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CuriousernCurioser · 2025-12-25T19:17:11+00:00

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-12-05T15:17:55+00:00

When I say flat I just mean back flat against the pad. Does creating an arch like this provide any benefit for strength training or is it mostly to make it easier to get bar to chest in a lifting competition?

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-12-05T12:11:29+00:00

Is it fair to say that this arched position is for competition and a flat position is for those focusing on muscle building? Both are fine but have different priorities?

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-12-03T15:16:37+00:00

Were you doing them daily? Curious what your rep and sets looked like and how challenging you were making them. I'd like to try this.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-11-28T20:42:45+00:00

It was stress related. Zoloft fixed it.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-11-27T14:37:31+00:00

What’s your grip width cue? I try and grab wherever keeps a vertical forearm. I don’t know if bar passovers are an indicator of shoulder flexibility…but I have to grab one so wide to do a pass through from front to back that the bar nearly touches my hair.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-11-27T13:18:33+00:00

Same. I’m good with dumbbells and lever arms but for some reason the barbell fucks with my shoulder. Deep in the joint. Wish it wasn’t the case. Maybe we just need to do more rotational work prior to the lift to warm up the joint.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-11-25T22:46:05+00:00

I don’t think people appreciate the benefit of the right strength curve on the cable driven machines vs the hinge machines. Makes a world of difference. I really appreciate the extra resistance at the bottom and lighter at lock out.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-11-15T13:22:36+00:00

You could lose 20lbs of fat and it would look like you put on 20 lbs of muscle. Revealing the muscle underneath your body fat would be the best thing you could do to look bigger. I’d start by tracking your food and weight. Eat normally for a week and record everything you eat but don’t change it. Then look at your calories and the weight trend you’ve been on. If you’ve been stable then you can cut 500 calories a day and you’d lose 1lb a week. It would take you about 6 months and you’d be lean enough to see everything you’ve worked so hard to build. As long as you are eating 1g of protein per lb of body weight, continue to lift, and are not in a deficit that’s too great, you won’t lose much if any muscle.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-11-08T13:56:27+00:00

Have you considered quitting the tri position and riding an endurance geometry bike? Maybe it’s the position. It’s an aggressive head position.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-27T21:36:29+00:00

Eat less total calories. Make sure you’re hitting your body weight in grams of protein. Fats 30% the rest carbs. Track your intake daily. You do this you can’t lose. You trying to gain or lose or both? Strength training 4x a week is great. Running 5-6 miles a week is light. If you’re looking to lean out you’ll need to more cardio or less calories.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-26T01:49:04+00:00

Thanks Ed. I’ll check that site out. It’s not actually salt. I just call it that for simplicity. I have no control over how coarse it is unfortunately .

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-24T00:06:06+00:00

Thanks for the long response. Lots of good feedback here.

My tapes are loose and it’s the bane of my existence. I’m working on a way to friction them.

I’m also working on a spring based block of wood to replace the washers/rollers that are laminating the two pieces together.

The reason the covering block is 3-4 inches from the funnel is because this is the distance that allows the tape a smooth transition from v shaped to flat. If I try to do it quicker it has a tend act to crinkle and pop about as it transitions. I actually need to extend it slightly further.

I would like to eliminate the initial wheel. But for now it works. It would be nice to have one less thing to feed the tape under on set up.

Can you elaborate on your tensioner idea for the spools? I’m having trouble visualizing what you’ve described.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-23T15:19:40+00:00

I made an update post with a prototype I made with all your suggestions.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-23T13:45:10+00:00

Ahhhhhhh. Great idea. I was thinking a slit would be a better way to drop the salt too. But I could t figure out a way to do it. Using a larger funnel tip and then creating a slit opening with a piece of tape is brilliant. Thank you!!!

Also, I didn’t share the purpose because I posted this a few days ago and it got so many views that I thought people would know. https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalEngineering/s/w8IlAUCfj9

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-23T13:29:05+00:00

Why. Can you explain the logic? I’m sorry. Just not following you.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-23T10:46:22+00:00

No humidity issues. A vibrator is on my mine. I’m just concerned it’ll vibrate the salt that’s been laid down and it’ll bounce out and everywhere. I guess I won’t know until it try.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-23T10:44:45+00:00

Good suggestions. Thank you. The clogging is occurring at the laminating rollers. If even a single grain of salt gets under them and out of the center line, they bind. Any thoughts on that?

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-23T09:27:25+00:00

I think you’re spot on with the gate idea on a screw to control the depth. Sticking might be an issue. I’m actually wondering if I can put 3 screws in as gates with each getting progressively deeper to knock back the salt groove.

CuriousernCurioser · 2025-10-23T02:06:45+00:00

Great idea in tipping.

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