I forgot about goldberg…he was good one too
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Mark McGwire, Jason Giambi, and Jose Canseco were two other idols from my youth that got me excited about weight training. I had no clue that them or the wrestlers were on steroids or even what steroids were but that still doesn’t phase me. I still want to look like that! Lol
I love everything about wrestling except the wrestling itself, haha. Boy have I tried…
Had a bison burger from this company tonight
Big fan. Crazy good macros. May like them more than my salmon burgers. If nothing else, best “beef” burger I have had in a LONG time.
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How are these different from making burgers from ground bison meat yourself?
Is there some special seasoning or something?
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Check out the company website. Don’t think I can link.
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Got it. I was just wondering because Costco sells ground bison for a very reasonable price. Was considering buying
I have seen it for sale. I haven’t been a fan of Costco’s meat. I like the rotisserie chickens though: I get 1 a week.
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Currently eating their rotisserie chicken, found the meat variable but the bison has been solid the times I’ve had it.
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will have to check it out.
I’ve avoided it because too tempting to eat all of it in one day
Please don’t make me lecture you in my log
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The ground turkey is also good. Made patties yesterday
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AM WORKOUT (0530 wake up) FASTED
100 six count burpees
5:38 (matches previous PR)
30 GHRS
Neck bridging (10 each way)
20 standing ab wheel
40 reverse hypers
50 pull aparts
25 pushdowns
5 chins
5 dips
Notes: Wheels finally fell off the burpee train: made it to like 72 before I had to take my first pause. At that point, I just gutted it out as fast as I could and at least matched my previous best. My lower back was STIFF from yesterday’s work, which is the whole reason I started doing the 100 burpees the day after: gets blood flowing all over the body and kicks some of the “old man” out of me.
Keep meaning to write about it, but my kid’s Tang So Do classes have been a blast to watch. As much as it was cool to teach them Tae Kwon Do last year, this has been much better for our relationship to have an outside instructor. I can assist and correct outside of class, but the primary instruction is out of my hands and that’s ideal. They did a sparring-like drill yesterday called “Dragon Tails”, which is like flag-football meets sparring. They had 4 strips of fabric tucked into their belts, and the objective is to take away your opponents strips while protecting your own. Every single kid in the class adopted a strategy of turning their back and running to protect their strips, but MY kid was the only one that faced forward the whole time and aggressively pursued their opponent. Consequently, they won both of their matches. I know we’re not supposed to keep score, but I did, and my kid did awesome. I was way too proud of them.
I was also proud of them when they bragged about how their dad taught them Tae Kwon Do, and when asked what their favorite move was from TKD, my kid replied the thai roundhouse kick. Game recognizes game, haha.
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Congrats! The fruit doesn’t fall far from the tree 
This doesn’t make sense
Much appreciated. Actually took me a LONG time to learn/build aggression in combat sports. Was awesome to see it so early.
It does when you’re raising kids in sports at this age.
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This is something that really confuses me about “society” today.
There seems to be a trend of ppl doing everything to make sure their kids don’t fail or never lose => kids not prepared when shit actually happens.
It’s absolutely not that: it’s about not putting pressure on them to succeed at an age when they should be learning how to play.
There will be plenty of time for winning: right now we’re learning play. Play is a skill that has been lost among many in my generation, to say nothing of the younger ones.
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Nice to hear about your kids experience man. Im still waiting and wondering what my boy will be in to, and he is obviously a ways a way from anything (he is almost 2) competitive or sports oriented aside from what me and the wife do with him now (already have him wrestling with me). But stories like what you just mentioned make me really excited for the future.
Also, nice work on the burpees even though the wheels fell off.
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It’s a progression, @anna_5588. The competition is doing the movements/skills correctly at this point.
My daughter is naturally built. She’s 8 and does cartwheels, handstands, chin ups and other kid stuff with ease. She has potential to be good at something. Unfortunately, she wants to quit everything as soon as it’s uncomfortable - whether that’s fatigue or not being an expert the first time she’s tries something. It’s killing me.
We haven’t put her into any sports yet. My wife just signed her up for a running team and I don’t think that’s going to be the answer. I can’t blame her, though. Distance running isn’t fun at any age.
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Has she tried gymnastics?
A lot more fun than distance running imo
We put her in a basic group class at the Y and she got bored with the repetition.
I can’t remember a time when I wasn’t competitive. I copied my older brother and I’m pretty sure I started playing soccer at a ridiculously young age (like 3 or 4) because that was the first sport offered. I started t-ball when I was 5; basketball when I was 8; football at 9 (adios soccer). I played sports year round until I quit playing baseball in college. I wish I could still do it.
It’s hard for me to see my daughter give up at the first sign of difficulty.
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