Sloth's hype is at 11!!!!

[deftona]

4 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Condolences arent necessary.

 

Even if they aren't necessary, I'm still sorry for your loss. Like Elastigirl says regardless of how often you were in contact, it's still difficult to lose someone who was a big part of your past. 

[Mrs Van]

Here's to the good times in the past! May you remember him fondly for all those beers *big eyes* and movies.

The boys and my "idle time" have also come to a stop. We started school today, but they seem to be interested in the stories they are going to read, our new bible work and the South Africa stuff. Let's hope it pans out.

Didn't your wife leave you cooked, frozen meals? What? Why? How? If I go away and leave Brandt at home I must leave a whole freezer full of meals that he can just defrost and heat up. I think I just learned something... You have my permission to go buy Sloth-tummy-friendly food.

[Novaurora]

12 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

i started the stove on fire tonight  no harm, no foul.  Apparently I'm the old-fashioned-type of husband that can't manage himself in the kitchen. I could be the hapless sitcom dad.

 

This is usually me in our house.  We have a gas stove and hubs always seems to walk up in on me holding a pot with a dish rag that is far too close to the flame or something of the sort.  He swears I am trying to burn down the house.

 

Enjoy your day off (if you get it)

[Shello]

They may be unnecessary but I am sorry for your loss as well.  High School friends are a strange breed of friend.  You may rarely, if ever, talk to them again but they were there with us through some awkward times and are a huge part of our memories and who we were.  

 

As for the trainer, maybe just skip Red Sonja.  I did hear someone is trying to put together a remake for that too.  

[jstanlick]

15 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

i started the stove on fire tonight  no harm, no foul.

Well, at least it wasn't the counter top, that's an expensive "mishap". My wife did that once with candles and Christmas decorations. I think it was just so we didn't have much choice except to replace the laminate counter tops with something that doesn't burn like stone. $$$$

[doctorake]

Glad you didn't burn the house down

 

[peelout]

22 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

i started the stove on fire tonight  no harm, no foul.  Apparently I'm the old-fashioned-type of husband that can't manage himself in the kitchen. I could be the hapless sitcom dad.  

Use this as an excuse to insist your wife does all the cooking when she is at home.  Safety issue.

22 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Since Peelout doesn't like content that doesn't discuss challenge goals and habit building, Since I've posted last I've thrown the kettlebell around, but I haven't ridden the trainer (Red Sonja has scared me off) or pulled the hex bar. I'll let you know tomorrow if I break this losing streak. 

lol.  Now get on the trainer.

[Sloth the Enduring]

On January 9, 2018 at 2:45 AM, LouCarJo said:

Same thoughts here.  I don’t get how they can talk about taking stuff to “level the playing field” because where does that stop - should someone with insufficient athletic ability to compete at a high level be entitled to enhance artificially their level so that they are then an athletic outlier and able to compete?

 

That would certainly help me out. I know a lot of the guys in my category are on testosterone replacement therapy (I'm not, but I test at the T levels of an 80 y.o. man.  At my clinic you need the t levels of an 85 y.o. before you talk to an endocrinologist).  I honestly don't know if I'd keep racing and justify it as getting back to where I should be or quit racing because that's the honorable thing to do. 

 

On January 9, 2018 at 2:46 AM, LouCarJo said:

It is said that 1RM is woolly anyway so tracking 2 or 3RMs better.

 

Wooly?  Yeah, it took days out of my training to get wait for my back to reset itself. 3 rep maxs are what I'm tracking from here on out. 

 

On January 9, 2018 at 7:55 AM, Marauder said:

 

 

Hah  

 

On January 9, 2018 at 1:48 PM, DJtrippyT said:

 

I swear I surfed into that on Spanish TV too!

 

Here for Slothing, obvs. All of us who turn 50 this year should get together and RAGE

 

(in a safe way, that doesn't throw anyone's back or knees out, and allows us to go to bed at nine and not lose our reading glasses and... you know what let's just get tacos.)

 

Wait, you're turning 50?  I knew we had the same pop culture references, but I thought you caught it all on reruns.  You're aging very well. 

 

On January 9, 2018 at 6:16 PM, doctorake said:

I looked for Conan on Prime Streaming today, boo I have to pay to watch it.

 

I've got an extra DVD I could ship you.  It was a 5$ set of 4 movies and I accidently bought it twice. 

 

On January 9, 2018 at 6:38 PM, Xena said:

So curious what you are going to watch once you exhaust the Conan/Arnold genre...

 

This genre is almost inexhaustible, but once I watch the new Conan I've The Road Warrior cued up which will put me in a post-apocalyptic mood. 

 

On January 9, 2018 at 7:08 PM, NeverThatBored said:

Hey Sloth - I'm late to the party but following along now.  

 

Welcome, there's no late to a Sloth party. I'm about a week behind on everyone's thread myself  

 

On January 10, 2018 at 5:45 AM, maegs said:

I have no opinions one way or the other on this Froome guy, but fwiw at one point like half of my rugby team had asthma, including someone who played for Canada in the last rugby league world cup, so...  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But yeah, we were talking about this at home around the time the Russians got banned from the Olympics, and I'm convinced that it's a matter of being good enough at it to not get caught - they wouldn't have known about the Russians but for a whistleblower, there's no way they're the only ones

 

Bike racers are the most tested athletes in the world and they're still taking a lot of stuff. They have some smart doctors and pharmacists. How many football players would still be playing if they were tested every couple of weeks in and out of season. I'm convinced almost every high level athlete is on some type of gear. 

 

On January 10, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Mr_Willes said:

You probably already seen this, but just in case you haven't...

 

 

It should read cycling team, then it would be perfect!

 

 That's one of my favorites and I say that a lot. 

 

On January 10, 2018 at 2:55 PM, DJtrippyT said:

 

According to my training partner half the peloton has "asthma". He has a friend (female, about 50) who's a serious triathlete who deliberately went to her doctor complaining of asthma symptoms so she could get an inhaler to use before races. And she's just doing regular triathalons, she's not a pro. But she wanted to make Kona this year and that's what she was willing to do to get an edge.

 

Besides vitamin T, I would love to be on clenbuterol (corrected to clean uterus lol) for my asthma. Improved breathing, burns off fat, enhances muscle growth; sounds perfect. A lot of masters level racers are on something. They can afford it and they're freaking out about losing their edge. 

 

On January 11, 2018 at 3:04 PM, jstanlick said:

 

 

 

[Sloth the Enduring]

On January 11, 2018 at 9:44 PM, Marauder said:

When my husband finished his PhD one of his gifts was a framed and signed photo of Mr DoucheBag.  Still have it... mostly because it was so expensive and the frame is nice. Maybe one day it will be rare.  For now it’s hanging in a closet. LOL. 

 

One thing about Lance, he always photographed well. All sweaty and lean with a look of fierce determination. I will never forgive him for his influence on bike shorts, he liked them all the way to his knees and ever since bike shorts have been too long. 

 

On January 11, 2018 at 10:04 PM, Tanktimus the Encourager said:

The "No Arnold, this totally isn't a third Conan Movie, it's something else entirely" Movie.

 

Yeah, I remember Conan teh Destroyer as his last movie like this. 

 

On January 12, 2018 at 5:14 AM, jonfirestar said:

I think it's true that we tend to go too hard on our easy days and too easy on our hard days. 

 

Going medium all all the time is my favorite, seriously. 

 

On January 12, 2018 at 9:24 AM, DJtrippyT said:

I can't believe I forgot to send you this at christmas

 

 

 

I wouls never take that off. 

 

On January 12, 2018 at 5:54 PM, Raxie said:

 

Yes training smarter! Putting the nerd back in nerd fitness like a pro

 

 I'm seriously nerding out over training protocols. 

[Sloth the Enduring]

20 hours ago, Elastigirl said:

Even if you didn't keep in touch, it's still hard to lose someone who was once a friend.

 

Glad you didn't burn the house down.

 

Thanks on both counts. I wouldn't say I'm taking it hard, but I've been thinking about Mike a lot.  

 

18 hours ago, deftona said:

 

Even if they aren't necessary, I'm still sorry for your loss. Like Elastigirl says regardless of how often you were in contact, it's still difficult to lose someone who was a big part of your past. 

 

Thanks. 

 

14 hours ago, elizevdmerwe said:

Here's to the good times in the past! May you remember him fondly for all those beers *big eyes* and movies.

The boys and my "idle time" have also come to a stop. We started school today, but they seem to be interested in the stories they are going to read, our new bible work and the South Africa stuff. Let's hope it pans out.

Didn't your wife leave you cooked, frozen meals? What? Why? How? If I go away and leave Brandt at home I must leave a whole freezer full of meals that he can just defrost and heat up. I think I just learned something... You have my permission to go buy Sloth-tummy-friendly food.

 

We also went to the boundary waters together and did other more wholesome stuff. As an aside, would anyone let their teenage boys go camping in the wilderness for a week and half on there own anymore?  I wouldn't have trusted Step-Sloth to come back alive and he did way less stupid stuff than I did. 

 

Welcome back to school. It sounds like you have a nice curriculum planned. Are you getting much use out of your microscope?

 

She used to, but then I would go off plan and eat all the garbage I normally don't eat anyway so she gave up.  However, the kids are food snobs like her and I'd be the only one to enjoy Pizza Rolls for dinner and I can't eat any of that any more. 

 

10 hours ago, Stribs said:

 

This is usually me in our house.  We have a gas stove and hubs always seems to walk up in on me holding a pot with a dish rag that is far too close to the flame or something of the sort.  He swears I am trying to burn down the house.

 

Enjoy your day off (if you get it)

 

Hah.  Stay safe Stribs. My problem was I was too lazy to clean up the spilled bacon grease - I figured I clean up everything just before Mrs. Sloth got back - and bacon grease is flammable. Who knew?

 

10 hours ago, LadyShello said:

They may be unnecessary but I am sorry for your loss as well.  High School friends are a strange breed of friend.  You may rarely, if ever, talk to them again but they were there with us through some awkward times and are a huge part of our memories and who we were.  

 

As for the trainer, maybe just skip Red Sonja.  I did hear someone is trying to put together a remake for that too.  

 

You're right, they're there for the formative experiences. 

 

I think I'll struggle through it.  They've been talking about a remake for years. The Conan remake probably was a major setback. 

 

7 hours ago, jstanlick said:

Well, at least it wasn't the counter top, that's an expensive "mishap". My wife did that once with candles and Christmas decorations. I think it was just so we didn't have much choice except to replace the laminate counter tops with something that doesn't burn like stone. $$$$

 

Ouch. I don't think ours is flammable, but it'd probably scorch if I was stupid enough. 

 

2 hours ago, doctorake said:

Glad you didn't burn the house down

 

 

Hahaha.

 

35 minutes ago, peelout said:

Use this as an excuse to insist your wife does all the cooking when she is at home.  Safety issue.

lol.  Now get on the trainer.

 

She already does all the cooking.  She has some food control issues and I've lost all my bachelor kitchen survival skills.

 

 

[The Most Loathed]

24 minutes ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

 

That would certainly help me out. I know a lot of the guys in my category are on testosterone replacement therapy (I'm not, but I test at the T levels of an 80 y.o. man.  At my clinic you need the t levels of an 85 y.o. before you talk to an endocrinologist).  I honestly don't know if I'd keep racing and justify it as getting back to where I should be or quit racing because that's the honorable thing to do. 

I've never had my T level tested but back when I was powerlifting, it was a common discussion to figure out how to suppress your T (no sleep, horrible food and overtraining all for a couple days) to get tested and see if you could get a prescription. I won't say I never considered it. 

Now, it's hard to say. I mean, if you need it, it can completely change your life to have it. If you're using it as prescribed, your unlikely to be going off the charts and seeing huge gainz. However, I don't know where it fits in the "level playing field" discussion. It comes down to, what is sport measuring?

If sports are all about genetic potential than drugs should definitely be fully banned. If it's measuring your skill or capacity to suffer, after a certain age, who cares?

[Sloth the Enduring]

Whew, it felt good to get that caught up. Now I need to take some time to find out what all of you fine nerds have been up to.

 

The funeral was long and boring (full Catholic service), but theluncheon afterwards was nice. I sat with the people who lived across the street from me and pretty much raised me - I seriously credit them with my survival and what few good qualities I started my adulthood with. I saw and talked with a few other high school friends. People got up and told stories about Mike. Like I said, it was nice, but it took really long. 

 

On the way to Grandpa's to drop them off I told the kids we could see Star Wars on the way home. The first theater was sold out, we had a second lunch, and went to a theater by our house. Which got us home at 7:20 with unfed (is unfed not a word, it keeps getting changed to index) kids. They're now getting ready for bed and I still have to shovel the stupidly-long sidewalk. 

 

Sorry Peelout, I'm not going to train today. 

[Sloth the Enduring]

2 minutes ago, The Most Loathed said:

I've never had my T level tested but back when I was powerlifting, it was a common discussion to figure out how to suppress your T (no sleep, horrible food and overtraining all for a couple days) to get tested and see if you could get a prescription. I won't say I never considered it. 

Now, it's hard to say. I mean, if you need it, it can completely change your life to have it. If you're using it as prescribed, your unlikely to be going off the charts and seeing huge gainz. However, I don't know where it fits in the "level playing field" discussion. It comes down to, what is sport measuring?

If sports are all about genetic potential than drugs should definitely be fully banned. If it's measuring your skill or capacity to suffer, after a certain age, who cares?

 

No sleep, horrible food, and overtraining sounds like my life when I was tested. I would have taken a scrip if it was offered. At the time I thought it would have helped me to recover from my back issues.  I actually don't know if it works that way... It likely would have helped my insomnia. I really wasn't hoping for huge gainz or an unfair edge, I just wanted to get healthy. 

 

Interesting take on the discussion. With bike racing you're also measuring who can afford the best equipment...

[Mrs Van]

15 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

As an aside, would anyone let their teenage boys go camping in the wilderness for a week and half on there own anymore?  I wouldn't have trusted Step-Sloth to come back alive and he did way less stupid stuff than I did.

Boys will be boys? I won't easily let the boys go camping alone, but it wouldn't be because of what they might get up to, rather than general safety here arounds. You go cycling in the forests alone, chances are your bike will be stolen out from under you. But that's another issue. We still want to teach our two some bush-smarts on camping, hiking, etc. And then depending on that, I won't have a problem on them camping or hiking in a group. Depending on the other kids in the group, age, hormones

15 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Are you getting much use out of your microscope?

Alas only now and then. Adam had a bit of moss which he looked at under the microscope, but he left the little container with it in the back room to dry out a bit. I set things up on top of the dryer, and asked my mom and Thoko (last Thursday) to please just leave those things, not move them around, because we'll be going there on and off as we work and want to look at things.

One of them didn't understand my idea of "leave things just as they are", "do not touch or throw something out, or move it around, please", because Adam's moss was thrown away, and the water drops in the container (which might have had that little bug thing he was looking for) cleared out and dried off. He saw this Saturday morning and wasn't happy. I don't know whom of my mom or Thoko did it.

So now he isn't interested in getting new moss, leave it overnight, then look at the moss and the water to find some or other little bug. I really have to look at the Youtube video he saw this in! Rocco has tried to look at feathers, but honestly, I've been too distracted/busy to really help them get the magnification right. To see whether they are really seeing anything or just light reflecting off the glass or what is really happening. I need to get my priorities straight. Should go better when we do planned activities, I hope!

15 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

 However, the kids are food snobs like her and I'd be the only one to enjoy Pizza Rolls for dinner and I can't eat any of that any more.

Ha, here it would be the other way around, with Brandt eating my food, but the boys wanting pizza, etc. and getting tummy problems from it.

15 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Interesting take on the discussion. With bike racing you're also measuring who can afford the best equipment...

Equipment can also only take you so far.

[TGP]

sorry, maybe you said it elsewhere

what is "peel-out" training?

[Xena]

@ peelout is a person...who appreciates regular hard work and has less appreciation for gifs and silliness.

[peelout]

1 hour ago, Xena said:

@ peelout is a person...who appreciates regular hard work and has less appreciation for gifs and silliness.

lol.  I'm a flowchart kind of guy.  But I still appreciate Sloth.  Just have to dig through to find what I'm looking for.

[annyshay]

20 hours ago, elizevdmerwe said:

So now he isn't interested in getting new moss, leave it overnight, then look at the moss and the water to find some or other little bug.

I have an idea! What about a bucket or something marked "Adam's Science Experiments DO NOT TOUCH". This seemed to work for my brother and the... stews... he used to make to see if he could create life. (not even kidding) This would keep one area for the things that other people think are gross, so that they know it's not to be tossed? Maybe worth a shot.

[Mrs Van]

15 hours ago, annyshay said:

I have an idea! What about a bucket or something marked "Adam's Science Experiments DO NOT TOUCH". This seemed to work for my brother and the... stews... he used to make to see if he could create life. (not even kidding) This would keep one area for the things that other people think are gross, so that they know it's not to be tossed? Maybe worth a shot.

I was thinking a tray with a high lid, because later this year we are going to look at pieces of hair, skin, plants, feathers, etc. and I don't want them moving stuff around. They really don't have to put washing baskets, etc. on top of the dryer. There is open space on the floor.

[Sloth the Enduring]

1/20/18 

Not much to report newswise. 

 

Today was the first day I’ve really felt healthy since I had the plague weeks ago. I’m still lethargic, but I think at this point it’s just habit. 

 

This week I’ve done flexibility and Daily Dose of Deadlifts, but no KBs or riding. 

 

Today I did flexibility, DDDL, & KBs and with God as my witness I will get on the trainer and suffer through Red Sonja before I go to bed. 

 

ETA: To help stave off the boredom of this post, here’s a pic of Yak dog. Probably a Tibetan spaniel mix. Has a cool Chinese dog tag. We’ve had him for a while now, probably will adopt him out next weekend.

 

[peelout]

1 hour ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

with God as my witness I will get on the trainer and suffer through Red Sonja before I go to bed. 

 

[Tanktimus the Encourager]

I'm glad you're feeling better.

 

I grant thee special dispensation not to have to finish Red Sonja. Thou art hereby authorized to start a new movie, shouldst thou wisheth it.

[Novaurora]

Glad you're feeling better!  I hope the plague stays away!!!

[Mrs Van]

12 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Today was the first day I’ve really felt healthy since I had the plague weeks ago.

Glad you are feeling better.

12 hours ago, Sloth the Enduring said:

Probably a Tibetan spaniel mix.

Thought at first glance it might be a Pekingese X. I don't know Tibetan spaniel so I looked it up, and low and behold they share ancestry. That mouth is typical Pekingese.

[shaar]

YAK DOG IS SO CUTE!!!!!!!!!!!!!