Cable crunch is a massive improvement from planks. You get a good stretch, there’s more than zero range of motion, and you can adjust weight for progressive overload.
Roman chair knee or leg raises are good too. Russian twist or cable twist for obliques.
Planks have no range of motion, no stretch, no progressive overload. It is an absolutely shit exercise IMO.
It’s right there in my comment. Isometric exercises are shit-tier for developing core strength. They have a poor effort to result ratio. Lots of effort for poor results.
I was with them until they mentioned planks. What a shit-tier exercise that is. Zero range of motion.
I’d like to point out that grilling and barbecue are different things. Most guys do not barbecue. Grilling is extremely common, though.
“tactically acquired” was a favorite of mine
What stood out the most to you about Americans sexual hang-ups?
The thing that stood out the most was some latent inherent shame to being naked. When my wife and I first got together, we’d rent some cheap hotel rooms and go there to hook up, she’d get there first and shower. I’d arrive and she’d answer the door naked and it was just wild to me. She was so comfortable in her own skin and fine just existing totally naked (in the appropriate circumstances). I had to quickly recalibrate what I thought was “normal” and my life was improved as a result.
Should have used a Texas ID, Mr. Sample.
The biggest thing I learned from living in Italy for two years and then marrying a Korean woman a few years after that is that Americans have fucked up views on sexuality and nudity. I came from a pretty liberal secular hippie type family and I was surprised to find I had some residual cultural hang ups just from growing up in the US.
It’s a robot you hook up to your PC or phone and it jerks you off
The drugs: weed vapes
The computer/human interface: VR goggles and a stroker
I’ve had about 275 BTC pass through my wallets throughout the years. I actually used it. My friend who was “too stupid” to use it still has 2 of them from the $10 BTC era.
Never saw it as an investment, just something to help me get acid in the mail.
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I recently re-entered the dating pool for the first time in a decade and it’s incredible how much attention I get from just appearing clean, having my shit together, and not posting a picture with me holding a fish. Never got so much attention from women before in my life. Had a date in like one week.
The bar is very, very low. I am sorry, ladies out there.
Locking your phone and Lockdown Mode are drastically different things.
Who’s smart enough to compile usernames off the subs listed throughout that thread?
Ori isn’t bad. I’d not consider it “souls like” in the slightest.
Ultimately, nothing is waterproof; everything leaks.
Range of motion and stretch are key to building muscle. Core muscles are no different than any other muscle. You wouldn’t build chest or quads effectively by holding an isometric lift, why apply this to abs?
Beyond absolute noobs who can’t hold a plank for 1-2 minutes, I feel it’s a bad exercise. Once you can hold it for 2 mins there’s no point. It’s a ton of effort and you get a good burn, but you’re not going to build muscle or strength for the aforementioned reasons.
Of course, do whatever works for you. For me? Absolute shit tier exercise, almost anything else is an improvement. Perhaps we’re talking about different goals here, though.
I’m 6’3”, in my 40s, and no lower back pain despite being on the computer most of my life, so I feel I’m doing something right with regards to back health.