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

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  • #3152
    D'Agger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    bluewolf wrote: »
    maybe he just wants to be like Bane
    Don't we all


  • #3153
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Knee wraps for RDLs.

    I shouldn't be surprised anymore but I kind of was.


  • #3154
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,615 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Mellor wrote: »
    I was doing some kettlebell carries the other day, latest fixation of mine, and I began wondering.

    what's the world record Press/Waiter's carry?, and
    what's the heaviest kettlebell in existence? Both comp and non comp I guess

    Never got any answers or suggestions for this one guys.

    I'm not mad, just disappointed.


  • #3155
    Killgore Trout
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 681 ✭✭✭Killgore Trout


    bluewolf wrote: »
    maybe he just wants to be like Bane



  • #3156
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,706 ✭✭✭whippet


    Mellor wrote: »
    Never got any answers or suggestions for this one guys.

    I'm not mad, just disappointed.

    We had a 92kg Kettlebell in a Gym I used to go to ... it took a bit of getting used to but once you got in to the swing of it 'pun intended' it was great craic !


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  • #3157
    Blacktie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,903 ✭✭✭Blacktie.


    Any half decent pay as you go gyms in mullingar?


  • #3158
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,840 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    whippet wrote: »
    We had a 92kg Kettlebell in a Gym I used to go to ... it took a bit of getting used to but once you got in to the swing of it 'pun intended' it was great craic !

    Was it attached to the end of a crane??


  • #3159
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Blacktie. wrote: »
    Any half decent pay as you go gyms in mullingar?

    I can't vouch for this place but a lad I know does weightlifting training there

    https://www.fitness4uhub.com


  • #3160
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,706 ✭✭✭whippet


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Was it attached to the end of a crane??

    A crane would have helped .. but once it got moving it was more about control than shifting the weight !


  • #3161
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,615 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    whippet wrote: »
    We had a 92kg Kettlebell in a Gym I used to go to ... it took a bit of getting used to but once you got in to the swing of it 'pun intended' it was great craic !

    That’s the shot.
    Was it massive?
    I seen Cain Velasquez lumping a 92kg one around once. It’s looked pretty big.
    Wondering how heavy a comp kettlebell can be?
    Vaguely remember a guy filling one with uranium. :eek:


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  • #3162
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    There was a guy on reddit who said a 92kg one was filled with depleted uranium but later said he was joking.

    Apparently 64kg is the heaviest competition KB. There's a clip of lads pressing it at an Arnold Expo for reps.

    Here's the 92kg KB on Amazon:

    https://www.amazon.com/Ader-Premier-Monster-Kettlebell-92kg/dp/B0011EMVOC

    100kg KB:

    IcTLZvM_d.jpg?maxwidth=640&shape=thumb&fidelity=medium


  • #3163
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,706 ✭✭✭whippet


    Mellor wrote: »
    That’s the shot.
    Was it massive?
    I seen Cain Velasquez lumping a 92kg one around once. It’s looked pretty big.
    Wondering how heavy a comp kettlebell can be?
    Vaguely remember a guy filling one with uranium. :eek:

    It was a big lump alright .. but not that massive .. actually if you google Ollie Quinn 92kg kettle bell you will see a similar one .. he used to have a gym in Westport .. but there was nothing kettlebell related he didn’t do !


  • #3164
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,615 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    There was a guy on reddit who said a 92kg one was filled with depleted uranium but later said he was joking.

    Apparently 64kg is the heaviest competition KB. There's a clip of lads pressing it at an Arnold Expo for reps.

    Here's an alleged 70kg competition bell. Although the number 70kg painted on proves little
    And also possibly the guy you mentioned claiming it was filled with uranium.
    https://www.reddit.com/r/kettlebell/comments/6g12zy/at_70kg_this_is_the_second_heaviest/

    But I can't find the guy who had a DIY heavier one packed with uranium cake.


    Edit: Got it!
    Post #9 in this thread. Found it by searching uranium
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=63805378

    The link has gone dead though.

    Double Edit:
    Wayback machine to the rescue

    https://web.archive.org/web/20090414213503/http://www.americankettlebellclub.com/blog/?p=251


  • #3165
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    https://www.exercise-equipment-parts.com/moke.html

    56kg up to 92kg!


  • #3166
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,690 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    you could try lead

    http://nckettlebells.blogspot.com/2013/12/making-beast-kettlebell-and-thoughts-on.html

    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



  • #3167
    Reps4jesus
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭Reps4jesus


    I wouldnt consider myself an ego lifter, generally use good form etc, but for some reason, everytime I use the lat Pulldown I just find myself going too heavy on it. Dunno why it is but I just dont seem to be able to just use the damn machine correctly!


  • #3168
    Blacktie.
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,903 ✭✭✭Blacktie.


    Can we use this as a vent thread? Just about ready to bash my head off a wall! Haven't done a back squat or full ROM deadlift in almost a year and a half now. Back is tanked. Every time I get close to it being back to normal something happens. Usually I know where I fucked up but last Monday I just woke up and it felt like I injured it all over again after just starting to feel back to normal. I have no idea how this could have happened from going to bed feeling grand to waking up feeling extremely sensitive. Frustrations keep mounting!


  • #3169
    Reps4jesus
    Registered Users Posts: 226 ✭✭Reps4jesus


    Blacktie. wrote: »
    Can we use this as a vent thread? Just about ready to bash my head off a wall! Haven't done a back squat or full ROM deadlift in almost a year and a half now. Back is tanked. Every time I get close to it being back to normal something happens. Usually I know where I fucked up but last Monday I just woke up and it felt like I injured it all over again after just starting to feel back to normal. I have no idea how this could have happened from going to bed feeling grand to waking up feeling extremely sensitive. Frustrations keep mounting!

    That absolutely sucks. Sorry to hear it, nothing more frustrating particularly when you havent done anything to aggravate it


  • #3170
    Mellor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 39,615 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    Alf Veedersane wrote: »
    https://www.exercise-equipment-parts.com/moke.html

    56kg up to 92kg!
    Ah making them massive is kinda cheating. Anyone can stick a handle on the side of a small vehicle.
    Comp size or close to it is where its at
    silverharp wrote: »
    you could try lead

    http://nckettlebells.blogspot.com/2013/12/making-beast-kettlebell-and-thoughts-on.html

    It seems to be that solid steel tops out at 36kg.
    So based on the density, a hollow bell filled with lead would be 48kg.

    Reason I was interested was because I've been doing a lot of kettlebell carries. Have this target of 1/2 BW waiter carry in my head. But my gym tops out at 36kg - and I'm not 72kg


  • #3171
    el Fenomeno
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,326 ✭✭✭el Fenomeno


    Are those adjustable dumbbells any good or a bit of a gimmick?

    Have moved out of Dublin and my new local gym is over €80 which is ridiculous. Wanted to pick up a few bits for myself - was looking at them but have a few concerns. One being the "length" of the weights on each side - they seem quite long and might be awkward for any exercises that need the dumbbell held tight to the body. Also, with so many different weight combinations but only a certain number of plates I'm guessing there'll be an uneven distribution - ie. one side of the dumbbell will be heavier than the other side. Is this much of a hindrance?


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  • #3172
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,840 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    el Fenomeno wrote: »
    Are those adjustable dumbbells any good or a bit of a gimmick?

    Have moved out of Dublin and my new local gym is over €80 which is ridiculous. Wanted to pick up a few bits for myself - was looking at them but have a few concerns. One being the "length" of the weights on each side - they seem quite long and might be awkward for any exercises that need the dumbbell held tight to the body. Also, with so many different weight combinations but only a certain number of plates I'm guessing there'll be an uneven distribution - ie. one side of the dumbbell will be heavier than the other side. Is this much of a hindrance?

    Both sides of the dumbbell are the same. I have some around 6 months and they work quite well. They are big but I can’t say their size has been an issue in any way at all. Very expensive though.


  • #3173
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,706 ✭✭✭whippet


    So both the female and male all time Irish powerlifting totals we beaten today at the ABS Series event ... Raw (with wraps) ...

    Laura Vogelslang totalled 585kg - 245kg Squat ... 112.5kg Bench ... 230kg Deadlift (509 Wilks)

    Jake Brennan totalled 975kg - 400kg Squat .. 222.5kg Bench ... 352.5kg Deadlift (541 Wilks)

    One of the best comps I’ve witnessed in Ireland .. serious standard, atmosphere and it went down to the very last deadlift !!

    One caveat to these records are that they are not sanctioned by any governing federation .. but comp was done to standard rules and officiated by qualified IPF referees


  • #3174
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,840 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Anyone come across this stuff before? 17g protein!!!! A little dense but tastes good


  • #3175
    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Anyone come across this stuff before? 17g protein!!!! A little dense but tastes good

    Skyr? Yeah it's pretty good.


  • #3176
    Dtp1979
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,840 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    deconduo wrote: »
    Skyr? Yeah it's pretty good.

    No, kvarg. Swedish stuff.


  • #3177
    deconduo
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 4,281 Mod ✭✭✭✭deconduo


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    No, kvarg. Swedish stuff.

    Ah, looks pretty similar to skyr nutrition wise. Haven't tried it but Google says it's a type of quark? So more of a cheese where skyr is a yoghurt.


  • #3178
    caviardreams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,615 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    Dtp1979 wrote: »
    Anyone come across this stuff before? 17g protein!!!! A little dense but tastes good

    The Stracciatella one is amazing!

    It's made by Nestle I think. Dunnes and Tesco often have them on offer at 2 for €2.

    My favourite is still the Isey icelandic skyr (baked apple!) but it's €2 for a teeny tiny pot :(


  • #3179
    silverharp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,690 ✭✭✭✭silverharp


    Greek yogurt, whisk in a scoop of flavoured protein powder works for me

    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



  • #3180
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Lidl Skyr,
    Vanilla = yellow tub
    30g protein per pot

    +

    Peanut butter

    + Honey

    = Nom


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  • #3181
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    deconduo wrote: »
    Ah, looks pretty similar to skyr nutrition wise. Haven't tried it but Google says it's a type of quark? So more of a cheese where skyr is a yoghurt.

    Quark/Kwark is very popular here in the Netherlands. It’s kind of half way between cottage cheese and yoghurt. It’s great stuff, needs some fruit and nuts added to make a meal though.

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #3182
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    I'm partial to a bit of Quark. Not least because it affords me the opportunity to make physics puns about the flavour.

    Was in a supermarket recently- likely either Dunnes or Aldi - and saw 'Fitness Quark' and something about the high protein. Ffs.


  • #3183
    Maurice Crooked Sophomore
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Maurice Crooked Sophomore


    it's too cold to go back out for the gym :S


  • #3184
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    bluewolf wrote: »
    it's too cold to go back out for the gym :S

    It was bizarrely warm today here. 15 degrees and sunny.

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #3185
    Mr. CooL ICE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,647 ✭✭✭✭Mr. CooL ICE


    I train early in the morning and can get over a freezing cold barbell being in my hands. But freezing cold barbell on my back is just horrific.

    I wish my gym got barbell warmers


  • #3186
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Mark Rippetoe wrote: »
    I train early in the morning and can get over a freezing cold barbell being in my hands. But freezing cold barbell on my back is just horrific.

    I wish my gym got barbell warmers

    Invest in a protein jumper.


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  • #3187
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Was just watching this...kinda seemed apt for the day that's in it



  • #3188
    caviardreams
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,615 ✭✭✭caviardreams


    Interesting article published a couple of weeks ago (open access)

    The effects of exercise variation in muscle thickness, maximal strength and motivation in resistance trained men
    "Varying exercise selection had a positive effect on enhancing motivation to train in resistance-trained men, while eliciting similar improvements in muscular adaptations."
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226989


  • #3189
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    caviardreams wrote: »
    Interesting article published a couple of weeks ago (open access)

    The effects of exercise variation in muscle thickness, maximal strength and motivation in resistance trained men
    "Varying exercise selection had a positive effect on enhancing motivation to train in resistance-trained men, while eliciting similar improvements in muscular adaptations."
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226989

    Makes sense. Also says that too frequent changing has a negative impact on muscle development, which also makes sense. Probably something many a good PT has had to consider for a years...how to keep a new trainee interested without compromising results too much


  • #3190
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    caviardreams wrote: »
    Interesting article published a couple of weeks ago (open access)

    The effects of exercise variation in muscle thickness, maximal strength and motivation in resistance trained men
    "Varying exercise selection had a positive effect on enhancing motivation to train in resistance-trained men, while eliciting similar improvements in muscular adaptations."
    https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0226989

    Change alleviates boredom?

    Edit: can’t get a smiley face to work on my phone so my comment seems snarky.

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #3191
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Brian? wrote: »
    Change alleviates boredom?

    Edit: can’t get a smiley face to work on my phone so my comment seems snarky.

    Someone made a similar comment (with added snark) to Brad Schoenfeld at the time, i.e. that that idea had been put out there a long time, but he just said that wasn't a reason to not study it (and get another paper published)


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  • #3192
    D'Agger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,385 ✭✭✭✭D'Agger


    Can't remember the last time I had DOMS this bad, I didn't even foam roll, it was more of a foam-lie, applying pressure had me in agony on the plus side I reckon going to the gym has assisted my recovery and I'm going to go again tonight, the hope is it'll loosen me out a bit


  • #3193
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    I’m now the owner/operator of ice skates. I’m skating every weekend, usually on a 400m speed skating track. It’s brilliant exercise once you get the technique. My calf’s and hams are on fire every week.

    Nowhere near as hard on the knees or ankles as running.

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #3194
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    I slipped on ice this morning and broke a plastic bucket with my face.....are we ice friends now?


  • #3195
    Brian?
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 21,589 Mod ✭✭✭✭Brian?


    JJayoo wrote: »
    I slipped on ice this morning and broke a plastic bucket with my face.....are we ice friends now?

    We're not ice friends................... we're ice BROTHERS.

    https://images.app.goo.gl/VVhRkUnkkadbJTJW7

    Edit: I can't get this image to embed

    they/them/theirs


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




  • #3196
    rubadub
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,382 ✭✭✭✭rubadub


    I saw 4kg kettlebells for €5 in dealz. And 2 wheel ab rollers. I didn't see the resistance bands but may have missed them, and there was blow up yoga ball things. I think they are all a fiver each.

    I lifted a kettlebell and there was a slight seam on the handle which sandpaper would probably smooth out OK. I have no idea if the shape was decent.

    (not my pics)

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  • #3197
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Tip o' the cap to the chap who made sure to have his lifting belt on properly for his seated calf raises.

    Not joking.

    It takes all sorts...so they say


  • #3198
    JJayoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,561 ✭✭✭JJayoo


    Cheers buddy about time people noticed my coolnessness


  • #3199
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    JJayoo wrote: »
    Cheers buddy about time people noticed my coolnessness

    You made sure no one could miss it.


  • #3200
    Fluorescence
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 8,490 Mod ✭✭✭✭Fluorescence


    Hi all, newbie here (at least, haven't been by since 2011 so good as :o :pac: )

    I have a calorie tracking question

    So I've been back on the fitness train for a few weeks. Lost my fitbit last summer and currently don't have funds to replace it (though hopefully soon!)
    I use Google Fit to count my steps on my phone

    When I go to the gym for cardio, the machines will give a number for calories burned, google fit will give another, and MyFitnessPal gives another completely different number. For example, I did 30 min on the bike today, avg 90rpm, low-medium resistance, 17.39km. Bike says 160 cal, Google Fit says 291, MyFitnessPal says 349. The numbers aren't even close.

    Which numbers can I trust when they're so different? I'm thinking I should count the low end, as my main goal is weightloss at the moment I don't want to overestimate my burned calories, but I also want chocolate so... :pac: Obviously having a watch would be ideal, but in the meantime, any thoughts would be appreciated!


  • #3201
    Alf Veedersane
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,656 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    Fluorescence wrote: »
    Hi all, newbie here (at least, haven't been by since 2011 so good as :o :pac: )

    I have a calorie tracking question

    So I've been back on the fitness train for a few weeks. Lost my fitbit last summer and currently don't have funds to replace it (though hopefully soon!)
    I use Google Fit to count my steps on my phone

    When I go to the gym for cardio, the machines will give a number for calories burned, google fit will give another, and MyFitnessPal gives another completely different number. For example, I did 30 min on the bike today, avg 90rpm, low-medium resistance, 17.39km. Bike says 160 cal, Google Fit says 291, MyFitnessPal says 349. The numbers aren't even close.

    Which numbers can I trust when they're so different? I'm thinking I should count the low end, as my main goal is weightloss at the moment I don't want to overestimate my burned calories, but I also want chocolate so... :pac: Obviously having a watch would be ideal, but in the meantime, any thoughts would be appreciated!

    Go with the lowest. Better to underestimate the calories burned in general.


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