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• Strength / Weight Training

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 day, 19 hours

  

  If you're sitting back to minimise knee flexion, heels won't necessarily aid with that. Most 'sit back' squatters use flats. Heels are generally to help get knees even more forward. Just crank the straps tight and they're basically grippy socks.

  For flexy but stable flats, I really like the Notorious rip-offs on AliExpress. £8 to my front door, well built, only feel like a minor twat in them.

• Spiracle Audiobooks

  in Forums • 4 days, 21 hours

  

  Love the concept of this! Here's to Spiracle's success!

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 5 days, 13 hours

  

  There are two sizes but the base is the same on them. One just extends the sides up a bit more.

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 6 days

  

  Yeah, Craig Lyn's HG-1 Prime. There were a million justifications (same price as a locally sourced Niche! Well, without shipping and tax...) but I think that moment of madness has passed now. It definitely helped reframe the value of the Timemore though.

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 1 week, 6 days

  

  After binning the idea of the Timemore 078s as being too much money a week ago, I've now got an 83mm hand grinder sitting in my basket for literally double the price. I take it back.

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks

  

  Also, speaking of filter, saw that youtuber Filter 3.0 vid and it makes me want to dimmer mod the Gaggia. Then I think I might as well do the whole Arduino controller thing. I'm gonna have ebayed a Decent by the end of the week aren't I...

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks

  

  Hario say grind fine.
  I found grinding super coarse better.
  I use it for cheaper medium roast beans to ramp up the sweetness out of them with minimal harshness. Fancier beans I'd do a v60 over ice cubes.

• Coffee Appreciation

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 1 day

  

  Please bore it out to fit Weber Core burrs (then tell me if it worked)

  Hope it's as good as advertised! It does look very promising!

• Strength / Weight Training

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 6 days

  

  Thanks @chrismanc and @zooeyzooey! Appreciate it!

• Strength / Weight Training

  in Miscellaneous and Meaningless • 2 weeks, 6 days

  

  Also, did my test day early this morning. Stressful week entering it and had to rush through as my alarm didn't go off (of all days!) but the errors I made all avoidable. Hit 195kg squat, 115kg bench (pinned by 120, which I hit for a double two weeks ago) and 230kg deadlift. PRs at a lower bodyweight so cant complain. But you always want more don't you. Really looking forward to getting back to higher reps for a bit.