The Bogan

Exactly Dan, my goal is to be able to beat my training max on any day. The way I look at it is, if you cannot be at your best only using the basics then you need to look at your basics. Or be like the guys on ICE to train and DOPE to sleep. Disclaimer: I use protein powder, creatine and vitamins. This discussion has got funky. LOL

Au contraire, dang, Im gonna use that Bessie at work, my word last week was "perchance"

Do what you are meant to do >

Got another power steering rack that I am in the process of depowering. Why, I took a non power steering MX5 for a drive and liked the feeling better than power assisted. Its a easy enough thing to do, a little bit of fun with a grinder and a lot less clutter in the engine bay. Plus I remove about 8kg of weight which while not a lot is still weight loss.

In what way? Explain please, is it my belief that supplement companies could sell ice to Eskimos, or that if you are tired when you walk into a gym there may be something underlying that should be explained.

LOL, what's wrong with a banana, some oats, a day table spoon of coffee and some protein 1/2 hr before workout. The young kids at work are all into preworkout stuff, it use to be red bull or mother. The marketing for supplements is outstanding. As for the pros and cons, it depends who the researcher or "Dr" is being paid by. I agree that if you are tired walking into a gym you have bigger issues than what colour drink you need.

My girl had it done at 40, she said it was bad but better than getting a sore and infected throat every month of so. If my 40 yr old girl can hack the pain for a day or two.......

Put in some void spacers (like pineapples) into the diff bushes, there was a knock when hitting rough roads, they were cheap and I was bored. Turns out the knock was from the hard top banging about, tightened up hardtop and fitted some rubber bushing in the latches and fixed the knocking on rough roads. LOLOLOLOLOLLOOLLOLOLOLL,LOLL

Not much happening car wise, tax time soon so updates will abound, meanwhile whilst being bored and having some alloy sheet left over from the CAI box I made up a lower section for the radiator to stop the air taking the easiest route and passing under the radiator.

Mr FIGJAM My 2 cents Starting Strength, 5 x 5, 5-3-1 or 8-6-3 www.blackironbeast.com has some good programs. Main lifts are Mil press, deads, bench and squats, you can do a basic workout which takes 20 minutes, lots of options with all the hard calcs done for you. Im doing a 5-3-1 body building template which takes between 45 minutes and 1 hr dependant on rest time and lifts done. The TRIUMVIRATE (smart mans program) should see you out of the gym in under 45 minutes As for looks and strength you can have both with just lifting heavy on the basics with minimal assistance exercises, (i.e no bro curls or wrist curls or other stupid exercises that support the vain)

When I need to get under 80kg for our work comp I switch from Pepsi to Pepsi Max in my rum a week out. Works a treat. Talking about dropping weight, I'm 2.5 weeks out from 4rm test at work for deads and squat. I'm going for 4 x 170 deads and 140 for squats (slow progress). Will be fun.

My new guard roller is pretty cool, much easier than a rubber mallet and a better finish.

My assumption (and assumptions are like arse holes, everyone has one) is if it has a hinge at the tower it will pivot under load and thus not lock in the suspension geometry (the only thing trying to lock it in a the friction from the ?M8? bolt trying to restrain a lever of around 1.5 meters, not likely). It may keep the towers at the same distance from each other on the X axis but the Y axis will move around. Every stock brace I've seen is solid, every good quality (big dollar shiny race car type) brace I've seen is solid. Are the hinged braces like the old exposed pod filters, i.e. looks good but does not perform (apart from the seat of the pants dyno results).

http://www.jtsstrength.com/articles/2014/02/06/bottom-position-squat-defining-characteristic-human-existence/

The old one went with the boat Duncan. I cannot get the link to work though, I might pop into JJ tomorrow and have a squiz

I had a D1 on the old boat, only problem was it made the steering wheel sit to far forward, and even with a short boss on the 5 a D1 would be to far forward and put me in a somewhat cramped position for driving, which would be bad. Works bell make a short release which may be a option.

:rant:Don't buy the eBay short quick release, initially it was good but after only a few days it got enough play in it for me to take it off and bin it The short boss is awesome though

That's along the lines of what he was saying. I've seen some hard core looking strut braces on some of the boys cars, I may look into a big arse solid bar to replace my standard solid one. Awesome reply BTW.

I was talking to a engineer today about cars and shiny things and his professional opinion was that if a strut brace was not a solid item it is useless. He was looking in the engine bays of my MX5 which has a one piece strut brace and a 180 with a (insert brand name here) strut brace with a hinge thingie at the tower which connects the mounting brackets to the brace. Thoughts....

I would replace and realign that garden hose with some nice black breather hose to the can as well. As well as a good CAI and filter system to gain some easy ponies and keep the constabulary happyish.

Do you warm up and mobility your wrist joints, I'm getting a little bit long in the tooth now and if I don't warm up everything I get pain everywhere, LOL And as we are coming into colder weather warm ups and mobility are even more important to keep injuries at bay.

How's the old girl going, I will need to grab a copy of zoom to catch up on all the new mods, have you got to 10 yet and have you had it to any tracks yet? I do miss the thing, rolling in the 5 with about 75 atwkw doesn't have the same effect as the old line pulling through the gears.

It was a eBay jobbie, a guy at work got one, only 40mm thick, and it is engineered well and only cost $30 delivered.

Purchased a short boss and a quick release for the steering wheel so I don't have to dislocate my knees when I get in and out with the fixed seat.

Does DC stand for "Don't drink the Cool aid". And if I change my name to James will I put on 10 kg of muscle in 6 weeks?