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Nutrition & Supplementation / Re: caffeine/preworkout/energy drinks
« on: June 30, 2017, 06:40:11 am »
CNS is CNS. You can amp it mentally or physically. Caffeine is some kind of PED indeed. If you wanna count it or not, it is up to you.
I would go with if the stimulant is legal ( https://www.wada-ama.org/en/what-we-do/prohibited-list ) then PR counts.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: June 30, 2017, 06:32:35 am »
Thanks , i want to tell that the most motivating and rewarding  feeling all those years i do this, has been the moments that i became motivation 'material' myself!
As for 40, well, 40 is not 'written' for everyone, but you'll never know until you chase it with all you've got till the end... cheers!

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: June 29, 2017, 06:01:06 am »
^^^Thanks!!!
Believe it or not i wanted to post the same thing in your journal yesterday, but i decided to wait for one that you will also have PR so you got me at the finish line haha!
Let's see if we can keep that progress up... cheers!



28 June 2017

Bodyweight@session : ~86kg
Soreness : quads, chest, lats, calves. all ~1,5/5
Injuries/aches : none

RDL:
8@20kg
8@40kg
8@50kg
8@60kg
8@75kg ( +5 kg )
8@85kg ( +5 kg )
-Nice.

SEATED NEUTRAL GRIP DB OHP:
12@18kg each hand
12@18kg each hand
12@18kg each hand ( +1 rep )
10@18kg each hand ( +1 rep )

BICEPS Z-BAR CURL:
12@27,5kg ( +2,5 kg )
12@27,5kg ( +2,5 kg )
12@27,5kg ( +2,5 kg )
10@27,5kg ( +2,5 kg ) , ( -2 reps )

TRICEPS PUSH DOWN:
12@140lbs ( +10 lbs )
12@140lbs ( +10 lbs )
12@140lbs ( +10 lbs )
12@140lbs ( +10 lbs )

DB SHRUGS:
12@26kg each hand ( +2 kg each hand )
12@26kg each hand ( +2 kg each hand )
12@26kg each hand ( +2 kg each hand )
12@26kg each hand ( +2 kg each hand )
-First time ever using 26s for shrugs ,  :personal-record:

Felt tired but fought through it, went well.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: June 28, 2017, 05:29:16 am »
27 June 2017

Bodyweight@session : ~86,25kg
Soreness : glutes 2/5 , quads 1/5
Injuries/aches : none

ATG PAUSED SQUAT:
8@20kg
8@40kg
8@55kg ( +5 kg )
8@65kg ( +5 kg )
8@72,5kg ( +2,5 kg ) , this is a volume-set ATG paused PR , previous best was 8@70, i also have 7@75. PB at least, not using the PR icon, ill save it for 8@75.
-Good progress.

PAUSED BENCH PRESS:
8@20kg
8@40kg
8@50kg
8@60kg ( +2,5 kg )
8@65kg ( +2,5 kg ) , paused bench  :personal-record:
-My bench progress doesn't stop surprising me this year.

DEAD-HANG PULLUPS:
9@BW
8@BW ( +1 rep )
7@BW
7@BW ( +1 rep )
6@BW
-Total reps = 37 , 5-sets all time :personal-record:

PAUSED STANDING CALF RAISE MACHINE:
15@BW+65kg ( +5 kg )
15@BW+65kg ( +5 kg )
15@BW+65kg ( +5 kg )
-Strong.

Everything was hard, last reps of last set in each exercise were RPE > 9 . Still everything was PR-area as you see so overall very strong and happy.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: June 26, 2017, 06:16:11 am »
24 June2017

Bodyweight@session : ~85,5kg
Soreness : hamstrings 2,5/5 , shoulders 2/5
Injuries/aches : none

SQUAT:
8@20kg
6@30kg
5@40kg
4@50kg
3@60kg
3@70kg
3@80kg
2½@90kg
20@50kg ( +5 reps )
-80 was very solid, could have grinded 3@85 or 2@90but played it safe again because of big layoff time.

DIPS:
10@BW
9@BW ( -1 rep )
8@BW
8@BW ( extra set )
8@BW ( extra set )
-Have done 5 sets of dips only a few times ever, so today is a silly 5-sets-total reps :personal-record:

DEAD HANG CHINUPS:
8@BW ( -1 rep )
7@BW ( -1 rep )
6@BW ( -1 rep )
6@BW ( extra set )
6@BW ( extra set )
-Same story with dips above, another silly 5-sets-total-reps :personal-record:

PAUSED SEATED CALF RAISE MACHINE:
12@60kg ( -10 kg ) , ( -3 reps )
12@60kg ( -10 kg ) , ( -2 reps )
12@60kg ( -10 kg ) , ( -1 rep )
-Last time i did those was 13 April so couldn't expect better.

Haven't done this workout for 1 month so i think it went pretty good.
Looks/feels like i have ( finally!) established some permanent base strength, breaks over 2 weeks used to kill my performance, now i am very close to where i was before.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: June 22, 2017, 05:15:13 am »
21 June 2017

Bodyweight@session : ~86,25kg , oops!
Soreness : chest, lats, quads, glutes, calves, all minor like 1/5
Injuries/aches : none

RDL:
8@20kg
8@40kg
8@50kg
8@60kg ( -25 kg )
8@70kg ( -15 kg )
8@80kg ( -5 kg )
-Ultra strict. Rather too easy, should have done one more set at 85 or 90kg but wanted to keep it safe coz of long layoff time.

SEATED NEUTRAL GRIP DB OHP:
12@18kg each hand
12@18kg each hand
11@18kg each hand ( -1 rep )
9@18kg each hand ( extra set )

BICEPS Z-BAR CURL:
12@25kg ( -2,5 kg )
12@25kg ( -2,5 kg )
12@25kg ( -2,5 kg )
12@25kg ( extra set )

TRICEPS PUSH DOWN:
12@130lbs
12@130lbs
12@130lbs
12@130lbs ( extra set )

DB SHRUGS:
12@24kg each hand ( +2 kg each hand )
12@24kg each hand ( +2 kg each hand )
12@24kg each hand ( +2 kg each hand )
12@24kg each hand ( extra set )

Haven't done this mid-week workout for a whole month now so very happy with how it went. I am feeling strong. I like it.

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LBSS , see the old Solaris ( 1976 ) not the 2002 version ( which is still good btw, so imagine the far better original ).
Other than that i agree 2001 is the best one, if one can name 'best' a movie between masterpieces.
Since we got into the classics : Brazil. Blade runner.  Children of men. Eternal sunshine of a spotless mind. last but not least : Metropolis ( 1927!!!!!!! ).
Bonus track : Cloud Atlas. It's a miss, the result did not blend/cook so well. But i totally agree with a critic i read back then , "one of the most ambitious films ever made". Even as a miss it is still very good and definitely a visual and sentimental treat. If it blended well, it would go in the GOAT/classics easy.

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Progress Journals & Experimental Routines / Re: Age vs Vertical
« on: June 20, 2017, 03:16:03 am »
Been a bit too busy again and... shamed to admit... got a little lazy too, could have squeezed one more workout. Need to get back to consistency in the weightroom. Also need to engage track sessions ASAP.

19 June 2017

Bodyweight@session : ~85,75kg
Soreness : none
Injuries/aches : none

ATG PAUSED SQUAT:
8@20kg
8@40kg
8@50kg
8@60kg
8@70kg ( +1 rep )
-Strong, should have added weight.

PAUSED BENCH PRESS:
8@20kg
8@40kg
8@50kg
8@57,5kg ( +2,5 kg )
8@62,5kg ( +2,5 kg ) , paused bench  :personal-record:
-Very strong!

DEAD-HANG PULLUPS:
9@BW ( +1 rep )
7@BW
7@BW
6@BW
6@BW
-Total reps = 35 , 5-sets all time :personal-record:

PAUSED STANDING CALF RAISE MACHINE:
15@BW+60kg ( +3 reps )
15@BW+60kg ( +3 reps )
15@BW+60kg ( +3 reps )
-Ultra solid, rather easy, very strong.

So somehow this once-a-week thing works great, i feeltotally recovered but not at all de-trained. Great, then let's stop doing it, time to get back to beating up that old body.  :P

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Other -not too much marketed- sci-fi movies worth watching : Moon, Europa report, Sunshine, primer, source code, spring.
And a few that are a bit ( a big bit ) more.... heavy/deep/fucked up/experimental/artistic ones : upstream color, melancholia, the double, coherence, under the skin, another earth, in your eyes, lobster.

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I liked ex machina a lot too. But i thnk Her is even better. Both are excellent movies with a deep look on AI and on the 'what is consciousness?' and 'are ethic rules objective?' philosophical questions. But no sci-fi movie about AI will ever overcome Blade runner. Unless maybe..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_2049 ????? ( i don't think so but the hype of a sequel 35 years later is too strong, big pitty Ridley Scott is not directing it ).

Best recent sci-fi that i saw was Arrival. Which is not that sci-fi after all if you see it, the.... exoskeleton of the movie is pure sci-fi but the essence of the movie is real and deep af. Solid acting, solid scenario, solid storytelling, mouth dropping cinematography/photography/editing/sound, this movie is a masterpiece really. 9/10.

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Basketball / Re: NBA 2016-2017 Season
« on: June 16, 2017, 06:13:09 am »
^I mostly agree to that. Totals are incomplete information, they don't include percentages, TO ratios, gametime, ball touches, clutch etc. Also yes, if you give a player ( not everyone, but there are a lot more than just a few ) the total freedom, he will sum great numbers. But! This is the NBA finals statistics. No random teams get there. And no random player gets the ball so many times. No random players are on the opposite team to guard him. It is not a random coincidence that the previous record holder of most triple doubles was Magic. And the previous record holder for triple double average was... noone.
Yes, Lebron was overly 'marketed' too early and to a very annoying extent. But that does not subtract anything from his actual greatness. For me, at his 32, he is already a strong candidate for GOAT, and this is coming from a hardcore MJ lover that had the joy of being an adult bball fan during MJs prime, i didn't just saw and read it later, i was in my early 20s following it while it was happening.

I have to rephrase your last sentence.

I mean part of why Lebron is so good is that he was designated as the "chosen one" "king" since high school

I mean why Lebron was designated as the "chosen one" "king" since high school is that he is so good

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Basketball / Re: NBA 2016-2017 Season
« on: June 15, 2017, 06:50:22 am »
Also, 2 huge records were broken in this year's finals:





Just saying...  :trollface:

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Bumped on cowboys and aliens yesterday on TV so i watched it.
Not bad but nothing worthy either. Good performances by Craig and Ford. Just ok SFX. Cliched and shallow plot. Dull aliens. Olivia Wilde is.... annoyingly gorgeous.
5.5/10

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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: The Misc TV Series Thread
« on: June 14, 2017, 05:22:38 am »
Duh, i messed up the threads though, this one is for series! and i was wondering why adarq opened 2 different ones for movies!  :uhhhfacepalm: :uhhhfacepalm: :uhhhfacepalm:

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MOVIES & ENTERTAINMENT & SHeeT! / Re: The Misc TV Series Thread
« on: June 14, 2017, 03:53:08 am »
Edit: Review moved here.

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