used the phrase “a pygmy among giants” or “a private among marshals” and it would’ve done the job. I only used “incel” and “Chad” because they sound funny to me.

Context, dude. It was a literary device.

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All of those phrases accomplish the same thing: they paint you as a victim of what you are rather than a product of what you do.

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Let’s not go there please. It’s pointless to talk about it. I didn’t come here for counseling.

You can probably just flat out insult me for my inadequacies and that will probably help me out more than analyzing the workings of my mind. As fascinating as most people are, most people also generally don’t enjoy talking about their emotional scars.

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I’ve just read all of these, I don’t get the impression anybody is trying to insult you.

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Okay what’s your point?

Yeah, I know nobody was insulting me but what’s your point?

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You can probably just flat out insult me for my inadequacies and that will probably help me out more than analyzing the workings of my mind

It’s like you’re approaching everything with the assumption people are coming from that area, rather than trying to help.

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I understand you’re trying to say this in a playful way, but that terminology is actually super insulting to both yourself and @T3hPwnisher and I. I’m all for disparaging humour, but not when the terminology used has such negative connotations.

I appreciate that you think this, but I actually burst out laughing when I read it; I absolutely do not have my life sorted out. I barely have my workouts sorted out.

Think better of yourself, my man. Be better.

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The former is a bad idea. lol. Trust me dude, I think highly of myself. I really really do. But I feel, for the sake of my own growth, I gotta force humility into myself in any way I can. And that might involve the occasional self-deprecation. And it’s the kind of self-deprecation that STINGS because it’s basically the truth being put in the worst possible light. Like saying “I’m a lardass” instead of saying “I’m overweight.” I don’t enjoy it, but I think it’s gonna help me in the long run so long as I bounce back from it after a tasty meal and so long as it won’t snuff out my motivation to improving myself.

Nowadays, the only people who can truly hurt my feelings are certain women in my life. lol. They can hold my heart like a string, and assuming she’s a good friend, she is gonna put me through some PAIN only if she feels it’s called for. They’re really the only ones who break my heart nowadays. :laughing:

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Can you put it into action, then? Focus on the latter half of my statement: Be. Better.

Thought without action is just mental masturbation.

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