RANT: R.I.P. Tyrbolift

[Dominik]

Should have been 6 reds on each side. You can clearly see they only loaded 5 on right of screen.

[Lencho]

sup?

[Orlando1234977]

Since we're still waiting on sports and Cobra Kai S3, won't it be fun when sleepy joe tries to exchange jabs with the American Businessman/Pres on prime time tv for the debates. Won't be long now.

[Lencho]

Since we're still waiting on sports and Cobra Kai S3, won't it be fun when sleepy joe tries to exchange jabs with the American Businessman/Pres on prime time tv for the debates. Won't be long now.

It will be must see TV.

[Orlando1234977]

It will be must see TV.

lolyup

Turns out Fox News made a pretty good decision to televise the debut rally in Oklahoma.
7.7 million viewers, the largest Saturday night audience in network history.
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[Lencho]

lolyup

Turns out Fox News made a pretty good decision to televise the debut rally in Oklahoma.
7.7 million viewers, the largest Saturday night audience in network history.
:

As if it was ever in doubt that they'd air it?

I watched. Many lulz.

[BluntD]

That's awesome. I miss the good old days here where were all keeping each other motivated with training and often it's the little details that make a big difference.

Long before "AMRAP" was a thing I noticed Hola would often do a high rep set after his heavy sets and I copied that way back in 2005-2006 and I've been doing it every workout since which I believe has reduced the risk of injury by pumping more blood into the joints. That and I just enjoy pushing myself with higher reps without it compromising the bulk of my training in the 6-10 rep range. I definitely learned something from everyone who posted over the years. At this time where we're all more isolated than usual it's been good to discuss training.

I hear you, I definitely miss those good old days here. Getting online and this being the very first website I would check out. God forbid you were offline for a few hours and you'd have to wade through pages of missed posts. Then the number of journals that a lot of us kept. It was appointment reading, and beneficial to shaping my love of the iron game. It's been fun catching up with you, Dom. I might actually try to stick around a little bit more often this time.

sup?

Speaking of the good old days... lulz

[Lencho]

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Speaking of the good old days... lulz

I was moved to another location last June. I’m in my office, going down the phone list to familiarize myself with some names for when I start to see the faces, and I get to the Bs:

Blunt, D.

I lol’d!


True story.

[Orlando1234977]

I was moved to another location last June. I’m in my office, going down the phone list to familiarize myself with some names for when I start to see the faces, and I get to the Bs:

Blunt, D.

I lol’d!


True story.

[im2manly]

Still can't find anywhere to buy a dumbbell. Ridiculous

[BluntD]

I was moved to another location last June. I’m in my office, going down the phone list to familiarize myself with some names for when I start to see the faces, and I get to the Bs:

Blunt, D.

I lol’d!


True story.

After all these years, I can still always count on you for a laugh. Hope you're doing well my friend!

[Dominik]

Still can't find anywhere to buy a dumbbell. Ridiculous

Are you after adjustable?

Ironmind are expensive but they can hold a lot of 11lb plates and appear to be in stock. They sell 1 3/8" handles that are 24" long and take standard plates and 2" handles that are 22" long and take Oly plates. I've got the thick handles and with 12 plates they weigh around 150 and look like this.

Spoiler!

[Lencho]

Lmao, there are many days I wish that were me. Just leave me tf alone!

[Lencho]

After all these years, I can still always count on you for a laugh. Hope you're doing well my friend!

Can’t complain. Even if I could, not allowed. My dad never let me!

[Lencho]

Speaking of training talk, I’ve been boxing for three years. Even went to Atlanta and fought last Sept.

Got clipped on the nose in the 3rd round and started bleeding, and the doctor stopped it with literally one second to go. It was the third time they had halted the fight for them to tend to it, and I was absolutely fine other than a little blood. My trainer said two of the three judges had me up, and some in the crowd later said I was robbed, but I don’t know. The dude was tough, and I don’t wanna take anything away from him.

If anyone is interested in a video, let me know. I haven’t uploaded anything to my dormant YouTube in a while.

Also, I sparred this guy several times back before our gym closed:

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/76670

He’s a former son-in-law of George Foreman and came up in the Houston area under Foreman’s promotion. He was looking to make a comeback and found our gym (we’ve got a pretty good stable of older dudes that will go some rounds.) For anybody out there who has ever thought they’d go “one round with Tyson for a million dollars,” you’re an idiot. Trained heavyweights can do life-altering damage within one round, easily. This dude hit me so hard once that I thought I was responding to a question from the trainer, but no actual words were coming out of my mouth.

[im2manly]

My trainer said two of the three judges had me up, and some in the crowd later said I was robbed, but I don’t know. The dude was tough, and I don’t wanna take anything away from him.

It was all you, bro

[im2manly]

Are you after adjustable?

Ironmind are expensive but they can hold a lot of 11lb plates and appear to be in stock. They sell 1 3/8" handles that are 24" long and take standard plates and 2" handles that are 22" long and take Oly plates. I've got the thick handles and with 12 plates they weigh around 150 and look like this.

Spoiler!

No real preference but $350 to $420 is a bit steep lol

[PapaBurgandy]

Titan.fitness has a pair of 5-100 lb spin lock db’s for $278 shipped. Out of stock now, but they’ll probably be back within a week.

[Orlando1234977]

Lmao, there are many days I wish that were me. Just leave me tf alone!

I hear that.

If anyone is interested in a video, let me know. I haven’t uploaded anything to my dormant YouTube in a while.

Yes. I bet you have a good boxing nickname or three.

No real preference but $350 to $420 is a bit steep lol

Just grab the middle of plates like a real man. They come in all different weights. I never wasted $ on dumb bells when I trained at home.

[Dominik]

Just grab the middle of plates like a real man. They come in all different weights. I never wasted $ on dumb bells when I trained at home.

Are you talking about those sh*tty rubber plates with handles? Please share a video of you pressing them "like a real man" because I could use a laugh.

Even if you somehow held a stack of 3 plates without them sliding around and smashing your teeth out that'd be like 70lb dumbbells. Manly benches 4 plates. He's probably going to need 100+ for a decent chest workout.

[Orlando1234977]

Are you talking about those sh*tty rubber plates with handles? Please share a video of you pressing them "like a real man" because I could use a laugh.

Even if you somehow held a stack of 3 plates without them sliding around and smashing your teeth out that'd be like 70lb dumbbells. Manly benches 4 plates. He's probably going to need 100+ for a decent chest workout.

You just grab the hole of a plate for any dumb bell work. Works just fine. Especially after he benches with 4 plates. Press with barbells in a home gym.

[Dominik]

You just grab the hole of a plate for any dumb bell work. Works just fine. Especially after he benches with 4 plates. Press with barbells in a home gym.

So balancing a 44lb plate on each hand is enough for pressing? Maybe if you're a beginner. Benching heavy weight safely requires a rack. Dumbbells are more convenient and you're not going to get pinned under them.

It's a frustrating situation for a lot of people right now. I've followed his journal for years so I know how important training is to him and wish I could be of more help. At a certain size and age it's not even about how training makes you feel — it's essential maintenance. I mean if you're walking around at 250+ and not lifting then the knees, hips, lower back, etc. start to break down. You can focus on A getting lighter and/or B make those muscles stronger. There isn't really an option C.

Anyway I can't see the current business model for gyms being sustainable.

[Orlando1234977]

So balancing a 44lb plate on each hand is enough for pressing? Maybe if you're a beginner. Benching heavy weight safely requires a rack. Dumbbells are more convenient and you're not going to get pinned under them.

Sounds like you can get a rack with all the safety features for a lot less than a set of dumb bells. Using the plates as db's doesn't require any real balancing, you just grab the middle and go. If you can work out without a squat rack, surely someone can figure out how to workout without a dumb bell.

[PapaBurgandy]

I picked up a portable Landmine attachment and handle this morning. Real game changer.

[im2manly]

I picked up a portable Landmine attachment and handle this morning. Real game changer.

Nice! Full contact twists are one of my favorite exercises

[Dominik]

Sounds like you can get a rack with all the safety features for a lot less than a set of dumb bells. Using the plates as db's doesn't require any real balancing, you just grab the middle and go. If you can work out without a squat rack, surely someone can figure out how to workout without a dumb bell.

For a 10K/day CEO baller you're never short of excuses. Sounds like you're a beginner so we'll leave it at that.

I think clinging to gyms is backing a losing horse right now. Over here they've been open a month but they're limited to 20 people who must book during staffed hours, wipe down everything between sets, no showers, etc. One of the states has had a spike in cases so they're going to lock everything down again. I can easily see the same thing happening here now that everyone is pretending everything is normal and all those who didn't pull the trigger on a home gym the first time around will get screwed again. No thanks.

[im2manly]

For a 10K/day CEO baller you're never short of excuses. Sounds like you're a beginner so we'll leave it at that.

I think clinging to gyms is backing a losing horse right now. Over here they've been open a month but they're limited to 20 people who must book during staffed hours, wipe down everything between sets, no showers, etc. One of the states has had a spike in cases so they're going to lock everything down again. I can easily see the same thing happening here now that everyone is pretending everything is normal and all those who didn't pull the trigger on a home gym the first time around will get screwed again. No thanks.

This 100%. This corona stuff has taught me that home gym is the way to go. And once our house is done being built I'll set aside a good 30k or so for it

[Orlando1234977]

For a 10K/day CEO baller you're never short of excuses. Sounds like you're a beginner so we'll leave it at that.

Kind of like when all the tubby internet experts insisted that hoarding 4 defenses I'd never be able to compete, but look who always road home with all the trophies in the trunk.

For a guy that can workout without a squat rack I'm surprised you're so adamant about needing a dumb bell to workout. Then again, since then the suggestion to help came from me, I'm not all that surprised.

[Dominik]

For a guy that can workout without a squat rack I'm surprised you're so adamant about needing a dumb bell to workout. Then again, since then the suggestion to help came from me, I'm not all that surprised.

You want to sit at the table with the adults but you keep embarrassing yourself.

1. A squat rack would be nice but I don't buy junk and all that was available after gyms closed were cheap wobbly uprights that support around 200kg.

2. I've always prioritized deadlifts over squats even training them twice a week. Skim over my training posts from the last 15 years and this will be obvious.

3. After taking 4 years off and returning with a knee injury that occurred outside the gym, I made a decision not to do any knee extension exercises that would aggravate it until the knee felt stable again. When I tried a low bar position for GMs I found my shoulder flexibility was garbage and since I've never had a shoulder injury I decided to leave it alone and do RDLs instead. At this stage of my life I have no desire to increase mobility in a complex joint that is already working for me pain free pressing heavy numbers in my favorite exercises so my choice now would be a safety squat bar — I'm not a powerlifter.

4. Dumbbells are by a mile the best piece of equipment for bodybuilding as far as upper body training goes. Unlike a barbell each side is isolated so imbalances are less likely to occur. I got those Ironmind dumbbells years ago and they're not only well made but long enough to hold 14 x 11lb plates. That's kind of a big deal when you consider how expensive heavy dumbbells are. See prices below. I also like the fact they have 2" handles because one of my short term goals is 18" forearms. Every time I use them I get a grip/forearm workout. I also use a 2" axle bar for deadlifts and rows.

Hope that answers your questions champ.

[Dominik]

Brian Shaw getting excited over dumbbells.