u/Berserk-Jane

60 lb Diamond Pushups with 150 lbs of band tension at 251 lbs bodyweight

If I have to specify the band tension and my bodyweight to make it sound more impressive, then it's egolifting and probably belongs here.

u/Berserk-Jane — 2 days ago

At what point am I obligated to take an anger management course? Where is the line?

I had posted in some driving subreddit a while back recounting an incident where some ne'er-do-well tried to intentionally cause an accident with me, and I was inquiring about what the legal ramifications of fleeing an accident that was deliberately caused by the other party would be. I had said something along the lines of "my first instinct would be to flee the scene, because otherwise I'm beating the fucker who purposely hit me within an inch of his life if I don't." Some wise ass in the comments proceeds to lecture me as to why I "ought to take anger management classes," and how I "shouldn't be behind the wheel."

Why? Because I'll beat you up if you assault me with a CAR, AKA a deadly weapon? Seriously? Where is the line drawn? There has to be a line. There can't not be. How much abuse does someone have to take before them getting socked in the face is on the table? What has to be done to me before me whooping someone's ass is justified? Do they have to hit me with their car on purpose AND spit on me? Is that enough? Is there some fucking third thing he has to do? Do they have to kill my dog or assault my sister? That's got to be past the line. What say you, Reddit?

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u/Berserk-Jane — 3 days ago

People at the gym who occupy squat racks for exercises that do not necessitate a squat rack

This is a huge one that bugs me. I see this all the time in videos of guys occupying a rack at LA Fitness so that they can post their barbell curl PR. News Flash: You're a tool. There's nothing wrong with posting your personal records on social media; as I do it regularly, but do it somewhere else. You ought to be able to pick up a weight that you can curl off the floor.

Same with deadlifts. What the fuck are you doing occupying a squat rack when you can deadlift anywhere in the gym? Because of you, some poor fuck has to wait to do his squats or rack pulls because YOU don't have respect for the space that you occupy and the people that occupy that space. From this point onward, if I see this unbridled douchebaggery in any of the fitness subreddits that I follow, I'm calling it out. You need to know that you look like the gymgoer equivalent of that guy who leaves his shopping cart in a parking space with trash in it that he got from his car and threw in there.

I don't know if people knowingly do this as a power move to show how "alpha" they are to other people, or if they genuinely don't know they're being inconsiderate, but it was more than worth the credit card debt that I got into investing in my own home gym so that I don't have to wait around and find out. I tend to get along poorly with these fitness guru types, and I wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that a lot of them think that this shit is okay.

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u/Berserk-Jane — 7 days ago

What would happen if they released a bunch of King Cobras into the Florida Everglades?

I've just been thinking about this lately and am about 87% sure it is a terrible idea. If you all are not aware, King Cobras are cannibals; they eat other snakes. One of their favorites is young Burmese pythons. Would these cobras eat enough of the Burmese Pythons to justify their presence in the Everglades, or would they end up screwing up the ecosystem by also eating the native snakes as well? Would the Florida Everglades just become a hellhole warzone between two apex predator snakes? Anyone who is qualified to answer that studies these affairs please let me know.

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u/Berserk-Jane — 7 days ago

Would a copperhead make a bad pet choice for a first time snake owner?

Let me be the first to say that I like to consider myself an open minded person so please don't flame me in the comments. I was talked out of getting a pygmy rattlesnake, so if getting a copperhead as a first snake is really THAT bad of an idea, I'll probably see the light.

First off, I am not a wealth of knowledge on snakes, but from what I understand, the odds of a copperhead killing or grievously wounding me; a 252 lb adult human are exceptionally low. From what I understand, a copperhead bite is essentially worse than a wasp sting but less severe than most vipers. Like I said, correct me if I'm wrong because I could be. Having one of these as a pet sounds like it would be worth having to avoid a horribly painful bite in theory.

Second of all, they just look so cool; and when they're babies, they're so cute. It would be so neat to handle and make friends with one of these creatures like people on here make friends with their pythons and monitors. I am of the belief that snakes do feel affection; and you are free to disagree with me all that you want, but I believe that science has yet to learn a lot about the brains of these creatures.

Finally, it seems like a really easy snake to feed. I don't have a problem with feeding a snake per se, but there are certain stipulations. I don't want frozen mice in my freezer. It freaks me out and I don't morally like how the mice are killed. I also don't want to live feed a snake in the event that the snake could get hurt. That being said, none of this seems to really apply to copperheads. These guys are way too overpowered in comparison to mice that I assume that live feeding wouldn't hurt them.

What say you guys? Good idea for a first snake, or am I a dumbass for even entertaining this as a possibility? GO!

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u/Berserk-Jane — 8 days ago

1,028 lb snatch grip above the knee rack pull hold with 10 resistance bands for over one second

u/Berserk-Jane — 8 days ago

107 Kg Berserk Clean

Basically a regular power clean but with no ducking under the bar and from an 8.5 inch deficit

u/Berserk-Jane — 8 days ago

I decided to buy a 12 lb bag of mass gainer for shits and giggles and I think that I like this shit better than food.

It's literally glorified cake batter with creatine and protein in it. I drink it before I go to bed, and it fills me up into the next day so I don't have to waste my time eating breakfast like a goddamn square. And the greatest part about it all is? I don't even need to worry about getting fat because my metabolism takes care of it for me.

I do intermittent fasting; and ever since i've been taking this mass gainer after work before bed, I'm able to stay not hungry longer throughout the next day which allows me to go my entire work shift without having to eat. I was feeling hungry at work a few hours ago right before I got off my shift because I didn't take my mass gainer the night before (I'm almost out so I'm trying to ration it), and I'm like, "fuck. You mean I have to eat FOOD now? Goddamn it." It hit me right then and there that I like this shit better than food. I went and I bought a slim Jim and some chips.

Shakes is just so much quicker and more convenient than food. I think I like this shit more than pizza and steak. I would personally rather have my mass gainer shake, my protein shake, and maybe a snack or two than eat like a normal person. Whole foods can suck my dick. My poops feel great.

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u/Berserk-Jane — 11 days ago

43 Kg. Is this movement a legitimate accessory or am I just making shit up? I figured I'd post here since it looks like something an Olympic weightlifter would do. It feels good so I think I'll keep doing it.

Will this carry over to anything? Am I just being a dumbass? You can tell me. I've heard worse.

u/Berserk-Jane — 12 days ago

195 lb / 88.5 kg Barbell Curls

This always felt so much better than the EZ curl bar to me for some reason

u/Berserk-Jane — 12 days ago

Can I just go to the Florida Everglades and take a baby python home with me as a pet?

I mean, why the hell shouldn't I? They're eating the gators, they're eating the whitetails; they're eating the entire ecosystem. They're weirdly docile towards humans, and the baby ones are so adorable. Are there laws that prevent me from doing this? It's basically rescuing a dog; I mean you've got all these python hunters on YouTube that want them out of the ecosystem by any means necessary. I think it would be neat to go to Florida and save a cute little baby python from getting yoinked and euthanized. And no, I'm not going to flush him down the toilet like a sewer gator when he gets big. He's still going to be cute when he's big.

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u/Berserk-Jane — 13 days ago

What went wrong on this second rep? I've been trying to rep out 185 lbs on the Berserk Raise and I can't seem to get more than one

Are there any accessories I can do to maximize my performance on this lift? Serious question. I do these in lieu of snatches because they are safer given my physical size and ceiling height.

u/Berserk-Jane — 13 days ago

985 Lb Snatch Grip Above Knee Rack Pull with over 600 lbs of band tension

So far, this seems to be carrying over to my deadlift. If I decide that it definitely does, I'll make a video about it.

u/Berserk-Jane — 15 days ago

I was prescribed Vraylar about two years ago, and ever since the medication started working, I almost NEVER have a dream that isn't Dream 1 or Dream 2. I will go into what those are in a sentence or two, but the fact is, over the past two years, I've only had five or six different dreams that I can remember. About 75 percent of the time, it's Dream 1, and the remainder of the time, it's Dream 2.

Dream 1 is basically this. For whatever reason, I'm back in High School. Sometimes I'm a 17 year old kid again, but usually I'm my 31-year-old self. I'm usually trying to find a way to get Velo pouches or a cannabis disposable, but sometimes it's 2012 again and they haven't been invented yet. I frequently find myself frustrated at not being able to use things that have yet to have been invented in this reoccurring dream. Other times, I have Velo pouches in the dream and it's 2026. It's really awkward being in my thirties around all these kids. Sometimes the school looks the way it did when I went thirteen years ago. Other times, it looks more like a combination of a prison and a Spyro castle. About half the time, it looks like a 19th century style prison. I'm usually failing classes in this dream, and I usually take the bus. The bus usually takes me in the opposite direction of where I live and to the wrong house, but sometimes I have the ability to teleport. Overall, not a horrible nightmare, but a pretty uncomfortable dream.

Dream 2 is basically this. I live in a massive apartment that is on lockdown because of an active shooter or shooters. More often than not, it's a really big, multi-storey low-income affair, but other times, it's got a haunted vibe to it like Luigi's Mansion. Sometimes it's an incredibly lavish UAE style building that rises 100 storeys. There's always some guy with a gun, and sometimes there are multiple gunmen. I woke up one night in a panic the one night they found me. Definitely the more uncomfortable of the two dreams; except for the one time they actually caught the shooter and I went to Dairy Queen after the building went off lockdown.

Does anyone else dream like this where they're usually having the same dreams over and over again? Could this mean something?

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u/Berserk-Jane — 17 days ago