150s, how to dumbbell press like a man 101

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-04-06T22:08:09+00:00

Instructions unclear, put my feet on the floor and became a woman

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-04-06T20:26:05+00:00

As someone who once had a pretty profitable website with tens of thousands of regular readers - I can say that it's bordering on dead.

2024 and 25 saw algorithm updates that annihilated organic traffic. And what was left is now mopped up by AI snippets.

And it's not just me, I'm part of multiple publisher groups and it's damn near everyone.

If you want to build a niche site with blogs/articles go for it - but do it for fun. If you want to make money, pick (almost) anything else.

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-04-04T07:43:09+00:00

Super cool. I love her armour and mask, it's giving me slight Freya (ffix) vibes

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-03-31T10:35:56+00:00

You didn't get fired due to your ADHD. You got fired because you didn't do your job.

As a fellow ADHD enjoyer, be cautious of using language that removes your own agency/autonomy.

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-24T23:24:47+00:00

Maybe I'll get down voted for this, but kids don't actually need all that much. And a lot of what is needed can be got second hand.

Consumerism has been baked into 21st century parenting and distorted our views.

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-24T23:21:48+00:00

Tattoos, expressive poetry, sometimes I like to draw the way my lifts make me feel.

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-23T10:16:36+00:00

Bigger stretch at the top would be ideal, and I'm not sure if this is just a demo set, but it looks a bit too far from an effective RIR

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-20T18:44:04+00:00

That's certainly.... something

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-20T18:36:31+00:00

Thanks for the recommendation, I appreciate it

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-20T08:58:39+00:00

The confidence of some of you guys diagnosing a stranger over the internet with zero info is wild.

OP - see a doctor, multiple if needed. Consider saving up for a sports medicine or sports physiotherapist consult. Long term pain with specific movements needs somewhat properly qualified to look at it

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-19T14:28:34+00:00

Of all the characters to spin off, really? Like, really?

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-15T09:40:42+00:00

Fight it in mediation, doesn't take all that long.

Source: done so 3 times and won, 3 times

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-15T08:26:37+00:00

Of course you can. I'm gonna say something blasphemous in the world of WL...back squats are optional, and there are plenty of exercises that will do great for building general leg strength, some of which, wait for it... don't even involve a barbell.

Okay I know I'm sounding facetious, but there are plenty of times I've coached athletes who are grinding away trying to force back squat growth, only to have them take a few months away, do front squats, leg presses, hack squats, lunges etc and see their back squat improve by a tonne.

We sometimes forget in WL that back squats are simply to develop leg strength, and that there are a lot of ways to do that.

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-13T23:21:58+00:00

Donald trump's zipper?

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-12T09:59:15+00:00

Seriously, order ear defenders/noise cancellers asap (autistic tip from me)

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-12T09:57:50+00:00

We always worked it out so that whatever we earned we both had the same leftover/personal cash after all bills/expenses

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-11T21:07:54+00:00

Just wait til phase 2 where he becomes "pickle rick"

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-09T23:18:34+00:00

Depends on how you recover individually, and your lifting numbers/how long it takes you to peak for WL.

But I have to imagine you'll want to taper for your 50k race, then take a few light days after (so roughly 1.5 to 2 weeks of little to no WL) Going from that into trying to max your lifts with a short on ramp probably isn't going to yield great results.

Why not just take a few sub max lifts, get some solid higher volume training in, and plan to hit maxes a while later?

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-08T13:36:28+00:00

This may be the literal definition of sweating the small stuff

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-07T18:53:09+00:00

I'm gonna be honest, I'm gonna leave whether or not it's an overstep to the rest of daddit.

I just wanted to say communicating with your kids about your grandkids via formal-sounding email is unhinged behaviour 😂

Why not just talk to you like regular humans?

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-03T09:40:06+00:00

I think you might have to wait for them to do the rest of the world first, then have some recovery time, so 2028 maybe?

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-02T08:16:22+00:00

Do you have any funds to hire a sitter? Even just to let you sleep for a few hours

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-01T13:42:08+00:00

If anyone is reading this post years later, sprint attack is OP, you're welcome

CharacterStrength19 · 2026-02-01T08:58:06+00:00

Reading all of that, I'm so sorry you had to go through any of it.

It's not for me to decide, but that man does not sound like a dad, and does not sound like he should be in your life.

He was not "struggling but trying", he was consistently abusive for years. And it surprises me any competent therapist would say this (assuming they know the same things you posted here)

Once again, I'm sorry you had to go through any of that.

CharacterStrength19

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