u/jarude87

Started with a 100lb BoS bag underfilled to 80ish, now at 110ish. Been using it for floor to shoulder, shoulder carries, and high pulls. It's starting to feel easy.

I'm going to buy a few more bags: thinking of 250 for heavy platform lifts, and a 200 that I'll underfill to 150-170 or so to bridge the gap from my 100.

Not sure about the 3rd bag though. Is getting a 150 worth it? Seems redundant with the 100 but also an underfilled 200 might be too floppy to graduate to, and a 300 might be way too much for me right now.

Title. Relatively new, only been at it a few months, but weight training for 20 years and otherwise fit/active. That said I've recently gone from just messing around with bags to really settling in to good-paced sessions with tight rest intervals and challenging-enough loads.

I'm mostly doing high pulls/rowing to the lap + high chest triple extension and shoulder carries.

I'm well-hydrated and fed, and take in a ton of sodium.

It's not debilitating lightheadedness, doesn't restrict anything, just a bit of a funny feeling for a few hours.

I figure it's either improper bracing and/or breathing but also wanted to see if it's a common adaptation for newbies.

Sandbag newbie here, about one month in.

I have the 100lb BoS bag filled to ~110lb. It's essentially a ball.

I also have a random duffel bag filled to 88lb (2 bags of play sand) and it is oblong as most duffel bags are.

I much prefer working with the oblong shape. I have pretty long arms so I can more easily grasp it around the sides and perform a finger hook in a high carry stance, whereas the rounder bag is a lot harder to get under and I end up doing an opposing wrist grab if that makes sense. That and most of the form guidance offered by the Stone Circle is based around controlling for that oblong "rolled up sleeping bag" shape.

I'm looking into a 150lb bag - do the standard shape bags from BoS et al. become substantially more oblong as they get larger? Or should I be looking at a different style of bag? Or is the round style just the standard shape I should be getting used to?

Looking into a solution for my G7 catcher slipping off my fingers got me thinking: what other widget gaps exist in our world?

Could be a model-specific adjustment to an existing product like G7 hand retention, out-of-production replacements like Bauer CRS strapping, or a standalone "why hasn't anyone made this yet?" thing.

I wish there was a universal chesty->pant cross-brand interface that obsoleted suspenders. Currently using carabiners on either end of a rear suspender anchor on the rear of my Warrior pants to attach to the retaining loops on my CCM chesty and it's less than convenient.

Hate Bauer gloves, love the grippy stuff in the liner that contact the finger pads.

It's got me thinking if I could glue or otherwise attach something similar inside the removable palm liner of my Warrior G7 which is awesome except for the constant feeling of fingers slipping out. Maybe even stuffing rubber thimbles in there.

I tried the HockeyReviews method of adding a perpendicular strap but it didn't work for me.

[Current setup: all-black Warrior + base white 950 currently wrapped in matte black with a white vinyl band down the middle.](https://imgur.com/a/warrior-g7-r-gt2-cVIW9sN)

Pads and gloves are getting tan accents using furniture repair tape.

Helmet is where I'm stuck though. I'll be DIYing it with my Cricut. Would massively prefer either to keep the existing black/white as a base and remove the existing accents, or, strip it completely.

Thinking of a variation on [Hextall's classic Flyers design](https://share.google/Bm4P9GHIiNgOMblI3) using a layered star instead of Flyer wings but really don't want to base wrap orange... But I will if I have to. Also not sure if stars will layer nicely.

First thought was to just do orange stars inlaid on a single black vertical stripe with white base but I've already got 100 stars on the jersey.

WWYD?

G7 is hitting final clearance and stock is depleting. I'm currently in a mismatched set of RGT2 Pro pads (black) and catcher (white) with a Bauer 2X blocker.

FWIW I'm only considering G7 gear. The only other new gear in the same price range is Bauer and CCM. I don't like either so my alternative is just saving my money.

I'd be getting the G7 blocker and glove to match my existing pads. I'd go for the G7 (not 7.1) for the single T as I'll be keeping the double-T RGT2 glove regardless. At $450 CAD for both it's a decent budget upgrade.

Alternatively I could get the blocker but then the G7 pads to match my current glove. Not super keen on this as it's more than I wanted to spend (~$950 for pads + blocker) and I like the triple knee roll look and S-shape more on my RGT2.

Trying to avoid a full set purchase (~$1,200) because budget, plus, as I do really like my pads and glove, they just don't match.

Thoughts? Tia!

Title. That's it. I will admit I'm a bit of a triple knee roll traditionalist but even being open-minded we're reaching DaveArt levels of tastelessness and noise here. Bauer and Brian's are the worst offenders.

/Rant

My performance drops by the end of a skate & I'm usually feeling rough 30 minutes in. I'm only able to get on the ice once per week in summer, sometimes twice per week in winter.

I currently alternate lifting days (~40min upper+lower supersets) with gymnastics skills + mobility days (~30min basic lever/planche/manna progressions + 15min Butterfly Challenge). I get some conditioning work in through supersets but I have always neglected discrete conditioning work.

I'm wondering:

• Most applicable fitness conditioning methods for goaltending (e.g. sled, running, cycling, dryland agility-type work with or without gear on)
• Most ideal mode for said method (e.g. ramped or straight intervals)
• Periodization/scheduling/integration (how to integrate to current routine, or, adjust current routine to make room, & how to shift focus)
• Parameters & scaling (frequency, intensity, volume - across sessions, & across blocks of sessions)

Key in all of this is efficiency. I straight up do not have time for long steady-state sessions. I already gave up on cycling as a hobby due to parenting - I need bang for buck. A sub-optimal conditioning approach that I can realistically adhere to long-term is better than The Best Method that's not compatible with time demands.

* Traded us Lord Zebulon and Hanifin. Boosted the return to pointlessly acquire Fox

* Subsequently crushed certified MAGA doofus and Trump glazer Hanifin

* Took on Ferland and Dougie at peak value

* Beat the wheels off Edmontonian sex creep Sharter Fart, conferring a historic record for poor performance. Also made him cry

* Shut that smug motherfucker Torts up, delivering schadenfreude for 2004

* 2006. Hahahahaha

* Beat current public enemy #1 & heel franchise

* Janko

* Rod the Bod

**Based.**

I appreciate that Lingua Technis was added back in for portions of the strategic layer, but having spoken VO for the various Tech Priests both in narrative and in combat is really taking me out of the game. Videx went from a super badass to a dork. I mean no offense to the VAs and other stakeholders involved, it's just that the Lingua Technis was such an overwhelmingly great part of the original, that only having a partial implementation leaves room for improvement.

Also the Lingua Technis implementation that we do have feels pretty bolted-on - which it is, given when it was added into the game - but it's repetitious and not as fluid as it was in M1. I am hoping it gets improved upon in future patches.

EDIT: To be clear the current implementation does not apply in the combat layer. This is what I'm asking to be changed. I am well aware it can be enabled for the strategic layer. I'm hoping it can be applied everywhere, i.e. zero AdMech of any kind speak anything but Lingua Technis in all the places.