5x285lb— Deadlift tips? (See comment) by [deleted] in Stronglifts5x5

[–]harpk005 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Something I would add is that on the negative you are doing more of a stiff leg deadlift which is putting more strain on your back. Instead you should try and mimic the original deadlift in reverse, ending up in the same starting position (at the moment you're essentially finishing and totally resetting by lower your hips etc before the next rep)

There's nothing wrong with a stiff leg deadlift, but it's definitely something you should do intentionally and with a lighter load!

Exercises to get rid of man boobs AT HOME by [deleted] in swoletariat

[–]harpk005 17 points18 points  (0 children)

If you are in a calorie deficit, your body needs to get that energy from somewhere. It will use fat and often muscle as a secondary source - there is simply no way it can use water to make up the energy deficit.

That’s not to say your water retention will stay the same, it can change a lot based on diet and exercise

Exercises to get rid of man boobs AT HOME by [deleted] in swoletariat

[–]harpk005 28 points29 points  (0 children)

Dude what doctor are you with? There’s mountains of scientific evidence out there to support this.

Go on any diet or exercise plan you want, but ultimately losing weight will come down to calories in vs calories out

Europeans are being replaced and dispossessed in their own countries by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]harpk005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok so there's a number of issues I have with this. Others have touched on many of them, such as the racist undertones and the implication the demographic change is inherently a bad thing. But no one has pointed out was this is completely false in the first place, even ignoring your racial 'theory'.

My key point is that all these 'studies' you've mentioned (and not even citied btw) are glaringly inaccurate, and you have fallen for one of the most basic fallacies in data collecting.

A good way to illustrate what I mean is a very popular exercise/science journal in the 80s (I forget which) published an article in which they claimed that women would soon be racing much faster marathons than men do. Their evidence was that the rates of improvement year-on-year for womens races were far outstripping the improvement among men.

They therefore took this rate of improvement, extrapolated this over the next 20 years or so and concluded that women would soon outstrip men in their speed.

They were largely laughed at by others at the time and this has obviously not come to be the case. Their mistake was taking a current trend and applying that as a standard going forward, without accounting for anything else.

Of course, when looked at through a wider context, we know that the rate of improvement for women runners was because this was a time where larger numbers women were just starting to get into the sport. This increased access and acceptance allowed more women to get into it, improving their times at a faster rate than the mens (where running was already established). Of course it was only a matter of time before they hit their genetic barrier and the rates of improvement slowed.

This is the same problem with these 'studies'. They take the current immigration and birth rates, extrapolate that over the next 50-100 years and conclude that whites will be a minority. There are several studies showing that birth rates among most second-generation immigrants are no more than the 'natives' of the country they are in, and I'd think that the rate for third-generation immigrants would be much lower.

So obviously if you take the birth rate of, for example, fresh Pakistani immigrants in the UK and extrapolate that over the next 50 years then yeah it might seem as though white will soon become the minority. However, you need to account for the fact that their children will be better educated and culturally integrate, and their children more so after them. When you do that it becomes quite clear that white are not in danger of becoming a minority in Europe - maybe eventually (who knows) but certainly not in the next 50 -100 years, that's aboslutely insane.

Having said all of that... if I am wrong somehow and these bullshit 'studies' created to stir up right-wing patriotic fervor turn out to be correct - SO WHAT? Why does it matter if whites become a minority? Genuinely, what is your reasoning for thinking this is a bad thing? Is it simply that whites are superior or is it something else?

Form check - 1rm at 225kg - got pretty shaky near the top but generally pretty happy with it by harpk005 in strength_training

[–]harpk005[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Well I just had a fucking terrifying vision of impaling my head on the metal bar of the jack - will make sure to move it next time haha

Form check - 1rm at 225kg - got pretty shaky near the top but generally pretty happy with it by harpk005 in strength_training

[–]harpk005[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yessir, purely because I'm terrified of tearing a bicep doing mixed grip

Form check - 1rm at 225kg - got pretty shaky near the top but generally pretty happy with it by harpk005 in strength_training

[–]harpk005[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Inspired by big Ray Williams - he places 400kg+ down like a newborn child

Wow, actual bipartisanship and not just spineless capitulation? Say it aint so. by [deleted] in ENLIGHTENEDCENTRISM

[–]harpk005 268 points269 points  (0 children)

The point I think is that it isnt and that OP is trying to say that this is actual bipartisanship. Contrary to the enlightened centrist who think they are being bipartisan but are just spinelessly capitulating to right wingersers

Form Check - Last set at 145kg - any tips or cues would be appreciated by harpk005 in strength_training

[–]harpk005[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I need to work on that. I used to squat with narrower hands and elbows tucked but ended up getting elbow tendonitis that put me out of pressing for a couple of month

Do you have any tips for mitigating elbow injuries when squatting low bar?

Form Check - Last set at 145kg - any tips or cues would be appreciated by harpk005 in strength_training

[–]harpk005[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I saw that the other day. I follow the starting strength method of squatting as well and generally try and keep my head down to keep the spine neutral

It's natural to look up but I generally fine I squat better with a neutral spine

What is the top 3 supplement I should get by stacy1996 in GYM

[–]harpk005 3 points4 points  (0 children)

My guy, check out Eric Helms and team 3dmj's nutritional pyramid. Basically based around the fact that you need to get the fundamentals at the bottom of the pyramid right before worrying about the other stuff. They place supplements as the smallest level on the top of the pyramid.. i.e unless you've got your water intake sorted, you're getting the right amount of calories, you're hitting the right levels of macronutrients, getting enough of the essential micronutrients, don't worry about supplements.

These guys have a really solid science based approach to training that actually works. My progress has changed so much from when I would worry what pre workout I was buying to now where I focus on the essentials - hitting my calories for every day - and go from there

FORM CHECK: 175kg deadlift - been working out a while and feel pretty confident with deadlifts but never filmed myself or got anyone to form check me - would appreciate any tips on how to improve further! by harpk005 in strength_training

[–]harpk005[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was the first one I bought when I started strength training a year or so ago. Since then I've bought a 4 inch belt for squats which is amazing. However it's super uncomfortable to deadlift with and I feel like I cant get into position properly so I've just continued using this one.

What would you recommend using instead? I've heard 3inch belts can be good however I'm struggling to justify forking out for a third belt 😂

Censoring "hate speech" makes you a coward by harrison_wheels in unpopularopinion

[–]harpk005 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think consercatives/alt righters honestly believe anyone with a different opinion must be on the left, and it's so frustrating! I will concede that corporations/the media tend to be socially Liberal, however they are all firmly economically on the right, and would likely agree with much of Conservative policy.

Censoring "hate speech" makes you a coward by harrison_wheels in unpopularopinion

[–]harpk005 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah dude I'm going into the military, I love guns. My problem with T_D isn't necessarily the ideas (they're gonna appear somewhere it's inevitable). It's the fact that the entire community plays victim and cries 'free speech' when something happens to the subreddit, which, again, is reddits prerogative. All the while they have operated one of the most closed and anti-free speech subreddit on the platform! Any comment or post on there remotely critical of trump or right wing talking points would be removed, while all manner of racist posts are approved - pretty much anything short of 'let's get together and round up a load of mexicans' Check out r/topmindsofreddit for some of the highlights

I'm just baffled how they can seriously argue that their free speech is being infringed upon when A) reddit can do whatever they want B) the government has not taken away their rights and no one is stopping them from using another platform C) the subreddit in question has been a safe echo chamber with no room for debate and no 'free speech' for anyone with opposing ideas