Oh for sure. Bag of salt or sand. Big bucket. Really all you need is a sturdy handle and something small enough to swing between your legs.
A KB is just a chunk of iron with a sturdy handle.
Can certainly attempt the big bucket idea, fill it with scorier
If the bucket breaks though I’m in big shit, these buckets are used for important tasks (farmers walks… Literally… Not as an exercise, but pertaining to labour)
If you have a 50 lb dumbbell or a 50 lb rock and some good rope you can improvise something that way too. Handle + weight is all you need.
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I’ll give it a look tommorow, thanks for the suggestion 
Yeah unreal he’s right here. The KB swing is one of the best conditioning exercise I’ve done. It’s going to work your grip, posterior chain, core, all that good stuff.
And like he said once you get past a few sessions pretty limited doms due to the nature of the movement.
Might not be the number one assistance movement if you want to improve your max deadlift, but it certainly should help to an extent.
Agreed, I brought this here because I wasn’t sure if it’d be disrespectful to reply to this comment within you’re thread.
Over the past few years we’ve had
- widespread facial recognition software being trialled (mass survalience)
- climate change related protests banned (Aus is still heavily supportive of coal/mining, we do very little to combat climate change… Even after the worst bushfire season ever recorded the PM said “we have to adapt to this new normal”… Fuck that, entire towns were practically wiped out)
- warrantless strip searches (involving adults as well as minors… The youngest if I recall was twelve)
- silencing/penalising investigative journalists/whistleblowers (speaking out against conditions in detention centres can impose a two year prison sentence upon the whistleblowers!)
- massive funding cuts towards human rights advocacy groups
Whilst I may not agree with generalised UN policy as I believe the organisation is at times anti-semitic/hypocritical in that many countries that are part of the UN enact countless human rights violations on a daily basis… North Korea is part of the UN… the UN has been taking an interest regarding the political situation unfolding within Aus, showcasing concern that our civil liberties are slowly but surely being eroded.
You know what’s even worse, the generalised populace doesn’t appear to care. There’s always been this overwhelming attitude of “yea, naaaa, it’ll be alright mate… The government has been around for decades and it’s never gone full China… Yea, naaaaaaaa”
Problem is, these erosions of civil liberties occur within small steps as to not alarm the populace, and this is unfortunately exactly what I’m seeing here.
We have an extremely vigilant, cruel and somewhat corrupt police force getting armed to the teeth (supposedly with assault rifles) whilst civilians at this point can’t own any guns… At all.
I’m not for owning a gun over the prospect of tyranny as we wouldn’t be able to fight off the police/millitary to begin with, however the clear changes/slow erosion if democracy in Aus is highly concerning. It’s one of the prime reasons I’ve been looking to get the hell out of here ASAP (after university, or even during)… This prospect might be dismantled following this pandemic… Even if I can’t go to university, I want out. One trip to the Netherlands was more than enough to showcase how restrictive life truly is in Aus.
I get the argument “if the populace didn’t want this, they wouldn’t vote said parties in”… The liberal and labour party are both shifting towards totalitarian authoritarianism for a while if you ask me (perhaps I’m just paranoid, but in this case it wouldn’t matter who you vote for) and the populace doesn’t seem to care. Given the majority of our media outlets don’t seem to cover these stories, the only way to get up to date is to become somewhat politically educated … and most aren’t willing to do this. I don’t like the “but it’s not China” argument either… It’s only a matter of time until we are absent of intervention
Personally, I don’t believe this change is going to last. I believe the public will wake up eventually and push back with tremendous force, we already have a small portion of the populace/independent political parties pushing back. The “Australian” way of life has been horrifically neutered over the past decade or two… Granted in terms of “pushing back” the farthest I’d ever go is to engage within a peaceful, nonviolent protest.
We currently live in the nanniest state of all the nanny states, it’s terribly frustrating
On a positive note we have very progressive attitudes towards sex, subsidised healthcare for all etc. We’ve also been doing a tremendous job regarding controlling the spread of covid-19.
In my opinion if I may say, the USA is slowly devolving within a similar manner. Perhaps I am overreacting, only time will tell
Thank you for bringing my comment to PWI. I make a mistake yesterday for posting that on the tactical thread. I broke one of my own rules: no politics on tactical life. My only excuse is, I am passionate about any government that strips their populace of the right to self defense.
Based on what probable cause? suspected of terrorism ? Stripped searched a minor ? without parents or guardian present?
What exactly is the crime? Sedition against the government?
Yes, I agree. I even started a thread on PWI on what I am seeing here, worried about erosion of rights, mainly among local politicians exceeding their authority.
When I was working out of Kandahar Airfield ( NATO base) I spent a lot of time with the Aussies. They were our QRF team for the area I was in. Great troops, always positive and professional. Funny thing, after they got to trust you, they would bitch about the government and how if they got out of the military , they would have to leave for very rural areas to live. Now, troops bitch world wide about everything, including me, so, I just passed if off as that, maybe they were right.
Maybe we both are, but, I am still worried.
Typically this occurs at train stations, music festivals, outside pubs and/or in the middle of Sydney. The strip searches are conducted if a sniffer dog indicates you to be holding (they’re typically looking for cannabis/MDMA, the two substances extremely abundant here). They aren’t looking for dealers, they’re looking for ‘that kid in high school with a joint on him’ (most commonly the searches find trivial amounts of cannabis if they find anything at all). Given the chaotic nature of the environments at stake in which these indications are made, many times no drugs are found (statistically 2/3rds of the time), nor are they targeting dealers, they’re targeting the users with trivial amounts.
My biggest problem with this practice is the trauma some may go through if those indicated were prior victims of sexual assault. You’ve got case reports wherein kids talk about how they burst into tears post search and/or had a breakdown, can’t go out in public anymore in response to being searched (they’re very, very invasive… you’re required to “squat and cough” whilst an officer looks under you… they check literally everywhere). Was also found that there was a scheme designed (a year ago I believe) targeting indigenous children/young adults, so these searches disproportionately affected people of torris straight islander/Aboriginal origin. Furthermore, within certain festivals after they searched you, they’d refuse entry to those indicated and searched EVEN IF no drugs were found… but it’s totally fine to go inside the festival and order like ten drinks… because apparently that’s not dangerous.
As to whether parental guardians are present. They’re typically not in the case of minors being searched. There was an enquiry made and the police force was sued over this… but the investigation was mysteriously dropped when the police commissioner was sacked, unfortunately the strip searches haven’t stopped. I’d understand such a search if they had reasonable suspicion to suspect a perp was holding a traffickable quantity of narcotics… but tiny amounts for personal use… It’s probably cheaper just to let him/her off with a warning/caution than search → prosecute → write up paperwork. Unfortunately as a result of these practices we have youth (instead of… you know… just throwing the drugs out) swallowing everything they have upon sighting police… and dying…
My final point here should be… drug use is abundant in Australia (somewhat surprising given the rather strict penalties). We live in a society wherein roughly 1/3rd of kids going on schoolies (post year twelve retreat) have used ecstasy, a large majority have smoked pot at least once… binge drinking is extremely prevalent, it’s difficult to not know at least a handful of kids who have wound up in hospital with alcohol poisoning… you’d think perhaps we should cater towards harm minimisation so that these kids don’t die… or rethink our policies to try effectively reduce drug use within those aged between 18-25.
Does there have to be a crime? For journalism it’ll be spun into a “he/she was a threat to national security” type story, as to detention centres… conditions within these centres are absolutely atrocious, I assume the government didn’t want workers speaking out to the public regarding just how bad conditions were… so they drafted legislation that states a two year prison sentence is to be imposed upon workers (but healthcare workers are exempt) speaking out.
This is a worry here too, as a generalisation the government during stage 3 lockdown has practically unlimited executive power… it’s unlikely they’ll become tyrannical, but at this point they theoretically can do whatever they want. We’ve now got cops going door to door conducting spot checks, making sure people are confined to their houses. I’m fine with that (short term) as there were a lot of idiots who wouldn’t abide by quarantine protocol… but how far will this go? Is there the possibility civil liberties will be breached. Say a cop arrives at a farmers property for a spot check, the farmer has just taken out a fox and has his rifle leaning up against the wall… will the cops now arrest the farmer because the gun isn’t in his safe?
I have a good friend in the military, currently going through basic training… Somehow I don’t think he’s going to get discharged from the base he’s at (given the whole Covid-19 fiasco)… poor kid, he isn’t going to see his family for a looooooonnnng time.
I live semi rurally (on farmland), it’s better this way… one can have slightly more freedom. I’m generally all for freedom of choice so long as you’re decision doesn’t harm those around you. If you’re hobbies/bad decisions hurt others I draw a hard line, I don’t think one should have the freedom to put others at risk.
I’m not exactly pro gun, however I see no reason as to why a mentally sound citizen shouldn’t be able to own one if they want to (within reason, in my opinion no civilian should have a military grade assault rifle etc)
As to stripping self defence rights… One can’t carry a weapon here… full stop (not talking about guns)… tactical pens used in self defence can land you in a world of trouble. Owning commodities in certain states such as throwing knives/axes, nunchucks, swords etc are illigal, you’ll face hefty fines and potential incarceration if found with any of these items.
Generally if found in a tight situation with no way out your best bet is to give in and/or use the environment to your advantage. If you’ve got a lug wrench in your car, hitting someone in the face with that ought to stun them, allow you to get away etc. You aren’t going to be threatened with a firearm unless you know some reeeeaaalllly bad guys, generally you’ll be held at knifepoint (criminals don’t care about getting caught with weapons, civilians do). I don’t think civilians should generally be carrying weapons (criminals shouldn’t be either), however we do have a huge youth delinquency problem within certain neighbourhoods. Just prior to lockdown I had two kids start with me in the middle of a parking lot near a shopping centre, I made a quick dash to my car (the smart decision to make) rather than opt for confrontation. Two guys, I had no idea whether they had a knife/weapon… best not to take chances.
Police drop fine issued to teen L-plater caught driving with her mum during COVID-19 lockdown - 3AW
Check this out… Weren’t even getting out the car
Here you need 120 hrs supervised driving by 18 in order to get you’re probationary license (BAC still 0.00, but you can drive by yourself)
I harbour a rather unpopular opinion, I believe roadside cutoff should be 0.02, not 0.05-0.08… just my opinion though, statistically the risk of crash exponentially increases after 0.02
I believe, if we’re worried about saaaaafety, we should mandate ignition interlock in all cars on the road, and demand a .0 BAC. Period. Letting people drive away while even slightly impaired is stupid and dangerous, if we believe a BAC alone deserves punishment. At the very least, ignition interlock should be mandated in ALL new cars. If I’m to believe that someone with a XYZ BAC deserves to be punished more harshly than Granny for sideswiping a parked car, or for merely having an expired tag, I can’t see why ignition interlock should not be mandatory. It doesn’t punish anyone. We already accept that the state must give us permission to drive on the roads. I can see no reason not to mandate ignition interlock.
We could also just not drive for a bit after consuming alcohol. That seems pretty easy. I have zero problem drinking with friends and then not driving drunk. It seems pretty simple to me at least.
We could do that, but how many drunk drivers slip through the cracks that way? Plenty. It’d be far better and safer to mandate ignition interlock. If current practices were working, the puritans would have no statistics to back up their claims, right?
Seems like a lot of work for something really simple. I’m not a Puritan. Just not a dumbass. I’ve avoided drunk driving hundreds of times.
Problem with 0.00 is just how difficult it can be to make sure you’re at 0.00, and not 0.01.
One standard drink puts you at about 0.025… individulistic peak BAC from X amount of alcohol will differ, as will metabolic/elimination rates. If we set it to 0.00 as @NickViar has proposed, you’d find plenty of grandma’s getting booked after having half a shandy.
Furthermore, I don’t believe it’s appropriate to treat the avg citizen like a criminal. Mandating we install expensive interlocks within each vehicle is overkill, overt policing of the general populace. It should be innocent until proven guilty, not guilty until proven innocent.
If you’ve been caught drunk driving however, interlocks should be (and are over here) mandated for a prolonged duration of time post offence.
Aside from these two inherent aspects I dislike (with 0.00 and/or ignition interlocks), it’s a really solid idea.
Indeed. And I’m not advocating for it. It’s a complicated solution to a really easy problem. It’s not even remotely difficult to avoid driving drunk.
The act, or getting caught?
How’s that a problem? Don’t drink before driving. Problem solved.
Seems like ignition interlock would pretty much take care of it.
Why the reluctance to have ignition interlock installed, then?
I’d like to see Granny pass field sobriety tests before driving even if she’s a 0.00. Change my mind. Have you ever seen Granny drive? Plus: I didn’t say anyone should be arrested for blowing more than 0.00; her car just wouldn’t start(ignition interlock was the wrong term to use-but a device that would prevent the car from starting until after a 0.00).
Why go for all the work when it isn’t needed?
Complicated solution to easy problem as I’ve said.
If you want that I’m not going to tell you you’re wrong. But don’t invent positions for me.
It must be needed. It’s selfish not to accept it for the greater good.
“Why shouldn’t I go out during Coronavirus Fever? I’ll probably be fine if I get it”
Edit: You already risk having to sit through a checkpoint because two or three people in an evening may pass through with too much alcohol in their blood.
It’s not needed imo. Perhaps in your mind it is and that’s fine.
You shouldn’t go out. But I’m not advocating for people to be punished if they do.
Not even remotely. But I don’t agree with punishing people for the content of their blood.