dshoemaker

2 года назадdiscuss

To answer an aspect of your question that other commenters haven't addressed, the snatch works hip and shoulder mobility in a way that deadlifting and squats do not. The barbell is driven by the explosive hip hinge (unhinge?) directly up, so it is a departure from deadlift even if it looks like it would train the same muscles. Training your snatch lift in a non-competitive sense really exposes imbalances the lifter has. Your hesitance is really reasonable though, it's a non-trivial lift so coming into lifting completely new and trying to throw a snatch up isn't a very good idea.

dshoemaker

3 года назадdiscuss

> Trying to extract value from a spiritual tradition you're not willing to live is ghoulish.

I don't understand this sentiment at all. Identifying positive aspects in existing religions is perfectly fine (I'd even argue there is some amount of virtue to it). How is it possibly ghoulish to see good in other cultures/religions and bring that into your practice? One example that comes to mind are religions where consumption of meat is eschewed. If you find that the rationale that Jainism provides for a vegan lifestyle resonates with you, why can't you incorporate that into your life for those reasons?

dshoemaker

3 года назадdiscuss

fourandtwenty isn't the OP.

dshoemaker

4 года назадdiscuss

I’ll be in Portugal in a couple months and would happily take a detour to check this place out. Contact is in my profile

dshoemaker

4 года назадdiscuss

> Immigrants in the U.S. _as a whole have lower levels of education than the U.S._-born population. In 2018, _immigrants were over three times as likely as the U.S. born to have not completed high school_ (27% vs. 8%). However, _immigrants were just as likely as the U.S. born to have a bachelor’s degree or more_ (32% and 33%, respectively).

> Educational attainment varies among the nation’s immigrant groups, particularly across immigrants from different regions of the world. Immigrants from Mexico and Central America are less likely to be high school graduates than the U.S. born (54% and 47%, respectively, do not have a high school diploma, vs. 8% of U.S. born). On the other hand, immigrants from every region except Mexico, the Caribbean and Central America were as likely as or more likely than U.S.-born residents to have a bachelor’s or advanced degree.

Not the OP you're responding to but your own source disagrees with your assertion. Relevant quotes above, emphasis mine. Also, I'm not against immigration but it gets old seeing accusations of xenophobia when someone is trying to have a reasonable conversation about the very real macro-level challenges involved in immigration. Stifling this sort of discourse also ends up being a disservice to people that have worked very hard to immigrate to the US as it can lead to people sweeping under the rug the challenges people will face when arriving.

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