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[Adrian_D 520]

Before the winter break I had 2 weeks with a cold and during the winter break I only managed to get into the gym twice.

It felt like shit being 10% under my max squats and military press weight Monday. Maybe it was the food that day (too little carbs) or maybe it was pedaling way too hard on the way to the gym.

Anyway, I hope chest today is going to go well.

[Adrian_D 520]

My roommate swings the fuck out of weight. Probably not bad compared to many, but to me it's fucking atrocious. I cannot see the point of using weight that requires you to emply muscles other than the targeted ones unless you are doing extremely complex compound movements and trying to break through a barier.

If you cannot plant you feet and lean against a way and still do that same bicep curl you are using too much fucking weight. Unless you are Ronnie ain't-nothin-but-a-peanut Coleman, stop, just stop. The miniscule weight we lift does not require the ballance altering motion that you see on freaks of that caliber. And even then, I think he swings too much at times. However he is the biggest and best and had no major injury related to bad form that I know of.

Same as guys pedaling with bad ergonomics. It will take it's price out of your body someday.

With the bicep curls one can simply place their elbow against their stomach correct? Gets rid of additional shoulder "help" and can't swing the weight behind you for momentum.

That's about the only weight I pick up now, and occasional DL.

Sure you can still swing it. You just keep yourself honest man. It's like pull ups. Technically if you complete a pull up, then you complete it, but you know that you can yank it up and cheat. Same thang mang.

I still have a very hard time doing pull-ups

Chin-ups are ok, I can muster 2 on my own and 2 more with a bit of help.

[Aaron Clinton 2,372]

I wonder if life exists on Titan (moon of Saturn). It has ice, hydrocarbon lakes, and the atmosphere contains nitrogen and methane.

Read any Arthur C. Clark? He writes some great sci-fi, but he was an amazing scientist.

I did when I was running through a lot of sci-fi books. Now I am focusing on as much SSA beneficial related info now. Currently reading "What the Plus?", a short book on Google+ and all the in's and out's.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

[dem beats 1,223]

I wonder if life exists on Titan (moon of Saturn). It has ice, hydrocarbon lakes, and the atmosphere contains nitrogen and methane.

Read any Arthur C. Clark? He writes some great sci-fi, but he was an amazing scientist.

I did when I was running through a lot of sci-fi books. Now I am focusing on as much SSA beneficial related info now. Currently reading "What the Plus?", a short book on Google+ and all the in's and out's.

I don't always read books, but when I do, I read Ayn Rand.

Ok Dale Carnegie too.

Ok Sun Tzu also.

[Penguin4x4 1,761]

You forgot Huxley, Dahl, Bradbury, Salinger, and Wells.

[ssh 924]

My roommate swings the fuck out of weight. Probably not bad compared to many, but to me it's fucking atrocious. I cannot see the point of using weight that requires you to emply muscles other than the targeted ones unless you are doing extremely complex compound movements and trying to break through a barier.

If you cannot plant you feet and lean against a way and still do that same bicep curl you are using too much fucking weight. Unless you are Ronnie ain't-nothin-but-a-peanut Coleman, stop, just stop. The miniscule weight we lift does not require the ballance altering motion that you see on freaks of that caliber. And even then, I think he swings too much at times. However he is the biggest and best and had no major injury related to bad form that I know of.

Same as guys pedaling with bad ergonomics. It will take it's price out of your body someday.

With the bicep curls one can simply place their elbow against their stomach correct? Gets rid of additional shoulder "help" and can't swing the weight behind you for momentum.

That's about the only weight I pick up now, and occasional DL.

Sure you can still swing it. You just keep yourself honest man. It's like pull ups. Technically if you complete a pull up, then you complete it, but you know that you can yank it up and cheat. Same thang mang.

I still have a very hard time doing pull-ups

Chin-ups are ok, I can muster 2 on my own and 2 more with a bit of help.

Does your gym have a pull-up machine? Not sure the proper term, but basically you rest your knees on it, and you can change the assisting weight amount.

[sandt38 448]

We have trailer parks, but I never thought of them as a ghetto.

What did you think of them as, resorts?

We have trailer parks, but I never thought of them as a ghetto.

What did you think of them as, resorts?

Where do you think he vacations?

Most of ours is older people and I am sure if you look hard enough there are less than nice ones. Hell I did live in a nice one when we first started out for about 3 years. I sold the trailor for more than I paid for it, but that was a nice area that was older people.

My neighbor who passed away recently has 2 rental trailers on his land. The kids are breaking up the property into 3 chunks and selling it. 1 is an old beat up trailer on an acre and they want $18K for it. Another is a nicer trailer on 2.9 acres and they want $35K for it, and the third is the main house that is in rough shape, on 2 acres with a nice pond. They want $150K for it. I want the nice trailer and more importantly the land it is on, as it has really nice riding trails on it, and it might be a nice rental. For the $ the land is worth it. The shitty trailer I am not terribly interested in, but if I can get both for $45 I might do it. I have never tried renting a trailer though, so I am a bit nervous.

Does anyone know what to look for as far as typical repairs or damage on a trailer?

[ssh 924]

In case anyone needs either: I'm going to be listing some S4 10" dcons for sale, as well as a hertz ep1d amp.

[lithium 358]

[ssh 924]

That's awesome!

[Tirefryr 1,742]

We have trailer parks, but I never thought of them as a ghetto.

What did you think of them as, resorts?

We have trailer parks, but I never thought of them as a ghetto.

What did you think of them as, resorts?

Where do you think he vacations?

Most of ours is older people and I am sure if you look hard enough there are less than nice ones. Hell I did live in a nice one when we first started out for about 3 years. I sold the trailor for more than I paid for it, but that was a nice area that was older people.

My neighbor who passed away recently has 2 rental trailers on his land. The kids are breaking up the property into 3 chunks and selling it. 1 is an old beat up trailer on an acre and they want $18K for it. Another is a nicer trailer on 2.9 acres and they want $35K for it, and the third is the main house that is in rough shape, on 2 acres with a nice pond. They want $150K for it. I want the nice trailer and more importantly the land it is on, as it has really nice riding trails on it, and it might be a nice rental. For the $ the land is worth it. The shitty trailer I am not terribly interested in, but if I can get both for $45 I might do it. I have never tried renting a trailer though, so I am a bit nervous.

Does anyone know what to look for as far as typical repairs or damage on a trailer?

I built some manufactured homes before. Not sure if trailers are the same, but I would assume they are. They are very cheap. The wall paneling is usually 1/4 or 3/8" sheetrock with wall paper or some type of paneling already attached. It's nearly impossible to find, and equally as difficult to repair. The sheets are usually glued to the studs which can be steel or lumber, and then secured via retaining clips on the ends and this is covered with a trim piece. They are cheaply built. Everything else is pretty much like a house, but a little less. Everything is structurally similar, yet dimensionally smaller. The studs are not 2x4, more like 2x3, less insulation, different codes, etc. . . everything else is pretty much straight forward. Wiring is Romex, HVAC is standard, most mechanicals are standard. . .

[Impious 1,476]

I built some manufactured homes before. Not sure if trailers are the same, but I would assume they are. They are very cheap. The wall paneling is usually 1/4 or 3/8" sheetrock with wall paper or some type of paneling already attached. It's nearly impossible to find, and equally as difficult to repair. The sheets are usually glued to the studs which can be steel or lumber, and then secured via retaining clips on the ends and this is covered with a trim piece. They are cheaply built. Everything else is pretty much like a house, but a little less. Everything is structurally similar, yet dimensionally smaller. The studs are not 2x4, more like 2x3, less insulation, different codes, etc. . . everything else is pretty much straight forward. Wiring is Romex, HVAC is standard, most mechanicals are standard. . .

On top of that I'd worry that the type of tenants a trailer would attract would be lower quality tenants which could cause more headaches than it's worth. Not a guaranty, but something that I'd think about before renting it out. I do have many customers at my work who live in trailers and pay us like a shot. But generally speaking........

[ssh 924]

Jesus christ Ryan. First thing you say is how to turn this shit off.

[ssh 924]

Oh and I'd thought I let you know Sean that all that butter didn't sit well. I drank 0.5 stick, felt fine. Few hours later another 0.5 stick, felt fine. Few hours later another 0.5 stick. Hour or two go by then I felt queezy. Took a two hour nap, woke up, and puked everything up. Literally went from 4500kcal to like 1000kcal rofl.

So for the next week I'm going to eat a 1/4 stick, and slowly ramp it up to 1 stick, and I'm going to spread it throughout the entire day to hopefully give my digestive system a break per-say.

Clearly this is a ridiculous idea all together, and I should just eat more real food (which I would if I could, but mentally I can't), so I'm compromising.

[Tirefryr 1,742]

Jesus christ Ryan. First thing you say is how to turn this shit off.

Damn straight. I don't own anything here, but there is one half of this place that is all about $$$$ and it's bringing it down.

[ssh 924]

Shit sorta sucks since I feel like I'm short changing myself. On average for a beginner they can typically put on up to ~2lbs of muscle per month naturally. Then you figure in the excess kcal goes to some fat. So putting on 5lbs or less per month could be considered gains. Me on the other hand, have not put on any significant weight (3lbs+) for the last few months which means I'm simply not eating enough.

I just wanna get big son.

[ssh 924]

Jesus christ Ryan. First thing you say is how to turn this shit off.

Damn straight. I don't own anything here, but there is one half of this place that is all about $$$$ and it's bringing it down.

I hear you, but at the same time I understand that server costs for the forum aren't cheap either, and everyone needs $$$.

[///M5 2,833]

Oh and I'd thought I let you know Sean that all that butter didn't sit well. I drank 0.5 stick, felt fine. Few hours later another 0.5 stick, felt fine. Few hours later another 0.5 stick. Hour or two go by then I felt queezy. Took a two hour nap, woke up, and puked everything up. Literally went from 4500kcal to like 1000kcal rofl.

So for the next week I'm going to eat a 1/4 stick, and slowly ramp it up to 1 stick, and I'm going to spread it throughout the entire day to hopefully give my digestive system a break per-say.

Clearly this is a ridiculous idea all together, and I should just eat more real food (which I would if I could, but mentally I can't), so I'm compromising.

I'm glad you at least post your ideas....terrible as I think they are. Amusing.

What didn't you like about the way I make hot chocolate. 3 pints of heavy cream is close to 4500. If you can't find real heavy it may be 5 pints. Still yummy versus wtf.

[///M5 2,833]

To be fair I froth mine which nearly doubles the volume. Makes whole milk seem wimpy. The fat makes it yummy. A few tbsp fills a cappucino cup easy. All I "need".

[ssh 924]

Oh and I'd thought I let you know Sean that all that butter didn't sit well. I drank 0.5 stick, felt fine. Few hours later another 0.5 stick, felt fine. Few hours later another 0.5 stick. Hour or two go by then I felt queezy. Took a two hour nap, woke up, and puked everything up. Literally went from 4500kcal to like 1000kcal rofl.

So for the next week I'm going to eat a 1/4 stick, and slowly ramp it up to 1 stick, and I'm going to spread it throughout the entire day to hopefully give my digestive system a break per-say.

Clearly this is a ridiculous idea all together, and I should just eat more real food (which I would if I could, but mentally I can't), so I'm compromising.

I'm glad you at least post your ideas....terrible as I think they are. Amusing.

What didn't you like about the way I make hot chocolate. 3 pints of heavy cream is close to 4500. If you can't find real heavy it may be 5 pints. Still yummy versus wtf.

If nothing else I provide entertainment which is almost always good. I didn't dislike anything about your idea, I actually completely overlooked trying it LOL. Though I figure if I have an issue with that much butter then I'll likely have an equal issue with heavy cream. As to yummy vs wtf, well it doesn't taste bad, but it's not super good either. Either way I'm just looking for extra kcal on top of my regular food.

I'm going to try my ramp up method (which if it works I'll be sure to trademark the idea, and start an epic fat ass diet pronto), and if it fails than I will try heavy cream.

I keep reading about people in arctic eating loads of butter, so if those pussies can do it...

[///M5 2,833]

2 cups of olive oil is near 4k too, some might even be over. I've drank that for portable energy when camping before. SO MUCH better than butter.

Pretty easy to dilute a cup and a half with a bunch of grated parmigiana reggiano, some garlic, and any green herb you feel like eating, maybe even some nuts. Make the pasta yourself and use loaded flour. Could net you more than 5k in a single meal if you get ridiculous. Not sure what quantity you can eat, but considering how you can eat tuna straight out of a can I bet if I cooked you could wail down a 5k meal easy.

[///M5 2,833]

Ugh, in an effort to hide the bars I tried the mobile screen. Now my screen is white. Can only choose between mobile and basik.

[///M5 2,833]

All the fucking toolbars make the site useless on a mobile device. Lack of "view new posts" and a reasonable background make the mobile skin suck on anything. Not amused.