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first -world sadness
i caught the flu last week. went to bed at around 9pm on the friday and got up like a human adult at 7 am on monday morning. i just spent every minute i could between them sleeping as hard as i could. it took me the rest of last week to shake the seal cough and start thinking of food again like it's something that has an…
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so there was this guy in the gym . . .
i just have to tell this story, i guess. i mentioned it in my daily update a week or so back, but it's still sitting there in my head. there was this guy at the gym. he showed up while i was between sets with squats or something, and i kept trying to not look at him. and kept failing at it. he had The Biggest Biceps I've…
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so . . . greek yogurt and whey
i came across this kind of thing a few weeks ago and not sure what my thoughts are just yet. let it be said that i'm not very into greek-style yogurt so perhaps i just don't care enough to pick any holes that are there to be picked. https://modernfarmer.com/2013/05/whey-too-much-greek-yogurts-dark-side/
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who has made their own phyllo? anyone?
yeah, i have nothing better to do with my life :p i'm fascinated by phyllo but when it comes to the 'let dough wrap around pin' part, i just do not get how come it doesn't stick to itself. doesn't it? if not, why not? wondering if anyone has this skill down already and can give me whatever the magic tip is. i don't think i…
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shout out to krok
just sayin'. because she's been here since i joined more than three years ago, and no matter what's going on she's always been unfailingly helpful, constructive and interested in what everyone's doing. plus, she may have started the pun thing.
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glute-ham raises / nordic falls . . . equipment.
has anyone ever mcgyvered their own form of equipment for doing these? another person to brace me while i do them is not an option, so let's not go there. i can sort-of do them here at home, but nothing is quite the right height and i have nothing that would serve as a footplate either. the other factor is i'm already…
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tell me your tendinopathy stories please
or tendonitis, tendonisis . . . whatever you had. what helped? what hurt? and what happened, if you've had it for long enough. inb4 those who are [almost definitely] going to say this: i have seen a doctor, and i've been given some drills. what i'm asking for is a conversation that can help me set context round it, not a…
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cars using 'bike' roads under winter conditions
this is one of my every-winter mental struggles, so interested in thoughts from other people who ride all year round, or try to. my city has a great network of 'designated' bike roads, which doesn't mean cars can't use them. and my city also has a lot to be proud of in terms of driver responsibility and awareness wrt…
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"By Christmas And/Or Dec 31" - make your old-year resolutions right here!
i don't make new year resolutions, but i seem to like setting end-of-year goals at around this time of year. so i gave myself a whole 24 hours to think about how yesterdays' first 60lb press workout went, and i have enough faith in how that felt (plus hepburn) to throw my hat into the ring. by christmas, or at the latest…
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anyone have ideas about how to completely line up my bike saddle?
i could take it to some shop and pay them 40 bucks, but it would irk me to do that if there's a simple home hack that i could do my own self. i suspect it of being juuuuust a little off-centre, but so subtly that i'm not even sure. reason i care enough about wanting it absolutely lined up is because i have had a very deep…
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augu[e]s[s]t it's time to make a new thread
lame pun is lame :blush: but i haz stuff. took the day off work and moped through the morning wearing my toe-spreading things, and then got spurred by landlord presence to go out and do my moping at the rec centre instead. and guess what. 105 squats. obviously it really works for me to have an entire morning or afternoon…
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would julyke to hear how everyone's workout went?
aaaannnnnd to kick off . . . i can abduct EVERY toe on my left foot! you think this is nothing but i woke up with that damn tendon/bursitis all around my greater trochanter again [big bony bump at the top of femur]. big time. back to sciatica, back to oh-*kitten*. i've been working on the entire tissue train all the way up…
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asking for resources on working towards thumbs-around grip for low-bar back squats.
can anyone point me to resources that would be useful for achieving this? i normally go thumbless and have thought i was comfortable with that, but by some fluke i recently did achieve a full grip on the bar for one set and was blown away by the difference. the trouble is, i could not replicate it and i'm having 3-d…
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curious about the deadlift hungries
this has been my third year of lifting, and over the most recent year i've noticed i don't get these anymore. used to be i could reliably deadlift, and then the whole next day would be like throwing kleenex into a volcano as far as the appetite went. now i might feel a little dragged or a bit blah the next day if it was…
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things that i learned from my Massage Project
some people might remember that i discovered a local massage school gave crazy-cheap 'intern' sessions a few weeks ago, and i bought a card and made a Project out of going out there a few times a week. so i'm not a bodywork pro or even in any medical field, but i did learn quite a bit. plus, i lifted every week for about a…
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what do you do after a chiro adjustment?
i'm not asking for medium/long-term/preventative advice such as 'use good form' and so forth. that stuff i already have, thanks. but i'm not a chiro regular and i kind of forgot to ask this. so curious to know what others do in the first 12-ish hours right after they've had an adjustment, especially when it's something…
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bike commuters - Thule pannier clip
i'm looking at Thule panniers for the lovely lovely waterproofing and the cavernous interior, but have never used anything with that side-angle bottom clip before. can anyone help me with feedback about how secure you think the clips are? are they easy to use? a pain to use? etc etc. my 10-year go-to has been with the type…
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ifebruary workout was wonderful . . .
oh, i give up. february is just too hard to make a pun with. wanted to start the new thread though because i'm feeling high on myself. woke up before six, did not get to the closer rec centre by six, spent some time stretching and left sometime before 7. i was 10 minutes from work by 7:15 on my watch . . . and there's…
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diy yogurt people . . . why is my yogurt so mild?
i'd love input on this. i just made my fourth(ish) gallon of yogurt in the crockpot, using a little of the current supply as 'starter' each time. i heat to 185ish and hold for a while, then add the starter at 105 and incubate after that. been working great, so far. this last batch thickened okay . . . eventually. but the…
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cyclists who lift - how do you stretch?
i need you guys' help. started a new contract and have been biking again. the trouble is, it is KILLING my hips. i've back-burnered squatting again because i just can't get 'space' for any kind of form that doesn't cause impingement sensations all over the front of my hips. i'm doing the hip circles. and the first-baseman…
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laptop by bike
it's not my laptop and i can't leave it at work. what's the safest way of transporting the damn thing? i've used panniers since forever, but i can't help thinking a backpack has a sliiiiightly better chance of not hitting the ground if it came to a crash. i resent the thing already, don't want to resent it even more by…
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pullup progression 'challenge' - anyone else?
i'd love to have buddies for this. i'm going to try again with the pullup progression my trainer gives his new folks (got inspired by him having an actual new folk in our group on friday). i always start this, lose track and fall off the wagon again, so i'm making this thread entirely to keep myself accountable. so how it…
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what's with the crampy muscle?
i've never found an answer to this, but i ask now and then in case this time i'll learn something new. i have one muscle in my whole body that tends to cramp if i contract it too hard. it's one of the bum bunch, idk if one of the glutes or something else. but it doesn't seem to be related to the usual suspects for…
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november when you didn't lift? isn't life much better now?
lol. i'm really running out of puns :p
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wendler 5/3/1 - dealing with failure. heck, DEFINING failure in formats like this
i feel like i've been doing 3's week of my sixth wendler cycle for . . . well, weeks. because i have. i finished cycle 5 without unbearable trouble, but also without extra reps. did my deload week. started the new cycle. got through 5's week, also without extra reps. now it's 3's week, and i feel like when the aliens come…
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getting the mud out of leeks
i just slice them and then dump them in water until all the dirt has settled, then skim them out for cooking. however, just started to feel a little anal about nutrient loss and all that since i slice them so thin. is there some 'obvious' way to do it that i'm too busy being clever to know about? a mouthful of grit just…
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basing max deficit on body-fat weight - interested in people's thoughts
this is my first thread in this forum, and i'm not looking for a debate-for-the-sake-of-debating so much as just interested in getting thoughts from people who might have better b.s. detectors for this zone than me. i found this article via good ol' google and although it makes sense on the face of it, i know a lot of bs…
