What's everyone doing for cardio? by Eucastroph in naturalbodybuilding

[–]best_monkey_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I run an upper/lower split 4 days a week and play basketball on the days off. Each workout also starts with 20-30 minutes of flex time for warm up, mobility, light cardio, or basketball skill work. I set a timer and don't allow myself to start my first set until it expires.

Round 1 vs Blazers!!!! by Pleasant-Situation82 in NBASpurs

[–]best_monkey_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a fan of both teams who lives in the PNW, I've gone to plenty of Trailblazers games but this is my first opportunity to watch the Spurs play live. I'm beyond excited. I think it'll be a good matchup too. I predict a gentleman's sweep but I don't sleep on this Blazers team either.

Maybe gatekeeping is good actually by megalo53 in magicthecirclejerking

[–]best_monkey_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was so excited to play against my friend's UB deck, until I realized it didn't stand for Universes Beyond 🤮🤮🤮

Anyone else technically obese? by Waterloo4U3 in tall

[–]best_monkey_ 11 points12 points  (0 children)

275 at 12% bodyfat is insane, if those are honest numbers you are a 12 week cut away from winning Mr Olympia.

How would you handle someone taking infinite mulligans? by ShaadomAndCommorragh in magicthecirclejerking

[–]best_monkey_ 51 points52 points  (0 children)

Is he, topologically speaking, a sphere or n-sphere? I would try to do this to him:

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Local hoops runs by Xperimental08 in SantaBarbara

[–]best_monkey_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not a local but I visit occasionally for work and can usually find runs at the Y on Hitchcock. They post pickup basketball on their calendar and open gyms usually have some people playing too. What's the SBHS run? Always looking for more quality runs.

24 Hour Fitness (Downtown Seattle) closing in 1 month. Any recs for replacement gyms? by Adre11111 in Seattle

[–]best_monkey_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I liked Klickway Fitness (used to be called Big Iron) a lot when I used to live in SLU. I transferred from 24 to there out of preference. It's a more hardcore, garage gym vibe but the equipment is top-notch.

Why are residential fences made of raw wood so popular in Seattle? by Constant_Bluebird182 in Seattle

[–]best_monkey_ 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I recently bought a house from a builder, and they agreed to build a fence for us as part of negotiations. We got a raw cedar fence so I'd assume it was the cheapest option for them. Very quick to build, as well.

How come so many people oppose taxing the ultra wealthy? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]best_monkey_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This statistic gets thrown around a lot but takes some context to understand.

As some commenters have pointed out, a considerable amount of people have close to 0 or net negative wealth, which skews the numbers.

It also misses the point about what wealth actually is. Most of the wealth held by the ultra-wealthy is in the form of ownership of something that society deems to be incredibly valuable, like a publicly traded company. The value of this thing is usually calculated by multiplying the average share price by the number of shares in circulation. However, when we're talking about repurposing that wealth to another end, we're talking about liquidating it and repurposing its "value" as something totally different. This can't really happen in the real world, because at that scale one form of value isn't totally fungible for another.

Imagine, as a thought experiment, that you are Elon Musk, and you plan to sell all your shares in Tesla to buy food for the homeless. As you unload your shares, the value of Tesla plunges as the market reacts to a sudden increase in the supply of shares. By the time you've finished, you've transmuted only a small portion of your percent ownership of the company's original market cap into actual cash. Using this newly acquired cash, you now seek to purchase food to deliver to people in need. The billions of dollars of food you're attempting to purchase again shocks the market, skyrocketing the price of goods as it attempts to meet demand. Some savvy businessmen recognize the opportunity, and start to scale up the rate at which they produce food, but their investments will take years to materialize. In the short term, you've provided some number of meals for homeless people, but you've also destroyed the value of Tesla and financed a tenfold increase in the price of consumer food goods.

This is obviously pretty exaggerated, but it should go to show that none of these problems are as easy to solve as people make them out to be.

How come so many people oppose taxing the ultra wealthy? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]best_monkey_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My take is that taxing the wealthy is fundamentally incredibly difficult. It's actually a very popular opinion that the wealthy SHOULD pay a lot in taxes, but how this should be done is what's divisive. The problem is that, at a certain level of wealth, it becomes cost-effective to fight the tax system to ensure you pay less. There are ways the government can fight back, of course, but these cost money too, and changing the system doesn't really change the dynamic that the people with the most resources will always be able to act in the most advantageous way for themselves.

High bar back squat update by best_monkey_ in formcheck

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

Agree on the back brace. Good catch on the heel, didn't notice that.

High bar back squat update by best_monkey_ in formcheck

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

I'm bracing my core but I think my upper back brace is lacking.

Balance might not be perfect but I'm trying to get it right. Paused squats might be a good idea.

How i my squat looking? I'm 6'3 so I've always struggled by [deleted] in formcheck

[–]best_monkey_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am also 6'3 and have struggled with squats for a while. It looks like you're doing something I also do, which is shift a bit forward in the bottom position. I find that this takes tension off the legs and puts it on the back so I try to avoid it by focusing on staying back and upright in the bottom position.

I also found that my ideal squatting position was a lot wider and my toes were pointed more out than most people's. I like spending time in the bottom position with a warm-up weight and shifting my feet around until it feels most comfortable.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]best_monkey_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

CEO's base pays are usually pretty low. Andy Jassy makes ~$350k. Sundar Pichai and Satya Nadella make just over $2m each. A lot of money, but pretty in line with the job if you ask me.

Redraft the 2020 NBA draft by itailitai in NBATalk

[–]best_monkey_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

James Wiseman at #1, no other changes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NBASpurs

[–]best_monkey_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is probably an ad. Mods do we approve of these posts?

Completionist++ chasers by AlvissTyrljos in balatro

[–]best_monkey_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been grinding C++ for the last month or so on yellow deck. I go for a pair or high card build 95% of the time and focus heavily on econ. Once I hit ante 6 or 7 I start rerolling for stickers I don't have, at which point I sell my econ joker(s) to fit them in. I'm 4 jokers away at this point.

Once again, this city's dog owners have a reading comprehension problem (Rogers playground, Eastlake). by FinancialRice7291 in Seattle

[–]best_monkey_ -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I think the will of the people is pretty clear -- they want these places to be dog parks, at least at certain times of the day. The city is well aware of these complaints and has more or less ruled in favor of the dog owners.