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hahahahaha exactly this. sounded like a good idea, end product ended up tasting and smelling exactly like one of the Meguiars car cleaning products (can't remember which one). On that note, never again for Cookies and Cream or Strawberry in WPC. Chocolate WPI is an absolute f**king winner though, best tasting protein powder I've ever had. why I don't buy into body somatypes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Somatotype_and_constitutional_psychology unlike many who blame various things like that and genetics, my fatness is a direct result of drinking heavily, and eating whatever the f**k I wanted from the ages of 22-26.

yeah but there's such a plethora of calorie dense food that it makes me wonder how someone needs a 2000 calorie shake to go with it lol. I've tried the strict diet thing, felt like shit and lifts all stalled or went backwards. Thing is though, my reading suggests that for fat people you also have the double whammy of leptin etc levels being out, therefore necessitating more of a calorie restriction than someone who was less fat to start with. body somatypes are broscience btw.

honestly don't know why people need shit like massgainers, but that's probably due to me being a fatass

the first rule of Crossfit is to never shut up about Crossfit

that's impressive - I'm just able to get out 3x8 @ 50kg OHP, legs shoulder width apart, no leg movement and minimal back movement apart from when pushing the bar overhead, and it's hard!

oh don't get me wrong, confirmation bias and placebo effect are quite powerful things - the Mrs got talked into buying $200 worth of Yor Health BS supergreens, multivitamins and fibre supps by her PT for example. Apparently a lot of people don't even respond to creatine. Most of the others are pure marketing garbage; if you were that serious about some of these "supplements" you'd just spend the same money on a cycle of gear and PCT.

like I said before, I've noticed better recovery from creatine, that's about it

maybe you're appearing curvier due to lack of muscle definition? or possibly you were overtraining and losing it? would need before / after pics tbh (nohomo)

pretty sure he has a hand in all other PTC gyms opening, as it is his franchise as far as I know

no wonder Markos hasn't posted here in months then

yeah I used to get that a bit until I started really using my rear end to power up, and stopped wearing heeled shoes

yeah I had set the safety bars properly - bar basically ended up sitting in a high bar position with my ass literally touching the floor. Wasn't too bad, but a good reminder that shit can go wrong!

had to dump the bar today - started going too far forward. Luckily I didnt snap my shit up and was able to continue.

That's why we're all Nvidia here - the damn drivers. From what I've seen the later releases seem to be fairly stable though. That and there is now a plethora of non reference cards with beefier cooling anyway

Recent testing in the office shows otherwise. 290 / 290X cards smash their NV equivalents in all of the benchmarks - the 290X we tested was definitely faster than a 780ti. As for the cooling issue, we used a Gelid aftermarket cooler that dropped temps in Uber mode by 20 degrees. they might run hotter, but at a significantly lower price, they're a pretty compelling buy, especially for >1080 resolutions. This is from a place where we've all always been all Nvidia as well

pretty sure that the timing of ingestion is irrelevant, it's more the fact that you're having it.

btw when I remember its 3g a day, can't notice any bloat as I'm still quite fat

Mitcho: if only there were a PTC nearby to me - that's where I'd be training!

I take creatine when I remember, only really notice better recovery with it, rather than anything tangible in the gym

Yeah you can get scared by those who injure themselves - I had to take a month off benching and OHP due to pain with the rotator cuffs, but came back with a much better knowledge of proper form afterwards! The only people I've known who have had back issues were steroid using bodybuilders doing typical bodybuilding routines - how did you manage to snap your back up Dan?

probably because of the "deep squats are bad for your knees" crap that some people keep promoting. That or they're scared to get low

it was a tad tongue in cheek, but I found his instruction on having the thumb over the bar and elbows back and closer to the body to help a lot with my squat, that and forcing knees out when going down. I don't push them any further up than what feels natural - I started reading his 60 page thesis on the squat in Starting Strength, but it all became too TL;DR! I disagreed mostly with the looking down part - I tried doing that vs looking up with the eyes and found that I was doing half good mornings! Yeah his hip drive thing seems to be a bit controversial - I've seen a bit of bashing of it in PL circles. That said, some Olympic lifters don't like low bar at all. I already have quite big quads relative to my arse, so not really concerned there, not really keen on front squats without a coach there to show me how to do them right, but I'd considered it. This might sound a bit strange, but I noticed more quad involvement from squatting barefoot vs wearing trainers (started to feel unstable at the 140kg+ mark).

2014, not low bar squatting as per based Rippetoe's instructions

yeah the older Nvidia cards only do 2 screens, which is why my workstation has a 5770 these days I'd be looking at the AMD 290 over a GTX 770 / 760, or a second hand 670 over a 760.

aircompressor + held fans, do it on all of the work PCs that I have to clean as well, if it's been stored in say a KFC, you may need to go extra hard with some contact cleaner on surfaces etc.