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Once I went with my dad and older cousin to see a double feature, Prom Night and The Exterminator.

I was 8 and yes, I had nightmares that night and had to go to the parents' room to be able to sleep that night.

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like he is stuck in some uncharted island in the middle of the Pacific

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Yeah, like me

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Back in my college days (and a few times since), I met quite a few ladies because of the dance floor.

I only do hex bar deadlifts since I read this article about Ryan Flaherty. He's a trainer that has trained top athletes in all sports. He specifically talks about the "force number" and how he improves it by having his athletes do a lot of hex bar deadlifts during his sessions.

Men's Journal

"Flaherty is drawing up quant-based workout programs for tennis superstar Serena Williams, Bayern Munich midfielder Mario Götze (who scored the deciding goal for Germany in the 2014 World Cup final), USA Rugby speedster Carlin Isles, and countless Major League Baseball players and USA Track & Field Olympic athletes."

"Jared Goff of the University of California and North Dakota State’s standout Carson Wentz"

"Over several years of refining his approach to helping star athletes build power, explosiveness, and speed, he has developed a proprietary formula that yields a single crucial metric that informs everything he does.

He calls it the “Force Number.”"

"Flaherty found that the Force Number calculated from a one-rep max for the hex-bar deadlift yielded the exact same correlation as the ratio derived from force-plate treadmill numbers. He also discovered that the bigger your hex-bar deadlift, the bigger your Force Number"

"In 2014, Flaherty used the hex-bar deadlift to skyrocket Manziel’s combine numbers. Manziel arrived at Flaherty’s camp with a maximum hex lift of 530 pounds, a vertical leap of 27.5 inches, and a 5.09-second 40-yard dash. Weighing 201 pounds, his Force Number was 2.39. After two months of Flaherty’s deadlift program, Manziel had packed on eight pounds of muscle—and could lift 680 pounds for a Force Number of 3.2. Official combine stats recorded Manziel with a 31.5-inch vertical leap and a 4.68-second 40-yard dash, an improvement of about 0.4 second."

I grew up in Houston and my family had a weekend season package where we went to about 15 or so games a year for about 7-8 years.

I was at the game for his 5th no hitter.

One time we sat about five rows behind and just off to the side of the catcher and it was amazing. I could hear the glove pop and then hear his grunt.

His curve ball was unbelievable.

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Here's an alternate view on GH:

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Side effects in 40-50% of people (joint pain, swelling, carpal tunnel)

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I'm out. I deal with this too much as it is. Nothing like waking up a few hours earlier than the alarm clock with one or both hands screaming at you.

Sitting on the toilet with the trash can in front of you, eh?

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that's fricked up, and that's what we're seeing show up at LSU and everywhere else these days

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100% agree

Problem is that many people on the Rant say it's cool..they're kids..call someone a boomer if they don't like it.

I worked with 100s of Saints (people of St. Helena Island) while I was working on Ascension Island the past 4 years. In fact, I saw where one of them posted a picture of his girlfriend touching Jonathan just two days ago.

Next week I head for Midway Island where I plan to get a picture of Wisdom, a Laysan albatross which is "the oldest confirmed wild bird in the world and the oldest banded bird in the world." She is at least 74-75 years old. She is still having and raising a chick as of this season.

ETA: Now i see that ole boy is still kicking. Good to see that.

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