josephinesotherman
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josephinesotherman
1yr ago
From Greg Nuckols' guide on squatting:
What do I do about buttwink?
Buttwink is the nemesis of many. If you aren’t aware, buttwink occurs when the lumbar spine rounds and the pelvis tilts posteriorly a bit at the bottom of the squat. As previous mentioned, this increases shear forces on the spine, and should be avoided as much as possible.
The first thing you should figure out: Is it buttwink, or is it simply your spine going back to neutral? If you squat with a hard arch, your lumbar spine is hyperextended and your pelvis is anteriorly tilted throughout the descent. When you reach the bottom of the squat, what looks like buttwink at first glance may simply be your lumbar spine and pelvis moving from hyperextension and anterior tilt back toward neutral. Get a video of your squat from the side, and see whether your back looks like it’s going from a big arch to a smaller arch, or whether it’s going from a slight arch to being rounded.
If it is buttwink, the first thing you should do is test whether you can actually squat to depth without buttwink. Some people’s hip anatomy simply won’t allow them to. You can use this assessment to find out:
The one little thing I’d change about the assessment the way it’s presented in this video: drop your chest a little closer to the floor so that the assessment more closely mimics a horizontal squat.
If you pass this test and you can reach the required level of hip flexion without buttwink (your hip crease can get behind your knee without buttwink), then it’s not a mobility issue – it’s a control issue.
There are two strategies you can use to try to address this problem:
- Remember the difference between squats and deadlifts: most people naturally brace better for anteriorly loaded movements.
Start with a goblet squat. See if you can squat without buttwink when goblet squatting. If you can, add load each session until it simply becomes challenging to get the dumbbell or kettlebell in position to keep goblet squatting. After that, move on to front squats, which are still anteriorly loaded, but more challenging than goblet squats. You should be able to front squat without buttwink after really mastering the goblet squat. After 4-6 weeks of front squats, move on to high bar back squats, which you should be able to control well at this point. If that goes well, then give low bar back squats a shot (if you want to low bar back squat).
- Use progressive range of motion. See how deep you can squat without your butt starting to tuck under. Set the safety pins to that height, and squat to the pins, starting with a slightly lighter load than you were squatting before (since it’s a little hard to squat to pins). Squat down to the pins, let the bar rest on them for a second (don’t bounce the bar off the pins), and come up. Every week or two, lower the pins one position. Keep going until you’re squatting to depth.
josephinesotherman
2yr ago
I'm de-facto jobless as-of this month, as my company I cofounded ceases operations. I realized I rushed too quickly into job seeking (potentially because I was seeking some validation I have value as I watch 4-5 years of work disappear into nothing), and I'm trying to back up and work a little on myself (+ spend more time with my daughter) before I start looking again.
There are a couple dimensions of my life and my health I'd like to improve, and I'm wondering if anyone here has any insight on any of them:
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I've found myself masturbating and watching too much porn lately, probably because of more free time. I've always wanted to kick the porn habit (since I was a teenager), but have never found anything outside of momentary success. Does anyone have any advice on reasonable strategies here? I have no issues with masturbation, don't conform at all to the whole nofap nonsense, but instead have had an internally sourced (i.e. my wife knows about it and is fine with it) guilt-based relationship with porn most of my life that I think I ought to address.
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I stopped meditating after a particularly bad retreat experience (+ increasingly painful daily sits before that), and I'd like to start-up again, but I sense a lot of inertia present as I attempt to establish a habit again.
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Years ago, I had a really bad case of norovirus followed (a couple months later) by a skin infection that required fairly hardcore antibiotics. My gut has never been the same, I've had intermittent fatigue and diarrhea for years from it. Every single doctor I went to, early on, was judgy, unempathetic, and ultimately quite unhelpful, so I've not been back to doctors for a long time to try to figure things out. I've tried a lot of things personally but nothing has worked for longer than a couple weeks.
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Anything anyone recommends I invest my time into with a bunch of free time? I'm running and going to the gym to lift 5-6 days a week nowadays, so I have a good exercise routine going.
josephinesotherman
2yr ago
Two questions come to mind here when considering CBT/REBT or any of the third-wave behaviorist therapies (ACT, DBT):
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What is the effect size? To me, the cost of undergoing any therapy (>$200+ out of pocket per session, much more in the city I live in) means that the effect has to be quite large.
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Researchers studying these therapies probably practice them incredibly well compared to baseline--how well does the average person fair when an average therapist is performing these techniques with them?
I'd guess that the top 10-1% of therapists achieve great outcomes for their patients regardless of methodology (talk vs ACT vs something else), and the bottom 90+% do either nothing or worse.
josephinesotherman
2yr ago
Echoing a thread from /r/slatestarcodex:
How are you optimizing your home for health and wellness? What initiatives constitute the best bang for your buck?
I particularly feel curious about peoples' thoughts on HEPA air filters and water filters: do you think the current research supports the purchase and continued operation of a HEPA filter at home? Does a HEPA filter's operation become more viable with infants or small children in the house?
It's the terminal state in the eventual capital-ization of everything. No one can do anything for pleasure anymore and share openly, all activities eventually must turn into a money generating scheme or they're ultimately not productive.
The open source software world feels like a peek into an alternate dimension of what the world could've been like: in few other places do people share so much toil and effort so openly with others.
Anecdatally I’d say Aubrey Plaza: all of the women I know find her very attractive, but not a single man.
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