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Belt Squat Machines
Wondering if anyone has experience with these over time. New gym has one. I used it once and it definitely hit the glutes, quads, and hams but I did not even feel them at all in my back. Just curious if anyone has switched to one of these from regular squats. FWIW I am done chasing PRs on squats and mainly just do volume…
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Bad Actors NOT acting badly
There have been a few movie threads of late so hey, what's one more. I had this conversation recently with someone so I thought I would extend it here. What are your best examples of actors who are pretty much universally accepted to be pretty terrible but who managed to grind out one really good performance? I had three…
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Catfish Confessions
According to the Roman Catholic Church I am not, technically, an actual saint. Not yet, anyway.
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MFPer Sets World Bench Press Record
Boosting the signal for Iron_Miss_Canada, who set a submasters bench only world record this weekend. I may have twisted her arm enough that she will actually post videos.
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I Need More Inactive Friends
C'mon. You know what I'm saying here. This place of full of people always doing stuff, and eating stuff and seriously... whatever, man. My FL is full of active people doing active things always making me feel bad. Plus, who has time to be active when I have to sit around for hours on end clicking "LIKE" every time someone…
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Does the user above need a spanking...
From Cranquistador?
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Daring To Ask What We're All Wondering
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Can I Brag About My Tackle?
It's big. Really big.
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Could You Beat The Poster Above You In...
Connect Four???? Bring it!
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Threads Complaining About Threads Thread
Stop making threads I don't like. Because any thread I don't like is supporting terrorism. And fat shaming. And if you post threads I don't like you hate America. Yeah. And Jesus!
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Unimaginable
I keep seeing this happen at my gym and I can't get my brain around how someone would ever do this. My gym is weird. There is no locker room. All the lockers are out on the floor and they have tiny changing booths. What's worse, there is no water fountain. Yes, that's right. No water fountain. Because they want to sell you…
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Owies
Let me start this by stating emphatically that there is no bragging in this thread. If anything, those posting here should probably be looked upon as somewhat remedial. Injuries happen when you work out. Sadly, there is a certain type of person that sort of soldiers on, keeps on going, one more day, when it would really be…
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Hate Watching
I'm presently watching the second season Banshee. I hate this show. I've hated since maybe the second episode of season one. It is positively moronic. And yet I watch it. I watch it simply to hate on it. At least that's what I tell myself. What about you? Are there any television shows or movies that you watch just to hate…
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Broccoli?
I'm still not convinced.
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Things That Must Be Banned
To protect the children:
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What Sort Of Wizardry Is This?
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Poster Above Needs A New User Name
Help 'em out. Give the poster above a new user name based on pic, profile, reputation, whatever. Bonus points if you explain why you chose that one.
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Rob Ford
Because this group looks like it's dead.... Rob Ford.... What does everyone think?
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Queen Street
I don't get down there very often, but has any one else noticed how much it's changed in the last three or five years? I'm talking about the Queen / Yonge to Bathurst or so area. When I first came to TO about 8 ( 10? ) years ago that area was very bohemian. Now it's just all Gap-type retailers. Kind of a bummer, really.
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Picking Your Spot(ters) Wisely
I'm just going to throw this out there because there are always new people who need this information. If you're going to lift even remotely heavy on movements such as bench press, incline bench, decline bench, reverse grip bench, and you want to go to failure ( of course you want to go to failure ), then you need a…
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Cast the person above based on profile pic
This should be an easy one. Based on profile pic alone, what movie or tv show does the person above you belong in?
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Food / Booze / Sex / Violence & The Law w/ the poster above
Even of these hug, pass, spank threads. Let's break this down into how life really works. Choose one or more of the following to do with / to the person above you. Eat all the food Drink all the booze Have all the sex Ignore them Beat them w/ a tire iron File a restraining order against them
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Unsolicited Advice in the gym
No one wants to be that person who goes around telling everyone that they are doing it wrong, whatever "it" happens to be. Yet our humanity compels us to cross that line at certain points. For me, that point has always been when I see someone doing something wrong in a way that will almost certainly lead to injury. If, for…
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Weight for calculating calories
This is an odd and probably stupid question, but I'll ask it anyway. What weight do you guys use for calculating your calories? I don't mean how much do you weigh. Easier to illustrate with an example. I normally weigh myself twice per day. No, I'm not obsessed. The scale is there in the morning so I will usually just jump…
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A Logging K Hole?
I'm starting to get a bit concerned here. Two weeks ago I was perfectly content, and showing steady progress, by simply trying to be mindful of what I eat and making a point of keeping my intensity levels up in the gym. I'm more of a strength trainer than a cardio beast, so the extent of my logging has always been minimal;…
