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Sigh. Did you really read what I posted or you just hit "reply" at "promotes unhealthy living habits"? I did explain HOW this happens. People in risk groups pay higher premiums. People in risk groups pay the SAME taxes as everyone else. Thus, people have one less reason to worry about their health. That doesn't mean the current system is flawless or guarantees healthy living. But that has nothing to do with what I said. Let's stick to what I say, not what you wish or imagine I say, m'kay? Point out whatever you like, but you aren't presenting any evidence yourself, either. A government-managed UHC works like every government-related thing. Badly, slowly and inefficiently. And they do work on a budget there, too. That's a luxury tax. It has nothing to do with health concerns. No smoking in bars and elsewhere is neither here nor there. It's just a fad. Hahaha. This is pretty rich coming from the guy that calls others naive. Thanks for the laugh chum.

There won't be savings, you say? But isn't the whole point to make it "affordable" for everyone? If you are raising taxes to a point where there's no difference between paying premiums or paying taxes... uh...

Not directly, perhaps, assuming you don't get crap like sex change surgery and assisted reproduction therapy, which you do where I live. You don't get help for your cavities, though, or glasses if you need them. Not having to worry about insurance means you have more money for other things. So, you are getting the whole of society to pay for something you would have to shoulder on your own, getting perhaps a second house, a third car, or whatever, with what you're saving in premiums. And it doesn't matter if you make use of it or not - it needs to be there should you ever need it. The State is indirectly subsidizing your luxuries. That may be good from a consumption standpoint, but it's hardly fair. Further, UHC promotes unhealthy living habits. Or at least, it makes no difference between the person that doesn't smoke, doesn't drink and keeps track of eating habits and the overweight, heavy-drinking, 2-pack-a-day smoker that goes nowhere without his car. Who is going to pay the bill when that person needs medical attention due to his unhealthy lifestyle? And does the person who makes an effort to be healthy get to pay less taxes? Again, unfairness and dissolution of accountability.

Are library workers often the victims of attacks with office material?

Such a setup rewards laziness and cheating, and those values aren't a very good thing to promote. Why work for it if I can get it for free? Because it's the right thing to do? Heh. You'd have to ask them directly to know what their stance is on the issue, wouldn't you? State agencies exist because it's difficult for the individual to finance a trip to the moon or a carpet bombing campaign. Difficult, not necessarily impossible. But we're trying to be reasonable, right?

lol wat I'm European. You're not convincing me for **** either.

Hey, thanks. I had forgotten how good some HL tracks are.

True. No need to feel bad, though. I'm sure anyone here is more than willing to tell any girls what they are doing wrong, too.

Hehe. Yeah, the conventional wisdom (read: guru mantra) now goes like that. The thing with curls is that the biceps is actually a rather small muscle. Bicep gains are going to be nowhere near as good as leg or back gains, if at all. Doing things like bentover rows and pullups you are hitting your arms pretty hard, and but you're also getting the added benefit of a stronger grip and some pretty good back work. Compound exercises' chief advantage is that they recruit several muscle groups (duh), which means greater fat burning and increased testosterone levels. You really don't need to throw in bicep curls on top of that, as it's a pretty crappy muscle and easy to overtrain, especially if you are a beginner. Now, why is it said that you'll eventually hit a wall with bicep curls? Because of the way it's trained and the way dumbells are made, added to the above. Bicep curls are for some people actually more of a brachialis exercise (especially if you use the EZ bar and/or preach), than strict bicep work. The brachialis is a very strong muscle, but it's limiting the amount of work done by the bicep. Add to that the fact that dumbells generally increase in weight rather drastically (~2,5kg), and it's easy to see why curls aren't getting much love. That's not to say isolation exercises are useless or worthless, ofc. Just difficult to fit into a beginner's routine as effectively as would be desirable. Starting Strength Wiki. Good starting routines, good advice on progression, diet, cardio, rest periods, etc. No bicep curls whatsoever, and it's guaranteed to get you stronger. Squat, my boy, is the word. Sorry to steal your thunder, Wals. I'm stepping back now, promise.

Yes, if things were done right, "there would be no more terrorists, and no more arguments and disputes, and we all went to live in the gingerbread house at the end of lollipop lane in the land of chocolate ..." Seriously, you really need to stop watching so much Star Trek. The real world does not work like that at all, no matter how much ideologues and naive idealists wish otherwise. National defense is one of the few things the individual cannot reasonably be expected to do well on his own. National defense also includes defending one's vital strategic interests, by whatever means necessary. I suspect you have no idea to what point Western prosperity is built on oil. Our dependency on it is absolute and unlike anything before. So, yeah. Unless you're willing to go back to living Victorian-style, don't get all teary-eyed when folks don't protest their taxes being used to fuel the US war machine... you're getting a free ride, after all. You know what's really dreadful? People not knowing their history. Not knowing how much effort went into building what they now take for granted. Not knowing how much blood was spilled so they didn't have to worry about watching what they say or what they think. Not knowing that nothing is free. Not understanding the meaning of accountability, responsibility and confusing natural rights with contingent rights and other assorted socialist propaganda. In essence, not knowing what the flaming crap they are talking about. That is dreadful. So foster competence and that'll drive healthcare prices down. Why are you taking for granted that the only way to solve this is to force hardworking taxpayers to pay for everything? That's nice. I don't remember endorsing any contracts where it said that I have to take care of the lazy, the stupid or the cheating. I'd see about rescinding that contract if I were you.

People watch too much Star Trek.

Well, that's great. But the chump at 1600 Pennsylvania Av. may not be so clear on that. edit: wod beat me to it

What I don't get is, why are you allowing us to influence on how you do stuff in your country? Especially seeing as how we can't seem to find our way out of a wet paper bag on our own. Why would you want to follow an European's advice on anything?!

Curls are only good in certain circumstances/routines. On their own, they aren't much good. hang from the bar and make it happen.

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Except for Tritium which is extremely valuable, if only the logistics of actually extracting it and bringing in back could be worked out. Perhaps in our lifetime but not now. But I would point out that the baby steps must be taken before the big things and the benefits they bring can be accoplished. Yeah, and that's just the mining aspect. I think I read somewhere that microgravity is an ideal environment for manufacturing certain... thingies. Most likely hi-tech stuff, or perhaps precision lenses. Frankly, I can't be arsed to google it. We just need a material with a sufficient tensile strength to employ in a a space elevator, and work from there.

What motivates me is when an e-friend tells me his 120 pound girlfriend squats 250 and benches 205. My squat is almost there, in fact over the last 4 weeks I've gone up 40 pounds. I hit 225 last week and could very reasonable hit 245 but that would likely be my max at this point. My bench is pretty bad. I hit 205 about 2 weeks ago but the week after that I had somehow lost all my strength and was only able to put up 185 5 times. Unfortunately I haven't gotten past that since however that's mainly due to having an absolutely atrocious diet, horrible sleep, and working out past 10 pm which should be when I'm sleeping. His girlfriend, you say? But hey, at least you stay motivated. More than I can say for myself.

Question: why are you putting the cardio work BEFORE the strength exercises? Is this a homebrew routine, or...?

1. 692. 70 3. ???? 4. PROFIT!! I expected much better, tbh. I could have done a few more pushups, but I ran out of time. I really need to get my act together when it comes to ab work, as well. Didn't do the run thing. I can only do it on a treadmill, and that's plain cheating. I also secretly h8 cardio.

had some pretty atmospheric dynamic music. I don't think the game has a main theme, either, as the music played in the menu isn't always the same and it's usually one of the idle variations of the outer systems themes. Also, MGS2. Self-censorship is the worst form of censorship.

. The jukebox cheat was neat. I wish more games did that. You know, I was going to jump in with a Duke quote here, but there's just too many to pick one. So pick one yourself.

is the game whose music I've enjoyed the most overall. .

On the contrary, my wide-eyed socialist friend. It is both right and perfectly natural. Effort invested pays off, as it should. And the proportion of people who are both rich AND beautiful just by chance is small enough to disregard in our eminently rigorous disquisitions. Yeah, pretty much. But you are also lying your ass off to score, most of the time. Unless your opening line is something like "Hi, I'm Kaftan. My most remarkable trait is my smelly feet. I can also shatter glass with my snores." Nobody said anything about fair play...

You mean you can do one set of >120 pushups?