Henrik Kesler
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Despite what you read on the internet, 25lbs of lean muscle is a lot. Be patient. Don't get discouraged even if it takes 4+ years to reach that goal.
Putting on 25lbs of muscle, NOT just bodyweight, is damn near a lifetime of progress for someone who isn't running AAS.
Now the bad news..you'll get 80% of the results you'll get from proper and consistent training in the first 12 months. After that, the amount of work required for progress increases while the return on the work becomes smaller and smaller.
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There's a difference between having the vaunted "nose for the net" and actually having the hockey IQ to read the play and be there when it counts. Gaunce has the latter, and it's a good thing.
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Demarco Murray is crazy good. He's run all over the Saints tonight.
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Man, the Bears D isn't what it used to be...at all. Aaron Rodgers is putting on a clinic today.
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I used to lack motivation, now it's just become a regular routine for me. Even if im not motivated before, I usually get pumped there watching the power lifters push insane amounts of weight.
Seeing someone bench what you squat is good for perspecitve, isn't it?
Going for 315 bench monday!!!!
Ive done it at 200 lbs but im at 190 now. I did 275 for 5 a few weeks ago and it felt pretty good so im hopeful that ill get it.
You should have that. 275x5 usually translates to 315+. Kill it!
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Looking forward to the free Macallan tasting at the Empress on Oct 23. I haven't tried their NAS statement expressions, but have enjoyed the 12. Hopefully I'll be impressed.
I also recently managed to acquire some of this:
The pumpkin spice overpowers the rest of the whisky, making it a little too sweet for my tastes. It's certainly drinkable neat, but I'm glad I didn't pay for it.
Next purchase is probably going to be the Glenlivet Nadurra, along with some kind of American Rye. I'm torn between the Rittenhouse and the Bulleit (Rittenhouse is about $50, with Bulleit being around $36). Is the Rittenhouse worth the price difference?
As for the Corryvrecken, wow. Definitely picked up a sour lemon note in there, but it worked incredibly well with the peat, along with hints of a really well cooked steak. Absolutely amazing and definitely worth the money if you're into the peat monsters.
Go with Bulleit. I've had both, and prefer the Bulleit by miles. Rittenhouse is wayyyy to sweet for a good rye, IMO. Rittenhouse is an 'old style' rye in that it's only 51% rye in the mash bill. The Bulleit is 95% rye, and a very good, if a bit in your face, whiskey.
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Woah, damn +1, thanks for the reply.
Yeah I've cut back on my exercises the past few months already. I am not able to do all those exercises as my bad shoulder sometime prevents me from doing so, but I'll take your suggestions into consideration. Thanks again.
Have you gotten back into lifting?
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After two or so years of non stop gym. Well maybe 3-5 times a week for those two years. I've sort of hit a wall for the past 2 months and have hardly gone due to lack of motivation to go to the gym, and to carry out with my workout. Only gone a dozen times during that time.
Not sure how to get back into it.
When I doubt, simplify. I know we've discussed your routine in the past and I always thought the number of exercises was too much. It's easy to start dreading the gym when you've got 7 exercises to do every session.
Personally, I think you should pare your lifts down to squats, benches, deadlifts, presses, 2-3 back exercises, and some arm isolation work with your main focus on getting strong on the four compound lifts I listed.
Training for aesthetics without having a plan for progression on your lifts is a fools errand. You cannot build muscle without progressive overload, and the exercises with the greatest muscle building potential are lifts that (1) involve a lot of muscles working in coordination, (2) have a fairly long range of motion, (3) you can use a lot of weight on, and (4) allow for nearly infinite progression.
Given the above qualifiers for exercises with the best potential for building muscle, you have squats, benches, deadlifts, presses, and rows with a barbell as your best muscle builders. Second comes the above movements (sans deadlifts) with dumbbells. Dumbells fall behind barbells on muscle building potential because the progression is not easy. And far behind the barbell and DB movements in terms of effectiveness is everything else.
If I were you, this is how I would program my gym sessions:
Note: only work sets shown for total volume. Start all warm ups with the EMPTY BAR and add weight in roughly equal jumps until you hit your work set weight for the day.
The warmup for the squat would look something like this:
BAR x5x2
135 x5
185x4
225x3
275x2
315x5x3 (work sets)
A:
Squat 3x5
Bench 3x5
Lat Pulldowns 4x10-12
Curls 4x10
B:
Deadlift 2x5
Press 3x5
BB Rows 3x5
Lying Triceps extensions 4x10
I would lift 3-4 times per week with the following of two potential schedules:
A
B
(day off)
A
B
(weekend off)
OR
A
day off
B
day off
A (then do BAB schedule the next week)
The plan for progression would be to add 5-10lbs per session to all of the exercises listed with 3x5 as the prescribed volume.
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I left Marshall on the bench thinking he might not play. I sure could use his 27 points.
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I purchased some of this tonight as I'm newish to Irish Whiskey. The liquor store also has Green Spot which I believe I've seen recommended around here so I'll be giving that a try in the future.
Edit: After having this and directly comparing it to "The Frog," Connemara essentially tastes like a slightly peated Highland scotch. It's a very good taste, but I like more peat. Either way, I would definitely purchase again.
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Never a negative experience with a whisky share, unless the people are wieners to begin with and you don't want to hang with them. Since they are your friends, I don't see that as an issue.
What we did was have everyone bring their own bottle of whatever, with a predetermined floor on price, and we always decide no ceiling. Bourbon is welcome too. Just have it early, before any scotch tastes. And with say an $80 minimum, that is going to be one fantastic bourbon.
To start, every bottle was poured, in order of taste/region (think Highland before Islay), nothing too revolutionary, and if we had fewer than say 5 or 6 people, we did 2 rounds of each flight. Yeah, by the end we are well on our way with our 1 1/2 - 2 oz pours times 5 or 6 rounds and run through twice. But hey, that's the point of a tasting, to taste.
By the end of the night the bottles are usually within a few ounces of each other, and here is how we usually finish things off.
If we want to keep it simple we put numbers in a hat, and hold a whisky draft.
If we want to go a little more complicated, we add a few twists. Everyone but the host still picks draft position out of a hat. To start, the host gets first pick for cleaning up the inevitable mess and so forth. If he wants to keep the bottle he or she supplied, proceed as normal to the second pick. If he or she snags another bottle, then the person who brought the bottle the host nabs then gets next pick, regardless of their draft number and the draft order continues from there. For example, If the host grabs a bottle that someone picking 4th out of 6 picks brought, that person now picks second instead of 4th, the 5th pick is now 3rd, the 6th pick is now 4th and so on.
It's a little screwy reworking the whisky draft like that, but it usually leads to a few laughs, and everyone is kind of loaded so no-one really cares about what they leave with.
If there is a major dud at the tasting, that person is sent home with it, but that rule has never been implemented.
There are many ways to do it, you could also just tell people they are taking home what they bring and leave it at that.
Most importantly, have fun, and make sure there are a few things to eat handy. Whisky nights need snacks to help soak up the booze.
I hope this helps you in some way.
I'm definitely going to try this with some of my college buddies.
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My average weight for my squat work sets today was 316lbs. I know it's not the same as squatting 315x5x5 straight, but I'm pretty damn happy. My sets were 305, 320, 325, 315, and 315, all for 5.
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Awesome, nice collections, both of you. I was hoping a few would play along.
King Heffy and Ralfy rocking some home blends? Interesting. I've never had Talisker 10, but with the peat and saltiness it's probably right up my alley. Sometimes it's just so hard not to pour a Laphroaig though when I'm looking at my shelf. Sigh, will the troubles never cease?
Henrik is this the wheated mash or the rye mash version? From what I've seen online Mash #1 is the only numbered one.
BT has 2 unwheated mashes and a wheated. My understanding is that #2 is has less rye than #1, but is still pretty "rye heavy" for a bourbon mash. Not that ~20% rye mash comes through in white dog anyway...too much alcohol and sweetness to get through first.
http://www.gq.com/life/food/201311/bourbon-whiskey-family-tree
Yes it's the price you pay, literally, to enjoy whisk[e]y in Canada. There's really nothing I can do about it short of mastering distillation and practicing my patience.
Why is it so expensive? American's make great whiskey, but it isn't THAT good to justify the markup between the 'States' and Canada.
And no offense, I have yet to find a 'good Candian' whiskey down there that was worth drinking with just dihydrogen monoxide as the mixer. Some suggestions would be helpful.
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That first gif makes the "Beastmode against Nashville" goal look like civillian stuff. Pretty filthy, and ballsy play to even attempt that move.
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I'll play in posting my collection too:
Laphraoig QC
Laphraoig 10
Booker's (essentially barrel strength Knob Creek, GREAT stuff)
Knob Creek,
Jacob's Ghost
Wild Turkey Rare Breed
Eagle Rare
W.L. Weller
Old Grand Dad 114
Rittenhouse Rye
Buffalo Trace White Dog Mash #2
Evan Williams Single Barrel
Glenlivet 12
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Keep in mind, that QoT calculation uses ice time not production. So it says he played with 2nd liners on his team but you have to also realize that a second liner on the Hitmen is like a 4th liner on a lot of CHL teams. They flat out sucked. It's not often that you can pin a team making the playoffs on one guy, but with Calgary Virtanen was that guy.
I understand this, and thus was the point I was making. I didn't care for the Virtanen pick at the time...now that I do some digging into QoT compared to the guys who had 'higher offensive upside' than him, I feel good. His 5 on 5 production was pretty gaudy given his QoT, and the fact that his teammates were below average 2nd liners in the CHL. His points/60 given his TOI and teammate quality is quite impressive actually.
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http://www.extraskater.com/chl/players?age=17&sort=goals_ev
for people hating on virtanen...
Also look at he's average ice time per 60 mins. It's not even on the first page when you sort it
Look at how weak his QoT is compared to the Ehlers. His production is impressive given his QoT.
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I thought it was awesome doing Blue on Black with Kenny Wayne Shepherd.
Damn you! I was just about to edit my post and put that in there! Love this song, great metaphors throughout.
Edit: found this absolute GEM!
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Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I've always liked Shinedown. But I can't believe these two are, acoustic even!
I somehow stumbled upon it last night. These guys are GOOOD. As a former 'band nerd' when I was in high school, I have a special appreciation of musicians who can bring it without the amps and autotune, and these two can certainly do that.
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Smith & Myers Acoustic EP. Unreal talent showcased by the two lead singers of Shinedown.
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Elmer T. Lee is a great bottle. I'd like to get my hands on a few of the American priced bottles as that little devil is $90 up here. Besides Woodford 4 Wood (which technically isn't a bourbon with the different wood aging/blending) that is the most I have spent on a bottle of bourbon. I did not complain after tasting it though.
Damn. To drop $90 on a bottle down here I'd be into high end single malt. The most I've ever spent on a bottle was $56.00 for a bottle of Laphroaig QC. Well worth the price (which is a steal realative to what you pay).
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Iginla had a great year. Unless he's unsure of whether he wants to retire soon, I don't see him signing a 1-year deal. He'll want to parlay his success into something that let's him play as long as he wants for the money he wants.
It may not be a tough sell, if he wants to move closer to home, and if winning it all isn't the #1 only thing in his mind.
A lot of people don't realize the kind of salary cap hell Boston are in right now. They are carrying a 4.2 million cap hit this year for Iggy's bonuses from last year. They have 1.67 million, and need to re-sign Reilly Smith, Torey Krug, Matt Bartowski, and Jordan Caron. Sure, 4 mil is Savard, which will be open to them once the season starts, but for now they can't go 10% over including him. They have no chance at signing Iginla.
This, combined with Benning's cap clearing, leads me to believe he's going to go after 2-3 Bruins he likes. Eriksson? Boychuk? They'd probably be cheaper than ever, for a team willing to send decent depth players with low cap hits (Stanton? Richardson?) back.
Exactly. Chicago, Boston, and Pittsburgh are not in salary cap jail they are under the Salary Cap jail, and they are pretty fracked to get out of it. Boston is going to have to lose some 3-5 mil contracts to get out of their situation and that means they are going to step backwards (though still be good, because Krejci and Bergeron).
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He's played on a HORRIBLE Buffalo team the last 3 years. Bring him back so we can get the PP going again.
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Lol that Kesler deal is amazing compared to what Pittsburgh got in return for Neal
Hornqvist has multiple 20 goal season playing for the Perds. Imagine what he'll do with a center better than Fisher.
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So you want more muscle? How's your eating look? And how about some more details on the lifting?