Andrew Althouse

I will gradually populate this with R code to run simulations of various RCT scenarios. Posting link here so I can pin this tweet. github.com/aalthous/RCT-S…

@KenCook_KC @UziCryptoo Yes - this is exactly what I am getting at (and my wife & I are in a similar position to you re: separate/old 401k accounts etc).

Between my wife and I, we have five accounts we are using for retirement. She has a traditional IRA and then a separate Gold IRA. I have my work 401k as well as an investment account. Finally the both of us share a savings account for liquidity. Looking at any one of those five accounts separately, one could conclude we did not save enough for retirement. Put all five together and we are doing just fine for a comfortable retirement. I think that is what this stat misses.

The latest 401k data was released Here is the median balance by age: 18-24: $2k 25-34: $16k 35-44: $40k 45-54: $68k 55-64: $96k Over 65: $95k Saddest thing you’ll see all day 😔

@CoffeeBlackMD @wolfstrength I’m pretty convinced that on my journey from 405 to 500 for the first time, only about ~50% of the gain was actually being stronger and the rest was getting more accustomed to grinding out heavy lifts.

So. I had a 4 wheel deadlift for three this evening. Which, I’ll be humble is not that impressive, BUT it’s the 1.0 and it was heavy fam. I did my warm ups. And they were heavy. And I was gunna complain. But last time I did @wolfstrength told me “yeah, the warm ups are heavy don’t be a bitch and lift it” Now Wolf didn’t say exactly that because he’s a really nice guy guy but that’s what I heard. It’s always gunna be heavy at some point. Get in the car. Let’s go. We’re committing war crimes. Heavy. War crimes. So I fucking lifted it. Made me angry. Honestly. Fuck this heavy horsecock bullshit nonsense. When will it feel easy? Never? I didn’t sign up for that bullshit. I’m a mere mortal. Yahhnoh?

@KenCook_KC @UziCryptoo A more informative stat would be total balance across all retirement accounts per person/married couple

@KenCook_KC @UziCryptoo Yeah, one thing I’ve always wondered about this stat is whether it’s the average balance per account vs average total balance per person (and also how it takes things like married couples into account, plus what others have mentioned about IRA’s outside of 401k)

@sam_gzstrength @wolfstrength (I say this as someone who has achieved all 6 of your standards *at some point in my life* but who was ~30 pounds lighter at the time of the sub-6 minute mile than at any time I’ve hit the lifting marks)

@sam_gzstrength @wolfstrength 6 minute mile is achievable, but at the same time as the other lifts, I do sort of agree that is straining who is genuinely capable of all those at the same time. The lifts + 7 minute mile + 5 chins is a more realistic “solid achievable base” target IMO

This guy gets it!

This tweet from this guy is incredible if you know the history and reference

@awgaffney rEaL wOrLd DaTa

I don’t think people are sufficiently skeptical about observational studies when it comes to question of *drug efficacy*. And “big” doesn’t matter: in fact a giant observational study more likely to incorrectly show effect if any shred of residual confounding.

@greystrength63 @Degen_CPA @bishara Imagine taking a video of some guy doing shitty bicep curls with dumbbells and just blaming “bodybuilding” for it

@greystrength63 @Degen_CPA @bishara Using this video to condemn the low bar back squat because of “powerlifting” is funny because a) this is a terrible example of a low bar back squat and b) there’s no indication at all this person is lifting this way because of “powerlifting”

what powerlifting has done to squating via the low bar back squat can never be forgiven.

@BrianSuttererMD Putting aside folks’ general disdain for noninferiority trials (which I describe as maddening-but-necessary-sometimes) I agree that “not noninferior” is silly and that if we must do this, “failed to meet noninferiority” is technically better and maybe slight less offensive

I don’t care if I’m outing my poor biostats knowledge, language like that is silly even if it is a statistical point that cardiologists understand clearly

Oh not NOT worse? So, it is worse?

@tombrewsports @Brandon_Warne I think they should pick a lane between these 2 though: either make it the bottom 8 overall (so we have 4 double-16 games) or the bottom 8 at-large (giving us 4 double-11-ish games)

@Brandon_Warne It’s really simple. the 4 16s are the worst automatic qualifiers and the 4 11s are the world at-large

I will never understand why the four play-in winners aren’t 16 seeds in the NCAA Tournament

@justBill @sam_gzstrength For me it’s just the numbers game. Lots more people train bench press seriously than squats and deadlifts. If you have an average-ish build it’s probably about the same difficulty to bench 315 as to squat 405 or deadlift 500, but way more chase the first one than the last two.

@ADAlthousePhD @sam_gzstrength Yeah my logic is you just see some random old dad rippin 3 plates on an average Tuesday, but squatting 405 or deadlifts you have to “train” for it to some capacity

If you go to a random commercial gym I do think you have a better chance of seeing someone benching 315 than you do seeing someone doing a legit 405 squat or 500 deadlift

@H2P_TD @AmandaFGodsey Yeah, I think a relevant exception to OP is “I have young kids and want to take them to a thing resembling a football game in a lower stakes environment”

@AmandaFGodsey It’s a free game I can take my kids to so they get to cheer on Pitt in an environment where if one of them craps out nobody cares and we just leave. Also it’s spring football, just fun to get excited before I’m stuck in MLB Hell all summer.

I’ll be honest: I judge you if you attend a spring game unless you have a relative or close friend who is actually playing or have to work it. It’s Pittsburgh and it’s probably nice out, why are you watching a football practice?

@justBill @sam_gzstrength …I agree that it’s more common in “a random commercial gym” to see a 315 bench than 405 squat or 500 deadlift.

@justBill @sam_gzstrength Yeah. I think for someone who trains all three lifts with equal effort, unless they have leverages that really dramatically favor one lift, a 315 bench is the hardest of the three to achieve. But way more people try to bench three plates than put serious effort into squats & DL…

@TheHoopHerald Greatest “I do exactly one thing on a basketball court but I do it extremely well” box score of all time:

It’s crazy how many things changed because this man had an out of body experience in the Tournament If he was cold that day, Calipari is probably still the Head Coach at Kentucky, and Mark Pope is probably still at BYU

There’s a really good scene in the History of the Eagles documentary where Glenn Frey talks about understanding that even if he was tired of singing “Peaceful Easy Feeling” and “Take It Easy” every night, he knew there were fans out there who had been waiting years to hear them

@DWyl2355 @JoeKania3 …in Division III wrestling? The post is about the D3 championships. Not D1.

@JoeKania3 No NIL? Unfortunately, you are misinformed. Just not the numbers of NCAA football and basketball.

The wrestlers competing here are the lifeblood of the sport. No NIL $, little fanfare. The end of the road for almost everybody. Just love of the game. Fighting like hell. That is what it’s all about.