Lamé

[vicarz]

The truth is I AM LAME. I know you know, but I tend to forget that fact sometimes. How lame?

I finally told my computer/dvr to stop recording "Enterprise." I just...that show was so close to not sucking. I can't get over it - good concept, some capable actors, lots of old-school participants, but a giant bucket of crap execution. Oddly their writers were consistent with history, only to leave gaping plot holes that even a cgi syfy movie would find shameful. The most emotional member of the crew was the vulcan. The worst possible parallel universe episode, and subsequent ending, imaginable. The thing I can never get away from is the startup song...a rock-ballad soft rock LOVE SONG. The fuck people? The best episodes were the alt universe because the start song was evil, and...classical. Not a soft-rock love song for a space rocket show, but a classical music score to show conquest. So close, so much potential to give me 30 more episodes of old crap to watch while I die of cancer in a hospital bed!

Lame is the fact I've posted about this before too.

Lame is me not being lame which makes me lamer. Today I was successful in doing a deadlift of 320 for 5 times, followed by 5setsx10reps of 235 MINUS one on the last bit because my grip gave out (I don't use wraps). It's not so lame to do that, but lame that I want to talk about it. Here I am fulfilling my urge to talk by writing what I would say if I actually called someone to tell them I DL 320 for 5. Ugh. I know it's no big deal - sure it's good for my weight, but if I were stronger I'd weigh more. I've met guys my height who weigh and subsequently lift twice what I do. I'm more happy that I did this in a way that didn't wrench my back - as I postulated earlier, I think I found what I was doing wrong and my DL may shoot up rapidly until I find my real max. Hopefully my squat will also come up to join...but wow. I still need to talk about it. Sad really.

Comments

[antarctico.livejournal.com]

"Enterprise." I just...that show was so close to not sucking.

Indeed -- I enjoyed the first season quite a lot, but the show lost steam after that, and when it fell down the Star Trek time travel rabbit hole, the show got a galactic sized case of the stupids.

Color me lame too, I guess. :)

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

I do not understand why you feel the need to downplay your DL. I'd be so excited to be seeing such gains after a period of being frustrated with a plateau. Why not just enjoy your strength gains?

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Negativity is my strength? Habit? It's actually not so much a gain yet - I've done 365 before. As it turns out, after this lift I was really sore for about 5 days.

I'm not so much downplaying the lift itself as the fact I wanted to talk about it. Isn't doing more important than telling? I like to tell :)

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

ah I see... I guess I'm happy you're talking about it since I had added your journal to read about lifting. Besides...talking about it is sharing! Doing is more important than telling, sure. But doesn't mean you can't do both :)

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Gymrats seems very down on anything that involves talking about your experiences in the gym, what other people are doing, or comparisons - although this unwritten rule doesn't seem to apply to videos or competitions. I've sort of adopted that - and my friends by and large are not into lifting at all so while I try to inspire many just don't care.

It's like I'm a jock at a D&D party in my social life, then in the gym it's like I'm the D&D kid in the gym. Only, I don't actually play D&D...

[fitfool.livejournal.com]

yeah...seems like gymrats doesn't want to hear about it because the assumption is that everyone else has gone through the same thing a zillion times already. But it also feels like therefore, this is the one audience that would understand why you're happy about something or wondering about this or that niggling pain. I like how in the runners community, they have a daily training thread. So each day, people can post all those posts there and the people who don't care about your daily mundane details can just skip that post.

[vicar.livejournal.com]

Yup - I must say there are some recommendations from friends here for local running clubs. Perhaps that's less competitive for many compared to the strongman fetish.

I like the existence of those communities, as I go from one injury to the next - it's nitce to know there are options. Maybe someday it'll be in my best interest to not-lift; then I can rediscover the benefits of running. If "they take that away," there is walking-hiking and yoga. If all else fails, there remains swimming.

Fitness - my retirement plan.