Just like bodyfat%; autopsy is the only reliable method, followed by taking photos while holding a shoe.
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I’d love to be a fly on the wall when security stops the guy strolling into the morgue with a camera and one single shoe.
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I’m really tempted to take up beatboxing.
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Boots and cats. That’s all you need
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My english isn’t functioning well today lol. I don’t get it.
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Just repeat - very quickly, after me:
Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and Boots and Cats and
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This picture represents my expression after I took full stock of my actual conditioning level and body comp.
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Beatboxing joke - Chris nailed it.
All you have to do is just repeat boots and cats over and over again
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Good buddy here in town wants to do a “Total Wall” where you do your Big 3 under the watchful eye of a qualified/experienced gym bro/manager (me) to have a gym total put up on the wall. He and his girlfriend are both really pushing for it because the gains are just rolling for them…the only problem is that they both squat high, and he doesn’t touch his chest when he benches for his ‘prs’. Same guy that is a good dude and has had me spot him multiple times, but I just let it be because we aren’t in a meet and there’s no need to be an asshole, ha. But now…with him pushing for this ‘legit’ total to be put on the gym wall (I have different standards than him for depth and what counts and what doesn’t, obviously.) I’m worried it’s all going to come to a head, ha.
The confession here being that I’m genuinely a little worried that both of them are gonna be pissed when they miss their “PR” because of depth, or not touching their chest, ha, it isn’t a huge deal, really, but enough to be uncomfortable.
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Post pictures of what a legit lift looks like where the “Total Wall” is so there’s no confusion. You could even video tape their lifts to show them (and use for your gyms social media pages if they’re cool with it). That way you can basically be like “look right here dude, your went down 3” and the bar is not even close to your chest on the bench". Plus, you can stroke their ego by making them instafamous If it’s a good lift!
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Well if you let it slide your going to need to do it for the next person. Which in the long run is going to make the total wall meaningless if you don’t set up a bare level of performance standard.unless you want to give out participation trophies.
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I’m fairly certain this is the story of how the IPA federation got started…
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I confess that I bought a new set of 16oz boxing gloves, some headgear, and got a custom fitted mouthguard from my dentist because I’m pretty sure this is what a meathead midlife crisis looks like.
I don’t even belong to a boxing gym, nor do I have a sparring partner. I have no idea what I’m doing with my life.
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That’s the plan, ha, that way if they want a second opinion, boom, have at it haha There will be no doubt left. I’ll have diagrams and shit 
My thinking exactly, haha just an uncomfortable situation because I’ve seen what he counts as PRs, and it may be a rude awakening when he sees the video and I call him for no rep when he’s really grunting out that 2-3" high squat 
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Lol, been there. I bought Muay Thai shin guards, a heavy bag and boxing gloves, and jiu jitsu gear including a Gi I just gave my brother in my early 20s (post Marine Corps crisis). I used the the jiu jitsu gear for about a year… I bet I have $1,000 worth of training gear that just collects dust and I use a lot of my stuff too…
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Yup. This is like my 3rd set of combat sports gear. I had a really sweet collection of stuff too from my early 20s, back when combatsports had just got the domain name. Was in my basement, basement flooded with sewage, decided it was time to hang up the gloves, then got bit by the bug a few years later, more boxing gloves and MMA gloves bought, then sold them with the heavy bag when I moved…and here I am again.
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I’m pretty sure you can “Ask Siri” to beat box, and she will repeat this. Cheeky gal.
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I’ve ditched Jason Blaha. It was a brief fling.
Now it’s the Snake Diet 
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Is there a way to do virtual sparring from 16000 km away? I’m happy to virtually spar with you. 
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