BIG MAN! BIG MAN! LET'S HUMP THIS SHIT UP!

Dublo7

Nogs wrote: »

Cardboard Tube wrote: »

look up the unsupported barbell leg press

holy mother fuck! who the hell would do that?!

http://www.usawa.com/ed.jpg

Some really old guy.

Defender

That does not look like something I would want to do.

Dublo7

The old dude is like, "pfft, I'm going to die soon anyway. Time to suck it up."

mastman

He's not going to die, he has old man strength.

the wook

Defender wrote: »

Military presses are not a substitute for rows. Try doing renegade rows (the one that looks like a pushup) instead. You can do it with dumbbells, as long as the dumbbells have flat bottoms so they can be placed on the floor.

military presses are a better substitute for upright rows than any other row would be. upright rows are very much a deltoid/trap exercise and not at all a rhomboid/lat exercise like every other row.

also i believe that upright rows are generally safe and not dangerous, but this comes with the qualification that you can't be an idiot. know yourself, know the exercise, know your limitations and you'll be fine.

Defender

Yeah, I was really still thinking of regular rows when I wrote that.

the wook

so i saw nature hard at work on my aborted run yesterday

i run in protected wetlands across the street from campus. as i came around a corner yesterday, i saw a pretty large bird-of-prey (~4 foot wingspan) take off from the ground, probably 'cause I startled it. As I approach where it was, I see a dead possum, throat torn out. There's some movement near its belly, and as I look closer there are 7 or so baby possums wriggling around near the belly, eating their dead mom.

and i was like dang that's fucked up

mastman

you saved the baby possums!!!

Dublo7

the wook wrote: »

so i saw nature hard at work on my aborted run yesterday

i run in protected wetlands across the street from campus. as i came around a corner yesterday, i saw a pretty large bird-of-prey (~4 foot wingspan) take off from the ground, probably 'cause I startled it. As I approach where it was, I see a dead possum, throat torn out. There's some movement near its belly, and as I look closer there are 7 or so baby possums wriggling around near the belly, eating their dead mom.

and i was like dang that's fucked up

Possums aren't usually carnivorous though.

Are you sure you saw them eating her? Perhaps they were just clawing at her... prodding her, to try to wake her up

Defender

Don't matter now, Wook devoured all eight of them.

the wook

Dublo7 wrote: »

the wook wrote: »

so i saw nature hard at work on my aborted run yesterday

i run in protected wetlands across the street from campus. as i came around a corner yesterday, i saw a pretty large bird-of-prey (~4 foot wingspan) take off from the ground, probably 'cause I startled it. As I approach where it was, I see a dead possum, throat torn out. There's some movement near its belly, and as I look closer there are 7 or so baby possums wriggling around near the belly, eating their dead mom.

and i was like dang that's fucked up

Possums aren't usually carnivorous though.

Are you sure you saw them eating her? Perhaps they were just clawing at her... prodding her, to try to wake her up

it looked pretty eating to me

Tube

Today was shoulder day. Shoulder day was supposed to be easy.

On the plus side I have traps like the hulk for the next ten minutes.

the wook

Cardboard Tube wrote: »

Today was shoulder day. Shoulder day was supposed to be easy.

On the plus side I have traps like the hulk for the next ten minutes.

you could have traps like the hulk all the time if you would upright row

SageinaRage

Shoulders are like my favorite thing to work. I have to resist the urge to do shoulder exercises every time I'm in the gym, I'm sure that I could get like most people with biceps or pecs.

Callius

Oh god, my world is pain right now.

Too much exercise.

KingAgamemnon

Dublo7 wrote: »

the wook wrote: »

so i saw nature hard at work on my aborted run yesterday

i run in protected wetlands across the street from campus. as i came around a corner yesterday, i saw a pretty large bird-of-prey (~4 foot wingspan) take off from the ground, probably 'cause I startled it. As I approach where it was, I see a dead possum, throat torn out. There's some movement near its belly, and as I look closer there are 7 or so baby possums wriggling around near the belly, eating their dead mom.

and i was like dang that's fucked up

Possums aren't usually carnivorous though.

Are you sure you saw them eating her? Perhaps they were just clawing at her... prodding her, to try to wake her up

the wook

alright i have my special nipple bandaids and i am ready to rock

lostwords

pix plz

the wook

i just don't see any way that i wouldn't regret posting that

lostwords

maybe if you replaced the wiki picture for pasties with it and linked it? eh? eh?

the wook

now that's just way too much work

Bogey

Bring some to the hockey game later.

I should really use those too.

the wook

for you Bogey

nsfw

lostwords

wook, please to be posting that pic. It will be good to show people how to properly bandage a nip in this thread. for science.

EDIT: yesss so sexy

Bogey

Ooh, those kind of Band-aids. I have some of those.

ZeroFill

I always wondered what those fucking bandaids were for

Tube

Callius wrote: »

Oh god, my world is pain right now.

Too much exercise.

did you go on like a real long protest march

Callius

Cardboard Tube wrote: »

did you go on like a real long protest march

I'm taking Wing Chun.

And it's so much pain.

Tube

hey guys this diet is in imperial units and shit.

if I have to eat 8oz of red meat, and I eat a medium sized steak, is that enough?

ZeroFill

8oz should fit in the palm of your hand as a rough estimate

4oz is just the palm area, minus fingers

Jyardana

8oz is a pretty small steak, but I live in Wisconsin and we are notorious for over eating. Its about the size of a deck of playing cards raw.

edit- or i might just not know how much the steak i eat weighs.

Tube

ZeroFill wrote: »

8oz should fit in the palm of your hand as a rough estimate

4oz is just the palm area, minus fingers

Sweet, better that I'm eating a little over than a little under I think. I just realised I've supposed to have been eating a backed potato with dinner too. Stupid tube.

Dynagrip

God damn, I almost passed the fuck out.

Abracadaniel

So I realized tonight that my Monday afternoon bench stuff sucks because I've been underestimating myself.

I've been doing 12 reps of 65, 10 of 75, 10 of 85, and finally 8 at 95.

I just did two sets of 8 at 95 without too much trouble at all.

Thoughts?

Tube

That's cool man, is that including the bar? How long have you been lifting?

RedTide

Cardboard Tube wrote: »

That's cool man, is that including the bar? How long have you been lifting?

I'd imagine bar included since from what I recall hes pretty tiny (could have forumers crossed though).

Here's my question though SH, have you ever bench till you failed on a rep and needed a spot?

Jyardana

Man I had that problem when I was first starting out and never had a spotter. I always freaked out once my arms got tired and was too scared to up the weight.

Meissnerd

So I'm about to be done school, which will give me tons more time to go to the gym. I've never really got a clear answer about this: is it better to do a lot of lighter weights, or a smaller amount of heavier ones?

SageinaRage

There's a chart people have, somebody should post it again. Lower reps (around 5) will give just pure strength gains, higher reps (10?) will give bigger size, and even higher reps will basically turn into cardio.

Dakal

I usually do 4 sets of 95 with the bar... lately though Its been tougher for some reason. I think I've fatigued the muscles. I was working them almost every day for 5 days straight.