dubkitty wrote:my big mystery in the weiner-alteration debate is the claims that one's penis is "less/more sensitive" depending on whether the member is circumcised. have there been, like, tests where people went from point A to point B and then filled out ScanTron cards about their relative sensitivity? seems conjectural.
I have no idea how they test for these things, but they can test sensitivity in other parts of the body, so it makes sense that they can test the penis. The foreskin protects from bumps and knocks when you're walking, itchy underwear, etc.
dubkitty wrote:there are actually practical arguments for circumcision, the most prominent being that uncircumcised men contract HIV and other STDs more easily; they've actually introduced circumcision in some parts of Africa in recent years as part of anti-AIDS efforts. i don't really care what people do with their wangs, but think it'd be fair to wait until the child has sufficient free will and mentation to decide whether he wants his tackle redacted.
It can be a frightening experience as an infant to have your penis lobbed. I imagine it'll be even worse when you're able to make decisions yourself, which is usually at the age of 6.
vidret wrote:so you don't get me wrong: we were not born with the strength to squat our own weight on a bar as adults - but we should all attain it if we want to call ourselves strong. and attain it you shall if you strive for it
and of COURSE, we all start somewhere. I start my clients off with bodyweight before the bar - technique comes before weight on the bar, there are only a handful i've trained who've done more than 40 kg the first time i've had them squat and that was almost always because they had done similar things before (or the exact same thing).
3rd edit: wtf that's an iphone? i thought that was a plank or something.
I do want to attain it. I don't want to "crack the pavement with my each step" as CT Fletcher once said, but I do want to feel powerful.
You actually are a personal trainer then? That's cool. I'll definitely send you a PM some time. For now I think I'm going to work on full body workouts. Monday focuses on chest, shoulders and triceps; Tuesday focuses on biceps, back and traps; and Wednesday will focus on legs and abdominals. But instead of working on specific exercises, I think I'll go back to full body workouts to help loose fat and build up endurance rather than mass.
emptyparadigm wrote:I've been doing a modified Starting Strength for the last four months. Highly recommended. I'm gradually adding a bit more muscle-specific stuff in, as I'm less interested in being able to hurl around tons of iron than I am having a decent body. Midsection is still soft, but everything else is coming along nicely. I squat 3x a week, and as a result have added more chest/bis/shoulders so I don't wind up lopsided.
Thanks. I'll have a look at that.
Iommic Pope wrote:Baha!, Nice Ryan, a cock sensitivity survey.
OK, so I've jumped in way too late, again...but I don't think circumcision is medically necessary anymore. I agree with Captain on that stuff.
On the subject of it being culturally justifiable, the only question I would ask anyone to ask themselves is "how involved in your religion/cultural background are you/your partner, and is it worth the procedure if the answer is one that goes beyond a mere matter of fitting in? Personally I feel that if you're doing a good job as a parent then your giving your kids enough self esteem to basically say to the other kids at the trough/in the locker room "yeah, my dick is uncut, stop looking at my junk". I don't know anybody that has really ever made a big deal about that shit and if they did, you'd be questioning their motives. Having said that though, I do understand that it just isn't a big deal in Australia and that high school in America appears to be some kind of brutal political Game of Thrones played by arseholes. There's all the other cultural alienation that comes with it though, and I understand that. I'm trying to raise my children atheist and all my wife and I get is static from my mum and my nana (who are VERY Catholic), its annoying, but you gotta raise YOUR kids the way YOU want to. They are yours, fuck what other people think, raise them to inherit the shitty world our grandparents and parents have left use and then to change it for the better.
My brother in law's partner died the other day and we've been trying to work out how to explain it to our 2yo without saying "heaven" or "she's gone to sleep". It's tough.
Sorry, I'm way to passionate on the subject of raising independent thinkers. Children are a blank canvas, adults should be too I think. Have an open mind and make decisions that make sense, may benefit all of us and don't harm others, above all.
It sounds like you guys are all over that, though.
If this is your first my advice to you now is to enjoy sleep while you can. It will be a fond memory.
Vidret, totally gonna suss your routine there, Sam too, thanks guys.
Those pedals were cute. Yes, I said cute.
Good points.
THAT is the shit right there, unfortunately he didn't have a barbell. What's missing on the SS schedule according to me is pullups and rows, then you're good to go.[/quote]
I can probably pick up a second-hand barbell for a few quid. It shouldn't be a problem.
