^^ from LBSS's reply & maxent's reply to his reply, everything is cool.
trying to compare yourself to entropy is a fool's errand.
It is indeed depressing to anyone who respects your truly exceptional talents to see you of late apparently spending a great deal of time on shallow, negative polemics that contribute almost nothing in the way of real knowledge or deep truths to the subject matter they deal with. Instead of utilizing your major talents in the difficult business of discovering new viewpoints, and new understanding and techniques, you make a spectacle of yourself indulging your minor talent for innuendo and derogation. There are occasions on which it is desirable for a person with an outstanding reputation to devote some effort to pointing ·out the flaws ina significant proposal. But it is fatuous to waste time attacking one so weak that it can be demolished by high school debating tactics that avoid serious consideration of fundamental issues and deal only in hostile innuendoes, unsubstantiated arrogant opinions, and trivial nitpicking.
but wow god damn what a post. I feel like saving that and using it in case I want to make someone feel bad about a post on a forum/facebook etc. scathe factor 9001.
that's definitely overboard when you look at it from the perspective that LBSS does respect you, your consistency, your hard work etc.. (as you basically mentioned in your last reply to him). when I read his comment I personally didn't perceive it as an insult - seemed more directed towards your tendency to flip the script, go off on tangents, focus on things that many perceive to be insignificant (certain bodyweight goals etc).. stuff like that.
but that same stuff could also be said about me. It's hard to compare people's training to my own. Both my dunk training & now my run training are very unconventional. I usually end up in a spot after lots of trial and error, which often doesn't make sense to most people. For example, with dunking -> high frequency (multi-day sessions) of squatting + high rep squatting etc.. For running; High frequency (multi-day sessions) + low volume + no long runs to improve my 1-mile/5k times. I'm also testing a theory with this low volume approach. I've also had very low bodyweight goals for both training phases (~145 lb. for dunking), (~140 lb. for running/sprinting).
As far as bodyweight goals go, maybe having a goal of ~140 lb. and still being at 149 lb., is simply a way to keep me around ~149 lb? Maybe if I had a goal of 149 lb., i'd be more liberal with my eating, and get to ~155 lb. Regardless, i'd love to get to ~6-7% bodyfat @ 140 lb. and see what happens to my sprinting/running.. It could potentially be futile, or, it could be my optimal structure.. Not sure yet. I know when I was dunking way back, I felt amazing @ 145 lb.. was flying off 1-leg too.
It can be hard to compare people to overanalyzer/experimenters.. we do lots of dumb stuff, but also some good stuff.. The key is to surf that "good stuff" wave once we find it.. :F
pc!!
