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  1. My recommendation is don't use gloves. They don't help with grip, at all, and they certainly don't provide any protection for the wrist. If you want to provide some support for your wrists, invest in a pair of these: http://www.titansupport.com/products/wraps/wrist-wraps/titan-basic-wrist-wraps.html
  2. The mirror is okay, but you really need some sort of objective measure of progress. A scale would be good, but taking measurements with a tape measure is the best, although much more tedious than just tracking which way your weight is trending.
  3. Are you weighing yourself every week? "Feeling" weight loss is nice, but it doesn't amount to much if the mirror and scale aren't changing.
  4. I hope Gaunce can bring the same level of play against men. He may just be the 3C the team needs, but then him making the team also make Schroeder the odd man out, so to speak.
  5. The "eat every 2 hours" stuff is actually suboptimal for protein synthesis. The body needs 3.5-5 hours after the end of a meal to reset in order to maximize muscle protein systhesis, something I'd imagine most interested in muscles would like to optimize.
  6. Okay I'm ready for hockey season. I want to see how the Canucks look with the changes that have been made.

    1. The Brahma Bull

      The Brahma Bull

      I can't wait to see Tortz blasting the media to support/protect Luongo. It's going to be awesome.

    2. Xbox

      Xbox

      I want Tanev back first :(

    3. Sedler

      Sedler

      i think this is the year to be honest, i can feel it in my blood

      cmon kesler

  7. Ready for the week to be over, but first it's intensity day at the gym which means heavy squats, bench, and rows.

  8. You do not need protein powder. Fix your diet first, that's where 80% of the results come from. 18-19.5% of your results are driven by rountine. That last little bit is where supplements can give you a boost, but supplementation sure as hell won't do anything if your diet isn't already on point. What does one days food intake look like? Specifics of when and how much, not just generalizations. If you can't answer the "when" and "how much" of what you're eating, your diet needs work.
  9. "Clean eating" is eating only foods that are first sprayed with all purpose house cleaner like 409 prior to consumption...but for serious, it's eating whole foods like chicken, rice, broccoli, oats, fruits, and veggies and no or minimal processed foods. It's a good approach to eating and an improvement for most, but can be a bit asinine when taken to the extreme at which point psuedoscience comes in and things like bread make you fat and give you THE BEETUS which is just not true. I personally no longer worship at the church of clean eating. I eat whatever I want so long as it fits my macros and fiber goals for the day. The basis of my diet is whole foods like chicken, top round beef, jasmine rice, veggies, fruit, oats, but I occassionally have some "junk" like ice cream, chips, or chocolate if it fits my macros. When I have "junk" it usually is less than one serving because that is all I can fit in my macros. It's just enough to keep cravings and binges at bay, an approach I think is reasonable.
  10. I used to be. I now do IIFYM, which when bulking, allows me to fit in a bit of "dirty" food each day and it works far better at controlling cravings because there is no guilt if I want some nutella with my oatmeal, or if I want some chips, or even if I want some french fries because I can still hit my macros goals for the day if I don't go overboard with the junk.
  11. Had a cardio stress test yesterday to see how the 'ole ticker is doing. Went 16:10 which is considered in the "elite" category. I do conditioning (not cardio, they're different but both involve elevated heart rate) 0-2x a week and otherwise just lift fairly heavy in the main lifts (squat, bench, press, deadlift) and do higher reps for things like curls, leg extensions, tricep work, and any other "assitancy" type sutff. Funny thing is, the lifting that my cardiologist is so concerned about damaging my surgically repaired heart is the same thing that keeps my BP down and allows me to push myself...and the science my Dr. expalined of why lifting heavy was bad for my heart was bad (assumed the heart didn't adapt to the stressed placed upon it, cause ya know, it's a muscle and that's what muscles do). Needless to say I'm not putting much stock in what he said when is assertions are based on unsound conclusions.
  12. Paul Carter, a lifter who's info I think is pretty good, puts it this way: " 80% of your training sessions will be nothing special, you get the work done and that's it. 10% will be awesome where you feel like superman. 10% will be awful and you'll feel weak as a kitten." I think you may have had a -10% session. If it's a pattern, definitely change something up.
  13. NHL Network is replaying the Sharks/Nucks series...still don't know how they lost Game 2 with how dominate the Canucks were in the late 3rd early OT. Also, Garrison was a beast

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    2. canuck_trevor16

      canuck_trevor16

      ref screwing us for years since 2011 playoff

    3. Pears

      Pears

      Henrik throwing the puck up the middle pretty much screwed us. That and the refs there's no denying that.

  14. Despite what some posters think about Gaunce, he is going to be a valuable player for the Canucks. A good defensive player who can score garbage goals, can pass, and has a big shot is a player who can be developed into a solid and necessary player despite average skating.
  15. A crap workout. Happens to everyone, even the strongest lifters in the world. If it's a trend of more than one bad workout, change things, but not until then. Also, I don't buy much into changing exercises for the sake of change. The best change one can make is to continually add weight to the bar over time.
  16. I love dirty bulking, I just don't love what it does to my already terrible calorie partitioning ratio.
  17. Just realized I have the same birthday as Tyler Seguin...bleh

    1. LeanBeef

      LeanBeef

      Think that's bad? mines the same as Briere

    2. Watermelon

      Watermelon

      Mine is on the same day as Thornton

    3. Keslerific

      Keslerific

      Apparently I share mine with Lucic

  18. yeah, so totally not buying the existence of megalodon, sorry Discovery

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    2. euphoria/

      euphoria/

      i blew a megalodon your moms face......

    3. Newsflash

      Newsflash

      That was some weird crap actually.

    4. Newsflash

      Newsflash

      Just watched it.

  19. I need carbs, not protein. My current macros are 63f/390c/230p so I almost always have carbs and fat left to eat at night which leads to combos like oatmeal and nutella
  20. I still need 130 carbs before bed to hit my macros. Pushing my metabolism to make it better can be a pain in the ass sometimes.
  21. A deload week is good every now and then to allow your recovery curve to catch back up to the stresses put on your body from training. However, I think having planned deloads is a waste of time unless you're squatting 400+, deadlifting 500+, and benching 300+.
  22. Good Kentucky Bourbon is hard to beat...mmmm

    1. Tortorella's Rant

      Tortorella's Rant

      So is your mum.

      Ohh, burn, buddy, burn!

    2. Ghostsof1915
    3. Henrik Kesler

      Henrik Kesler

      Buffalo Trace is my bourbon of choice. High quality and under $25 a bottle

  23. PR Friday meaning I'm off for some heavy squats and benches. Best day in the gym.

    1. canucks#01fan

      canucks#01fan

      LIGHTWEIGHT BABY!!

  24. This is what I would recommend too, especially the bolded. Yeah, cardio pre-lifting a waste of energy that would be better allocated towards the lifting which has a bigger metabolic impact. Plus, lifting first burns through your glycogen stores and forces your body to oxidize (burn) fat when you do cardio after lifting.
  25. Cardio pre-workout does not burn fat like crazy. It's a waste of energy that would be better served lifting weights. If you're going to do cardio, it should be after you lift, not before.
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