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« Reply #925 on: November 27, 2007, 08:47:15 AM »
Ok guys time for me to get serious. I've decided to try & go back to school. I don't have time or money but if I don't do it now I'll never do it. I figure now would be as good of a time as ever (no kids at the moment). Right now I'm torn between getting any one of the following degrees:

MS - Public Safety
MBA - General Business
MS - Organization & Management
MS - Organizational Psychology
MS - Sport Psychology

Keep in mind I've got no fucking clue as to what I'll be doing in five years. I'm looking to change careers & I'd love to where I live as well. I'd like to hear your thoughts on the above degrees & what you would go after if it were you.

Come on guys give me a few more suggestions...help a brother out.

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« Reply #926 on: November 27, 2007, 09:20:13 AM »
Come on guys give me a few more suggestions...help a brother out.

What Bach. degree do you have? Psych?

Sports Psych is good money but very tough work.

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« Reply #927 on: November 27, 2007, 09:37:15 AM »
What Bach. degree do you have? Psych?

Sports Psych is good money but very tough work.

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BS is in Psychology & Writing.

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« Reply #928 on: November 27, 2007, 11:00:37 AM »
Come on guys give me a few more suggestions...help a brother out.

Rim, I'd go with the Govt job in safety area. They will allways be printing pay checks.
Our country is going thru a major readjustment/  period. Things will never be what they were.
Basically I see it breaking down. LE related and Public safety are a sure thing.

Biz if you had previous experience only (or family in it) Your too expendable there unless very specialized.
You need to really pull in some Big buck$ to go it in your own Biz today.
It is SO prohibitive to run a small Biz today that even guys like a well paid surveyor friend have a hard time.
If your working for someone else in private Biz your a slave and vulnerable.

Stick with the Govt check and retirement unless you've got a headstart on a very highpaying field.

The better days for the USA are behind it. Open your eyes and look what its becoming, a refuge for
S. American refuse. Our leaders love the cheap labor.

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« Reply #929 on: November 27, 2007, 12:00:13 PM »
SPORTS PHYC!!!  ;)

You can start your own business with that or play it safe like trab suggested. I have an entrepreneurial mind so hard for me to just work for a paycheck, I have to love what I do.

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« Reply #930 on: November 27, 2007, 01:08:39 PM »
Cones and Yellow Caution Tape.

These fools would all die in about 45min on a comercial construction site.




trab, I just meant to seal off my own area so no one gets too close to me when I train.

Yes, I would be a fool on a construction site but these gym fools are even more dangerous!

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« Reply #931 on: November 27, 2007, 02:49:55 PM »
trab, I just meant to seal off my own area so no one gets too close to me when I train.

Yes, I would be a fool on a construction site but these gym fools are even more dangerous!

Yeah, that's waht I was thinking.... Them big orange cones and a yellow caution tape perimiter  ;D

Maybee carry in some of them traffic blocking sawhorse things with the flashing yellow lights too?

Actually there maybe a growing market for hardcore small gyms in most large cities.
The comercial gyms dont really want BBers and PLer to be honest.
How many dedicated lifters even like the glitter gyms or use the junk that most people come there for?

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« Reply #932 on: November 27, 2007, 02:50:31 PM »
i've done stuff like that before, works like a charm. anytime i see a water bottle sitting on a bench and nobody comes by for a few minutes i just knock it off the bench and proceed. i did this a few weeks ago and literally 10 minutes later this kid comes up and says "i was using that"...i told him "not any more".

i'm really not a rude person but sometimes i get irritated at all these worthless humans who think they own the gym.. this one guy uses 5 different benches and machines for his circuit training during the busiest time of the day. then he complains to the management when people "steal" his machine...fuck

i would have been rude if she wasn't old, she was pushing 60 and i didn't want her to have a heart attack...lol

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Man the same shit pisses me off to.  Some dick did the same thing to me with a bench gone for 10 MIn then comes back says he was using it.  i said the same thing you did, now Im using it.  The dude was like well im doing my thing on it anyhow.  when i got up to re rack the Dbs i was doing flys with and he went to the bench and tried to adjust it I turned to the guy and said in a not so quite voice hey put that back Im not done and he did.  Then the dude was standing there kind of closer than i liked before my next set and i said dont stand fucking over me!  Guy backed off then some other bench opened up and the dude started his stupid workout overthere.

Guy comes over a couple mins later and says hey im not trying to be a dick but i wanna get MY sets in, Im just looking at him, thinking hey fuckwad so do I.  The thing is if the guy would have said "hey do you mind if I work in" I would have had no problem with it.  All you gotta do is ask nice  ;)

The management at gyms sucks the fucks are lazy a holes who just wanna sit around and get through the day with minimal hassle.

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« Reply #933 on: November 27, 2007, 03:03:31 PM »
YOu guys need some home equipment to do arms and bench at least.

That shiet's way rude,
Ever seen a fight in a Gym? I never have, but worked with a guy who got in one.
He could get in one at church though.

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« Reply #934 on: November 27, 2007, 03:24:56 PM »
SPORTS PHYC!!!  ;)

You can start your own business with that or play it safe like trab suggested. I have an entrepreneurial mind so hard for me to just work for a paycheck, I have to love what I do.
I agree with BusyB...do what makes you happy.

I've been on the verge of making some pretty major career changes lately, but one thing that is very important to me is that I always maintain some level of freedom in my work, as well as the ability to decide what and how much I make...of course this is always determined by how hard and how willing you are to work.

Sure, a lot of people need the security of a more "standard" type of job...nothing wrong with that at all...and who knows, if the right thing came along, I could end up in a spot like that one day too.

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« Reply #935 on: November 27, 2007, 07:44:19 PM »
Serious question: What's your all time favorite type of cheese?

Mine is a toss up between Munster & Pepperjack - I love them both too much to pick just one.

Dealing with an Italian girl,

Bocancinni, she cuts it in slices (as they come in a little ball) and then she cuts tomatoes in slices as well, puts them layed out on a plate, then drizzles olive oil over top. Sprinkles oregano and some salt and voila....bomb. Eat this every weekend with my steak...
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« Reply #936 on: November 27, 2007, 07:47:31 PM »
In the past any dbol or drol I've used was always UGL...these days though AJ is 100% pharma all the way...so thought I'd give that a go and see if things went smoother.

Even so, I guess I'll never know how well it works since Arnold jr. does not use any form of AAS or any other performance enhancing item...just lots of whey powder, fish oil.
Did this about 4yrs ago, not as hardcore as this squat thing, but it hurt.

*Find some DB that you can press on the incline for 10reps, not to failure but a few reps short of failure.

*Rest for 30sec and repeat. Repeat until you absolutely fail on 10 reps or at 9 or so.

*Drop down in weight but make sure you can get 8-10 reps.

*Do this until you have completed 10 full sets of incline DB press.

*Chest training over.

Okay bro, I like it...will do tomorrow as it is chest day, nice...the only thing that I can think of that might feel like this would be 10 up and 10 down with barbell curls..passing it back and forth to your partner.
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« Reply #937 on: November 27, 2007, 07:54:43 PM »
Damn.  That just reminds me of Jan 2 - Jan 31.  The worst time of year for us regulars.  The only benefit is I might catch some different looking tail.  ;D

Hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving !!!

I'm at work too Rimbaud so you aren't alone.  Nice getting double time though.

Double time for thanksgiving, is that a standard in the States? We get triple in Canada, well I know my staff does.
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« Reply #938 on: November 27, 2007, 07:58:00 PM »
Saturday was the first time since getting hurt in September that I've actually use a dumbbell over 45lbs for any pressing movements. Because I've been favoring my wrist & elbow I've been doing a lot of machines for chest & shoulders but on Saturday I felt a little crazy. I worked myself up the the 75lb dumbbells for incline presses. Ended up doing about seven sets of them. Felt great while I was doing it but then the next day I paid for it. My left hand was numb & swollen (I couldn't wear my wedding ring - wife's pissed). Anyway, just a little rant. It's a long road to recovery I guess.

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« Reply #939 on: November 27, 2007, 08:00:23 PM »
Double time for thanksgiving, is that a standard in the States? We get triple in Canada, well I know my staff does.

Usually you get some sort of Holiday conpensation. I actually get 2.5 times may pay for Holidays.

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« Reply #940 on: November 27, 2007, 08:00:40 PM »
YOu guys need some home equipment to do arms and bench at least.

That shiet's way rude,
Ever seen a fight in a Gym? I never have, but worked with a guy who got in one.
He could get in one at church though.

Saw a fight a couple of weeks ago, little small guy that didn't take this big dudes shit...pulled some Bruce Lee shit and cracked his head open off the smith machine...did not see it coming at all, thought the little dude was going to get pumled...this is the reason I don't bounce anymore...to much guns,knives and guys that love to fight for a high off of it...screw that....my life and my son are way to important for some jackass that decides he didn't like the way I threw him out of the club...
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« Reply #941 on: November 27, 2007, 08:01:45 PM »
Usually you get some sort of Holiday conpensation. I actually get 2.5 times may pay for Holidays.

That soundes more like it, thought you guys were getting dupped....
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« Reply #942 on: November 27, 2007, 08:03:42 PM »
That soundes more like it, thought you guys were getting dupped....

If you work a Holiday on your day off it's 3 times your pay.  ;D

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« Reply #943 on: November 27, 2007, 08:07:55 PM »
So let me ask everyone this...what does everyone do for a living...besides lift..that's the given..

I'm a porn star....
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« Reply #944 on: November 28, 2007, 05:34:24 AM »
So let me ask everyone this...what does everyone do for a living...besides lift..that's the given..

I'm a porn star....

Are we talking real careers? Didn't know Canada replaced LA as the porn utopia??

I am in the fitness industry (really) been in for over 15 years. Run my own business with supps, training, contest prep, yada, yada, the whole ball of wax...

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« Reply #945 on: November 28, 2007, 06:59:45 AM »
So let me ask everyone this...what does everyone do for a living...besides lift..that's the given..

I'm a porn star....

Professional Civil Engineer

Porn star on the weekends... ;D

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« Reply #946 on: November 28, 2007, 08:48:01 AM »
Man the same shit pisses me off to.  Some dick did the same thing to me with a bench gone for 10 MIn then comes back says he was using it.  i said the same thing you did, now Im using it.  The dude was like well im doing my thing on it anyhow.  when i got up to re rack the Dbs i was doing flys with and he went to the bench and tried to adjust it I turned to the guy and said in a not so quite voice hey put that back Im not done and he did.  Then the dude was standing there kind of closer than i liked before my next set and i said dont stand fucking over me!  Guy backed off then some other bench opened up and the dude started his stupid workout overthere.

Guy comes over a couple mins later and says hey im not trying to be a dick but i wanna get MY sets in, Im just looking at him, thinking hey fuckwad so do I.  The thing is if the guy would have said "hey do you mind if I work in" I would have had no problem with it.  All you gotta do is ask nice  ;)

The management at gyms sucks the fucks are lazy a holes who just wanna sit around and get through the day with minimal hassle.

I feel your pain!!! it's like a battlefield trying to get a bench at the gym these days. i remember when i first started training stuff like this didn't bother me, but now i'm set in my ways and like to do specific exercises in a certian order. maybe i'm being picky but i feel out of rythem when i have to alter my workout because someone his hogging a bench.

the gym management doesn't give a shit, they just want to sign more members in an already crowded gym. i've trained at every gym in my area and it's all the same. the LA fitness i go to allows me to use chalk and do deadlifts without any bitching. most gyms freak out when i use chalk.

i'm going to start doing the long drive to my old powerlifting gym, i think it will be worth it at this time. with the "new years crew" about to swarm the gyms, i need to keep my sanity with my powerlifting buddies.

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« Reply #947 on: November 28, 2007, 10:33:44 AM »
I feel your pain!!! it's like a battlefield trying to get a bench at the gym these days. i remember when i first started training stuff like this didn't bother me, but now i'm set in my ways and like to do specific exercises in a certian order. maybe i'm being picky but i feel out of rythem when i have to alter my workout because someone his hogging a bench.

the gym management doesn't give a shit, they just want to sign more members in an already crowded gym. i've trained at every gym in my area and it's all the same. the LA fitness i go to allows me to use chalk and do deadlifts without any bitching. most gyms freak out when i use chalk.

i'm going to start doing the long drive to my old powerlifting gym, i think it will be worth it at this time. with the "new years crew" about to swarm the gyms, i need to keep my sanity with my powerlifting buddies.

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I feel you guys pain...for starters, it is irritating not being able to use the equipment you want...which is just another reason not to do chest on Monday or any day early in the wk.

Luckily for me, the gym I go to is extremely large and there are areas that are more reserved for the idiots like myself...sort of. You can use chalk, squat w/o shoes, do all the deads you want and nobody cares. Plus even if people do care, the owner sure doesn't...Carl Lindner Jr owns my gym, which might mean something to you baseball fans...point being, he has no clue as to what goes on there.

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« Reply #948 on: November 28, 2007, 11:46:34 AM »
does anyone else hear their cellphone ring...ALL THE TIME....even if its not ringing?


am i losin' it???

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« Reply #949 on: November 28, 2007, 11:50:55 AM »
does anyone else hear their cellphone ring...ALL THE TIME....even if its not ringing?


am i losin' it???

No, you are just hearing the Salvation Army people ringing those damn bells over, and over, and over...