Mamdani tried showing off at a “men’s day” event

[The Duke]

Yeah, but luckily the guys who target the big bouncer-looking guys are usually drunk off their asses, making them easy to handle even if they do happen to have some fighting skill up their sleeves

Oh, my buddy wanted me to do that fer teh Redneck Riviera type stuff.
Yeah, ya know, I do not have the disposition for that. I told 'im.
I'll throw 'em to his sow, IDGAF. (Didn't tell him that)
You can't really do that with simply drunk goobers.
And I wouldn't, but I'm not super huge. I'm not intimidating.
I wouldn't think I was, anyway. This tattoo guy we were trying to make a deal with seemed to think so though. Maybe it's cause I told him to **** off.
Nonono..he said "you're already trying to intimidate me", first thing, and this mofo's a notch bigger than me.
I'm like "wtf?!"
"Okay, let's continue on as if this was normal", but it ended up being anything but.
He was trying to rip us off. **** him. His biceps were twice the size of mine.
That don't matter ary a lick if I smash him in the face.
He gonn' feel it to the core of his essence, I guarantee.

 

[braalian]

Oh, my buddy wanted me to do that fer teh Redneck Riviera type stuff.
Yeah, ya know, I do not have the disposition for that. I told 'im.
I'll throw 'em to his sow, IDGAF. (Didn't tell him that)
You can't really do that with simply drunk goobers.
And I wouldn't, but I'm not super huge. I'm not intimidating.
I wouldn't think I was, anyway. This tattoo guy we were trying to make a deal with seemed to think so though. Maybe it's cause I told him to **** off.
Nonono..he said "you're already trying to intimidate me", and this mofo's a notch bigger than me.
I'm like "wtf?!"
"Okay, let's continue on as if this was normal", but it ended up being anything but.
He was trying to rip us off. **** him. His biceps were twice the size of mine.
That don't matter ary a lick if I smash him in the face.
He gonn' feel it to the core of his essence, I guarantee.

I’ll freely admit my skills in the technical aspects of fighting are lacking. In my doorman days I definitely relied on my size as a deterrent over any real skill in that area.

But I’ll also say I’ve learned that having a very thick neck means you can absorb some wicked hard punches that would have whiplashed a smaller guy making the brain bounce around inside the skull. People underestimate how important it is to be able to take a punch in those scenarios

 

[The Duke]

I’ll freely admit my skills in the technical aspects of fighting are lacking. In my doorman days I definitely relied on my size as a deterrent over any real skill in that area.

But I’ll also say I’ve learned that having a very thick neck means you can absorb some wicked hard punches that would have whiplashed a smaller guy making the brain bounce around inside the skull. People underestimate how important it is to be able to take a punch in those scenarios

I will posit that you are not wrong.
Muscleneck like you? I'd kick you in the knee and punch you in the solar plexus for quick damage. Then straight punch on your chin because temple things can potentially kill.
Straight punch on your chin would be the thing for you. Muscleneck.
I'm not going to be able to take a punch in a few years, I can tell.
Feels like my teeth are degrading. Clamping my jaw is how I'm doing OK thus far.
If I can't do that, somebody could send it around sideways.

 

[braalian]

I will posit that you are not wrong.
Muscleneck like you? I'd kick you in the knee and punch you in the solar plexus for quick damage. Then straight punch on your chin because temple things can potentially kill.
Straight punch on your chin would be the thing for you. Muscleneck.
I'm not going to be able to take a punch in a few years, I can tell.
Feels like my teeth are degrading. Clamping my jaw is how I'm doing OK thus far.
If I can't do that, somebody could send it around sideways.

Ok buddy

Maybe don’t post while drinking

 

[The Duke]

Ok buddy

Maybe don’t post while drinking

You ever been punched in the solar plexus, brah? I learned that in kindergarten.
Do you know what that does? I certainly do. It works on every human being.

 

[braalian]

You ever been punched in the solar plexus, brah? I learned that in kindergarten.
Do you know what that does? I certainly do. It works on every human being.

Can’t say that I have that I recall

Guess I’m lucky they usually go for my head cause it’s hard

 

[wtb]

But even they aren’t as strong as a n average man who lifts regularly.

The upper body strength limit for women is very, very low. Even for women who take steroids

No kidding. I'm a lightweight woman (115 lbs.), over Medicare age, but quite healthy. I go to the gym 4 days a week and spend 1.5 hours there doing 30 minutes of cardio, a whole bunch of weight machines and free weights, and then abs and stretching. But I've never in my life tried a regular bench press. Today, because of all this news about Mamdani and bench presses, I had one of my guy friends talk me through the right distance between my hands and so forth. All I could do was the 45 lb. bar with 5 lbs. on each end, 3 kind of wobbly times. Now I'm motivated to see if I can soon just use the bar itself for about 8 good reps. LOL, and I thought I was in good shape for an old lady. It was humiliating!

My gym friend who helped me today is really good at it. He can do 315. He starts with 135 for a warm up, then10 at 225, then 4 at 275, then one at 315 - then back down, ending with 10 more at 225.

 

[The Duke]

Can’t say that I have that I recall

Guess I’m lucky they usually go for my head cause it’s hard

Sir, you are absolutely correct about that!
You'd know if you did. Look it up for yourself sometime.
What I know is that it's a way to take all the wind out of an opponent's sails in 1/2 a second. If they're coming at you and you do that? They will not be a second later.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Zohan Mamdani tried to act like he was a macho man this week by doing a few bench presses with a girly weight hoping this would prove he was a man.

Total failure.

He used my warm-up weight and needed a spotter just to get it off of the rack.





Useful tip. Never do anything in front of cameras unless you've practiced first.

I'm sure he could do it if he started building up in weight in private because bench presses take practice.

I remember when I first benched 135 lbs when I was 12.

Nothing to brag about, but 205 is my limit. I'm a caretaker now, so I had to do some weightlifting.

 

[The Duke]

No kidding. I'm a lightweight woman (115 lbs.), over Medicare age, but quite healthy. I go to the gym 4 days a week and spend 1.5 hours there doing 30 minutes of cardio, a whole bunch of weight machines and free weights, and then abs and stretching. But I've never in my life tried a regular bench press. Today, because of all this news about Mamdani and bench presses, I had one of my guy friends talk me through the right distance between my hands and so forth. All I could do was the 45 lb. bar with 5 lbs. on each end, 3 kind of wobbly times. Now I'm motivated to see if I can soon just use the bar itself for about 8 good reps. LOL, and I thought I was in good shape for an old lady. It was humiliating!

My gym friend who helped me today is really good at it. He can do 315. He starts with 135 for a warm up, then10 at 225, then 4 at 275, then one at 315 - then back down, ending with 10 more at 225.

Do what you can do and enjoy life!

 

[The Duke]

Nothing to brag about, but 205 is my limit. I'm a caretaker now, so I had to do some weightlifting.

That's why I bought weights..lately. Deadlifts to pick people up.
I got like 310 lbs, oh, and 35 on a dumbbell in the house somewhere.
Those weights aren't so rusty.
But a lot less used.

 

[The Duke]

As for Ma'amdani...

Upper body and core with 20s for my arms. I want to lift my grandmother, not hulk smash.

I had no problem with my grandma. Other peoples' grandmas may be heavier. Like double or more.
I carried my grandma everywhere. That was my job. Where she went, I went.
She was not heavy. And she helped me.
Not all peoples' grandmas were like mine, but they might should have as good as she had.
That requires more strength on my part.

 

[TemplarKormac]

I had no problem with my grandma. Other peoples' grandmas may be heavier. Like double or more.

I train for 100 lbs more as a precaution

 

[TemplarKormac]

Thing is though, I think I'm one of those natural fat strong types... cause I'm still fat. Damn it.

 

[The Duke]

I train for 100 lbs more as a precaution

Not a bad policy, and I am not going out and messing with them weights right now.
Last time I did it was cause a dude pissed me off.

 

[IM2]

Mandami is not running for bench press champion.

 

[IM2]

455 is my record

That's awesome.

During my rugby days, I got to 360 at a body weight of 175. My squat was close to 600.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Mandami is not running for bench press champion.

Old man's got a crush

 

[The Duke]

Thing is though, I think I'm one of those natural fat strong types... cause I'm still fat. Damn it.

Ya know, some people are just naturally fat. Does not intersect with fitness.
Okay, a story.
2 friends, and their sons, they are brothers.
I take them out bike riding, I do it.
The bigger, fatter one kept right up with me, but we had to wait a bunch of times on the one that wanted to get into The Army Rangers. The big boy, whose mama was naturally big, was in much better shape than the "in-shape" cousin.
The cousin did go into the Army, tried for Rangers, did not make it, made it with a wife and 2 kids now, so I'd say he's winning..life. Idk what happened with the older cousin. Probably should check on that.
He was a nice boy. Hope he still is. He went into handymanning n stuff, I think.
He was pretty practical.

 

[TemplarKormac]

Ya know, some people are just naturally fat. Does not intersect with fitness.
Okay, a story.
2 friends, and their sons, they are brothers.
I take them out bike riding, I do it.
The bigger, fatter one kept right up with me, but we had to wait a bunch of times on the one that wanted to get into The Army Rangers. The big boy, whose mama was naturally big, was in much better shape than the "in-shape" cousin.
The cousin did go into the Army, tried for Rangers, did not make it, made it with a wife and 2 kids now, so I'd say he's winning..life. Idk what happened with the older cousin. Probably should check on that.
He was a nice boy. Hope he still is. He went into handymanning n stuff, I think.
He was pretty practical.

That's a heartwarming story.