TMB Weightlifting Thread: Learn to Swim

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  1. BrickTamland

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    Holy shit, I haven’t clicked a CNN link in a while I guess. Page is littered with “you’ll never believe this one dietary secret” and “13sec that will change your life” type links. I think I too now have butt AIDS. Thanks.
     
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    Survived the Chris Rix years and Covid just to get CNN spam AIDS. Hate to see it happen.
     
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  3. BrickTamland

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    Rix was the least of my worries for the six or seven years that followed him. The lost decade has scarred me.
     
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  5. Capstone 88

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    Pulled 575 today followed by 515 for 3x3. Pretty neat.
     
  6. Where Eagles Dare

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    Bumpers shipped out Friday.

    :praisehim::praisehim:

    Gotta attach my rack to the the wall tomorrow and hopefully my toe is ready to squat on Wednesday.

    Blessed I can lift more than 85 pounds this week
     
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  7. hensleya

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    Y’all come help me put the gym in order. Have a Rep PR-5000 v2 in the works with clear grind uprights, white crossmembers, and all the accessories. Should be interesting to compare to Sorinex.
     
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  8. BrickTamland

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  10. Where Eagles Dare

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    Went to assemble by wall mounted rack today only to find out that my wall has 24" spaces studs and Rogue stipulates they should be put into 4 12" spaced studs. Sigh....

    I guess I just figured they'd have it set up to new constitution standards. Even at 16" spacing the stringer would only get 3 studs, not 4.

    So hensleya... Imma guess only putting a rack into 2 studs would probably be weak. So I'm going to buy two 2x10x8...sink that into 4 studs spaced 24" apart, then put the stringer into that board at the appropriate distances. Sound about right?
     
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  11. bigjrock

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    Deload this week followed by my peaking block. I am excite.
     
  12. hensleya

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    Yeah, sounds like a good plan to me
     
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  13. bigjrock

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    Just signed papers with the realtor to sell the house. The spot we are moving to (or at least planning to) doesn't have a mother in law house for a full gym like the last one we were looking at, but they closed in a 2 car breezeway that will serve as my office and gym. The house itself isn't much of an upgrade, but its more land, closer to work and I don't like the way the neighborhood is going where we are at currently.

    That being said, I think a move deserves a gym toy. Debating between:

    Rep Bench
    eliteFTS squat box
    eliteFTS core blaster belt squat attachment
    Pulley setup (hensleya ...any recommendations?)
    GHR (probably won't get that crazy...)
     
  14. HuskerGuy99

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    Gyms in Cali still closed after a month. This sucks. Actually heard a few are defying the state order but they are all 30 minutes away and won't do a month-to-month contract.
     
  15. BrickTamland

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    ¿Porque no los todos?
     
  16. bigjrock

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    You son of a bitch, I'm in.

    Not really, but a man can dream...
     
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  17. Capstone 88

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    John Haack continues to show corn fed boys are built different. 551lb bench at 205-210 body weight.

     
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  18. Where Eagles Dare

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    Watched the video before reading the caption and was thinking to myself, guy really doesn't have proper shoes
     
  19. HOOSINSC

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    i just figured he's been training with andy huang too much.

    too much isn't a bad thing imo.
     
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  20. Where Eagles Dare

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    Got all of my bumpers from Fringe Sports last night. Mil Spec basic black bumbers....

    I'm actually pretty impressed by them. They are pretty thin. I was worried about getting the shitty 3" thick std black bumbers, but at 2.4" thicc they don't seem too bad. They aren't perfect Oly Bumpers, but I'm hoping in a year I can pick up some for cheap on CL or just sell what I got and probably switch fully over to colored Kilos.
     
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  21. Capstone 88

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    A lot of people have been lifting in Jordan’s. It’s strange.
     
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  22. hensleya

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    Get you some, boys

     
  23. HOOSINSC

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    haven't seen anyone do it who isn't stronger than me, so what do i know :idk:
     
  24. Doc Louis

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    When it says custom, does that mean we're able to pick different colors? Or it's those?
     
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  25. Where Eagles Dare

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    Taking a shot at GGL, huh? Don't worry about entering, you're not going to win :wink:
     
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  26. hensleya

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    As shown.
     
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  27. Simon Templar

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    I sure hope I win if I’m joining Instagram for this
     
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  28. hensleya

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    Hahaha. Good luck buddy
     
  29. HOOSINSC

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    unlimited entries... don't mind if i do.
     
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  30. Simon Templar

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    You’d hope someone might notice the hoops I’m jumping through.
     
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  31. Where Eagles Dare

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    Fire up the burner accounts.

    Could probably sell this thing for 5 figures in this market
     
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  32. hensleya

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    Pay off the mortgage.
     
  33. Capstone 88

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    It’s really popular in the younger USAPL lifters. I love Js but I wouldn’t lift in them
     
  34. Capstone 88

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    Also, let’s just go through the entries on hensleya post and figure out who is who
     
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  35. Doc Louis

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    I thought the navy was purple first until I read back over it. But nah it's a good color scheme.



    Just would look better in orange, that's all.
     
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  36. HOOSINSC

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    17K comments. let me know if you find me.
     
  37. HuskerGuy99

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    What the... how tall is that guy? Is that 551??
     
  38. Capstone 88

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    I think he’s 5’10. Yea 551
     
  39. Gunners

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    I’m a bit taller but pretty much my size which is why he’s so annoying. Looks like he should be 225
     
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  40. Where Eagles Dare

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    Placed an order for rubber flooring from rubberflooringinc.com on 8/2 and it still hasn't shipped. They've been dicking me around and recently told me it shipped on Tuesday and gave me the tracking number. Nothing has happened besides the label getting created.

    I decided to get it online b/c a tractor supply is a solid 40 miles away from me and no real way to get other rubber mats. I'm close to completely canceling my order, but then I don't have a back up hensleya any companies you work with?
     
  41. hensleya

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    you can check out Regupol. A little more expensive than rubberflooringinc but more reputable and higher quality. You’ll have to get a quote through them. No direct buy option.
     
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  42. LetItSoak

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    I got mine at the TSC down in Douglasville. Took about 45 minutes from midtown so not too terrible. Might be easier to bite the bullet and drive down
     
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  43. Doc Louis

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    Would you recommend having at least some kind of wood base under the rubber to help deaden any thuds and possibly help it last longer?
     
  44. hensleya

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    No need. Apply directly to concrete. Those rubber products are better than stall mats at distributing force and sound.
     
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  45. Where Eagles Dare

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    Yeah, that's what I was looking at. How bit was it? Was it rolled? I don't think I can get a 4x6 sheet into my wife's small SUV.

    Also, how bad to they smell?
     
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  46. Where Eagles Dare

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    If you're just deadlifting I think that make sense...but if you're dropping a ton from overhead I'd imagine you really want the plywood to distribute the force over a larger area. yeah?
     
  47. LetItSoak

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    I got a 4x6 but call ahead to make sure they're in stock. I drove to Douglasville the 2nd time like an asshole without checking and they were out so I ended up going another 30 minutes to get it at a different TSC. I have a grand cherokee but I think you can fit it in a small SUV because they rolled mine up which helped quite a bit. Smell isn't great but it doesn't linger in the car
     
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  48. BrickTamland

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    And they smell absolutely awful.
     
  49. Where Eagles Dare

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    :ohdear:

    So how long does it take the smell to go away? These are like $45 at TSC vs the $140 I paid (most of it was shipping). The rubber company claims these will not smell
     
  50. LetItSoak

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    I really didn't have a problem with it at all in the garage. It smelled in the car but nothing overwhelming