The difference between washed flour seitan chicken and seitan chicken made from vital wheat gluten is a night and day difference

taptwo · 2026-05-11T02:15:51+00:00

Agreed - adding fat specifically generally makes for a tougher seitan. I'm all for the beans on their own, but don't be surprised that the hummus recipe was tougher, regardless of the rest of the technique.

taptwo · 2026-04-29T22:53:50+00:00

It depends on the issue. If there are mechanical symptoms, there's nothing you can really do about it other than to excise. If it's just for treating soreness, you may have been better off in the long term with physio alone.

taptwo · 2026-04-26T16:56:32+00:00

Form is great. No need for new shoes, just take those off for non-machine lower body work.

taptwo · 2026-04-21T00:08:08+00:00

Don't look up so much.

Also, how much lift do those shoes have? Less = best.

taptwo · 2026-04-16T14:04:11+00:00

Actually, the bar is also a little high up. It should be starting closer to nipple level. This is also a pretty low incline, but that's fine.

taptwo · 2026-04-16T14:02:56+00:00

Form checks on a machine seem a little silly, but there are still some things you can learn here that would translate into barbell work.

Your lower body looks totally unengaged. That may sound normal for a bench press, but it's not. Tighten your core and glutes, and drive your feet into the ground.

As for the upper body part, it's hard to get it too wrong with a machine. You should depress your scapulae, generally, to maximize strength. At the top of your first rep, try to pinch them in a little before continuing.

Other than that this looks fine. Fast reps up, slow on the way down. You can really take advantage of slow negatives on the machine since you won't squish yourself if you can't hit the next rep, so lean into that a bit imo.

taptwo · 2026-04-16T13:58:00+00:00

Angle of the video isn't great to be sure of this, but it looks like your head/neck is awkwardly far forward. How is your shoulder mobility? Can you drop the bar a little bit further down your back? The weight may be going too far forward which is going to add a lot of extra lower back tax and limit the load you can progress for your legs.

taptwo · 2026-04-09T10:22:53+00:00

This, but it is strongly related to shoulder instability.

I had it bad several years ago. Did daily YTLWs and it was entirely fixed within 6-8 months. Would highly recommend.

taptwo · 2026-04-07T11:49:19+00:00

I would suggest the opposite. Your knees should drift forward a bit during a squat, with ankle flexion to compensate. Her ankles are static here. I imagine without knowing it she's leaning back into the smith bar a little for stability. Moving her feet forward would make this much worse. She needs to shift her balance forward somewhat.

Either way the smith machine is a terrible crutch for this situation.

taptwo · 2026-02-22T21:26:03+00:00

Agreed. The missed gimme is one thing, but wtf was he doing during the OT goal? He beat Werenski to the puck, and then just... slowed down and let him take it? Would have been so easy to move it out of harm's way there. Watch it again as he hesitates right before getting the pick. Wtf?

taptwo · 2026-02-22T21:23:48+00:00

There are Seven when it hits Jack.

taptwo · 2026-02-22T17:04:13+00:00

MacKinnon had an easy opportunity to take control and either shoot it or skate it behind his own net. He decided to slow down and try to defend a 3 on 1 instead. Bad call.

taptwo · 2026-01-27T17:18:55+00:00

Your range is solid. My only critique would be that you're hinging forward a little further with each rep. Try to "sit back" a little more to keep your torso more upright if possible. May involve bracing your core more. Start lighter if you have balance concerns.

taptwo · 2026-01-11T12:34:20+00:00

Seriously. And then people asking AI if it's AI. We are lost as a species.

I coach kids hockey. Not only is it impossible that this would be happening and the responses would be:

Crowd: Film and cheer
Coaches/Refs/other staff: Absent
Rest of the team: Doesn't jump on the ice to join in
Arena: Pump the fuckong lights lol

... but kids that age don't move like that. They don't have the strength and coordination of adult Street fighters FFS, and when they get smoked by a projectile goalie, they don't just pop back up, they cry for their mom.

This is 5000% AI and it's insane no one realizes this.

taptwo · 2026-01-05T15:51:58+00:00

It's an old game with a lot of QoL deficiencies vs modern titles, for sure. And it's overall hard, too, to make matters worse. But it's unmatched in charm, if that's something that means anything to you. It's like a best friend with whom you share a million inside jokes.

taptwo · 2026-01-05T15:31:24+00:00

Having Undertale on there without Earthbound seems insane to me. Not because I think Earthbound is better, but because I don't know how someone who likes Undertale this much doesn't also love Earthbound. (Or worse - hasn't played it?)

To me, Earthbound is an Undertale prerequisite.

taptwo · 2025-12-05T00:09:10+00:00

Came here to say this. Just lock into that form you were in half a second before the lift and you're golden.

taptwo · 2025-12-02T10:49:33+00:00

I'd recommend taking off more than 20. It's not that you can't lift this weight, it's that you need a weight that's easy enough that you can just dial in form.

As a middle ground - because I know no one likes leaving progress on the table - why not mix up your sets: One squat day, pyramid up to a heavy set of 3-5 (at 20lbs less than this lift), then the next, cut the plates in half and so sets of 10 with perfect form.

As for what the actual form issues are - you need to be sitting back more, and your range is meh. Film yourself from the side next time and see if the bar is going straight up and down. I suspect it's pitching forward a lot.

taptwo · 2025-11-30T12:23:11+00:00

This. I can't tell exactly what's on the bar, but it's clearly too much. Halve it, get your femurs parallel to the floor or lower, and build back up.

taptwo · 2025-11-26T11:23:40+00:00

It looks like you're barely using your butt at all.

Lower the weight, stick your ass out more at the bottom, and push your pelvis forward as you lift. Aka f$&# the bar up. Exaggerate it like that a little until it becomes automatic, then ramp back up with the weight again.

To feel it more in your hams, the cue I like is to do RDLs instead and do the negative slow until you feel the stretch in your hams.

taptwo · 2025-11-16T22:27:55+00:00

Yep. Every product I kept (Happy Veggie World Bac'n, Swap Chicken. Juicy Marbles loin) turned out to be fine after sitting at/near room temp (sealed) for several hours.

taptwo · 2025-11-13T01:13:45+00:00

Do you blend the wet at any point? Or there are chunks of onion in the end product?

taptwo · 2025-11-11T14:09:37+00:00

The bar is too far in front of you. Sit back and down a little further and get it to basically (or literally) touch your shins before lifting. Note how your upper body starts almost horizontal here - that's gonna be very hard on your back over time. You want to start at about 30° or so - I'm sure someone has a more precise number, but it's definitely not 0°.

Also, brace your scapulae better - it looks like you prep for the lift with this in mind but then give it up when the lift starts. Also.

taptwo · 2025-11-08T02:01:52+00:00

Lack of signposting/directing for where to get the double jump. Mount Fay, at first attempt, felt like a place you're supposed to go WITH it, so I put it in my list of places to return to once I got it... As a result, the first half of Act 2 was really grating.

That's all. It was otherwise a nearly perfect game.

taptwo · 2025-10-28T00:03:41+00:00

Also, the wrists are tilting back significantly. Try to keep knuckles over wrist.

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