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I've written and re-written a response 5 times, and I can't explain my position accurately. So, interesting story. Thanks for sharing.
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What? I don't remember this happening in Dragon Age. I mean it's not alien sex like Mass Effect but Inquisition has a trans character and kinky BDSM sex in it and I don't remember it in the reviews one way or another. And it's not like they hide it, there are more than a couple conversation tree choices about it.
Guess I'll watch the comments a little more closely on both videos now (assuming I find time to fit BG in like I had planned.)
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@Insomnia I think to a certain extent it's just expected from BioWare properties now, although there was a hilarious infamous instance of a guy tableflipping on the BioWare forums over Anders flirting with his male Hawke in DA2 that Gaider actually responded to. I think a lot of folks who are violently opposed to the presence of characters unlike them have self-selected out of BioWare properties.
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@Insomnia said:
What? I don't remember this happening in Dragon Age. I mean it's not alien sex like Mass Effect but Inquisition has a trans character and kinky BDSM sex in it and I don't remember it in the reviews one way or another.
Unlike in the Victorian Age, it's okay now for a woman to transgender to a man, but not the other way around.
At least, that theory would explain what's going on.
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@Insomnia said:
What? I don't remember this happening in Dragon Age.
It did.
@Ganymede said:
Unlike in the Victorian Age, it's okay now for a woman to transgender to a man, but not the other way around.
At least, that theory would explain what's going on.
For the same reason lesbians are more tolerable than gay men. It's understandable that a woman would want to act like a man (and have sex with a woman) but wanting to act like a woman? LIkewise, being a top is better than being a bottom. Women get penetrated, not men.
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Huh. Well. People suck more and more each day, I guess.
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Applying to interview with a position.
And then being told you're not eligible for the transfer to the other department. On the day of the damn interview.Fuck corporations.
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@Bobotron said:
Applying to interview with a position.
And then being told you're not eligible for the transfer to the other department. On the day of the damn interview.Fuck corporations.
Way better than after or during the interview. Silver linings
Then when it's all over and the rest of you are ready for Dead Animal Pickup, I'm gonna go balls deep into Dahl. But only because she asked me to. Sweet-like. - Riddick (2013)
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Gave deadlifts an honest try with rather low weight, a belt, stretching before and after and as good form as I could manage.
My lower back still exploded with the owws. I hope the nerve that's pinched forcing my hamstring into shenanigans gets over it before Sunday or I need to cancel basketball, too. And I need to find an alternative now (possibly to squats as well) which really sucks - lunges aren't nearly as good.
Maybe I'll give pilates a try again if I can find a class that's set at 2 pm on weekdays. Who the hell makes it to those?
Meh.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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You've pinched your sciatica nerve, and that can take time to heal. Hurt mine doing P90X3 last year and it is still troubled after physical therapy tried applying acupuncture, traction, laser and ultrasound treatments.
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@Rook It has until SUNDAY. Or ELSE.
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@Rook said:
You've pinched your sciatica nerve, and that can take time to heal. Hurt mine doing P90X3 last year and it is still troubled after physical therapy tried applying acupuncture, traction, laser---
Wait, what? They shoot lasers at you to make a healing check now? THIS IS THE FUTURE!
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Sciatica sucks. I've only experienced it pregnancy related (which resolves once I'm not), but I do help treat it a lot. Most of my clients do need a range of things or to try a ton of stuff before they get it truly resolved.
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@Arkandel said:
Gave deadlifts an honest try with rather low weight, a belt, stretching before and after and as good form as I could manage.
What the fuck, man? Do you even read?
You have hurt your lower back, and probably hurt your tendons. Tendons don't heal nearly as quickly as muscles.
You need to stop doing deadlifts. You are probably too old to be doing them without substantial risk of injury. If you want to hit the same muscles, do: (1) squats: (2) lunges; (3) mountain climbers; and (4) seated shrugs.
FFS, man, work out smart.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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@Ganymede You wouldn't believe how much I read. I don't even play MMORPGs without extensive research, let alone put my body under a barbell and start heaving weight around.
There's no such thing as too old for deadlifts, by the way; there are people in their 70s lifting substantial weight without issues. For my specific situation after cautious experimentation they didn't work out but there was only one way to find that out - which kinda was the point.
I do weighed lunges, shrugs and of course barbell squats. It's still not the same; there is no true substitute for the deadlift, one of the most important compound lifts - if not the most important freeweight exercise in existence.
Alas, it's not for me. Sucks but hey, there're lots of people far more impeded than that and some have done very well for themselves. I just need to find another way to do the same thing.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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@Arkandel said:
There's no such thing as too old for deadlifts, by the way; there are people in their 70s lifting substantial weight without issues. For my specific situation after cautious experimentation they didn't work out but there was only one way to find that out - which kinda was the point.
So, you knew that deadlifts would hurt you, and you went ahead and did them regardless?
Sigh.
I didn't say weighted lunges or barbell squats. I said "lunges" and "squats." I'm guessing that you do sets, but here's a suggestion: stop doing repetition sets and try interval sets.
Sure, deadlifts are great compound lifts. I prefer Romanian deadlifts over traditional, and I'm a huge fan of clean-and-jerks. But I get the feeling that you aren't trying to become a professional bodybuilder, so there's no need to be dead-set on doing these "ultra-important" exercises that are as likely to hurt as to help you reach what I presume are fitness goals.
Aim for fitness. I've gotten better results away from the weights. Haven't had a major injury since I fell on my fucking stairs, but that had nothing to do with what I did to work out.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
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@Ganymede said:
@Arkandel said:
There's no such thing as too old for deadlifts, by the way; there are people in their 70s lifting substantial weight without issues. For my specific situation after cautious experimentation they didn't work out but there was only one way to find that out - which kinda was the point.
So, you knew that deadlifts would hurt you, and you went ahead and did them regardless?
Any kind of exercise can hurt you. Any kind. Walking on a treadmill can hurt you, either as the result of an accident or chronic issues based on your joints, age, pre-existing conditions, anything at all. You're always playing the odds.
At some point in my early 30s I found myself quite out of shape. My lower back just started dying on me for no reason; once I sat down at work with no prior issues then when I got up a couple of hours later I found myself limping and in very considerable pain; it was nuts. It kept happening over the period of 1-2 years before I decided enough was enough since I spent weeks in discomfort and reduced mobility, getting better briefly through physical therapy and rest before going down again because of some stupid everyday reason such as... I hit the brakes in the car too suddenly or got out of bed the 'wrong way'. I herniated disks not because I damaged them through exercise but because I allowed myself to get weak and had a sitting job. It was nuts. And it happens to millions of people.
What attracted me to exercise in the first place - later in life than some - ended up being the realization it wasn't a thing other people do. It just dawned on me it wasn't meant for the jocks and a special, genetically blessed crowd, but that it was just a matter of doing stuff I had been doing my entire life; figuring out how things work (where the 'thing' in question was my own body) and then hacking around to make them do what I wanted. In fact once I looked online I didn't find athletes - I found forums, threads and subreddits full of nerds like me. It was a revelation I wish I had in my early 20s but hey, better late than never.
So when it comes to deadlifts I did heavy research. Starting Strength (the free weights bible) has an entire chapter dedicated to just that one exercise and I've read it extensively. I had a personal trainer go over my form, I spent weeks in advance working on rack pulls - which is basically a deadlift with a smaller range-of-motion - to become better acquainted with the movement's mechanics. I watched countless form videos on youtube and read dozens of accounts from people with 'bad backs' (more on this soon) who went back to deadlifts after their injuries and are up to 350+ pounds now.
The point of this is I didn't go uninformed - not because I never do such things but because part of the reason I exercise is so I get to do the research in the first place. I love reading about it as much as I do progressing in the lifts themselves! So I knew there was a risk involved, but there is also a big reward - it's just about the best exercise you can do with insane benefits - and I did everything I could to minimize the negatives... which arguably worked, I was on low weight, fully stretched, with a belt on. It just doesn't fit my particular body; a 'bad back' is too generic a term. People with worst issues than mine could very well be capable of loading the weight up and never have an issue, but due to my particular circumstances I could not. Eh. There are people out missing limbs or facing actually serious conditions, I won't bitch too much because there's this one thing I can't do.
As for the ouchies, I'll be okay soon. It happens, it's exercise. I play basketball too - it's more dangerous than freeweights by far since there are other people involved. I've had shoulder injuries, my ankles are both shot to hell because of it, as I type this there's a long gash in my chest from last Sunday (wtf guy?) but it's a blast, too, both socially and as a workout. And while I could be doing other things as you suggested since our bodies can benefit from a wide range of exercises and I'd definitely get a benefit from them too, this is just my particular brand of poison. I need either a team around me or goals and a progression to get me going; every time I try to work through a plateau at the gym at 7am just to add 5 more pounds to that barbell there's a rush, and when I push through it it's a victory. No one's there to see it, it's absolutely unimpressive and no one cares except me, but I care a great deal about those damn 5 pounds.
What good would it do me to do ... hot yoga or take a cycling class for example and not go because it doesn't excite me?
And that's where I'm coming from.
- He who takes offense when not intended is a fool. He who takes offense when intended is a greater fool.
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Here's where I'm coming from.
If I recall correctly, you hurt your lower back not too long ago. And then I read that you went and tried to hit some deadlifts again. That injury was, what, maybe a few weeks ago? Three or four? I could be wrong, and, if so, then my comment doesn't make sense.
But I previously read that you hurt your lower back not so long ago, which is why I was incredulous that you would go to deadlifts in what seems to me to be a short period of time.
I started working out in my early 20s, and have been keeping in okay shape since then. I'm not perfect; I'm not rigorous; I could be more zealous. And what I've learned is that lower back injuries are tricky beasts because it is difficult to pinpoint if a strain is myalgia or tendinitis. If it's the former, you'll be back in a reasonably short period of time; if the latter, not so.
Given how delicate that area is? Best not to take chances, I figure. I had a minor tear of a pectoral near the clavicular area, and it didn't heal for 4 months. Recently, I fell down the stairs and got tendinitis around my obliques; another 3 months out of commission, basically. I'm basically your age, so I have an idea on how long things may take to heal.
That said, I'll say it again: try interval sets.
How long does it take you to blast out 10 chest presses? I'll bet it takes 20 seconds. Lengthen that to 30 seconds; how many can you do at 80% of your lifting capacity? Keep challenging yourself to do more in 30 seconds, until it is almost physically impossible to do so. Then move up 5 pounds, and start all over. I'll wager that if you do 30 seconds of chest presses with 30 seconds of rest (for a total of 1 minute) five times, you'll feel a better burn over 5 minutes than doing a boring 10 x 5 set.
I find this has worked wonders for me. I can go as fast or as slow as I want on the reps, but the faster I go, the harder I burn. In 35 minutes (6 sets with 1 minute break in between) of interval sets, I can get a better workout than I did doing 15 x 3's or 10 x 5's. The added bonus is how the exercise becomes aerobic: your cardio mixes in with the lifting.
It's a different mentality. You're not going for weight; you're going for speed. And I'll bet you you'll burn more fat, and have a better basketball game in 3 months.
By the way, I love you, man. Honest. But I think you could work out smarter.
“It is better to live doing the things that you like. It is foolish to live within this dream of a world seeing unpleasantness and doing only things that you do not like.” -- Yamamoto Tsunetomo.
