Jon

Been doing a lot of plyometrics lately and explosive lifts, personal favourites being box jumps and power cleans. Really noticing an improvement in my speed, especially initial acceleration. Also started to incorporate a little bit of Kettlebell work, only doing some swings at the moment but I quite like it, although the heaviest kettlebell my gym has is only 20kg.

Get a Mac. lolz

So @Emma and @gaggle64, you would be more accepting of the industry if it were done more widely like it is in Amsterdam? Which is what I think Moogle is trying to get across as being ok, ie well regulated and women/men doing it because they want too.

If any team deserved the win, we did but a draw was probably the fairest result. Lewandowski was lucky to stay on the field, props to Bosscielny for not collapsing to the floor. That said, poor defending for the final goal, no excuse for that. Chezzers didn't have much to do but pick the ball out of the net. Can't believe Hummels cleared the Rosicky volley off the line, you don't normally see CB's standing on the line with a volley from that far out.

Uh. The NFL is so unpredictable this season, who would have thought the Giants would have tanked so badly The only thing certain is the Jags losing every week.

It was probably being chased by government operatives wielding shotguns.

What a shocker from the referee for the first Chelsea goal. Probably wouldn't have changed the outcome but it's still a complete cock up.

I hate that so many English people bemoan international breaks. At least you have a team that is relevant during these breaks Playing for pride gets boring after 10 years.

Simple short passes? Where have you witnessed Scotland doing this? Not quite mastered anything that requires the ball traveling less than 50 foot horizontally and vertically

I hate it when you've been trying to achieve something for what seems like forever yet your brain is somehow hardwired to make you fuck things up. It's like compulsion, even though you know you shouldn't do something and you know logically why you shouldn't, you do it anyway.

To clarify what Wilshere said, he wasn't referring to the likes of your Kevin Pieterson's, Andrew Strauss, etc. Just the whole turning up at any age and staying 5 years to play for the national side. Personally, I'd love to say it's all black and white and you play for where you were born but there's plenty of examples that are a little unfair in that regard. My sister was born in Portsmouth purely because my Mum was posted there by the army. She moved up back to Scotland when my sister was 2 weeks old. She's been raised exactly the same as someone born in this country. To play for the national side should be the ultimate fulfilment of pride, unless you've been raised in that country I can't see how you'd feel like anything other than a fraud by doing it. I don't agree with being able to play for another country because your Grandmother/Grandfather are from there.

So I just got an email from Amazon asking about changing for a bundle. Since i'm horribly out of the loop and have no idea what's going to be a decent launch title, any ideas? Killzone and Watch Dogs looked appealing but I don't too much about either. I don't really want to get a PS4 and some souped up copy of FIFA 10.

Haha, I was about to post this. It was regular viewing for me back in the day and it's sucking me back in.

You're posting on a forum, surely it's expected that there may be a response.

You can only advise on the information you're given. We're not advising in any professional manner, people can only give their opinion relevant to what they know, in this case that's Iun, not his wife. As you say there might be much more to it but I don't think anyone's about to fly over to China, so unless Iun's wife joins the forum, you can only go on what he says and I personally see no reason to disbelieve him. You say it's easy for someone thousands of miles away in a bedroom to dole out advice, what makes you think they don't have first hand experience in this very matter. Again, it's all what ifs.

I don't think that's a secret.

As Charlie said. More work for the shoulder could include some front and lateral raises. Any sort of 'rowing' is the best bet for the back, so in addition to the Bent over row, you could add some one armed rows in or inverted rows. Lat pull-downs are good too. Reverse crunches and bicycle kicks are pretty good for the lower abs.

What exactly did you in the gym for 4-5 hours?

Please read the post. You originally said your team has 'created incredible amounts of opportunities' I never stated you said Soldado has banged them in, quite the contrary, I said he couldn't score for shit if it isn't from the penalty spot. My point was/is, if you're indeed creating incredible amounts of opportunity every game, why have you managed only once to score more than a single goal?

You've now played 7 games, Soldado hasn't scored from open play as of yet, you've only scored more than 1 goal in a game once. Why are all these "incredible amounts of opportunity" not being taken advantage off? Certainly not down to the opposition keeper every time. I've not seen yesterday's game so can't comment on it but I'm guessing AVB went with Defoe because he's banged the goals in and Soldado hasn't.

Gareth Bale

So you've altered your lifestyle to make it healthier? That is my point. If you 'diet', your generally sticking to a regimented system design for one purpose. What do you do when you know longer need to diet? What I meant really was that if you begin to makes changes gradually and learn to eat everything in moderation, it's a lot easier to adjust up and down in regards to losing and maintaining weight. Most diets fail because of their regimented structure and people becoming to obsessed with them to the detriment of living normally.

You're losing close to 4lbs a week, that isn't sustainable in the long run. Usually when people talk about losing weight, they have a lot to lose, it can take a long time. Restrictive diets that last months/years aren't realistic, the average joe doesn't have the willpower. When people talk about dieting, they talk about living an unrealistic lifestyle. Most people on diets will cut out everything that is considered bad, this usually doesn't last long, hence they crash and burn after a short while and get no where. The reason people talk about it as a lifestyle change as opposed to a diet is losing the weight and also learning how to eat properly. A diet is great to lose the weight but what happens when you've reached your goal? Do you resort to how you used to eat? do you keep on the diet permanently and adding slightly more calories to maintain? You could do that, but again it's doubtful people will be that strict and frankly it's a little obsessive. Yes you need to be in a calorie deficit to lose weight but it's lot easier to achieve that by making small changes in your life that will impact it in the long run, not the space of 4 weeks.

You also said Tottenham would finish above Arsenal. I'd comfortably put Ozil 4 times better than Eriksen (quite easily more). As you say, we'll see come the end of the season.