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  1. Gravel

    2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

    Ugh. http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap100...ldturf-in-2013 I really think they're making a huge mistake. Not only is it an embarrassment and the cause of our star player going down (not that he wouldn't have anyway), but with a team that's now built for speed, going to turf seems like a no...
  2. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I tore the meniscus in both my knees and it's painful on the outside of the knee, not inside. Not saying yours couldn't be, just where mine sucks. And I did olympic grip front squats.
  3. Gravel

    Things that grind your gears about shows/movies

    Unless they're a principal character, in which case it takes them enough minutes to die for some final words or actions. But if you're not a principal character, you're instantly dead. Oh, or unless it's a bad guy who is about to die and needs to do something before dying. Then it might take longer.
  4. Gravel

    Southland season 5

    I'm amazed at how consistent this show is from season to season. I don't know that there's ever been a bad episode.
  5. Gravel

    2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

    I actually think Peterson can be used as a baseline. Not so much putting up a career season after that type of injury, but returning as quickly as he did. Welker did it too. I think sports medicine is to the point where they can get guys back onto the field in a short period of time for...
  6. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I wouldn't feel too bad about front squats. I was up to 215 back squats when I decided to change it up, and dropped to 135. Granted, 2 weeks later I was up to 165, but it takes getting used to.
  7. Gravel

    Would you ever cheat on your other half?

    Yeah, but in those examples, do you ignore those urges for decades at a time? Like, do you think people who avoid sweet foods never once in 40 years end up slipping and having a snack? Not saying that cheating is ok, but to say that those things are comparable is lying.
  8. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    That might have been part of my problem. The more I bent over, the more my head was in a neutral position to my body and I would get light headed from the blood rushing to it. If I went and bent my knees more, I felt like the blood was pooling up in my legs too much and I'd get light headed from...
  9. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I don't do them anymore due to the above where I explained that I'd get super light headed. I didn't really feel safe doing it. My back got huge (although how much can be attributed to the rows, I don't know), but I didn't feel that it was worth it. Now my back days are deadlift, dumbbell...
  10. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I didn't watch that first video with sound, but when I think barbell rows, I think the second one. I can't imagine having to hold the weight the entire time while doing bent rows. I got up to 180 when I used to do them...yeah, fuck holding the weight that long. My issue was I got extremely...
  11. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    Maybe 250+ pounds?
  12. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    If what you're doing is still producing consistent gains, resist the temptation to switch. If not, maybe 5/3/1?
  13. Gravel

    World War Z

    I just finished reading the book, and to be honest, it seems like making a movie out of it was a pretty ridiculous task to begin with. It seems like it'd lend itself to more of a mini-series or something instead. Not a whole lot of reoccuring characters, just a story about the world.
  14. Gravel

    Things that grind your gears about shows/movies

    The funny thing is, the bad guys not being able to shoot is probably more accurate. The only exception might be when there are 30 of them laying down fine and they can't hit anything. It's a lot harder to hit a moving target than entertainment makes it seem. Even harder still with something...
  15. Gravel

    2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

    I read something about him throwing a weight at Brad Childress. But seriously...it's Brad Childress. Fucker absolutely deserved it.
  16. Gravel

    Things that grind your gears about shows/movies

    That really irritates me. It's especially bad after the show has aired and you're watching a torrent or on streaming. You basically get to rewatch scenes immediately. One that I noticed the other day is random singing. This seems to happen in more serious drama type shows (mostly on the...
  17. Gravel

    Things that grind your gears about shows/movies

    When characters act completely irrationally just to fit the plot lines the writers have come up with.
  18. Gravel

    2013 NFL Offseason and Draft

    I wouldn't get that upset about losing to division rivals. I mean shit, the Browns beat the Steelers every once in a while. When you play a team in the division, records and talent kind of aren't as important.
  19. Gravel

    The Walking Dead

    I watched the first episode of season 2 last year and said fuck this show, I'm done. For some reason, I decided to pick it back up this weekend, and did all of season 2 and 3 yesterday and this morning. I feel like this show tries to be a "realistic" zombie show, where the world is as real as...
  20. Gravel

    Paleo 101: How and why you should eat like a Caveman

    Comments in that article raise a good question. Are they comparing 1 cup of raw spinach with 1 cup of raw spinach that's cooked? Or 1 cup of each. If it's the latter, that's a flawed comparison with a cup of cooked spinach being a crap ton of raw spinach.
  21. Gravel

    Dogs

    I don't think that's the whole story. My brother-in-law has a JRT. For years, if they left her alone in the house and there was a storm? She'd go apeshit. She's torn about 3 feet of dry-wall off the wall next to a door and decimated several carpets. They basically had to end up leaving her in...
  22. Gravel

    Weather

    We've got a cold front coming through that'll drop us into the 50's for the next few days!
  23. Gravel

    Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread

    I've been doing what I thought were low bar squats lately, but I'm not sure. After my squats on Saturday, I got a large (probably like bisecting a golf ball) "lump" at the bottom of my neck/top of back. It sounds like it might have been resting on my spine, and I wasn't squeezing my traps...
  24. Gravel

    How stupid are you compared to your great gramps?

    I thought this was a pretty stupid point, made even worse when the author throws in shit about movies. He's absolutely right that no one had TV or movies back then. And you know what the upper class (the target of Ivy admissions) had? Books! And all the fucking time in the world to read them...
  25. Gravel

    The Grand Tour (from the guys in Top Gear)

    Man, they were seriously like an hour away from here. I doubt they allow the public near them when they're filming (outside of the open road stuff), but I would've loved to have seen it.
  26. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Grats Ed Reed, Anquan Boldin, and Torrey Smith. The rest of the Ravens can get fucked.
  27. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Wait, an unrushed FG attempt from what...70 yards away? By Akers? Haha...
  28. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Jesus, holding much?
  29. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Really should've had Kaep run on one of those downs.
  30. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Jesus, terrible fade.
  31. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Wow, guess Harbaugh called it again? Didn't that happen in the NFC Championship too?
  32. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Wow, hard to not call that offsides.
  33. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Terrible pass.
  34. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Two point conversion time!
  35. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Ugly Deion Sanders.
  36. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Ravens playbook says Rice gets no more carries this game.
  37. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    They should just go for it?
  38. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    LOLAkers.
  39. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Haha. Ravens bailing out Akers.
  40. Gravel

    2013 NFL Playoffs

    Holy shit. This game.