My daughter will have 5 years old and still wake up almost every night…
Children eat your gain clearly.
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My oldest was doing 360s in the bed last night. We normally don’t let him sleep with us, but he was pretty sick. Dude was laying on top of me at one point.
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Never had any of my 3 sleep in bed with mum and dad. But they all like to get in in the morning at the weekend for a snuggle. But with 2 adults and 3 kids in one bed it soon ends up with a stray elbow to the head or a knee in the groin !!!
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I don’t have kids and it’s pretty awesome.
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Confession: Despite it no longer being 2008, I still think Westside barbell is like the coolest thing ever and I’m unreasonably excited about “Westside Barbell vs the World” coming out next month.
Also, geared powerlifting is better than raw.
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What do you think about the judging when it comes to squat depth, though? I don’t really care for the depth but I think they should either enforce the rules strictly or just change them.
I so don’t care, haha. It’s a silly sport anyway, and trying to judge where the hip crease is on a 400lb dude wearing 7 pairs of underwear just gets absurd. I always said the best thing powerlifting could do for it’s sport is get rid of the squat and just make it a push/pull competition.
But I like geared lifting because it’s less accessible. Once raw powerlifting became big, a lot more people started doing it, and then a lot more weird people started doing it.
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Literally just got done watching the trailer as I checked this thread, and I am pretty excited as well.
I threw in $40 for the kickstarter so I can get the DVDs as well. Thinking about buying a Westside shirt to solidify my fandom.
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Amen to that, been looking at their gear shop in another tab haha
Excesively Deep Squats, Abnormally High Bar Position!
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Hater, I say!
Edit: flame-free
Are there any sports that aren’t silly?
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I read this article about the future of food and how insects (and insect protein) will be the new age thing. So many vitamins, minerals, and protein I guess!
Denver has a restaurant that serves up fancy made insects. Might have to give it a try!
I remember one time in college (the good ol days) me and my roommates were really into the Bear Grylls show. One night when drunk I told everyone in the party “I don’t care, I’d eat a worm”. My friend went to our front yard, lifted a huge rock, and brought me a juicy worm.
So I had to keep my word. I ate it right there on the spot in front of the whole party lol.
What I do remember is the next morning I had absolutely no hangover. I attribute this to the worm.
God college was ridiculous. WSU, go Cougs!
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Thank you! Trying to think otherwise just makes it more silly.
Although, if you’re getting paid in the millions to play a silly sport, that’s pretty cool.
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Curling. It’s dead serious. 
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And in addition to the money you’re getting paid to work out, eat, recover, etc. I know you train for the end result but I actually enjoy lifting. It’s my hobby. I train for results but the time I spend at the gym is glorious. If I’m off work and don’t go train then I’m a miserable bastard.
On a different note, I was watching a video on CT’s blog and he was talking about mandatory lifts. He said there aren’t mandatory lifts, but certain movement patterns should be included.
One statement stood out to me and made me chuckle…
Sumo deadlift is not a hip hinge
So I guess if you’re doing sumo then you aren’t deadlifting…? 
Pretty sure places like Thailand have been doing this for like thousands of years now…
My understanding is it’s more salary than hourly in that situation. Technically, I am also paid to do those things right now, haha.
I’ve been saying this for a while. Outside of powerlifting, it makes zero sense.
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