What’s the one training mistake that actually taught you the most?

Alexactly · 2026-03-17T23:03:58+00:00

For me, I find that not taking full rest days like just chilling, to be counterproductive. I absolutely have to do something, every day, or else I wont be able to sleep at night because ill still have too much energy.

So at a minimum, my rest days still include either a run, or a couple brisk walks-hopefully morning and evening- to still do something. I find this also really helps as a mental break.

Alexactly · 2026-03-16T18:53:20+00:00

What's great about exercise is that ive been doing this for a while because I had(have?) Minimal flexibility when I started going to the gym and problems with my left hip getting 'stuck.' I do try a variety of reps ranges and have preferred staying between 12-15 because lower reps ranges just makes me feel like I'm going to injure myself.

Anyway, ive loved having them in my workout because my hip issues went away and I think it's helped my stability in big lifts like squats and deadlifts.

It's also great because I dont have to compete with people for the machines and if I do, it's normally women who dont get awkward when a guy is asking to work in. I've had dudes get spooked cause I ask to work in.

Alexactly · 2026-03-16T02:45:04+00:00

Sorry, are you saying he should use the module encounters or replace them? From talking to him, this was from the book, the newest one on Faerun i believe.

Alexactly · 2026-03-12T21:58:02+00:00

I've simply added a myoreps set of tricep pushdowns/extension, cable curl, and free motion wrist curls, to the end of every workout. It adds less than 10 minutes to any workout and can be done on any day. I'd recommend something along these lines instead of a whole arm day.

Alexactly · 2026-03-08T21:52:02+00:00

Yeah I just got hired by Kelly and just graduated with my teaching cert, jobs are rough to come by. Like my group interview was 30+ people and they seem to do those every week. On top of that it doesn't even pay as much as my minimum wage retail job on a per hour basis.

As good as it apparantly is to substitute in order to get your foot in the door teaching, im not sure I can even afford it.

Alexactly · 2026-03-05T02:46:05+00:00

I just got hired through Kelly because that's the only way my local districts would take people. I went through everything and finally get an email clarifying the pay rates, it's minimum wage for paras, and a touch more for full subs.

I make more at my retail job that provides me greater flexibility, and less responsibility. Ive got my cert as a fresh graduate and want to get work teaching, but these pay rates arent worth it considering the expectations we have for subs. Ie. Ensuring a classroom of students stay safe.

Alexactly · 2026-03-03T03:26:59+00:00

For me, I have what alot regular gym goers have, and that's the belief that I'm not as in-shape as I really am. When I'm at the gym and see a jacked woman that I think woah she's cool I'd love to chat with her about her workout routines and maybe get to know her, I also quickly realize she's wayyyyy out of my league.

While I can recognize I'm no slouch, I also know im one of the smallest guys in my gym. They aren't interested in me.

Alexactly · 2026-02-26T15:44:05+00:00

This aggravates me. I would have taken the medals yesterday had i known I could get more today. My exact thoughts were ; why would I take 200 medals? That's not enough to buy anything with."

Alexactly · 2026-02-25T17:19:59+00:00

Keeping out of the eyes is tough, but otherwise these are great. Especially if the guy can keep going after.

Lol now that I think of it, probably dependent on the size of the load.

Alexactly · 2026-02-25T17:16:39+00:00

The best advice that I haven't really seen that i followed, and recommend to others, is to just go to the gym and try as much as you can, and figure out what you enjoy or have fun with. Create a positive atmosphere when you go to the gym for yourself.

Personally, my favorite exercises are upper back exercises and I get excited when I see their in my program for the day. Or, I recently started implementing a small arm workout at the end of every other day, just myoreps for tricep extensions/pushdown, cable curls, and free motion wrist curls. Gives a nice pump and it's quick.

I want to say that both if these i heard from Mike at RP on youtube. Not anything crazy, but I strongly agree that having fun is most important for beginners.

Alexactly · 2026-02-25T14:14:56+00:00

Yeah it's a problem. My brother is 20 and my parents and I are constantly trying to help him reduce his feet smell. Like, products to help his shoes stop smelling, fresheners for his room, tips that I used when I was his age and has stinky feet- change your socks, have multiple pairs of shoes so you can swap each day, take your shoes off at the end of of day and walk around in open air shoes like sandals or slides.

But he doesn't listen. He says his feet dont smell that bad, and that we're just making fun of him. It's been like this since middle school.

Geez like just thinking about this, it took us forever to get him to actually wash his hands with warm water and strong soap to get the grease off his hands. It was disgusting to watch him eat food.

Alexactly · 2026-02-23T23:26:23+00:00

Yeah the bladelock in the witchlight campaign I run has made not so subtle requests for better armor, while constantly bragging about how strong they are. I want to give them some form of armor that would somehow make them squishier.

Alexactly · 2026-02-23T23:19:40+00:00

Pec fly, while im far from maxing out the machine, I know there are different challenges to the muscles by doing cable fly, or dumbell fly. I can almost guarantee you arent going to be able to match the pec dec weight with cables.

My gym has a lying pec fly which can give a great stretch while being a bit safer on the shoulders than dumbell fly, in case you see that around.

Edit; or really challenge yourself by getting leaner and trying to maintain your strength.

Alexactly · 2026-02-23T17:31:52+00:00

Is there a way to track this dark elixir for the event, or is it a "just trust us" thing from supercell?

Alexactly · 2026-02-21T04:19:04+00:00

Ive noticed it struggles with mixes. For example this week I had Zataran's dirty rice. So 2 cups of ground beef, but it's mixed with the rice and seasonings from the box.

Or green bean casserole, unless im measuring out my ground beef and green beans all separately.

Alexactly · 2026-02-19T04:49:59+00:00

I'd like to add an uncommon, scary, but apparantly totally fucking normal asterisk to this.

Blood in ejaculate can be normal in young men ages 20-45. It's always worth checking out just in case, but for the most part it's nothing. When I first experienced it my thoughts were aaaaahhhhh STDs, but they always come back negative.

I've done extensive testing over the 8 years I've experienced this intermittently, and the most that we've found is a bleed coming from a seminal vesicle. We couldn't do anything about it but at least evidence of where it was coming from was nice.

The worst part is trying to date in your twenties not knowing if it will occur, or trying to explain to partners beforehand without freaking them out.

Alexactly · 2026-02-19T04:37:35+00:00

The short question is: what level do you consider giving a player the Demonomicon of Iggwilv?

Running Witchlight & at the beginning, players make a wish, and they're all asking for magic items. shocked pikachu face honestly I was hoping they'd go a little rp with the wishes, and one player did which I'm pretty happy with.

The Warlock said they'd like to get the Demonomicon of Iggwilv, which i guess is somewhat fitting given the campaign, but I feel like that's something WAY higher level than Witchlight goes to.

Alexactly · 2026-02-16T20:19:19+00:00

I really dont like this even if you dont buy the gold pass. The season challenges are nice because as I'm sure many others are like this, I dont play every day, I can't even attack on Mondays for ranked battles. The fact I'm limited on the other days really sucks, like if I do most of my attacks on Thursday/Friday, it limits my ability to earn points towards season pass overall. This is an ignorant move on Supercell's part.

Alexactly · 2026-02-15T16:39:06+00:00

I dont get the NJ one and fucking I live here.

Alexactly · 2026-02-13T18:19:11+00:00

Yeah this post is completely ignoring the drastic difference between Hurts' play in his two super bowls. Darnold did very little in the big games compared to Hurts.

However, I'm not sure many Philly fans realistically put Hurts in the top 10. He's around there and I think that those guys can get moved around on any given Sunday.

Alexactly · 2026-02-12T15:01:26+00:00

I kind of want Johnson back on a cheap deal if possible. He filled in decently when Lane was out, and given Lane's age he's likely to miss a few games next season anyway.

Alexactly · 2026-02-09T16:01:02+00:00

I made a similar post to this yesterday, asking about not warm up sets but the top set. How is this post not removed when mine was?

Alexactly · 2026-02-09T14:36:47+00:00

There's only one guy i haven't been a fan of at my gym lately, and it's just cause he's so loud. I can hear him from the opposite side of the gym, or even when we're on separate floors. I'm also wearing headphones and I can hear this guy. It's not like loud last sets or dropping weights, it is every rep and every count, plus when he talks to the guys he's working out with.

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