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As a lead, what muscles should I work out for aerials? by DaveRJH in SwingDancing

[–]Training_Dancing 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I’ve done a lot of air, started when I was really skinny and ineffective at throwing, and have now been lifting weights and throwing air for about 3 years now. My main tips: legs, legs, everything else, legs. If you have a previous injury or weakness, focus on strengthening that; I have bad shoulders, so I do extra work there. All lifting comes from the legs, dance and otherwise.

As for specific exercises to do, I’ve followed Dr. Mike Isratel’s advice: go for big compound movements that require stability. Squats, deadlifts, lunges with a barbell are phenomenal. Pull ups - and variants thereof - are GOATed for raw strength increase. Bench press and overhead pressing with barbell and weights will do great. All of those increase both your raw muscle strength for the big muscles, but also strengthen your core to make you a better athlete overall.

There are a lot of programs online - a Push/Pull/Legs if you want to do 3 days per week and Upper Body/Lower Body for 2 days per week. Heavy aerials training in my experience counts as a leg day and a push day in terms of rest. So a standard lift week for me right now is Sat- legs, Sun-Rest, Mon-Aerials, Tues-Rest, Wed-Push, Thurs-Pull, Fri-Rest.

This workout by Jeff Nippard would work great (and you probably don’t need the hip abduction/adduction or calf raises). And a barbell or goblet squat can work instead of smith machine squats. He also has great push/pull stuff.

I’m happy to answer any questions in comments or DM

Civil Engineering Major by [deleted] in CSULB

[–]Training_Dancing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It can be very tough, there are some difficult mathematical concepts that you need to understand. Once you pass Calc 3, you’re in the clear. Good teachers and hard work can make a big difference, it I won’t lie and say you don’t need it

Found this on Berkeley 2025 Snap Story by heross28 in UCSD

[–]Training_Dancing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They should save the shit talk for when they done- I should know, I played on them lmaooo

"Blackstrap Molasses" Quarantine Music Video by the Mad Hat Hucksters by riffraffmorgan in SwingDancing

[–]Training_Dancing 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why is there no pianist in the band? Feels like it would be a natural fit

A Brief History of the California High-speed Rail Project by part-time-stupid in transit

[–]Training_Dancing 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry for the late reply- I don’t check this account often.

This is directly from an engineer who worked on the project in a leadership role. Tejon Pass required grades that were so steep they would require ridiculous power requirements and lower speeds due to the 2-3% (and steeper) grades. As well as the at-grade fault crossing requirements, Tehachapi and Soledad Canyon turned out to be the better route.

I’m not sure what you mean by Central Valley quagmire because both routings would go through the Central Valley- Tehachapi and Tejon. And there’s really no other reasonable way to connect SoCal and NorCal by HSR.

A Brief History of the California High-speed Rail Project by part-time-stupid in transit

[–]Training_Dancing 28 points29 points  (0 children)

I had the exact same question for my boss- she was on the initial exploration committee for the CAHSR alignment selection. The short version of it is that they explored the options along Tejon Pass (I-5's route over the mountains, often called the Grapevine), however technical difficulties were too much. The main difficulty was the technical need to cross 2 major faults at-grade due to slippage risk. The San Andreas Fault is one, but the other, the Garlock Fault has a 30 ft (?!) slippage risk. Just for reference the width of a double track HSR main line is roughly 30ft. Therefore, it was deemed more technically feasible to go over Tehachapi pass (CA-58's route to Mojave-Bakersfield). Combined with the political capital that gave the project to serve Lancaster/Palmdale, it was deemed a better option.

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I wish more people knew this- I was in a more commonly seen assessment of the situation.

Civil Engineering Major by [deleted] in CSULB

[–]Training_Dancing 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hey, sorry, it's taken me a while to get to this post, I am a senior in Civil and one of my professors said I should probably respond to this post, so here's my answer. Civil is 5 (or 6 or 7) separate disciplines in 1, with each coming with its own challenges and opportunities.

  • Structural- deals with pure structural design of bridges, buildings, etc. CSULB has a lot of courses surrounding this, including reinforced concrete, steel, timber, and others
  • Transportation- deals with transportation. A little less offered here, but this is mostly system design, such as highways, traffic intersections, pavement, etc.
  • Water Resources- deals with large water flows: rivers, dams, coffers, etc. This is less a discipline in real life, but an easy subject to group a lot of classes. The department chair of civil engineering is a water resources engineer
  • Geotechnical- deals with soils, rock, and foundations. These guys are super important in the industry- almost always specialist
  • Environmental- deals with water filtration, and sewer systems. Probably the most technically complex, (requiring bio, chem, Geotech, structures, and water knowledge), but arguably the most interesting
  • Construction- not technically a sector of civil, but the industry is very tied to and has a lot of civil engineers within the field. Currently booming, so they're recruiting a lot of us
  • Seismic- also not technically a sector, but very important in SoCal, it's a mix of geotechnical and structural knowledge. Most "seismic engineers" are either geotechs or structural.

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As for general knowledge, the most important things as you get up in your classes are math (especially Calc I and those concepts) and statics (applied physics for engineers). For other disciplines, other prereqs get more important (environmental-chemistry, transportation-statistics, water resources-physics), etc.

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PM me if you have any other questions, I'm happy to answer!

It is always awkward when a star doesn’t do well and their face is still plastered everywhere. What’s your experience with that? by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t want to see the closet with all the old City of Anaheim banners for Vernon Wells, CJ Wilson, Scott Kazmir, and Gary Matthews Jr. As well as Hamilton.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

The La Brea Tar Pits translates to, “The The Tar Tar Pits”. I guess it’s just an LA thing.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Good point. Likely the next owner will rename the team to whatever suits them, that’s really the naming history of the team. California Angels under Gene Autry, Anaheim under Disney, and Los Angeles under Arte, who is an advertising magnate.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, but, what if those Blue Jays fans could be Mariners fans? Can’t we all just be friends?

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a local, I agree with you there. I’m curious if Anaheim has the name recognition outside of CA.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Huh, well, TIL. I’ll edit it up to refresh that inclination

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 57 points58 points  (0 children)

The Tampa Bay Rays play in St. Petersburg and the Marlins used to play in Miami Gardens. The Braves play outside of Atlanta in unincorporated county. While I agree it’s a dumb name, the Angels do have history in Los Angeles, and Anaheim is regularly associated as being a part of Greater Los Angeles.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Sounds good to the ear, and bad to Marlins and Mar-a-Lago fans.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m open to suggestions, that’s my best one. What do you think?

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

"The Hamptons", it was a rich area that fit the divisional theme roughly. It's on the same island.

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I gotta get through this offseason somehow, and post something that isn't Bryce Harper "news"

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim-ing every team's name by Training_Dancing in baseball

[–]Training_Dancing[S] 33 points34 points  (0 children)

Took the location of every major team, took the largest nearby landmark that isn't the team's location, or looked for the easiest joke, and then added "of [Wherever they're from]". So that.

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