I need some help....

[The Shadow]

Proto mentioned in a pm yesterday that one of the primary reasons y'all want a mod is to make stickies, compilations etc.

Y'all decide one person on this thread to pm me links etc that you want as a sticky.

 

[silver_shadow]

Cs

 

[The Shadow]

ok....


CS orb - you have been drafted......get some stuff together and send the links to me via pm

 

[Protobuilder]

Just to give you an overview of where we're at . . .we’ve put together a pretty decent “training vault” sticky (see above). . . we’d also talked about assembling a “FAQ” (don’t know if this is off the ground yet) . . . and we’re (I’m?) *trying* to collect links to member’s vids/critiques so we can assemble a “member’s vids” thread (sticky?) . . .those are works in progress, which means when we remember/get ‘round to it. LoL

CS has more info. I’m sure.

 

[The Shadow]

Again - let me know

 

[silver_shadow]

Just to give you an overview of where we're at . . .we’ve put together a pretty decent “training vault” sticky (see above). . . we’d also talked about assembling a “FAQ” (don’t know if this is off the ground yet) . . . and we’re (I’m?) *trying* to collect links to member’s vids/critiques so we can assemble a “member’s vids” thread (sticky?) . . .those are works in progress, which means when we remember/get ‘round to it. LoL

CS has more info. I’m sure.

a question on that members vids thread. i've been meaning to ask this but just haven't gotten around to. obviously, all the vids are on 3rd party sites. if i'm not mistaken, these vids can get taken down from the site, or it is possible that the site itself gets shut down - basically dead links/loss of data. what happens in that case?

 

[The Shadow]

....if the hosting party removes/deleted them - then they are gone I believe

 

[mm107]

Guys, i have put together a SoSo FAQ. I know there is another one around here somewhere, maybe we can all get together and edit it/correct anything wrong.

Yea Silver, if a video dies on a 3rd party host then we preety much would be screwed, BUT since its Weightlifting and not some risky video, they shouldnt be pulled.

If anyone needs any help AT ALL, i have no problem helping out.

Things That would be Great.
The Training Vault Sticky
The Members Video Sticky
A FAQ.
Maybe Before And after Sticky?

I am preety good on the comp, so i wouldnt mind helping if needed (well skilled in photoshop, etc just incase we needed to put together a Before and After Thread or something like that and needed pictures edited.

 

[Cynical Simian]

Seriously, you guys pick terrible days to do this stuff. I'll be at a doctor's appointment this afternoon and won't be back on until the evening.

We got most of the "essential" links we needed in the training vault sticky, so there isn't really any organization for a "second sticky" at this point. A "useful links" sticky could happen, and there are other possibilities (described below).

The process for putting together a new sticky, IMO, would be best accomplished with a "construction" thread similar to what your "Any Input..." thread evolved into with the training vault. I'll start one once we figure out what the next "project" should be. Among the ideas for stickies (in no particular order):

1. Links to other sites and sources of information (including book recommendations)
2. FAQ
3. Mini-articles by the "training forum gang" (or anyone else) - perhaps could be part of the FAQ

The last could be a sort of training forum bulletin/blog that would be frequently updated as topics come up on the forum that people think should be highlighted or preserved in easy-to-find/understand form. Something like the rather facetiously proposed "advice column" could also be incorporated into this.


This was somewhat rushed...I'll have more time to talk this evening.

 

[blut wump]

A full and maintained list of all the logs would be good to have too.

 

[silver_shadow]

Yea Silver, if a video dies on a 3rd party host then we preety much would be screwed, BUT since its Weightlifting and not some risky video, they shouldnt be pulled.

i've never uploaded a file to one of those sites myself, but don't they have a limit on how much each user can upload? if it is so, then that would mean the possibility of the user needing to delete vids to free space... i'm not sure about that though... so if it isn't that way then that's good.

 

[vin01]

A full and maintained list of all the logs would be good to have too.

I agree. Can we get the workout logs and diaries in one sticky or folder?

 

[The Shadow]

I can arrange all vids on one sticky....all programs on another

 

[blut wump]

I think it might be better to have just the one sticky which can link to normal threads. Basically, a sticky of links to threads. The threads could all live life locked to save anyone's crapping on them.

A little more work for the mods but it'd keep everything clean and tidy.

 

[Protobuilder]

Re: member's vids thread . . . I've got a rough draft thread going, where I'm trying to get people to dump links to their vids and corresponding "vid critique" threads, the thought being that once we accumulate a nice set of links, we'll create a new post (which will then be stickied). That new post will be like the training vault sticky: one post that is an organized "table of contents" w/ a collection of links. As people post new vids in their journals or in new threads, etc., the mod can open up the "member's vid" sticky, and add new links to the vids/critique threads (one reason why it'd be handy having a mod who is here daily). That way, we've got one very clean sticky, no stupid comments to dig through. It's just a nice, clean, table of contents w/ a collection of links to member's vids. Something like this (thanks xBlitz44x):

Member's Vids

Deadlift 1 -- (link to vid and/or critique thread)
Deadlift 2 --
Deadlift 3 --

Clean 1 --
Clean 2 --

Bench press 1 --
Bench press 2 --
Bench press 3 --

etc.

Here's what needs to happen:

(1) Someone create a new post using the "table of contents" format above ^^ and sticky it so it doesn't start accumulating comments. I’m happy to do this and can go in and edit to add new vids, etc. as they arise, but it’d be nice if a mod could also have power to do it, just in case I drop off the face of the earth or if work takes me away from here for long chunks of time, which is very possible. Blut Wump? CS? Shadow? We need to create the post first.

(2) Take the links we’ve got so far in my “under construction” thread and plug them into the new member’s vid sticky. Right now, we’ve only got a handful and I know there are more floating around. http://www.elitefitness.com/forum/showthread.php?t=485189

(3) Recruit some volunteers to cull through journals and old posts to find more vids & we can then add them to the new sticky.

 

[Cynical Simian]

(1) Someone create a new post using the "table of contents" format above ^^ and sticky it so it doesn't start accumulating comments. I’m happy to do this and can go in and edit to add new vids, etc. as they arise, but it’d be nice if a mod could also have power to do it

You're conflating stickying with locking, and once it's locked, only a mod can edit it (even if you're the original poster). That's why I had to exchange a bunch of PMs with mods to have the WSB and Lyle stuff added even though it was soon after I posted the sticky thread.

In other words, you should probably wait until the video collection is reasonably complete before posting the new ToC thread.

Depending on the number of sticky ideas we end up with, the vids/journals threads could be combined.

A Squat Sticky is another thing that we talked about a bit in the training vault construction thread. We could focus on Oly/ATG squatting since it's a more functional movement and to avoid redundancy with the PL forum.

 

[mm107]

Ok,

Heres some info on Me:
Starting Weight & Age: 240lbs / 18yrs old.
NOW Weight & Age: 185lbs / 20yrs
Height: 6’0
Waist: 32inches
Arms: 16inches
Training Since January 2005.

Training Programs ( 5x5 and 5day splits depending on goals)
My Training Videos:
Me Deadlifting 423 @ 183 ( Max )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yax7wOfA1Sw
Sqauting 245x1 ( New max is 275x2)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcd_NZWyucg
Benching 225x2 ( New Max is 250x1)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBgo6mTq4oc

My Current Diet Thread:
http://www.expertpcsupport.com/forum/showthread.php?t=489714

I also have no problem shifting through everthing at work, will do tommarow.