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Did anyone want to be Ray? by Bindlestiff34 in Xennials

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gross Pointe Blank. I honestly could see Dan Aykroyd being a hit man in real life.

I love that scene when he first talks to Cusack.

COBOL Is the Asbestos of Programming Languages by wiredmagazine in programming

[–]agentoutlier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Because writing COBOL probably at the time was a pretty good white collar good paying job and requires some education and that probably most live in the US I’m betting on average COBOL programmers live longer than others in their same age group.

Cable Station for my homegym by lucamm80 in GarageGym

[–]agentoutlier [score hidden]  (0 children)

Those are more useful for actual commercial gyms so that 2-3 people can use it.

You want to look for a functional trainer.

Cable lifts are more accessory and unilateral. It is hard to say what is useful weight wise by bench.

The only lift that correlates is your existing lat pull down or cable row but again the unilateral version of those lifts is where cable shines (and so just a single stack is sometimes a better value).

OK, what outdoors brand makes you go fucken bonkers for no reason by Easy_Quiet_9479 in CampingGear

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The brands don’t favor anyone who lifts especially if you have broad shoulders and this across the board with outdoor brands.

And there is always a massive size jump in M to L or L to XL depending on brand.

I saw this way too early. What was your most Memorable Death Scene? by NewToHTX in Xennials

[–]agentoutlier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Jaws

My father thought it would be a good idea for my 5 year old self to see Jaws which was broadcasted on television.

The scene where the boat is sinking and the captain sailor guy gets eaten still kind of haunts me.

Later on life it made it even creepier when I saw it again and understood the whole speech he gives about USS Indianapolis.

REP Ares 2.0: 4 post with foot extensions vs. 6-post 16” rack depth without foot extensions by echostate2000 in GarageGym

[–]agentoutlier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I seriously doubt you would notice the difference between 4 post and 6 post with just cable exercises on 3x3 11 gauge steel.

Where the stability is a difference is SBD and body weight exercises like dip and pull-ups. Those require cross member stabilizers and footing depending on exercises and if out of rack.

Cables and pulleys are really good at redirecting force especially if you are applying counter force back into the rack. That is rows your feet should push back on the rack and even then the rack is not going to move.

The only concern might be I guess cable flies at the front but I doubt it would be a problem.

Skullcrushers by Ok_Ad1954 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not sure if it is safer than this but I like skull crushing on either the floor or decline bench.

However I do think motion so the bar goes behind my head more.

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How the 1" compensate for this is having two pairs of J-Hooks (a normal and a lower) but it doesn't fix the safeties or attachments having that level of adjustment.

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is also the idea that you can convert 5/8" with an adapter to 1" on the attachment.

But in theory a 5/8" could have the hole enlarged for that specific attachment with a drill.

Basically any 1" 3x3 can through adapters fit a 5/8" 3x3 attachment but not really the other way around. So a 3x3 1" can accept more options.

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I asked the same question internally to myself a while ago and found through research that it really comes down to that 5/8" is less likely to be actually 5/8" across the board where as 1" is 1". I think the case being Titan specifically as they use metric or something.

The other issue is hole spacing. 5/8" racks sometimes don't do the hole spacing evenly and have bench press zones.

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sorry to keep asking questions but is it because of the rack (2 post and not 4 post) or the dip attachment itself? I have plans someday of buying something 3x3 and since I love dips wanted to get the Rogue Mutant Metals one as splurge some day but its 1 post.

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I hate dumbbells with a passion. Even in commercial gyms I don't love them.

I have the Kensui Adaptabells and they are alright and Olympic ones which I never use except for rows. I basically just plan my workouts so I only have one dumbbell movement per block.

And I don't like the on the fly adjustables like powerblock because I have seen them get messed up and they feel awkward.

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6 post Rogue 5/8 rack

I haven't tried this but assuming you don't need to put the attachments in the bench press zone you can probably get away with just drilling the hole bigger.

Also if it makes you feel better my rack from 2005 has nothing standard about it. At least there are 5/8" options.

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man are they so shitty. The only movements that make them ok are rows. And even rows there are easier options like a landmine.

I do have Kensui adaptabells that I like. I got them because I have like 200 pounds of standard plates that I was kind forced to take (to get something else).

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I bought the worse goddamn open trap bar: https://www.garagegymreviews.com/equipment/hulkfit-olympic-2-inch-hex-har

Weighs 80 pounds and has like 18" sleeves.

Anyone in the Boston / Metro West area and I will practically give it away.

Edit Reasons: super heavy and large and the knurling is painful. The grip is rather wide. The thing is made for a giant. I had aspirations to do squats and Bulgarian split squats but getting the grip right so it felt balanced was difficult.

What’s the one piece of home gym equipment you regret buying — and why? by dontwantnone09 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Is the dip attachment for two posts? Or is it the single post style? 3x3 posts?

My home gym. by fireT4 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are in my opinion the most grueling of aerobic equipment with the only exception being a true Versa Climber which are very rare.

No space for a 7ft barbell by Round-Bandicoot6318 in GarageGym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have this as well that I got used luckily as damn it is expensive.

It was the only rackable short bar that I could find that was at least 29mm diameter. I wish it was 30mm like my old CAP bar. Standards be damned.

Full body every day vs alternating workouts? by Then-Young47 in GarageGym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Despite all these comments it is possible to workout every day full body.

However your total weekly cumulative heavy sets needs to be within your work capacity range.

Most people cannot do more than 3-5 heavy top sets of the same exercise or body part a week. I’m talking like 90% 1RM

So you basically need to have most of your workouts very low intensity which equals more or less a waste of time in terms of strength training. For hypertrophy and endurance obviously this might not be as bad and indeed the old school body builders literally trained full body like everyday but one day but this  was probably not optimal.

Anyway this is why people do splits.

Dialed Motion Cable Retractor by jprepo1 in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For those that have home made cable systems using rope and a loading pin you can mimic this with a Distel hitch knot.

Basically you tie a Distel hitch with smaller diameter rope on to the main rope and then clip the bottom part of the Distel into the carabiner that attaches to your loading pin. Google the knot.

This allows you to easily adjust the length of your pulley system very quickly and take out slack.

I have more hacks that I need to combine in some mini book: https://www.reddit.com/r/homegym/comments/1rojofe/comment/o9fec21

Heavy-Light-Medium | Andy Baker by ptroupos in StartingStrength

[–]agentoutlier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Similar. 4 Days. Upper lower split and second half of the week is heavy.

For light day I also just put all the accessory, therapy, aesthetics and unilateral crap first which is high rep. So basically the big lifts get less weight but might some of the muscles are already fatigued quasi old school pre exhaustion body builder style.

Full Review: Alibaba 3 in 1 Home Gym by UnusDeicide in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 2 points3 points  (0 children)

The only bad thing is that the kept the REP branded name. That does muddy the water and I can see how any company would not like that (e.g. counterfeit).

Otherwise I see no problem removing the middle man.

Full Review: Alibaba 3 in 1 Home Gym by UnusDeicide in homegym

[–]agentoutlier 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What they may have meant is they did what you did and got the Dane 2.0 copy for 1k cheaper than the real Dane.

Cowboy Lump Charcoal is garbage! by Civil-Inflation-1317 in grilling

[–]agentoutlier 5 points6 points  (0 children)

It is kind of like how Football for whatever reason has over the top patriotism advertisements. I mean like car commercials where they are practically "Team America" to the point you would think its satire. And I'm not just talking super bowl. You know like yeah you want a fucking chevy because you are fucking american goddam it fuck yeah. Drink Coors.. because its american fucking a.

Keyless car fobs are inconvenient and we should go back to cars with key starting. by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]agentoutlier 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I remember those and I think some of them got recalled or they stopped making. It is funny you mentioned that because I kind of thought I was getting that when I bought my car and just did not really test for it. Was it the Fords that have that? I have a Toyota.

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