It was hot as hell this week. My back is almost back to normal but I did something to my right ankle too. What a drag it is getting old. It could be worse. I could be this guy. Yes, I know, drugs fell out of my ass.
This week was another reminder of how much I hate my governor for closing all the gyms. Having a reason to get up early, get into the gym, and being with other people making the same effort would have made a world of difference. But I live in California and Governor Newsom is in charge. *Kif sigh*
Rather than give up on conditioning for the week, I had to figure out what I could do with a questionable ankle. Then I remembered shadow boxing. It’s been awhile but I knew it would work.
For anyone who isn’t familiar with it, shadow boxing is what you have seen in every movie or television show with a boxer outside the ring. You stand in a boxer pose and throw punches. You also bob and weave. I added some half–kicks and varied the style of punches. I went three rounds of three minutes each. In between rounds I did one minute of ab work. By the end I had worked up a decent sweat. For anyone who doesn’t get enough from this. Take a short break and do another cycle. My guess is that will be enough to satisfy the lot of you.
The next day I was reminded why boxers look the way they do. I was sore in the back of my shoulders, lats and other assorted places. Highly recommended.
I’m sparing you my numerous Covid Complaints™ this week but feel free to put yours in the comments. I will, however, dedicate this song to every governor who has shutdown their state.
Bonus discussion point: does Mick Taylor (Ex-Rolling Stones) look like Dave Mustaine?
This week’s demonstration of true racial unity. And for anyone who needs it, something to make you feel good.
-1.5 lb
W00t!
Every bit!
Excellent!
Wonderful!
FWIW I weigh exactly the same (just checked) as the day I went into the hospital for a recent surgery and the day I came out a week and a half later. To be fair, they were pumping me full of nutrients the last couple days.
But it’s down ~20 pounds from when this mess began. Not bad for doing nothing. 🙂
Doing nothing FTW!
I know I lost a lot of weight when I had my ulcer, but that was because I couldn’t eat anything without getting nauseated. Ulcer fixed, I could eat, hello poundage. That’s what I’m now trying to get off.
Good luck 🙂
My appetite seems lower. Also, I can’t drink more than one drink without getting dizzy and headachy. I expected that to be temporary but so far it isn’t. ?
I drank a bunch of beer last night and I feel like someone kicked me in the gut. Maybe ulcer, again. Had those on and off since I was 18.
3:00 seems early.
Why did you have to post this while I’m assemblign my grocery list? Now I’m going to feel guilty all day.
“ Now I’m going to feel guilty all day.”
That’s on you, man. How you choose to feel is on you.
Shop away!
I had to restock my canned vegetables, because I used all of them (along with the fresh veggies) in the stew.
I have a freezer full of meats and nothing to go with them.
You will read it and like it!
Since November, -25 lb.
Still a long way to go, but my joints are feeling up to a bit more exercise. Still doing low impact recovery type stuff until my arthritic frame can do more.
And yes, Newsom is a sack of shit.
For joint pain, you may want to try this specific product: Doctor’s Best MSM Powder with OptiMSM, Non-GMO, Vegan, Gluten Free, Soy Free, 250 Grams https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BD4DIQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_oaSqFbWNK1BGW
I’ve tried other MSM, but this particular product is the best. Really relieves joint pain. I take it everyday.
“sell a couple bottles of doctor good!”
That has been in my ear for days now. I’ll assume you are a victim as well?
I will look it up, thanks!
I have bad arthritis for a relatively yung fella. Mostly wrists and fingers which I wrote off to holding nail guns for too many years and the general body abuse one does over a life of blue collar work. After my last physical/blood work doc got me started on an over the counter B-12 supplement. It helps a lot.
blue collar work
It’s popular to take shot at folks on disability these days around here, especially around folk who have never done heavy labor. By 50, about all you can do is direct, train, and “help” in many lines of work. I’ve fallen apart since 55, and I don’t even do anything. Must be able to lift and carry 50 pounds regular: I’m out.
I have a friends whose husband is a mason. She said his back and knees were shot by 40. He still had to work for a few years while they fought to get his disability.
I just carried 2 30 packs of water up here from the parking lot, probably 200 ft. and then up 4 flights of stairs and I’m 60. I guess I’m not falling apart as much as I thought, but I swear sometimes I’ll squat down to get something and I’m not sure I’m getting back up, so I’m definitely feeling it.
Yeah, I’ve got it both ways. I’ve had a few drives over 300 yards this summer, and I’m a stronger than most men over 50, but I’m not going to pretend that I’m not a fraction of the man I was.
We just got a new grill and there was this other fellow there doing the same, so there’s that natural thing amongst decent working men where he knew I was coming to help and then he followed back to my truck to reciprocate. I don’t look up to many men, but this guy was 6-5, 280# and works for a living, and it was so sweet to have him to split the lifting with. I could do it; it was ungainly but under 100# . . . but put one toe wrong and get off balance or trip and I’ll pull a muscle I didn’t even know I had and take eight weeks to get over it somewhat and be haunted a further couple of months. Fuck that; I don’t prove anything any more in the I-can-do-it-myself range: my ego is based on experience, not testosterone, at this point.
By 50, about all you can do is direct, train, and “help” in many lines of work.
This has been my life the past three years. I was passed over for another position that payed more because boss did not think I could handle it physically. #old&decrepid That dept fell apart due to strong young guys being dick heads to each other in situations that us well seasoned gentlemen have learned to deal with without conflict*. I was later made head of that dept because I am a well seasoned gentleman. I now do the work they do, and while I can’t lift as much as I could when I was their age, I lift more now than when I started. Unused muscles will regain strength even for us semi-old fucks. You just have to lift heavy shit. I went home aching many many times and woke up worse, but seriously the B-12 helps a bunch in the joint area.
*for the most part
Back at the plant I recently built, they’re laid off the new product types (so I would have been gone by now anyway). They just got rid of their maintenance manager and I just can’t wait to see the stunned B-school boys running around stunned that you can’t leave the technical decisions to the strong buck that just got out of tech school. Yes, he’s certified in welding and will follow the torquing sequence in the manual, but he doesn’t know where to buy a rope seal and he’s going to use WD40 near the paint-related line, so, six weeks from now, they’re going to be inundated by client warranty claims for orange-peel and fish-eye and write some big checks because $80k is too much to pay for the slow-talking guy with all the keys and all the tools. Wait until the boiler is a pile of rust: who knew that the water had to be treated.
Lots of us knew.
Good progress!
That’s great progress HS. I’ll bet you feel even more capable as you continue to lose weight.
Also, you are very perceptive about Newsom.
w00 h00000!!!!
Ran a bunch this week, culminating in an epic 12 mile run yesterday from Ballard to City Center to Eastlake, across University Bridge through Fremont back to Ballard. Felt great. I love running in Seattle. And I’m eating hills for breakfast now.
Ate keto/low carb all week except for the french fries I destroyed yesterday at lunch. And I’m making beans and rice today, with smoked pork shank and andouille sausage. Not so low carb, but fuck it.
You have to have cheat days now and then on low carb or it stops working and you plateau. Weird, but true.
Besides my T-Th swims, I got in four treadmill sessions – Su, W, F, & Sa. Started at 30 mins @ 3 mph, trying to work up to my previous standard of 45 mins @ 3.3 mph. Last night could only go 35 mins @ 3.3, but I’m almost back there.
Nice! Swimming is a great way to go.
LOOOOVE my swimming! I can sign up for 45-minute lap sessions at the Y. Those are my “arm days.”
Yep. Total body workout. Low/no impact. It truly is “alone time” too. No phone, no conversation. Just you, your body, your mind and the rhythmic splashing of water and breathing.
Nice!
Excellent!
Great job!
I finally bought a pair of Birkenstocks. Ugliest pair of shoes I own, but very comfy on the joints. They even make my knees align differently.
Birkenstocks saved my life. Not really.
I had plantar fasciitis something fierce. I tried everything BUT Birks because they are ugly and they are way too expensive to be that ugly. Nothing worked. FINALLY I got Birks. It took somewhere between 3-7 days for my plantar fasciitis to go away, but it did. That was about 5 years ago. I don’t wear anything BUT Birks. I even have a pair of clogs for winter. A couple of pairs of wool socks and go. Best snow shoes I ever had. What I want is a pair of lambskin-lined clogs for winter.
Vionic (https://www.vionicshoes.com/) may be another brand to try. They claim to do the realigning thing and have some fashionable shoes.
“Superfeet” insoles are not cheap, but you can put them into any pair of shoes and give them the Birkenstock effects. Got rid of my plantar fasciitis that way while still being able to wear nice dress shoes and sneakers.
Of note, my phone’s autocorrect keeps wanting to change “fasciitis” to “fascist”.
Birkenstock also sells insoles. I hav them in my house slippers.
I thought Birkenstock was one of Trump’s Health Nazis.
Used to love them Dr. Scholl exercise sandals – the wooden ones with the little bump for your toes to grip. Just don’t trip on uneven sidewalk cracks. Got a nasty blood blister on the bottom of my big toe that way.
My son bought a pair (Size 13). He has been at Uni in Oregon the last 4 yrs and says they wear them all the time and even in the snow there with no socks. Those are some ugly shoes but they seem to have the right amount of support for some people. I wonder if they get worn out after a time like a running shoe or not.
Choco or GTFO!
These modern fans are weak.
Stop making them quiet and energy efficient. Made them loud, and angry, and able to Move Air!
Head over to Philadelphia, you can find some very loud fans there, be careful though, they have been known to throw electrical components at you from time to time.
But then I’d be in Philadelphia.
I bought a pair of these a couple months ago and they work better than the 14-year-old dollar-store fan they replaced. I was NOT expecting that.
The medium setting blows everything not nailed down off my desk. I don’t use the hi speed.
Oh, and Amazon wanted double the price for the same model. Whoever pointed people to Lowes – most useful product review ever.
What’s the country of origin?
Guess 🙂
I do not want to support chinese manufacturing.
I know we still make fans in this country.
Hey, look what I found!
Oh yeah, I remember you/someone posting that not long ago. I had already bought mine.
I figured. I don’t like it either but I’m not doing anything about it. So yours is not Chinese? Which one is it?
A double cross.
They hid the country of origin, I made the mistake of buying anyway.
Now my policy is not to buy when the country of origin can’t be determined.
“Proudly Made in the USA!!!
*tiny print* with domestic and imported parts”
Eh, I think most people who decry offshoring are worried about the loss of good jobs for people who aren’t cut out for college.
Like with Japanese cars. I think as more and more Japanese automakers stopped shipping cars from Japan and started building them here, a lot of the animosity has dropped.
When is that Fox News guy gonna start making MyAirConditioners™?
I’ll buy imports from most countries.
My beef is with china. Slave labor, forced organ harvesting from political dissidents, rampant theft of intellectual property, every company being controlled by the monsters responsible for it… and most of the shit is of such poor quality it costs more in the long run.
Bookmarked! Thanks. I will go pick one up next weekend. I need a trip to the “big city.”
Empathy for the back. I did inversion on Wed and slept on the floor Friday night. My back now feels great. I’m going to lifting tomorrow. Glad my phone was a slow load, that Russian powerlifter pic is hard to look at.
Yeah, I cringed when I saw it.
My back is almost back to normal but I did something to my right ankle too.
Good about your back. Sorry about your ankle.
This week was another reminder of how much I hate my governor for closing all the gyms. Having a reason to get up early, get into the gym, and being with other people making the same effort would have made a world of difference. But I live in California and Governor Newsom is in charge. *Kif sigh*
More gyms should be like these guys.
I’m working my way through the music links starting with Ozzy Sabbath. Ozzy Sabbath is the best Sabbath.
My weight stayed the same. 276.8 lbs.
I started tracking my bodyfat % with one of those body composition measuring devices. The one I bought is the same model my gym uses in their training department. I know they can be inaccurate, but I think if I am consistent in how I use it, I can see a trend. According to the device, I added the same weight of muscle that I lost in fat. I’ll take it.
My physical therapist is a little worried about my lack of flexibility in my legs. Straight leg raises when I am on my back have only barely improved. We will continue with one PT appointment a week.
This weekend has been a lost weekend for me. I didn’t drink that much, but I did stay up much later than I usually do.
Are stretching at home to improve flexibility?
You are absolutely correct. Ozzy Sabbath is the best Sabbath.
No thoughts on Lemmy’s advice? I think the entire Smith contingent would apprive.
Yes, there are a set of stretches including hamstring stretches that are a part of my PT routine. I have noticed some slight improvement, but my PT is still worried.
Lemmy’s advice is sound.
I wish I had something helpful to add. Here’s hoping you get more flexible.
Thanks.
All I can do is stick with the program and keep dropping fat.
Yikes. Good luck, dude. ?
Somewhat related, good to know that residents of NJ still know how to give the middle finger to the powers that be.
https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2020/08/21/atilis-gym-announces-political-pact-with-u-s-senate-candidate-rikin-mehta/
Dammit.
Drugs… Ass, etc.
I figured drugs would fall out of my ass this time.
HI Chafed, Thanks for the new edition. Glad your back is feeling better.
Tragedy has occurred here in NoCal. They have closed the parks due to fire. Not that the parks are on fire but they could be..maybe..so why not close them just in case. It is real smokey here from fires 50 miles away with visibility down to a 1/8 mile, with high humidity and chance of rain, which is conducive to fires..WTF. Had to hike on a land trust. 1000 feet of climb in 1.5 miles, rinse and repeat. No one on the trails except some mt. bikers going up and down to get their miles in. Few masks since smoke kills the virus or the virus can ride into your lungs on smoke particles..I forget which..
Looked at my credit card statement and my closed gym billed me again for another month. I am told it is a glitch, which never seem to run in my favor. I am sympathetic to their situation but I think I am might have to cancel my membership.
Saw my favorite breakfast place open today. Just like normal, you can eat in the middle of a smokey-muggy blacktop parking lot under a pop-up tent. It’s like swim team all over again. Yeah!
I am in a Blackened mood. Fitting that I read a book of sorts about “Lifting Weights is for Losers” or ..Waste of time” and so is cardio . There was some interesting market research within about power, load variation and maintaining constant load by use of exercise bands. I kind of agree some of the information presented (like the idea of a 10 minute workout..ha!) but to get the same effect as weights your need some pretty heavy bands, bars and anchorage, which they were hawking for a tidy sum of $600. I going to take a pass on that but am going take some of their advice and increase repetitions to 20-40 and maintain load or tension on bands at all times during a set. What do I have to lose, except sunk cost of $15 for the bands I already bought. I am OK with thinking outside the box since I am stuck in the box of sorts…no where to run to anymore…
Miracle mouse is fully weaned. Habitat has been purchase and assembled (plenty of exercise equipment in there). Not so silent wheel has been in use. Water bottle, when in use makes a grinding sound like the ceiling fan is going.
Have a great week everyone! Stay moving
I know it’s a small thing, but about 4 months ago, you reminded me to stretch after running. I’ve been stretching alot more since then, and it is really helping. Stretching before and after running. Taking a couple short breaks during the day and stretching out the legs, back, everything. Thanks for the reminder.
Yep. Glad it is working out for you. I have even taken some of my own advice on stretching and it is paying off with less back pain/stiffness and more flexibility.
Today is Day 21 of completely plant-based. It seems pretty easy now.
I still miss cheese, but that’s about it. And I am working on some chemistry projects to see if I can find anything at all acceptable, mainly for pizza, of course.
Also, I had a persistent weird health issue that started in April (not the main one I am trying to alleviate with this eating style), that has been improving over these past 3 weeks. I noticed yesterday that it has completely disappeared. Coincidence? Maybe. But I’ll take it.
“ I still miss cheese”
Yeah. That’s gonna be a hard habit to break. Good luck, and glad to hear you’re feeling better.
I’ve done that before and I think it’s the healthiest diet, I never felt better. But if I’m going that, I keep quiet, it’s like voting for Trump, you don’t talk about it or the
tdsketos will go into attack mode.*looks around*
I don’t care what other people do. More bacon and cheese for me.
… and steak, MOAR Steak! Ribeye, T-Bone, NY Strip, Porterhouse, and Filet Mignon.
I’m down 3 pounds since I went back to work. No exercise, but I’m avoiding the stress eating at work. I’m getting soft and squishy and weaker.
IOW I’m turning into my dad.
I’m glad things are getting better for you SP. Have you tried Daiya as a cheese substitute?
There are plenty of vegan cheese and butter at some stores. Mom’s has a lot of that stuff. The cheese is OK, but the butter is just as good as cow butter, mostly pressed avocado oil. Of course, it’s typically more expensive because they can get hipsters to buy it.
Yeah, the Daiya stuff didn’t hit that jones. Chao makes a decent-ish product (from tofu, I think), but it’s not melty and stretchy like I want for pizza.
I purchased a new cookbook from which I’m about to start cooking. It’s different because it cultures the cheese like making real cheese. And they aren’t all cashew-based. We shall see.
Check out Mom’s if you have one near. They have a lot of vegan stuff. I never really missed meat or cheese that much when I was doing all plant based. I’d mostly eat potatoes, beans, salads, and green veggies. The vegan butter definitely helped though, that was the one thing I really did miss. That and burgers, but despite what people say, the Beyond Burger and Impossible Burger are actually good, in my opinion. We still only drink almond milk, my wife just likes it better. I don’t think it’s quite as good in coffee, but good enough. And oddly enough, she also likes the cold pressed avocado oil butter better than cow, and so do I, so we only buy that now.
I’ll just say again, I did a lot of research and I think plant based is better for your health, based on health, not saving the planet.
If Fumunda cheese is harvested from a vegetarian is it considered vegetarian? I know it wont make the plant based cut but……..#justwonderingoutloud.
Well, regular cheese comes from herbivores, so it should fall under the same categorization.
Yes, it’s vegetarian because vegetarians eat dairy products, just not meat. It’s not vegan because it’s not plant based.
Regarding cheese and other dairy:
Pro-biotics, especially those with Acidophilus as an ingredient (or the only indgredient) taken daily can be a game changer. Even if lactose never did anything for you; this is different.
My husband has diverticulosis and used to have at least one flare up of diverticulitis per month. Debilitating pain, fever, etc. his doctor wanted to cut 10 inches of his colon out to get rid of it.
I noticed it was worse when he had a lot of cheese, like in pizza. So he tried the acidophilus and has been normal for years since. We even scientifically took him off and observed at times; acidophilus was definitely the hero.
No surgery, no more pain. Highly recommend.
Now you tell me.
JK 😉
Dairy was not my problem, AFAIK.
Hayek, is there a specific manufacturer you recommend for the Acidophilus?
I don’t have a problem with cheese, as such, it’s just not the most nutritious thing for me to eat. Too many calories for what it returns to me health-wise. And for some reason they only sell single serving ice cream products. 😉
I had a persistent weird health issue that started in April
Oh? Are you finally starting your menses?
*Runs away*
Please don’t ban me, I can’t help myself.
I expected *someone* to say it, just not you. You seemed so mild-mannered in Zoom chat.
“You seemed so mild-mannered in Zoom chat.”
Those are always the worst.
I was somewhat “sedated”. I like to keep my sense of humor somewhere between crass and skeevy without heading into perverted or unkind. I think the best humor is when both parties can giggle, with an occasional spewing of beverages on one’s keyboard.
I expected *someone* to say it
Just timing I guess.
What ya’ll need is a really crazy Korean. That will liven stuff up a bit.
I just assumed she had picked up a nasty infection by cutting her hand on her collection of rusty can lids.
I haven’t done a damn bit of exercise this week. Too damn hot and too smoky.
Neither have I. Because I’m lazy and was sitting around drinking beer all week.
12 oz curls.
16.9 oz curls. STRONGER!
?
I gained 40 lbs. Do I get some woots too?, or am I going the wrong direction? Hey, that’s still 20 lbs less than I was at my peak of 230, so at least there’s that.
I don’t know. I don’t understand the math for tiny people
I hope you enjoyed every pound of it. /nosarc
“Nothing tastes as good as being thin feels.” LIE! Fuck you, Weight Watchers.
230 is tiny?
That reply was for UCS.
“I hope you enjoyed every pound of it”
Every tuna salad sammich and bag of salt and vinegar chips.
That’s actually true if you restrict it to WW meals. They’re tasteless and gross.
I’ve been pleasantly surprised by the good flavor of the Atkins frozen meals. Their Beef Merlot is a particular favorite, and every time I take one to work and heat it up, a coworker says, “Something smells good!” In another meal, the mashed cauliflower is improved by covering each spoonful with as much of the turkey’s gravy as possible.
I’m a skinny bastard but I picked up a bunch of the WW meals when they had a good sale at the local grocery storerecently. They do improve, though, with a big dollop of butter and a lot of salt.
Nutrisystem meals have the same issue. Didn’t add butter, but they were inedible if you didn’t add salt.
Adding butter to diet meals defeats the purpose I guess but salt has gotten a bad rap.
I add salt to a lot of things now. You didn’t used to need to but they’ve removed a lot of it under pressure from the usual suspects.
40 pounds of solid lean muscle? Great work!
No it’s 40 pounds of bone, he’s got some wierd osseous growths going on.
“I AM NOT AN ANIMAL!”
+ John Merrick
*alternatively, Rocky Dennis
Haha, you’re funny. When I was in my 20s. I weighed 160, I was so skinny, and in around 2 years of weight training I put on a solid 25 lbs of muscle. I was up to 230 last year (not muscle) and I lost 60 lbs. Then I got lazy and gained 40 of it back (still not muscle). I keep telling myself the exercise starts tomorrow. Tomorrow still has not come.
*thinks about this for a second*
Nope, the exercise starts tomorrow.
Hyp, I remember your GlibFit articles, have read your GlibFin articles, and generally know the comments you have posted. You know full well this is under your control. So, my question to you is what will it take to motivate you to do something to lose the weight?
Get tired of drinking so much beer? Seriously, that will help for sure. I was limiting myself to a few beers a week, or even none. I also walked / ran 5-10 miles a day, every day. I know what I have to do. As far as losing weight, it’s calories consumed vs calories burned. Also got to cut the snacking and junk food, more high quality meals again.
I also am going to do Yoga, I need the stretching. Some mornings, I feel like my joints are going to lock up like the Tin Man and I won’t be able to get to the oil can.
Woot! You’re alive!
Still doing the jogging and calisthenics bit while waiting for the gyms to open. A few are open under ridiculous conditions, most are not. The state is approving which businesses are allowed to open on a case by case basis, which has to be completely unconstitutional.
Anyhow, my gym owner says he’s opening this week at some point, because the State has failed to respond to his petition to re-open. I don’t know what conditions he is going to open under.
All of the COVID metrics here are all plummeting (whatever wave this was is clearly over now), but I suspect none of that matters. Maricopa County has stated that the mask mandates will continue until there are no cases (which is not ever going to be possible) or there’s a vaccine.
I may need to grab a second job so I can afford to buy/rent a house and then buy a home power gym. That or leave the State my aging parents are living in.
Better check the male to female ratio before moving to South Dakota.
I read about that Barbados work visa for digital nomads thing, maybe I’ll do that. Apparently Estonia has one too…
Still doing weight training every other day. Weight loss has stalled over the past 2 weeks, haven’t gained or lost any weight. Going to start walking on off days and watching my food intake closer. I cut out beer this past week, didn’t help.
Are you tracking total calorie intake?
Black Ribbon Day
Black Ribbon Day, officially known in the European Union as the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism,[1] is an international day of remembrance for victims of totalitarian regimes, specifically Stalinist, communist, Nazi and fascist regimes.[2][3] It is observed on 23 August and symbolizes the rejection of “extremism, intolerance and oppression”.[4][5] It is one of the official remembrance days of the European Union.[4] Under the name Black Ribbon Day it is also an official remembrance day of Canada and the United States, among other countries.[6]
How widely is it celebrated?
So you are saying I should permanently wear a black ribbon now? I see a marketing angle for a glibs pin w/black ribbon.
Trump’s Covid announcement this evening is going to be about convalescent plasma (it looks like anyway):
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/trump-jabs-fda-rejecting-hcq-claims-deep-state-or-whoever-delaying-vaccine-trials
It appears the usual subjects are already lining up to badmouth the treatment too.
Later tonight on CNN – Donald Trump touts bogus treatment that has been fully discredited by all the top experts.
They’re already bitching about double blind randomized trials being needed. Long term, certainly; short term, kiss my ass. What are the risks even if it doesn’t work?
We can never be too careful. We need a 20 year study, then people who aren’t already dead, can try it if it’s safe enough. Ask you doctor if it’s right for you.
Remember when Trump was touting ‘right to try’ and they went apeshit?
But seriously. The real risk is that pharm companies cannot make billions on that.
Joe Biden appears for rare TV appearance – Listen, man, the cure for Covid is simple, stay in your basement. And if someone comes to your door, shoot them through the door with a shotgun.
That’s way too close to the truth.
I have to wear a belt now or my shorts fall down. I am at the size up from normal sloper size and can’t wear the fat sloper pants/shorts because they are gimoungous.
Always more motivating than scale weight.
Nice going!
Absolutely! I don’t know of a surer sign of progress than realizing your clothes are too big.
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/23/904755484/older-white-voters-who-helped-trump-win-may-be-in-play
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Many said they are deeply troubled by the president’s behavior.
“He’s not exactly the most trustworthy individual,” said Marty Stango, 77, who lives near Jacksonville, Fla. “He definitely will throw out things that are absolute lies.”
“I really don’t think his character is great, you know?” said Doris Harrington, 82, who lives in Des Moines, Iowa. “His morals are not my morals.”
A lot of seniors who backed Trump four years ago also told NPR they’re tired of his tweets and dislike his use of profanity, and many rate him poorly on his handling of the pandemic.
But NPR heard something else from these voters: a reminder of just how hard it is these days to actually change people’s votes.
***
“GOD DAMN IT, CAN’T YOU WORTHLESS RUBES JUST VOTE RIGHT FOR ONCE?!”
-NPR
Those are the people the media has their hooks in. If the media can’t win them over, then the media is impotent.
They might have a point if his demeanor was unknown before the 2016 election but he was elected about a month after getting busted talking about grabbing pussy. It’s not like this is something new.
“Extra, extra! Read all about it! Old billionaire from New York City can be unpleasant at times!”
As opposed to joe who sniffs girls hair and creepily talks about kids playing with his blonde leg hair in the pool.
He’s a paragon of moral and trustworthy behavior.
According to the polls, Trump is doing better in every category than at this same time in 2016, especially favorability rating.
NPR. I used to listen to that some on my commute home from work. I stopped, because it’s nothing but lefty spin.
WTF?
Just take it with a boulder of salt, it is NPR after all.
80 somethings are totes into the Twatter. That and the democrats have never used a swear word, ever, they’re practically saints.
I suspect many retirees are too happy with the SP500 to notice Trump’s behavior. I don’t know where that is going to move the needle, but it might matter.
I say a lot of the same shit, admittedly I may vote for Jorgenson, but it is hardly a factor in how I’ll actually vote.
Usually given reasons are post-hoc rationalizations.
“I really don’t think his character is great, you know?”
Adolf Hitler was a teetotaling nonsmoker who loved his dog and only had a relationship with one woman. His secretarial staff said he was quite warm and friendly to them, a good boss to work for.
If you have two otherwise identical candidates, then sure give me character as a tiebreaker. But I’m not voting for someone to look after my kids, to handle my personal finances, or give me moral guidance. I have other people for that.
Gemini: Page of Cups reversed – Taste, inclination, attachment, seduction, deception, artifice
Pence is getting ready for the convention
I got two walks in this weekend. Nobody on the trails Saturday afternoon.
This morning, the dog and I could see a group of about four mountain bikers on our way out. On the way back, we ran into the group, which was actually about 10 people, and strung out enough that it was stop/start for me and the dog each time we passed another biker. The dog was definitely happy to get home.
Spent the afternoon watching sportsball that made me very happy.
I was really expecting more than 1-0, particularly the way Bayern have scored throughout the competition.
Well, if you actually call penalties…..
I was napping and only caught the last 10 minutes. Still happy.
Antifa vs GM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s76bHNrwJsE
Ah, I feel warm and fuzzy now.
I hope that motorcycle is trashed beyond repair.
LOL
First I wanna say I appreciate these posts. When Glibertarians is the least insane place I regularly read online, we truly are at the End of Days. Someone (Tundra, I think-thanks for the tip!) mentioned the 75 hard challenge a few weeks ago and I thought I’d give it a shot. I lost 3 lbs. after the first week but then failed because I love donuts. I’m girding my loins for another shot. Instead of a gym my son and I built a pull-up/ dip bar combo in our back yard and I get a pretty good workout in doing (relatively) high rep calisthenics and compound movement/HIIT.
I also bought some inexpensive barefoot running shoes from Amazon almost two months ago. Had to decrease volume quite a bit while my legs adjusted but I tried to maintain frequency. I’m back to 20-30 miles a week and now I’m getting foot pain because my body hates me. Google tells me that stress fractures aren’t too uncommon when making the switch to minimalist shoes. While I don’t think it’s that serious, the pain persists whether I wear the barefoot style or Nikes, so I’ll take a week off and see what happens.
Thanks again, everyone who’s sharing their journey (or non-journey) and providing some chuckles and insight. Good luck this week!
I have a question. If someone has no special gym equipment, nor access to a gym due to the ongoing stupidity, what would be the best way to train up the arms in a manner in order to prepare for pull-ups? Assume the current body weight is too high for the upper body strength to lift.
Pushups (go to/start on knees if needed)
Overhead triceps extensions with weighted object, doesn’t have to be a dumbbell, and other weight training
Rifle PT https://youtu.be/RnRnNA0dxbA
AKA skullcrushers?
Also dips. Several different methods for doing so without dip bars.
Elastic bands. You can use the small/light ones for beginning and developing arm strength and you can use bigger bands to assist on doing the pull up ie. you pull less of your own weight on doing a pull up because the band is helping. Start slow to limit soreness. Better to do 14 pull ups per week (2 per day) than trying to do 10 a single day and be sore for the rest of the week and not do any more.
UCS it isn’t so much about arm strength. It’s mostly your lats. Losing weight will help. You can start training by putting a brrom/shovel/whatever across a couple of saw horses or chairs. Get under it. You can keep your legs straight or bend your knees as needed. Pull your chest up to the bar.
If you have access to something to do pullups on, then the most simple thing would be what I think are called ‘negatives’. Basically, however you need to do it, cheat your way to the “up” position and hold it for as long as possible, or lower your self as slowly as possible. I would start with chin-ups as it feels like it incorporates more help from my biceps, but I admittedly don’t know a damn thing about the human body. You could also procure some resistance bands, attach one end to the bar and the other end to your foot to provide some additional lift. Finally, table rows can help build some of the same muscles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYUxXMGVuuU
If you have access to something to do pullups on, then the most simple thing would be what I think are called ‘negatives’.
This. And bands. Aint nobody can’t try to do a pullup and or can’t do them with assistance. And who the fuck is Steve? Is this person a Tulpa I missed? Is your last name Smith?
I thought we were all just the voices in Tulpa’s head.
Well it depends on how high the bar is. I like jumping pull-ups, and then a long negative if you have a bar where this is feasible. Certainly working up to a chin-up (palms facing you) can get you to a pull-up pretty quickly. If you can find somewhere good to do inverted rows, those will help a bunch too. Lats, traps and biceps are the big movers here.
But losing weight probably does more up to a point. Unless you’re really jacked, doing pull-ups at a 30+ BMI seems like a losing battle to me. Below that and then you can really attack both your own body weight and the strength needed in your lats, traps, biceps and shoulders to get it done.
https://youtu.be/69VMtv3YN-Q
For women it is considerably harder but ultimately doable.
Steve, I felt your pain. During a couple of training runs, I experimented with changing my running style from heel strike to toe/forefoot strike to increase speed. Long story short, I hyper extended my middle toe. It hurt a bunch and took forever to heal since I was constantly aggravating it. NSAID are your friend.
Tulpa!
My best friend turned me on to the 75 Hard. He and I are stupidly competitive, so bailing was not an option 😉
It was a fucking fantastic, though. I highly recommend finishing it.
Regarding barefoot, I started about 10 years ago. I’ve gone through a shit-ton of shoes.
If i can help, email me at gmail. minnetundra
Good luck, brother.
Got my new Vox amp yesterday. https://voxamps.com/product/ac15-custom-twin/
It’s pretty sweet. Looks good. Sounds amazing. My Les Paul is sounding so jangly. Jingle jangle guitar makes me happy.
Jingle jangle guitar makes me happy.
#metoo
I wish I had some talent so I could make my own.
Get a guitar and start strumming.
Guitar yes. Strumming no.
Classic for sure, Good buy!
Well, after Don Kirshner got fed up with The Monkees…
That’s Ted’S level hate music.
::preens::
That’s a #1pop hit record, right there. The Archies are awesome. Bubblegum forever! Plus, the Monkees are real good too. Thanks for posting GT.
I like The Monkees but this is just heinous.
Relevant
Nice!
I’ve gained 5-10lbs over the last 3 months but now all my jeans are loose, whereas I was getting a little too round for them previously.
191lb/6’2″ for reference. Hoping to put on 10 more lbs and then just look like god for the rest of my life.
Nurgle?
Thinking more old Bacchus (the one with the beard).
https://mobile.twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1297636177873375236
Trump navy.
When I think of all those poor guns lost today…?
LOL.
/pours out brass in solidarity
“I am Your Voice!”
All hail the God emperor! I love it……….
Rich people and their boats, SMDH.
First commie flu, now affluenza plagues the nation.
I saw a couple center consoles I am envious of.
Trump Derangement Syndrome by Proxy: First Lady Edition.
Melania Trump restored the White House rose garden to the Kennedy era blueprints. Media reaction as predicted.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8656465/Former-NYT-reporter-xenophobic-meltdown-foreigner-Melanias-new-White-House-garden-design.html
“ Eichenwald, who spent two decades as a senior writer at The New York Times, wrote: ‘I still find it unbelievable that @FLOTUS who has only been a citizen since the middle of GW Bush’s second term had the audacity to wreck the Rose Garden, to pull up history dating back a lifetime.
‘These trashy, evil, stupid people need to get out of our house,’ he continued. ‘What GALL she has.”
“ Some cited the drastic makeover as a sign of Trump’s America, saying the multicolored flowers being replaced with white flowers marked a lack diversity at the White House.
‘Chopping down the cherry trees because they’re symbols of honesty. Replacing the multicolored flowers because they’re symbols of diversity,’ one person tweeted.”
…and more.
Now do Ilhan Omar.
Ilhan: I hate America! It sucks! Make me your leader!
Ah, Kurt “I was only looking at weird porn because my kids asked” Eichenwald
https://news.avclub.com/newsweek-s-kurt-eichenwald-was-just-looking-at-tentacle-1798263101
Newsweek’s Kurt Eichenwald was just looking at tentacle porn for his family
“Kurt Eichenwald, who is into tentacle porn, wrote:…”
“@FLOTUS who has only been a citizen since the middle of GW Bush’s second term had the audacity to wreck the Rose Garden”
Do these jackasses actually have anything useful to talk about? They reek of desperation and I think they’re totally oblivious to that fact.
It’s great to read all the twitter idiots going on about how Melania ripped out the gift of cherry trees from Japan to the US.
Never mind that the Japanese gift cherry trees were planted along the Potomac and overlapping some of the well known monument parks, NOT the cherry trees in the Rose Garden. Or that there have been several Japanese cherry tree gifts to DC through the years, the biggest one overseen by Mrs Taft.
So the Twits act outraged at the lack of respect for American history, then get that history wrong.
History is not their forte. If it was, they might actually understand why Marx and Lenin are not good role models.
LOL! Gotta hand it to them, that’s more deranged than I expected.
They haven’t come up with a way to complain about the limestone walking paths she added to make the garden ADA friendly.
Look again.
They can’t surprise me anymore.
Same here. Even if I had never imagined they’d say something so stupid, I’m still not surprised.
Oh look at Melania’s renovated rose garden at the White House. Does anyone else see how the small bushes spell KKK in rows?
The internet has been won for the day, thanks for playing.
After the 5 months of lockdown, I’m almost back to where I was last year. Starting tomorrow, I’m planning on setting 10 pound goals (instead of one big one, especially since the place I was planning to go for my reward meal is still shut down) and go back to calorie counting. It’s tedious, fiddly, and about the only damn thing that works for me.
After the 5 months of lockdown
Wrong! Two weeks to flatten the curve.
I have done well with calorie counting but it is a lot of work. Building your own recipes and adding them to meals is doable but fuck me if I am doing data entry for free. I want to be paid for it not have my work stolen by an app.
I’ve been using Cronometer.com for a long, long time. It gives me the most comprehensive nutrient data and I really like being able to set my own targets for different nutrients. With my Gold subscription, I can also create a boatload of custom charts to see trends in anything I like. I end up entering a “recipe” nearly every night as we cook with whatever we have.
/The Gold sub link is my affiliate link. If you purchase, I think I earn 10 cents. 🙂
I used myfitnesspal for years (but then not for the past years) but for some reason it would never read my phones health data/steps blah blah blah. I just signed up for cronometer we will see if it will use my phones data. At first glance it looks like a lot of work like the others. I’m lazy.
I have my Fitbit synced to it. I don’t use the health app on my phone.
I think I dumped MFP when they got woke, or spouted some inane anti-Drumpf stuff. It’s been awhile.
Neph, You should start with a nice 48 or 72 hr dry fast to get the metabolism going. I know, I know it’s not your thing but you seem really serious this time. I’ll do it with you.
So shines a good deed in a weary world: https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article244309587.html
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A Smithsonian museum apologized for a chart listing hard work and rational thought as traits of white culture.
The National Museum of African American History and Culture said in a statement Friday that it was wrong to include the graphic in an online portal about race and racism in America.
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“Sorry not sorry.”
But… could we be witnessing a return to sanity?!
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“White dominant culture, or whiteness, refers to the ways white people and their traditions, attitudes, and ways of life have been normalized over time and are now considered standard practices in the United States,” the graphic says. “And since white people still hold most of the institutional power in America, we have all internalized some aspects of white culture — including people of color.”
According to the chart, those aspects included self-reliance, a nuclear family where the husband is the “breadwinner” and the wife is a “homemaker,” “no tolerance for deviation from single god concept,” respecting authority, planning for the future and “bland is best” in aesthetics.
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[head desk]
Did they talk to any, ya know, actual white people when making that chart? Or is it more one of those “Some of my best friends are white males” things?
Black Guys Drive a Car Like This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L104LViQeIw
“bland is best aesthetics”
White Guys, you know,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrgpZ0fUixs Americans?
Are you kidding. It was white people who made that chart. Fuckhead white progs.
As I’ve said many times before, the enlightenment is over. We’re headed back to a new dark ages.
“bland is best” in aesthetics.
+1 Liberace, or any red neck with a lifted dodge and a black smoke belching deleted Cummins with an american flag on a broom stick in the back bed stake hole.
I would have said “Sistine Chapel”, but yeah. Even if someone seriously tries to argue that there is such a thing as white culture, the last thing you can fault them on is blandness in art. That’s like saying Chinese people don’t eat rice.
OK, Thomas Kinkade and Kenny G, but still.
I can only imagine the shitstorm that would ensue if someone said all African culture is [fill in the blank]. There are broad linguistic and cultural similarities in sub Saharan Africa, but there is also a reason why the Rwanda genocide happened.
The Sistine Chapel wasn’t done by whites – it was done by Italians.
“All right, we’ll give some land to the niggers and the chinks, but we DON’T WANT THE IRISH.”
And can you blame them? Who wants a bunch of drunken red-haired Paddies writing absurdist novels and dancing without moving anything above their knees?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcqRuVf3Ikw
*breaks bottle*
Whaddidya say ’bout ma people?
Brothers and sisters are natural enemies!
Like English and Scots. Or Irish and Scots. Or Scots and other Scots!
Damn Scots! They ruined Scotland!
What race is Italian? Is it similar to the Jamaican race? Maybe Camela knows.
Bland.
I wish I could describe in text a room like that.
Without taking three chapters…
You can’t use the words gaudy, baroque or ornate.
Extravagant roccoco excess.
Amusingly, it’s shoehorned into a rectangular footprint inside this bland palace. (Where the crosses are on the far right side of the image.)
Point to UCS
Rhy – shouldn’t that parking lot be a garden?
UnCiv: That’s the city-facing plaza. The “front door”, if you will. The other three sides are surrounded by lavish gardens in different styles (English, German) and then the city walls. The Prince-Bishops did not joke.
Yeah, that’s pretty bland, but it’s not as bland as Versailles. The Winter Palace, now *that’s* bland:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzST7q4ZdG8
Wow, that’s gorgeous.
QUIET, YOU!
IT’S BLAND! BLAND I SAY!
PS. indoors, the Residenz is chock-full of insane rococo goodness. Like, every room. They have an indoor/outdoor Mozart festival in the summer that’s sublime.
Flintlock hand mortar
That thing is awesome looking. Now load it up and fire it, damnit!
I’ve saw some pretty cool powder weapons. I used to know a guy who deer hunted with them.
I’ve been a bit intrigued by some of these unique black powder weapons. But I’m scared of them. Will those things really explode on you, or is it just dangerous if you use the smokeless power? I saw a pistol on the internet a couple of month ago during one of my late night internet wanderings. The thing was like a dual chamber hand cannon. Like I said though, I’m scared of them, they look like fun, but they don’t seem too safe.
Modern muzzle-loaders made of currently produced steels pretty much cannot be destroyed with black powder. I’ve seen tests where they purposely overload them – numerous times the usual powder charge and 5 or 6 bullets on top of each other – without the barrel exploding. But I would never try one with smokeless powder. They might hold a standard load (same volume) using smokeless powder but it’s not worth the risk to try it.
I see. Makes sense.
Not sure why someone would risk the smokeless powder only for shooting a hobby weapon.
I just didn’t know much about them, never shot one or owned one, and only got some interest seeing them online.
They are called BLACK powder for a reason.
The first handguns I owned were black powder, percussion fired revolvers – as there are no federal restrictions on age for ownership. I’ve shot and built a few of them – both long rifles and pistols – and will always have an interest in them. I think it’s an interesting experience from a historical perspective to know how to load and shoot them – you learn a lot about how things were back in the day by doing what they had to do.
If you chose to go down that route I would recommend at least one Colt pattern revolver – my favorites would be either an 1851 Navy or a 1860 Army. I would also recommend steel frame versus brass. Steel will last longer. Try loading both loose powder from a flask with the correct size nozzle (that will ‘weigh’ out each charge quickly) and also try the paper cartridges with the proper conical bullet. There’s a great InRange video which walks you through that.
MOD?
Weak.
2020 surprise! It isn’t a rock, it is a chunk of a neutron star.
6.5 feet?
Sorry dude, we’re not saved, it will burn up in the atmosphere and even if it made it through, sorry, we’re not saved.
Who’s looking for salvation?
I don’t understand the “Sweet” meteor people.
Just stay in your box, you really don’t want to know.
SMOD is made of sugar, dried mustard, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, smoked paprika, cayenne and chili powder so UCS will never understand.
So that’s what Wormwood is.
“Pfft, it will burn up in the atmosphere and when it lands, it won’t be any bigger than a chihuahua’s head.”
[that happens]
“Dad…you were *right* about something!”
“I know kids. I’m scared too!”
-Simpsons meteor episode
Takuma Sato wins the Indianapolis Five Fucking Hunnert, and Scott Dixon doesn’t. So we got that going for us. It was actually a pretty good race, as long as one did not look too closely at the cars. The ugly, ugly cars.
It must have been bizarre to be on that elevated winner’s podium looking at completely empty stands where there ought to have been at least a hundred thousand delirious fans.
But how did the Vagisil car do?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGczJCjpKqM
That about the Trump car? Make racin great again!
He is obviously an oriental white supremacist, or that Jussie dude and his noose would have won.
No, really, you deserve to lose just by being named Jussie.
Meanwhile, I’m watching Smokey and the Bandit because it always cheers me up.
LOL Buford T. Justice was fuckin’ cultural icon for a while there.
Almost as famous as Boss Hawg.
Shaky puddin. That’s all I can think of. Was that a different movie?
Hunnert? A true Hoosier. You probably call them “motorsickles”, too?
The rock is 6.5 feet in diameter and is not considered to be a “potentially dangerous” object
DAMMIT!
Late to the thread again. My update: Didn’t lose any weight this week, but may have lost some inches – clothes feel a bit looser. Wife and I did a 25 mile bike ride this week , setting another record for distance.
I lost a couple inches after the surgeon cut out a hernia during my recent surgery 🙂
Hi Chafed!
I have nothing this week. I’m starting a new phase on Tuesday. I bought a ketone/glucose meter and I’m gonna experiment to see where I feel and perform the best. I’m a fucking nerd.
Great Lemmy link. I love that guy. And the doggeh link made me a little choked up. Well done.
I love this feature. Thanks for making it happen!