Tacking this one on so that no matter where someone ends up, they can find everything.
Are You A Beginner II
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=640350
BTW, great job on all of these threads!
[quote]lostinthought wrote:
awesome thread Kuz…how long did that take you? [/quote]
Hmm… do I answer this question and further confirm how much free time I have? Actually, it took me a few hours. Writing down the thoughts I had about acronym confusion was the easy part - just getting all the links into shape was the struggle. I have to remember to come back here to update because I still see acronyms that make me scratch my head.
Kuz
[quote]Elkhntr1 wrote:
Kuz, that was very Vroom of you, great job very helpful indeed. [/quote]
Should I be offended at being very Vroom? 
Actually, his Are You A Beginner threads (such as the one atmosphere posted) are really great. They gave me the idea to do this one.
Thanks for the great post of easy to find information
[quote]Kuz wrote:
Elkhntr1 wrote:
Kuz, that was very Vroom of you, great job very helpful indeed.
Should I be offended at being very Vroom? Actually, his Are You A Beginner threads (such as the one atmosphere posted) are really great. They gave me the idea to do this one.[/quote]
It was just noticing the similarity Bro, got nothing but respect for you and this is extremely helpful!
This is a great summary - t-shirt you you methinks
Two more came to me that I’ve seen being used of late.
AD - Anabolic Diet by Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale, MD.(not something exclusive to T-Nation at all, but the acronym is being used a bit on here of late, most particularly by DON D1ESEL and Disc Hoss who are both adherents).
TSB - Tube Steak Boogie. How to explain this one? Frequently, forums can be populated by “trolls” which are basically those people who
- get on forums just to antagonize others and provide nothing constructive;
- ask for advice and then act like arrogant know-it-alls when they don’t like the advice they get (because they were really just looking for some kind of lame self-affirmation);
- consistently hijack threads for their own purposes (or again, just to dump on people… a good example was a thread all about people and their tattoos and someone logged on for the sheer purpose of saying how stupid tattoos are);
- have no concept of grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization and are a full-on embarassment to the English language; or
- all of the above wrapped up into one sweet, glorious package of (unintended)high comedy.
Anyhoo, CU AeroStallion started a pretty funny thread called “Dealing with ‘Trolls’/Pieces-o-Poo” which can be found here:
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=645729
Basically, the idea was to have a quick reference when someone is being a troll or just a complete idiot… someone mentioned they used a code word around a friend of theirs with trollish behavior of “Tube Steak Boogie”. You will now find this gem littered about on the forums here with either the full “Tube Steak Boogie” or the ever-popular TSB.
As beginners, avoid being the TSB at all costs. I implore you, for the sake of us all!
Kuz
AGVT - Advanced German Volume Training by Charles Poliquin (my current choice of self-torture… phenomenal program and it is totally kicking my ass).
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=658759
STFU - Shut The F**k Up
NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration
(I am a little sleep-deprived right now, so no idea why I put that in. Need more Diet Coke… it cures all)
I don’t think GVT has been mentioned, but it’s the granddaddy of all of these xVT programs. It’s basically 10x10 (that’s ten sets of ten reps, newbs) on the money exercises.
PTP= Power to the People, a program by Pavel Tsatsouline.
Dan “Can’t think of any others” McVicker
[quote]Kuz wrote:
Diets:
ME - Massive Eating by Dr. John Berardi (how to bulk up without being sloppy)
ME Reloaded Part 1 http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459429
ME Reloaded Part 2 http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459431
Kuz
- Return with honor.[/quote]
What does ME stand for in the workout sense? I see it in Westside training threads and others? I am assuming muscular endurance days?
T-Bone
[quote]Kuz wrote:
Two more came to me that I’ve seen being used of late.
AD - Anabolic Diet by Dr. Mauro Di Pasquale, MD.(not something exclusive to T-Nation at all, but the acronym is being used a bit on here of late, most particularly by DON D1ESEL and Disc Hoss who are both adherents).
TSB - Tube Steak Boogie. How to explain this one? Frequently, forums can be populated by “trolls” which are basically those people who
- get on forums just to antagonize others and provide nothing constructive;
- ask for advice and then act like arrogant know-it-alls when they don’t like the advice they get (because they were really just looking for some kind of lame self-affirmation);
- consistently hijack threads for their own purposes (or again, just to dump on people… a good example was a thread all about people and their tattoos and someone logged on for the sheer purpose of saying how stupid tattoos are);
- have no concept of grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization and are a full-on embarassment to the English language; or
- all of the above wrapped up into one sweet, glorious package of (unintended)high comedy.
Anyhoo, CU AeroStallion started a pretty funny thread called “Dealing with ‘Trolls’/Pieces-o-Poo” which can be found here:
http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=645729
Basically, the idea was to have a quick reference when someone is being a troll or just a complete idiot… someone mentioned they used a code word around a friend of theirs with trollish behavior of “Tube Steak Boogie”. You will now find this gem littered about on the forums here with either the full “Tube Steak Boogie” or the ever-popular TSB.
As beginners, avoid being the TSB at all costs. I implore you, for the sake of us all!
Kuz[/quote]
I just wanted to include the link the Tube Steak Boogie song, highly entertaining, wondering what the actual song sounds like.
[quote]tharren wrote:
Kuz wrote:
Diets:
ME - Massive Eating by Dr. John Berardi (how to bulk up without being sloppy)
ME Reloaded Part 1 http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459429
ME Reloaded Part 2 http://www.t-nation.com/readTopic.do?id=459431
Kuz
- Return with honor.
What does ME stand for in the workout sense? I see it in Westside training threads and others? I am assuming muscular endurance days?
T-Bone[/quote]
ME stands for “Maximum Effort” which are actually more like the opposite of muscular endurance. They basically work their way up to their 1 rep max (or 3-5 reps if you are doing Westside for Skinny Bastards a la Joe DeFranco). They have a different day for doing more speed work.
Kuz
I just saw this post for the first time. Good stuff!
I think this one hasn’t made it on yet.
DOMS- Delayed Onset Muscle Soreness.
*** POWDA’D ***
means you’ve lost your powda virginity and have been dosed, willingly or not, into the convovulvus and celestial cerebrealities which form the many woven worlds of Proteinpowda and his faithful sidekick Foopa.
the following is a direct transcript from the thread where my powda cherry was popped:
<<<this thread… i’m at once repulsed and yet strangely attracted…
i feel so, so confused…
i thought i’d take just one little peek into th’ 5lb. bottle of this thread but now i find myself blinded by white, sucked for evermore into the infinite magical quiksand that is
the world of proteinpowda !!!
:-0 “oh my!! we’ve lost him to powda !”
…
but first -uh…
are you powda’d ?
uh-have you ever been powda’d-uh ?..
weeeell…i haaaave…>>>
my intent is not exhibitionism, but rather the hope that posting this raw emotional material will help to serve others at T-Nation who may be in denial over being powda’d and need to come forward. once you’ve been powda’d you can never go back.
[quote]Chad Waterbury wrote:
I just saw this post for the first time. Good stuff![/quote]
Coming from CW, high praise indeed! Did you come to collect your gold star?
[quote]swivel wrote:
*** POWDA’D ***
means you’ve lost your powda virginity and have been dosed, willingly or not, into the convovulvus and celestial cerebrealities which form the many woven worlds of Proteinpowda and his faithful sidekick Foopa.
the following is a direct transcript from the thread where my powda cherry was popped:
<<<this thread… i’m at once repulsed and yet strangely attracted…
i feel so, so confused…
i thought i’d take just one little peek into th’ 5lb. bottle of this thread but now i find myself blinded by white, sucked for evermore into the infinite magical quiksand that is
the world of proteinpowda !!!
:-0 “oh my!! we’ve lost him to powda !”
…
but first -uh…
are you powda’d ?
uh-have you ever been powda’d-uh ?..
weeeell…i haaaave…>>>
my intent is not exhibitionism, but rather the hope that posting this raw emotional material will help to serve others at T-Nation who may be in denial over being powda’d and need to come forward. once you’ve been powda’d you can never go back.[/quote]
I feel your pain, swivel. The important thing is to open up to the group and share your experiences as you have. We all still bear the scars of the first time we were powda’d. The funny thing is that we all keep going back for more - that part baffles me to this day.
But powda’d is a fantastic addition.
[quote]Kuz wrote:
The funny thing is that we all keep going back for more - that part baffles me to this day.
[/quote]
yes ! YES !!!
this is the very essence of being powda’d !!
it isn’t just me after all !!!
[quote]swivel wrote:
Kuz wrote:
The funny thing is that we all keep going back for more - that part baffles me to this day.
yes ! YES !!!
this is the very essence of being powda’d !!
it isn’t just me after all !!![/quote]
Oh yeah, I’m in the same, sad boat. I have no idea why I keep going to his threads. I think I have this bizarre fascination with the following:
-
Powda puts up a bizarre post filled with analysis that should be reserved for upper-echelon CIA de-briefings OR he will post random photos with equally strange captions, typically involving Foopa (did we ever figure out where the hell that name came from???)
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T-Nation will rise up to bust his stones like they were crushing rocks with a sledgehammer.
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Powda will respond to EVERY post, seemingly unfazed by it all and with fairly good humor.
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Often, Powda will eventually not be able to take the razzing any more, will go off on a rant like Charlie Manson at a parole hearing and declare he’s never coming back to T-Nation (this of course is not true).
Lather, rinse, repeat.
I dunno, swiv. I cannot figure out the siren-like allure that draws me in only to have my ship dashed on the rocks. It’s creepy. The kid has some undeniably kind of likability to him - he steps up, gets smacked but returns with good humor about it all.
Foopa or F.U.P.A is defined as the Fat Upper Pussy Area.