RANT: R.I.P. Tyrbolift

[GeneralSerpant]

I share your frustration with it and have discussed it with the admin. Spent hours, days, deleting pages of it only it was like pissing in the wind. Even contacted the ISP and that was time I won't get back. I believe a minimum post requirement was put in place a couple of weeks ago. I'll look into it again.

What I've been asking for is new forum software. vBulletin is stuck in 2005. We need new tools. Members deserve a mobile friendly UI. Typing this on my phone right now was torture.

Dom if you’re short on time then I have extra.

[-=FLEX=-]

<-- gives a ****

Picking up the morning paper.

Thanks Brother.

[gomez26]

Don't you know any admin that could get rid of all the clickbait fake threads/spam ads? Someone that could make a rule like "A new user with less than 100 posts can only create a thread in a time frame of 24 hours"?

My experience from Moderating other boards is that just causes new members to spam the board with 100 posts so they can create the thread.
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Cant imagine these spammers are actually getting much payback benefit from this practice.
Id say its more likely a systemic effort to discourage forum-type discussion platforms & to encourage newer social media use where advertisers can more efficiently harness mass psychology stats.

[Lencho]

Sup?

50 crew checking in. I’ll hit it in August.

I still lift weights. Training is good and consistent. True story: I show up at the gym at 5:00 and don’t get into work sets until 6:10. True story.

5:00 - cold plunge, 5 min. at 40-45 degrees
5:05 - get dressed and have some pre-WO nutrition
5:30 - Daily warmup:
Jefferson curls (deficit) 2 x 12
Goblet squats on a VMO board 2 x 15
Dead hangs - random times
5:45 - Specific warmup for the day’s lift

Currently doing 4 days/week, upper/lower

Lots of Zercher squats, paused squats, deficit deadlifts, and box deadlifts or rack pulls. Upper stuff is all types of OHP and bench, tons of pullups and rows. The owner of the gym I’m at has a lot of cool toys that I’ve never had the chance to play with before, so it keeps the training fun. Yokes, logs, sandbags, landmines, reverse hyper, belt squat. Also, I purchased a deadlift bar at the recommendation of Knowles, and it’s awesome.

Been focusing on OHP since it always sucked. Happy to report I finally strict pressed 205 lbs. Pathetic for a 250 lb. man, I know. Focusing on bench press is one of the few true regrets that I have in life (especially since I never got great at it). My 18 year old son was heading down the same road to bench press perdition, falling in love with 245 lb. bench at a wiry 180 and thinking he had accomplished something. I shared with him the error of my ways, and he has since course corrected and worked up to a respectable strict OHP of 165.

Side note: The “cautionary tale” ploy to get my kids to focus on doing things right is a tactic I didn’t realize was going to be such a big player in my parenting repertoire. Turns out the dumb shyte I did as a young Lenchito has a use after all!

I put a Zercher squat/farmers carry vid on the ol’ YouTubez, should you find yourself at a loss for something to view.

Saw Don’s comment that many of us are only 3 or so years from two decades in this here thrad. Mind blowed.


Tl;dnr - Sup?

[im2manly]

Sup?

50 crew checking in. I’ll hit it in August.

I still lift weights. Training is good and consistent. True story: I show up at the gym at 5:00 and don’t get into work sets until 6:10. True story.

5:00 - cold plunge, 5 min. at 40-45 degrees
5:05 - get dressed and have some pre-WO nutrition
5:30 - Daily warmup:
Jefferson curls (deficit) 2 x 12
Goblet squats on a VMO board 2 x 15
Dead hangs - random times
5:45 - Specific warmup for the day’s lift

Currently doing 4 days/week, upper/lower

Lots of Zercher squats, paused squats, deficit deadlifts, and box deadlifts or rack pulls. Upper stuff is all types of OHP and bench, tons of pullups and rows. The owner of the gym I’m at has a lot of cool toys that I’ve never had the chance to play with before, so it keeps the training fun. Yokes, logs, sandbags, landmines, reverse hyper, belt squat. Also, I purchased a deadlift bar at the recommendation of Knowles, and it’s awesome.

Been focusing on OHP since it always sucked. Happy to report I finally strict pressed 205 lbs. Pathetic for a 250 lb. man, I know. Focusing on bench press is one of the few true regrets that I have in life (especially since I never got great at it). My 18 year old son was heading down the same road to bench press perdition, falling in love with 245 lb. bench at a wiry 180 and thinking he had accomplished something. I shared with him the error of my ways, and he has since course corrected and worked up to a respectable strict OHP of 165.

Side note: The “cautionary tale” ploy to get my kids to focus on doing things right is a tactic I didn’t realize was going to be such a big player in my parenting repertoire. Turns out the dumb shyte I did as a young Lenchito has a use after all!

I put a Zercher squat/farmers carry vid on the ol’ YouTubez, should you find yourself at a loss for something to view.

Saw Don’s comment that many of us are only 3 or so years from two decades in this here thrad. Mind blowed.


Tl;dnr - Sup?

You should work triceps more.

Best,

Im2

[Lencho]

You should work triceps more.

Best,

Im2

Bro thinks I don’t have a tripeps-specific day.

[GeneralSerpant]

Bro thinks I don’t have a tripeps-specific day.

What about stiff-leg deadlifts?

[Lencho]

What about stiff-leg deadlifts?

Lol, those are just my regular deadlifts.


I like good mornings with an SSB better than SLDLs. I do work some RDLs in from time to time, though.

[im2manly]

Bro thinks I don’t have a tripeps-specific day.

Oh wow a whole day, huh?

[GeneralSerpant]

Oh wow a whole day, huh?

Most definitely means what we understand as a "push day."

[Lencho]

Sometimes two days. If I've learned anything from this forum, it's that your tricept makes up 5/8rds of your arms.

[GeneralSerpant]

I actually split up my workout between posterior and anterior muscles and train triceps on back day with my hamstrings.

[Orlando1234977]

My 18 year old son was heading down the same road to bench press perdition, falling in love with 245 lb. bench at a wiry 180 and thinking he had accomplished something.

Put on your GNR tank and show him how an All District '91 presses overhead.

Spoiler!

sup

[Orlando1234977]

Also, I purchased a deadlift bar at the recommendation of Knowles, and it’s awesome.

Buddy curl dude.

[Lencho]

Put on your GNR tank and show him how an All District '91 presses overhead.

Spoiler!

sup

LAMO, the GNR tank was in the wash. Had to go with Judas Priest. 😎

[demike]

I work my triceps so they look decent in a t-shirt.

Hope you guys been well.

[GeneralSerpant]

I do about 3/2 the variation of triceps exercises to biceps exercises. My biceps exercises get pretty peak performance though.

[Lencho]

Lamo, I ran across this just now:


https://katamu.co/products/zyzz-lever-belt

[Dominik]

Sup?

That's why this thread still exists. So all the old farts can waft in. Class of '05 mang.

Buddy curl dude.

Glad I'm not the only one who remembers. Lencho letting the team down without his belt.

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So all the old farts can waft in.

Who are you calling old?

[Dominik]

Who are you calling old?

I just turned 25 mate.

Spoiler!

#oldfartcrew

[GeneralSerpant]

Cool vid:

[GeneralSerpant]

They got this stuff at Costco and I'm quite enamored with it as a guilt-free snack:



Also I had a problem with checking my row machine when driving with more power, but I've seemed to get it under control for several rather good sessions.

[gecko2424]

The exercises forum needs a mod. So much spam.

[gecko2424]

Been seeing articles about reduced fertility worldwide and lowered sperm counts, but didn't think much of it. I just spent a little while on the Misc., and can fully confirm the findings. Maybe it's because i'm older now, but it wasn't this bad when i was younger. Of course there's the same nonsense about hot girls, ugly girls, cars, racism and political naiveté, but there's so much more insecurity and sadness now. Nobody has to overcome life-altering experiences and challenges it seems like. /rant

Happy 2023 y'all!

[Dominik]

Hafthor Bjornsson just tore his pec on bench. I won't link the video because we've all seen it before. Yet another example of heavy bench press doing a sterling job of destroying pec tendons.

A timely reminder to always assess the risk vs. reward of every exercise you do.

Yes they're powerlifting staples but 1RM bench press and mixed grip deadlifts are not a great idea if you want to keep your pec and biceps tendons attached to the bone. Not a question of if but when.

[GeneralSerpant]

Also Orlando did you see bill mckenzie on bill Maher talking about his book thrashing on bitcoin? He called it a ponzu scheme. Can you believe that?

[im2manly]

Not a question of if but when.

Damn

[GeneralSerpant]

Hafthor Bjornsson just tore his pec on bench. I won't link the video because we've all seen it before. Yet another example of heavy bench press doing a sterling job of destroying pec tendons.

A timely reminder to always assess the risk vs. reward of every exercise you do.

Yes they're powerlifting staples but 1RM bench press and mixed grip deadlifts are not a great idea if you want to keep your pec and biceps tendons attached to the bone. Not a question of if but when.

That’s why I like to keep my sets in the 8-12 rep-range. That and it’s also better for hypertrophy.

[Dominik]

Damn

There are ways to mitigate the risk and you know all this stuff. Stay natty and give that connective tissue time to adapt to heavier loads. Listen to your body*. Narrow to medium grip to shift more of the load to the triceps and get some power belly going with an extreme arch to cut down the ROM. Activate the lats and focus on leg drive.

*Thor said in a video a few days earlier that he was feeling incredibly fatigued. He took 2 years off and avoided heavy weights to train for boxing. He organised a PL meet in his gym which was great for local lifters but he probably should have kept a bit in the tank aiming for around 90% to get the competitive juices flowing again. From memory his best bench was around 530-540 and today he went for 555. That's what can happen when muscle memory kicks in with top tier pharmaceuticals and ego starts writing checks those tendons can't cash. He's always been meticulous with his training to avoid injury but when he announced a couple of months ago he was going after the raw PL total record I thought it wasn't enough time. He also mentioned widening his bench grip — another red flag.

I think he can return to a high level in strongman but should leave the cue in the rack with bench press and pull the pin on powerlifting. Just my 2 cents. I'm really gutted seeing him get injured. Would have preferred him to set a target of 18 months for a return to strongman which is what he's best at and leave powerlifting to those barrel shaped shorter limbed static strength specialists. At 6'8" that bar is traveling a long way on all 3 lifts.