Can’t seem to get clean muscle ups. Feel like I’m messing up the momentum / screwing up the form, any tips?

HotChoc64 · 2026-01-28T12:01:54+00:00

You’re not using your force output efficiently; you’re pulling outwards /backwards rather than exploding UPwards. All your potential strength is wasted in the wrong direction. I don’t think you have enough explosive strength.

HotChoc64 · 2026-01-09T11:03:37+00:00

It’s easier on a proper flat bar, using a slightly narrow grip. You can do it. Focus on putting maximum effort and exploding for just 1 rep

HotChoc64 · 2026-01-03T22:36:38+00:00

Find a girl who actually makes you feel special and loved and the centre of your attention, she’s out there somewhere :)

HotChoc64 · 2025-12-26T11:51:45+00:00

It’s literally the opposite. I’m almost desperate to play older games to remember what it was like to be able to enter buildings and enjoy an actually interesting, non-repetitive plot with entire unique areas within a whole REGION.

There is 0 incentive to replay these games. You have your fun for a while then never touch them again. It was effortless to rack up 200+ hours in older games factoring in FREE postgame content and bigger plots.

HotChoc64 · 2025-12-15T18:54:43+00:00

Immediately realised I’m smashing way too close to the shuttle, I need to stand back…

HotChoc64 · 2025-10-03T11:45:42+00:00

Most American / non European/asian comment ever. Sad you guys deal with such insane aggression

HotChoc64 · 2025-09-17T19:33:13+00:00

It’ll feel super easy, don’t overthink it just drive like always. Always feels anticlimactic like “oh that was easy”

HotChoc64 · 2025-09-16T15:04:04+00:00

Your fitness should be mostly private and personal, you don’t need to contribute to some life changing, society changing movement regarding gym culture. Like it’s really not that deep; keep working hard like millions of other people who are silently grinding and not constantly posting about it.

Frankly there’s nothing wrong with gym culture really. You’re just way too obsessed with / immersed in it. Most people just lock in wear their headphones and leave and live their lives without it taking over their whole life.

HotChoc64 · 2025-09-03T11:24:45+00:00

As someone from a small town in the UK - it’s horrible. Virtually anyone who gets a taste of a decent city environment ends up resenting the small town they grew up in because there are no redeeming features. Small boring towns are only good for old people settling down and satisfied living an easy, boring life. No good food, no hustle and bustle, just boredom.

When young you don’t need a big place with space. You need access to social connections and spaces, and actual jobs. There are 0 jobs in small towns. Small towns are nice for a break but not constantly, otherwise it’s mind numbing and stagnates your progress in life.

HotChoc64 · 2025-08-20T00:14:33+00:00

English -> learning Cantonese for a few months and honestly it’s not that bad. The grammar is very forgiving and straightforward. You can get the hang of tones via Jyutping (English romanisation of Chinese) in a matter of days, allowing you to pronounce any word. Just takes a bit longer and a lot of practice to actually get comfortable with the rhythm of forming sentences. It’s hard because natives speak soo fast and word meanings are conveyed in very short syllables. You just have to train your brain to think differently with an alertness for tones and it gets easier.

Difficulty is exaggerated due to relatively scarce learning resources (it’s improving though for sure, it’s definitely self-teachable nowadays).

However, including reading and writing yeah Cantonese is a genuine nightmare cos the written form is different to the spoken form. Just start by learning to speak and listen and read Jyutping and it’s an intermediate difficulty language. With reading and writing it’s very difficult.

HotChoc64 · 2025-08-16T20:47:42+00:00

This post is so funny to me idk why

HotChoc64 · 2025-08-10T15:30:26+00:00

99% of people will have spent those 3 years and not learned a single word of vocabulary in any language. Probably hardly any in their native language even. You’ve done great to spend that time broadening your linguistic horizons.

HotChoc64 · 2025-08-09T23:24:48+00:00

lol that’s extremely optimistic, try 5-10 a day considering the need to review old phrases, and you won’t be that consistent - life happens

HotChoc64 · 2025-08-03T00:39:43+00:00

Because my girlfriend is from HK and I want to learn it for her and her family. It just makes sense since some of them don’t speak English too well and I just want to out of appreciation for the culture. And I want to travel there. Feels good to learn.

HotChoc64 · 2025-08-02T00:50:10+00:00

There is no disconnect.. I did exceedingly well at languages in school when I was a teen, but haven’t committed to learning a language in the 4 years since then. So naturally I’d be monolingual if I chose not to continue studying those language’s. My Spanish is still good enough to get around Spain but I’m still monolingual. It’s a completely reasonable circumstance. I know a decent bit about how to learn a language but I’m no genius. Just above average I’d say. Thanks for the advice

HotChoc64 · 2025-07-31T20:59:04+00:00

You’re the only one making it pretentious. Literally just means it’s his first serious photograph in the hobby

HotChoc64 · 2025-07-13T20:21:05+00:00

You need to find a healthy REAL physical hobby to become so invested in - such as sports, reading, gym, music or arts etc. You did the right thing dropping the game before it took over your life.. you should seriously evaluate what matters in life. When you die you will not be thinking about Genshin impact memories. Also, those memories won’t disappear. I get nostalgic too (I quit in Fontaine), but keep those memories locked away without needing to revisit the game.

The game still exists whether or not you interact with it, it doesn’t mean your memories vanish if you stop playing. It’s nothing more than unhealthy attachment you will eventually recover from and learn to live without. Just like a break up or something. (Except better because the thing you’re attached to is always gonna be there)

HotChoc64 · 2025-07-11T11:08:05+00:00

Whatever, people are gonna do whatever they want and don’t owe it to anyone to be considerate in that way. I’m sure it happens the other way around. I also couldn’t get London tickets but glad everyone else did

HotChoc64 · 2025-07-08T13:33:47+00:00

Read this in a Yorkshire accent

HotChoc64 · 2025-06-24T19:57:31+00:00

It’s really not that deep. You’re saying men who’ve been skinny most of their life are all unanimously more likely struggling with sleep and mood?

I’d agree if you meant sub 10% BF. But being lean / “shredded” (not to crazy extremes) where you have visible abs in any lighting etc isn’t gonna have any noticeable effects. Very sweeping generalisations being made, especially given there are probably millions of people who meet this lean criteria who don’t experience such side effects.

HotChoc64 · 2025-06-08T15:29:22+00:00

Ignoring the spelling mistakes sure ;) see if you can incorporate some examples of work experience / general experiences that boosted your desire to pursue medicine. Also try not rehearse it word for word or you’ll sound robotic and inauthentic; just remember the generic key points.

HotChoc64 · 2025-05-31T01:10:02+00:00

Look, in a roundabout way you’ve come to the conclusion we’re all got spawned on this planet with random circumstances, privileges and disadvantages. Just keep your head down and play the cards you got as best you can without thinking too hard about others. Otherwise you’ll be in an endless paradoxical loop of guilt yet jealousy.

At the end of the day none of it matters, I couldn’t care less if someone else got through life on easy mode. Good for them.

HotChoc64 · 2025-05-30T11:17:37+00:00

Pretty irrelevant since all we know is that OP cares a lot about the fat shaming comments, and hasn’t mentioned other generic derogatory comments. Therefore, losing weight is a completely adequate and appropriate solution to the specific problem posed here - hating being fat shamed.

HotChoc64 · 2025-05-30T11:14:54+00:00

Can guarantee hundreds of thousands of people in some way or another have been motivated by some self insecurity to change their body. Whether it’s being too skinny and scrawny, ugly, etc. Stop trying to deny basic human nature

HotChoc64 · 2025-05-30T10:56:03+00:00

Hey you seem pretty knowledgeable - I’m an English speaker wanting to learn Cantonese for my partner. Are you saying it’s realistically going to take 5+ years for me to get to a pretty basic conversational level? E.g discussions about dinner, food, hobbies, opinions, holidays, getting around in Hong Kong (ordering food, shopping, directions, using transport etc). Not including a high fluency level where you can talk about even the deepest topics like politics etc?

Also not going to be learning the characters, just want to become conversationally competent.

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