[Lusst]

Originally Posted by fat_wilhelm

Well, there are a couple ways.

Option 1: Old School

Get a giant inflatable like this. Inflate to desired diameter… 18” = 240-250 lbs., 20”= 335-340 lbs., etc. Mix up some plaster of paris, throw a big lump of it on a board and stick ball in lump, valve pointing up. Coat ball with plaster of paris, thick enough to create a solid mold. Leave a large PVC pipe cap on top of ball that you can plaster around so you'll have somewhere to pour the concrete. Once the plaster is set up, deflate the ball and pull it out. If you can, try to spray the insides of the mold w/ lube before pouring.

Authors note: The plaster method sucks ballz. I did it once, but will never again.

Option 2: New School

Buy a Slater’s mold for multiple use or an Iron Gladiators mold for once-and-done. They’ll come with instructions.

Option 3: Travelling Method

Pay for materials and a nice six pack and drive to Detroit to pick up stone from fatty. Right now, all I’ve got is an 18” mold, but I’ll probably buy a 20” somewhere in the future.

Thanks for the link fatty. I've felt like a true Strongman since I flipped that tire the other day.

[fat_wilhelm]

Originally Posted by Lusst

Thanks for the link fatty. I've felt like a true Strongman since I flipped that tire the other day.

That link wasn't for you. Put it back.

[DEVILsSON]

I'd suggest you start taking B-Complex post-workout for better stress management/workout recovery.

[finnegan]

Conditioning:
Bas Rutten's All Around Workout
28 minutes.

Bag Work:
3 rounds Bas MT 3 minute rounds
Rd 1: 16 oz gloves
Rd 2: 7 oz gloves
Rd 3: 7 oz gloves
Rd. 4 shadowboxing (no gloves)

Impressions:
Again, focused on technique after being exhausted. Made it through the All Around workout well enough. Rested 5 minutes before beginning bag work. The 7 oz gloves felt like little toy gloves after the round w/ the 16oz. Legs are dead. Since I am firetending this weekend, I'm taking tomorrow off and resting up. This will be a blowout weekend of drinking, pizza, sex, and Guinness before cleaning up a bit and losing a few pounds.
Getting anxious for the gear to arrive.

[finnegan]

Equipment Recieved:
Mexi Wraps
"Infinite Intensity."

I've read about 1/3 of the book. So far, so good. I am thinking of doing the 50 day routine in the back after I get done firetending this weekend.

[Stonebreaker]

Originally Posted by erco

Chances are, you might want to up the dosage so you get a combined 3000mg (3g) of combined DHA/EPA.

Originally Posted by Forcetti

Look at the back of the container, it should have something like

Fish Oil----1000mg
EPA----180mg
DHA----120mg

So you want about 3000mg of EPA and DHA combined, which in this case is 10 caps a day, but some fish oils have different amounts of EPA/DHA.

Okay, sorry about the backtrack here, but I just checked my own bottle o' fish oil: it's running about 215 EPA and 145 DHA: somewhere between 8 and 9 per day to hit 3000. The bottle's recomendation is 1 cap, three times a day. What's with the massive disconnect between recomendations?

[erco]

Originally Posted by Stonebreaker

Okay, sorry about the backtrack here, but I just checked my own bottle o' fish oil: it's running about 215 EPA and 145 DHA: somewhere between 8 and 9 per day to hit 3000. The bottle's recomendation is 1 cap, three times a day. What's with the massive disconnect between recomendations?

FDA are poopy faces.

[Stonebreaker]

Originally Posted by erco

FDA are poopy faces.

Hmm. Good argument: clear, concise, and leaving little room for contradiction.

Seriously, though: the FDA didn't recommend 3 caps/day (there's a nifty little label on the bottle saying that no RDA has been established, and no claims of efficacy have been verified), so I'm presuming that the manufacturer did. Was the 3/day recomendation based on anything in particular, or did they just figure that the average consumer would be put off by the idea of tossing down three per meal instead of three per day?

[erco]

Originally Posted by Stonebreaker

Hmm. Good argument: clear, concise, and leaving little room for contradiction.

Seriously, though: the FDA didn't recommend 3 caps/day (there's a nifty little label on the bottle saying that no RDA has been established, and no claims of efficacy have been verified), so I'm presuming that the manufacturer did. Was the 3/day recomendation based on anything in particular, or did they just figure that the average consumer would be put off by the idea of tossing down three per meal instead of three per day?

Well, it's been claimed in multiple studies that dosages over 1.5g of combined DHA/EPA causes seizures and possibly death in 18% of the trial population. The manufacturers have a low recommended dosage because they probably don't want to deal with any lawsuits. Personally, I think the benefits outweight the 18% chance of severe side effects, so meh.

[Stonebreaker]

Originally Posted by erco

Well, it's been claimed in multiple studies that dosages over 1.5g of combined DHA/EPA causes seizures and possibly death in 18% of the trial population. The manufacturers have a low recommended dosage because they probably don't want to deal with any lawsuits. Personally, I think the benefits outweight the 18% chance of severe side effects, so meh.

Are you shitting me? You have a link to any of those studies by any chance? Russian Roulette via fish oil doesn't sound like a whole lot of fun to me.