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hi guys it's been a while since i made any post...  any recommendation for exercises (any type, db, bar exercise whatever) that will work many parts of the arms at once...  i would like bigger arms in general - forearm, bi and triceps...  i just saw this video few days ago and i tried this pull up variation and i really like it.  it feels like it work a lot of different parts.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmFhRTkpsHg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmFhRTkpsHg</a>


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Basketball / Re: Klay Thompson
« on: July 07, 2016, 09:18:40 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUkQubdvMwY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUkQubdvMwY</a>

ha ha yeah, how can i forget his stellar defense.

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Basketball / Klay Thompson
« on: July 07, 2016, 07:06:44 am »
I really like Klay Thompson...  his steady growth every year, ultra cool cat demeanor.  GSW fans adore him and he has some nifty nick names.  klaybot, klaystation, when he miss a easy bucket it's a klay up... etc.  When he's stroking it and burning up the net swishing it looks and sounds so pure.  Love it.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09AqpNPiZ8g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09AqpNPiZ8g</a>

off the hook in game 6 vs. OKC.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgH3KECYSQE" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgH3KECYSQE</a>

some pretty nice dunks...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nyBpt9tRsg" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5nyBpt9tRsg</a>

the 37 pts quarter, bay area feed.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0C8ohCiSv0" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0C8ohCiSv0</a>

37 pts, king's feed (great commentating lol).

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Basketball / Re: NBA Trade Talk
« on: July 07, 2016, 06:34:48 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_mZpAHOwBY" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_mZpAHOwBY</a>

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 22, 2016, 12:48:54 pm »
Quote
Just to add something about character.  You do realize that by the account of 99.99999% of people you are choosing to cheer for the white person who has done something that is 10000X worse of a character move than any in game play of LBJ.  By your own admission you claim that you think Steve Kerr was paid off to purposefully lose the game.  THIS is a sign of bad character.  FAR worse than anything the players.do.  A coach who fixes games against his own team is actually committing fraud.  Yet you continue to cheer for the warriors despite your belief that Steve Kerr is in on a scam to fix games...  You claim you believe this...  If you do, it doesn't make sense that you hold LBJ in more contempt than Kerr and continue to cheer for his team...  So, I ask you - are you delusional or are you lying?

umm, naw.  i was just thinking out loud...  i don't believe Kerr threw the game although the conspiracy theorist brain kicked in and tried to linked couple of odds things that i noticed.  which was Kerr talking about how well they get paid over and over in that one post game interview.  then the ultra uncharacteristic extended minutes both Varejao and Ezeli got in game 7.  now, the conspiracy theorist could argue what better way to throw a game subtlely by inserting subpar player into the game?!  it would be very hard to detect and prove.  or maybe Kerr was just out coached?  very strange not to close the game out with the small ball squad that he has trusted.

in the end what is a championship worth?  there is only 1 each year.  so other than bragging rights and a nice trophy is there a lot more?  i looked it up, the prize money between NBA Finals winner and loser is pretty small...  maybe Kerr was just trying to say win or lose we (players and coaches) still make plenty of money and this is just all nice entertainment don't take it so seriously.  it's not the end of the world...  and luckily the championship window for GSW is wide open.  hopefully they will still be top from for few more years.

http://moneynation.com/how-much-money-players-make-win-nba-finals/

Lose NBA Finals   $3,214,636
Win NBA Finals   $4,851,365

you have put many words into my mouth that i did not say.  i haven't said anything about D. Green.  but if you asked me about him, no he is not really my type of player.  i don't understand the kicking although some people showed videos that he does that even without another player near him.  it's a weird habit of his apparently.  i don't like him yelling "and 1" either.  he's a bit too loud for my taste but overall he seems to be the kind of player you love to have on the team and hate when he's on the opposing team...  that's about it.

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I arrive 30-45 minutes early and loosen myself on the side.  Jogging, dynamic stretch, and shoot on the side baskets.  Zero fuck is given to what other people think.  Honestly do what you need to do that is best for your body.  Who cares what others think...  Only insecure people would laugh at other people for warming up.

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 22, 2016, 12:44:20 am »
me a racist?!  not even sure where that comes from.  this is basketball we're talking here, where does race come to play at all?

Lol.  We are talking about basketball.  Where does race come into play?  EVERYWHERE.  Just cause you don't notice racism doesn't mean you can't be a part of it.  We at talking about a sport that captivates the American public, a sport largely played by black players with white owners.   The racial dynamic is huge. 

But just for the record I'm not accusing you of being overtly racist.  But you parroted many of the arguments racists make about Lebron James.  Maybe you really are clueless about the racial dynamics involved - if that's the case it's incumbent on you to realize that they do exist and how when you say or repeat something you hear that you think is objectively true but has racist undertones - some may think you are racist.   But again not accusing you of this.  Not in the least.  Just reminding you that the level of vitriol and personal attacks you leveled at LBJ (especially unfounded stuff like about you know he doesn't love and respect the game) are the same attacks that you can get to by being racist...

My character remarks about LBJ have absolutely nothing to do with race.  Since you love LBJ so much, explain how you can justify him saying "I don't travel", and "I don't flop" when there are tons of footages show he does both, a lot.  Is he delusional?  Or is he a liar?  He is one of those and by me calling him either one does not make me a racist.  It's a sign of his character regardless of his color which I have never ever brought up because it doesn't matter to me 1 bit.

Or maybe he really is neither because he is "allowed" by the NBA to do both, so in his mind it's perfectly legal.

Inconsistent reffing is already given in NBA for 2 decades with super star preferential treatment and one can easily argue that is game fixing to some extent.  People hate it but still watch NBA.  Just like people that love WWE love it even though they know it's scripted.  I hate poor reffing but since majority of the games are quite enjoyable to watch I will continue to do so.  The on the fly dynamics of the game is why I love it so much.

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Injury, Prehab, & Rehab talk for the brittlebros / Re: knee sprain
« on: June 21, 2016, 03:10:40 pm »
how well have you recovered?  where was your knee pain exactly?  dealing with some pain under my left knee cap for couple of weeks.  just wondering how yours went.  i don't even remember remember injuring mine and deep down i'm afraid it's just wear and tear and father time catching up.  :(

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is this common knowledge?  that human body is much more flexible under sedation.  i mean i just read about that today and i'm kind of mind blown!!

http://kitlaughlin.com/forums/index.php?/topic/647-general-anaesthesia-and-flexibility-how-much-does-the-central-nervous-system-affect-flexibility/

after some 22 bikram sessions in the last 1.5 month or so i'm getting some what annoyed as now the flexibility improvement is not noticeable at all.  each session seems like it's just getting back to what is lost over the last 1 or 2 days.  i guess i must learn to change the mind set...  perhaps i also need to visualize myself getting more flexible as well.  apparently there is a big mind to body connection when it comes to flexibility.

and check this out...

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSF2u33R8g" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxSF2u33R8g</a>

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 21, 2016, 06:12:09 am »
i'm not a die hard GSW fan.  i'm a fan of beautiful basketball.  it just so happens that GSW is in my home town back in california.  if another team plays a similar style i would become a fan of them as well.  that kerr interview just gave me all sorts of wrong vibes...  he was talking about $$ way too much.  even if GSW and won game 7 in no way would i be celebrating.  i still think the series was fucked with and hate how it went.

me a racist?!  not even sure where that comes from.  this is basketball we're talking here, where does race come to play at all?

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 21, 2016, 03:21:20 am »
NBA = best 4 of 7 vs. NFL 1 games winner takes all is vastly different.  Although I haven't watched NCAA in a while, I remember I used to enjoy it more than NBA because it was more pure in many aspects...

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 20, 2016, 11:13:09 pm »
Foul 1 - exactly the type of hold CLE does to Klay and Steph but CLE doesn't get called for it, hence the cry of GSW fans about unfairness.
Foul 2 - no way.  defense was not late.  at most it was same time.  then LBJ drops his shoulder.  it should be a no call, or offensive.  regardless of who was playing that's how i feel about that type of play.
Foul 3 - foul
Foul 4 - foul
Foul 5 - clean strip
Foul 6 - leflop bullshit, annoys me as much as Harden draws fouls...

"either way GSW are down by 12 with 4min to go and unlikely to win anyway".  LMAO.  This is the GSW we're talking about here.  every time GSW was on to something refs killed it.

Interestingly about Steve Kerr in a post game interview I think it was game 6, he constantly mentioned how welled paid they are (NBA players and coaches).  He said it like 5 or 6 times, I had a feeling that the league may have told him, yo it's LBJ's time let him have it, you guys have more chances down the road with the young core.  I mean the way Varejao got extend minutes in game 7?  That was very unusual.  Same with Ezeli's minutes in final minutes.  It made no sense.  Scripted series makes is very hard to watch and enjoy.

Dual conference is also heavily flawed, LBJ gets easy road to the ECF every year because East is a joke.  Yet the casual fans will have no idea and the media will hype the crap out of LBJ's "accomplishment".  Sadly NBA is more like WWE more and more.  The rise of GSW is unscripted and organic which was why it was so enjoyable.  Their style of play (through majority of regular and post season) is the pure essence of the game.  The GSW offense hasn't looked the same in this finals series because NBA allowed all the grabbing and holding.  Say what you will about GSW under performing in this series which is true but NBA's meddling has had a huge negative effect in GSW's style of play.  NBA did all they could to extend the series then tries to act clean in game 7.

Ohh well, I guess I'm just annoyed with how it went down.  I like it fair and I didn't think it was.  I'm not a sore loser in anyway, people beat me fair and square gets 100% of my respect.  I respect skills and even more so, sportsmanship.  So really, I dislike LBJ because I don't think he's a good sportsman because of his petty stuff and I don't think he is as skilled as he can be...

Moving on...  now no more good bball to watch until year end.  Now it'll be an interesting off season for GSW's roster.

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 20, 2016, 09:05:52 pm »
came across this piece which is eloquently written.  i must say it is written by a GSW fan.  but it was written before game 7.

http://www.goldenstateofmind.com/2016/6/18/11970760/sympathy-for-the-devil-an-impartial-explanation-of-nba-officiating

Sympathy for the Devil (an Impartial Explanation of NBA Officiating)
By cgun on Jun 18, 2016, 7:41pm

I've never seen the media flip a narrative so quickly as they have over the last seven days. Then again, we have never seen an NBA series flip so dramatically. Or be flipped. This post is in search of a reason that doesn't rely on conspiracy theories or ignore the obvious bias that propelled this series to game seven.

It starts with the business model adopted by the NBA early in the Stern years. For better or worse, that model was built around the idea that super-stardom attracts more viewers than fair play. As a result the NBA routinely and by design offers favorable rule interpretation to its stars. In the extreme, for the mega stars, it creates rule variations that help the star build legendary status akin to a video game character. The NBA also believes in the over-hyped story line, creating the illusion of rivalry games, and setting up a big stage under which its stars can shine brightest.

Enter the biggest star of his generation. He Flops. He Travels. He runs over defenders. The refs and league are not passive actors in this, they are actively enabling it. He wouldn't get those favors without being a generational talent. But to fans on teams he plays against, or anyone who values competition more than his legendary status, Lebron leaves a trail of controversy and frustration in the wake of his accomplishments.

Lets take a look at the events of last week through these lens.

1. Physical Play. Its was expected that the refs would let the Cavs be physical with the Warriors. There is a long standing practice of allowing physicality in playoffs. Its good that refs don't call as many fouls in the playoffs; neither fans nor the league nor the players want games decided with stars on the bench. The fact that this benefits the Cavs style of play isn't anyone's fault and the Cavs would be foolish to not take advantage of it. Yet there is the smell of a double standard left by overall lousy officiating.

2. Green's Suspension. Inexplicable from a policy standpoint. Why did the league office pick the NBA finals as the right time to suspend a player of Green's stature? Groin contact was neither injury threatening nor malicious. Lebron's actions were far more disrespectful than Green's. In order to achieve this result, the league office had to take the extraordinary steps of (a) imposing a flagrant foul retroactively, (b) reject the judgment of the officials on the floor, (c) base it on conduct that does not clearly fit the criteria established under rule for a flagrant, and (d) create a "groin shot" interpretation that could never be applied as policy across the league. Clearly this was done for a reason other than groin contact policy, player safety or accumulation of flagrants.

3. Steph Fouling Out. With Bogut out, having sacrificed a game to the Green suspension, on the road, a bad start to the game, the warriors claw back to single digits. Then Steph fouls out after two consecutive bad calls that take points off the board, effectively ending the comeback hopes. With all of the physical checking being allowed on Steph and Clay, with Steph being the reigning two time MVP and having his own legacy and superstar status in the spotlight, there are three horrible foul calls on Steph.

Follow the Motives

The league will make approximately $100M as a result of the finals being extended from game 5. Yes, its about money. (Pleased to meet you. Hope you guessed my name.) The league and its owners do not make more of it by the Cavs getting blown out and their superstar losing his luster. The NBA is a business. It makes decisions with the intent of increasing revenue.

The league has been pimping rules to make and monetize stars and perpetuate rivalries since the early days of Stern. The league purposefully assisted careers of all the superstars including Magic, Bird, Michael, Kobe, and its been there to help Lebron along his path since he was a high school player. What's new isn't the money motive, its the extraordinary measure the league took to prevent Dray from playing in a series clinching home game. Greedy and audacious without a doubt. But you don't need a conspiracy to explain this.

They are simply executing their business model.

POLL
Which of the following is the hardest to swallow about this series?

1. Double standard on the physicality allowed

2. Assessing a flagrant foul retroactively for minor (and arguably incidental) groin contact, resulting in suspension of a top player

3. Three phantom (or extremely bad) calls against the reigning two time MVP taking points off the board and effectively terminating hopes of a comeback

4. The NBA is rewarded with another $100M immediately by virtue of making these bad calls

5. The coincidence that all of the above happened, with no factors of significance helping the Warriors

6. Its not hard to swallow because none of that happened

the key two paragraph:

"It starts with the business model adopted by the NBA early in the Stern years. For better or worse, that model was built around the idea that super-stardom attracts more viewers than fair play. As a result the NBA routinely and by design offers favorable rule interpretation to its stars. In the extreme, for the mega stars, it creates rule variations that help the star build legendary status akin to a video game character. The NBA also believes in the over-hyped story line, creating the illusion of rivalry games, and setting up a big stage under which its stars can shine brightest.

Enter the biggest star of his generation. He Flops. He Travels. He runs over defenders. The refs and league are not passive actors in this, they are actively enabling it. He wouldn't get those favors without being a generational talent. But to fans on teams he plays against, or anyone who values competition more than his legendary status, Lebron leaves a trail of controversy and frustration in the wake of his accomplishments."

why does the NBA love LBJ so much?  is there even another super star that is allowed to get away with so much?  i can not think of another player actually.  name another player who gets away with the crap that LBJ does.  if i think about it, LBJ is actually the only player i truly dislike from the heart.  i can not stand his act.

i love the game of basketball very much - especially the skills and the competition aspect of it.  any player that puts winning above sportsmanship i dislike automatically.  for example if if play someone with lot of skills, but goes for the bully ball tactic likes dropping shoulders and play physical offense but starts to call touch fouls i love nothing more to torch them with sheer skills.  i respect people who plays with hustle and heart even if they are slightly less skilled...  but that's just me i guess.  but i know there are many like me.

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 20, 2016, 05:38:52 am »
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hp7NfhmGfA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hp7NfhmGfA</a>

nba refs are blind as hell - there was one right behind james watching.  7:45 lbj travels (pick up his established pivot foot which was the left) as he pump fakes got Ezeli in air; before there was any contact he switch the pivot foot to right - a very clear violation.  but of course lbj has been allowed travelling all the times throughout his entire career.

it was extremely hard to watch Ezeli and Varejao in the game.  omg they were absolutely terrible...  their stats were horrendous.  absolutely nothing on both side of the floor.  Kerr was down right idiot for playing them two for so long.

lot of bs in this series.  wouldn't have gone as far as saying nba gave it to CLE but nba heavily influence the game to extend the series that was pretty obvious...  nba set it up for to be a 7 game and no matter if GSW or CLE had won nba can spin it as a good story either way.  but with father time rapidly closing on bron bron nba decided to give it to CLE this year.

lbj is such a fake drama queen.  his leg broke the fall already he was purely acting.  just like last year when he crash into the camera in the finals.  his petty acts are why i will never praise him from the heart.

the only i like about him is his collection of epic chase down blocks...  nba's shitty reffing makes it very hard to enjoy the game.  is it too damn much to ask for fair officiating?!  establish the condition of the game early and call it fair on both ends of the floor.  game 7 was pretty good reffing overall but they still allow a lot of holding which i absolutely hate.  game 6, that was nasty bias for CLE, touch fouls in nba finals are a joke.

in the end nba got what they wanted.  this finals series was very unsatisfying for me (even before the final game 7 result).  just didn't like how it went down at all.  WCF was far more epic and tense.

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Basketball / Re: NBA Playoffs: 2015-2016
« on: June 13, 2016, 09:51:03 am »
LeBron on Klay’s comments about having his feeling hurt: "I’ve taken the high road for 13 years and I’m gonna take it again."

High Road. invisible bridge used to step over said person when open floor is available left to right.

— Ayesha Curry (@ayeshacurry) June 12, 2016

 :derp: Ayesha wins.

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