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

rubadub · 15-06-2020 11:06am

I make my own yogurt, it's pretty easy, you just need a natural yogurt with live cultures to start. If you ferment for 24hours or more the sugar is reduced a lot more, some people with lactose issues say they can eat 24hr yogurt no bother. Some here might want to reduce sugar, I was doing it to get more probiotic effect and I also prefer it being more acidic.

If you make it with evaporated milk it comes out really thick and also does away with the need to heat it up first (its already heated in the can, as is UHT milk).

Brian? · 16-06-2020 8:32am

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

There are a few different brands of Skyr alright

That Graham's brand has 12.2g protein / 100g for natural and 10.2-10.5g protein / 100g for the flavoured ones.

It’s a pity they taste like sour cream that resents it’s recent life choices.

Brian? · 16-06-2020 8:34am

rubadub wrote: »

I make my own yogurt, it's pretty easy, you just need a natural yogurt with live cultures to start. If you ferment for 24hours or more the sugar is reduced a lot more, some people with lactose issues say they can eat 24hr yogurt no bother. Some here might want to reduce sugar, I was doing it to get more probiotic effect and I also prefer it being more acidic.

If you make it with evaporated milk it comes out really thick and also does away with the need to heat it up first (its already heated in the can, as is UHT milk).

An old colleague of mine used to make yoghurt by adding acidophilus to milk. Have you tried that?

paw patrol · 16-06-2020 4:03pm

bluewolf wrote: »

is there a non dairy one you prefer? am definitely open to ideas

sorry only seeing this now.

I only tried another beef one called musclemeds carnivore (yonks ago) it was decent - but normally whey does me fine.
Just tried the beef for something new.

The bulk powders one was so bad , I can't describe

JJayoo · 16-06-2020 5:50pm

Got a new bench today

It's in a load of boxes...

Too lazy to put it together

rubadub · 16-06-2020 6:23pm

Brian? wrote: »

An old colleague of mine used to make yoghurt by adding acidophilus to milk. Have you tried that?

haven't tried that. I was thinking of trying similar with another commercial beneficial E.coli bacteria, it is difficult to get hold of and expensive so people ferment their own.

https://www.mutaflor.com/mutaflor-with-escherichia-coli-strain-nissle-1917-for-human-gut-health/the-discovery-of-mutaflor.html

Kefir is easier to make as it requires no incubation, i.e. it does fine at room temperature.

23-06-2020 1:53pm

tried bulkpowders vegan blend which was surprisingly inoffensive
added some choc hazelnut liqiflav or whatever the 0 cal flavour thing is, bit synthetic but nice

paw patrol · 29-06-2020 1:20pm

bulk powders move to UPS is a fcukin disaster.

I used to complain nighline were too efficient - UPS tracker never updates...2 days late now.

:mad:

Mellor · 29-06-2020 1:30pm

paw patrol wrote: »

bulk powders move to UPS is a fcukin disaster.

I used to complain nighline were too efficient - UPS tracker never updates...2 days late now.

:mad:

Suppose that serves you right for complaining about previous being too efficient.
My parcels used to go awol for a while then two lots would turn up. So fingers crossed for get a double.

paw patrol · 30-06-2020 10:15am

paw patrol wrote: »

bulk powders move to UPS is a fcukin disaster.

I used to complain nighline were too efficient - UPS tracker never updates...2 days late now.

:mad:

still not arrived. :mad:

Got a decent lad in UPS just there - caught him on a bad day - admitted a huge backlog in their depot and in a round about way said they were sh1te.
I couldn't get annoyed with him - he had that beaten down sigh - felt like i should buy him a beer.

JJayoo · 01-07-2020 2:31pm

Thinking about getting a new barbell for Bench/OHP. At the moment I have a bar from strength shop, no idea which one but it was definitely the cheapest one on site and it has a slight bend in it.

Looking on strength shop and there are too many options, any suggestions. Would spend about 300

Mr. CooL ICE · 01-07-2020 3:04pm

Are all the bars there not sold out?

Had a quick look. Looks like Clarence is a poster boy for them. Fair play

JJayoo · 01-07-2020 6:27pm

Ya all sold out at the moment and I'm in no rush, I just don't get the difference between the 20 or so bars they sell

Deano7788 · 01-07-2020 6:33pm

JJayoo wrote: »

Ya all sold out at the moment and I'm in no rush, I just don't get the difference between the 20 or so bars they sell

If its just for bench/ohp this is a decent option

https://www.strengthshop.ie/weights-bars/bars/olympic-bars/strengthshop-bastard-bar-with-centre-knurling-black-shaft.html

This is a bit of an improvement, but wouldn't be noticeable really except on squat or Deadlift and depends on the weight then really.

https://www.strengthshop.ie/weights-bars/bars/olympic-bars/strength-shop-powerlifting-bar-chemical-plated.html

A friend of mine has the second, and says even that feels a bit whippy at heavier weights though.

Alf Veedersane · 10-07-2020 7:18pm

Equipped but holy f**k.

501.2kg

Brian? · 18-07-2020 1:05pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Equipped but holy f**k.

501.2kg

That’s unbelievable. He has mentally short arms, but seriously impressive

Alf Veedersane · 18-07-2020 1:31pm

Brian? wrote: »

That’s unbelievable. He has mentally short arms, but seriously impressive

The bench shirt makes them look a lot shorter than they are.

Brian? · 18-07-2020 4:29pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

The bench shirt makes them look a lot shorter than they are.

I get ye, but those are some short arms nonetheless.

I'm jealous, I've the arms of a male orangutan

caviardreams · 18-07-2020 5:00pm

Brian? wrote: »

I get ye, but those are some short arms nonetheless.

I'm jealous, I've the arms of a male orangutan

I hear ye - apparently your arm span is meant to be the same as your height - I am 5 7" and my arm span is just over 5 10"

Alf Veedersane · 18-07-2020 5:40pm

Brian? wrote: »

I get ye, but those are some short arms nonetheless.

I'm jealous, I've the arms of a male orangutan

He doesn't look like he has particularly short arms in person

Not T-Rex short anyway

Brian? · 18-07-2020 6:39pm

caviardreams wrote: »

I hear ye - apparently your arm span is meant to be the same as your height - I am 5 7" and my arm span is just over 5 10"

I feel you brother. I’m 6ft 3 and my arms are over 6 5. That’s a lot of arm.

Brian? · 18-07-2020 6:40pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

He doesn't look like he has particularly short arms in person

Not T-Rex short anyway

I suppose it’s subjective. They ain’t long.

Alf Veedersane · 18-07-2020 7:29pm

Brian? wrote: »

I suppose it’s subjective. They ain’t long.

Nope. But not especially short.

Still though...over 500kg. The insanity of it all.

Alf Veedersane · 18-07-2020 7:34pm

caviardreams wrote: »

I hear ye - apparently your arm span is meant to be the same as your height - I am 5 7" and my arm span is just over 5 10"

Should be good for your deadlift so. Or does the knuckle dragging work against it?

Brian? · 18-07-2020 8:53pm

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Nope. But not especially short.

Still though...over 500kg. The insanity of it all.

It’s absolutely mental.

19-07-2020 3:23am

Is it common in the gyms you go to for people to bench without a spotter? I don't think I've ever seen anyone use one in mine, even when people are benching serious weight.

Mellor · 19-07-2020 6:22am

Deleted User wrote: »

Is it common in the gyms you go to for people to bench without a spotter? I don't think I've ever seen anyone use one in mine, even when people are benching serious weight.

I rarely, if ever, use a spotter.
If I'm going for 5 reps, I've already 3repped it or higher. So I judge by how grindy the 4th rep is whether or not to go for 5th. sometime I might come up short, but that's usualy a stall halfway up and I can rack to the lower pegs.

Maybe if I was going for a big 1RM and was a completely new weight, and the bench had no safeties.
Most guys getting spotted on 12 rep sets are doing so because they can;t lift the weight unassisted.

Alf Veedersane · 19-07-2020 9:27am

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Is it common in the gyms you go to for people to bench without a spotter? I don't think I've ever seen anyone use one in mine, even when people are benching serious weight.

I never use a spotter. I might if I was going for a PR and I knew the person and that they wouldn't make a balls of spotting.

If there are safeties, you can let them do their job if needed. No safeties, I'd possibly ask a spotter if I was going for a PR.

That said, I wouldn't call my max a serious weight. But it's all relative.

Brian? · 19-07-2020 9:44am

Mellor wrote: »

I rarely, if ever, use a spotter.
If I'm going for 5 reps, I've already 3repped it or higher. So I judge by how grindy the 4th rep is whether or not to go for 5th. sometime I might come up short, but that's usualy a stall halfway up and I can rack to the lower pegs.

Maybe if I was going for a big 1RM and was a completely new weight, and the bench had no safeties.
Most guys getting spotted on 12 rep sets are doing so because they can;t lift the weight unassisted.

Same here. Most benches have safeties these days. If you know how to set them right there's almost zero risk.

Trust me, I've slid out from a number of attempted PRs

Dtp1979 · 19-07-2020 9:45am

Brian? wrote: »

I feel you brother. I’m 6ft 3 and my arms are over 6 5. That’s a lot of arm.

I’m 6’1 and my reach is 6’6

caviardreams · 19-07-2020 10:45am

Dtp1979 wrote: »

I’m 6’1 and my are 6’6

Ah here, do you have three arms or sth??

Alf Veedersane · 19-07-2020 10:48am

Dtp1979 wrote: »

I’m 6’1 and my are 6’6

19-07-2020 1:38pm

I can safely say iv never checked that ratio
Must go get a measuring tape

Alf Veedersane · 21-07-2020 11:05pm

Probably late to this particular party but it seems that Jeff Cavaliere (Athlean-X) joined the fake weights gang.

JJayoo · 22-07-2020 12:30am

Always found him to be a bellend, just repeats the same sh1t over and over.

Alf Veedersane · 22-07-2020 7:05am

JJayoo wrote: »

Always found him to be a bellend, just repeats the same sh1t over and over.

I haven't persevered with his videos long enough to have an opinion either way.

But when you get called out for fake weights after a beltless double with 225kg the way to prove people wrong is not to put up a video of a beltless single with 192.5kg with the kind of form you warn people about

22-07-2020 7:15am

Deleted User wrote: »

Just back into the gym a few weeks ago after over a decade off.. Been watching some YT videos and am starting to kind of doubt how useful a lot of the content is.

Athlean-X guy basically says that everything you're doing is wrong, and the comments are fawning over him. Is he just making content for the sake of making money? Feels like if you laid out all his advice in a spreadsheet, it would be a complete mess.

Thinking of just ignoring all that for a good few months until I have need for looking at specific content.

My post from last year.

Mr. CooL ICE · 22-07-2020 9:09am

Athlean-x's video thumbnails are enough to not take his stuff seriously.

Cill94 · 22-07-2020 10:26am

Deleted User wrote: »

My post from last year.

Not sure if you have found better info since then, but just in case.. Some much better resources than the Athlean guy:

Greg Nuckols / Stronger by Science
Elite FTS
Chad Wesley Smith / Juggernaut
Mike Israetel
Jim Wendler
Barbell Logic
Barbell Medicine
Starting Strength
Alan Thrall

Alf Veedersane · 22-07-2020 10:59am

Cill94 wrote: »

Not sure if you have found better info since then, but just in case.. Some much better resources than the Athlean guy:

Greg Nuckols / Stronger by Science
Elite FTS
Chad Wesley Smith / Juggernaut
Mike Israetel
Jim Wendler
Barbell Logic
Barbell Medicine
Starting Strength
Alan Thrall

Rippetoe also does some BDSM erotica if you need to double-up on resources for that...

Cill94 · 22-07-2020 11:04am

Alf Veedersane wrote: »

Rippetoe also does some BDSM erotica if you need to double-up on resources for that...

Must be why he keeps a machete in the gym.

the baby bull elephant · 22-07-2020 11:15am

Cill94 wrote: »

Not sure if you have found better info since then, but just in case.. Some much better resources than the Athlean guy:

Greg Nuckols / Stronger by Science
Elite FTS
Chad Wesley Smith / Juggernaut
Mike Israetel
Jim Wendler
Barbell Logic
Barbell Medicine
Starting Strength
Alan Thrall

Strong seconding to the ones in bold. Never heard of Barbell Logic. BBM people apart from Feigenbaum seem good. I've seen mostly good stuff from Israetel but some people seem to get way to caught up in the weeds following his volume recommendations.

Not a fan of Rippetoe and from what I've seen a lot of SS coaches are way to dogmatic about something they really shouldn't be.

Other people I've found to have good content, Brian Alsruhe, Eric Helms, John Meadows, Australian Strength Coach (on instagram) and the Hybrid Performance (Stefi Cohen) crew although I wouldn't watch every video each of them do apart from maybe Alsruhe.

A lot of strength athletes have their own channels now as well but mostly seem to be vlogs with less directly informative content.

Alf Veedersane · 22-07-2020 11:16am

Cill94 wrote: »

Must be why he keeps a machete in the gym.

And why the Starting Strength Bench is just a slab of wood.

Cill94 · 22-07-2020 12:05pm

the baby bull elephant wrote: »

Strong seconding to the ones in bold. Never heard of Barbell Logic. BBM people apart from Feigenbaum seem good. I've seen mostly good stuff from Israetel but some people seem to get way to caught up in the weeds following his volume recommendations.

Not a fan of Rippetoe and from what I've seen a lot of SS coaches are way to dogmatic about something they really shouldn't be.

Other people I've found to have good content, Brian Alsruhe, Eric Helms, John Meadows, Australian Strength Coach (on instagram) and the Hybrid Performance (Stefi Cohen) crew although I wouldn't watch every video each of them do apart from maybe Alsruhe.

Good additions there.

I don't 100% agree with any single source I listed by the way. But if you look at the broad message, they all agree on the basics. Everyone is pretty much doing the same thing, with some minor differences.

And most importantly, they would all never be caught dead lifting fake weights for social media clout.

"Research your own experience. Absorb what is useful, reject what is useless, add what is essentially your own.” - Wise karate man

Mr. CooL ICE · 22-07-2020 12:27pm

Remember that Six Pack Shortcuts lad? He was gas. Remember reading something about him spending thousands per day on advertising, which explained why he was everywhere. His actual content was hilariously bad.

bladespin · 22-07-2020 12:54pm

Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »

Remember that Six Pack Shortcuts lad? He was gas. Remember reading something about him spending thousands per day on advertising, which explained why he was everywhere. His actual content was hilariously bad.

Absolute car crash in the end, it was just shocking.

Cill94 · 22-07-2020 2:37pm

Mr. CooL ICE wrote: »

Remember that Six Pack Shortcuts lad? He was gas. Remember reading something about him spending thousands per day on advertising, which explained why he was everywhere. His actual content was hilariously bad.

Yep. Now he's been replaced by V Shred.

After a few years those guys disappear when their audience realise they've been had. You can only con people once.

Mr. CooL ICE · 22-07-2020 3:46pm

Cill94 wrote: »

Yep. Now he's been replaced by V Shred.

After a few years those guys disappear when their audience realise they've been had. You can only con people once.

And wasn't V Shred accused of copying Athlean-x's videos?

Jesus, it's all the same recycled nonsense

JJayoo · 22-07-2020 7:58pm

Sebastian Orb has some nice videos on setup for main lifts and his gym looks so nice and shiny.

04-08-2020 11:54pm

I don't post here often, and haven't been on in a while, but what's the craic with rowing machines? Have they been banned or something?

Can't find them anywhere for sale, especially not the Concept ones. I found a few sites that do rental, and I can't even rent one. Has everyone gone mad buying them up because they can't get to the gym? (I'm assuming not - as I never seen anyone using them anytime I ever went to the gym anyway).

I need to lose a little weight off my belly. And back. And arms, legs, thighs, chest, ankles, ass and chin, so was considering getting a concept2 rower, as I figured if i got fed up with it after a few months I'd sell it on without losing much on it as they tend to hold their value a good bit.

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