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On 8/26/2021 at 3:36 PM, Tortorella's Rant said:
Maybe. I'm trying anything at this point to try and stimulate some further progression. Dumbbells, barbell, high reps, low reps, cluster set, even cheating a bit with a spot assist on sets with more weight or reps to try and get something going. My shoulder strength has completely petered out too. Basically, my push strength has completely plateaued the last month or two. Back when I used to do more all I ever really did was heavy presses for the usual 5x5 deal. I also did tricep exercises regularly which seldom is a thing anymore. Maybe I have to get back to doing more tricep exercises and building that strength power there. That, and eating more is the only thing missing from when I was my best.
you could try dips. I found doing plated dips allowed me to blow past 185 eons ago right comfortably into the 225 range. I still do them to this day and think they're hugely underrated.I am making progress, just slow on the bench. About 5 lbs per month, which is actually pretty solid. If I can keep this up I'll have a pretty competitive set of lifts by the end of the year. Hoping to hit a 300 lbs bench and a 400lbs squat in about 6 months.
Hit prs of 325lbs x 3 reps on the squat tonight and 245lbs x 5 reps on bench tonight. So feeling good
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I wouldn't use DB bench press except for isolation work and only with much lighter weights. The barbell is a completely different exercise that is going to engage your back and chest a lot more.
My bench press has stalled out a bit. I'm hitting two reps at 265lbs, but can't get that third. I started a Youtube channel to track my progress:
If you look at my older videos, the bar is moving slower through the first two reps. So you could call that progress. Really finding the Youtube videos great for tracking my progress, and also to motivate.
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2100 is about 80 years from now. Even without a major global catastrophe, I'd expect Canada's population to grow substantially by then. In the last 70 years, Canada's population ahs tripled. I'd be surprised if Canada didn't have at least 80 million residents by 2100.
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On 8/19/2021 at 10:28 PM, Elias Pettersson said:
100% agreed. The ALR is massive. Imagine even using up 5% of that farmland to build multi-family units. The City itself also has unused land that they are just sitting on, as well as land like you mentioned with old buildings that are sitting empty. These millionaire and billionaire developers are easy targets to criticize but at the end of the day they are private citizens and are simply making money in a capitalist society. It's up to the local governments to create joint ventures with these developers using City land to create more affordable housing.
The Aquilini family are doing their part working in partnership with the First Nations in redeveloping their land for multi-family use. We need more developers on board that can work directly with the local municipalities.
Another problem is the excessive amount of Nimbyism in Vancouver. So many existing home owners stopping development. They claim they want to keep the "character" of Vancouver, but they are really just concerned with their own property values. What kind of character does this city have if young families can't afford to stay here. The city is pressured by the Nimbys into not giving building permits. This creates false scarcity, which increases the value of the existing housing substantially. Then when a building permit is given out, the land its given for becomes ultra valuable. A large developer with huge pockets sweeps in and builds only "luxury" units.
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6 hours ago, Elias Pettersson said:
I agree. The way to do this is for the local municipalities to give more concessions to these developers and entice them to build more affordable housing. The municipalities own thousands of acres of land that can be used for this purpose. It’s not up to these developers to solve the problems of housing affordability, it’s the government’s problem.
Go out to Surrey and see how much land is out there that can be redeveloped. Even out in Vancouver there are huge parcels of land that are sitting empty. All you have to do is drive around town to see this. It’s up to local municipalities working with the Provincial government to rezone this land and allow these developers to build housing that can be affordable to all.
At the very least they can build rental housing. The issue with a lot of people is that can’t even afford the rents in Vancouver due to a lack of inventory. We need government to create that inventory through joint ventures with these large developers.
Zoning is definitely a major issue. Vancouver proper is filled with decaying warehouses, where there should be apartment buildings. There should be no restrictions on turning houses into multi family units and low rises. The burns are filled with empty farmland. Zoning has created artificial scarcity.
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44 minutes ago, Alflives said:
With 2000/month guaranteed income people can buy houses in lots of markets all over Canada. Three or four people get together, and that’s 6,000-8,000/month. They can live in some nice town, that’s inexpensive, and have very comfortable lives. No jobs there; it doesn’t matter. No more housing crisis.
Printing more money, isn't going to create more houses, only drive the prices further up.
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7 hours ago, Tortorella's Rant said:
So I tried this cluster set and I did the weight I am stuck at:
2x2x22x2x2
2x2x2
2x2x1x1
20-30 second breaks in between the intrasets and then 3-4 minute break in between each set. Last week bench press wasn't great at this weight and I only got 17 reps out of it doing my standard sets before having to drop the weight. But yesterday I got 22 sets and probably could have done a 5th set for something like 2x2x1 but I wanted to try the incline with this as well which may have been counter productive? The examples I saw with cluster sets were circuit-like so it was bench, then row, then deadlift. I wasn't sure if I was to do with with flat and then incline or leave it at flat bench.
What I read was you could actually increase your weight to a certain % of your 1 rep max and still do this. I might already be there with this weight because I couldn't do this with more weight.
So I wasn't sure if I was supposed to try incline but I did anyway and I struggled to do the weight I normally can do after flat bench - I did "do" a set but it wasn't great. So I had to drop the weight. 20-30 second break between intrasets and 3 minute break in between sets.
2x2x1
2x2x2 (dropped too much weight & felt too easy)
3x2x2 (increased the weight a bit)
2x2x2
Then I did regular sets of flies and called it a day.
My concerns with the intraset is that if you are limiting yourself to a 30 second rest, you may not have time to properly set up between intrasets. You also may be spending more time resting and not exhausting yourself enough to make gains. However instead of going 2x2x2, you can probably get the exact same effect from a single set of 3-4. If you are finding it works, then stick with it though. Different people respond differently to volume, and the intrasets are definitely a way to increase volume.
It also depends on what your goals are. If you're bodybuilding for more size, then yes you need more volume, and things like bench followed by incline bench on the same day are beneficial. If it's pure strength training, then you don't need as much volume, and you should only do one specific type of bench per day, using variations on off days when you feel too unrecovered.
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On 8/10/2021 at 8:20 AM, Tortorella's Rant said:
How do you get around plateaus.
I used to have this problem back in the day too when I was proper bulking. I'm not now necessarily. I don't eat a surplus of protein, rather I eat enough calories to slowly put on weight. I've gradually my bench press and shoulder press over the past few months but now I've hit a wall. Bench press for example I am banging out a half dozen sets of 4/5 reps. Since the start of the year I've increased it by about 50lbs. Occasionally I've thrown in a few sets of even heavier weight and 3 reps. I've done a few weeks of lighter weight for 10/12 reps. Trying to "confuse the muscles" and "change it up." I went back to try the heavy weight again the other day and I keep hitting that wall of not being able to make that weight feel more comfortable, or "comfortably" lift more than that. I'm considering going back to dumbell which will hopefully improve my bench with the bar, but beyond that I have nothing else to try.
I was stuck at plateaus for many years with my strength lifts. For me, I found the only way was to drop the reps and lift heavier. With bench, I'm currently aiming for a heavy set of 3 at 265 lbs. I hit a set of two the other day. To get there I will switch up my rep schemes, but never go more than 5 reps in a set. I also use pause reps. So I bring the weight down slowly, and then have an active pause at the bottom. So to train for 265lbs, I'll do active pauses at 235 lbs one day. Another day I'll do heavy singles at 265 lbs. Another day I'll do sets of 3-5 at 245 lbs or 255 lbs. Another day maybe 3 sets of 3 at 245 lbs.
It's also important never to fail at a rep. You don't want to teach your body to fail. So go heavy, but not so heavy you will fail.
I've found this very effective for me. Prior to this I was stuck at 8 reps at 205 lbs. Now I can do 8 reps at 235 lbs. It's not a super quick process, as I've been lifting for over 20 years and every gain has to be fought for at this stage. Almost everyday I do make some kind of improvement though. It'll be another rep at a lower weight, another rep at a later set, etc... I do wish I'd switched to this system 10 years ago, as I could have really maxed out my bench.
The problem with lifting heavy is that you have to really know what you are doing to avoid injury. You have to have good form and have been lifting long enough to know your body. I wouldn't recommend trying to max out at all on any lift, until your a very experienced lifter.
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On 8/4/2021 at 9:11 PM, Dazzle said:
I guess my idea of a modern hockey player is shaped by players like Kesler and Pettersson, both of whom have defined muscle (like having a 6 pack), which indicates low body fat percentage. Still that is usually what is seen by people as being fit.
I'm still not sure how you perceive him to be leaning forward. I'm looking at the seat and he is leaning on it, so that's why I think he's leaning back. If he's leaning forward, his head will be tilted forward and his back would be away from the seat. Maybe it's a visual illusion, just like his belly.
Lol.
Since when is Pettersson considered the pinnacle of fitness. He has a very underdeveloped physique for a professional athlete. He looks like a 15 year old who's never worked out before. Talented hockey player. If anything he just shows that hockey players don't need developed upper bodies to play at the top level
Definitely leaning into his stomach. You can see the shoulders and back arching forward. Try it yourself. Sit and bend your shoulders forward. It's not a good look for anyone.
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6 hours ago, Dazzle said:
I perceive him to be leaning back, but it's a minor point. You bring up a good point - belly fat is not necessarily indicative of health/fitness.
True, the perception of what is healthy is shaped heavily by what we see often on social media/entertainment. Yet my understanding of someone being 'fit' is that someone who doesn't have a notable amount of body fat (I use a reference of 12-14 percent as the cutoff), but obviously that is an arbitrary standard. Other people who are involved in certain sports may be bigger down there, like Sumo or wrestling.
I was merely looking at this from an aesthetic point of view. This hockey player is proven, but I was just curious about how quickly he could bring it down to 'acceptable' levels.
His spine and shoulders are curved forward. That's going to make your belly look bigger.
But yeah, this guy still might be extremely fit, even though he has a little fat. Hockey involves working very hard for 30-45 seconds and then taking a rest. It's not a pure endurance sport, so a lot of players will have excess body fat, which isn't necessarily a disadvantage.
Look at the current Andy Ruiz Jr. He's the former heavyweight boxing champ and capable of going 12 round with the best boxers in the world. Fat as F though.
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3 hours ago, Dazzle said:
This is a serious question about fitness, more for me to know about getting rid of my belly fat.
This picture belongs to a current NHL player who I won't name because my intention is not to insult or embarrass him in anyway. However I want to know how much fat there is there, and how long it would take for him to get rid of it (maybe the photo doesn't do it justice, but that's the only one)
Seems like he's out of shape, IMO, but I could be wrong because of the way he is sitting.
He's leaning forward, is in natural light, and probably had a few beers before the pic. Yes he has a bit of fat, but unless you're involved in high end endurance sports having more mass can be a benefit, particularly in a full contact sport like hockey.
Also being constantly bombarded by Instagram pics and movie stars taking steroids has drastically skewed society's views of what a fit person looks like. Having sub 10% body fat and being in shape aren't the same thing. In fact, a lot of people who get to very low body fats are being very unhealthy to get there.
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Started using a belt and knee sleeves for my squats, and they're making a big difference. Providing me with stability so I can focus on putting power through my legs.
Went for a set of 3 at 315lbs today, and it was easy so I hit 4. Hit a single at 340 lbs the other day too that didn't feel too hard. My goal right now is 400lbs, and I'm quickly closing in. Hopefully I won't get injured and can reach that goal in 6 months.
This is all at 170lbs bodyweight.
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4 hours ago, Tortorella's Rant said:
So how much different is the overhead press in a clean jerk from a standard overhead press. Because those guys in Tokyo with literally half the size of Eddie Hall are pressing the same weight he can.
Quite a bit different. A strict press is pure upper body strength. The jerk portion of the clean and jerk involves very little upper body strength. The athlete gets under the bar and has to catch it with locked out arms. So they aren't even allowed to press. They then push the weight to a standing position with their legs.
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20 hours ago, Chicken. said:
I pulled my lower back muscle just on this last Friday, picking a nurf bullet up off the ground as I was running.
any tips to get past it ?
Feeling old af. My body was looking lop sided from a muscle imbalance. Had some back spasms on saturday. Took some robax yesterday and feeling better now though and got physio on Wed.
Lower back is best treated with prevention. It may not even be your lower back that's the problem. For example, hamstring or even ankle tightness can result in lower back symptoms. I'm always doing mobility work, but it's never enough. Between sitting and heavy weight lifting it's a recipe for tightness.
It also wasn't just the lower back tweak that was difficult to get over, but there was a period afterwards where my body was more sensitive to potential injury, even though it wasn't actually injured anymore. Kind of hard to describe but it took a while for my body to get physically confident enough to lift heavy again, despite being physically recovered and psychologically ready to do it. For a while my back would definitely seize up easier than it had despite being fully recovered.
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On 4/22/2021 at 11:15 PM, EoH said:
So since late October of last year, I been trying to improve myself by losing weight/fat and gaining muscle.
I started out as 195lbs and up till today I’m weighing in at 160lbs-163lbs.
I never really had a diet or restricted calories for myself and just gradually added in more hours of cardio. Started from 1 hour a day and gradually worked my way up to 3-5 hours daily on the treadmill on the highest incline and 2-3 speed.
Although I am definitely extremely proud of myself, I’m just wondering if there’s anything I should be worried about since I’m doing so much cardio?
5 hours of cardio in one day? You're running a marathon everyday?
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Between gym closures and a minor lower back pull I wasn't squatting heavy for a little while...lost a lot of my strength. Have it back now though. Hit a 295lbs x 3 squat, and a 315 single. Both felt relatively easy.
Was finally able to do a treadmill workout without a mask, which was glorious.
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1 hour ago, thedestroyerofworlds said:
Yup. A 60-59 vote that "ends" two years of paralysis with 4 deadlocked elections. I think the odds are pretty good in your favour.
Not only that, the coalition is crazy broad. It includes Bennett, who is outspokenly right wing. It also includes an Islamist/Arab party and a Green party.
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16 hours ago, Ilunga said:
You brought up the Irgun and their terrorist-you forgot to use that word-attacks and how
Israel "dismantled" them.
That is totally false as and has been debunked.
I have denounced Hamas ergo I denounce their actions.
I have also stated I am a humanist.
You obviously don't know what that means.
I suggest you research what being a humanist means and what our philosophy is.
Your last paragraph is more victim blaming.
And you have not addressed the fact that Israel is viewed as an apartheid regime re their blockade and occupation of Gaza and the west bank.
It's not victim blaming. The Palestinians have played a role in their own circumstances. When you launch 3000 rockets into civilian areas, you deserve some blame. Your position that the Palestinians are victims and, therefore, cannot be blamed for any of the conflict is just bizarre and totally unsupported by the actual situation. The idea that you think being a "humanist" means allowing Hamas to attack as many Israeli civilians as possible is strange. You also realize that Hamas persecutes other religions, homosexuals, minorities, political dissidents, etc...And yes, once again, Hamas was voted into power. The people who voted for them deserve some of the blame for Hamas being in power.
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On 6/5/2021 at 4:15 PM, Ilunga said:
So you have given up on your Irgun argument ?
Israel gets a lot more money,weapons and propaganda support from the US and their diaspora abroad,than the Palestinians do from Iran
I am pointing outwhat is obvious to
anyone who can think critically,that it is the Palestinians who are suffering more.
Here I will post up the figures for the third time in this thread.
Palestinians 115,000 deaths and casualties since 2008
Israel 6000 casualties since 2008.
Palestinians living in conditions that human rights organisations describe as inhumane.
Even sections of the Israeli community as well as the rest of the world compare the Israeli occupation to apartheid of South Africa.
Each time you bring up something that is related to this conflict,it is quickly refuted with evidence/facts.
There is no moral equivalency to the people who lose loved ones on both sides of this conflict.
Only pain and anguish.
That is something I believe you will never empathise with.
I don't see how Irgun making attacks 100 years ago has any relevance to Hamas now. Israel is not just going to roll over, and they have no choice but to respond to Hamas' attacks. And no one disputes that the Palestinians aren't suffering more. However, it's not just Israel is to blame for the Palestinian suffering. It's anyone who is encouraging Palestinians to violently attack Israel, and it's partially Palestinians themselves.
I don't understand how anyone who claims to emphasize "empathy" could ever do anything but fully denounce launching rockets at civilian areas. Especially, when they know the only outcome is going to be counter attacks from Israel.
Also to clear up the stats, on statistics, I'm assuming this is what you are quoting:
QuoteThe United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) has been tracking deaths in the conflict since 2008 and its data shows that 5,600 Palestinians died up to 2020 while 115,000 were injured. 250 Israelis died during the same period while 5,600 were injured.
I don't know why you can't just say 5,600 dead. Instead you have to state "115,000 deaths and casualties". This includes Palestinians killed by other Palestinians and also militants. A "casualty" only refers to someone killed or disabled, not all injuries.
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3 hours ago, UKNuck96 said:
The USA send enough to Israel each year who then use it to buy American arms (seems like a way of using public funds to subsidise the arms industry) that would be able to pay for the costs of universal healthcare.
@taxi I don’t think anyone on here is trying to say that the Palestinians are not culpable for their actions. Where as you are the only one which seems to be pushing a view that Israel only acts in defence, and this includes illegal settlements which some how are a fault of the Palestinians
I've never once said Israel is totally innocent. In fact I'vev stated that Israeli hardliners have the intent of taking over the whole West Bank. Hamas being violent does strengthen the hardliners in Israel. That's a fact. If the Palestinians put Hamas in power, then things will be worse for them. So it's not "somehow", it's choosing violence over negotiation.
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4 hours ago, bishopshodan said:
Lots of money going around.
I read the US sends billions upon billions to Israel. More in recent years.
https://www.bbc.com/news/57170576
I never disputed this. The USA also gives billions to Jordan, Egypt, Iraq, and Afghanistan. It spends billions on it's allies outside of the middle east too. Look at the budget involved in maintaining it's presence in North Korea and Europe.
That doesn't change the fact that when Israel gets attacked by Iranian funded Hamas, the result will be a counter attack.
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12 hours ago, Ilunga said:
Taxi states that Hamas is a terrorist organization,which I believe it is,but fails to address the fact that the state of Israel was born on the back of terrorist acts by terrorist groups like the Irgun.
Leaders of those terrorist groups then went on to prominent positions in the military and government.
He criticises the Palestinians for doing what the Israelis did themselves.
What's your point? Who cares how others label military groups. It doesn't matter if Hamas is a terrorist organization. What matters is that they are militarily attacking Israel. The natural response is for Israel to attack them back.
Hamas gets billions of dollars from Iran to attack Israel, in a war it cannot win.
What do you expect to prove with this argument? Israeli citizens are just going to let Hamas kill their children, because you see some moral equivalency here?
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1 hour ago, UKNuck96 said:
The best option and conversely the least likely to happen would be to make Jerusalem an independent/international city state which neither side has. The rest of the question probably could then be worked out
That was the original plan before the Arab nations invaded Israel. There's zero chance of either nation accepting that now.
A major deficiency with many of the arguments here is the they refuse to acknowledge Israel is under a very real threat. If they lose one war it's over. Israel isn't just going to give to strategic positions under the hope of having eternal peace.
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48 minutes ago, JoeyJoeJoeJr. Shabadoo said:
Irgun wasn't dismantled, it was absorbed into the Israeli military. It also led to the formation of Lehi, another self admitted terrorist organization. Lehi was also absorbed by the Israeli military and the leadership of the Irgun and the Lehi are at the roots of the current Likud party. By your logic, Hamas would merely have to change its name to be forgiven for it's terrorist roots.
Wrong.
By my logic. Hamas would have to stop being an independent military organization attacking civilians. If the Palestinian government outlawed independent militant groups and brought them under the control of a centralized government, there would be far fewer problems. Instead the Palestinian government encourages and funds small militant groups, who then attack Israeli civilians.
Hamas consists of hundreds of thousands of members and militants. The only realistic possibility is to have many of them incorporated into a larger Palestinian military/government. Instead of the current status quo, which is just to have them make rogue attacks against Israeli civilians.
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The Workout Thread
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I am older than I look. In my 40s now. But thank you for the compliment, I think!