Building myself back up
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@Rancid-Schnitzel Welcome back to the fold.
Jesus, what a shit show to deal with. Sorry to hear that. Keep well and glad to hear there are some positives.
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Cheers mate.
Nice to be able to get the workout log going again. Making sure I stay well away from politics....and Star Wars π€£ -
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Cheers mate.
Nice to be able to get the workout log going again. Making sure I stay well away from politics....and Star Wars π€£I just assumed Wellington or the Canes had a win ....
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@voodoo said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel if there is one place in the world that you NEVER have to say sorry for rambling, I think its here!
Damn, having a teenager sounds hard. Yours doesn't sound like he's done/doing anything that half the people round here didn't do as kids, and we all turned out ok.
Ok, that probably didn't help. π
Sounds like life is moving in the right direction generally though, hang in there!
Thanks Mate.
Yeah, there were some jaw-dropping stories on a drugs thread a while back. That "Say no to drugs" campaign must have been an epic failure! I'm sure he'll come right in the end, but I'm just shit scared of what could happen in the meantime.
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@MajorRage said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Cheers mate.
Nice to be able to get the workout log going again. Making sure I stay well away from politics....and Star Wars π€£I just assumed Wellington or the Canes had a win ....
Well my man Jordie Barrett has come good. Just like I predicted π
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@Rancid-Schnitzel if my kids do even 10% of the shit I did, I'll have a heart attack while they are teenagers.
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My boys stepdad and I recently regaled them with some tales of dumb shit we got up to.
However they came with warnings that if some of them are repeated by this generation theyβll get followed up with double beatings......
More close family = more discipline.....
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@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@MajorRage said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Cheers mate.
Nice to be able to get the workout log going again. Making sure I stay well away from politics....and Star Wars π€£I just assumed Wellington or the Canes had a win ....
Well my man Jordie Barrett has come good. Just like I predicted π
You damn right he did, what a player. I've been white knighting the fuck out of him in your absence.
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@No-Quarter said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
@MajorRage said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel said in Building myself back up:
Cheers mate.
Nice to be able to get the workout log going again. Making sure I stay well away from politics....and Star Wars π€£I just assumed Wellington or the Canes had a win ....
Well my man Jordie Barrett has come good. Just like I predicted π
You damn right he did, what a player. I've been white knighting the fuck out of him in your absence.
Still think he's a 12 though π
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difference is back then, when you did dumb shit, 99% of the time there was zero evidence of said dumb shit, if you got caught, you probably got a kick up the arse from a cop, then your parents, now however...
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@Rancid-Schnitzel when did you get back?!
Edit: can see there's a lot to read above....
Ah man, bad times with your eldest, he'll come good stick with him. Good to see you back on here!
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
difference is back then, when you did dumb shit, 99% of the time there was zero evidence of said dumb shit, if you got caught, you probably got a kick up the arse from a cop, then your parents, now however...
Exactly mate. Nobody does anything. What I find disturbing is that all of the various institutions (police, child safety, Qld Health, schools) complain about how the system is shit and how the civil libertarians have screwed everything up but they do nothing themselves to change it. I guess most people just want to do their thing, keep their head down and get paid every month but that's a bit hard to swallow when it concerns such vital public services. What's even worse is that my hands are effectively tied by the law these days and I'm dependent on these services that seem to just exist on paper.
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Anyway, shoulders this morning. Always pretty decent. Finish every session with an ab workout which is 30sec each of about 10 different ab exercises. Stomach screams after that.
Bit frustrating at the moment though because am training with a mate who is overweight and looking to slim down considerably. He's a top bloke and I love him to bits but we're on week 9 now and he just phones it in and is looking for every shortcut under the sun. He had some results early on when his starting point was zero but it's getting a bit embarrassing now. Try to advise about diet and more cardio but he wants to do it his way and seems to think he can have regular blowouts now he's getting to the gym. When you're making the effort to get to the gym and putting in the time why waste it. He spends an inordinate amount of time on calf raises. Love calf raises but that ain't gonna burn fat dude!
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@Rancid-Schnitzel sounds like TR Jnr...any excuse.
On leg day, cant do squats, got a sore back, on chest day, shoulder hurts so cant do bench.
We did deads last night and I've told him he needs to go lighter and get his technique right as his left leg doesnt stay stead on his deads, but no, he decides to try for a PB, I told him not to, then when he couldnt do the PB it was my fault for being negative...he also thinks supplements are his shortcut to being ripped.
He will also do calves any time he can too!! Probably because I have been blessed with a pair of prize calves, he wants them too
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel sounds like TR Jnr...any excuse.
On leg day, cant do squats, got a sore back, on chest day, shoulder hurts so cant do bench.
We did deads last night and I've told him he needs to go lighter and get his technique right as his left leg doesnt stay stead on his deads, but no, he decides to try for a PB, I told him not to, then when he couldnt do the PB it was my fault for being negative...he also thinks supplements are his shortcut to being ripped.
He will also do calves any time he can too!! Probably because I have been blessed with a pair of prize calves, he wants them too
Theyβre not ?????
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel sounds like TR Jnr...any excuse.
On leg day, cant do squats, got a sore back, on chest day, shoulder hurts so cant do bench.
We did deads last night and I've told him he needs to go lighter and get his technique right as his left leg doesnt stay stead on his deads, but no, he decides to try for a PB, I told him not to, then when he couldnt do the PB it was my fault for being negative...he also thinks supplements are his shortcut to being ripped.
He will also do calves any time he can too!! Probably because I have been blessed with a pair of prize calves, he wants them too
How old is he now? My youngest wants to hit the weights but at 12 I think that's a bit too young.
My mate is allergic to cardio and without changing up his diet weight loss is impossible. He does legs twice a week. I suspect because he's sitting for most of those. It's a real shame. The hardest part is getting to the gym in the first place. Ultimately there's nothing easy about it, despite what those infomercials say!
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@Rancid-Schnitzel TR Jnr is 15, up until now he has done more bodyweight stuff, but a few of his mates go to another gym, he wanted to join, so I did too.
He has alot of potential, but is a bit lazy, thought having his older brother up recently who is a solid unit who spends alot of time at the gym, would inspire him to go a bit harder, but is his inspiration is sporadic.
His best mate who goes to the gym and has been for a while, his dad is an Orthopaedic surgeon, so assume if he thought it was bad kids doing gym, he wouldnt let him do it.
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@taniwharugby said in Building myself back up:
@Rancid-Schnitzel TR Jnr is 15, up until now he has done more bodyweight stuff, but a few of his mates go to another gym, he wanted to join, so I did too.
He has alot of potential, but is a bit lazy, thought having his older brother up recently who is a solid unit who spends alot of time at the gym, would inspire him to go a bit harder, but is his inspiration is sporadic.
His best mate who goes to the gym and has been for a while, his dad is an Orthopaedic surgeon, so assume if he thought it was bad kids doing gym, he wouldnt let him do it.
15 is a good age I think. My eldest is 15 and until his....troubles was doing weights and swimming. It was amazing to see him develop. Got the Viking genes from his mother. Now he's a blob.
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@Rancid-Schnitzel TR Jnr didnt play rugby for the first time this year, due to our club not having an U16 team and him not feelign he was big enough anyway, Covid meant his Tae Kwon Do year has been messed up, theoretically if he had passed the 2 gradings this year (if they had them) the final one would have been next month and he would have been going for his Jnr black belt...
but as they havent been able to have no gradings, unable to train again in L2, he has lost his motivation and isnt even wanting to do his brown belt grading in November...he is wanting to take a break completely, but I have told him I think it is important he gets the brown belt before stopping.
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@taniwharugby get the brown before you put it down. Lyrical gangster lol.
I still remember my dad telling 18 year old me that he really regretted not playing sport after college or training to keep fit. I reckon you guys have all stuck a good balance between support via a gentle (or not lol) nudge rather than being dicks about it. I'm yet to try it out but I'm thinking we'll expect the kids to be doing something, but its up to them to decide what it is (as long as it's rugby of course). Then I guess it's on us to give them options shit, this sounds like work!