Ah hah! Stronger than me. See? I knew 5/3/1 would work for you.
I broke my pinky toe today. This is the most annoying injury ever. Was itching to squat and do loaded carries tomorrow. Considering my gym is my garage and the pruning shears are a few feet away from the rack…tempting…
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Hell yeah dude: I bet you could get in a LOT of leg work pruning your squat rack.
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I LOL’d.
But seriously, broken pinkie toes are the worst, especially if you have a spiral fracture.
I confess that I just bought my first home and all I really care about is how I am going to transfer the 1 car garage I have been allotted into my home gym.
But the rest is nice too…
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Confession:
I have a bunch of old boxers with holes on the leg seam. They’re so big that you have to avoid accidently putting your leg through them when putting them on.
Today I cut the holes off 3 pairs, these bad boys have a few years of life left in them. The bachelor life is a glorious one.
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Over the course of a few months:
Wife: Do you think I am insert undesirable trait here?
Me: Either you know this to be false so ignore it or you believe it has merit and you should address it rather than looking for someone to tell you what you want to hear
Wife: So you do think I am insert undesirable trait here
Me: I don’t remember saying that
Wife: But you didn’t say you didn’t think it
Me: buckles in for a wild ride
Next time:
Wife: Do you think I am insert undesirable trait here?
Me: Who said that?
Wife: Freda on Facebook
Me: I don’t know her but why would my opinion hold more weight than hers?
Wife: You’re my husband, that’s why. You obviously agree with her…
Me: buckles in for a wild ride
Next time:
Wife: Do you think I am insert undesirable trait here?
Me: Who said that?
Wife: Freda on Facebook
Me: Well, Freda is an insecure idiot
Wife: Seems happy enough
Next time:
Wife: Do you think I am insert undesirable trait here?
Me: slips up Psssh, I’m not falling for this trap
Wife: Dont act like you can’t say what you think!
Me: buckles in for a wild ride
Confession: I don’t know if I do this to punish myself or I’m stupid lol
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Marriage pro-tip: say “no” next time.
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My wife only does this shit for a reason, which is to get me to agree to something I wouldn’t agree to unless I’m stoned out of my mind. The tactics are the same but the execution is different every time so I’m always caught off guard. I’m thinking of bugging her just to see where she gets her ideas from. Is it my mother? Her friends? Is one of my brothers fucking with me? Fucking weibo? Korean soap operas?
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Lol, when we bought our second house I only had one requirement. It had to have a double garage. Room for 2 cars, 2 motorbikes and space when I take 1 car out to hang the punch bag and throw some dumbells around. The wife worries about all the other stuff like did it have a kitchen !!
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My wife, 2 kids and I come out of the grocery store, load up the car and start to leave. Wife turns the radio on, and “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette comes on. We’re both 90s kids, and my wife is a super fan of Alanis, so I’m like “be chill honey, we have the kids”
Her: “what do you mean?”
Me: “you just get a little wild when songs like this come on.”
Like 30 seconds later we’re exiting the supermarket onto the main road, and the chorus hits. True to form, my wife pulls out screaming “ITS LIKE RAY-EE-AYNNN” with her eyes almost closed and head thrown back, and almost T-bones a pickup making a U-turn. I was looking down right before it happened, so when I catch my breath, I’m like “whose fault was that?”
Her: I dunno, wasn’t looking 
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Axle Deadlifts with straps is pointless.
1 Arm Deadlift with Straps is pointless…I mean unless injury is the goal then keep going.
An axle deadlift has the best carry over to a regular deadlift out there IMO. Unless you don’t use straps and can only get 65% of your usual weight.
If you go mixed grip, there’s also the issue of increasing the chances that you’ll completely destroy your underhand’s biceps.
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I am watching a video on squat warm ups and I have to say this whole activation thing puzzles me. What does your glutes firing or not firing feel like?
And what does it feel like if one fires and not the other? It sounds like something you should see a doctor about, not do a set of glute bridges for.
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So why not just do an actual deadlift? Or is that for fear of Bicep tears?
A squat without glutes feels like a leg press then a 45 degree back raise. With a terrible feeling of pressure on the spine/low back in the middle.
A squat with one glute working without the other one feels like a single leg press, then a one sided back raise with mostly the opposite side. Mid lift, you get the same low back/spine pressure plus a torque or twisting sensation in the middle of your spine.
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Variation are a good way to keep plateaus at bay. The axle has no flex, is at a slight deficit, is slightly away from you. So it’s very close to a deadlift but different enough to keep things humming along.
BTW strapless, double overhand axle deadlifts are a great way to train grip.
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Axle has zero flex and puts the weight slightly out in front of you. It is a more challenging variation. If you pull touch and go, you get more ROM compared to with a barbell. If you pull deadstop, it is like each rep is a deficit while keeping set up normal, since the bar won’t flex on the initial pull.
You also can’t hitch on an axle like you can with a barbell.
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Confession - I had some Silk brand coconut milk in my fridge, 11 days past the due date. I mixed my post-workout protein powder into it and, although it had no dairy, it still tasted… a tad askew. No explosive diarrhea or vomiting yet. I may have learned how old that stuff can before it goes rancid. #stayingalive #liveonthewildside
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