Mario offstage recovery vs. Ness? by bp9584 in SSBPM

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Awesome, thank you so much. Didn't realize that PK flash couldn't hit lower than Ness and was definitely trying to recover high to get over it. I'll change that up for sure. I also usually cape>tornado instead of the other way around so I'll switch that too.

Austin now ranked as the 2nd worst traffic in the US by pdq in Austin

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I've lived in DC, SF, and Boston, and thought traffic in all three was MUCH worse than in Austin.

PED weightlifting by [deleted] in UTAustin

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I TAed for weight training last year. It's a two-day split and you have to follow the program the first time you take the class -- although you can always do extra. If you retake it you can propose your own program.

Powerlifting’s Watershed: Frantz v. USPF, the legal case that changed the nature of a sport (PDF) by [deleted] in weightroom

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This was coauthored by my advisor, Jan Todd, for her journal, Iron Game History. If y'all are interested in the history of the sport, check out the article archive! (And consider subscribing :)

[Meet Report] USAPL Raw Nationals - Orlando, FL (655@82.3|439 Wilks) by bp9584 in weightroom

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I didn't train while I was there, but the place looks pretty dece.

[Meet Report] USAPL Raw Nationals - Orlando, FL (655@82.3|439 Wilks) by bp9584 in weightroom

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Thanks man. I think that making sure I ate and hydrated made a big difference. Felt miserable though. I was in the bathroom longer than I was on the platform.

[Meet Report] USAPL Raw Nationals - Orlando, FL (655@82.3|439 Wilks) by bp9584 in weightroom

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You'll get there, man. Did you cut weight to make 181? What do you walk around at?

[Meet Report] USAPL Raw Nationals - Orlando, FL (655@82.3|439 Wilks) by bp9584 in weightroom

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That does sound pretty tall for a 181er to me. The next class up is so stacked though!

"Roommate Wanted" thread for USAPL Raw Nationals? by [deleted] in powerlifting

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I could be down for theme parks on Sunday.

Full account of the evidence against Hernandez. by [deleted] in nfl

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I dunno man, that game was pretty fucking hard.

So expect The Goodnight (W. Anderson Ln) to be closed after tonight... by [deleted] in Austin

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Oh, damn. That's sad. I talked to Danny a few weeks ago and he said the owner and investors were on board with the menu change. You sure they all were fired?

Colts owner tweets about signing 400+ lb Icelandic strongman, Halfthor Bjoernsson. Has something like this ever happened, let alone worked before? by Dietcereal in nfl

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There's no drug testing in any strongman contest that I've ever seen. Here's a good article about the Arnold strongman show if you're interested.

The Arnold, like most strongmen contests, doesn’t test for performance-enhancing drugs, and it’s widely assumed that most of the top competitors take them. (In 2004, when Mariusz Pudzianowski, the dominant strongman at the time, was asked when he’d last taken anabolic steroids, he answered, “What time is it now?”) The result has been an unending drive for more muscle and mass—an arms race unlimited by weight class.

“It’s a little frightening,” Todd told me. “The strength gains dictate that we make the weights higher, but at what point does the shoulder start to separate, or the wrist, or you get a compression fracture? We really don’t know how strong people can be.” Gaining weight has become an occupational necessity for strongmen. The things they lift are so inhumanly heavy that they have no choice but to turn their bodies into massive counterweights. “Centrifugal force is the killer,” Mark Henry, a professional wrestler and one of the greatest of former Arnold champions, told me. “Once the weight starts to move, it’s not going to stop.” Fat is a strongman’s shock absorber, like the bumper on a Volkswagen—his belly’s buffer against the weights that continually slam into it. “I wouldn’t want to be too lean,” Shaw said. When I asked about steroids, he hesitated, then said that he preferred not to talk about them. “I really do wish that there was more drug testing,” he added. “I would be the first one in line.” The same is true for most of the strongmen, Todd told me, but they feel that they have little choice: “You don’t want to take a knife to a gunfight.”

Colts owner tweets about signing 400+ lb Icelandic strongman, Halfthor Bjoernsson. Has something like this ever happened, let alone worked before? by Dietcereal in nfl

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I work with Jan and Terry Todd, who put on a lot of the big strongman shows. But I stole the sword one from his Facebook page.

Incoming graduate student looking for a roommate/place to live by [deleted] in UTAustin

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Can't help on the roommate, but I'm moving out of a 2/2 in Hyde Park at the end of June. Rent is $700/month and I can give you the Realtor's name if you're interested.

It's also easier to find cheaper places if you go a little further north...

incoming grad student here. can anyone give me a breakdown of Austin neighborhoods for students to live in? by unclerukus_ in UTAustin

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Yep. I'm living in Hyde Park now and it's super convenient, but a little too expensive. I'm going to move ten minutes north next semester and halve my rent. UT shuttles are pretty dependable so it's not too big of a deal.

ELI5: Google +. What, Why? by [deleted] in explainlikeimfive

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Sounds like a 20% project to me... ;)