Squats the story - the Off Topic Thread...

Michael 09

I recommend everyone have a google of 'Manti Te'o. He's a college American footballer for Norte dame. Absolutely bizarre story.

tmc86

Michael 09 wrote: »

I recommend everyone have a google of 'Manti Te'o. He's a college American footballer for Norte dame. Absolutely bizarre story.

Just had read of that there, its a really bizzare story alright. Very suspicious :cool:

COH

Michael 09 wrote: »

I recommend everyone have a google of 'Manti Te'o. He's a college American footballer for Norte dame. Absolutely bizarre story.

I could not be more dubious of that story. The massive skeptic in me says America loves a good story and nothing well sell more jerseys and create more media hype than the man that lost everything and everyone he loved only to go on to the NFL and become captain America.... It has Disney/Oprah written all over it...

Michael 09

COH wrote: »

I could not be more dubious of that story. The massive skeptic in me says America loves a good story and nothing well sell more jerseys and create more media hype than the man that lost everything and everyone he loved only to go on to the NFL and become captain America.... It has Disney/Oprah written all over it...

Yeah it's one of those all American, over coming adversity stories. Will be interesting to see if he was in on it or not.

Dathai

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jan/17/manti-teo-imaginary-girlfriend-notre-dame

Gummy Panda

Lyle McDonald has updated his store. All his books are available in ebook format from him now. His stuff is very interesting to read.

Dubdude

The strongest man you've never heard of...

Nice little vid some of you might be interested in

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x5xXsdWRaFw

ConorCBS

If I was drinking 2 litres of milk a day, should I still drink 2 litres of water too?

squod

Dubdude wrote: »

The strongest man you've never heard of...

Nice little vid some of you might be interested in

Hip belt squat, nice

rubadub

ConorCBS wrote: »

If I was drinking 2 litres of milk a day, should I still drink 2 litres of water too?

No need, the 2L of water is more than enough for the average person anyways. Years ago some study was done and somebody determined people were recommended to intake XXXXml of liquid per day (equating to 8 glasses of liquid to go into your body). Somebody misinterpreted this as needing to drink "8 glasses of water" per day, but the recommendation was to include water contained in foods. If you ate loads of water melons all day you would not need to drink any water.

Gummy Panda

What do people have as a pre-workout meal when training in the morning?

I'm in the gym just after 6am but I'm finding I'm tanking during some workouts. It could be a quality of sleep issue but I'm worried my nutrition is a problem as I don't really have an appetite that early in the morning. Also I can feel wrecked for the rest of the day, especially if I take a pre workout.

Hanley

rubadub wrote: »

No need, the 2L of water is more than enough for the average person anyways. Years ago some study was done and somebody determined people were recommended to intake XXXXml of liquid per day (equating to 8 glasses of liquid to go into your body). Somebody misinterpreted this as needing to drink "8 glasses of water" per day, but the recommendation was to include water contained in foods. If you ate loads of water melons all day you would not need to drink any water.

Scooby dubious tbh. I drink 3L of milk a day, and 2+L of water and my piss is still almost green at times.

the drifter

Hanley wrote: »

Scooby dubious tbh. I drink 3L of milk a day, and 2+L of water and my piss is still almost green at times.

WTF....seriously? man there is something wrong with you...cant gain weight...cant hydrate.

I drink 2-3 L of water a day and the only time my piss is green is after a nights sleep

Ant11

Gummy Panda wrote: »

What do people have as a pre-workout meal when training in the morning?

I'm in the gym just after 6am but I'm finding I'm tanking during some workouts. It could be a quality of sleep issue but I'm worried my nutrition is a problem as I don't really have an appetite that early in the morning. Also I can feel wrecked for the rest of the day, especially if I take a pre workout.

Have you only started it recently? Maybe your body hasn't adapted to it yet. I train fasted at 6:30am, it took me 1 or 2 weeks to get used to it but now I prefer it.

Zombienosh

the drifter wrote: »

WTF....seriously? man there is something wrong with you...cant gain weight...cant hydrate.

I drink 2-3 L of water a day and the only time my piss is green is after a nights sleep

I dunno about you crazy people but I've never pissed green or heard of anyone pissing green... except maybe radioactive man.

the drifter

Zombienosh wrote: »

I dunno about you crazy people but I've never pissed green or heard of anyone pissing green... except maybe radioactive man.

plutonium is not a banned substance on the WADA list...

Zombienosh

COH

Zombienosh wrote: »

I dunno about you crazy people but I've never pissed green or heard of anyone pissing green... except maybe radioactive man.

B-Vits give your urine that natural green bio-luminescent quality you need to know that you're as hardcore as you are patriotic

Gummy Panda

Ant11 wrote: »

Have you only started it recently? Maybe your body hasn't adapted to it yet. I train fasted at 6:30am, it took me 1 or 2 weeks to get used to it but now I prefer it.

No. I've always trained in the am.

Zombienosh

I would have said yellowish no?

the drifter

Zombienosh wrote: »

I would have said yellowish no?

ah here...lets not fall out over the colour of it

deadlybuzzman

Gummy Panda wrote: »

What do people have as a pre-workout meal when training in the morning?

I'm in the gym just after 6am but I'm finding I'm tanking during some workouts. It could be a quality of sleep issue but I'm worried my nutrition is a problem as I don't really have an appetite that early in the morning. Also I can feel wrecked for the rest of the day, especially if I take a pre workout.

Might the workouts that you tank in correlate with eating slightly lower amounts of carbs the day/evening before?
I train in the morning and dont eat beforehand. Generally its not a problem apart from if my previous days carb intake was quite low. Another option is to have a glucose based drink on your way to the gym

rubadub

Hanley wrote: »

Scooby dubious tbh. I drink 3L of milk a day, and 2+L of water and my piss is still almost green at times.

I did say "average person", I would imagine your calorie intake is higher than average too, along with sweating more.

I took his question to mean "does the water in milk replace the water I usually drink".

Hanley

Zombienosh wrote: »

I would have said yellowish no?

I wasn't Aware you were watching me piss.

squod

Hanley wrote: »

I drink 3L of milk a day, and 2+L of water and my piss is still almost green at times.

Some say Hanley wears a white racing suit and appears on TopGear of a Sunday.......

Jarren

http://www.shamrockgym.ie/

Any takers ? ^

I'm getting one anyway , only concern would be foam material on handles,my personal preference are rubberized handles .

Sugar Free

Jarren wrote: »

http://www.shamrockgym.ie/

Any takers ? ^

I'm getting one anyway , only concern would be foam material on handles,my personal preference are rubberized handles .

That's Mickk's product I believe, a poster here. Looks like a nice bit of kit to have at home.

Hanley

Jarren wrote: »

http://www.shamrockgym.ie/

Any takers ? ^

I'm getting one anyway , only concern would be foam material on handles,my personal preference are rubberized handles .

Got The Pig one for Xmas. Love it. Really solid. Take off the foam and use bare steel, or slide a bike tube/similar over for rubberized handles.

rubadub

Sugar Free wrote: »

That's Mickk's product I believe, a poster here. Looks like a nice bit of kit to have at home.

There's a long & interesting thread about it here, he was trying to get Tyson at first.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=147592253&page=1



Great design.

Stench Blossoms

I only just bought a pull up bar. Raging. That one looks deadly.

Gummy Panda

deadlybuzzman wrote: »

Might the workouts that you tank in correlate with eating slightly lower amounts of carbs the day/evening before?
I train in the morning and dont eat beforehand. Generally its not a problem apart from if my previous days carb intake was quite low. Another option is to have a glucose based drink on your way to the gym

I'm going to keep my carbs up the day before and see if it makes a difference

Dathai

rubadub wrote: »

There's a long & interesting thread about it here, he was trying to get Tyson at first.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=147592253&page=1


Great design.

Unreal. That is such a legendary thread.

I bet Bill Cullen would shít a cartload of penny apples if he read that. Fair play man, hope it works out!

Sugar Free

rubadub wrote: »

There's a long & interesting thread about it here, he was trying to get Tyson at first.
http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=147592253&page=1

If that part about what he said to the Chinese girls is true...

Sugar Free

Quick question, is there anywhere in Dublin city centre that sells calipers? Will be in there shortly.

Duck's hoop

Jarren wrote: »

http://www.shamrockgym.ie/

Any takers ? ^

I'm getting one anyway , only concern would be foam material on handles,my personal preference are rubberized handles .

I bought one about 18 months ago out of the warehouse. He swore me to secrecy. And he's a large gent to say the least. As well as a very personable chap.

It's very tidy and works as advertised.

Recommend.

Gummy Panda

here's a guy using it. seems sturdy enough

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABEijsw6BWA

ronanc15

Random question, is overhand wide grip chin-up more or less acknowledged as the standard chin-up as opposed to underhand?

link_2007

Sugar Free wrote: »

Quick question, is there anywhere in Dublin city centre that sells calipers? Will be in there shortly.

Not sure but you can get them on ebay for a couple of euro.

TheBellJar

I found a funny:D

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2Diy0RNe_c

JJayoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTXSTGGRvKY

You might remember this story as it was reported in some media outlets.

brownej

TheBellJar wrote: »

I found a funny:D

Are you sure you found a funny?
I was waiting for someone to punch his lights out! Now that would have been funny.

TheBellJar

brownej wrote: »

Are you sure you found a funny?
I was waiting for someone to punch his lights out! Now that would have been funny.

Alas, 'funny' is subjective.

metamorphosis

Hey folks ...

Moving to Cork next month for work and looking to get my hands on a decent s&c coach to help me strength and mobility issues ... any real good recommendations?

the drifter

metamorphosis wrote: »

Hey folks ...

Moving to Cork next month for work and looking to get my hands on a decent s&c coach to help me strength and mobility issues ... any real good recommendations?

Ainle Ó Cairealláin up at the na piarsaigh gaa club.

You might have even come across him i UL.

Sangre

Just would like a price check on the potential purchase of 10mm titan belt and fat gripz from lifting-large.com. Products plus delivery is $150 (c. 110e) (delivery is 43$ alone). Could do without grips but they seem handy enough and want to justify shipping to myself.

Any suggestions on cheaper alternatives?

brownej

Sangre wrote: »

Just would like a price check on the potential purchase of 10mm titan belt and fat gripz from lifting-large.com. Products plus delivery is $150 (c. 110e) (delivery is 43$ alone). Could do without grips but they seem handy enough and want to justify shipping to myself.

Any suggestions on cheaper alternatives?

Buying stuff from outside the EU attracts import duty and VAT upon import into ireland. The post office will hold your stuff to ransom until its paid. UPS etc charge you on delivery. The VAT is charged on the shipping and the duty plus there's a handling fee....
Make sure you factor this into any price comparissons

rubadub

ronanc15 wrote: »

Random question, is overhand wide grip chin-up more or less acknowledged as the standard chin-up as opposed to underhand?

Overhand is usually referred to as a pullup, underhand as a chinup.

Pullup on the left


Most people can do more chins than pullups, wider pullups are usually harder again, and I find narrow grip chinups harder than regular width ones. Pullups are said to work the back more, and close grip chins are usually said to work the biceps well.

If somebody says they can do 10 chinups, I would presume they mean underhand, because 1 -its the usual convention of how to call them, and 2-they can probably do more chins than pulls and so quote that figure since it sounds better!

I am doing a lot more pullups these days as I want to be able to do a muscle up.

Hanley

If you can already do a rake load of pull ups, it's probably a tekkers issue re muscle up.

Ant11

Hanley wrote: »

If you can already do a rake load of pull ups, it's probably a tekkers issue re muscle up.

+1 This.

After I got my first muscle up I tried to do it again a couple of weeks later and I was able to get 5 in a row. The only thing that had changed in them few weeks was my technique. I reckon if you can do 10 - 15 BW pull ups you should have the strength to do a muscle up its just getting the technique right.

Oisinjm

Ant11 wrote: »

+1 This.

After I got my first muscle up I tried to do it again a couple of weeks later and I was able to get 5 in a row. The only thing that had changed in them few weeks was my technique. I reckon if you can do 10 - 15 BW pull ups you should have the strength to do a muscle up its just getting the technique right.

Never tried em but could be something fun to throw into the odd workout. Any tips on technique?

Oisín