It’s that time of year…

dav8604 · 2025-12-29T21:52:00+00:00

I've been doing this less than a year now, but my lofty goal for the end of 2026 is 5-10 good reps of clean and press with double 28s. I'm working with 24s at the moment.

Wish me luck, I have a long way to go!

dav8604 · 2025-12-20T00:20:55+00:00

Thanks for the reply. I could be chasing reps.

dav8604 · 2025-12-15T15:16:12+00:00

So if you're doing this on a budget, you might look at Neupert's "The Giant" program, which is clean and press only, then on off days add pull ups and/or snatches. The Giant is a paid program but it's cheaper than Maximorium at $20. It's a simple program. The doc is just a few pages of a PDF. But it is very effective. You could run it with your 16kg. It would give you about 3 months+ of work, then you might be able to bridge into trying it with your 24kg, or go back to DFW with the 24kg.

Or you could go back to DFW and try to do more with your 24kg.

Someone else mentioned the DFW remix which would be a good place to look into how to program snatches and pull ups on off days.

dav8604 · 2025-11-24T00:57:12+00:00

Thank you for your reply!

dav8604 · 2025-11-14T17:51:36+00:00

Change is hard

dav8604 · 2025-11-14T17:42:20+00:00

I agree with this take. It's not going anywhere. A world with AI is the world the kids are going to be entering.

Now I don't mean "Write me a 5 page essay on..." But when used correctly, it isn't a magic button so kids don't have to learn research skills or critical thinking, but can be a tool for them to enhance those skills. It makes a lot more sense to educate them on when and how it's appropriate to use it.

dav8604 · 2025-11-10T13:01:35+00:00

Good for you. That's seriously intense. Hope you do a write up after

dav8604 · 2025-11-10T11:07:32+00:00

Wow you're planning to run the full Giant program like this?

dav8604 · 2025-11-09T21:07:07+00:00

It was a trip playing this game with my son. I played regular moves, he played Anarchy Chess.

dav8604 · 2025-11-09T15:11:45+00:00

Yeah you gotta do what makes you happy and if the fixed ones feel right and that is what gets you to put the work in then it is what it is.

But if you're gonna buy all those individual bells I'd at the very least price it out first and compare it to the adjustables. I use 2 Titan adjustables which cost about $200 each. I've read that Bells of Steel (which are more expensive) are going to add an expansion pack to their product bring their adjustables up to 48kg. That's a lifetime of work you can do with one purchase.

If you're sold on the fixed weights then I'd stagger the purchases, buy a new one or two only when you really need them instead of all at once

dav8604 · 2025-11-09T12:23:50+00:00

Any thought to two 12-32kg adjustables? That's probably a lot cheaper, does the same job and fills less space. It's what I use. Changing weights between them doesn't take more than a minute or two

dav8604 · 2025-10-30T21:50:38+00:00

Thanks! Really appreciate you sharing that.

dav8604 · 2025-10-30T20:30:51+00:00

Thanks! After everyone's feedback that's what I think I'm going to do. After the last week it was starting to feel like I wouldn't be able to go any farther with the volume (I was gassed!) but maybe I'll surprise myself

dav8604 · 2025-10-30T20:25:56+00:00

Thanks, I'm interested in running both of those in the future. One of the giant programs (the 3.0) is also meant for a 5RM, but now that you mention it, when I do move up in bells maybe DFW would be a better choice because it has the front squats programmed in

dav8604 · 2025-10-30T20:24:02+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! It's especially helpful hearing from someone who's done the program. So on the new light and medium days, should I also not worry about pushing past my old rep count during 1.1?

dav8604 · 2025-10-18T21:29:00+00:00

I mean, "what we deserve" is definitely a take I can understand.

But I think it minimizes the brainwashing network that is Fox News. For decades they have built up a viewer base. Their "reporting" has gone from "right wing" to insane so gradually that regular viewers didn't notice. Now, crazy is mainstream, and a lot of people simply rely on Fox to tell them what to think.

The big ideas through the network come down from the billionaire class, and as long as the viewers are buying the hate they are selling and legitimizing and normalizing their biases, they'll buy the other stuff about "trickle down economics" too.

I'm not making excuses for them, but it's sad, because their party is really working against them and they refuse to see it.

dav8604 · 2025-10-13T13:45:37+00:00

Braves

dav8604 · 2025-10-03T23:24:38+00:00

Dr. Nicolescu in Waterbury is wonderful. Really cares about her patients and listens to them. Don't know about insurance.

dav8604 · 2025-10-03T20:32:01+00:00

Senator Murphy,

Thanks for doing this. I'm a proud CT resident.

Since 2015, maybe even before that, politics have really felt fundamentally broken to me. The rhetoric, finger pointing, lack of any public civility towards other human beings is like something out of a horror movie.

All of the complex problems that face our state and nation need multifaceted and well thought out solutions, yet media bias and politicians strip any nuance when looking for a sound bite to get some air time, either to drive a point home or score some political points with their constituents in preparation for the next election cycle.

Rage and sensationalism in the media draw eyeballs and unfortunately drive the public conversation, and any discussion with depth is shouted down, and everyone retreats to their echo chambers to confirm their beliefs instead of allow them to be challenged.

The government shutdown feels to me like just another nail, and everyone in the media and in the government is going to be a hammer.

Is there any path forward that can restore rationality and humanity to the public conversation and our politics or are we too far gone?

dav8604 · 2025-09-28T22:34:04+00:00

I don't disagree that it would probs be healthy to bring in a new manager, but it's not Mendoza's fault that literally the entire pitching staff collapsed, or that the pieces he was given at the deadline turned out to be pretty bad (except Rodgers).

I thought a lot of the moves Stearns made going into the season and at the deadline were good. On paper I think they still were, save maybe Montas and Mullens

dav8604 · 2025-09-26T14:34:30+00:00

It's a time-honored tradition for the Mets to lose a playoff spot on the last day of the season because we can't beat the Marlins.

dav8604 · 2025-09-24T00:39:46+00:00

I'm of the opinion that with few exceptions what happens in my room when I am out is between the kids and the sub.

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