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[Paul Horn @HornStrength]

The Squat: Common Problems and How to Fix Them.

If you've watched my Form-Check Friday YouTube series, you know I repeat myself a lot. That's because most lifters make the same mistakes.

So, let's look at five common errors with the squat, starting from the top down. 🧵

[OutKick @Outkick]

The media claimed that the NRA and Republicans made it too easy for the Kansas City shooters to buy a gun.

Yet the gun was stolen.

Where are Peter King, Mina Kimes, and Rich Eisen now?

https://t.co/VNtnsiRd5b

[mac @dake_mac]

@drewjay espn is a joke. no one cares about the last 2 mins of tamu and ark

[mac @dake_mac]

@GordonMonson what should a has-been reporter do to make a quick buck?

[mac @dake_mac]

@CriddleBenjamin he coulda been the man i provo, now hes just a guy in waco

[The Redheaded libertarian @TRHLofficial]

It took Libertarian President Javier Milei nine and a half weeks to balance the budget and create a surplus.

NINE. AND A HALF. WEEKS.

[mac @dake_mac]

@Jamesjimmyjimm and the commisioner looks like the crypt keeper. probably a veegan

[mac @dake_mac]

@Jamesjimmyjimm the nba should fold, pure trash

[mac @dake_mac]

@rakoto10 james is a fool

[mac @dake_mac]

@jandmplus6 if he doesn't pander to any group, why did romney march in a blm parade?

[Clay Travis @ClayTravis]

Two juveniles opened fire at each other during the Chiefs rally, violating dozens of felony laws in the process. Before they knew any facts, ESPN’s top talent immediately demanded guns be restricted live on the air:

[mac @dake_mac]

@BYUapologist romney sold out. we don't need any more politicians pandering to race baiters. good riddance.

[Juanita Broaddrick @atensnut]

Wow. This military wife wife blasts Press Secretary, KJP, into oblivion.

[mac @dake_mac]

@SportyMcSports what is wrong with being white?

[Ryker @RykerJackson97]

“No one of us can survive in the world of today, much less what it will become, without personal inspiration.” - Boyd K. Packer

“In coming days, it will not be possible to survive spiritually without the guiding, directing, comforting, and constant influence of the Holy Ghost.” - Russell M. Nelson

[Scott Wessman @scottew]

***Longer post, feel free to skip***

Bring Back Low-Stakes Activities for Kids

We took a wrong turn in the last ~20 years as a society by transforming too many of our organized extracurriculars for kids into high-commitment and high-cost activities.
Low stakes, high mountain

High-cost, high-commitment organized activities have some or all of these attributes:

- Many practices per week and/or long sessions
- Expensive uniforms, gear
- Expensive registration fees
- Year-round or multi-season schedules
- Tryouts to make the team/league
- Weekend competitions
- Mandatory travel
- Expensive facilities
- Paid coaches
- Prevalence of additional, private coaching

When high-cost, high-commitment activities become the dominant form of activity, it brings some major drawbacks:

- Kids are more isolated in single friend groups that align to whatever their "main" interest is.

- Kids have far less unstructured free time. In what is arguably the great blunder of our generation, we've created a world where kids have little time to act under their own direction, spontaneously doing something, exploring, being bored, etc. One major factor in this is high-volume organized activities after school.

- Family time is crowded out with nightly sports/dance obligations.

- Parents' emotional investment amps up with their financial and time investments, causing people to say and do stupid stuff at their kids' games/competitions.

- Kids are far less able to try out different things, as there is little room for beginners and the cost is prohibitive.

- Parents with limited means can't afford to have their participate, especially if they have multiple kids.

- Coaching becomes very costly as a time commitment for parents and volunteers, even verging into paid gigs (further driving up cost).

On a more speculative note, it's worth thinking about whether the (increasingly valid) perception of kids being super expensive to raise in the "normal" way makes people more reluctant to have kids.

It's also worth thinking about whether the college admissions rat race and the stupidly high cost of tuition are driving some desperation for kids to get good enough at a thing to receive a college scholarship.

Thinking About Low-Stakes, Low-Cost Kids Activities

I'd propose that we try to bring back more low-stakes organized activities for kids. I think they occupy an important place between unorganized stuff and the higher-commitment stuff. Kids do benefit from organization. Parents and others benefit from volunteering to coach. It's fun to have some measure of scoring/judgment to keep things sharp.

The low-stakes, low-cost organized activities might have some or all of the following characteristics:

- Just a couple practices per week for an hour
- Simplified uniforms/gear
- Lower registration fees
- Single season structures
- No weekend competitions
- No travel
- Open to all who register
- No expectation of private lessons/coaching
- Publicly available facilities used
- No paid coaches

Wanting more low-stakes activities does not mean wanting to get rid of the higher-commitment stuff. Every kid is different, and many of them (and their families) really thrive in a more intensive environment. I question how often that is really true for younger kids (under 12?), but this is also a nuanced thing.

But simply adding more low-stakes activities opens up the option for families to craft a different model for their situations, even on a kid-by-kid basis. One family might do exclusively low-stakes activities for kids until a particular pursuit really jumps out at them.

Gratuitous extra shot of the Wasatch mountains

So how can we create more low-stakes activities?

This is the hard part, but here are some thoughts on increasing the number of low-stakes organized activities for kids:

- Cities and counties can make it a priority. Make fields/facilities available for these activities, provide some basic structure for registration and volunteering so people can coordinate.
- Parents can coordinate with each other. The cost of coordination is as low as it has ever been, so it is probably easier than you think to find like-minded people to organize (and coordinate with the cities and counties).
- People protect existing lower-cost activities by pushing back on higher cost and higher commitment changes. This can take a variety of forms, but speaking out about wanting a lower cost uniform option, having one fewer practice in a week, etc. can help adjust the norm. This one is tough as it often feels bad to be the cheapskate and/or signal that you don't care about the activity as much as others do.
- People can reflect on whether a lower-stakes approach could benefit their family in some way. This is not exactly an airtight bit of advice, but perhaps we can just ask whether the higher-cost, higher-commitment versions of the organized activities our kids do are bringing them real fulfillment, leaving time for their lives, providing them with the right mix of friendships, and broadening their horizons. If the answer feels shaky, then there can be motivation to talk about this more.

What did I miss?

[mac @dake_mac]

@ChuckCallesto i never did

[Collin Rugg @CollinRugg]

NEW: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele is set to obliterate the competition in El Salvador's election, gathering over 80% of the votes so far (Reuters).

Bukele is just 42 years old, is pro-God, pro-Patriotism and has waged total war on gangs.

Here was a speech that Bukele gave to the El Salvadoran military. No wonder why they love him:

"We have been in this war against gangs for 8 months. Thank God we are already winning. This is a very surprising victory that is close enough to make it clear that the glory is for God and what belongs to God."

"We, human beings, have the joy of being instruments of God, all of us to bring peace, freedom and happiness to the Salvadoran people and we are the instrument to heal this Earth. Each of you are an instrument of God to do so."

"Peace is not achieved by signing agreements between corrupt people, sharing power among murderers. Peace is built with work, sweat, effort and the courage that you and your brothers in the police have."

"You must have something to be able to know that you are part of something greater than yourself and that it's worth risking your life for that purpose that is more important than yourself alone."

"It's values. Values ​​such as bravery, courage, strength, discipline, Patriotism, honor and loyalty. Love for one's neighbor are fundamental values ​​of human society but they are values ​​that are increasingly being lost in the world if you watch international news."

"You will see how the most important values ​​that human beings have, honor, loyalty, bravery, courage, love for others, are precisely the values ​​that we are losing each day and that is why you can see societies that seemed to have already achieved it are now degrading because they are losing the values ​​that made them great."

"These values ​​were probably not strong in this land but were strong in other lands."

"That is why those lands grew and became great but they are losing those values ​​now. On the contrary, in El Salvador the values ​​that were previously degraded in our country are now the most important."

"Just take a look at yourselves, young men and women who have all these values. ​​How will a nation not rise up with values ​​like these?"

"How could a nation not rise up that puts God first and then puts in the hard work and effort with these kinds of values."

Video: @GraduatedBen

[mac @dake_mac]

@rakoto10 love it
we need more of this to bring us together rather than create division

[Jeff Hansen @rakoto10]

This felt like a walk off home run in the playoffs. https://t.co/lEfEd65XEt