Me too.

Clearly you need to reorient your media consumption to be more in line with the zeitgeist.

I do some work in an incredibly woke field (not quite working at Vox or Vice, or in LGBTQIAA2+) so being aware of potential minefields has a particular interest. In reality its just super easy to avoid any problems by calling someone whatever they prefer, or if corrected, just admit ignorance and use whatever term someone thinks is acceptable in that context. Like I'd never use the term Latinx with someone actually Latinx, but if that is what makes some middle aged busybody happy, sure whatever.

If you ever encounter a technical recruiter who works at a company with a DEI person, def indulge that conversation. You may end up concluding they're all neo-Nazis, or perhaps trying to hire a "diverse" network engineer is actually as difficult as they say it is.

I think n1 avoids these problems but it just gets under his skin (as it should) so he uses his anger and finds memes to depict how he accurately feels while simultaneously throwing jabs at these redic Karen’s characters. Regardless you have to hand it to him, HE is the one that has to deal with these people. It’s not like prison I can tell people to shut the **** up or this is my house get in line or get dealt with. The woke Starbucks higher up’s should be required to work on the floor for higher volume stores and see what the employees go through on the daily basis. I know if I had the power to force these lazy supervisors to do that I absolutely would. In any case, avoid these conversations and tell the manager you need to walk away and need a breather. Do what you have to do. These higher ups are nobody’s remember that.

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Getting my strength back. It was the oatmeal. I’m back on it. 3 servings of it with peanut butter and maple syrup.




227.5x4 feel good, so I try 230x5 @10

https://youtube.com/shorts/jTV-1dF8S...RNNQcZN2M1Roov

grinder

true rpe 10

Kid has heart!

Ya those grinders are the best. Love it.

I need to switch up programs but been lazy. The program calls for split squats and I hate them. They also call for wide grip bench press, but will not be doing those as I hurt my shoulder last time and took me out 8 months.

Any other programs I should follow? I like to tax myself.

Josh Bryant has coached almost everyone who has ever benched over 600lbs. His programs are brutally hard.

Ty.

Have u seen Pete rubish lately? He down to 200lbs. Looks like he don’t even lift no more. He more into healthy lifestyle. Runs like 12 miles a day.

It’s crazy what gear can do. Dude was a beast. And looked like a freak.

My homie here in Chengdu (American expat guy) was being coached by Pete Rubish. Gear protocol was 750 test/wk, 300 deca, 300 tren. Not low, but not high either. Deadlifted 600lbs weighing 225 at 6'2 and has literally only been weight training for just over 2 years, but was semi-professional muay thai fighter before that so obviously the athleticism carried over a lot. He started gear from the get-go.

In 2023 all successfull powerlifters use a considerable amount of variation in exercises as well as periodization of rep ranges. From my perspective, your programming has been basically 100% powerlifting peaking pre-contest phase style training. This style of training will focus on skill and neurological adaptation, but will do relatively little for hypertrophy or tolerance for work. It's also very harsh on joints and connective tissue. Whatever programming you end up with, you're probably going to need some formal perdiozation and to be getting away from doing exclusively competition lifts all the time. There will be phases of training where you do almost all comp lifts, but you shouldn't do that year-round.

If I were a powerlifter, I'd probably train Josh Bryant style personally, but you could look into Sheiko or the Juggernaut AI app training as well. Juggernaut is like $30/mo or so but its as close to having a human coach as you can get right now. Everyone I know who has used it has had their lifts blow tf up on it, but workouts can get absurdly long and volume very high in the hypertrophy phases of those programs.

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Strength coming back a bit. Now doing low rep, heavy weight for press.

Tonight deadlift.

Today 4 servings of rice and 4 servings of oatmeal. My warm up bench was flying, so decide to try 235x5 @10, but failed the 5th rep. Not bad.

Strong work in here. Heart. Commitment.

Love it.

Ya I’m trying to eat 300g carbs even on rest days now. Been eating a lot lately and feeling stronger.

Tonight I don’t want to eat but will stuff myself with carbs right now. I should really spread out my meals, but don’t really have the time as I’m at work all day then I come home at night.

Here is my fail. I think I would of had it if bar path was better. Something felt slightly off on the 5th rep.

https://youtube.com/shorts/9Z7tICMrD...1bMHC0iaU-eE0R

How do put YouTube in here? Which code do I need?

Man my bench been stalling forever. Single is anywhere from 240-245. I was up to 250 at one point. Sad.




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Today was a day off. I don’t remember the last time I had a day off and had to lift. Basically slept for 14 hours. I must say my lifts felt very good. I barely ate too. So I’m guessing it’s my lack of sleep all this time. I usually average 4-6 hours of sleep. Which is very bad. I would also eat nonstop because I thought I was under eating. But it has been lack of sleep all along. I must sleep better.

Wow been a while. Still lifting. Squats coming back. I narrowed my stance a bit and feel more power. Not sure what made me widen it up in the first place.

Loco x ABP Pt. 3

COMING SOON

Stay tuned.

Power session. Recorded my squats and the butt wink is inevitable. Maybe it’s just how I squat.



Getting rdy for my trip with Loco. I think on this trip, I am meeting with “the one”.

I asked loco if I could drink at the table. He said no. He said maybe 2 max if we are up winning.

Let me tell you, once I drink, I can act like the crazy ABP at the table and be totally ruthless. Exactly what the casino wants. Also for some reason I tend to concentrate very well. I am not kidding.

I don't understand how you can play a convincing ABP and NOT drink. At the very least, I'd think you would have to have a drink in front of you.

LOVE IT

I also asked loco if I should play gay. That way I can chit chat and look at loco directly and don’t miss any signs.

Nobody takes a gay dude seriously.

Here’s my top set from last night. So I don’t have pain when I squat. But do have back pain all day. It’s getting kind of bad but cannot stop the powerlifting.

https://youtube.com/shorts/Uzm1HkO9I...YswplMbDICj8tD

yes!

Are you sure you have that in your range?

Is loco gonna be faking it too? Or he just a straight dude that you're hitting on? Or you're a gay dude that can't tell that he isn't?

Seems too weird, imo. Just go with what works: straight, crazy, ABP.