Just take them and find out . worst that happens is you puke and no high <| sep |> I dont know if he was ruled out . Last time I checked he was questionable . <| sep |> Got about 10 lb PR in both squat and bench , don ' t really know about deadlift since you only do deficits but I upped my training max 10 lbs as well for that <| sep |> This makes some sense but it ' s also weird to talk about CDS as insurance on a mortgage , because the people who bought them didn ' t have mortgages and so it ' s like insurance on somebody else ' s property . I think it ' s more like a financial bet . All numbers in the following are made up . It ' s the idea of a financial bet here . The bank thinks probability of mortgagemarket failure is 1 %, and success is 99 %. The people who bought CDS thought it was a great deal , because they believed the percentages were much more like 90 % in their favor . So you bet $ 1000 , with a promise of getting $ 90000 if the 1 % happens . The bank thinks it ' s a great deal because 1 % 90000 is $ 900 , and 99 % 1000 $ 990 , so it expects to gain $ 90 on average . Or maybe it ' s simpler to understand as 100 trials 99 times the bank wins your $ 1000 . 1 time the bank loses 90000 . So net is bank winning $ 9000 after 100 times pass . But if you ' re right , 90 times you win 90000 , and 10 times you lose 1000 . So over a hundred tries you win $ 8 , 090 , 000 or an average of $ 80 , 900 .