-Foreverendeavor

Im 6 foot and have a very small distance between the bottom of my ribcage and hip bone. I bought my first belt under a year ago and was umming and aahing about 3 inch vs 4 inch. For the love of God please get the 4 inch (10mm). I had bruising the first few sessions that quickly went away. The 3 inch would have looked and felt ridiculous.

I have quite bad anterior pelvic tilt (may not be as severe as yours, idk). Ive been able to lift successfully for years. The couch stretch (This one) is very effective in alleviating apt and its symptoms and affects on exercise for me. Squats feel 100x better when I’m doing that stretch regularly (2x per day with 3 minute holds).

Learn to brace properly (ribcage down etc), and do cat/cow movements to give yourself a good awareness of where your hips are and control of your lower back. A belt can be very helpful when lifting, and I’ve noticed much less lower back fatigue after squats and deads since using one. Good news — apt can help give you a great arch in the bench press (although dont do anything silly if serious pain is involved). A lot of the best athletes in the world have pretty gnarly atp (many top sprinters).

Very true. As much of a meme as it is, faaahvs give incredible bang for your buck for both strength and size, certainly in my experience. Old school bodybuilders used 5x5s to add mass, and a lot of modern strength programs have 5s as a ‘base’ from which work progresses/intensifies.

Lifting will always be with me. I’ve been lifting since I was a teenager, and I took it quite seriously when I was at university and training with likeminded people; got to a training total around 550-600 area. When I graduated I travelled for a bit, then covid hit, I started running and cycling (always lifting, just way in the background). This was the period that reminds me of the ‘arbitrary target’ bit of your post.

For the past year strength training has been my main focus again, and I think it will be for the next year or so too. I know that it wont be for too long though. It’s a lot of effort, i get nagging injuries, and I have to eat a silly amount of calories.

I’ll never stop lifting, but I think as I get older my focus will shift to being more balanced and healthy overall, and good at different modalities (want to pick up grappling again). For now though, there are some numbers I need to hit. And there is nothing cooler than being strong

Dont even know what ‘glute trainer’ is but yes I would drop that, along with the ab/adduction unless you have a specific reason for them. 5 sets of squats and 4 sets of RDLs on day one, 4 sets of box squat on day two, 5 sets of deadlifts on day 3 and 4 sets of split squats on day 4? Your arse is getting hammered brother.

Also dont know what ‘bosu ball’ means but im immediately skeptical

Alas no, it disappears. But it does get mixed in and adds to the texture of the whole thing. I also think getting a good crema/foam is an indication that the entire coffee — all the liquid that comes into the chamber — will be thicker and better extracted.

It’s possible to have an imperfect moka coffee that has the foam, but no great brew will be produced without it (something something necessary versus sufficient conditions lol). I definitely recommend James Hoffman (and probably any other well known coffee persons’) method, hot water in the chamber etc.

Sometimes you get a eureka moment with something you’ve been struggling with and just have to share. This one’s for the people scouring the internet in 5 or 10 years time looking for a solution to their watery 1 cup moka coffee haha

Have heard of this and is definitely something I need to try too

Ironically Im the same but the other way round — I’m enjoying moka coffee so much that I don’t bother with the french press and therefore never get it dialled in. I probably should

Yeah that’s definitely a consideration, and probably a good alternative

Obviously i meant 1 cup not 1 pot in the title 🤦‍♂️

I’ve had similar observations, and have just posted in this sub on my technique to produce foam and increase pressure in small moka pots (more tapping!)

Agree with your basic point but that last part isn’t as clear cut. There is a bit of a chicken and egg situation when it comes to progressive overload — more work leads to more strength/size which allows for more work, and so on.

This is an interesting discussion on progressive overload with Eric Helms and others that talks about some of those concepts we take for granted

Edit: 20 mins in is where you’ll find the tasty juice

Incredible tree