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General Fitness / Re: Question about strength gains Vs Size gains.
« on: September 24, 2010, 05:23:01 PM »
I should measure my broad jump also, but there's a demon drills video i can reference for that.
And thank you for the eat move improve links, they provided a ton of great information related to what I'm asking about.

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General Fitness / Re: Question about strength gains Vs Size gains.
« on: September 24, 2010, 02:28:10 PM »
Yes I'd like to be stronger for parkour, but also for soccer. I need to measure what my base heights for vertical jump and other things so i can set a goal in improving that. What is a good way to measure the vertical jump? I'm sorry for being all over the place with the threat content but I'm learning as I go. Right now I have no numbers for what i can do now, I'm seeing that as first priority for goal setting.  Thanks for the help so far!

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General Fitness / Re: Question about strength gains Vs Size gains.
« on: September 23, 2010, 09:04:58 PM »
I'm already 180 pounds, and pretty big. I guess i just got a little freaked out when i started lifting and gained 10 pounds that I'm pretty sure isn't fat. I've been doing curls, idk what you'd call it but anti-curls (opposite direction), skull crushers, benching, mostly upper body things along with pull ups and ab exercises (trying the P90x ab ripper). I really have no idea what i'm doing when I'm in the gym, i just follow what my friend does and do a weight that works for me. What I'm realizing is that i need to find some goals, and i have no idea what a good goal would be. So I'm asking for help, what would be good exercises and goal weights for specific exercises?

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General Fitness / Question about strength gains Vs Size gains.
« on: September 23, 2010, 11:57:36 AM »
I'm 6' ~185 pounds, and I been going to the gym and doing the same workouts as a friend who is trying to gain size for muscle in what we lift.  My question is, what exercises/lifts should i be doing so I don't gain size. I'm looking to get stronger, but not bigger.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Socialize / Re: World cup anyone?
« on: July 15, 2010, 11:31:35 AM »
This game was especially bad though. The Germany Spain game was respectful even though they played hard.

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Socialize / Re: World cup anyone?
« on: July 15, 2010, 04:57:56 AM »
Actually it was a pretty horrible game, from both sides. The ref was completely inconsistent, missing important fouls and giving cards for things that didn't need to be carded, but also not giving cards for things that needed cards (getting cleats up kicked in the chest anyone?).  Both teams couldn't hold possession of the ball, and were making desperate, dangerous tackles in hopes for getting the ball. Neither team had many shots that went on target, the one exception being when Spain finally strung some good passes together and scored. Still, all around a horrible game, really ugly soccer.

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: SPLINTERS under skin :(
« on: July 10, 2010, 08:23:42 AM »
Your experience sounds totally different! I'm not sure that applys here at all. It's been a couple days since he posted' maybe he got it out, or maybe it doesn't hurt at all and h'es left it in

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True, but i believe that listening to music helps people concentrate because, like people who can fall asleep easier with steady noise/white noise, it enganges a part of the brain that would normally be searching for auditory signals. Therefore when you listen to music, it puts the rest of your brain at ease.  Just my personal theory.  I do believe that Chris makes better points for parkour, that we need to be more aware in our surroundings.  To hear what is happening around us, to hear more than the average person, is something i strive for in life, along with seeing more, to understand things beyond only what we can see.

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Parkour And Freerunning / Re: SPLINTERS under skin :(
« on: July 10, 2010, 07:29:01 AM »
I'm sure his splinter isn't that drastic, don't scare him! A lot of people have said use a knife if you can't get it out with tweezers, but you need to do it the right way to avoid just cutting yourself up!

But before you go get a knife, try soaking your hands for a bit, or trying with the tweezers right after you get out of the shower, when your hand is moist its easier to get it out.  If moist hands with tweezers does't work then you can try using a knife.

Again this also works better when your hands are moist. When I say moist I mean like, your skin is holding water, not that you have water on your hands. Dry your hands before attempting to get the splinter out, otherwise you won't be able to grip anything. you want to use a sharp knife and cut along the splinter starting at where it went in, only as deep as the splinter, and as short as possible to be able to get the splinter out. Once you've re-found the tip of the splinter you can use tweezers to get it out.

This has worked for me many times, but sometimes, (depending on how deep it is, how big, and if it hurts or not) its better to leave it in.  Some splinters I've left in cause i couldn't get out, a couple days later, just squeezing the area after a shower made it come out by itself.

Good luck with removing your splinters, and train safe!

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Amen to that!
+10

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Socialize / Re: World cup anyone?
« on: July 08, 2010, 09:58:00 AM »
You should root for Netherlands because they're cool and wear orange ;D jk but really root for Netherlands.

I DONT want a vuvuzela, I know i have hearing damage from the last game. The speakers blaring the buzzing along with the yelling of the crowds, my ear still hurts...

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Pics & Vids / Re: German Fishermans friend commercial.
« on: July 05, 2010, 04:37:27 AM »
yeah looking back :/ same no bending at the knees

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Socialize / Re: World cup anyone?
« on: July 04, 2010, 12:49:54 PM »
Yes i agree, If Netherlands wins it will be a game for sure! Germany all the way though!!

Ja, das Essen is sooo lecker! Ich habe heute Spaghetti eis gegessen!! geil! Ich war uberraschend das ich hatte nie zugenommen! ich glaube ich bin fit genung das ein bisschen mehr Essen und Getrank macht nichts.

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Socialize / Re: World cup anyone?
« on: July 04, 2010, 08:11:12 AM »
(Yes, we are but its socialize so i dont think we'll be reprimanded for it) ;D

Ich hatte dich nicht mit gebracht weil ich nicht gewusst hatte! Schade! Jetzt bin ich in Dortmund, aber der erste Woche war ich in Muenchen, Garmich, Salzburg, und Roethenburg. Und nicht in deiser Reihenfolge ha.
Ich werde traurig wenn ich weider nach der USA fliegen muss :( Aber ich muss, weil ich bereit fuer die Uni sein muss.

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Pics & Vids / German Fishermans friend commercial.
« on: July 04, 2010, 07:55:06 AM »
While in Germany this summer i saw this commercial while watching the world cup a lot, and thinking that it would be good to share with everyone else ;D

You can find this commercial here:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4bC949lwmM

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Socialize / Re: Word Association v2
« on: July 04, 2010, 06:03:04 AM »
An agreement

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Socialize / Re: World cup anyone?
« on: July 04, 2010, 04:55:45 AM »
Ja der Schule, seit vier Jahren. Letztes Jahr hatte ich AP German 4 Klasse, und jetzt bin ich in Deutschland! Total geil,aber ich habe nur 9 Tagen mehr. :( Und dir? Woher has du Deutsch gelernt?

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Socialize / Re: World cup anyone?
« on: July 03, 2010, 03:48:24 PM »
So richtig geil, und wenn man in Deutschland ist, ist das viel viel besser!!

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Socialize / Re: World cup anyone?
« on: July 03, 2010, 07:57:12 AM »
Deutschland!!!!!!!!!!!! 4-0 gegend Argentinien!!!

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New Mexico / Re: los alomos here i come
« on: July 03, 2010, 04:35:00 AM »
When are you going get here? Im not in town at the moment but we could definitely connect to train sometime before i head out for college.

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