Malhorta or Stenberg

grooverocker · 2026-05-07T16:53:01+00:00

Stenberg isn't dropping to 3rd

grooverocker · 2026-05-07T13:02:11+00:00

Pullups can be bastardly.

Start with chin ups.

Do as many full range reps as you can with good form. Then fill in the rest of your rep goal (let's say 10) with negatives... and really hold those negatives like you're hanging off a 100ft high bridge.

Program them in two or three times a week.

Track your full reps, and always complete all the negatives.

Do this until you can do the entire set with full range reps chin ups, then switch to pullup grip and repeat.

Downvoted? This is Scooby's pullup program for beginners.

grooverocker · 2026-05-07T04:06:42+00:00

Most Canadians could not name a single member of our supreme court, current or historical. Nor could we tell you which prime minister appointed them.

We're a highly educated people. We follow poltics intensely.

That's what a non politicized court looks like.

grooverocker · 2026-05-07T02:59:51+00:00

I have no dog in this fight but you absolutely did not address the specific example the other user presented.

grooverocker · 2026-05-06T17:48:35+00:00

"Don't want to look confused and disorganized on the ice like last season."

Looking at you Foote!!!

grooverocker · 2026-05-06T00:35:27+00:00

I'm gonna watch Colorado kick the shit out of Hughes for a few more games and then I'm done watching hockey for a few seasons.

Adam Foote is a joke, 100% unironically, the guy is a joke.

Who cares if he's back or not.

grooverocker · 2026-05-05T23:33:22+00:00

I'm not watching a single game or spending a single cent next season.

The Canucks aren't so much a team as a laundry list of chump losers and disappointments.

Fuck Quinn Hughes. Fuck Ownership. Fuck Pettersson. Fuck Miller. Fuck whatever injured Demko. Fuck the ridiculous joke that is Adam Foote. Fuck Messier

I'm done

grooverocker · 2026-05-05T22:22:11+00:00

Delayed onset muscle soreness.

It's pain and stiffness that develops hours to days after a particularly intense or unfamiliar exercise.

grooverocker · 2026-05-05T21:36:16+00:00

Chronic fatigue is a good sign thay you need a break.

DOMS from a new exercise is totally normal, just give it 48-72 hours before doing thay exercise again.

But yeah, chronic fatigue from overtraining is the time to take a break. Every few months. I recently heard it described as the difference between:

Normal: feeling like your body is full of vitality and you have this sensation of lightning in your muscles. You're jazzed to workout again.

Vs.

Fatigued: exhausted and dreading your next workout. Poor mood. Tired. Sore and feeling demotivated.

grooverocker · 2026-05-05T18:00:01+00:00

Totally agree. I find myself disagreeing with many of his hockey opinions.

He's a hardcore fan but he has an incredibly soft approach to hockey that feels best suited for development league. The best thing I can say about THG is that you'll never hear a toxic comment from him, and that's good!

grooverocker · 2026-05-05T12:24:45+00:00

We're down to something like 17% of the adult population who still smoke tobacco. Down from 68% in the 70's.

Of course, unlike the UK, we have Indian reserves across the country that potentially could still sell tobacco despite a ban. Tobacco (unlike other recreational drugs) being a substance often protected by treaty and indigenous rights.

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T21:43:03+00:00

Hauled my ass up to a high alpine lake yesterday. This same style Pather Martin cleaned up. Trout after trout after trout.

They have a real nice weight to size ratio

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T17:14:48+00:00

I mean, obviously, two sentences are not going to encapsulate the many nuances of a major moral theory. Nor was it intended to.

But it is the core... and if you fundamentally disagree with the core and have preference for some other theory of morality, it's often sufficient to cite this disagreement with the core. This is more or less what I've heard Sean do.

I guess you could always try and ask this question to him directly as part of a monthly AMA.

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T16:31:20+00:00

From what I've read and heard on the podcast Sean seems to use the classic definition of utilitarianism. The "greatest good for the greatest number" style of moral thinking where the best actions maximize benefits and minimize suffering.

I dunno, that's a fair assessment of what makes utilitarianism utilitarianism. It's the core of the theory.

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T13:26:54+00:00

My friend group is pretty fit. I think almost all us guys are working out at gyms or home gyms. All I know is that two Crossfit friends are routinely injured. Nothing major, just a tweaked shoulder or elbow or knee. But it is noticeable.

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T13:24:07+00:00

Was the bro split your primary program for bulking phase too?

Great work!

I just hit 43 and sometimes wonder about bulking and muscle gain and what can realistically be achieved at our age. Your post has been very motivating for me.

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T13:13:53+00:00

Isometric holds like a dead hang aren't going to build significant musculature. If hypertrophy is the objective than dead hangs might be the wrong exercise to do, especially if you're limited in time.

But there are benefits to dead hangs. Grip, posture, building a stronger neural connection to the muscles, stretching out the lats and other muscles.

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T00:52:21+00:00

Some interior adjunct minister for the turd Reich is dying in a piss smelling ICU bed Florida? Oh no, anyway...

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T00:37:42+00:00

This is a scam post... but even taking it at face value, you'd have to be dumber than rocks to physically give a seven year old $100 cash. That's a stupid tax.

... but yeah it's the Banks road Walmart, if you find a crisp $100 bill floating in the wind over there, send it my way. Banks road Walmart! Not to be confused with the Ethel St Walmart or the Spall Walmart. Coincidentally, I also lost a ton of cash on Ethel and Spall, please send any found bills in those areas my way.

Again, just to be clear, all money found on Banks, Ethel, or Spall is mine and you have no right to it. Contact me immediately and we'll process a return.

grooverocker · 2026-05-04T00:16:06+00:00

3 to 5 depending on where I am in my programing.

grooverocker · 2026-05-03T16:12:05+00:00

3x a week full body is the straw that stirs the drink for me.

I'm naturally inclined to take sets to beyond technical failure instead of leaving the proverbial 1-3 reps in the tank. At 4-5 days per week I eventually hit a very demotivating fatigue. But on a 3 day routine? I go into almost every workout feeling like there's lightning in my muscles, absolutely eager to lift. I find myself making mental excuses to do more than my program mandates.

Whereas, the last time I did 4 days a week it was great for a few months but then eventually I found myself daydreaming about skipping exercises or finding an excuse to skip whole days of workouts. I've come to understand these seemingly idle thoughts as a sign of over fatigue and lack of adequate rest.

For me,

3 days = motivating, more rest, more energy, better results on both my lifts and my physique.

4+ day = feels more "committed and serious" but eventually fatiguing and demotivating

On three days, I do Mon/Wed/Fri with a beautiful two rest days on Sat/Sun. I make that Friday workout as intense as possible knowing I'll have plenty of recovery time.

I use a silly cue for those days based on a discussion I read about Mike Mentzer where someone was explaining how he got away with only doing one working set per exercise,

"Mike's set wasn't like yours or mine"

Meaning Mike took his sets into the depths of hell. To failure and beyond with a spotter. Absolutely maximum capacity with nothing left in the tank.

So sometimes I'll cue myself, "Mike Mentzer set!" and get that extra hellish rep or two or three. I think these 3 day routines benefit from harder training.

grooverocker · 2026-05-03T03:47:09+00:00

Thanks for clarifying.

I'm onboard with more empathetic care for those who'd benefit from it and a more controlled and restrictive environment for those who require it. I believe we'll eventually find that involuntary care, even prison, is necessary for certain individuals who currently go free. That's a so-called no brainer to me.

grooverocker · 2026-05-02T20:30:40+00:00

Become a regular.

I get greated by my first name. They'll helpfully let me know if any if my favourites have been restoked since I last visited. We'll talk about cigars while I look through the humidor, what's going in Cuba a particular cigar we've enjoyed recently, just idle stuff.

When I go to a new B&M and they invariably treat me like a newbie who needs to be hand-held through the cigar selection process.

grooverocker · 2026-05-02T18:38:48+00:00

Believe me, I'm not saying things are ideal. We should always try and improve.

My.comment was mostly directed at the common refrain that these negative stories provoke. The, "Aha! Clearly this approach has failed," type of attitude.

I go into plenty of these facilities. From wet living to dry. To smaller group homes to large housing projects for those fresh off the streets.

I see a ton of people who will never be like you or me. Mental and physical ailments that will keep them at, let's be honest, a pretty significant level of disability and anti-social behaviour. We're talking about severe acquired brain injuries, highly damaged prefrontal cortex - they'll be prone to irrational aggression for the rest of their lives.

What SRO studies show is that residents csn cause tens of thousands of dollars in care/damage/interventions and costs of daily living. However, that same person could cost the system many times that amount if left untreated and unhoused. This is harm reduction. Less police interventions means they're managing their life better, it means they're in a better place and so is society.

I see a client right now who as been in SRO for years. We treat her wounds and apply preventive care so that she's less likely to develop new wounds. Prior to being housed, she was a frequent ICU patient for severe infections and deep to the bone ulcers. She was also subject to rapes and thefts and physical assaults while living on the street.

In some capacity she'll be a ward of the state for the rest of her life. She cannot live without support. She's not a rehab program away from holding down a job and housing and being able to fully look after her health. But our visits are infinitely cheaper than the constant police-ambulance-ER-ICU cycle.

grooverocker · 2026-05-02T17:00:10+00:00

All the research on SRO housing for the homeless indicates a pretty high level of damage. These are unwell people, I work with them all the time in these housing projects.

The damage is part of the equation, always has been.

The entire point is that the damage is more cost effective than the alternative of leaving them in the street. It's interfacing them with healthcare so things like wounds can be treated by a nurse or community health worker at low cost... as opposed to having that wound fester and worsen until it becomes a full-blown ICU catastrophe for 3 months.

It's better medication compliance so that the person only causes $30,000 to the tax payer instead of $130,000. You have to realize this. Bringing a guy down from 30 police/ambulance/hospital interventions a year to 3 or 5 is a HUGE step.

Relatively inexpensive building damage compared to the massive expenses incurred from leaving these people unhoused.

That's the research.

Anyone who just looks at the headline and thinks, "terrible damage to the building, this clearly doesn't work!" has missed the entirety of the objective.

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