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My wife gets highly annoyed when I call any of ours a truck. But I’m not saying SUV. And it isn’t a car either. It’s built on a car frame but to me a car is a coupe or sedan. Basically if it is taller and you don’t have to lean down to get into it I call it a truck. Especially since I know it annoys...

re: Swollen Abs

Posted by TU Rob on 4/26/24 at 4:19 pm
[quote]You can do crunches etc to target specific core muscles but in doing so, you naturally create an inbalance. You might get bigger core muscles where they are more appealing, but youll put yourself at risk for injury.[/quote] Yeah the old days of situps and crunches are pretty much gone with...

re: Pinched nerve in my upper back

Posted by TU Rob on 4/25/24 at 8:12 pm
[quote]Very glad you got it mostly worked out, although I'm always reluctant to give PTs too much credit. A lot of time passed in your situation while you were in PT and it always leaves me wondering if they don't get a lot of credit just for your body remediating the issue itself over longer period...
[quote]After probably being the one who thought up this plan and put the cat in the box, the husband was like "oohh.. great... the cat's back"[/quote] My first thought as well. Old dude was tired of the cat and his wife told him to take the boots to ship back, found the cat in the box and quickly...

re: Pinched nerve in my upper back

Posted by TU Rob on 4/25/24 at 4:38 pm
[quote]Sounds like a bulging cervical disc. Get used to thinking about the concept of "referred pain" - whereby the actual point of injury is not necessarily where it hurts/numbs.[/quote] Exactly what I experienced about 4 years ago. I felt it in my left hand usually, and sometimes it would trave...

re: I still prefer instant grits

Posted by TU Rob on 4/23/24 at 9:14 am
They have a place, but it is usually on a kids plate. It doesn't take that long to cook proper grits, if you have about 15-20 minutes. Every Saturday morning I make cheese grits and eggs. My youngest is 5 and always eats them with me. The others are about 50/50 if they want either, but he always...

re: H/F Meme Thread (Why not us)

Posted by TU Rob on 4/22/24 at 2:02 pm
[quote]I'm around 15-20% right now and I can feel it. I'm watching my diet pretty close and on TRT so I'm wondering how much of it is losing muscle mass and how much is due to only eating about 200g of carbs/day. Hardly getting a pump is not fun.[/quote] I'm carrying a little extra right now. Ab...

re: Who would win a fight with yourself?

Posted by TU Rob on 4/18/24 at 6:22 pm
I’ve got 25 lbs on younger me and am in pretty good shape. Lift regularly and have a ton of stamina. I actually like working out. Teenage me was scrawny and hated offseason workouts. Dad strength and old man strength would win out. Teenage me could run for days though and was speedy so he might tuck...
[quote]1. Frontal hair toupee[/quote] The proper term is now Men's Hair System....

re: Hip Flexor Injury

Posted by TU Rob on 4/18/24 at 4:06 pm
[quote]Back in February i began running four to five days a week for four weeks straight. This was the most active I have been in about 10 years.[/quote] Sounds like you started out too fast and is a typical overuse type of pain. Proper warm up, and post running stretching, and another good stre...
[quote]Geert Hammink [/quote] When I was a kid, I met him and got his autograph in the Lexington airport. We had gone to the SEC tourney there, during the blizzard of 93, and everyone was delayed for hours. Tallest dude I had ever seen in person back then....
Cinnamon flavored Trident White gum was the best. Not sure why they quit making it. ...
We used to plant flowers in some of the beds out front, add pine straw, moved shrubs around, all that usual stuff. Now I just leave shrubs alone, trim them back when necessary, and add pine straw about once a year. If I'm being real cheap, I'll rake up the straw from the backyard and move it aroun...
[quote]The old Dodge 318 was a boat anchor, although it was very reliable.[/quote] That's what my 2001 Ram 1500 had in it, and it would go. Of course I had the 2WD standard cab with the short bed. I think they had the same motor in the extended cabs and long bed option. There was a larger V8 o...
[quote]One time my wife was blowdrying her hair and the AC was running. She came out and turned the thermostat down because she was hot. I told her babe, the AC's already on, that's not gonna make it MORE on. She got so pissed.[/quote] The couple of mornings each week my wife washes her hair, I g...
[quote]I think trying to limit total lifts and incorporate lifts that hit multiple muscle groups is a great idea.[/quote] Split training, or supersets/circuit training, are great at this. I've been doing a 3-day split program. None of it is super heavy, outside of legs and chest/back. It is a ...
How do I get Bally Sports to watch? I know it isn't on YouTubeTV, but is there a standalone streaming service, or another like Sling that carries it? Or is this a cable only channel?...
Pie easily. The only pies we really ever eat are Lemon Meringue, Pumpkin, and Pecan. We have all kinds of cakes, cupcakes, poundcake, bundt cakes, etc....