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brownbear said:No offence mate, but a number of your pointless threads could be avoided

ranathari said:
Ah yes, the white man's burden.
The same white man who spread Catholicism and their anti-birth control dogma, the same white man who forced natives into poverty and demonstrated the effectiveness of corruption, the same white man who deliberately withheld attempts to establish proper schooling and education to ensure that threats to imperial rule were minimised.

dr_hazbun said:Bedtime reading from Stallone. Basic but good fun.

The guy loved to train:

'The way I trained for Rocky III was a bit overkill. I would run 3 miles in the morning, then go straight into 15 rounds of sparring, followed by 2 hrs in the weight room, pushing tons of iron. Then I'd usually do 500 sit ups before jumping rope for 10 rounds (30mins). I'd eat, nap then do the same again in the afternoon....I went from 14% body fat to 2.8%. I weighed a gaunt 161 pounds...The International Federation of Bodybuilders named me 'Body of the 80s' an amazing honour for a nonprofessional...I almost had veins in my hair.'

He was also pretty tough. He trained with Franco Columbu in Santa Monica for a while:

'Franco once challenged me to a bench press contest. I thought what the hell: 250, 275, 300, 315, 330 pounds. Then bang! My pec major exploded!'

Then he goes into Franco's 'yoghurt' diet

Butty said:
Quarter squats: By using the small range of motion with a heavier weight you activate the CNS more which will led to Owen finding the snatch easier with each set, even though he increased the weight each time. You can get a similar response with performing plyometric movements like jumps or throws.

Quarter movements: Similar reason to 18" deadlifts that you see many strongmen and powerlifters perform. Smaller ROM has added benefit of making the weight seem normal so you get used to having supramaximal weight on your back so when you try a maximal lift it seems easier. Also how else would you overload the top part of a squat/deadlift/press unless you shorten the ROM and increase the load.

Harry said:InB4 "does it make women dolls?"

libertine said:WFT. This video has to be a prank right??

Tom_Martin said:
like the ones used on the car that ran in to you?

robocop said:f**king tore my hamstring
f**k f**k f**k
Don't know how bad it is yet had ice on it all day
Hopefully it will feel better tomorrow but looks like it's upper body only for a while
Ahhhgggggggg