2mo ago  JackedPact

@SeasonedRP

My head tells me you'd want to do the opposite with older folks. Cutting the %1RM down and increasing the reps or more likely sets but I am no trainer.

Realistically the only thing I've recommend to guys in their 60s is one legged movements to increase balance to help prevent falls.

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2mo ago  JackedPact

One of you fuckers told me I probably wasn't eating enough. You were right.

Was likely eating at a slight deficit for months.. Started tracking calories again. Figuring my maintenance is around 3400cal.

Looking to hit 191 by April before cutting back down.

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2mo ago  The Hub
Scarf-wearing fruitbat

@First-light

You could realistically lump service industry to include bartenders, waitresses all lumped into one.

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2mo ago  The Hub
Scarf-wearing fruitbat

@Vermillion-Rx

You kind of answered your own question of why trade women would be sluts. Masculine, male dominated industry. Most the girls I've met in the trades are either built like a bull dike or are semi to very attractive tomboys who think they're just one of the guys.

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2mo ago  The Hub
Scarf-wearing fruitbat

@Typo-MAGAshiv

Man I was just thinking to myself, it'd be nice if women didn't look at me like a paycheck at 8am when I'm grabbing coffee geared up in my work clothes.

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2mo ago  The Hub
Scarf-wearing fruitbat

@iwasthinkingp999

Treat your body like a temple/remain physically fit yourself would be the most passive way.

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2mo ago  The Hub

@Kloi

Fuck it took about 8 months of consistant $1-2/hr raises for my metal fab position to bring home what I was making serving tables.

7-9hr shifts serving tables would religiously toss $250 cash into my pocket, 4-5 days a week and that's in the Midwest at a ma and pop diner.

Even if you're making a 100k/year serving tables, it's still a dead end job. Management at restaurants typically make less than the servers unless they are also taking tables.

The $2.35/hr covered all my taxes. No insurance plan tho.

10/10 recommend any kid fresh out of high-school got take tables for a year or two. You do develop social skills while learning to mange multiple tasks at once. Plus the money is good.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur57IunS9To

Maybe where you live, but I'd be forced to tell high school kids otherwise while suggesting they become engineers, plumbers, auto mechanics, or some other specialized tradesman instead. Unless the delivery guy and waiters are selling drugs on the side, like the late Ronald Goldman, walking away with pockets full of cash like back in the day will be highly unlikely. If you eat out, or have delivery, whether from a fast food cafeteria, a sit down restaurant, a food truck, or even a food cart, wireless digital technologies and transaction provider point plans make it insanely more convenient for customers to pay electronically, than with cash. Even trucking companies provide their drivers with debit cards to pay for their services at corporate truck stops, it's insane.

Will waiters and delivery people today have higher gross, pre-tax, income over their managers under the present transaction scheme? Definitely, but the main selling point was the cash that went un-reported to the government. With digital transactions, workers take a hit on their net, after-tax, income combined with fuel costs it becomes an unappealing job option for newbs given the responsibilities of the job and limited demand for those skills in other fields. This means waiting tables and delivering food is no longer a viable entry-level job even for people who'd otherwise be classed as social welfare dependents, which means single unwed mothers and their brood of bastards will otherwise remain non-participant in the economy draining the treasury coffers unless they make dramatic choices, like join the military.

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2mo ago  The Hub
Scarf-wearing fruitbat

@polishknight

Fuck it took about 8 months of consistant $1-2/hr raises for my metal fab position to bring home what I was making serving tables.

7-9hr shifts serving tables would religiously toss $250 cash into my pocket, 4-5 days a week and that's in the Midwest at a ma and pop diner.

Even if you're making a 100k/year serving tables, it's still a dead end job. Management at restaurants typically make less than the servers unless they are also taking tables.

The $2.35/hr covered all my taxes. No insurance plan tho.

10/10 recommend any kid fresh out of high-school got take tables for a year or two. You do develop social skills while learning to mange multiple tasks at once. Plus the money is good.

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2mo ago  The Hub
@Butthead

@redpillschool going to play Thread Necromancer here a bit, and tag everyone who was in this original thread in case they're interested:

@Kloi @MentORPHEUS @polishknight @SwarmShawarma @SeasonedRP @Stigma @adam-l @Bozza sorry if I missed anyone

Matt Walsh had an interesting video about this recently:

youtu.be/6hpypxJlt_8?si=5L5YMpKHalOqn6Fm

And looking back over the thread again, I see others shared videos I still haven't listened to yet. I'll try to remedy that in the next few days.

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2mo ago  Monthly Check In

November was a month to cut out doom scrolling.

Only other goals I had was decide on my living situation. Which we knocked out. Got a hell of a deal (like 40% off market value) on a two bedroom 1 bath house for the next two years. Part of the agreement is I'll be finishing a 3rd bedroom and 2nd full bathroom in the basement. Owner provides materials.

December is going to be a cruise month. No major goals outside of fitness and enjoying time with the family. Assuming i don't get lazy I'll call it a win.

Lack of appetite has been making it a struggle to keep on weight. It may be stress related. Addressing that but if my appetite issues can't be solved, I'll resort to forcing down calorie dense shakes.

My lower pecs and arms have been identified as lagging areas so I tuned up a routine to adress that. Will start running it next week.

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