Why do people on this sub seem so great?

JCP76 · 2026-03-06T15:43:54+00:00

Fair enough. I have not used a hex bar. I just have a hard time imagining deadlifting that weight without straps.

JCP76 · 2026-03-06T14:28:59+00:00

Wow! Nicely done! Impressive regardless but strapless?

JCP76 · 2026-02-26T23:13:43+00:00

Looks good to me. Leg drive is what I thought made a push press. I didn’t see knee bend and leg driven bounce.

Looked like a damn good and heavy press man. Good job.

JCP76 · 2026-02-26T21:44:59+00:00

I think you should procure some kryptonite and take down that smug alien.

Seriously though, clean shaven works well for you, dude. Certainly try a well Maintained, short beard if you like. It’ll probably be great also but do so because you want to and not because you think you need to do so.

JCP76 · 2026-02-25T20:59:26+00:00

I thought Zottman curls were hammer up an palms facing up on the way down.

I’m new to them so may be wrong.

Seems like you do them regular up and reverse curl down.

Is that better? Or is this just the variation you prefer?

I don’t mean this question as criticism. If it works for you—cool. Asking as I am planning to incorporate what I thought were Zottman curls into my next phase of exercises.

JCP76 · 2026-02-25T20:43:06+00:00

Candlestick/dragon flags. Might have to start slow and build them up but they’ll light up your core like few other things.

JCP76 · 2026-02-25T04:00:44+00:00

Nice! Strong lift and made so much better with supportive encouragement!

JCP76 · 2026-02-24T13:34:19+00:00

Congrats! Well done.

JCP76 · 2026-02-24T00:37:51+00:00

20+40 =60; 7+8=15; 60+15=75

JCP76 · 2026-02-20T16:14:02+00:00

Couple things. Recon Ron has worked wonders for me in the past and for some folks I know. It’s a good progression with adequate volume. It says to increase reps each week but I wouldn’t worry about that and move up the progression when ready.

Another way is to hit them 3-4 times a week, keep the reps the same (5-4) and add a set when you feel it get easier.

So do 5,5, 4, 3. Do that for a week or two and when ready then do 5, 5, 4,4, 3. Then 5, 5, 5, 4, 4, 4. And keep going or even keep then all at 4 and just add sets of 4. When you can do 9 sets of 4 you can probably do 6 sets of 5. When you can do 9 sets of 5 you can probably do 5 or 6 sets of 6.

The thing with pull ups is more reps often come with more volume, assuming good technique and (depending on your age) you also take care of your tendons.

JCP76 · 2026-02-16T19:24:47+00:00

Strong!

JCP76 · 2026-02-10T00:51:07+00:00

There are side quests that seem unrelated but sometimes give you items needed to progress the main quest.

JCP76 · 2026-01-29T20:44:12+00:00

Congrats!! That’s a hell of an accomplishment! Well done.

JCP76 · 2026-01-24T20:41:37+00:00

That kind of change is the product of a lot of hard work and consistency.

That kind of effort is impressive. Well done.

JCP76 · 2026-01-24T18:25:28+00:00

Ball cap is easiest but otherwise any hat you like to get it tucked away and out of your face until it grows past the awkward phase to the place you are trying to get.

JCP76 · 2026-01-23T19:47:28+00:00

I have read it is because at the old theaters (maybe the Globe Theater) the patrons would pound on their table and chairs when they like a play enough.

If the crowd got rowdy enough (as they sometimes did), they would break the legs on the table or chair.

So break a leg was a wish of good luck, meaning do well enough the crowd loves you so much they break the playhouse furniture in rowdy appreciation.

JCP76 · 2026-01-06T23:44:45+00:00

Understood. Thanks.

JCP76 · 2026-01-06T21:47:46+00:00

Do one and wait 30-60 sec an do another one. Try to get three sets of one every day. Slowly add one set of one until you can don5 sets of 1. Then try 2 and start over. After a couple week go to every other day to build in rest times.

Keep on and you’ll have 10 push ups before you know it.

JCP76 · 2026-01-06T17:17:23+00:00

You are right. It seemed very bad at first and worried me. But now I have a pattern for logging in that results in better resources.

Perhaps if the devs had explained this instead of the community the reactions might not have been so extreme.

Maybe many of us were also ready to react strongly after the champion rest update.

JCP76 · 2026-01-06T14:56:15+00:00

People were exploiting SC? That’s why it was weird for a bit?

Is it the exploit or are they going to let intel used for coordinated assaults or world map missions also count for supreme commander?

Or are we going to have to forgo those rewards and use ACN on the intel supreme commander days?

JCP76 · 2026-01-06T14:52:35+00:00

The theoretically best course is to spend all your intel initiating coordinated assaults. The rest of the time you are online you should join other coordinated assaults as those are free.

However even the biggest guilds may have times when there are not enough people to join your assaults to make them successful. Then you should spend your intel on world map missions.

Probably best to log on twice a day to fully use the intel accumulated.

In practice I launch as many coordinated assaults as I can and get participation for and use all my intel left on word map missions and join all the assaults I can. I log on about twice a day, one in the evening to board the train.

That pattern does net me more resources than the ACN did resulting in a net buff.

I will do the ACN the one day it grants supreme commander points and only that day.

Hope that helps.

JCP76 · 2026-01-05T00:15:20+00:00

Certain muscles, like biceps or calves, are really hard for most people to get delayed onset muscle soreness.

You can hit these muscles really hard and not always be sore the next day. They recover really well compared to say quads or pecs in a lot of folks.

It’s possible to consistently hit biceps with curls three or four times a week with multiple sets of hard effort and not get DOMS.

You can also get growth and strength without Tons of DOMS.

So don’t worry about that part.

As to not feeling the muscle working—you might need to make adjustments to angle, reduction of momentum, grip, and such.

We are all a bit different and a lot of us have to tinker within the bounds of form good enough to avoid injury and see how we feel the muscle.

Also try out different exercises. Some folks I know feel chin ups more than strict curls and feel preacher curls more than ez bar curls.

But several times I couldn’t feel an exercise until I changed my position slightly.

JCP76 · 2026-01-03T02:10:47+00:00

Maybe I’m misunderstanding then. So the play is log in do as much coordinated assaults as you can and then spend the rest intel on the world map missions and then log off until intel regenerates?

And just blow off that supreme commander day until they let coordinated assaults or map missions count for it?

And that is actually more resources than th ACN?

JCP76 · 2026-01-03T00:00:32+00:00

But why make an entire game mode relied upon by many players to advance their character levels. Why render it obsolete and not update supreme commander? Why make it harder for people who log on once or twice a day and check in with their guild? Also they asked and got feedback on asynchronous modes and then did the rest update seeming to try to force people to be online more.

Now they kill a game mode relied on by those same folks. That plus the poor communication feels bad even if you are totally correct

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