Yeah, I have the Ironmind axle, and a Rogue one. Ironmind is leagues above. For pressing and curls, it’s nice on connective tissue. For pulling, it can be good on grip. On deadlifts with straps, it’s brutal, since it doesn’t flex and puts you at a deficit. I like having one. You can use them for squats too, but I never have. Great for zerchers though, since the wide diameter hurts the elbow less.
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*8 year anniversary of delivering newspapers, haha.
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Did not run today but did some leg extensions and leg curls, so…same thing, right?
I’ll do it later or make it up on the weekend.
Coming to some realizations with my training:
1). I really enjoy 5/3/1. I like going in knowing exactly what weight I’m going to lift for exactly how many reps. It’s too early to tell if my squat and deadlift are really progressing on it, but I’m sure they are, with my low levels of strength and it’s proven track record.
2). I really don’t like my upper body training. I don’t enjoy pump work (NOTE: not saying I doubt it’s usefulness, but I just don’t like doing it). The recent talk in one thread regarding (I think) Deep Water’s method of training the bench - using different movements to avoid too much volume in any one certain way is interesting.
I think I should continue trying out versions of the bench and press - I’ve done this before, but always made very quick decisions - does this hurt or not? I’ve never stuck with anything for a month or longer to see if will change or end up working for me. I should probably do that, so I know for sure what I am willing to do.
If I can find a movement I like, use 5/3/1 with it, continue getting stronger on rows, do some daily pushups (which I’ve started doing), and add in my current idea of ending workouts with 100 reps of curls, laterals, or shrugs, I’ll have something that works and that I kinda enjoy. I’m sure I won’t enjoy the 100 rep stuff but it’ll be a brainless way to get in some work for those areas I’d like to improve - shoulders and arms.
3). I need concrete goals for running. It’s going well, but I need to know why I’m doing it. So here’s what I have:
6 min (or less) mile
21 min (or less) 5K
60 min (or less) 10K
If I can do those, I’ll be good. I’ll continue running 3 days a week until I am closer to those goals, and once hitting at least some of them, I will cut back to 2 days of running a week (distance and sprints) and just maintain what I’ve built up.
I’m pretty f*ckin’ unsure of what my near future looks like. I’m not too worried about things (the Bible says not to fear, right?), but I just don’t know for sure what I can expect to do.
My higher paying jobs have shut down for the foreseeable future, and my family’s income has gone down to exactly $0. My dad was laid off - common in winters here, and with the world falling apart the layoff will continue longer than normal. Unemployment is also a cluster f*ck right now with the entire country trying to get it, and his boss has disappeared on vacation leaving his employees unsure of what to do.
I’m still making probably $300-$400 a month…I’ve been applying to more places but I live with my 4 younger siblings and my grandma so am also concerned about bringing anything home to them.
It’s basically just money - my family has none of it and I just hope everything works out all right.
I also want to take advantage of the seemingly great opportunity to invest but don’t know much about it. Don’t want to miss out, but also don’t have much spare cash and don’t want to make any dumb decisions.
Oh well. Just wanted to get all that out there. I’ll survive.
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@T3hPwnisher - just putting this here so I don’t clutter up other threads. Now I’ve got the idea in my head, so I’m looking online for med balls and sand bags. Tons of options, obviously, but in terms of heavy, non-barbell objects to mess around with, are there any products/brands you recommend?
I’ll check the blog entry on your home gym too, see if you mentioned it there.
I have owned 2 Ironmind sandbags. One ripped, but the other has been holding very strong. However, with the world being crazy, sandbags may be hard to get, so beggars can’t be choosers. Kegs are also awesome, and I think you can still buy them from keg distributors, as not a whole lot of folks have snatched them up.
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Liquor stores are considered “essential businesses” here so they don’t have to shut down. I don’t think he’s old enough, but I bet he could get his hands on one.
Liquor stores can’t sell you a keg unfortunately. All they can do is sell you the liquid inside the keg and lease you the keg itself. Paying the deposit on the keg and not returning it ends up becoming theft akin to checking out a library book, never returning it and paying the lost book fee.
He may be able to see if an owner is willing to part with a damaged keg, but in many cases the owners of the liquor store ALSO don’t own the keg: it’s owned by the brewery that brews the beer instead.
I just buy from home brewery places Can get keg direct.
I thought the deposit basically covered the keg shell…which is the whole point of it.
It covers it, but that doesn’t mean you bought a keg. You ended up stealing a keg and paying the deposit on it. No bill of sale.
Hey dude, how’ve you been? Looks like your log got deleted? but I’ve seen you around lately. How’s life?
Just pushing through it until I get to a spot where I don’t have to struggle anymore. In other words, things are definitely worse and they’ll continue to get worse for a little while longer, but a few months have passed and I’ve made it through them.
I got some help for my gut, it works on occasion. Definitely not a life-changer or anything, but it’s a bit easier to cope with the cramping. Apparently, I’ll stop showing symptoms of post-infectious IBS 8 years from now, because the timespan is 8-10 years and I got sick two years ago. But overall, I’m tired and angry especially because the pandemic has my entire family trapped under the same roof, I can’t tell myself I’m not.
Yourself?
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I don’t expect anything to ever apply to everyone. I know this has been brought up before, and sometimes in aggressive ways, but let’s remember that you are not a parent. Neither am I. We’re both young. So our ideas aren’t necessarily right (also not necessarily wrong!) and will probably change throughout our lives. Point is, we don’t really know what’s best for kids, haha. Let alone every single kid.
I do. I was expelled from high school, which is a long story, but I think had I kept my attitude in check I would’ve just been suspended for a while. And after speaking to a lawyer, he decided that I would have had a legitimate case for suing the school, with all the evidence being on my side, until I opened my mouth and gotten disrespectful. You don’t necessarily need to agree with people - I sure as hell don’t. I work a few jobs and half of my bosses are literal idiots.
Because fighting back or being rude to them would’ve gotten me fired a long time ago. I accept them for they are, do the best I can do, and in my case, sometimes realize that I’m going to go on to do better things than whatever they’ve done. You don’t need to like authority - I really don’t, or agree with them. But the people I see who never learn to at least get along with it seem to struggle their entire lives.
It’s a dumb rule, for sure, but you got in trouble, didn’t you? It’s dumb to say you shouldn’t call someone but also, how hard would it have been to not call? To wait a few hours until school was out to call someone? You know? You gotta pick and choose your battles. A lotta rules are stupid but if you suffer from breaking them when you wouldn’t have suffered for not breaking them, you might need to change your way of thinking.
I’m actually quite familiar with this. Most of the kids I grew up with are in prison or have been in and out of jail. A cousin of mine whom I’m very close to has literally spent his entire life in trouble. He has some F.A.S., so I’m not entirely sure how in control of everything he is, but he would get sent to time out at home, detention at school, the juvie, then jail, of which he’s been in and out of for the past couple years. None of it made a difference. He did go to bootcamp for a summer, and for a long time afterwards, was a different person. Lot more disciplined, more on top of his responsibilities, didn’t question low level authority (teachers, etc.). It wore off, but it helped him for a while.
Absolutely agree. Me too.
Again, I agree, but I’m seeing this less and less. People are not forced to ever grow up as much as they used to. I heard someone who’s around 50 say that when he was a kid, you were a kid, then you were an adult. Then they came up with adolescence (the teen years). Now they have emerging adolescence, which lasts from about 20-30. It takes 30 years for people to become adults, whereas before they’d better be ready for adult responsibilities at like, what, 15-20?
This isn’t what I’m talking about. Kids don’t really need their own space in everything from their parents, but parents also shouldn’t be too overbearing. I don’t think it’s that hard to find a middle ground. And I’ve played a big role in raising my younger siblings. But there’s a difference between a helicopter parent who watches your every move for 18 years and spending 2 years serving your country as a young adult before you go out into the world.
Many do, but I’d argue not the majority. I know an obviously small number, but wide variety of kids. Most, regardless of who they are, don’t do volunteer work, protest, or support their families. I do all 3 and still feel military service would be good.
I think being responsible for men around you would wipe out a bit of selfishness.
Look, we disagree, and that’s fine. My post is getting way too long and if I posted it in the original thread, it’d be a huge turn away from the original topic.
I really do believe that a fair amount of the things they did “back in the old days” was better, and part of that was less of a focus on the individual, and more of a focus on serving others. Some cultures still do this, the U.S. and Australia do now. People going through their teen years are a little different - it’s definitely a change, but I think teens are babied too much. 2 years serving their country would hardly harm most people. I mean, don’t the Swiss do it? They’re not powerful or anything but I wouldn’t say that their people are suffering, by any means.
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It was dependent on the cause. Prior to getting my license it might’ve been perhaps calling my parents to ensure I had a ride home, or at one point it was phoning my local clinic to get an appointment with my GP for after school etc. But generally, yes… You’re correct.
Aside from small deviations from “rules” here I was generally a good student throughout high school. Caused minimal trouble… I did sneak out during school camp though (but then again… Everyone did, staff appeared to turn somewhat of a blind eye towards the conduct of the kids during camp. It was fairly obvious many brought in drugs/alcohol, that kids were sneaking out at night etc).
I ended up showing up to school minimally due to imposed rules, as in… Minimal amount of attendance required, and I did alright, but not fantastic… So no regrets there. Going into biomed… Also went through some health shit within years 9,10,11,12… School was generally a nightmare for me (socially not academically), I hated it with a passion.
I believe this depends upon the individuals environmental circumstances. A previously good friend of mine from the US (he went off the rails, is supposedly all good now though) had to fend for himself from a very young age. His parents had very little in the way of money so he was working almost full time at age sixteen. Someone like this was forced to grow up quickly
For me, I wouldn’t say I’m “grown up”, but I’m considerably more cultured, considerably more apt to handling stress/obstacles in life compared to many other kids I know given the many health issues I’ve had to deal with… The many times I’ve had to move houses/countries and start entirely anew.
How old are we talking here? At 17-19 the kid probably deserves some privacy. In America where I lived for whatever reason parents took a keen interest in stopping their adolescent child from having sex/becoming sexually active… This to me was a fragrant violation of privacy, sex with a significant other shouldn’t be the business of a parent after say… age fifteen. In Australia/Europe (where culturally most seem to be significantly more open/accepting of sex) this isn’t the case, this isn’t something parents typically care about. Furthermore these measures didn’t work, people would sneak around regardless.
A parent in my opinion should generally be involved within their child’s life to a certain extent … Make sure they’re brought up to be polite, well mannered… Ensure they have someone they can confide in/trust (regardless of potential ramifications it’s important for a child to know they always have someone they can come to if they’re in trouble.) Raising a child takes a lot of work, and generally a positive parental role model will positively influence a child’s demeanour. Granted I’m no expert, I’ve merely watched the dynamics of child/parent relationships. I’ve seen what I perceive to be many failed relationships just as I’ve seen many positive dynamics between parents/children.
Another aspect which I find strange is the notion of patriotism/pride on the basis of ones birthplace. I don’t feel as if one should be obliged to feel proud of their country of birth. I’m certainly not proud to be an Australian provided how we’ve generally become the laughing stock/nanny state of the developed world… Property prices here are ridiculous, it isn’t affordable to live here anymore (Mean house price in Melbourne is like 970 grand… Other cities aside from Darwin are just as expensive)… Our politicians are generally useless… I can come up with a million reasons why I’m no longer proud to be an Aussie.
If I was to serve in the army, I’d serve in the IDF (I’m Jewish) over the Australian army. Not joining the army though, I’d most likely be rejected.
Perhaps, however societal attitudes towards mental illness, homosexuality, women etc were a whole lot more toxic “back in the days” than they were now. The prospect of teenage responsibility might’ve been more common as people were forced to grow up quicker… The average male/female lifespan was also a good deal lower than it is now, hence people were forced to grow up quicker partially due to this variable alone. With any positive attribute one could percieve to have been present within the “olden days” there are probably about ten negatives. However you did specify “a fair amount”, not “everything was better”. Modern society has its flaws too, and perhaps generally more youth responsibility would aid in lessening generalised selfishness/delinquency. It has always been a hypothesis of mine that perhaps a good portion of youth delinquency (vandalism, starting fights etc) stems from sheer boredom.
It should be noted this is you’re opinion… I don’t believe this to be the case for many. We live in an environment of hyper-exposure, constant hyperstimulation. Growing up is subjective, whilst I wasn’t forced to get a job at age 12, I had been (accidentally mind you) exposed to internet pornography by the time I was eight. I didn’t have to raise a family member, but I had been exposed to drugs/alcohol by the time I was thirteen/fourteen (exposure and use are two very different concepts, and this wasn’t on purpose either. Back in the days many 13y/olds didn’t even know what drugs were, this is probably one of the societal aspects of the “olden days” I’d consider Superior to that of today.). With the invention of social media the prospect of cyberbullying came about, something of which kids in the “good old days” hadn’t dealt with. Data indicates generalised cyberbullying can be just as detrimental compared to physical bullying.
We might not “grow up” as fast depending on you’re definition of growing up, but we have adapted to entirely new environments/environmental stimuli of which wasn’t present during prior generations. More of us are going to college/university, getting degrees… Dealing with crippling student loans/debt later on. With a higher life expectancy we generally have more time to grow up, there’s less of a rush. Why prematurely force character development when It’ll occur regardless?
Also when we refer to the “olden days”, I’m referring to wayyyy back, like sub 1960.
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EDIT: Hey @samul - you got trained by PC right? What was your impression of him? Here’s mine, haha.
Turns out, Paul Carter is one of the biggest clown dicks I’ve ever interacted with.
My mom’s struggled to lose weight for a couple of years. She started walking, lifting weights, cleaned up her diet, etc. Felt better and got stronger, but didn’t lose weight. Like a single pound. She has a thyroid condition, which doesn’t make it impossible, but does make it harder/take longer. Also has some type of ovary condition which interferes with weight loss.
I don’t know everything about it, but I do know that she’s hard working, not an excuse maker, and did all of the things that most people lose at least a little weight with, except she didn’t. Her doctor had no ideas. So I hired an online nutritionist for Christmas. Thought a personalized, one-on-one plan would help. The nutritionist ended up being PC’s girlfriend (actually, I think maybe ex-gf. I think they may have broken up).
So, I also ended up hiring Paul to train her. I disliked the way he’d been acting in some threads a while back, but I knew he knew what he was doing, and I thought his low volume approach would maybe work well for a mom in her 30’s with a lot of outside stress to deal with. Figured while she was getting the nutritional help, she might as well get the training help. I’m no expert on any of these things, especially for someone who’s not a young, healthy dude (do 5/3/1 or something, haha), and there was a Christmas special, so I hoped it would be a great way to start off her year.
Anyway, we’re just about done with the diet and training program. My mom’s followed it to a T, really proud of her, and she hadn’t heard from the girl or Paul in over a month. She emailed them both this weekend, just to say, hey, almost done, what should I do? There was no complaining or blaming or anything, it was literally just asking what should I do now since there’s been zero communication lately?
Paul flipped the f*ck out. Holy shit. He got so mean, so aggressive and angry, and said some really rude, hurtful things to my mom. I was shocked…like, all she asked was what to do now (you know, cause that’s his job as a trainer?). I was really disappointed, not even in the money I spent, that’s not even a big deal to me, but just in how he acted as a person. It was really crappy and mean. If he has training advice in the future I’ll listen to it, but all of his growth and personal responsibility crap on his IG page means nothing to me now, after seeing this other, private side of his.
I’ll get over this (as will my mom) in a day or two, I’m just bummed in how crappy of a person/trainer he turned out to be.
Anywho… @liftangryordie500 - sorry dude, meant to get back to you earlier. Sounds like things aren’t great, but at least not a whole lot worse? Didn’t you say you’d had a girlfriend or at least a girl friend a little while back? Is that still on?
I suppose it doesn’t sound great, but at least your health issues have an end in sight. You’ve made it this far. It’ll end.
I don’t think anything I’m saying is gonna make you feel better, but I just wanted to reach out. I care about you. Stay safe.
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Yeah, no matter how long it is until I’m gone I’ll crave a bullet in my skull until the day arrives. I’ve just accepted that my parents and current living situation make me want to kill myself. Too many bad memories and experiences in my house. Doesn’t mean I’m going to but wow do I want to die all the time. I also got denied from most of the schools I applied to, I don’t think I’m very up to par. I was never that smart in the first place, I wasted my time applying. The one thing my parents did do when I was little was tell me I was smart, and they made sure I based my self-worth on it so I would always do well in school. I’ve been feeling more and more behind the curve for years, I don’t have anything else to base my self-worth on because I hate everything else.
Yeah, I have a girlfriend, I’m just going to be perpetually trapped until the NYC quarantine ends in a month and some change. When I finally see her some time in May, it’ll be 3 months since we last saw each other, but she got pneumonia in December, so if she gets the virus she could be in some serious trouble. Either way, things will continue to get worse for me until I go to jail or move out (can’t spend any time anywhere besides your house unless you’re on a solitary walk, lest you receive a $500 fine), and that’s what it’ll come down to. They won’t even let me in the grocery stores nowadays because I’m young and possibly asymptomatic (NYC doesn’t even have enough testing kits for people to figure out whether or not they’re sick and people are still gathering in groups, so I’m not very optimistic).
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well, for what is worth, tell her a stranger online is proud of her as well! it’s not a trivial feat to get into training and dieting rigorously past a certain age, and the gym only makes people better people anyway, so it’s always good to get someone into weights, let alone a loved one.
that’s very unprofessional. i gotta say, despite the mostly positive experience i had with him, there were a few episodes that really made me go “woah, that’s not professional at all.” when i first got started with him, i had contacted him a couple of months before to communicate to him the date i’d want to start working with him.
around 5 days before that day came around, i sent him the payment and told him that he could send me the diet as soon as he’d be done designing it so i could start by monday. he got back at me saying that “his gf would be flying all over the country to be with him during the weekend,” so he’d make the diet for me when he’d have some spare time, most likely by the end of monday. i was a little ticked off at him because he’d had A LOT of time in advance to get it done, and i didn’t find it fair that i’d have to wait, since i had told him that i wanted to begin on that day.
in the end, he did send me the diet and training program by sunday night, but not before me having to have a few back and forths with him on instagram.
i’m sorry your mother had to go through that. i hope she’s solid enough to not give him any credit. there are enough hurtful things happening in life already, no need to add more because an asshole has can’t stand his own self and has to take it out on others.
as for my experience, luckily enough i didn’t have to deal with any of that during the 4-month period he trained me. he was polite enoug in his emails. he did call me neurotic once, but that one time it was probably warranted. as you witnessed, the personal attacks began once we interacted again after i wasn’t giving him money anymore. hmmm…
it’s a shame, because the content he posts on personal growth are interesting. some good quotes over there. unfortunately, this is a study-case example of someone not practicing what they preach.
but hey, fool me once… you know?
either way, hope your mom had some success in her weight loss journey by now, and wish her good luck from now on!
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He recently posted about how we should be kind and compassionate.
Maybe they broke up considering he also once posted about the necessity to be confrontational to ones spouse for her or his self improvement though not in these exact words. It was some commentary about how if a spouse/partner is going Something wrong you should disregard his or her hurt feelings resulting from what you say. Sure, that will work. So I imagine if one gains weight, a spouse should say “you’re getting fat! Ya look like —-!” Instead of “I’m concerned about
Your eating habits and health. Come on, let’s make healthier meals for you and work out together.”
The behavior of such people gives me the impression they truly like hurting people. They enjoy it. But notice their targets are easy and they likely keep it online. They’re not exactly inclined to do that with someone scary.
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Yeah Ive noticed Paul has recently developed quite an attitude and become pretty dogmatic in his mini forum. Even making Passive aggressive remarks about Thib …who he has worked with! Shame.
very roughly speaking what did he say?? ( or even exactly!)