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after 3 hours of non-stop research (yes i'm weird), I went with the adidas adios boost 3's instead of the 2's.. For one simple fact, the boost 2's have some 'ridge' down the middle in the forefoot, and people say they can feel it. I know for a fact that will annoy the absolute fu*k out of me, so, I went with the 3's.

I ordered these:





Here's the ridge vs no ridge:



that ridge down the middle looks evil annoying.



ok so.. these are going to be heavy for me (~8 oz) but, I think that'll help me when I try and do some 20+ mile runs.. Well, I think that'll help me more than my NB RC5000v2's - which aren't meant for that - and I think I can feel that they aren't meant for that.

we'll see.

pc!

why do bench/deadlift have ?-marks? lul.

also, crossfit needs weight classes or something.. ?? chix can't even dream of competing now unless they are juicing out the gills, it seems. i could be wrong, dno.

they change shoes too much..

https://www.solereview.com/adidas-adizero-adios-boost-3-review/

https://www.solereview.com/adidas-adizero-adios-boost-2-review/

this is annoying.. do i get the 2 or the 3? fml.



edit: dude this solereview.com site goes crazy in their analysis... very comprehensive.

She rips into the coach at 3:20 at his thinking that she could box or strike. LOL

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRG7OFXCLwQ" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRG7OFXCLwQ</a>

eek brutal.

rousey would need some 'tune up fights' if she wants to try and stay in the fight game.. it would not be a good idea for her to try and go back in there with nunes.. nunes is scary brutal.

Quote from: adarqui on December 31, 2016, 09:08:30 pm

hope everyone makes some serious progress in 2017.. time to turn it up a notch.


today i made a photo with my running pr's of 2016:

would be nice if i could crush all of that in 2017.. especially the 10k/half marathon numbers, those are way off compared to my 5k/1-mile.. Just need to get stronger/put in more miles for a while, i think.

 

Happy new year.man... may the god of gains be with us all!!

same to you man!! and yes! The God Of Gains aka our will power/drive/focus lmao!

I can see some good things coming with your current «simplistic» training approach and some added power through high rep weight training.

hope so man.. time to try and solve more pieces of the puzzle.

ya simple training is usually more effective.. throwing lots of (new) different ingredients into the pot is usually a recipe for disaster.

mastering monotony seems to be the most effective way to make progress.. i've never been much of a fan of 'cross training' etc. It almost seems like you should get to the point where you get 'bored' of training at times (or often), and you just do it anyway. When doing something new, it's always more fun & you make progress fast. Some people screw up and change things up once they stop making progress; they think they are shocking their system etc. In reality you've just finally reached a baseline, now it's time to grind.

I've mentioned a few times on here about finding your rhythm .. switching things up in order to find something that you feel works great for you is fine, but once you find it, stick to it and just ride it for a significant period of time. Gut through the boredom/stagnation and just keep pushing.. That process is where I feel most of the gains actually happen.

(also i'm not directing this at you, just mentioning some things in general )

Actually, if I was directing that to anyone, it would be Stamos. He switches things up alot. I'd like to be able to predict what he's going to do (and even eat) week after week.. I think if he stuck to a rhythm like that (also keeping it simple), he'd make way more gains in 2017.

Just picture it like an EKG reading.. the heart beat doesn't just get bored and start doing weird crazy fun shit. It's 100% predictable.. If it's not, it's a problem. Our training should be like an EKG reading, for the most part. lol.

Just look at Kingfish ... He's pretty much the master of consistency. If there was anyone on this forum (or any forum) who is predictable, it'd be him. He grinds out the basics day-in-day-out.


As for lifting & running, there are two reasons I want to lift other than strength gains:
1. I think it will help me get leaner. Simply running/sprinting didn't get me anywhere near as lean as I was when I dunked/jumped.
2. I think high rep lifting is a great way for me to recover more from running; I can achieve similar or greater amounts of lactic acid by doing high volume squats - similar to a max 400m run, but without the impact forces. Once I adapt completely to this style of training, I really shouldn't experience much soreness. I've already noticed some of my running related aches have been disappearing - since i'm running only 3-4 days per week now; most notably in my feet. If I could substitute a running day with a non-impact lifting day, and still improve my lactic threshold/strength/mental strength, I think that will be extremely effective.

My high frequency + high volume squat face was definitely my most effective phase when i was jumping/dunking, but I went alot heavier (max 20's). Turning the intensity down a notch but increasing the volume makes sense given my goal now is mostly improving running performance. I'm also incorporating high volume upper body lifting because I think I lack the machinery in my upper body to remove lactic acid - like I do in my lower body.. And when I boxed, I seemed to have that machinery (from all of the punching I would do). So I think there are some gains to be made there also.

peace!!!

2017.

She got saved by Herb.

http://fighthype.com/mayweathernews/mayweather_offers_to_help_rousey.html

Maybe she should take up Mayweather's boxing offer

definitely.. great interview too.

Like me, I think that I'm a better person now as far as maturing because I've grown mentally. I just really look at life totally different as I get older. Even with my children, everybody worry about having children that look good instead of worrying about having a child that's healthy and smart. I think in a black household, they think that beating a child, that's the only discipline. I never had to whoop my child. I communicate with my children because I was a child that was beaten by my father and I was scared to go to my dad and communicate with him about a lot of things that was going on in my life. I was too scared to talk to him about it. It was a lot of drastic situations that I wanted to tell my dad about, but I was too scared. I thought I was going to get beat or get whooped. That's why I don't beat or whoop my children because I want them to be able to come to me and be able to communicate and talk to me about anything in life. Everything is a learning experience.

http://imgur.com/XPpb6OF
I saw a post on another forum:

"No idea why she didn't clinch, and try to throw".

"Amanda never gave her a chance to. She was eating full force shots to the face with no head movement, her head never moving off the center line. Amanda is a black belt in BJJ, brown belt in judo. Her grappling is good enough to keep Ronda off her when the striking differential is that drastic. Ronda's striking defense isn't good enough to allow her to even get to her grappling anymore. She's basically Royce Gracie with tits".

Rousey got too "full of herself", now the entire internet is laughing at her. That has to be a tough thing to go through in life.. Being on top of the world, then being the punchline (no pun intended) to everyone's jokes/memes/etc after having lost so devastatingly.

The same thing happened to Conor when he lost to Nate.. I mean props for moving up so much in weight but, if he's the king he should have been able to beat Nate. He smartened up and moved back down in weight, lol.

I guess that's one thing that always impressed me about Mayweather Jr.. He loved playing the villain role because he knows it sells & made him tons of money, yet he was able to back it up every fight & not let the 'weight of his words/actions' collapse on him. I'd have rather him not played the villain, i'm just impressed by his ability to disappoint the "haters" every time he fought.. That's incredibly impressive. Everyone who tries to imitate him eventually fails miserably. He was never really one to not touch gloves or do anything dirty in a fight - unless you did something dirty to him.. So I guess that showed his true colors in the ring.

Remember when Victor Ortiz head butt Floyd, crazy dirty.. then he apologized, Floyd accepted it.. Then he tried to give him a hug when the fight was back on and Floyd KTFO'd him???????? LMFAO.

That "not touching gloves" nonsense etc is what made me instantly turn on Rousey.. She damaged her own image but wasn't able to back it up .. that's the worst.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9riEiVRuDRs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9riEiVRuDRs</a>