Squats the Story MkII- Off topic thread

Alf Veedersane

Dexters16 wrote: »

I've noticed over the last while on the interwebs, that phrases such as "do you even lift", "come at me bro" etc. have been used regularly.

Since when has it become acceptable to use such crap talk?

U jelly?

Dexters16

Eye can't believe you rote that up on boreds. You must be board silly.

Alf Veedersane

Dexters16 wrote: »

Eye can't believe you rote that up on boreds. You must be board silly.

Double U Tee Eff?

JJayoo

Anyone else think these two guys are twins?

Zombienosh

Zombienosh

haha ALF'S BACK!


in pog form.

amazingemmet

@Jayoo epic

RidleyRider

JJayoo wrote: »

Anyone else think these two guys are twins?

Love Clint Darden. He's quite knowledgeable.

Drained_Empty

I think he is far too generous with his advice on steroids, over states his clinical acumen and is generally negatively influential on a large group of impressionable people.

His approach to taking steroids is what some people's is to butter-coffeyen- don't knock it before you have tried it and if at first you don't succeed try, try again.

Basically a low level strong man.

RidleyRider

Drained_Empty wrote: »

I think he is far too generous with his advice on steroids, over states his clinical acumen and is generally negatively influential on a large group of impressionable people.

His approach to taking steroids is what some people's is to butter-coffeyen- don't knock it before you have tried it and if at first you don't succeed try, try again.

Basically a low level strong man.

All that said, he's still pretty awesome. He covers everything from oly lifts to strongman. Dude knows his stuff. People are becoming more open about steroids where discussion is now considered okay. Why shouldn't he?

Drained_Empty

I don't think he really is qualified to talk about anything but strong man, pretty sure he is oly lifting less than 2 years. Am I right? I find him interesting for the reasons you say or perhaps I inferred, he gives an interesting snap shot into the psyche of the steroid user, and unlike others, is candid, upfront and articulate about it. However, as he himself laments, he gets 100s of messages asking what and when I should take. Most of these, if not the entirety,n should stay away from steroids and derivatives

Blacktie.

What's going on with this board lately. Angry people all over the place!

Alf Veedersane

Blacktie. wrote: »

What's going on with this board lately. Angry people all over the place!

Roid rage.

Marty McFly

Training has been shiit the last two weeks too many things popping up only been to the gym once this week , but after this week knuckling back down again going off the drink again for at least 5 to 6 weeks.


Did make this for breakfast this morning though something different if like me every now and then you get sick of eating eggs and pretty easy although I done four not 12

INGREDIENTS

12 eggs
12 thin slices of deli ham (round)
1/2 cup of your favorite cheese (I used parmesan)
1/2 cup diced scallions
Fresh cracked Sea Salt and Pepper

DIRECTIONS

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Spray a muffin tin with cooking spray. Lay a piece of ham in each hole creating a little ham cup. Crack one egg into each hole and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Bake the eggs for about 12 minutes . . . until the white is firm and the yolk is still nice and runny.
Carefully remove each egg from the muffin tin and top with grated cheese and scallions. Serve hot!
Yields: 12



Oh and ouch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0-wE5BjHyY

Zombienosh

Pre workout rage

DylanJM

Clarence Kennedy just got bronze in the 94kg class at the European Junior Weightlifting Championship.

148kg Snatch

180kg Clean and Jerk

Well done Clarence!

Nervous Wreck

Video here of Clarence missing a clean and getting back up like a fucking BOSS.

http://www.easywl.com/results/Jpopup2.php?video=134-M18-8-6

DylanJM

Nervous Wreck wrote: »

Video here of Clarence missing a clean and getting back up like a fucking BOSS.

http://www.easywl.com/results/Jpopup2.php?video=134-M18-8-6

I came across a gif of the get up

CM24

amazingemmet wrote: »

So who's everyones favourite fake nattie?

Its Ct Fletcher for me I like to imagine him standing next to me during my sets shouting encouragement

Anyone else follow this powelifter/guru on FB? He's always posting really complex sounding training/nutritional advice. Is he actually a scientific genius or just a juicehead spoofing people out of their money?

amazingemmet

I know Phil from London, He's legit in his knowledge, doesn't claim drug free and gets savage results with his clients from all walks of life. The only thing is now he's with Ultimate Performance, he's going to sucked into their marketing machine so expect a lot of online dick swinging and hyperbole from him on social media as he steps up into the number 2 shoes as Nick is now living in Spain.

The gibberish he just posted is basically the scientific explanation for having fast acting carbs and whey post workout but waiting 30-40 mins before ingesting.

Brian?

Interesting article on the dangers of CrossFit:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-robertson/crossfit-rhabdomyolysis_b_3977598.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

No hyperbole from the journalist.

amazingemmet

Poliquin has a decent response on this article too

https://www.facebook.com/strengthsensei?fref=ts

Thud

Brian? wrote: »

Interesting article on the dangers of CrossFit:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-robertson/crossfit-rhabdomyolysis_b_3977598.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

No hyperbole from the journalist.

this is messed up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKzq1upNIgU

Brian?

amazingemmet wrote: »

Poliquin has a decent response on this article too

https://www.facebook.com/strengthsensei?fref=ts

Balanced response. Can't argue with much of it.

He doesn't address the fact that inducing Rhabdo is seen as some sort of badge of honour in Crossfit. That was really the point of the article I posted.

LuckyLloyd

Brian? wrote: »

Interesting article on the dangers of CrossFit:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-robertson/crossfit-rhabdomyolysis_b_3977598.html?utm_hp_ref=mostpopular

No hyperbole from the journalist.

Again, as always, it comes down to the capability and qualifications of the individual affiliate owners / coaches. The lads in CFI always talk about pacing and form before metcons and are quick to step in if someone is trying to hammer away with lacking form. The emphasis is on good movement first and foremost.

There's no doubt that if you had an owner pushing a 'work till you drop' mentality on metcons that have high volume of movements that work the same part of the body there is a potential for trouble.

The Games (i.e. the pinnacle of Crossfit) is a bad example in that respect, when you have regional events that have high volume HSPUs, Pull Ups and overhead presses in the same event. People see regional level athletes hammering through it and think 'that's what I should aim for in my "wod" tomorrow'.

Infact, I'd bet places where there is a danger of what the article describes are places that focus on the daily "wod" rather than strength work. The whole idea of posting up your times for a metcon every day is really stupid, as it encourages this constant competition idea. You can't compete everyday, you need to just treat most sessions as training. CFI is guilty of this too to some extent, eventhough they are preaching in the background about 'training, not testing', asking people to write up their scores / times / PBs on a daily basis.

dylbert

Exactly, the daily WOD’s shouldn’t be individual test, they should be used in preparation for a test, do Fran training for a 4 weeks then test Fran.

Just using Fran as an example, obviously a beginner wouldn’t be doing Fran.

amazingemmet

How do i find this stuff, don't ask. All I can say this guy has the whole package, better abs then Hanley, better dress sense then Hanley and better vertical jump too

gymfreak

amazingemmet wrote: »

How do i find this stuff, don't ask. All I can say this guy has the whole package, better abs then Hanley, better dress sense then Hanley and better vertical jump too

That is quite disturbing.

Gummy Panda

What the ****?

amazingemmet

The back story is, He's a japanese super hero who gets his powers from sniffing school girls panties.

thegreatiam

that makes sense now then

amazingemmet

sexyasfu*k wrote:

Rhabdo is serious. People die from that ****. People also die from gonorrhea but that gets spread around the boxes like a paleo brownie recipe and no one says anything.

.

Zombienosh

Didn't get to train today was busy running around for interviews, will make up for it tomorrow.

JJayoo

amazingemmet wrote: »

How do i find this stuff, don't ask. All I can say this guy has the whole package, better abs then Hanley, better dress sense then Hanley and better vertical jump too

Just looks like an average Frank Yank youtube video

Zombienosh

I thought it was Frank yang when I seen it first.

kevpants

Who pissed in DR Layne's cornflakes?

JJayoo

kevpants wrote: »

Who pissed in DR Layne's cornflakes?

Possibly Ice cream fatness

Hanley

kevpants wrote: »

Who pissed in DR Layne's cornflakes?

what have i missed?

amazingemmet

Lyle's golden fountain of journal references spew forth over Nortons iifym cornflakes

googled eyes

Just put on a shirt I haven't worn since before the summer. Bent down to put on my runners and realised my shirt was too tight.

Its a good and a bad thing.

Rubber_Soul

Hanley wrote: »

what have i missed?

A grown man using a silk sheet as a toga in a Spartan costume to talk about legal threats being made against him in a video that will presumably be used in court at some stage. Just another normal day on the internet really.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrfFF4405WY

amazingemmet

He doesn't get Uk libel laws, uh oh.

Edit: Just watched that video, awesome. I never know when the fitness community ends and fitness entertainment community begins.

amazingemmet

Wow, just wow

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

amazingemmet

I'm getting inundated with MLM scams via linkedin. Post your replies here and I'll use them when they contact me.

MrPain

amazingemmet wrote: »

I'm getting inundated with MLM scams via linkedin. Post your replies here and I'll use them when they contact me.

I hole-hardedly agree, but allow me to play doubles advocate here for a moment. For all intensive purposes I think you are wrong. In an age where false morals are a diamond dozen, true virtues are a blessing in the skies. We often put our false morality on a petal stool like a bunch of pre-Madonnas, but you all seem to be taking something very valuable for granite. So I ask of you to mustard up all the strength you can because it is a doggy dog world out there. Although there is some merit to what you are saying it seems like you have a huge ship on your shoulder. In your argument you seem to throw everything in but the kids Nsync, and even though you are having a feel day with this I am here to bring you back into reality. I have a sick sense when it comes to these types of things. It is almost spooky, because I cannot turn a blonde eye to these glaring flaws in your rhetoric. I have zero taller ants when it comes to people spouting out hate in the name of moral righteousness. You just need to remember what comes around is all around, and when supply and command fails you will be the first to go. Make my words, when you get down to brass stacks it doesn't take rocket appliances to get two birds stoned at once. It's clear who makes the pants in this relationship, and sometimes you just have to swallow your prize and accept the facts. You might have to come to this conclusion through denial and error but I swear on my mother's mating name that when you put the petal to the medal you will pass with flying carpets like it’s a peach of cake.

amazingemmet

will post screen caps on the next one

Deano7788

@ronanc15, if you see this.

I'm planning to head into Eastway for a session on Friday as I'm thinking of changing gyms and had heard lots of good things about it so wanted to try it out. I'm just wondering what the locker situation is, like is it similar to UL where you put in a €2 coin, or is there a bag area or something?

RidleyRider

Deano7788 wrote: »

@ronanc15, if you see this.

I'm planning to head into Eastway for a session on Friday as I'm thinking of changing gyms and had heard lots of good things about it so wanted to try it out. I'm just wondering what the locker situation is, like is it similar to UL where you put in a €2 coin, or is there a bag area or something?

You go upstairs to change and as you come back down, you go in through a door to enter the gym and there's a bagging area on your left.

If its still the same:) Blue or Jason will help anyway if you ask.

Deano7788

RidleyRider wrote: »

You go upstairs to change and as you come back down, you go in through a door to enter the gym and there's a bagging area on your left.

If its still the same:) Blue or Jason will help anyway if you ask.

Thanks man, much appreciated. How did you find it when trained there?

RidleyRider

Deano7788 wrote: »

Thanks man, much appreciated. How did you find it when trained there?

Much more hardcore from my own gym. Its not huge, but it's brilliant. I was only there 4 times of I recall but I'd love to be able to train there full time