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I'm working the elliptical so hard I broke the welds again. Did some reading and this seems to be an issue with the model but I'm not the original owner A) can't get it replaced and B) already had it welded once. But my buddy says he can weld it back up tomorrow and he has access to some hardcore strong poo poo that we are going to use to add some strength and hopefully keep this from happening again because I don't have the scratch to replace the whole thing right now and I don't want to pay for a gym membership.
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I don't want to go biking. With the elliptical I don't have to save anything for a return trip, I can run exactly as long as I am capable or want to. I can do 15 minute workouts, cool down for a minute and jump right into the weights. The convenience of it is part of my success thus far.
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May 1, 2017 06:10
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Simple - you take it easy going on the outbound / warmup then you give it hell coming back. I only did 16.2 kms but the last 10 minutes was progressively harder until I go 5 minutes at close to or over max effort. Fall off bike at front door. I've tried, I am incapable of pacing myself on a bike. The elliptical is ideal for me. Nothing is going to change my mind about this. Also going outside loving sucks and it is illegal to ride bikes on sidewalks here so you have to contend with cars which is not something I am willing to do.
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May 1, 2017 06:44
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jamal posted:No it doesn't. And riding on the sidewalk faster than about 7 mph is a great way to get hit by a car. It's been raining for 6 days straight and the temperature all over the place. And riding a bike in winter is also not ever gonna happen. I'm also not going to invest $500 in a bike and gear when I can keep on doing what I have been with great success.
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May 1, 2017 06:56
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I moved a tv into the spare room and watch that while on the bike. I have also effected a massive life change in my activities and diet as well as the exercising. And us mere mortals don't have 6 hours to ride a bike per day. Bke goons get defensive as hell. Edit: Oh yeah, went and test drove that cheap Yaris today. The exhaust was incredibly loud and it had a CEL but the deal breaker was it being a smokers car. There was ash in every crevice and a dozen burn holes in each seat. Rhyno fucked around with this message at 21:39 on May 1, 2017 |
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May 1, 2017 21:25
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Excuses. GG when I was in Indiana 11 years ago in winter there were cyclists out there. Hell I would have had no hesitation in throwing a leg over a bike. LoL, nobody rides a bike in NE Indiana in the winter. They can barely plow the roads for cars. I know plenty of people who's only outlet for fitness is the gym and 90% of them look better than I do.
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May 1, 2017 22:52
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scuz posted:Bringing this here from the April chat thread cuz this is something about which we should all know more. I'm planning a thread once we get going. We have a workspace and funds but nobody can agree on the car.
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May 1, 2017 23:21
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InitialDave posted:Well, do you want a challenge, or do you want something at least one of you already knows well in order to smooth things forward? What are the various team members' tastes in cars? I want to have fun! One dude is a Audi loyalist, another just traded in a Cobalt SS for a brand new Civic. One's an old school Honda guy. There's nearly a 20 year age gulf from the youngest to the oldest. I'm probably the least skilled in the group but it's my dad's property so I automatically get in. There's no real time table and we're not going to have a welder on hand until dad gets the garage wired for it so major fabrications will have to be farmed out.
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May 2, 2017 01:49
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Rhyno posted:I want to have fun! One dude is a Audi loyalist, another just traded in a Cobalt SS for a brand new Civic. One's an old school Honda guy. There's nearly a 20 year age gulf from the youngest to the oldest. I'm probably the least skilled in the group but it's my dad's property so I automatically get in. There's no real time table and we're not going to have a welder on hand until dad gets the garage wired for it so major fabrications will have to be farmed out. Oh poo poo, we've got a line on a Mercury Tracer LTS! The LTS was, if anyone cares, a top of the line Ford Escort sedan with some LUXURY options (4 zone cooling or something?). And under the hood was the Mazda BP. Basically an Escort GT with lipstick. It's got 175K, some rusty doors but it runs and it's $1000. We might have a winner.
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May 2, 2017 02:43
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scuz posted:My dad had a fuchsia colored one and I got to drive it and got so many looks. It's 100% perfect, get that poo poo. I've long had a soft spot for Ford Escorts. Hell I've owned half a dozen of them. Even if this isn't the right car for the project I might try to snatch it up for myself.
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May 2, 2017 03:16
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Applebees Appetizer posted:I like exploring too, just don't have the time every day for it. I guess since I'm not really hard core into biking (my bike is a modified 3 speed beach cruiser) I'm cool with the spin bike just to exercise my legs daily. I just started it tho, who knows I might get sick of it but for now it's a great tool If I'm gonna go outside to enjoy myself it's gonna be behind the wheel of the Miata.
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May 2, 2017 04:13
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angryrobots posted:Chiropractors are quackery, but if you can find one that doesn't sell the bullshit, it's cool to burn sick time on a therapeutic massage. I see a chiropractor once in a while. But she's an actual doctor and physical therapist and most of what she does is actually deep tissue massage and she helps me stretch out kinks I can't do on my own.
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May 3, 2017 03:20
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 The Tracer sat in a field on totally flat tires so the floorpans are gone.
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May 3, 2017 04:59
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What if you tape bundles of cash to the bottom of the desks?
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May 4, 2017 03:54
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They're uh, paperweights.
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May 4, 2017 03:56
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So I'm having a problem. I've been lifting weights roughly 3-4 times a week for a month now and last night I realized that they're going up into the air far too easily. Did I break the weights?
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May 4, 2017 17:08
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funny Star Wars parody posted:make them heavier I'm not an alchemist!
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May 4, 2017 17:13
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Larrymer posted:If you've never really lifted before, the first few months of weight lifting are incredible. You'll never see gains/progression like that again. I've tried to do this in the past but I never put the whole diet and exercise thing together properly. This time I think I might have found the proper balance. I'm also 7 pounds away from my 90 day goal and I'm on day 54. Down side, I slightly tweaked my back yesterday at work so I had to go a bit easy and now my right wrist is acting up.
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May 4, 2017 17:34
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scuz posted:
Yeah it's rotational pain. I can move my hand back and forth with no problem but if I twist my wrist it's a slight pain. I have a brace from an injury years ago so that's helping me from hurting it more.
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May 4, 2017 17:48
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What's up with the wrist? Pain while moving and stuff?
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BraveUlysses posted:Buy a set of adjustable dumbbells, Bowflex or powerblocks WHOOOSH
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May 4, 2017 18:50
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It's amazing what healthy living does to your priorities. I used to spend 20 hours a week sitting on the couch playing video games. I haven't touched them in two months. I'm also ready to sell all my stupid nerd poo poo because it's taking up valuable sq footage I could put to better use.
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May 5, 2017 06:41
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Goober Peas posted:Health chat: I have a regular customer, he's 20 years old, weighs roughly 300lbs, has a long greasy pony tail and yeah, you can smell whatever he's recently eaten when you pass by him. And he's openly mocking my health kick and I'm like "enjoy dying at 22 tubby." Edit: also, I'm fuckin proud of myself This is 20 pounds lost in just under two months 
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May 5, 2017 16:39
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20 hours a week is a lot of loving video game time! I still want to play them, but maybe like an hour a day at most. I've lost 20lbs in two months. I've cut all sugary juices out of my diet and all fried food. Previously I ate fried chicken 3 times a week, 5 Guys twice a week etc. I buy and eat fruit, low calorie foods, cook at home 5 days a week now. For exercise I hit the elliptical every day for 15, 30, 45 or 60 minutes depending on how much time I have. Three days a week I'm doing a basic weight routine. The biggest change is I got off my rear end and decided to make a goddamned change. Anyone who knows me in person can attest to how lazy I was, I didn't want that anymore. My friend's murder was a major motivator to make this happen. And I'm 5 pounds away from my 90 day goal and I have an entire month left to hit it.
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May 5, 2017 22:52
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Good job on having functional plumbing!
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May 6, 2017 03:33
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:I'm more wondering how bloody big a hole do you need to bury a horse. If this wasn't a goon's horse there's a dog food joke there somewhere.
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May 7, 2017 03:33
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Beverly Cleavage posted:I'm sure with enough glue, you could piece something together.... 
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May 7, 2017 03:37
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everdave posted:I am contemplating making a police report. Am trying to objectively look at it from all sides. My wife was furious at me for not complying with the rent a cops demands. Please anyone comment good or bad. Was I in the wrong? There is no law or requirement I stop for funeral but it is a practice here. In Indiana that would be considered an illegal detainment and it's a felony here. I was illegally detained by an off duty FAT security guard a few months ago and it cost that chubby bitch his job.
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May 8, 2017 04:08
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You're allowed to send out a wedding invite without a "plus one" line on it right?
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May 8, 2017 18:37
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I have one buddy who is terrible at dating and we just don't want him to bring a trainwreck with him.
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May 8, 2017 19:21
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He is a great friend, but his last girlfriend was so terrible we had to stop inviting him out. I think I'll ask him to lunch and talk it over.
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May 8, 2017 20:34
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funny Star Wars parody posted:rhyno i'm pretty sure half of the drama in your life is self inflicted You didn't do any actual math to come to that conclusion!
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May 8, 2017 20:36
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BAE has a division here in town (if it's the same company) and it used to get picketed because at one point they were supposedly building missile parts to kill children or something.
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May 8, 2017 22:33
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We all wish you were that cool
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May 9, 2017 16:01
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scuz posted:Friend of mine with more money than he knows what to do with has a big interest in getting this old firehouse and living in it while converting the lower level into a full-on wrencher's paradise. I'm egging him on hard because living vicariously through a friend who has a firehouse seems like a good idea. This is baller as gently caress.
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May 9, 2017 20:36
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Enourmo posted:Do apartments let you buy your own permanent fixtures, or is something that should go through maintenance? That's the only reason I asked at all; I'd rather avoid dropping money on a place I'm not in permanently. What kind of fixture? We're not allowed to do anything to ceiling lights or fans where we live and painting is forbidden.
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May 9, 2017 21:39
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LoL, picking out songs for the wedding and there's gonna be so much loving Queen. She has no idea what she's gotten herself into
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May 10, 2017 04:00
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Applebees Appetizer posted:Another One Bites the Dust would be the most appropriate RUDE
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May 10, 2017 04:40
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:
Clearly you can. LoL, somebody get the popcorn.
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May 10, 2017 06:41
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BUT WHAT IF WE DRAIN THE SUN
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