11 months ago21 points(+0/-0/+21Score on mirror)5 children
Agreed, running is essential. Running with a weighted vest or your gear on ideally. Whenever war prepper tells me they don't exercise and aren't interested in starting I loose all respect for them.
11 months ago13 points(+0/-0/+13Score on mirror)3 children
Rucking like a zogbot will make you pretty badass for several years, but it eventually wrecks your knees and back. Just ask any former infantryman how well they get around after their years in service. Of course governments can ignore that problem since they have a neigh endless line of young men willing to enlist to replace the damaged vets mustering out.
There are ways to mitigate some of it through sled work both forwards and backwards along with a few other things, but it’s never good to do high impact stuff with extra weight applied to your joints if you can avoid it IMHO. Part of the problem is most people don’t train how to take impact and decelerate properly, and even then, you can only train it up to a certain mitigation level. The reality is, most people don’t even know how to use their body correctly anymore for basic shit like just being upright, and walking while breathing. I’m not even kidding. This world has everyone so kiked and broken that most people can’t even breath and walk correctly. I people watch often, and just shake my head at how much pain some of the people I see either must be in, or will soon be in, and it’ll all get blamed on some bullshit by some retarded nigger faggot doctor who doesn’t know shit all while it’s more than likely easily fixable within 3-6 months.
11 months ago2 points(+0/-0/+2Score on mirror)3 children
As I get older I find that different styles of heavy carries, hill sprints, KB/SB work, swimming/treading water for ALAP, jumping rope(regular, and weighted), and some type of biking is all I need. I still do the occasional heavy lifting on the big lifts like overhead press, dips, pull ups, dead’s, and squats, but I don’t make it my life to be good at these lifts anymore. Honestly, I wish I would have figured this out at a younger age. I got into KBs, and SBs late in life, and they’re so much better and transfer over to general life so much more. Same goes for doing more unilateral work versus bilateral. Rarely do we ever do anything in life with both legs set exactly the same distance apart and with perfect pressure applied through both sides. Once again, it has its place, especially if you’re a new lifter, and just want to gain some general strength, and size AFAP, but after the first couple of years I’d recommend getting away from it as your main goal unless you’re trying to compete in powerlifting.
11 months ago3 points(+0/-0/+3Score on mirror)2 children
I haven't but I should give it a shot. Way easier to keep your back straight and move the strain out of your spine and in to your pelvis. Even with good form, deadlifts by their very nature are a 'lift with your back' exercise and it's trivial to mess up the form and compromise your spine. I hate it, and most of the guys I know who have been injured in the gym, did it deadlifting. I think most physical therapists have a pretty low opinion of deadlifting for exactly that reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChLmR-1UBMI
This video gave me a great idea on deadlifting form and injury and frankly I just decided anything like that is too much to bother with. "Muh sick gainz bro" ain't worth lifelong back problems. It only takes one accident to ruin your back for months, if not years.
Yeah, it also depends a lot upon your levers, and how you’re built. Some people are just built for certain lifts IMHO, and can get away with murder when moving the weight compared to some other builds.
My friend who was just around 21 at the time fucked up a deadlift at home and was in so much pain he was apparently stuck on the floor for a while. He had back issues for years afterwards. I worry it will come back to bite him hard in the future, but at least he thankfully has a good non-strenuous job. I've never tried a deadlift with real weight because of him, I think the highest I ever tried was just around 50lbs.
I agree. I've never lifted and don't plan to. I stick to bodyweight exercises like pullups, pushups, etc, plus "action workout" stuff like moving tires around. I've always felt that lifting weights doesn't build all the tiny muscles needed for practical strength. Having huge muscles where they're not needed is also a disadvantage, since it makes you heavier.
11 months ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)1 child
Get off the weighted gear. If you can run long distance and can lift heavy weight, weighted gear is only going to destroy your body. When you need to do it with gear, you will be able to very easily
11 months ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)1 child
I think some training *with* gear is important, but it does wear your body out so I agree it should be done in moderation. The first time you try sprinting with gun and body armor shouldn't be while you're getting shot at.
11 months ago8 points(+0/-0/+8Score on mirror)4 children
well... duh!
in an age of guns, drones and psycologcal (and biological) warfare being muscular is not much a requirement
i'm still waiting till they use robots/synths/androids for warfare because its evident once (((they))) run out of fit young White goyim they're in trouble...
You need the stamina to get in and out to sabotage the robot factory, knock out surveillance and bop the drone operator in their sleep. Have you ever seen the movie Beverly Hills Cop? Axel Foley puts a banana in the tailpipe of the local detectives car following him around. Funniest shit I ever saw as a kid.
The blade runners taking out London police state surveillance as an example of needing cardio. Get in and out.
11 months ago5 points(+0/-0/+5Score on mirror)2 children
They aren't. Humans are very adaptable, but we don't do any one thing very well. Which is why we have guns, and cars, and planes... It's much more effective to strap a gun to a purpose built machine.
It would work well for something like a cleaning/gardening drone that moves around in areas humans live in, but not so much for a robot intended to fight.
My family had wanted to put on a movie when I was over, so I had to watch the Electric State. I don't remember much of the movie, but they had drone robots that had folding propellers on their backs. Maybe they have a much of those stashed in Area 51 or something.
I suspect drone control will be a thing in the future the way gun control is now. I can buy a drone for 20$ and then make some [redacted] out of [redacted] with it and stockpile loads of those though emps do put them out of commission so conventional is a level worth having assuming we ever get to anything beyond internet info ops and proxy wars with petty street conflicts against bioweapons
Toned muscle is muscle built for actual work. Big giant LARP physiques are built for looking good doing very specific things. Dudes who physically labor all day like slinging hay don't have giant lats and biceps. They have extremely dense, tight muscle groups that aren't flashy at all.
11 months ago1 point(+0/-0/+1Score on mirror)1 child
Question: Would it be possible for people to get an "Astartes build", by both focusing on cardio and strength? To the point where they would become body builders that could run marathons?
(Although for military purposes, more food required to feed them, and they might just get killed by some rag heads IED.)
powerlifting and strength training can have you achieve as much performance as arnold looking bodybuilding without getting huge. Efficient muscle vs endurance muscle ( muscle built to hold a weight for a long timeI(large close by fat stores) vs muscle built to lift a heavy weight( efficient)
My main conveyance
Just one man’s humble opinion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChLmR-1UBMI
This video gave me a great idea on deadlifting form and injury and frankly I just decided anything like that is too much to bother with. "Muh sick gainz bro" ain't worth lifelong back problems. It only takes one accident to ruin your back for months, if not years.