Connor Van Cleave

“An expert is an ordinary fellow from another town”

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@Hybridathlete If someone gains 100 lbs, people assume they know the cause (poor life habits). Losing a ton of weight is rare enough that people don’t know if it’s due to good life habits or illness. I think after Chadwick Bozeman people are especially sensitive to this possibility.

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

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[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

It's odd to see a thread like this where every response is basically "yes," yet everyone shits on LeetCode-style interviews.

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

There is a tension between love and eroticism. "Eroticism thrives in the space between ourselves and the other," whereas love seeks to remove this space.

We think of sex and desire as the ultimate manifestations of love, when in reality they are at odds.

Its tough to strike the right balance.

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@zachly lol I went last summer for a work trip. That 3 am ride to the hotel from the airport had me holding on for dear life.

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@hybridathlete @runliftrunlift The thing that made it click for me was understanding that I don’t need to arch my low back as hard as I can. Keeping just enough tension to maintain neutral spine lead to the desired outcome (decimated hamstrings and glutes)

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@ALEngineered As someone trying to move to L6, this rings truer everyday

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@TomFrankly It’s a great feeling when a concept like recursion finally hits. When I was preparing for my tech interviews, I used to challenge myself to try to solve problems like this both recursively and iteratively. Just adds more tools to the toolbox at the end of the day.

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@runliftrunlift Weightlifting shoes can be pretty great too! Quad city 🦵

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

Nobody’s ever had more aura than Martin Sexton with a guitar and a microphone

https://t.co/BfCUC6doE3

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@thepatwalls How are they monetizing? Ads? I can’t imagine that dogs are very susceptible to advertising…

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@Treybastian @DanielW_Kiwi @VicVijayakumar “As long as you are progressing” - exactly. Hitting your first plateau is generally what puts you into “intermediate” territory in the strength and hypertrophy world. I don’t think you even need to get too nerdy at that point, just pay attention to certain details

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

GVT works because volume is also an important factor for muscle growth. Even in GVT you are still taking reps close to failure.

Pavels work is more strength focused I believe. Proximity to failure is not as important for increasing force outputs, absolute loads are. There is also a skill component to any strength movement, which is partly why greasing the groove is effective.

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

Yes as Daniel said for muscle growth the important thing is that you are getting close to failure (within 3 reps). Rep ranges as high as 30 reps have been shown effective in studies I believe.

For “pure” strength, absolute loads matter more, but you can build strength at higher rep ranges too, especially if you’re not maxing out your genetic potential as a strength athlete.

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@levelsio Similar to how hyperrealistic art was killed by the invention of the camera

[Connor Van Cleave @ConnorVanCleave]

@TomFrankly @jayclouse @noahkagan Every software engineer has at least one other green book on their bookshelf…

[Daniel Litt @littmath]

I have literally trillions of data points supporting my theory that all positive integers are less than 10^100.

[Austin Kleon @austinkleon]

God bless people making music