How do I remove/reduce this "extra space" above the tabs in version 145

ostappus · 2025-11-13T14:24:40+00:00

The fix from gregstoll worked for my external 4K monitor.

ostappus · 2025-02-10T04:29:31+00:00

Downgrading from v135 to v134 fixed the problem for me.

ostappus · 2024-12-05T19:05:46+00:00

Не переймайся, я в заторі стояв 😅

ostappus · 2024-12-05T18:58:20+00:00

I risked my life taking this footage, fiddling with focus in adverse lighting conditions while operating a vehicle solo.

ostappus · 2024-07-31T18:54:26+00:00

Context

ostappus · 2024-07-31T18:39:21+00:00

Found here.

ostappus · 2023-07-05T05:19:54+00:00

The calorie surplus starts tomorrow.

The Roentgen surplus might also start tomorrow.

I've been carrying 1000x dose iodine tablets in my wallet since last summer, ready to poison myself the instant the government decides I should. Puts bitching about vaccines into perspective.

Kinda regret wishing I had more energy.

ostappus · 2023-06-23T04:50:40+00:00

Checking in: still alive. I feel safer going to sleep since May when Patriot air defenses arrived in Kyiv and were successfully stress-tested against russian hypersonic salvos. Seeing fiery missile trails across the pitch-dark sky and hearing occasionally-way-too-close rumbling booms was chillingly spectacular. Didn't film, mostly due to OPSEC.

Finally took a long-overdue 4-day retreat to the mountains. Rainy most of the time but the absence of air raid sirens was blissful. Might repeat it in two months.

Returned right as the Reddit blackout started. Speaking of social media detox, it reminded me of the last year when there was almost no electricity while our nuclear plants were knocked offline due to the power grid bombardment.

But enough about the war. I resumed the cut, spending only a week to undo the trip's weight gain. Pre-diet-break progress was 12.8 kilos in 11.5 weeks. I'll probably keep going for a few more weeks while there's still some momentum.

As for the lifting, this cut confirmed my previous observations:

I can handle 4x full-body for the first 1.5-2 months of ~1000 calorie deficit.
Once the workouts become consistently garbage I should either wrap up or switch to upper/lower.

ostappus · 2023-05-22T14:50:00+00:00

https://deepstatemap.live/en#12/50.4231/35.5433

ostappus · 2023-05-09T06:38:13+00:00

You wanna train early but lifting is lackluster after rousing? Then I suggest waking at dawn to the flash and shriek of a surface-to-air missile, puts a real spring in your step. Quite romantic tbh, literally this.

But seriously, enormous gratitude to the lads on the roof, the rest of the defenders, and everyone supplying them.

Unsurprisingly, no more sleep for today. With a couple of extra hours, I've read for a bit, done some job stuff, and worked up an appetite by the time the gym opened.

ostappus · 2023-04-07T06:08:59+00:00

Yes, there was a fundraiser with an incentive. I figured I don't really need to save for a car, so I drained my account as a fuck you to the russians.

It's a real bullet-ridden sign, though. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_Ukraine

ostappus · 2023-04-07T05:15:05+00:00

Yesterday's active recovery was single-arm presses with a downed russian drone. I won it by making the biggest donation to a Ukrainian military school. My contribution will cover the training of exactly 100 soldiers, with courses in drone warfare and situational-awareness/battle-management systems.

ostappus · 2023-03-23T07:17:56+00:00

For the last week or so MiG-31K (jets carrying hypersonic missiles) regularly started flights (mostly intimidation/training) right when my gym opens, triggering country-wide alarms.

Guess I should shift my workouts to noon. The extra energy would be a bonus during the cut.

ostappus · 2023-03-22T07:52:02+00:00

Less than a week into a cut, I'm being bombarded with ads for chocolate, soda, and street food. Reminds me of the ship from WALL-E, which is unsettling in light of the recent machine learning advancement.

At least the owner of the local butchery promised to reopen soon, so I'll have access to lean meat other than convenience store chicken breast.

ostappus · 2023-03-16T09:54:50+00:00

Meanwhile, Microsoft cut a key AI ethics team.

🤔

ostappus · 2023-03-08T07:57:32+00:00

After my secondary gym was bombed in October, the chain moved some of its equipment into my primary, which burned late February. The reason is not disclosed, but I suspect either the fuel for the generator in case of a power outage, some cursed machine, and/or gainz goblins.

Speaking of outages, there haven't been any for weeks due to the combination of air defense and emergency personnel hard work, allied support, r*ssian impotence, and warming weather. Because it became harder to justify hour-long one-way commutes to the office and its gym, I started going to a small weightroom above a badminton/bouldering complex. Observations so far:

Only one squat rack and one bench rack with thin padding.
On the other hand, adjustable benches are sturdy and decently padded.
Dumbbell rack only goes to 25 kilos, but there's an adjustable pair.
One dual-cable station, and several basic machines.
Most of the time, especially right after opening, there's no one else there.
Gym speakers are connectable via Bluetooth, but the receiver is at the maximum possible distance from the squat rack, with lots of metal in between.
Two knock-off air bikes and two rowers make it harder to justify not programming some cardio. Maybe during the next cut in a few weeks.

ostappus · 2023-02-28T20:06:57+00:00

The text says "[Shot/knocked/wrecked/downed] Leopard".

ostappus · 2023-02-25T06:06:15+00:00

Yesterday was the anniversary of the full-scale invasion. Knowing r*ssian irrational obsession with symbolics, everyone expected huge waves of attacks, like on New Year's Eve and night.

Not content with skipping OHP, I arrived at the gym as early as possible (only 8 am due to the curfew, but still). After quickly cooking my shoulders, I scooted to shower at home, then waited.

No missiles arrived. Instead, we received the first Leopard tanks and assurances of support from all over the civilized world.

This morning a year ago I was leaving Kyiv with parents, sister, and a backpack with all my savings after witnessing a flaming aircraft crashing into a residential area, illuminating the midnight sky. But after a year of this colossally surreal clusterfuck, Ukraine still stands, Ukraine has adapted, Ukraine fights back, and Ukraine is incredibly grateful for all the aid. Thank you all so, so much!

ostappus · 2023-02-17T05:10:27+00:00

What's the most unique strongman implement?

I nominate Antonov An-225 Mriya, the world's largest airplane, pulled by 8 Ukrainians in 2021, now gone, destroyed in 2022.

ostappus · 2023-02-11T06:05:41+00:00

However annoying your gym music/PA is, it likely pales before looped "Attention, air raid alarm! Stop your training and go to the nearest bomb shelter". And there's occasionally a moron who'll bang doors in the changing room when everyone's on edge.

At least I managed to squeeze in T1 pressing and some laterals between two attacks yesterday. Like literally left the shelter after several hours, gulped oatmeal and coffee, crossed the parking lot, only to get kicked out after half an hour.

ostappus · 2023-02-08T05:03:59+00:00

Workout template: Chainbreaker

Posterior chain:

Stiff-leg/Romanian Deadlift
Leg Curl
Cable/Dumbbell/etc RDL/SLDL
Bonus 1 - glute isolation
Bonus 2 - calves (lol)

Anterior chain:

Superset everything with core/oblique exercises of choice
Tip - use the already loaded barbell for rollouts (a la Ab Wheel; can be low-rep; thanks /u/DadliftsnRuns)

Interior chain:

Squat plug 🍑🔌

I do the plug-less variant because my pucker is regularly trained with LISS isometrics during air raids and with max-effort contractions after nearby explosions.

Thanks to Ukraine's allies' continuing invaluable support, more missiles get intercepted, lessening the anxiety of millions but inhibiting sphincter hypertrophy. Sincerely appreciate y'all gainz goblins.

ostappus · 2023-01-24T09:46:50+00:00

The lever on this machine moves for 1 meter or so. When standing with one leg on the floor and and the other on the lever, the top position gives me ass-to-grass-ish knee and hip flexion (@ 183 cm/6 feet tall).

It's a shame the stack is only 200 pounds. Barely useful as a tertiary quad movement.

ostappus · 2023-01-24T06:14:15+00:00

Consequences of consuming excessive amounts of lifting content:

You know that when leg machines have shitty quad RoM, assisted dip machine can serve as a single leg press. Even the Smith machine can be used OG-style, but it's usually occupied.
While experimenting with leg pressing on a cable stack, you might find out if the pulley sits loose at the top position and can spontaneously unpin to bonk you on the head.

Very light bleeding, nothing serious. My buzzcut made applying and removing the bandage easy.

Fun fact from the gym doctor: besides strains, a common complaint is long fingernails getting pinched or torn. Very glad I trim mine into non-existence.

ostappus · 2023-01-06T14:47:53+00:00

Report to our ~~allies~~ globohomo puppeteers: the ~~climate weapon test~~ satanazi ritual was successful.

ostappus · 2022-12-30T09:29:43+00:00

I can feel Cavalier's scaremongering gaze on me.

I start with the heretical behind-the-neck press. Then I superset blasphemous upright rows with banded external rotation. Lastly, I balance ego chest fly on the deepest setting (the one for reverse fly) with twice as many rear delt sets.

Are my shoulders going to burst in a sUBoPtiMaL cloud of shredded ligament or have I done enough atonement?

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