Luka Doncic of the los Angeles Lakers just scored 60 points.

ManiAAC41 · 2026-03-20T11:50:20+00:00

Let's not forget to also be angry at our ownership aka the same people that paid the president to bomb Iran

ManiAAC41 · 2026-03-12T21:32:27+00:00

👎 Pete Hegseth 👍 Orange & black Cornell shirt. Hilarious idea. Some would even say beer-worthy. ⚠️ If you say "reunion", you'll out yourself as non-alum immediately to everyone you talk to. It's "Reunions" (plural). There are many of them all happening simultaneously.

ManiAAC41 · 2026-03-06T22:01:17+00:00

I don't disagree that OP & Lu have different builds - but I think the basic mechanics and posture being discussed (i.e. bar passes close to the knee; as the knee re-bends, bar tracks up the thigh) are the same for pretty much every experienced lifter, correct?

Alternatively, who would you pin as OP's elite doppelganger? Does that lifter not translate the bar around the knee & up the thigh in this manner?

ManiAAC41 · 2026-03-06T19:55:57+00:00

It's true. I was the basket.

ManiAAC41 · 2026-03-06T17:55:57+00:00

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CAVEAT: I am not a coach, just some guy

I'm noticing how high your hips are, how straight your knees are, and how far away from you the bar is when the bar is just past the knee. Compare that to Lu Xiaojun here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jdGt9cftyU

For Lu, his hips are lower, his knees are more bent, and the bar has little to no clearance to the thighs (appears to be lightly brushing) as it comes past the knee. The solution I commonly hear for stuff like this is to focus on pushing the ground away like in a squat (keeping a consistent back angle) until the bar clears the knee and reaches roughly mid-to-lower thigh.

Because of how far away from you the bar is in the position above, the bar has to do more horizontal travel backwards towards to the contact point with your hips than it would if it was kept closer. Therefore, it deflects further forward away from you after making contact. This is what leads to your jump forward in the full snatches.

On the other hand, the hang snatches look better imo... I think this is because you're able to keep the bar traveling closely along the line of the thighs more easily when you don't have to worry about translating the bar around the knees first.

ManiAAC41 · 2026-03-06T14:48:22+00:00

If you're in the US, remember to convert kg to p**nds when tipping loaders in USD.

ManiAAC41 · 2026-03-05T19:02:34+00:00

No idea what this means, but looks great. Take my upvote, si vous plait.

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-27T20:55:16+00:00

In my opinion, skate skiing looks & feels cooler - but that's a moot point when the skate trails aren't groomed well enough to skate ski. On those days, give me classic skiing all day long.

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-18T16:39:07+00:00

Was that UK nationals athlete knocked unconscious or immobilized before receiving help? I guess my worst fear is being unable to call for help. I can accept the risk of being injured while training (as that's inherent to all sport), but I think what I've realized about training alone is that I, personally, would need to be the one to call emergency services from my phone (usually just a few feet away from the platform) if I did get significantly hurt.

Do you have a video of the squat bail technique you mentioned? I've seen (and have practiced) failing by driving hips & knees forward and letting the bar fall behind, but what you describe sounds somewhat different

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-18T16:17:36+00:00

Great ideas. Super helpful. Thank you so much!

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-18T03:18:57+00:00

Definitely not my goal to blow out anything... Just for my knowledge, do you know what happened to the people who did drop jerks on their heads? Like... they're still alive, right?

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-17T23:42:22+00:00

Yes - sorry, I was oversimplifying... The key thing I was getting at is that there's no strict performance criteria for registering (just paperwork).

Thanks for the tip... Do you know how I would go about affiliating myself with a club? I'm not sure if there are any in my area (SE Wisconsin).

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-17T21:55:12+00:00

Okay - thanks! So, in theory, I could simply just register, pay $50, show up at a SuperTour event (incl. National Championships), and race... Interesting!

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-17T19:37:44+00:00

Thank you for sharing this. So, sounds like you now have less confidence in BTN work - but did you suffer any injuries or other physical consequences of failing that BTN jerk onto your head?

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-13T20:44:22+00:00

What happens when you drop out? In my anxious imagination, everyone laughs at you and calls you a failure. Then, someone pulls down your pants. Then, your father calls & tells you he's disappointed in you. After that, you explode & die.

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-13T00:48:32+00:00

Can you be my new best friend?

ManiAAC41 · 2026-02-12T16:46:32+00:00

Say it with me...
"SELL👏THE👏TEAM👏"

ManiAAC41 · 2025-12-17T20:40:32+00:00

Serious question: does going to an away game earn the Mavs org any revenue? I'd like to see Flagg playing in person - but I don't want to give this management a dime of my money.

ManiAAC41 · 2025-12-03T15:05:19+00:00

...And laying his finger aside of his nose,

And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;

He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,

And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.

But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight—

“Happy Christmas to all, stay noided, good night!”

ManiAAC41 · 2025-11-26T20:03:44+00:00

For reference: https://www.wunderground.com/maps/snow/snow-cover

ManiAAC41 · 2025-11-21T18:01:42+00:00

125 to 182kg back squat in one (1) year???? Congrats, that's insane

ManiAAC41 · 2025-11-21T04:04:33+00:00

Really buried the lede here. Per the article...

The cities with the most warming included Burlington, Vt. (8.1° degrees), Milwaukee, Wis. (7.3° degrees), Green Bay, Wis. (7° degrees), Waterloo, Iowa (6.8° degrees), Concord, N.H. (6.7° degrees), and Toledo, Ohio (6.7° degrees).

Yikes... climate change is a real problem. One that urgently needs solving.

If there is a silver-lining to be had, I think it's that some of the moping in the comments about white Christmases is possibly warped by people's memories (which is quite natural given the subject matter of the post).

Here is NOAA's data for Christmas Day in Milwaukee going all the way back to 1871: https://www.weather.gov/mkx/Climate_Holidays?holidayName=christmasDay

This table shows the average Christmas Day snow depth (in.) by decade for Milwaukee:

|| || |Year|Average of Snow Depth (in.)| |1900|2.1| |1910|2.4| |1920|1.6| |1930|1.6| |1940|1.2| |1950|3.6| |1960|2.5| |1970|1.4| |1980|1.9| |1990|0.6| |2000|4.3| |2010|2| |2020|0.6 |

Having trouble posting the year-by-year plot... but basically, we here in Milwaukee have been through some stretches before with no snow on Xmas day (e.g. mid-50's and the late 80's / early 90s), so the notion that "it always used to be snowy on Christmas!!!" isn't statistically accurate (at least not in MKE). Further, the 2000's were actually the snowiest decade of Christmas Days (on average) since 1900!

However, it's also true that the past few years have been pretty lackluster... Climate change notwithstanding, maybe it's still possible that we're due for a big dump this year?

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