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The Jimbo Slice memorial thread, feat Nate Dogg - The new Off Topic thread

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    #3632
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,727 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    There’s a guy selling brand new 20kg plates in cork. 20 per plate.
    RFC couriers are brilliant if you need anything delivered. I’ve used them for lots of gym stuff. They charge per kg. Id say delivery wouldn’t be more than 40


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    #3633
    DylanJM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭DylanJM


    20 per plate?! That seems insanely cheap.


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    #3634
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,727 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    DylanJM wrote: »
    20 per plate?! That seems insanely cheap.

    Sorry!!! 70 per plate.


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    #3635
    coffee_cake
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Politics Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 81,310 CMod ✭✭✭✭coffee_cake


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Sorry!!! 70 per plate.

    Ffs dtp


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    #3636
    as_mo_bhosca
    Registered Users Posts: 217 ✭✭as_mo_bhosca


    Have you tried customgymequipment.ie? Think cast iron are out of stock still, but 25kg rubber coated are €100 a plate. Worth checking out.


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    #3637
    DylanJM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭DylanJM


    So this place pretty dead since the update huh?



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    #3638
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,767 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117667028#Comment_117667028

    Yup. My fear is the recent downtime has killed board.ie. Traffic is way down from what I can see.

    All the threads I follow are kept alive by the same 3-4 posters. This one is on life support. It would be a shame to lose the forum, but I worry it’s too late.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #3639
    Cill94
    Registered Users Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭Cill94


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117667139#Comment_117667139


    I'd also imagine a lot of people are having a tough time finding anything with how poorly laid out the site is now.



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    #3640
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    It’s pretty **** to use compared to what it used to be alright.



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    #3641
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,552 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    The site is píss poor to use on the phone.

    The downtime wasn't the problem. The layout is shíte.



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    #3642
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,767 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117670619#Comment_117670619

    I actually think it’s better to use on the phone.


    I just got a new iPhone though so maybe it was my old phone that’s the problem.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #3643
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users Posts: 17,497 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    How do you know someone does crossfit got a new iPhone?

    They tell you



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    #3644
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,552 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117673914#Comment_117673914

    Well, I've no issue with the downtime. I just find it a poorer user experience now so I tend not to stay as long.



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    #3645
    Patsy167
    Registered Users Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭Patsy167


    Good on ya Joan!

    Bonus points for rocking that T-Shirt

    https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/health-family/fitness/i-was-sick-tired-and-had-lost-myself-until-i-began-lifting-weights-at-71-1.4632660



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    #3646
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    I’m on holidays. I have access to DBs up to 22.5kg, an adjustable bench and an outside pull up bar station. Been grand so far, using a lot of pauses, long negatives, higher rep sets and just hammering the volume to make up for lack of heavier weights. Certainly feeling the pump.

    I’ve kept to a bodybuilding split with a really upper body bias as thought the lower days would be a bit so so. Needn’t have worried, turns out Bulgarian split squats with the 22.5kgs for 8-10 a leg are actually masochistic AF, underestimated them. Did a load of DB RDLs and sissy squats after and could barely walk for about three days after.

    I’ve just not trained for a fortnight’s holiday before. But to be honest I just really enjoy training…



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    #3647
    Cill94
    Registered Users Posts: 1,359 ✭✭✭Cill94


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkXPzOxSNZk&ab_channel=MatheusNavarroPSW


    🤢🤮



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    #3648
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,552 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Am 1000% not watching that



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    #3649
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 20,767 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117695989#Comment_117695989

    Agreed.

    they/them/theirs


    And so on, and so on …. - Slavoj Žižek




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    #3650
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users Posts: 12,727 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    It’s ok. Wasnt graphic at all, honestly.



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    #3651
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    In more positive news, Tia is the GOAT of CrossFit.



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    #3652
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,552 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117697055#Comment_117697055

    I have no idea what sort of vortex time disappeared into but I'd have said that was her third title. Jesus.



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    #3653
    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,022 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    She's pretty phenomenal. 7 consecutive podium finishes. Olympian. Commonwealth games gold medal.



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    #3654
    Patsy167
    Registered Users Posts: 1,791 ✭✭✭Patsy167


    Some great weightlifting stories from the Olympics that others might have missed:

    https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-03/li-wenwen-not-laurel-hubbard-real-tokyo-weightlifting-story/100344326


    https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/sports/weightlifting-georgias-talakhadze-breaks-world-record-conquer-mens-super-2021-08-04/




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    #3655
    silverharp
    Registered Users Posts: 17,840 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Mad

    https://twitter.com/SquatUniversity/status/1424170116300877827


    A belief in gender identity involves a level of faith as there is nothing tangible to prove its existence which, as something divorced from the physical body, is similar to the idea of a soul. - Colette Colfer



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    #3656
    the baby bull elephant
    Registered Users Posts: 1,328 ✭✭✭the baby bull elephant


    Just in case anyone hasn't seen, John Meadows passed away yesterday. He was 49 and leaves behind a wife and two young sons. Seemed to be one of the genuinely nicest people in the fitness industry.


    RIP.



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    #3657
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    Blk Box are doing a "live event" that looks like it will be a mixture of sales, fitness competition and education.

    The only speaker that stood out to me is Johnny Pain... He of Greyskull LP fame!

    I guess someone at Blk Box is a personal fan, because this is quite a niche / left field choice of international guest, to say the least. He's not currently training any prominent athletes, and his online profile is quite limited at the moment. I suspect some personal difficulties n the background, he's alluded to as much himself.



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    #3658
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    Got a couple of 30kg hex dumbbells delivered from Blk Box last week. Shipping was free, and they came via UPS.

    I came home one evening to find the two dumbbells just sitting on my steps, with no box, nothing. They'd obviously just been riding uncovered in the back of the van or whatever. A bit dirty, dusty, and somewhat scuffed up. I sent Blk Box an email and put the ball in their court, because considering how much they cost it's a bit rich. First time I've had 'new' hex dumbbells shipped without a box, the last ones I got were 27.5kg and they were boxed up.



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    #3659
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users Posts: 24,552 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Reminds me of when I got the 45kg slam ball and it was covered in bubble wrap...the lad rocks up at the door with a hand cart and watches as I struggle to pick up the ball. Properly struggle.

    Turned out it was the bubble wrap's fault but yeah, was a good look for me!



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    #3660
    Black Sheep
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 3,032 Mod ✭✭✭✭Black Sheep


    There's a video going around of the Taliban using an abandoned US army gym in Afghanistan. It's kind of amusing, in that they're making a mess of figuring out what everything does, but also deeply disturbing when you remember what lies down the line for the country.

    (I should say, there's no way to verify the video, could be from a different period or somewhere else, but it looks credible enough to me)



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    #3661
    DylanJM
    Registered Users Posts: 1,468 ✭✭✭DylanJM


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117757522#Comment_117757522

    Was the shipping label on the DB itself? Very unlikely that UPS would have accepted something unboxed like that. Possible that the packaging was in such bad shape by the time the driver was delivering that he just removed it when delivering.



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