StretchMediatedHypertrophy

It would be a compliment, if MJF wasn't the World Champion with a long title-run threatened.

The MJF promo was a big miss, but I am sort of willing to out this down to yet another change of plans - I will say this though, that suit and that belt....these are Miz moves. I was ready for junking the guy 6 months ago because I thought he was played out....we'll see but I hope the good Khan is willing to course correct here. People are like....'there are loads of good babyfaces for MJF to run through'...lol wut?.....I'm pretty sure HHH did that in 2002-3 and yeah that's basically the worst thing they could do. I also don't think the Elite is a good use of Omega. I understand why he might prefer to wrestle in six-man-tags right now, but ultimately he's the generational talent and I think having him essentially as a Third Buck is not a good idea. I'll be glad when Death Triangle split up too because they're also less than the sum of their parts. We'll see what happens. I still say that they should never have taken the belt off Page. Not sure you can get back to where things were though. That said, I don't think they even showed the Preston Vance heel turn - I believe it got mentioned in passing, but that was a great bit of business, and it should have been followed up properly on Dynamite.....I mean I liked the bit they did where Taz explained how Hook beat Moriarty, but it's kind of weird that this becomes the one thing you mention from Rampage.

Yes, if you like, but you were the one making the claim here today and that's not what Punk explicitly claimed in his Instagram. You made a claim you are in no position to substantiate.

That is in no way demonstrated by a picture of an old dog with missing teeth several months after 'Brawl Out'.

We're one step closer to a Real Americans reunion, which works for me. Claudio will like the hat!

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I looked a bit further into it....and tbh it's pretty weak sauce. The boogaloo comment was ignorant, clearly - but people have ran away with for their own not particularly purposes (she also posted in support of #blacklivesmatter). And look, I get that the whole 'viking' subculture is some wacky foolishness that probably can't be completely divorced from Richard Wagner and all kinds of problematic nonsense. And yeah, they probably have some 'funky' acqauintances - I read that Erik/Raymond used to hang out with skinheads in Ohio and yeah 8-Ball says pretty f'n likely. No doubt the demographic she was (is?) courting with her social media contains some terrible people. She likes guns a bit much, she probably voted for Trump, she didn't like wearing her mask cuz muhfreedom - but that's a lot of people, and at least two of these issues are mostly dead talking points now. We're up our tits in circumstantial, but the Boogaloo reference is no head-shot. My best guess, there have been people who have talked to her - Ruby Soho was living on her farm at least fairly recently, probably why she knows a bunch of AEW people. And that's the way you try to handle this shit, or the way that will actually work anyway. I'm not against a bit of cancellation when someone actually does some dirt (Hulk Hogan framistan lol), but this ain't that, she doesn't owe David Bixenspan or anyone else a public confession of sins, and some people are just going to have to learn to live with the fact that some people are going to have different values than you - you have to either 'allow it' as we say in Londontown or else do the work of actually listening and persuading to those you can actually reach. Mostly she seems to be into having her family and having her farm, let her fucking grill her antelope or whatever.

Good luck! Fuck the rona.

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The Numberwang guy definitely has a legit beef.

fwiw there's a good chance that Sarah Logan is at least friendly with Sonny Kiss: (breastfeeding pic, no idea if it will preview so spoilering) Maybe you know something I don't, but personally I'd suggest it's probably counter-productive to assume someone is 'gender critical' or anti-trans or whatever.

At the risk of a settle down admonishment, Morgan's presentation is a little more...sexual..than Max's. The barefoot look is clearly....a choice... a chocie that will get her some attention from a certain type of person.

Tbh I actually did some trap bar deadlifts a couple of weeks ago while not 100% and that was a mistake, and it came from pushing my gf. It was exacerbated by using crappy loose weights which meant the trap bar kept rolling around. Realisitically if you're unwell it will likely reduce the amount of stimulus you are able to recover from. Broadly I would say, if you're feeling less than 95% (i.e. beyond just a little lethargic) 1) No deadlifts unless 100%, except maybe speed pulls. 2) Minimise lower-back work generally, so probably no heavy squats or even heavy standing presses. 3) Tbh probably nothing under 6-8 reps (unless speed work). Do a top single if you must, but no heavy triples. 4) Utilise calisthenics movements with low-loading wherever possible i.e. inverted rows, step-ups, push-ups (I'd maybe avoid dips tbh). 5) Cable/machine movements probably also should be emphasised, especially for accessories 6) Keep the workout to about a hour. 7) Hydrate best you can, electrolytes are your friend. A little caffeine is probably good, but don't do too much. 8.) Log what you do by all means, but don't compare it to anything.

There's some truth in that which is why I really don't like skipping workouts. I'll dial the workout intensity down if necessary, but it will take a lot to make me not go. Whilst some of his ideas are suspect, particularly politically, I quite like Scott 'Dilbert' Adams' strategy here - he'll at least put his gym kit on and go to his gym area. If at that point, he decides it's not happening then he'll walk. I think I've heard others say similar things - at least go and do your warmup - if at the end of your warmup, you really don't feel like you should be training then you go home. In all honesty, I can't remember the last time I skipped the gym that wasn't covid-related or planned.

Not long after that, I became unwell and although I never actually missed a session, I had a week of crappy workouts. Cough is only just passing tbh. I hit another 110kg training max on the bench today, though I did actually drink a small can of energy drink - but I did less warm-up sets. I'm thinking I might try and hit 112.5 next week, and then go to 115 if it feels ok. We'll see though. My gf decided she wanted to try to be able to do pushups - no knees on the ground. Tbh this is an ambitious goal for her, but I'm happy to try to facilitate that so we're actually doing a lot of Smith Machine incline push-ups atm - I'm having to go super-slow on them to milk them, but the stretch is interesting and I think I'm getting something from it. In exchange, we have to do inverted rows - which she hates lol! - I'm having to hold her feet to make her feel secure. We, somewhat bizarrely, have a 2nd Smith Machine in the bar with a cambered bar which is good as we can do one session on one then the second on the other. That being said, I think I will drop it to a later exercise for the next mesocycle - and I think I will do rep work on the bench during that cycle (still been speed work and training maxes only). The powerlifting gym I visited a couple of times closed, which is annoying as I don't really have access to a deadlift platform right now - I mean I think there's another place I can go, but it's a private gym and I'd have to arrange it with people. I'll probably work up to a new squat max at some point, but I think that will probably be in the new year. I'm going to set a target of 122.5kg for a not too grindy bench single before Xmas - let's see if I make it.

I think Theory would be better off on NXT, where he could probably have a good run on top given they will presumably move Breakker after Mania.

I get that Nick Aldis is somewhat good at playing a certain kind of role...e.g. doing what he was doing in NWA with the belt. And that he does certain little things well. And that he can talk. But he still feels quite limited as a worker in 2022. I could see him working as a player-coach in NXT, but I can't really see him on the main roster - maybe he could be a manager/mentor for Pretty Deadly or something.

No Tony, no. Don't do it.

New Merch!

On the Hangman irked Punk talking about the Cabana thing. I mean I accept that there is a significant possibility Hangman was way out of order there, saying that without clearing it with Punk. But at the end of the day, CM Punk had frequently proclaimed that he doesn't care what anyone save his wife and his dog thinks about him. It didn't really hurt CM Punk's status as a babyface (as I've said before, there's noone who didn't think CM Punk was a bit of prick anyway. Being a prick never really stopped anyone being a successful babyface). So beyond the principle, why is it such a big deal? On the question of Page and his match layouts, I also don't really give a shit. Basic reason, AEW is pumping out gajillions of at least decentish matches - 95% of to one of a few basic formulas. I'm really quite happy to see someone try something else.

I need to find my creatine....it's somewhere. Got a nice 110kg training max on the bench, clean as whistle today on NO CAFFEINE. I guess that's kind of a PR lol. Again, with basically no reps on the bench recently I'm pretty happy with that and it tells me a PR is on if I fancy it. I've also made another change recently - as the IPF isn't allowing people to put their feet on the bench to set up, I'm not doing that either.

Alex stole my idea lol. It's interesting to see these different approaches. Sharty does 2 exercises in a workout (and we did do a 'chin-up challenge' the other day which was basically 10x5 on reverse pyramid assisted chins, followed by some curls!), and I do....more. It all works really, and tbh it's good to change things up every few months (not every few weeks though probably). I'll probably go back to more of a powerlifting focus eventually. Weekend workouts: Upper: Shallow Incline DB Bench - 1x10, 1x12 at 30kgx2 (need work getting weights in place, probably as far as I can take these right now), Wide-grip pull downs, Chest Press Machine, Narrow Grip Low-to-High Cable Curls, Seated Cable Fly, DB Upright Rows, Tricep Pulldown (we try to do them strictly like Kross), Flat Cable Preacher Curl. Lower: Medium-stance 2 second (really) pause ATG SSB squats (hard!) - topset 1x8 at 80kg, Pin narrow-stance SSB good mornings, Booty Builder Machine Hip Thrusts, unilateral ankle-strap standing hamstring curls, bodyweight split squats, reverse hyper (performed with bands on hyper-extension), leg extensions, standing calf raise Hurts to think about all that! I didn't really feel like doing abs yesterday, so I'll probably do some later - may do them in the gym and throw in some fluff as next workout is Wednesday,

Tbf me and others were saying that before he won the title.