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Posted: Mon, 31 Dec 2007, 12:00pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Posts: 1553
WPP: 132
Location: Nest of Douchebags
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1. Grind poker
2. ???
3. Profit |
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Posted: Mon, 31 Dec 2007, 12:31pm Post subject:
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Straight
Joined: 01 Jul 2006
Posts: 125
WPP: 96
Location: Australia
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| bigred wrote: | 1. Grind poker
2. ???
3. Profit |
WTF? Phhhhhft! Number two is easy. Get more sex. C'mon.......... |
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Posted: Mon, 31 Dec 2007, 5:23pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 30 May 2006
Posts: 1370
WPP: 234
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| salsa4ever wrote: | | spoonitnow wrote: | | wufwugy wrote: | | salsa4ever wrote: |
200lbs x 10 reps bench/squat/deadlift by 2009 |
If you're performing the reps correctly then bench will most likely be the hardest and deadlift the easiest. There are some people for whom that's not the case due to having unusual torso and extremity relations.
200lbs on each of the power lifts is ridic easy though. Even if you're naturally a skinny weak ass nancy girl with a fast metabolism. You just gotta put in the the time and effort. |
wtf when i was wrestling in high school at like 130 and 135 lbs i could do more than this for 10 reps on squat and deadlift the first time i stepped in the weight room |
someone kill me now!!!!  |
It's very much a matter of leverages. Evaluating strength by how much you can lift in the powerlifts is far from exact. Somebody with short legs tends to squat more than longer legged individuals even if the longer legged person has more muscle and is actually stronger. A better method of evaluating strength is through strongman events and olympic lifts.
Somebody with short legs, short torso, and long arms will naturally squat and deadlift substantially more than other body types, but will suck at bench. Longer torso and shorter arms the more difficult it is to deadlift. Longer legs and torso the more difficult it is to squat.
In the sport Powerlifting, where competition is in squat deadlift and bench, the body types that gravitate towards elite status are simply just fat guys with short torsos and legs. This makes them able to squat and dead more, and teh fatness reduces bench range of motion and more squat stability but nothing for deadlift. Fatness also means more anabolic and thus more or at least higher likelyhoods of muscle. Olympic lifters who compete in snatch and clean n jerk tend to be slightly more well rounded in leverages, but I dunno exactly. There's so much technique in the o lifts.
For physique purposes, having poor leverages is often optimal, seemingly ironically. This is because limbs are longer, and thus there's more muscle even though it doesn't show up under the bar, and weaker individuals often have longer muscle bellies. They have more muscle which is better for physique, but the longer bellies mean shorter tendon and thus lower elastic capacity. 'Elastic strength' (not a true scientific def so not an exact description) is very important for strength.
I'm a short naturally strong person, my friend is tall naturally skinny. Back when we lifted together, I basically pwned him when it came to lifting, but he won the sled drag. My leverages helped me in the more isolated movement like ass to grass back squat, but his helped him when dragging a sled for speed. |
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Posted: Mon, 31 Dec 2007, 5:44pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 10 Aug 2007
Posts: 3393
WPP: 82
Location: the ether
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Get better at poker
Build roll to $5k by April (from the initial $200 end of August, difficult while working fulltime - but hopefully achievable)
Spend May-July finding out if pro-poker is a lifestyle I want
Ambitious? dunno
out for a long (ca 18km) run this morning, working towards a Jan 15th goal of running a new personal best over 5km, in line with running a decent 10km in april.
what else?
Climb 5.13+
Surf more
Stay solid in Spanish, become fluent in German
More live music - only been to five gigs this month
Get some shit to my editor... |
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Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 7:54am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 25 Sep 2005
Posts: 3549
WPP: 101
Location: The Grind
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| spoonitnow wrote: | | salsa4ever wrote: | | spoonitnow wrote: | | wufwugy wrote: | | salsa4ever wrote: |
200lbs x 10 reps bench/squat/deadlift by 2009 |
If you're performing the reps correctly then bench will most likely be the hardest and deadlift the easiest. There are some people for whom that's not the case due to having unusual torso and extremity relations.
200lbs on each of the power lifts is ridic easy though. Even if you're naturally a skinny weak ass nancy girl with a fast metabolism. You just gotta put in the the time and effort. |
wtf when i was wrestling in high school at like 130 and 135 lbs i could do more than this for 10 reps on squat and deadlift the first time i stepped in the weight room |
someone kill me now!!!! |
Then again I have that crazy farmboy strength too. |
Also fwiw, I'm 5'9". |
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Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 8:03am Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 30 Jun 2005
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Location: Melbourne
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i don't really care that much about being strong. it would be nice. but I just want to look sexy.
naturally I'm going to be able to squat/deadlift the 200 before i can bench it. Even though I've got those long gazelle legs that are great for dancing and as you said, less good for powerlifting |
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Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 8:48am Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 25 Sep 2005
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Location: The Grind
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| salsa4ever wrote: | i don't really care that much about being strong. it would be nice. but I just want to look sexy.
naturally I'm going to be able to squat/deadlift the 200 before i can bench it. Even though I've got those long gazelle legs that are great for dancing and as you said, less good for powerlifting |
To be honest, unless you plan on expanding to fat chicks, I'd be much more content with building cardio since it's likely more useful for you being a dancing dude or whatever anyway.
But hell good luck either way  |
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Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 10:15am Post subject:
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3-of-a-Kind
Joined: 06 Jun 2006
Posts: 68
WPP: 145
Location: Where the streets have no names!
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1) Leave DC, the Pentagon, and my f'n job permanently. 
2) Play poker in brick and mortars at least 60% of my time.
3) Have both my homes in Tampa and Summerlin finished.
4) Have my next New Year's Party at my home in Summerlin.  |
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Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 1:13pm Post subject:
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Straight Flush
Joined: 05 Jul 2006
Posts: 7006
WPP: 71
Location: Pwnsylvania
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I am eliminating or trying my best to eliminate "what ifs" this year. I.E.-
-What if I had played 40k hands this month?
-What if I hadn't cheated on my diet?
-What if I had worked out as hard as possible?
-What if I had talked to that girl at the bar?
I figure if I eliminate all of my "what ifs" I will be a lot better off come 2009.
Concrete goals are to become at 5/10 reg by 2009, to be in the best shape of my life come April/May, and to branch out more/be more adventurous. |
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Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 6:23pm Post subject:
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Full House
Joined: 30 May 2006
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Instead of cardio, go the route of high intensity interval training or general physical preparation. Those two types of endurance training (they're not specifics, but soooo much in the exercise community hasn't been specifically designated) are what is done by fast-twitch athletes for the most part. American footballers, sprinters, strongmen competitors, etc have zero need for cardio/slow-twitch exercise except for active recovery purposes. Too much slow-twitch exercise for these athletes is actually deleterious for their sport specific adaptations. 100 meter sprinters should run a slow mile, and a mile runner should lose steam a little over half way through a 100 meter sprint.
Endurance is relative. a 200 meter sprinter needs just as much endurance as a marathon runner, it's just a different kind of endurance. Most dancing is quite fast twitch, and cardio is less important for it. There is a lot of carryover from fast-twitch endurance to slow-twitch endurance too, but not vise versa. If your fast-twitch fibers are activated your slow-twitches are maxed out for the duration, but if just your slow-twitch fibers are activated your fast-twitch fibers are not necessarily.
High intensity endurance training burns more calories than cardio anyways. Cardio only burns the calories during training, but high intensity exercise increases metabolic rate for hours after workout, not to mention the time spent exercising is much more productive.
Really the only purposes for cardio over other better options are to get better at long long duration stuff, as active recovery for high intensity training, and to get super super lean. Not lean like anybody realistically wants or can maintain without steroids. Bodybuilding competition lean. Cardio is often a must for super leanness simply because you can do a tonnnn of it without overtraining.
Besides, the more prominent you become at slow-twitch activities (beginning at a certain point), the smaller your muscles get. Slow-twitch fibers are substantially smaller with substantially lower growth potential than fast-twitch fibers. And when it comes to men, big muscles = big sexy. |
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Posted: Wed, 02 Jan 2008, 6:50pm Post subject:
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4-of-a-Kind
Joined: 24 Sep 2004
Posts: 1553
WPP: 132
Location: Nest of Douchebags
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1) Drink less
2) Take a general interest in other people
<~~~~most self centered person evar |
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