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I don't know, good stuff happening makes me suspicious, I just have to pick it apart to analyze it piece by piece. Stuff can never be ''good'' as long serious doubts linger in the back of my mind.

Its pretty to tough have durability and stability in a light weight package. There are some made of carbon fiber, it flexes less than a heavy duty steel construction but the $$$ . I went with a 165cm tall one, I'm 185 so its definitely not perfect but anything bigger would have been, well too big for my backpack, the 165cm is already pushing it. Thankfully the display of my camera can be moved around so I do not have to do an awkward semi-crouch, I just flip it up. So when climbing and camping in the mountains I'm now carrying 30-35kg of gear plus another 5kg of camera equipment.

Perfect music for doing dreadful graphical work with a nasty deadline at 3 AM. Turns me into a robot.

Bought a camera tripod. Sounds easy, but finding one that is tall enough to make comfortable shooting possible but can also be collapsed into a nice handy package for mounting it on the side of my back pack was pretty hard. Not to mention the other parameters like weight, ease of use plus durability - the tripod will be banged around in the mountains, thats for sure.

Of course, bought both games (Redux) from steam. Could play it on highest settings and resolution with 60 fps, totally enjoyed my new PC. I actually found Last Light harder, especially those Nosalises attacking in waves in the Church was a hard fight, made it out alive after the fourth try, making an impenetrable firewall with the firebombs and then shooting those bastards behind it did the trick. Oh, and the Rhino was a tough one too. Big AND fast.

Just finished Metro 2033 Last Light Redux on ranger hardcore difficulty. One of the most atmospheric and thrilling games I've ever played, the maps were fantastic and so was the gameplay. Too short though. A silenced 5.45 sub gun with a NV scope on top and the knife were the only weapons I used, aside from repelling scripted mutant mass attacks with a 4-barrel shotgun and the weapons I was forced to use near the ending. I love games that allow using stealth. I also welcomed some subtle improvements over Metro 2033, like the scarce but helpful little red flags on the surface to hint the direction I was supposed to go. I got lost and ran out of filters more than just once in Metro 2033 which was highly frustrating, this time I could actually enjoy the visuals on the surface. (Loved the bridge level near the end) - Mild spoiler ahead- One thing I did not like was the morale system, and of course I got the ''bad'' ending. Yes, I got it, the whole game was about forgiving and being forgiven in return but some situations called for a less pacifistic solution. Yes, I killed those bandits in the tunnel who executed civilians and were about to rape a woman next to her dead people. According to the morale system that makes me a bad person, more than simply ignoring the whole situation and walking by. And yes, Pavel, after committing so many atrocities deserved no quarter, his fate of becoming a lost soul was fitting. But this decision also made me a bad person. Some of the moral points made sense, some were a little on the WTF? side.

I'd be tempted to spend another half an hour on an answer but I rather spend my time on cycling and lifting than talking about cycling and lifting, to someone who does not even read my posts correctly. I'm off now to increase my power lifts and drink some delicious orange juice, feel free to spend more time on your research. *snickers* Which I, to get back on topic, wholeheartedly recommend as hobby!

Yes, I mis-labeled what I meant, big deal. But you do not seem to understand the difference between an event and exercise. Why would I recommend an event? I recommend strongman exercises, which include powerlifting exercises. Oh, and when imagining strong men rock climbing simply think of the natural ones. If you knew anything about aerodynamics you'd know that there are no fixed numbers like ''80%'' because it depends on the speed. You should read my post again. Drag always plays a role, but it only becomes a major role on stages with very high average speeds and in oval cycling. On changeable terrain where 90% of the time is spent on fighting hills drag becomes rather insignificant. Watch tour the France, they will wear a streamlined tear drop shaped helmets and triathlon handle bars on stages that feature long straights with little elevation change, once they go for stages that feature many inclines and is mainly mountainous they will not be wearing those drag decreasing devices because their beneficial effect becomes insignificant. If drag was such a major player at those speeds they would be using the lowest possible stance , wearing streamlined helmets while going up steep hills. But people don't do that, in fact, they will stand up and use their body weight to aid pedaling, the stance that creates the most drag possible, because they're not fighting drag there. I could tell you from first hand experience that when I've started to use a triathlon handle bar, which is one of the few devices that do a comparatively good job at lowering drag in cycling, my times only decreased by mere minutes on my 3 hour ride. I tested this the whole summer fir literally thousands of kilometers. Changing from wet lubricant to dry and investing on high quality wheel bearings made a bigger impact. Or, since you don't like hearing about my experiences gather some first hand experience yourself, for once. Grab your bike, install a triathlon handle bar and wear a streamlined helmet, choose a cycling route that features a lot of steep inclines and use your most drag efficient stance. Then install new quality wheel bearings, the best shifter and use the best lubricant you can get your hands on, try it again - without your helmet and the handlebar. Report back. Or, if you don't like getting your hands dirty to prove a point, you can also use this calculator: http://www.gribble.org/cycling/power_v_speed.html Used my personal parameters, 100kg, bike weight 8kg, frontal area 600cm², 20 degree slope, 5% drive train loss. 5% is the amount of power lost through mechanical friction of an average bike. High end components will give you 3%. Slope: 20° Speed: 10 km/h. Gravity: 633 Watts Drag: 1.46 Watts (0,8%!) Loss: 29 watts (Drivetrain = 5%) Loss through mechanical friction is 19 times greater than aerodynamic drag. Now at high speeds on a flat stage its a different story: Slope: 2° Speed: 40 km/h. Gravity: 237 Watts Drag: 330 Watts Loss: 33 Watts (Drivetrain, 5%) Like I said before, on stages where the majority of the time is spent on trying to haul your butt up a hill drag becomes insignificant and mechanical friction plus rolling resistance becomes the factor #1. In oval racing and on long high speed courses drag becomes factor #1.

My bad, I meant strongman, not powerlifting. As a powerlifter you train for those three exercise plus strongman exercise, as most powerlifters compete in those two categories. Competitive powerlifting indeed only consists of those three disciplines, strongman however consists of those three plus the disciplines I mentioned. Also about the aerodynamic importance in cycling, from all the things that are important in cycling aerodynamic drag is definitely not on the top of the list. On top of the list is tire width , diameter, profile and air pressure (in other words rolling resistance), closely followed by the mechanical friction caused by the gears and shifting mechanism. Outside ovals cycling is not about aerodynamics, its mainly about keeping mechanical friction down. What are you going to notice more when doing a three-four hour cycling stint through changeable terrain? Aerodynamic drag or friction from your tires, the wheel bearings and chain plus gears? If you'd constantly do 60-65 km/h for a couple of minutes like oval cyclists do aerodynamics would play a role, but once you throw in mountains the average speed is easily halfed and so is the importance of drag, chipping away hundredths of it does not do much at all. You might as well be trying to make it lighter, one gram at a time.

Thats nice and interesting and everything but I was actually expecting a direct answer to my previous post where I proofed you wrong about the strengths being used in official power lifting. But no answer is also an answer I guess.

I just finished DAI. To be honest I'm so glad its over, at the end it became a very very boring grind. What annoyed me the most was the never ending combat, at some points I wished for a machine gun for my character so he could mow down all the enemies with the press of trigger while screaming like Rambo. The game started really well but wore me down oh so quickly. If I wanted to play a mass murderer I'd simply play Serious Sam, it has a similar total body count but its much more fun. I wish developers would focus more on quality instead quantity, I miss RPG's with rare (compared to todays standard) but intense encounters including the possibility to avoid bloodshed altogether through clever tactics. Really liked the relatively grounded and interesting characters, loved the graphics and level build, liked the Wicked Eyes Wicked Hearts mission (best part of the game), loathed pretty much everything else. Oh well, lets hope for PE.

Wrong. Powerlifting consists of one rep max exercises as well as exercises for reps against time. Its also wrong to assume that it focuses mainly on one kind of strength, there are static strength exercises like doing the ''cross'', dynamic ones like sled pulling and pushing, the farmers walk, tire flipping, also rep-heavy lifts like atlas stones. And many more. Methinks you're talking about Olympic lifting. This is true for oval cyclists, if your cycling consists mainly of climbing mountains (which it should) with 15-20° and even steeper inclines the wind plays a very very minor role. That is where cyclist weight plays a huge role. Which of course does not matter on a static bike in the gym. On downhill sections a triathlon bar can be used which does decrease the aerodynamically coefficient enough top enable me to increase my max downhill speed by about 8% and my speed on straights by about 3-4%. My beloved bike with the triathlon handlebar:

Can anybody translate what they're saying?

Lol, what?

Ok, thats a common myth that needs to be debunked right now. I weigh 100kg and I'm still very good in one of my greatest passions - cycling. I can keep up with experienced cyclists weighing 30% less than me. (We're not talking Olympic-level here though). Not to mention hiking in the mountains at high altitudes and steep inclines including climbing, I can easily keep up with fit people who are much smaller and lighter than me. How is that possible? The heavier an object gets the more power you need to move it, there is no way around that. That means, in practical reality, I simply need to eat a little more to keep up. Also a couple of months ago I watched a Triathlon which was held here in Austria, the winner was a very wiry guy with the typical runners build (who collapsed and was rushed to the hospital). The second place went to a guy who looked buff, easily if not above my weight class. The difference in physique between the winner and the second placed guy was dramatic, and they were only a couple of minutes apart. So, from my experience I don't see a correlation between body mass and endurance unless we're talking about highly specialized Olympic athletes. But thats where all kinds of crazy performance enhancing drugs are being used, thats where things get blurry. Anyway, the day my body weight / muscle mass starts to slow my down I stop lifting altogether. But thats not going to happen the natural way, without roids, and supplements + roids is where I draw the line. Do I believe that pro bodybuilders and 180kg 200cm power lifters have less endurance / are slower than fit people with a wiry build? Absolutely, at a certain point its inevitable, but you'd be hard pressed to reach that level the natural way. *edit* Feel free to move the last couple of posts to the fitness thread. We're kind of derailing here...

I'm a mountain climber and I have to agree, sometimes you have to pull your entire bodyweight with just one arm and when climbing overhangs you need a lot of core strength to keep your body straight. Not to mention flexibility. Its a great full body workout, but like any body weight exercises it has is limitations- the weight. Some movements can be performed with far more weight than your own body weight. Its a great and fun way to get fit but its not easy and is also one of the most dangerous sports. Another highly underrated workout: the good old obstacle course. Especially with a heavy backpack and lots of climbing ropes. I love obstacle courses and I wish I had easy access to one, heck, I'd love to build my own.

I understand completely, I just wanted to say how I would feel if I had a disability, it was not my suggestion to let a disability have too much influence on your life, be it negative or positive. But thats exactly why I made that suggestion! Doesn't doing something completely different and useful sound appealing? I know if I had spent countless hours on watching Youtube videos the last thing I'd want to do is something very similar, like reading an entire shelf of books or watching movies.

Is this a reply to my post?

I had no idea you were disabled, Longknife, but there is lots of exercises you can do with just one leg too if you've got two good arms. Out of defiance, I'd probably be even more motivated to work out if I was disabled.

Maybe its because my sense of smell is good, better than any of my other senses. City with cars and thousands of people = horror. Skip the shower for one day = hell. And expired food makes me vomit instantly. I can tell by smell if my mailman -and which one- was here (several hours later) and when the direction of the wind allows it I can smell my neighbors perfume from 300-400 meters away before hearing or seeing her. I can smell and find a patch of lemon grass a 5 minutes walk away, on a windy day. The most useless of all the senses though. If my eyesight was as good I could sell all the scopes on my rifles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48nakpWpYTI

Start power lifting. * is predictable *

I don't know, it always smells like a tobacco factory is burning down, the exhaust fumes are very noticeable.

I find it interesting that nobody mentions air pollution. Its the number 1 thing I notice when entering a concrete jungle. My throat starts to itch and I notice a slight decrease in lung capacity after wandering around for a couple of hours. And I do not suffer from asthma nor allergic bronchitis.

^ I have a X99 MSI motherboard, so far its holding up pretty well. They actually have a fairly good reputation. *Scratches chin* What I did - its 0130 AM and I'm sending offers, I just hope my customers don't think I'm insane. Which is actually true, but thats beside the point.