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QUOTE (knightni @ Jan 23, 2010 -> 04:20 PM) I meant cut into square slices, St Louis style. I have used provolone and mozzarella mix before. Sliced and shredded, for variety. Square slices is supposedly from St Louis?

QUOTE (Kenny Hates Prospects @ Jan 23, 2010 -> 04:16 PM) This is in another thread, but it deserves it's own thread anyway. The 13 pitchers thing is beyond retarded. Why the f*** did we let Carrasco go then? I thought there wouldn't be enough innings to go around? Now there's even MORE innings to go around? And secondly, carrying 13 pitchers means 8 regulars + Jones + Kotsay + Castro + Omar. That means if we lose an IF for a few days we have to DL him automatically, because if someone else goes down we'd have an OF in the IF. Remember JD playing SS? We could have that again. Ozzie has never been this dumb before, this is all new territory for him. There's another article out where he's talking about running all the time for no reason, just to be different. He even insinuates that he will do stupid things on the basepath regularly, and on purpose, and that the team may look really bad early on but get better. On top of that there's the ridiculous "DH by AAAA committee" as well as the notion that AL teams will be permanently moving away from the full-time DH in the very near future. I've always said I loved Ozzie's passion for the organization and everything else, and he's one of my all-time favorite Sox players, but if he goes through with this s*** then he needs to be fired immediately. You just can't do that s***. This is seriously some Dusty Baker bulls***. Nice rant, I hope it felt good. We didnt bring back Carrasco because he wanted to start and the Sox couldnt give him that opportunity. And that article about running early is about spring training and getting the team right by the first pitch.

QUOTE (kjshoe04 @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 04:30 PM) I agree on all of these. Deep dish pizza is not pizza. You people make me sick.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 06:41 PM) Oh s***, those speed skaters were killers! But this stuff is getting easier for me now...at least I am not wanting to stop the thing and puke now. Workouts are still hard, and granted, I am sort of doing the junior version because I am using bands, but I am coming along just as I'd hoped I would. And I am already seeing some results...fitting into some clothes better already, and feeling better and stronger than I have in at least a year or so (when I stopped doing my cardio workouts). Nice, keep pushing play. Did you take before pictures? You'll be surprised how much difference the first 30 days makes.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 03:24 PM) Ugh, great....exactly what I need....they're still sore from freaking Plyo... Soon as you hit speed skaters you'll want to die. Thats why you basically get the weekend off. Kempo is nothing.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 22, 2010 -> 11:56 AM) I did about 35 minutes of yoga, would have done more, but I had to head into work for a staff meeting. I was actually enjoying it, but mostly because I have been very sore this week since starting the program, and stretching out my muscles was feeling really good. Definitely going to upgrade to the weights in a few months. Right now, I think the bands are plenty good enough. Today is Legs & Back. I'm a bit concerned, considering my legs are still trashed from Plyo three days ago! Legs and back are my least favorite. Wait until you cant get out of bed tomorrow morning because your legs are locked up. Awesome

JR, KW and Ozzie said no to Thome, and it makes me happy. Sorry Jim, probably time to retire.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 09:45 PM) Bands. I don't own any dumbbells yet. Probably going to upgrade in a few months to those. Did part of the yoga today. Pretty cool stuff. How much did you make it through? Yoga sucks, I usually do about 45 min before I get sick of it. Once you start thinking the resistance exercises are too easy then you should upgrade. My shoulders and arms last night was brutal, but thats because I am doing static arm curls with 20-25 lbs after blasting my arms for sets beforehand.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 09:52 PM) Rock, there is no way if he does that program that he won't gain mass. If he wants to only do half of the cardio routines, than so be it. But if he does this, he will be bulked up afterwards. There is no way to go through it and not be... Maybe some muscle mass, but P90 really leans you out, especially if you focus on the diet. I guess he could use the resistance routines as a template for how to gain muscle mass and ignore the cardio and the diet. I would recommend however at least doing some of the flexibility routines just because of the ancillary benefits.

Versteeg is in a serious slump, looks like s***. Calgary is a team I love to beat, they are f***ing assholes.

There should be a John Heyman insider award.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 07:42 PM) Ok, did Shoulders & Arms today. So far this has been the easiest of the workouts. But still, now I think EVERY muscle in my body is sore. I'm holding off on the ab ripper until I feel like I am in good enough shape to actually accomplish something. Right now I am so tired after the main workouts that the ab ripper would be me basically flopping around on the ground... Bands or freeweights? With the Bands I always felt like this was my off day. As soon as I upgraded to weights, this day became quite a bit harder.

QUOTE (CryptviLL @ Jan 21, 2010 -> 06:07 PM) Ahhh This is good information. Do you have any routine I could look into? Day by Day with detailed instructions (as im very rookie) What's plateau-ing? Sorry for my ignorance. Most people who work out will go to the gym and do the same routine day in and day out, or do a different one each day, but repeat it the next week and the week after that. With that strategy your results will eventually stop happening and you will plateau. Since you are apparently very lean right now at 6 feet I would really concentrate on grabbing a mass gainer protein powder from GNC. Dont worry about the fat content or the carb content, you will need both and you probably burn those calories easily based on your build. I would hit the weight hard 3-4 days a week concentrating on a subset of your body each day. For example, do just your chest one day, but make sure the exercises vary. For example do a bunch of body weight sets, push ups, military pushups, wide pushups etc. Then incorporate some free weights into the mix. Next finish with a superset on the bench, incline and decline. This should all take an hour or a little over an hour and should BLAST your chest that day. Then rest it for the rest of the week and let it recover. The hard part if going to be adding the supplements into your diet, it appears you know how to eat healthy, and stick with that diet. But add a protein shake a few times a day into the mix. Have one in the morning, one before and after your workout.

I wouldnt recommend P90X if you are looking to gain mass. P90X will lean you out considerably regardless of the weights you use, it is really for the athlete that is in good shape but wants to get entirely ripped. If you want to gain weight I would focus on protein/carb supplements outside of your normal diet and hitting the weights HARD but focused on particular muscles per day to get maximum results and to make sure you dont plateau.

QUOTE (SoxAce @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 04:31 PM) Don't know why it's such a big deal. Hendry will do what he usually does to an overrated prospect in his system. Fall in love with him, and hold onto him for way too long. Possibly then flipping them past their value to another team for a rent a player that doesnt make much impact.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Jan 20, 2010 -> 02:23 PM) That sounds a lot like a Cubs fan talking Anyway, the injuries don't worry me. Buehrle had a tired arm, which he's working with Herm to make sure doesn't happen this year like it has in the past. Peavy's two injuries were due to running the bases in the NL, and taking a line drive to the shoulder (not likely to happen a lot) Danks and Floyd had some odd issues, but they shouldn't be worried about that much. Freddy is the wild card. No, Buehrle did not have a tired arm, he was in PAIN. His shoulder caused him problems to the point where he was in alot of pain when throwing. He lost velocity, location and spin on his pitches because of the pain.

Thome isnt coming here, so whats the point of the argument.

Only at a Cubs convention would you see them bring in a homeless crackhead as a sign of the club.

QUOTE (Reddy @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 07:43 PM) I'm the same way - in sets 3 and 4 i literally want to die, but when i get to the bonus/cool-down i feel so wastedly good. haha actually though, i've been told to only do about half of each cardio workout since i'm trying to actually ADD bulk, and the cardio makes that a heckuva lot harder. When Tony pauses for a second and he is huffing puffing and laughing, I am usually about to die.

Coop was on Tribune live today answering questions about the team and I thought the most interesting bit was that Mark was in alot of pain in his shoulder last season as it wore on. I've always thought Mark had a rubber arm and could routinely throw 200 innings each season, but it sounded like Coop was just trying to get him through the year. Among those comments he spoke about Threets? How JJ's arm isnt completely healed yet and how Bobby is still the most important guy in the pen.

Ah, thats right, I forgot he was a hilltopper. He's one of those guys where you dont know how he does it, but he produces. Turner just solidified himself as at least the 2nd best Buckeye in my lifetime with 1,000 points, 500 boards and 300 dimes. Amazing. Titus almost got himself a steal, but instead decided he didnt want on the score sheet.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 07:27 PM) Ugh, I just did the plyometrics. Made the Back & Shoulders routine seem like child's play, and I couldn't even get through the whole thing. If you want to know just how out of shape you are, people, do this plyometrics routine. Wow. Keep it up, take a small break if you need to, after the third set it gets easier, the bonus is basically a cool down. My favorite workout when its done, but in the middle I want to kill someone.

Zoom, was Shurna highly recruited? I could see how teams could overlook him because he's a bit unorthodox, but he's a hell of a player. Someone needs to buy him some proactiv though.

QUOTE (ZoomSlowik @ Jan 19, 2010 -> 07:06 PM) They're screwed no matter what D they play in this game. They sure as hell aren't quick enough to play them man-to-man, we've seen what happened with the matchup zone, and I doubt the 1-3-1 will fair much better. If a team doesnt have anyone to stop Turner or at least slow him down, they are hard to beat. If you let Buford get warmed up, its over.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jan 18, 2010 -> 08:30 PM) Rock, are you doing the ab ripper too? Yes, after the resistance exercises. Its f***ing hell and I want to punch that black guy in the face everytime I do it.