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Post by grampalerxst on Nov 18, 2018 4:15:02 GMT -6
Thanks Rich! Phil, yeah Griff can't teach the solo note-for-note due to a host of copyright issues. He's teaching something that perhaps captures "the essence" of it and hopefully gives one the ability to play Clapton's version without too much problem. Which is probably what I'll try to learn after this "challenge" is done. I was working on the bass line a bit today too So do tell us about your CrossFit experiences - it may be off-topic but it's a heck of a lot better than silence LOL. I'ver never tried that particular form of workout. I have no idea how all these people giving lessons on how to play copyrighted songs on YouTube deal with copyrights or if they even do.
This is anecdotal, but a guy that posted a note/note cover of something mentioned he had to agree to allow Youtube to tack an ad onto the beginning of it to keep it up. The implication was that in exchange for the add Youtube would handle whatever needed to be addressed regarding copyrights. This guy wasn't trying to run a for-profit channel. I imagine people who are trying to generate ad revenue for themselves would either have to handle the royalties themselves or give Youtube a cut of their revenue to do it (if that's even an option).
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Post by Phil on Nov 18, 2018 11:03:55 GMT -6
... I enjoyed Crossfit a lot up until the point one of my shoulders started giving out. But it costs a boutique tube amp/year, and once retiring early became a priority I decided not to spend the money to turn myself into an invalid prematurely. That's my number one problem with CF - injuries waiting to happen from things like kipping pullups and sloppy technique on olympic lifts. Kipping pullups have to rack the hell out of your shoulders. No olympic lifter would ever do a snatch or clean and jerk for high reps where technique breaks down. In fact they usually don't do more than 3 reps per set. 2. Always working an exercise to failure. I've since learned that that is simply not necessary. You don't have to beat yourself into the ground every day. It's probably counter productive and creates too much stress. You never have a chance to fully recuperate. 3. The exaggerated benefits in their FAQ (this may have changed since 2008). I bought into their claim that CF could bring your deadlift up to 750 lbs. And this was from only deadlifting occasionally. At the time I didn't know that there are 300 lb. competitive power lifters who can't deadlift 750. 4. The benefits of randomness which supposedly makes you ready for anything. I don't believe you can get good at something only doing it occasionally. I was in a constant state of soreness. 5. I started to see the cult mentality of so many members on their forum and the inability of founder, Greg Glassman, to deal with even the smallest criticism. Having said all that, there are things I liked about CF - the importance of diet and building strength, using barbells, and pushing yourself out of your comfort zone. CF introduced me to kettlebells, the olympic lifts, and high intensity interval training and to people like Mark Rippetoe and Rob Wolf. I'm grateful for that. I started having doubts about CF when Mark Rippetoe left and when they turned on Robb Wolf for merely expressing doubts about the diet they were pushing. These are smart guys who know what they're talking about, but CF pushes out those who disagree in any way. More recently I learned that the people who do the best competing in the Crossfit Games don't train using CF protocols. Now that's something to ponder - Crossfit Games' winners don't train like Crossfitters. Well, that sums up my thoughts about Crossfit.
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Post by jack1982 on Nov 18, 2018 17:36:33 GMT -6
I've just started a program designed by Jeremy Ethier, a guy I found on YouTube who reads all the scientific research on exercise and nutrition and builds programs around that. I really like the workout (I'm on the beginner "shred" program, i.e. weight loss). It's basically your big compound exercises: bench press, incline dumbbell press, pullups and bent-over rows, squats and deadlifts, overhead press, and some isolation exercises for the side and rear delts as well as calves. That's broken up into two full-body workouts which you alternate between M-W-F. And there's an ab routine you can do once or twice a week. Tons of nutrition info. as well, including a spreadsheet where you enter your weight each morning and your calories consumed each evening, and after it accumulates 3-4 weeks worth of data it will calculate exactly how many calories your body is actually burning so you can base your diet on that. So far I've been really good about doing the workouts. As far as the diet program, um...uhhhh... Jeremy is really into sticking with the same exercises over time, and also stopping each set a couple reps before you hit failure. I actually think I got a hell of a deal for $69 - just a ton of info, beginner and intermediate routines, great nutrition info, extra routines for warm-up as well as "prehab" and a "mobility routine" - hell even alcohol guidelines (he recommends vodka ).
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Post by bluesbruce on Nov 18, 2018 19:15:51 GMT -6
- hell even alcohol guidelines (he recommends vodka ). Sadly, most of the fitness and diet people seem to recommend avoiding alcohol altogether... If you are going to consume it, though, distilled spirits come in highest on the alcohol content to calories ratio, with vodka usually being the very lowest. You've also got to figure in what you mix it with, or maybe you're going to have vodka on the rocks? A typical jigger (1.5 oz) of vodka is usually 95-100 calories. It's kind of depressing when you put the math to it...
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Post by jack1982 on Nov 18, 2018 19:36:16 GMT -6
- hell even alcohol guidelines (he recommends vodka ). Sadly, most of the fitness and diet people seem to recommend avoiding alcohol altogether... If you are going to consume it, though, distilled spirits come in highest on the alcohol content to calories ratio, with vodka usually being the very lowest. You've also got to figure in what you mix it with, or maybe you're going to have vodka on the rocks? A typical jigger (1.5 oz) of vodka is usually 95-100 calories. It's kind of depressing when you put the math to it... Yeah I'm afraid I gave up on the hard stuff many years ago - made me feel like death warmed over for days afterwards lol. Beer may have a pretty bad calories to silliness ratio, but a couple aspirin the next morning and I'm A-okay
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Post by cunningr on Nov 19, 2018 23:24:53 GMT -6
Not recommended but when I got diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, I lost 25 pounds in about 6 weeks. I have the diabetes controlled but cant eat anything, but weight is where I was 15 years ago. 180 carbs per day 60 per meal, walking 2.5 miles a day when not playing padel. Alcohol limited beer not very often, some red wine, and whiskey rocks on weekend, or brandy. Not sweets at all.
All this to point out small adjustment in diet and increasing a small amount of daily excercise has big impact. Good luck on those diets.
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Post by joachim on Nov 20, 2018 0:07:26 GMT -6
Jack, that was really cool! The tone was great and the playing was really solid - thanks for sharing.
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