Any input....

[Dposey]

And maybe a sticky for beginners too all about the Rippetoe program, eating enough food, proper form, sticking to compound exercises, what not to do, etc.

 

[djeclipse]

It's good to see some of the mods/admin interested/active in this forum for a change.

First like everyone else has states lets get rid of the polls. I am a member of many types of message boards and not once in my entire life have I ever seen a poll that was even remotely useful. All it does for this forum is clutter it up and make it look like a mirror of BB.com. Lets remove that option all together please.

Second, integrity and more moderator/admin involvement over here. When I decided to get back to the gym after years off I went on the net looking for a message board to be a part of. I came across a bunch of really shitty BS message boards filled with useless posts about the "pump", hitting the chest from all angles, look at my picture, i’m 150lbs should I cut or bulk... etc. Finally I found EF and was so happy to see it was ata much higher level.

Unfortunately in the past month or so it seems like we're being invaded by the overflow of places like bb.com and you started seeing those useless posts pop up on this forum.

I ask for more mod involvement and a certain standard to be semi enforced over here. When someone starts filling the forum with useless threads on a daily basis it should be stopped as it only invites more of the same BS and really brings down the forum as a whole.

EF is a big place and this forum is just one of many so I can see how it would be hard for a mod to keep trac of every forum. How about a mod that will frequent this forum on a daily basis?

Also how about a sticky with links to the vids that the members here have posted. There are some seriously strong people on this board and they are nice enough to post videos of themselves performing various lifts. It would benice to be able to look in one thread and see various members doing lifts I am trying to learn/ get inspiration on.

Oh, and I'd read AI's rant of the day if he were given column, lol

Ok I'm done rambling.

 

[djeclipse]

Agreed: a sticky for WSB, a sticky for madcow, and heck, a sticky for HST.

+1

 

[Protobuilder]

I love the beginner's sticky idea. I also like the individual training program stickys. But here's how I think we should handle 'em to make 'em manageable: one sticky entitled “beginner’s information” or something and one entitled “workout programs” (I’m not creative). Then, rather than have the “HST sticky” and the “German volume” sticky and the “WSBB sticky”, we’d have one “training program” sticky. And in that sticky, each post would cover a separate training program in a logical, easy to read fashion. E.g., one post would cover WSBB, the next would be HST, the next would be 5x5, etc. And then maybe the first post could just be a “table of contents” with links to each post w/in that thread (e.g., post 1 = WSBB, post 2 = HST). We’d just need somebody to set up/collect all the pertinent info. for the training programs. Basically, send all this “stuff” through one funnel and put it into a well-organized sticky, managed by one or maybe a couple people. That’s better than 12 stickies, one for each workout program, and hundreds of pointless posts per sticky. Hell, it wouldn’t be hard – people can go out, cut-and-paste (with attribution, of course) relevant info. and assemble it into a post. Then, that post is submitted to whoever the mod is, and it gets added as a new post to the “training program” sticky.

 

[mekannik]

I love the beginner's sticky idea. I also like the individual training program stickys. But here's how I think we should handle 'em to make 'em manageable: one sticky entitled “beginner’s information” or something and one entitled “workout programs” (I’m not creative). Then, rather than have the “HST sticky” and the “German volume” sticky and the “WSBB sticky”, we’d have one “training program” sticky. And in that sticky, each post would cover a separate training program in a logical, easy to read fashion. E.g., one post would cover WSBB, the next would be HST, the next would be 5x5, etc. And then maybe the first post could just be a “table of contents” with links to each post w/in that thread (e.g., post 1 = WSBB, post 2 = HST). We’d just need somebody to set up/collect all the pertinent info. for the training programs. Basically, send all this “stuff” through one funnel and put it into a well-organized sticky, managed by one or maybe a couple people. That’s better than 12 stickies, one for each workout program, and hundreds of pointless posts per sticky. Hell, it wouldn’t be hard – people can go out, cut-and-paste (with attribution, of course) relevant info. and assemble it into a post. Then, that post is submitted to whoever the mod is, and it gets added as a new post to the “training program” sticky.

kudos.


And to further the fostering of information sharing and constructive criticism, moderators should, in fact, moderate threads. Nullify flame fests and useless bashing. Example: 5x5 is not an end all, be all program. So moderate the HIT'ers that come over and bash. Likewise, if a HIT'er starts a thread - let their views and experiences be aired, but keep the rest of the board (pretty much everyone that is sane and rational) from running them off altogether.

My biggest gripe is a past mod who posted suspect workouts and idealogoy, moderated posts without explanation of their actions, and then pretty much abandoned the board with no explanation. That and backne (which I still have the pics of which they posted of themselves).

 

[Guinness5.0]

I like the idea of seperate threads for each 'program'. I think it's much too easy to get aspects of each program mingled together when they're not seperate. I can see someone thinking that they aren't making much headway on their ME work during week 3 of HST

I think that for the most part this is a great board that is pretty good about self-regulation - we jump all over stupidity and are pretty patient with newbs overall. I think that some new stickies with clear organization and focus would be great. I'll reiterate that I'm in favor of a series of stickies on the 'major' programs like WSB, 5x5, HST, Rippetoe, etc. with thourough discussion and links contained within.

I love the idea of a 'members' vids' section as it adds personality to the board to see the people you're getting to know via the computer in action. I think it would be great if there was a thread that was ONLY vids, where anyone who posted vids would have a section that they could add to. To discuss that lifter's vids, there would be a link to a thread for that purpose so as to not clutter the vid section with discussion - it seems that vids garner loads of posts, so keeping the vids and posts seperate would mean that the vids don't get lost in the 'carnage'.

 

[Protobuilder]

Good ideas from G5.0.

We'd need an interested mod to cull through the "vid stickey" and wipe out any stupid "great lift dood!" posts so it remains an "all vid" thread. Great idea though.

Maybe we should start a thread (a poll? LoL) asking for input on what types of programs we think should warrant a sticky? It seems clear that we've got:

1) WSBB
2) 5x5
3) Ripp's beginner program (maybe this could just be the "beginner stickey" replete w/ some basic diet advice and a 'top ten' bulking tips type thing)
4) HST, and
5) ???

 

[The Shadow]

kudos.


And to further the fostering of information sharing and constructive criticism, moderators should, in fact, moderate threads. Nullify flame fests and useless bashing. Example: 5x5 is not an end all, be all program. So moderate the HIT'ers that come over and bash. Likewise, if a HIT'er starts a thread - let their views and experiences be aired, but keep the rest of the board (pretty much everyone that is sane and rational) from running them off altogether.

My biggest gripe is a past mod who posted suspect workouts and idealogoy, moderated posts without explanation of their actions, and then pretty much abandoned the board with no explanation. That and backne (which I still have the pics of which they posted of themselves).

I posted a LOT over here once upon a time.....shit talking made me leave this forum

 

[eat big]

I posted a LOT over here once upon a time.....shit talking made me leave this forum

Tom Treutlein (sp?) was a prick and caused much of the beef between member's. Digger put him on a Timout forever I think.

 

[djeclipse]

I posted a LOT over here once upon a time.....shit talking made me leave this forum

I don't see any shit talking on this forum and thanks to my job I am able to read just about every thread here, lol

It's mostly people supporting each other offerind advice and contrats on their new PR lifts.

Maybe it's time to give it another chance.