Squats the Story MkII- Off topic thread

runawaybishop

DL Saint wrote: »

I want to make protein bars. In the press I have desiccated coconut, cashew nut butter, myprotein choc nut whey, oats...any suggestion on how to go about this?

Loads of recipes in this thread.

amazingemmet

My cat showed her distain at lifting straps last night by coughing a fur ball all over my set. Bad Kitty!

Vet Thrower

DL Saint wrote: »

I want to make protein bars. In the press I have desiccated coconut, cashew nut butter, myprotein choc nut whey, oats...any suggestion on how to go about this?

Alf Veedersane

amazingemmet wrote: »

My cat showed her distain at lifting straps last night by coughing a fur ball all over my set. Bad Kitty!

I know a guy who knows a guy...who knows the young lad from Love/Hate... Jus' sayin'.

conzy

conzy wrote: »

Your Fitness in Harold's Cross, whats it like? Still have my raw membership but its literally across the road so would be handy for those dirty winter mornings

I'm a member there and I like it. Not a bad selection of weights and machines.

Alf Veedersane

My grid roller arrived today. My IT bands now have a contract out on my life. I'm not sure if they're tears of fear or tears of pain...

Alf Veedersane

Time to experiment: a pound of turkey mince in burger form and 8 jumbo sausages that are 87% pork... First time I've eaten like this since I got out of hospital 4 wks ago. I'm assuming i'll do something Popeye-esque.

Marty McFly

Sometimes I do wonder why some people bother going the gym, some woman in the gym today walking at a very casual pace on the treadmill having a very loud and casual conversation while she was at it for about half an hour.

Dermighty

I enjoyed reading through this website.

Authority Nutrition

RidleyRider

Brian? wrote: »

Yes.

Hilarious as usual.

Brian?

RidleyRider wrote: »

Hilarious as usual.

Thanks.

ferike1

I love broscience

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

amazingemmet

Or you could just exercise!

http://www.universityherald.com/articles/4919/20131012/scientists-identify-protein-linking-exercise-brain-health.htm

Dathai

Was never really a fan of George's, but lately he's just become such a mutant that I have to watch his vids. However he needs to shave that thing off his ****ing face.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVQb094nYq4

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fowjJw8OWJU

jugger0

Lads best programme for size and strength for lifters with a few years experience behind them?

Drained_Empty

starting strength

amazingemmet

Depends on goals and actual exeperience. I like westside for skinny b@stards 3 as a general template

Mellor

Anybody have any tips for grip training? Trying to improve it generally, and for BJJ. If it helps the likes of my DL thats fine too

I've started to add in plate pinch holds at the end of one of my sessions. Consists of holding 2x5kg plates per hand. Going to try work up the time, increase the load. The plates in my gy, are plastic coated, so are prob a bit thinker than iron plates.
Has anybody her used plate pinches before? Any issue with using two different weight plates to bridge the jump from size to the next.

deadlybuzzman

A tip of Andy boltons is to wrap a t shirt around a dumbbell handle and hold for time

Mr. Manager

Today was day 1 of a 14 week shot at GVT. I started a log over in the fitness log spot but I've a question.

When starting out I read to start really light on everything. So I did. My first exercise was a flat db bench press (semi-supinated grip) I started with 2 10kg weights thinking I'd be fairly fatigued at the end but I wasn't.

If I can finish the 10x10 (or in the case of sub sets where it's 10x3) with a certain weight am I to move up?

Theresalwaysone

I Love PPPP Longtime wrote: »

Today was day 1 of a 14 week shot at GVT. I started a log over in the fitness log spot but I've a question.

When starting out I read to start really light on everything. So I did. My first exercise was a flat db bench press (semi-supinated grip) I started with 2 10kg weights thinking I'd be fairly fatigued at the end but I wasn't.

If I can finish the 10x10 (or in the case of sub sets where it's 10x3) with a certain weight am I to move up?

60% of 1rm to start. Not arbitrarily light.

Hanley

I Love PPPP Longtime wrote: »

Today was day 1 of a 14 week shot at GVT. I started a log over in the fitness log spot but I've a question.

When starting out I read to start really light on everything. So I did. My first exercise was a flat db bench press (semi-supinated grip) I started with 2 10kg weights thinking I'd be fairly fatigued at the end but I wasn't.

If I can finish the 10x10 (or in the case of sub sets where it's 10x3) with a certain weight am I to move up?

Have you read any of the GVT program articles? It's all very clear on what you should be doing there.

Mr. Manager

Hanley wrote: »

Have you read any of the GVT program articles? It's all very clear on what you should be doing there.

I had read something on T-Nation (which now that I look back says 70%) but if I'm honest, I'd forgotten. The other thing is, I'd also read on one of the BB.com programs that you should rest 90s between sets (along with using 60% instead of 70%) and another on T-Nation says to only rest 60s.

Presume then by that that there is no perfect strategy or else one of them is wrong..?

amazingemmet

Follow the one from the Poliquin site

http://www.poliquingroup.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/Article/441/German_Volume_Training.aspx

Mr. Manager

I Love PPPP Longtime wrote: »

Today was day 1 of a 14 week shot at GVT. I started a log over in the fitness log spot but I've a question.

When starting out I read to start really light on everything. So I did. My first exercise was a flat db bench press (semi-supinated grip) I started with 2 10kg weights thinking I'd be fairly fatigued at the end but I wasn't.

If I can finish the 10x10 (or in the case of sub sets where it's 10x3) with a certain weight am I to move up?

amazingemmet wrote: »

Follow the one from the Poliquin site

http://www.poliquingroup.com/ArticlesMultimedia/Articles/Article/441/German_Volume_Training.aspx

Overload Mechanism: Once you’re able to do 10 sets of 10 with constant rest intervals, increase the weight on the bar by 4 to 5 percent

This is what I was looking for

Thanks!

amazingemmet

POTM in after hours

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87016841&postcount=220

RidleyRider

amazingemmet wrote: »

POTM in after hours

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=87016841&postcount=220

Brilliant:pac:

amazingemmet

Would it be cruel to post this in the terrified of treadmills thread?

kevpants

amazingemmet wrote: »

Would it be cruel to post this in the terrified of treadmills thread?

Man I'm only wondering why I'm the only one posting that stuff. What the hell are you waiting for?

JJayoo

Discount supps have 15% off all orders for the next 3 days.

http://www.discount-supplements.co.uk/

amazingemmet

Found this on Reddit, obviously doesn't apply here where our mods are hench and refrain from power trippin'

Mr. Manager

Slightly disturbing question coming up..

In the morning I have a protein shake and some porridge. The thing is, the stuff flies through me

Does anyone else have this? How do you prevent it or at least keep it at bay for a while...?

Zombienosh

Sounds like an intolerance?

Zombienosh

Discount supplements just emailed saying 23% vat on Protein powders from the 1st of November?
If that's the case I'm not using them anymore. I can't afford that.

amazingemmet

I Love PPPP Longtime wrote: »

Slightly disturbing question coming up..

In the morning I have a protein shake and some porridge. The thing is, the stuff flies through me

Does anyone else have this? How do you prevent it or at least keep it at bay for a while...?

Do you drink coffee as well?

rubadub

Zombienosh wrote: »

Discount supplements just emailed saying 23% vat on Protein powders from the 1st of November?

If they do over €35,000 worth of trade to here they have to pay Irish VAT, at least it goes to our government.

Victim of their own success, if the sales drop off dramatically I guess they drop below €35,000 and do not have to charge VAT anymore.

If I was a UK company I would consider limiting my business to €34,999 per year to here, you would have to work it out of course.

Or set up a side company selling it as a food stuff, so you get zero VAT. You could just overlabel the fella on the packet to have a whisk in his hand instead of a dumbbell, and a chefs hat -instant zero rate VAT. And some stupid disclaimer on the pack, not for ingestion for sporting reasons.

Zombienosh

This is just that company? I thought it was something to do with the budget.

dylbert

I think the put vat on supplements in the budget?

rubadub

VAT was on them before. There was a big discussion about it a year or 2 ago as myprotein.co.uk started charging VAT here, they made a new .ie website.

Chainreactioncycles, up north, were also adding vat to stuff like glucose tablets.

Some things used as supplements could be exempted depending on how they are sold. e.g. if bags of shamrock glucose were sold in a supplement shop here it might argued they should be 23%, in a bakery section or baby food section 0%. Same with whey.

amazingemmet

So what you're saying is there's a big market brewing for "Chefs own brand, pure food whey" ?

Mr. Manager

Zombienosh wrote: »

Sounds like an intolerance?

I don't think so, no. It reminds me of when I used to smoke and after the first one of the day I'd be dying to drop the kids off at the pool.

amazingemmet wrote: »

Do you drink coffee as well?

Nope. Have some water, take my shake, go the gym, get to work, have another shake and then some porridge.

But in the gym the urge to let rip is incredible. Then after breakky it's toilet time.

amazingemmet

Tried eating some meat and other stuff?

Mr. Manager

amazingemmet wrote: »

Tried eating some meat and other stuff?

Before the gym you mean? I never eat before the gym.. My first meal (minus shakes) is about 20 minutes after the gym.

rubadub

amazingemmet wrote: »

So what you're saying is there's a big market brewing for "Chefs own brand, pure food whey" ?

Yep, the cheapest place for glucose is usually home brew shops now, usually called "brewing sugar".

First 2 hits on google, €2 per kilo in a brew shop

http://www.abbeygardensupplies.ie/brewing_products/brewing_equiptment/brewing_sugar_1kg_P634.html

Vs €20 per kilo here! (its a 500g tub for €10, both shops are dextrose)

http://www.powersupplements.ie/index.php/dextrose-powder.html

Unsalted, unroasted nuts are also zero vat, moment you sprinkle on a suggestion of salt 23% more. Peanut butter is also zero, even if salted.

amazingemmet

I mean just change what you eat in the morning and see if it still flies through you.

@rub so we need to start a whole new food/brewing company, brewers whey, brewers creatine etc

DL Saint

So with that 23% tax is it now going to be even better value to order off myprotein, bulkpowders etc... or will they be taxed too?

Mellor

DL Saint wrote: »

So with that 23% tax is it now going to be even better value to order off myprotein, bulkpowders etc... or will they be taxed too?

It's not a new tax, MyProtein having been charging it for some time. Not sure about bulkpowders, but they should be charging it too.

colman1212

Bpak has started a series of free podcasts. Just search for Ben Pakulski in podcasts on your iphone. Really Really good stuff.

cletus van damme

rubadub wrote: »

If they do over €35,000 worth of trade to here they have to pay Irish VAT, at least it goes to our government.

Victim of their own success, if the sales drop off dramatically I guess they drop below €35,000 and do not have to charge VAT anymore.

If I was a UK company I would consider limiting my business to €34,999 per year to here, you would have to work it out of course.

Or set up a side company selling it as a food stuff, so you get zero VAT. You could just overlabel the fella on the packet to have a whisk in his hand instead of a dumbbell, and a chefs hat -instant zero rate VAT. And some stupid disclaimer on the pack, not for ingestion for sporting reasons.

in fairness - 35000 is a ****ty amount , you'd hardly get a living wages off that.
calling "success" is a bit of a misnomer.

amazingemmet

Some Hollywood Hulk Hogan (triple H? ) based lols