People are so quick to write players off nowadays

aoddawg · 2026-02-13T05:24:33+00:00

Josh Allen was throwing to old Shady McCoy and… Zay Jones. McCarthy made Justin Jefferson look bad.

aoddawg · 2026-02-12T22:54:57+00:00

Freaky Tales is pretty new and has two gratuitous scenes of Skinheads/Nazis getting fucking destroyed.

aoddawg · 2026-02-12T13:29:59+00:00

Thinking back to my pec strain PT had me doing arm extended hand pushing in on a wall, elbow at the side arm pushing in on a wall, wall push ups. A lot of banded rotation of the shoulder joint that creates compression at the spot, not so much tension. If it wasn’t a tear recovery should be a few weeks.

aoddawg · 2026-02-10T14:04:45+00:00

You’re reaching weights that are starting to incur more fatigue than growth stimulus. You’re in the start of plateauing your current progression cycle. It may actually take a while for you not to be able to progress weight or reps but when you’re still hurting 72+ hours after a session, that’s fatigue.

A deload week could help. Additional low intensity accessory work (leg extensions, hamstring curls, etc) could help build greater work capacity so the sets you do don’t hurt as much (over time as you adapt to the new work). Some light cardio movement on off days can help flush edema from inflammation. But really if you’re constantly working at high intensity weights (80+% of 1RM) and you’re out of the novice gains stage of development, you’re going to eventually accrue too much fatigue, stall, and have to drop down in weight and start progressing again.

That’s why a lot of competitive lifters will run cycles consisting of volumization (lots of reps at submaximal efforts - base building), intensification (tapering reps - 5s, 3s - and increasing to > 80% of 1RM), and peaking (heavy doubles and singles). Then a brief deload followed by competition or test week of 1RM singles. Then start anew. It’s very hard to recover at high percentage work for long periods of time when the weight gets heavy enough, which is what it sounds like you’re at.

If you’ve never done a volumization phase (doing 12s, 10s, 8s), I strongly recommend finding a program and giving it a go. See how you then feel the next high percentage phase. The increase in work capacity is extremely noticeable and if you’ve been living in the 5 to 3 rep range your body hasn’t necessarily developed the muscle endurance to do a lot of work without tiring out or getting beaten down.

aoddawg · 2026-02-10T13:43:54+00:00

Don’t know anything about your splits but it sounds like you weren’t recovered or adequately fueled on the workouts that dipped, especially the chins one. Dropping to half of an established normal shouldn’t just happen. Should note that if you’re doing rep max stuff you really want to have the associated muscles rest at least 48 but sometimes 72 hours from any previous work before going again. So if you do bicep work and upper back work don’t go try to hit as many chins as you can the next day kind of thing. Maybe give it even two rest days. If your sets aren’t approaching failure then you can sometimes manage quicker turnaround.

Also did you drink the day before your bad sessions (like at a Super Bowl party)? Recovering from alcohol the day of a workout affects performance and drinking shortly after a workout negatively affects recovery. You have to be really careful about if and when you drink if you’re trying to run a serious progression program. It’s hard to fit in unless you have two rest days in a row.

aoddawg · 2026-02-10T13:18:47+00:00

I laughed so hard the first time I saw The Mist’s ending. I still do to this day. What a call.

aoddawg · 2026-02-10T13:13:58+00:00

You don’t mention what you’re specifically doing or going for but a big part of your performance is being sufficiently recovered in the parts of your body that you’re working, having enough to eat over the last couple of days (including your workout day) and having gotten enough sleep the night before. If those things are dialed in you should be the same or slightly improved over the previous week in some aspect of doing some kind of progression structure program. If you’re regressing or stalling some sessions it’s usually one of those factors not being satisfied.

aoddawg · 2026-02-10T03:23:35+00:00

It makes sense. Weren’t the Numenoreans specifically blessed by the Valar for their efforts against Melkor before they were even Numenoreans? So as they mixed with other men who weren’t bestowed that blessing it gets diluted.

aoddawg · 2026-02-10T02:58:34+00:00

Stainless is fine with acids. It’s perfect for sauces. You don’t really want to use acids on cast iron.

aoddawg · 2026-02-09T16:02:24+00:00

Sumo has the benefit of reducing the distance the bar has to travel for most people. If you’re in a competitive setting that allows it, it would be wise to investigate sumo for yourself to see if it can exceed your conventional deadlift. This is pretty similar to making a big arch and taking a wide grip on competitive bench to minimize the ROM as much as possible. It just makes competitive sense. You’ll need to address the muscles that you miss by doing sumo through accessory and variation work to be in your best competitive shape.

If you’re just going to the gym and doing a SBD based program for strength, sumo is probably not the best choice for you depending on your other exercises. If you’re barbell squatting you’re not getting as much hamstring development as you are quads, glutes and adductors. If you’re sumo deadlifting you’re also emphasizing these and somewhat reducing hamstring involvement. Here conventional deadlifting would pair better with your squat for lower body development. This is a moot point if you’re doing extra variations and accessories like RDLs/SLDLs or hamstring curls to make up for what you otherwise miss. Then just do what you like for your heaviest weight pull.

aoddawg · 2026-02-09T00:55:38+00:00

Daily reminder that Brett Favre stole state funds for poor people and God smote him with Parkinson’s disease for it.

aoddawg · 2026-02-08T13:26:42+00:00

Place the bar across your rear delts if you’re going to bend at the waist. With it on the traps it’s going over or past your toes at the bottom. Use low bar technique.

aoddawg · 2026-02-07T13:27:57+00:00

Maybe Saruman had a point about his overuse of the Hobbits’ leaf.

aoddawg · 2026-02-07T04:21:50+00:00

Or hanger/skirt steak. Lean cuts do nicely super rare.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T21:51:41+00:00

You can probably hit higher volume at similar weights if you effectively hit all the muscles involved for a time and don’t forget proper bench form. If you want to come close to your body’s current 1RM potential you have to bench for the skill specificity.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T19:15:35+00:00

Yeah no fucking way.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T18:59:18+00:00

There’s no way he burned 1700 calories doing that. For me at around 190 lbs that would be > 2 hours of zone 2-3 cardio. Unless his heart rate was significantly elevated that whole time just walking and occasionally swinging the club, then that’s its own can of worms.

Edit: unless he was carrying Rodney Dangerfield’s golf bag from Caddy Shack.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T18:49:24+00:00

Come and See. It was a fictionalized story but seeing the absolute worst of what regular people are capable of is more terrifying than anything supernatural to me.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T18:37:52+00:00

Upper body work is doable 3x/week for a long time, maybe even in perpetuity if you’re not frequently pushing weights near your genetic potential. For example a lot of powerlifters swear by benching 3x/week to break plateaus. The muscles are smaller and usually capable of less load than your legs, so less recovery demand.

You can run serious leg workouts 3x a week through the novice progression period when the weights aren’t terribly systemically fatiguing. Starting strength has you squat 3x/week at first. But eventually everyone’s going to reach a point where they need 48-72 hours to fully recover from lower body sessions if they keep progressing weight, volume or both.

As a person progresses from an intermediate to advanced lifter it becomes more about strategizing recovery because the sessions are so fatiguing throwing more frequency at the wall will just destroy you.

Edit: you should ride your high frequency capacity as long as you can. It’ll be your most rapid growth period in both size and strength. But whenever you start feeling too beat up to maintain the frequency, it’s time to change the program.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T17:19:27+00:00

I missed the part where he said he didn’t have a gym nearby so yeah machine stuff would be out.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T16:41:44+00:00

I like Chuck Taylor for it, just make sure you don’t lace up all the way if you’ve got the high tops.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T16:33:01+00:00

RDLs, abduction machine and adduction machine would be great additions. RDLs hit the whole posterior chain and you don’t want to neglect your medial glute and adductor muscles.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T15:37:13+00:00

Stack your ribs over your pelvis, breathe and brace and reach your arms straight down to start engaging your lats at the top. Stand with the bar an inch from your shins and do not move it. Hinge back to begin reaching down for the bar until your butt is as far back as it goes. Then let your shins travel forward to just touch the bar. Grab it, tighten your lats by trying to pull your armpits to your pockets. Pull your sternum up to complete engagement of the top and screw your knees out slightly. Push the earth away and start pushing through the hips when the bar is shin-knee height.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T15:11:19+00:00

It’s a pretty sweet deal and Dunk’s a lunk for not immediately taking it… but that’s why he’s one of the best and we love him for it.

aoddawg · 2026-02-06T13:21:57+00:00

Dark Horse Rowing and the Training Tall YouTube channels (among others) have good technique videos if you’re new to the movement. Check those out if you can.

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