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Squats the story - the Off Topic Thread...

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭gymfreak


    JJayoo wrote: »

    :O :O

    ...I may just turn vegetarian :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 488 ✭✭Paudee


    JJayoo wrote: »

    So will Kendrick once he goes up a few weightclasses



  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,626 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Paudee wrote: »
    So will Kendrick once he goes up a few weightclasses


    Is this a new food porn trend I've missed out on?

    Someone video me a pig......

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭gymfreak


    leave the poor animals alone :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 488 ✭✭Paudee


    Is this a new food porn trend I've missed out on?

    Someone video me a pig......

    183690_10150395958000207_905575206_16929147_7089595_n.jpg

    2 little piggies


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭gymfreak


    Genuine LOL

    Thanks for the reincarnation of th at wonderful post-conditioning pre shower photo :pac::pac:

    Piglet does look awesome tho!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Mellor wrote: »
    I find I tire quicker and/or recover less between sets when on a cut so I often taper my warm-up so as to conserve energy for the work set(s).

    For example
    20kg x 5
    40kg x 4
    50kg x 3
    60kg x 2
    65kg x 5 *PB*

    Thanks mate. This worked well on deadlifts was able to add another 10kg onto it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 260 ✭✭nbrady20009




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2 Crewsterry


    I'm new enough to posting and forums so give me a hand here. Was there something that went on with ip gym that means you can't talk about it? I got stuff deleted for posting about it? Was there legal trouble after they shut? There was even a funny photo that got deleted that I'd like to see again.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Crewsterry wrote: »
    I'm new enough to posting and forums so give me a hand here. Was there something that went on with ip gym that means you can't talk about it? I got stuff deleted for posting about it? Was there legal trouble after they shut? There was even a funny photo that got deleted that I'd like to see again.

    What is this IP you speak of? I'd like to hear more.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 488 ✭✭Paudee


    Hanley wrote: »
    What is this IP you speak of? I'd like to hear more.

    It was where 'He Who Must Not Be Named' and his DeathEaters lived.

    Barry can be Snape.

    You're Wormtail.

    And i am very sad.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    Paudee wrote: »
    It was where 'He Who Must Not Be Named' and his DeathEaters lived.

    Barry can be Snape.

    You're Wormtail.

    And i am very sad.

    F*ck that I'm a cape wearing motherf*cker - Dumbeldore.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,626 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Crewsterry wrote: »
    I'm new enough to posting and forums so give me a hand here. Was there something that went on with ip gym that means you can't talk about it? I got stuff deleted for posting about it? Was there legal trouble after they shut? There was even a funny photo that got deleted that I'd like to see again.

    Look, you can say what you like about it as long as it's within the boundaries of the charter. Posting in someones log is not the right place to do it though, that was the only problem and the reason the posts were deleted.

    Having said that if you go on a one man "IP was crap" crusade in the forum, I'll lock that as well because it adds nothing to the forum. The same would be true for any gym. This forum is for constructive discussion.

    If you have any questions about any of this, PM me.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭Barry.Oglesby


    What's a Snape? Since Hanley knows what it is I'm going to assume this is Harry Potter.




    Also I know that Dumbledore is from Harry Potter.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭Barry.Oglesby


    Looks like you have your answer Crewsmystery... See what I did there?

    No reason you can't discuss your experiences I'd say but do be wary of slandering people :)


  • Registered Users Posts: 315 ✭✭Ice87


    No, popcorn required actually. Nothing to see here at all.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭Barry.Oglesby


    This is popcorn stuff for everyone but me, for whom it's really tedious. Move on people!


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,626 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    This is popcorn stuff for everyone but me, for whom it's really tedious. Move on people!

    You think it's tedious for just you?

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 488 ✭✭Paudee


    This is popcorn stuff for everyone but me, for whom it's really tedious. Move on people!

    Agreed.


    "Obliviate"*




    *I have brought shame to my family.


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  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,626 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    Paudee wrote: »
    Agreed.


    "Obliviate"*




    *I have brought shame to my family.

    I had to google that there to get the Harry Potter reference, and yes you have.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    I had to google that there to get the Harry Potter reference, and yes you have.

    Muggle.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 488 ✭✭Paudee


    I had to google that there to get the Harry Potter reference, and yes you have.

    Pfft.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Scuba Ste


    Mud Blood


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,917 ✭✭✭Barry.Oglesby


    This is popcorn stuff for everyone but me, for whom it's really tedious. Move on people!

    You think it's tedious for just you?
    Spose!

    I actually don't care that much I've long since dispensed with the Internet and the bored people who troublemake on it


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭Jarren


    www.lifestylesports.com/index.html

    I might have a look tomorrow.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭gymfreak


    Wahooooooooo...2weeks off work :D:D


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,256 ✭✭✭Molly


    Wahooooooooo...2weeks off work :D:D
    Boo urns, at least i got sent home early from work because of no running water to the building!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭gymfreak


    Molly wrote: »
    Boo urns, at least i got sent home early from work because of no running water to the building!

    Be thankful for small mercys!!!!


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    I started proper strength training today. Squat 50kg. I'm very impressed with myself :P


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,972 ✭✭✭rocky


    I started proper strength training today. Squat 50kg. I'm very impressed with myself :P

    1 RM? :)


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 9,390 ✭✭✭Stench Blossoms


    8 :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭UL_heart_throb


    8 :)

    good girl good to have you on the team


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,793 ✭✭✭gymfreak


    I started proper strength training today. Squat 50kg. I'm very impressed with myself :P

    You might even start logging too!!!:)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    I started proper strength training today. Squat 50kg. I'm very impressed with myself :P

    Good stuff!

    Squats and deads are fun


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,692 ✭✭✭Jarren




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 372 ✭✭UL_heart_throb


    it's amazing people will still upload the videos they make where they **** up really badly. i think it's great from an outsider point of view, to really know what goes on in some crossfit gyms.

    not sure what I make of women in the third trimester doing muscle ups other than being in awe of their physical strength.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭cc87


    Vibrams getting sued in the US

    http://www.examiner.com/wellness-in-chicago/vibram-fivefingers-shoes-named-lawsuit
    http://www.sportsscientists.com/2012/03/vibram-shoes-named-in-lawsuit-danger-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcJKs+%28The+Science+of+Sport%29

    Was bound to happen eventually with so many converting to barefoot running after reading one article in a magazine and inevitably ending up injured....plus Vibrams tendency to stretch the truth a bit with their marketing


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭cc87


    Vibrams getting sued in the US

    http://www.examiner.com/wellness-in-chicago/vibram-fivefingers-shoes-named-lawsuit
    http://www.sportsscientists.com/2012/03/vibram-shoes-named-in-lawsuit-danger-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcJKs+%28The+Science+of+Sport%29

    Was bound to happen eventually with so many converting to barefoot running after reading one article in a magazine and inevitably ending up injured....plus Vibrams tendency to stretch the truth a bit with their marketing


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,340 ✭✭✭Please Kill Me


    Jarren wrote: »

    Never seen so much kipping going on!! LOL


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    cc87 wrote: »
    Vibrams getting sued in the US

    http://www.examiner.com/wellness-in-chicago/vibram-fivefingers-shoes-named-lawsuit
    http://www.sportsscientists.com/2012/03/vibram-shoes-named-in-lawsuit-danger-of.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FcJKs+%28The+Science+of+Sport%29

    Was bound to happen eventually with so many converting to barefoot running after reading one article in a magazine and inevitably ending up injured....plus Vibrams tendency to stretch the truth a bit with their marketing

    I'm not American, and I'm not a lawyer, but HOW THE F*CK ARE THEY BEING SUED FOR THIS?!

    Like it explicitly says on their website that there's a transition period ffs.

    THIS is the exact reason the fitness industry world wide is a f*cking joke - you can do all dangerous stuff you want and injure people only for it to be ok because that's what everyone does, but step outside the comfort zone and try to do something innovative and good, and some moron injures themselves as a result and suddenly you get your ass sued.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭cc87


    Hanley wrote: »
    I'm not American, and I'm not a lawyer, but HOW THE F*CK ARE THEY BEING SUED FOR THIS?!

    Like it explicitly says on their website that there's a transition period ffs.

    THIS is the exact reason the fitness industry world wide is a f*cking joke - you can do all dangerous stuff you want and injure people only for it to be ok because that's what everyone does, but step outside the comfort zone and try to do something innovative and good, and some moron injures themselves as a result and suddenly you get your ass sued.

    From what I understand its down to that they dont say that you have to change your running style when using then as a heel strike running action with them can lead to you damaging your heel.......all sounds silly to me but since vibrams is a big big company these days it would a fairly lucrative lawsuit so it would attract some good lawyers to it

    Im not a lawyer but AFAIK, there is a lot more pressure on companies to cover all the bases when they are selling products and unless Vibrams did cover the above somewhere I would think the lawsuit has a good chance of winning


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,176 ✭✭✭✭Sangre


    Just because they're being sued doesn't mean they've done anything wrong. Someone has just decided to sue them. Still a pain in the arse for company to defend in terms of time/money and bad press.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭MungBean


    Is there anything to this whole barefoot running thing ?


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    MungBean wrote: »
    Is there anything to this whole barefoot running thing ?

    Yes. Quite a bit.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,915 ✭✭✭MungBean


    Hanley wrote: »
    Yes. Quite a bit.

    You do it yourself ? I seen a TED talk with that Christopher McDougall who was talking about it I think in relation to tribe folk running so much. Seemed like he knew what he was talking about anyway. But I didnt realise it was an active movement as such.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 21,981 ✭✭✭✭Hanley


    MungBean wrote: »
    You do it yourself ? I seen a TED talk with that Christopher McDougall who was talking about it I think in relation to tribe folk running so much. Seemed like he knew what he was talking about anyway. But I didnt realise it was an active movement as such.

    I don't do much distance running of any kind, but do have a pair of "barefoot" shoes which I try to wear when I can.

    That McDougall talk is good, as is his book, Born To Run.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,634 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    cc87 wrote: »
    From what I understand its down to that they dont say that you have to change your running style when using then as a heel strike running action with them can lead to you damaging your heel

    From the article linked above;
    Vibram does state on their website (which is acknowledged in the lawsuit) that switching to the FiveFingers does take time, possibly over a year for some people. Their training plan for the FiveFingers is longer than 13 weeks. The first two weeks are wearing the shoes 1-2 hours per day (no running), and weeks 3-4 are running 10%-20% of your normal distance, no more than once every other day, in the FiveFingers


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,462 ✭✭✭Orla K


    Mellor wrote: »
    From the article linked above;

    It really depends on what's in that training plan, if it tells them about changing the way you run then it's a stupid lawsuit if they don't well that's quite stupid of vibram


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,192 ✭✭✭Dathai


    Was getting my lunch on Friday and some lad ran past me on Pearse Street with no shoes on. He had some sort of fancy shmancy running shoes, but was carrying them.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,368 ✭✭✭cc87


    Mellor wrote: »
    From the article linked above;

    But the training plan they have is about preparing and strengthening your foot and legs to run barefoot, not about your running style or gait.

    While I do agree its a silly lawsuit, it is a legitimate argument.....


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