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| » derek poundstone in the bros vs pros deadlift challenge. (Go to post) | 15-12-2010 @ 17:47 | ||
| Not necessarily what you'd call the archetypal "bro",. That Lerch guy was pretty good - he had 3 reps disallowed. | |||
| » Sugden Barbell - The PIE Chart! (Go to post) | 10-12-2010 @ 12:53 | ||
| Col Austin appearing in 5... | |||
| » Concept 2 rankings (Go to post) | 09-12-2010 @ 10:36 | ||
| I did a 6:53 at 6' 7" and 102kg, aged 30. I was more suprised by the 6000m times. I did 23:50 which would put me in the top 30, but the first place is 19:52. Three consecutive 6' 50s. Ouch. | |||
| » CoC 2 (Go to post) | 07-12-2010 @ 14:22 | ||
| Some people find it a lot easier to set the CoC with 2 hands and then squeeze with one. I found it easier to have a bit of a "run-up" and squeeze with the levers further apart. Big hands helps as well. | |||
| » Anyone into Techno/House/Electro? (Go to post) | 24-11-2010 @ 18:13 | ||
That latest mix reminded a bit of the Wiggle Fabric mix CD on Nytol. In a good way.  | |||
| » North/South divide (Go to post) | 23-11-2010 @ 17:30 | ||
| As a southern fairy through and through, one thing I do miss from my heady days in Manchester is chicken and shish kebabs (From Caspian’s, Lal Qila et al.) served in naan bread, not poxy pita. Who the f*** would take pita over naan?? | |||
| » Congratulations Tom (Go to post) | 21-11-2010 @ 09:43 | ||
| Upsettingly strong. Awesome lifting. | |||
| » Racist Muslim ppl,, (Go to post) | 12-11-2010 @ 10:50 | ||
| I believe the "every terrorist is a muslim quote" was attributed to Abdel Rahman Al-Rashed of Al-Arabiya News who said "not all Muslims are terrorists, but it is equally certain, and exceptionally painful, that almost all terrorists are Muslims". To which there is a certain truth, I suppose. | |||
| » Another supermarket thread (Go to post) | 28-10-2010 @ 15:24 | ||
| That was a genuinely funny picture to juxtapose. I'm not a big Austin fan especially his go-to "humour" of 'You have a small penis and your wife is ugly', but that was really funny. | |||
| » people pressing (Go to post) | 26-10-2010 @ 16:51 | ||
| People pressing is a good craic and strength indicator. At family holidays, Christmas etc. each year as people/kids get bigger, so must your beered up strength. | |||
| » tyres...............where the hell do I get them from?? (Go to post) | 26-10-2010 @ 10:24 | ||
| What you need to do is google/look in the yellow pages for commercial tyres. If you go to a commercial tyre depot most will let you have whatever you want in terms of old tyres: Tractor/lorry/earth mover. However, be warned that you will have to move it yourself (try lifting a 300kg tyre into the back of anything!!) and whatever you take you WILL NOT be able to "give back" to them when your wife/girlfriend decides that a 5 foot high, 3 foot thick tyre does not fit the design aesthetic of the garden. | |||
| » paul anderson tribute (Go to post) | 11-10-2010 @ 09:11 | ||
| He wasn't letting the flower girl go without a fight!! | |||
| » how heavy does your music collection go (Go to post) | 27-09-2010 @ 16:38 | ||
| My gym is subject to two types of audio assault. A strange pop-cum-indie blended mix tape that segues the Ting Tings 'That's Not My Name' to Kings Of Leon's 'Sex On Fire' into Pink 'Just Like A Pill' et al. This followed in short order by another "progessive" mix of N-Sync type s**tola into Eurodance cheese into N-Dubz. Nice. To put this into some perspective, there are only about 3 female members in the gym and most of the blokes seem to either be chavs, cops or robbers. Luckily, they have taken to not playing anything recently which is a welcome respite. | |||
| » More good stuff from Jim Wendler (Go to post) | 03-09-2010 @ 11:24 | ||
| It doesn't really sound like his normal writing style - when I first read it, I thought someone else had written it. As to being a chubster, I think he noted in his log a few weeks back that he was at around 9% body fat. Not into racing snake territory, but by no means a fatty. The things to remember about Wendler are that he is a ballbreaker and that has changed his style and philosophy on lifting significantly over the last 4 years. I am sure he would be the first to admit that he does not have all the answers and I bet a pound to a pinch of salt that he would defer to Mark Rippetoe et al. on just about anything. But as far as a general philosophy on lifting, diet and fitness, he ain't too far from the top of the pile - kids could do worse than follow his lead. | |||
| » Anyone watch the documentary about the 2 crazy Swedish twins last night? (Go to post) | 11-08-2010 @ 09:55 | ||
I got the distinct feeling with the copper who was speaking as a talking head that he was covering his tracks; "she just seemed a bit odd". A strange way to describe someone who had been screaming with her sister that the police and paramedics were trying to harvest their organs and who had attempted to run through traffic, whilst taking 5 grown men to hold her down.  Seemed like there were a lot of members of m'learned constabulary who were more than happy to sit behind risk assessment protocol and procedures in a matter which ultimately led to a man dying. She was clearly bat s**t. No one had taken into effect the sedtive effects of the medication she had received. The disparity between her state in the presence of her sister and without her should have been noted and made clear to the duty psychiatrist. | |||