ManxTrialSpaz

It's as cliché as "I don't need alcohol to have fun!" but I just have a pretty aggressive playlist of songs I only ever really listen to in the gym, so I get pretty pumped en route or during warm up. For the most part though, pre-workout is there to instigate/replace psychological effects, so assuming you haven't already tried, have you tried a routine to get you mentally zoned when you go to the gym, to replace pre workout?

I saw him in the paddock at the UGP and he seemed pretty grumpy/withdrawn from everything. Well, I say I saw him in the paddock, he didn't leave his truck unless he really had to.

Has anyone ever paid for WinRAR? By all accounts, those fellas should be loaded. WinRAR would be topping the app store from 1995-2009

If we're talking grammar, there'd need to be an apostrophe present before Mike is insinuating he wants to sleep with guys (A) I'm in on the sleeping around with other people spiel. I suppose it just depends on the two individuals and the couple as a whole as to how you can advance your sex life and get over the fact you want to bang other people. My ideal solution would be orgies everywhere (no homo)

You're making me blush. My home rig is bottlenecked by the fact my Windows drive is running on an IDE->Sata connector

I've read you've been doing your workout for 6 weeks and taken that to mean that you've been gymming for 6 weeks in total, sorry if that's not the case. Your training needs to reflect your aims, so you need to be realistic with what it is you want. The workout of yours that is quoted is going to make you stronger, but not in the most efficient way. That kind of volume is pretty much accepted as appropriate for a medium kind of hypertrophy; getting bigger and stronger. If you just want to get stronger (and toned - think Olympic lifters) you could do a much more efficient job by lifting more weight for less reps. As a beginner, you'd probably gain more from a reduced workload as well. If you're fatiguing and you reckon your diet and health is on point - the only thing you could really be doing is overtraining. Again, as a beginner, another thing to do would be have a more regimented workout, with flat sets x reps and the same exercises each week. Make a note of what weight you've lifted each week and next week, if you hit your target reps, increase the weight. It's pretty straightforward and potentially quite boring, but it gives you a good indication of your progress. You may not feel worked on some days but if the weight's are going up each week, you're getting stronger. Then after you're happy with your base strength and happy with judging your work output in a session, you can move to the pyramids and more complex routine structures. If it's the case you're not a beginner, and are in fact just plateauing - switch the routine up, take some things out, put some new lifts in, change the focus (sets/reps) of your main lifts and potentially, depending on how much change you've made, drop all of your weights slightly and work back up.

The best thing about university is that there's loads of people around, you just need to be brave enough to find them. Join a club(s) next year and you will quickly find some people to hang out with! You definitely can't be talking about Redders here.

This was my guess

I've just remembered my coolant light came on in my car when I last drove it. I wasn't particularly ragging it and the engine temp was normal so I'm assuming it's just a coolant level warning. I'd check it now, but my car is parked across town. Would anyone disagree with my initial assessment?

Ah fair enough. MOT isn't really an issue for now, since it's on Manx plates!

My rear disc is bent enough to hit the pads once every rotation. Aside from the annoying rumble, is there any safety/maintenance concern associated with this? I.e. do I really have to buy a new disc? For reference; my road speeds top out at 80mph

Boomed out a 170kg squat and a 100kg power clean today. I am so f**king happy!

Pretty f**king chuffed with the gym on Tuesday. I wanted to test where my 1RM deadlift has gotten to and pulled 200kg. The initial pull off the ground was slow, but the rest of the lift was eeeeeasy, so I reckon I could pull ~210kg if I can get the leg drive sorted. I wanted to test squat today and aim for a 170kg lift, but I accidentally went out last night and now I'm feeling a touch rough, and I'm going skiing this evening so won't be able to lift for a week

I'd be hesitant to say that about anything in the gym to be honest. Leg press isn't 100% foolproof. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkKJ4KFnklI The biggest issue is locking your legs out - especially if you have a hyper mobile knee joint. Additionally, you can stress your back depending on the geometry of the leg press you're using

That film was a journey. A very strange and twisted journey

Good God

I had the same issue when I started to learn to drive, after already riding motorbikes. I think car drivers don't appreciate just how obstructive the A pillars are. Pissed me off for months!

Swerved into what though? The bumper and the lower parts of the car that are visible haven't been damaged

10/10 film, would watch again

I think I'm the only person that's extremely bothered about the fact he never got his Mustang back... Extremely moving stuff

I'm only in Loughborough, so if you need some hard pipe hittin help, I'll lend my presence

I think TF just broke whilst I was editing...

Wow. What a bunch of wankers you work for. Use the opportunity to big yourself up to seniors and you could also start a bit of a disgruntled atmosphere with the other employees. Just start suggesting that you're so valued/their skills are so undervalued that you're the only person that can be trusted to virtually run the entire department yourself. At the very least, if you don't like your co-workers you could try your best to upset them, or create and direct some aggravation towards your managers.

lol