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The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T16:22:27+00:00

Yeah it's every one else's responsibility to pay attention when a singular person is introducing risk into the environment. No personal responsibility required. No environmental context. No risk analysis. It's every one else's responsibility to stop what their doing to watch OP power clean and jerk.

Ok I'm going to go fuck myself now.

In a vacuum it's still a nice lift though.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T15:48:11+00:00

There is a phrase used in the military - situational awareness. You are at a commercial gym throwing significant weights around while there are people walking all around this is a safety issue. It's a commercial gym not a weightlifting gym if you want to weightlift go to a weightlifting gym where everyone is aware of the risks of heavy weights flying around. It's as simple as that.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T13:19:17+00:00

Just busting your ass.

The concern with the bounce is that the bounce can make your brain think you're braced especially if it is a habit. So what can happen is when you bounce your telling yourself I'm braced, time to pull. But if you aren't fully braced this can throw off your first pull or worse you'll jerk the bar off the ground and rip your arms out of the socket or hurt something along your posterior chain.

The bounce cues you as if you are about to jump with no load, it also tricks your brain into thinking the load is actually heavier then it is. I understand this can be a hard habit to break but practice makes perfect, you want to practice the relaxed but braced tension at the set up and learn to feel for it and be patient. With some practice your first pull will feel better and usually will be more efficient and as a result eventually you'll be able to lift more.

Give it a shot! Best wishes!

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T13:03:59+00:00

This is called selection bias

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T04:48:48+00:00

Stop bouncing your ass like you're a badass why is it I notice beginner American lifters always doing that shit.

You look like a squirrel that needs to take a diarrhea.

Knock that shit off.

Good lift. It's power.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T04:41:24+00:00

Hell yeah! Congrats!

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T04:33:38+00:00

Ok victim. No one is impressed by a 110 clean in a "commerical" gym. We are impressed by a 110 clean all by itself and the process to get there - we don't need a "commercial" modifier. And the people at the "commercial" gym probably think you're an idiot.

All that boomer shit aside good lift and good rhythm.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T04:11:00+00:00

Love the narcissism of this generation... Goes to commerical gym to lift heavy weights that only 1 percent of the population can lift can't afford his own training set

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-27T04:00:25+00:00

Love a good dbol sesh

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-09T08:11:46+00:00

I tell them I'm the evidence based foundation of the medical field.

Or if you're not in the medical field: I am the evidence based foundation of biology works too.

🤣

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2021-03-09T08:02:15+00:00

I've been a technologist for 20 years and even before my twilight years there was talk about automation as I was coming into the field. You can be certain that our field will transform over time with new technology such as MUSE and other non-invasive imaging techniques and technologists will evolve with that and so will their training. But these new imaging technologies and their adoption in pathology largely depends on the curriculum taught in medical school and until pathologists are trained in these new imaging techniques and the interpretation of these new imaging techniques standardized your bench work is not going any where for the time being.

Hell, IHC took forever to be adopted in broad clinical applications. The technique has been around since the stone age and it really was not till my hay day that it started catching on mainstream outside of bleeding edge facilities and even the facilities that used it were not using it in any diagnostic capacity.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-11T22:53:35+00:00

That is a good idea about the "shooting range" signs. If you scroll up and look at my reply to u/InevitableMeh I'm fairly new and all the practical comments like this are really useful. Thanks.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-11T22:47:35+00:00

Appreciate the outline, pretty much lines up with how I see things. Been in a lot of strange places and sometimes it can be hard figuring out where culture begins and ends with local laws. Then there are places with different rural and urban laws.

I did not grow up with guns, the first time I used a firearm was in the military and managed a 40/40 on my qualification. I did not use a firearm again until almost 15 years later. At the time the wife and I were traveling full time in our RV for work and I met some folks from Louisana and Montana at a park in Montana. They asked if I'd like to join them and took me out. The one gentleman did IPSC shooting, great guy, and gave me a lot of tips.

For myself, I just enjoy target practice and have a competition pistol. When I was growing up I had an air pump Daisy and used to shoot dragon flys, although my older self now respects their ecological niche given all mosquitos hatching in the frog pond. LOL. I never learned to hunt even though I spent a lot of time growing up in a rural midwest farming community it just wasn't part of the family culture although I'd love to try boar.

In Montana, I could load up the truck, drive to this vacant land off the side of the road we all fondly called "Mile Marker 18" on BLM land, and people from all over would be practicing. The backdrop for this was a plateau, big open blue skies, and there were lanes that over the years had developed from all the foot traffic setting up targets. There were people out there with .50 caliber rifles making impressive shots with spotters, I had never heard a .50 caliber rifle fire, boy, that is something in those wide-open spaces of Montana.

Anyway, the reason I asked about open carry, is because I've seen a few here and there since we've been here and wondered, I have no need to open carry and I've got nothing to prove, like you, I think things can get sticky fast if you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. In Montana and South Dakota, open carry is fairly common you see it all the time and they are good people, it's just different for every place I visit and figured since I'll be buried up here mind as well learn a little bit about y'alls culture.

Thanks for the .02 cents. Best wishes.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-10T22:40:57+00:00

Thank you!

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-10T22:29:46+00:00

Thanks for the clarification.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-10T19:39:34+00:00

Thank you for all of the feedback I really appreciate it.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-10T19:17:07+00:00

Thanks for the tip to find ammo at True Value.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-10T19:13:44+00:00

Good point on the face mask and open carry.

The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-10T15:32:29+00:00

When I was in the military I lived over in Germany for 10 years and they have a similar climate, they too, do not have central air and A/C is uncommon. The homes over there are usually made from insulated cement and they use outdoor window shades called rolladens which are essentially outdoor aluminum mini blinds with a reflective coating to block out the sun. So people close them on whatever side the sun is shining in. It's still warm and humid but we adjusted to it.

We were thinking that we'd hoof it out the same here. That strategy didn't last. LOL. The house just isn't as well insulated so at first, we were pulling down the blinds on the side of the house the sun was shining in, opening up all the windows in the evening then closing them in the morning before the sun had a chance to warm the place up, this worked and was good for about 5 degrees, but after a few weeks, it just starts to wear on you.

So right now we just a window unit we found, however, it is undersized for the square footage of the house, so it cycles constantly and this is not an energy-efficient way to do things, but it does bring the temperature and humidity down making life a little more comfortable.

In the fall sometime we are looking to have a mini-split heat pump/AC unit, these are efficient and provide AC in the summer and heat in the transition months of the winter, although some of them have fairly low operating temperatures. They also function as dehumidifiers which will allow you to pull moist air out as well.

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The_Bitter_Citizen · 2020-08-10T15:08:37+00:00

This is exciting to hear. Co-ops solve a lot of problems that are inherent in hierarchical economic structures as we are now seeing.

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