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WHAT dad bod?
Earned my letterman's jacket in school running both sprints and cross country 5k's, graduated rail thin at 150 lb. Between adult size kicking in during college, plus joining the military, I was a very fit 160 lb. But work started taking time away from exercise, night shifts proved a disaster for my menu (TONS of sodas and…
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What's your FIRST memory
Science says, on average, the earliest permanent memory for most people occurs around age 4...everything before that is forgotten, or so badly blurred that you can't accurately place a date, location, etc. Some few people can remember younger than that...my adult son can recall clearly an event from when he was age two.…
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Crashed laptop question
Not sure where else to post this, but I'll reference the "support" part of this board to ask a computer-support related question that is not MFP-related. My personal laptop sort of died on me. I say "sort of" because I can power it on, login with my password, and the programs I use are all there and operational. But every…
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Gym Headphones Advice
I’ve used the same set of headphones since I started lifting weights 13 years ago. They’re over-ear with a cord which extends to my iPod in my pocket, and have finally started to show their age, with one side no longer making noise. (I know it’s not an iPod issue, because the headphones behave the same whether I plug into…
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Trimming fat from your household budget
Over the recent holiday weekend, my wife and I were discussing all the various bills we had, from medical (dental and veterinary) to car repair. Rather than despair, we decided to find the money wasters in our family budget and work on trimming them, see just how much we could save per month. Our list so far: Cable (we…
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Senior Moment
When you forget something obvious, only to remember it later, it's called having a "senior moment." But it can happen at any age. So...what did you forget recently?
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Thread Ignoring
Currently, posters have the option to ignore all posts from specific users. (Or at least the option existed prior to the recent upgrade...does it still?) I recommend an option to allow users to ignore specific threads: the thread thereafter will not appear in the list of available discussions, the user will not be notified…
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Limited Movie Theaters
A couple months ago, my wife saw a preview for a movie which intrigued her. It said release date would be Halloween weekend. As the weekend approached, we made plans to go on a date night to see the movie. However, the day of release came, and when we went online to find out showtimes, we discovered the movie was being…
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How frequently to change up lifting routine
I've been lifting for over 12 years now, and over that span have tried a large variety of lifts for each body part. When I was younger and had the time, I'd try to incorporate EVERYTHING into my workouts, which could easily result in 2-hr long sessions. These days I limit myself to 45-60 minutes per session, so I've had to…
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Brain Teasers
Can you guess the meaning? (If you add your own teasers, please hide the spoiler answer for others to be able to make a guess before revealing the answer...)
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It's Precious to Me
The saying goes, "The best things in life are free." Well, sometimes the most precious things in life are ALMOST free, as in basically worthless to anybody else but of infinite value to one person. What possession do you own which a would-be robber would skip bagging, but you consider among your most valuable items? Is it…
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Still Good People in the World
We need a thread to document experiences we have with the good people in the world. Yes, they do exist.
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Scars Tell a Story
Some see scars as unsightly blemishes on otherwise perfect skin, or a nonstop reminder of a horrific experience best forgotten. But for some, scars can actually be a positive, a testament to having survived, maybe even having learned something to become a better person. I'll start. A few years ago I finished a set of…
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Softer or harder?
I have an adjustable air-filled mattress, which has been an absolute blessing for my wife and I who share different preferences in mattress stiffness levels, especially when she was pregnant and could adjust her side of the bed to something different every single night. Currently, she prefers 100, I keep my side around 70.…
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Oreo Flavors - How do you Oreo?
Most of the time I stick to my old friend, double stuffed. But I have tried a variety of flavors, and seen far more available at the store. So when a seasonal favorite, s'mores, hit the shelves the other day for the first time in a couple years, I felt compelled to not only snap up a couple packages, but sit down and try…
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How to: breast reduction
Back in November of 2019, a drunk driver smashed into my wife's SUV while she idled at a red light. She avoided serious injury and need for surgery, but the last year and a half have been filled with several types of pain management for the herniated disc in her lower back, from medication to physical therapy to…
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Work break room
Does your workplace have a break room, and more importantly, does anybody ever actually USE the room? Here we have a room with a foosball table and a recliner in front of a television with satellite programming, but I don't know if anybody ever takes advantage of these entertainments. If you're physically present, you're…
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I wrote a fantasy novel! Come check it out!
www.dragon-born.com I've been a lover of fantasy literature for over 30 years, decided to try my hand at writing a novel. Took me a year and a half to write and edit, a couple months to get hooked up with self-publishing, but it's now ready for the public to check it out. This story is about a human girl named Seeliyah who…
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This weekend aged me
I generally do what it takes to feel younger than my age... eating right, exercising, getting enough sleep, not smoking, etc. But every now and then something comes along which makes me feel every one of my 43 years. This weekend was one of them. First thing Saturday I administered a fitness test for a Boy Scout merit…
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What's your dessert of choice?
I can enjoy the occasional dish of ice cream, but usually I can avoid over-indulging in any dessert I come across, often refusing them outright...except cookies. Chocolate chip, peanut butter, iced sugar, snickerdoodles, Oreos... it almost doesn't matter the cookie, I will eat it. And one of the easiest ways to put a smile…
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Fantasy Football
Anybody else addicted to fantasy football? I was in six leagues this year (down from a high of 30 a few years ago...). Four of the six made the playoffs, all of them reaching the semi-finals. Unfortunately, I met the twin buzz-saws of Lamar Jackson and Kenyan Drake, knocking three of my four teams out. Just leaves me with…
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100,000 Pushups in 2018
I've given up my "Year of Reps" challenge as being too easy for me, so instead am challenging myself to something bigger: 100k pushups in the year. Averaged out, that's 274 per day. Anybody care to join me? The sooner you start, the easier the goal is to reach! Jan 1 - 274/day Feb 1 - 299/day Mar 1 - 327/day ...and so on.…
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A Year of Reps Challenge
--> What you need: a method to track the numbers 1-365 to avoid repeating in future days --> Exercises involved: your choice of bodyweight exercises (pushups, pullups, crunches, squats, etc) --> How it works: Some challenges tell you to start slow and increase reps every day, for example 1 Rep on Jan 1, 2 Reps on Jan 2,…
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Battling Ropes
I turn 40 this summer, so I've been researching advice for saving joints as a weightlifter gets older. One of the suggestions was to start your workout with the battling ropes, those super-long thick-handled ropes which you attach to something unmoving at one end, then you flick the other end up and down or side to side,…
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Lifting to Marathon Prep
Ok, so due to severe budget tightening (two kids in braces, AC died, new car) we're having to make some tough choices of what parts of our lives must be (temporarily) set aside. My contribution is my gym membership, which I've had for 8 years now. This means my access to all those nice heavy weights is cut off, and I don't…
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OTC Supplements
Ok Sidesteel et al, what OTC supplements do you take? And what's your opinion about OTC testosterone pills or Conjugated Linoleic Acid (CLA)? Modern day snake oil or actually useful?
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Older doesn't have to equal weaker
Just wanted to crow a little among people who would understand. I still remember vividly the first time a couple years back when I was able to bench press 225 for a single shaky rep. I laughed then about "wouldn't it be really something to be able to do five sets of five at this weight!" Today I did just that: 5x5x225.…
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Foam Rolling Convert
I've been lifting now for over 7 years. In that time I observed the phenomenon of foam rolling take root and grow in popularity, yet I never once felt the need to actually try it. That is until I did something to my right hamstring last week where it meets the hip, causing severe flexibility and strength loss along with…
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NFL Challenge
Kickoff of the 2016 NFL season is this coming Thursday, 8 September. If you're like me, watching a game means sitting sedentary the entire time with drinks and snacks. Talk about working counter to any weight-loss goals. But there is a solution... I'm not a big college football fan, but several schools have a neat…
