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Creatine is absolutely safe. If you don't believe it spend an hour on google and YouTube.

My tips- I am a HS S&C coach, have a degree, etc. Its my life to build kids.

My oldest son is 12 has been doing types of lifting and work since he was real little. All 3 of my kids are athletes. They play sports, lift, (my 9yo daughter even competes in kids strongman comps and BJJ).

Tips that may help- I meal prep almost everything in advance for me and the kids. They will eat way more quality food if they can pull stuff out and immediately eat it when hungry vs waiting or needing takeout. Buy them all the whole milk they will drink.

I love Animal Pak Multivitamin. I started buying the powdered form years ago. I mix one ish serving in the am and the kids take "shots" of it.

My son is super lean but tall, we've really struggled to get mass on him. We finally found a mass gainer shake he loves Mutant Mass. He drinks a double scoop with a shake full of whole milk every night. Has put on 10lbs in about 4 months doing this.

Creatine is great. Go with whatever your kids like- powder, flavor, whatever.

I don't encourage or let my Freshman and younger athletes take pre-workout. Obviously can't control their lives, but I can at school. The older kids I just try the best I can to educate them on caffeine, etc. And what they're doing to their system if they go overboard at a young age.

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I've heard good things. Gotta get out there to find out. If weather cooperates, a day on the water with no fish beats a day at home anyway

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While I agree- its a 4.5hr trip to the camp. And with 3 kids I hate to burn a trip to potentially just sit under the camp and cause liver damage!

How is it? We get out of school Thursday. May be only baseball free weekend until July 4. Thinking of burning a trip with the kids.

Buddy caught a jack by the ice house a few weeks ago. But I know there's been some rain. And more rain coming.

Trying to decide if its worth a trip to put kids on fish, or shrimp.

Or if we stay home and knock out projects and chill.

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Be careful checking for spark.

My ex's grandfather was troubleshooting an old 3 cylinder 70 hp Johnson and took all 3 plugs out the back of the engine. He hit the key to start it and gas came out the cylinders and the plugs ignited it. I thought we had a jet boat there for a bit.

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Wow. I wish I could have seen that. I bet there was some choice words for a minute.

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do you know an ol boy with initials TC?
lives down S. Perkins Ferry RD

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Not of the top of my head. We're across river and just south of Holbrook.

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A retired Border Agent was on Coast to Coast late night radio a few years ago sharing a story about his group hearing something in the little river they were walking close to near the border with Mexico. It was night, but light enough that they could see no tracks along the bank. And, a group of coyotes were staring at the water, paying no heed to the agents. Coyotes are one of a Border Agents alarm system, as they raise hell when something or someone enters their area of operation. He said these looked scared, and hurried off. One agent had some kind of night/heat imaging scope and could detect something following a couple agents that just entered the area, close to the river crossing. The scope man told the two agents to knock it off and return to truck. During debrief, the story said it was a bear or mountain lion or something.
A year later, Rocky, the agent telling the story, met up with one of the guys in the group that night. They discussed the encounter and the scope man confided that something 7-8 ft tall, walking upright (Biped) was following the two and they could not see it. So, it could be something supernatural. I recorded the whole story with my phone driving home from fishing yoyos in Beouf WMA , listening to the radio. And bought the book.

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This type of stuff fascinates me. Always has since I was a kid.

My great uncle was a multiple PHD and at one point chapter President or whatever of LA Chapter of MUFON. His hobby was investigating all this stuff and playing with his HAM radio.

I don't have a clue what's out there. But I do think there is stuff that we just aren't quite ready to accept or understand yet. David Paulides research is interesting to follow as well. Wish he would pump more docs out.

As far as this on the West fork. Our camp is across from Holbrook.

My bet on this one was she walked up on some big old drunk hairy baw that was checking limb lines or squirrel hunting or something without permission and he took off.

A 6'5 300 plus baw stumbling through the woods with no shirt on would be confusing as hell! ??

I guess at least they're doing something.

What kind of reef can they put in Lake charles. That area is like 4' of water?????

But agreed with all of the above. Ship traffic is insane, now that I don't live there anymore, and we just get to come fish every few months, I am blown away at seeing the increase of erosion and changes every trip it seems like.

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I called Thibs title in Lake Charles, they said bring the bill of sales for the boat and trailer, and the titles, and they would take care of everything else.

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Dude- awesome. Thank you. Going to do this next time i am at the camp!

Depends how I'm feeling. I like to train heavy, i compete in strongman off and on.

If I'm in a good extended strength training phase- and think I can hit a big single- I'll do it.

If I'm in a perpetual banged up training phase- like I am alot as I get older- I won't.

Did break a TX state record last spring. So that was fun. Stronger now, but no motivation to reset it unless I hear somebody else is breaking it I guess.

Not completely related to this- but how is it even possible in that LA doesn't have satellite offices where you can do this, or register a new boat, etc?

I live in TX now, but here every county has an office you can go to for all of that stuff.