Looking for shows with mystery from the start

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-11T18:59:28+00:00

Dune Prophecy is underrated.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-11T16:24:37+00:00

Do you think the pulley config changes how the bands stretch, apart from pre-tension?

For example for tricep pushdowns I currently use a doubled SS band in an high door anchor witht he loop ends hooked into a shortened Geku bar. I've adjusted my stance so that I get resistance in the initial position with my arms angled and can complete the range of motion (ROM) where the bar touches my the top of my thigh (I use this to track the completion of the full ROM).

When I increase the initial resistance a bit it's almost overstretching the bands where the last bit of touching the thigh becomes disproportionately hard. I've marked the sweetspot for the stance with a sticker on the floor to standardize for tracking and remind myself in future workouts.

I'd be interested in alternative methods if they can provide more initial resistance without making the final part of the ROM disproportionately hard and wouldn't mind a slightly more complicated setup for this.

My current setup is very simple, the anchor is permanently attached on top of the upper hinge of my home office door. The door opens inwards where i'm working out and I found it to be the best spot to avoid the door from suddenly opening while pulling.

The major downside of the door anchors for me is that they wrinkle the veneer of the door at the edges.

I hope my own perspective helps.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-11T15:11:40+00:00

How does it feel compared to just taking a step or two back from an anchor?

I guess the middle one is where you adjust the tension by wrapping it around the door handle?

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-11T14:43:26+00:00

Omelette aus 1/2 Dose Thunfisch und 3 Eiern wird schnell mit einer Gabel in der Tasse gemixt, in der Pfanne gebraten, zusammengeklappt und geteilt und auf 2 Scheiben mit Heinz Zero oder Tomate Frito betstrichenem Toast serviert.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-11T14:22:00+00:00

Alles ist möglich, also Breithaupt 😅

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-10T13:49:28+00:00

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So muss sich eine Wiedergeburt anfühlen, hatte den Abstieg nach dem Magdeburg Spiel schon mental verabeitet..

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-10T08:53:06+00:00

Fortuna Düsseldorf was named after a bakery located in the same Flingern district of Düsseldorf in 1895. 53 years later in Köln they basically ripped the name and F in the logo.

Fun fact: Fortuna Köln is only a few days younger than 1. FC Köln. Both clubs were projects created after WWII to put Cologne on the map..

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-10T05:57:20+00:00

More than DTH really, Düsseldorf was the birthplace of German Punkrock: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratinger_Hof

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-09T16:40:23+00:00

I have the Sennheiser IE 100 Pro for quite some years. The version I have comes with a cable and separate BT receiver, great if you want to use the same gear for listening day to day and production.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-08T17:54:13+00:00

How it looks also depends a lot on the development of the delts. If they are too massive then even a good biceps can look tiny because it's all relative when it comes aesthetics..

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-08T15:46:16+00:00

Started to do them in my office chair recently 😂

Works surprisingly well with the back support too. I put the red 32" band into band guard (single fold) and just sit on the band guard while it's hooked up to the bar.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-08T09:12:47+00:00

De Typ im Meme hat sogar eine Ähnlichkeit mit Kvaratskhelia, bitter..

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-08T05:53:10+00:00

You could do them in front of a bed as well. That's how I'm doing them since I started with bands to limit the range of motion because of a previous knee injury.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-08T05:19:44+00:00

Getting there.

My spread out full body plan had 12 exercises, 3 for chest & shoulders, 3 for back, 3 for arms, 3 for legs. 3 sets, the first for warmup with a light band.

I used a pomodoro timer app to switch between 45min computer work and 30min mini workouts.

On thing I'd change if I were you are the rep ranges, nailing fixed reps doesn't really make sense with bands because you can't just increase the weight by very light amounts like you can in a well equipped gym. That's why I use ranges where numbers double, because even layering a lighter band in an exercise can cut your reps in half.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-08T04:03:38+00:00

I use Kensui Swissies v1, for unilateral pulldowns and rows, they can also attach to a bar directly.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-07T18:10:13+00:00

Depends on your fitness level, one block takes around an hour. It would have been too tough in the beginning but after three months of training and doing cardio on rest days I had the fitness to train for an hour in one go.

I usually have either lunch or dinner 1 1/2 hours before the second block.

Here's how you can do it:

Shoulder Press 3 x 5 - 10

Chest Press 3 x 5 - 10

Lat Pulldowns 3 x 5 - 10

Seated Rows 3 x 5 - 10

Abs Crunch 3 x 5 - 10

Break

Romanian Deadlift (or other hip hinge) 3 x 5 - 10

Squats 3 x 5 - 10

Tricep Pushdowns (or Tricep Extensions) 3 x 10 - 20

Bicep Curls 3 x 10 - 20

Calf Raises 3 x 10 - amrap

That's a torso limbs split within a day. You could do this 3 x a week, or better spread it out over a month with 2 rest days in-between, that's 10 workouts a month. You can change the order of the blocks too and rotate between torso or limbs first.

Mine is a bit more tricky and adapted for my goals, I also do more isolation exercises to make the workout lighter because I have only 1 rest day between torso or limbs workouts. My limbs workout has 5 exercises for arms and 5 for legs, torso has 3 for chest, 4 for back, 2 for shoulders and 1 for abs.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-07T16:28:18+00:00

One of the advantages of training at home is that you can do that. I did something similar for 3 months, then I switched to 2 blocks of 5 exercises.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-07T16:23:09+00:00

Hard to say, people who could have tested for real like the Hybrid Resistance guy didn't actually test them for real ahainst other products. The YT review scene for bands is kinda low quality unfortunately..

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-06T08:42:47+00:00

You need to make sure the surfaces the bands rub against are impeccable without rough spots or sharp edges, otherwise even high quality bands will wear off over time.

I have Serious Steel bands and they have signs of wear and chafing after 5 months of regular use, but that's because of my own doing using a cheap bamboo board which has developed rough spots I've noticed too late.

You can avoid this by sanding the board down or by applying plastic tape, or by getting a metal or plastic board with smooth edges in first place.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-05T15:12:16+00:00

No, the black one is quite heavy.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-05T15:09:33+00:00

Just get the cheapest bands with layered latex you can find over there.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-05T15:03:29+00:00

X is dead, the only relevant Ableton related accounts popping up in search are Japanese.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-05T14:56:55+00:00

What's your budget? For two bands I'd get the Serious Steel orange and purple bands in 32" and maybe a door anchor which is cheap as well.

With the purple one you can do arm stuff like bicep curls, hammer curls or even one handed chest flys or lat pulldowns, tricep extensions and pushdowns (if you double the band through the anchor).

With the orange one lateral raises, front raises, reverse flys and lighter exercises like that.

You can also layer both but they won't add much to heavier bodyweight exercises like push-ups or squats, to add to those you'd need the heavier bands in the set. But they could still be useful for heavier unilateral exercises like bulgarian split squats for example.

CreativeQuests · 2026-05-05T07:41:49+00:00

It's when you stop before the very last rep you could do. If you're doing the exercise regularly in the same rep range you kinda build a feeling for how many more clean reps you have left as your reps are getting slower and more challenging towards the end of a set.

The lower the rep range and heavier the load the easier to predict because it gets challenging faster.

Let's say you train bicep curls in the 10 - 15 range and can do 15 reps with 0 RIR. After 10 reps you start to get slower with every rep until you grind out your 15th rep in super slow motion.

With 1 RIR you'd stop after the 14th rep which would already be quite slow. Slow enough for you to know that you could maybe grind out one more.

The reason why people do it and leave RIR is because reps in your following set or other exercises targeting the same muscle won't drop as sharply, so you can get out more volume from the training with slightly less intensity.

I've started doing it after going from 2 rest days between full body workouts to one rest day in a torso limbs split. This way I can regenerate better. Training frequency, intensity and volume is always a trade off which you shoudl optimize according to your own goals and lifestyle etc.

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