does this count as firing shots?

**Day** · 2012-03-27 17:38

shiro this weight lifting side of you seems strange and shatters mental images i have of your rl personality

not a bad thing

like when you find out a dish you like has an ingredient in it you usually wouldn't eat

**Shiroikage** · 2012-03-27 17:41

Originally Posted by Day

shiro this weight lifting side of you seems strange and shatters mental images i have of your rl personality

not a bad thing

like when you find out a dish you like has an ingredient in it you usually wouldn't eat

It's a fun outlet for stress and stuff and it really builds physical/mental discipline.
But yeah, it doesn't really mesh with the rest of me, that's for sure.

**Kuya** · 2012-03-27 17:43

shiro, do you have any idea why your bench is lagging?

***Blarg*** · 2012-03-27 17:45

I bet he doesn't have a man with short flappy shorts to stand near his head and spot for him with balls in his face which is obviously why gay men are in such good shape because they always have that benefit

**Kuya** · 2012-03-27 17:49

blarg is right, maybe you need my balls in your face, shiro

**Shiroikage** · 2012-03-27 17:51

Originally Posted by Kuya

shiro, do you have any idea why your bench is lagging?

My technique is bankrupt and I have long arms for my height.
2.5 lb jumps/session is pretty respectable, that's over a 100 lb increase in the course of a year (not expecting to sustain it for the entire year though). Press is still steadily going up in 2.5 lb increments too (97.5 at the moment, will hit 100 tomorrow).
My anthropometry seems pretty biased towards squats & deadlifts weirdly enough. My 5RM of squats is 230x5 but I'm deloading to work on form because my back was getting a bit wonky even though I was hitting proper depth, and my deadlift is 265x5 and is tidily going up in 10 lb increments. I'd like if I could have a 3 plate DL by the end of April but I think I'll probably have to switch over to 5lb jumps once I get around 295.

**Shiroikage** · 2012-03-27 17:51

Originally Posted by Blarg

I bet he doesn't have a man with short flappy shorts to stand near his head and spot for him with balls in his face which is obviously why gay men are in such good shape because they always have that benefit

bet i could bench my bodyweight if i just had balls in my face

**Shiroikage** · 2012-03-27 17:55

in retrospect, maybe the reason that my power clean is so decent relative to my bench is that i can deadlift way more than i can bench and the first pull of a power clean is basically just a deadlift

***Blarg*** · 2012-03-27 17:55

sometimes when I do squats (bodyweight like a boss) the tendon or whatever on the outside of my right knee seems to move around and go to the outside of my leg a bit. It's one of those things that feels unnaturally gross for some reason

**Day** · 2012-03-27 18:04

this is the weirdest conversation i've ever read, backing away slowly

**Kuya** · 2012-03-27 18:04

so you seem to enjoy the advantage of being short when it comes to deadlifts and squats but you got the arms of a tall person making your bench lag?

**Shiroikage** · 2012-03-27 18:07

Originally Posted by Blarg

sometimes when I do squats (bodyweight like a boss) the tendon or whatever on the outside of my right knee seems to move around and go to the outside of my leg a bit. It's one of those things that feels unnaturally gross for some reason

try this

and maybe work on stretching out your hamstrings and IT band/TFL

**Kuya** · 2012-03-27 18:10

blarg is probably tall because he looks so lanky

**Shiroikage** · 2012-03-27 18:12

Originally Posted by Kuya

so you seem to enjoy the advantage of being short when it comes to deadlifts and squats but you got the arms of a tall person making your bench lag?

Basically, yeah. It'll come along, it'll just take a bit longer. At the moment, my yearly goals are a bench/squat/dead total of 850-900(should be able to nail this one no problem), 1 plate press, and a bodyweight power clean. I'd also like to do a 50lb weighted pull/chin. Fuck dips for now, they don't mesh well with my training when I'm actually doing squats/pulls.
I'd rather put up bigger numbers on the squat/deadlift in the short term, if only because they transfer much better to everyday stuff. Functional is such a bad word, but bench definitely is less functional than any of the other lifts I do, including

**Shiroikage** · 2012-03-27 18:13

Originally Posted by Kuya

blarg is probably tall because he looks so lanky

blarg totally must be past 6'

***Blarg*** · 2012-03-27 18:14

fairly average 5 10 - 6 foot. I don't actually know but I'm as tall as a few friends and I just copy the height that they tell me they are

**Howie Roary** · 2012-03-27 18:16

blarg you are taller than your sig

**Day** · 2012-03-27 18:19

i've had sigs of for over a year and this dude i worked with today lurks spam, went to his desk and seeing everyones sig was like bizarro spam

**Shiroikage** · 2012-03-27 18:28

Originally Posted by Day

i've had sigs of for over a year and this dude i worked with today lurks spam, went to his desk and seeing everyones sig was like bizarro spam

It was like I had entered Twilight Zone when I turned them on.

**Chun Liroy** · 2012-03-27 18:38

The only way I Identify people is the first letter of their name + avatar or sig.

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