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Fitness |OT8| Dad Bods, Bulge Swelfies, and Wait...Do you even lift bro?
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Lol weight fluctuations are so strange. Glad you're back on track
If I had a way to take my bike to work I'd absolutely love to get a mid-day ride in. But my office is an hour away and I carpool, can't exactly ask car mates to mount up a bike rack to their cars every day I don't drive (which is 4 out of 5 days).
One of the reasons I moved to a home gym is to maximize time with my son, because of his special needs. Due to sleep/scheduling issues for his sake and my wife's sanity I really can't leave the house before I have to go to work. A bike ride during my scheduled home time is pretty much out.
I know this is starting to sound like a lot of excuse making when it comes to cardio. You are right, I do need to get a weight vest.
Psychotext
Member
No, that all sounds reasonable. Sometimes life really does get too much in the way.
Lol I know right. Shits weird.
Although I think I know the overall culprit. Quest protein + Kodiak cakes multiple times a day for multiple days. All that fiber.
Not only did the flood gates come open when I gave them a rest this past week, but they flew open multiples times a day.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
My dad does weight watchers and he said that even they've shifted away from "fat makes you fat"...towards sugar makes you fat.
Brolic Gaoler
formerly Alienshogun
By the nature of what it is you'd have to eat a shitload of it to get fat. Also by the nature of it, you won't be able to eat a shitload of it. It's the other shit you eat with it that makes you fat.
And I'd agree. Sugary items are the major cause of fatness.
Been semi slacking this past week. Saturday, Sunday, Monday were cheat days (mini bulks lol) followed by a clean Tuesday, dirty Wednesday, and clean Thursday and Friday. I was 177 on Saturday and if I weigh in at 180 today I might be convinced that I inadvertently sold my aesthetic soul to the devil.
Jacksinthe
Banned
Fats are great, IMO. Truthfully due to my vitamin D deficiency I eat a bit more fat and it's helped a ton alongside my D supplement to raise my levels to normal range. D is fat soluble so I take 3k IU per day at once every Sunday morning (21k total). Huge help in absorbing my thyroid hormone replacement. I respond well to fats, personally.
Keep dreamin. That thing is coming out west this year.
Training for the Mrs. Mkenyon Sweet 16 is a year round lifestyle.The trash talking begins early this year, I see
See you in the finals, bud.
I'm Steph and you're Lebron. You had a good run.
Lol I originally typed an incredibly inappropriate response that would have made mrs. Mk blush but would have also gotten me banned.
Psychotext
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Still looking for that simple answer though... when in reality, as always, it's eating too much that makes you fat (illnesses aside). Compared to most here I eat a MASSIVE amount of sugar (as do most cyclists) and obviously because we're also burning huge amounts of calories it's just fine. It can't be that we're eating too much of course, that's just too simple. It's the fat, or the sugar, or the lack of fibre, or eating at the wrong time of day, or not eating breakfast, or eating breakfast, or not having your carbs with protein, or drinking diet drinks, or not having enough meals a day, or too many... and so on.
I've lost weight on high carb, low carb, high protein, low fat, high fat, 33/33/34... pretty much every combination you can think of. I've never tried high fat, high carb, low protein though. Not sure I want to either.
Oh, and on my last cut I was still drinking at least three times a week and was still ripped by the end of it. So beer doesn't make you fat either.
Haha. Now I'm curious.
Nice try, slick. You want me banned so I lose motivation!
Still looking for that simple answer though... when in reality, as always, it's eating too much that makes you fat (illnesses aside). Compared to most here I eat a MASSIVE amount of sugar (as do most cyclists) and obviously because we're also burning huge amounts of calories it's just fine. It can't be that we're eating too much of course, that's just too simple. It's the fat, or the sugar, or the lack of fibre, or eating at the wrong time of day, or not eating breakfast, or eating breakfast, or not having your carbs with protein, or drinking diet drinks, or not having enough meals a day, or too many... and so on.
I've lost weight on high carb, low carb, high protein, low fat, high fat, 33/33/34... pretty much every combination you can think of. I've never tried high fat, high carb, low protein though. Not sure I want to either.
Oh, and on my last cut I was still drinking at least three times a week and was still ripped by the end of it. So beer doesn't make you fat either.
I agree, but weight watchers give you a daily "point" allotment, which will obviously correlate somewhat to calories. It's just that the points are now driven more by sugars than fats. For someone like my dad who LOVES snacking, it's helpful.
Psychotext
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Related, I have plenty of issues with weightwatchers... their long term success rate is utterly appalling, and I can't help wonder if that's intentional.
mdsfx
Member
You mean so that people's success is dependant on their products/services? I'm sure it is intentional. I doubt they have steps in place to transition people out of their program so that they can sustain weight management without the weight watchers system.
Fine print: I know very little about weightwatchers
Psychotext
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Their long term success rate for people who stay in the program, not even considering people who quit after losing weight.
Psychotext
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A glorified calorie counter which completely fails to take into account metabolic changes over time (unless they've improved it recently, which I don't believe they have).
...and they have a two in one thousand success rate over five years (or had). That's significantly worse than people trying to lose weight outside of their program ("other diets"), so something is clearly going on.
Anyway, it's all a bit off topic, and there's loads of info out there for people who want to read the studies.
Psychotext
Member
Yeah, but as many of us here who have studied the science know, it's more than just the expected calorie loss from the weight loss. The suppression caused by long term weight loss causes significantly more of a metabolic drop than the weight alone would suggest.
velociraptor
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So what cardio is recommended to ensure you don't sacrifice your gainz?
I've been 'cutting' (eating at a weekly deficit) but I haven't had the time to do any cardio tbh (busy med student lifestyle and exams coming up, heh).
Psychotext
Member
Oh don't get me wrong, it can work... just the statistics are heavily against it working long term.
As an anecdotal counterpoint, I know 5 women on the program who are bigger now than when they started (they never left the program, and they've been doing it about 10 years), having basically yoyo'd their way from their target weight back to being significantly overweight.
I know a couple who were "slimmers of the year" in the UK who are massive now. However, one of them did leave the program (though you could argue that being in the program should enable you to make long term changes you can stick to).
HIIT
Awesome, dude. Huge accomplishment.
I'll have to do a video when I go for it.
As I've said before, I'd rather do a BW power clean than a BW Press. Coming from someone with zero natural acceleration and speed growing up.
I know you've been working really hard at it. Your form is solid too. You'll have no problem getting it soon!
Psychotext
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Welp, time to see if my legs can hold up to deadlifts and calf raises. This could be bad.
Shit
I have, thanks. This year has been extremely consistent so far above and beyond most of last. And I think clean pulls and hang cleans are bringing the form to another level.
Big challenge will be keeping momentum through vacations coming up.
Did squats with a belt for the first time today - it felt really really good.
Ok, serious talk here, and some people need to ask their SOs since we don't have much of a female presence - do women notice men at the gym? I don't mean for dating (I'm married), just looking and then thinking "damn!" I mean I don't stare or anything, but there are some very impressive female rear ends at my gym and it's hard not to at least notice.
Is this a thing for women or am I just a disgusting dirty man?
Ok, serious talk here, and some people need to ask their SOs since we don't have much of a female presence - do women notice men at the gym? I don't mean for dating (I'm married), just looking and then thinking "damn!" I mean I don't stare or anything, but there are some very impressive female rear ends at my gym and it's hard not to at least notice.
Is this a thing for women or am I just a disgusting dirty man?
Dusk Soldier
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Women definitely check out men at the gym. I've caught women doing it to me before.
The thing you have to keep in mind is most gyms skew heavily male inside the weights areas, so if there's one or two women there. They might check out a few of the guys, but they're obviously not going to check out every single guy there. So the chances of a woman checking out any random guy is smaller, than a guy checking out any random woman.
If you are a straight man then yes, it happens. That's life. And do woman check men out? Oh most definitely!
MrToughPants
Brian Burke punched my mom
Men and women always checking out my ass...let me squat in peace pls
Jacksinthe
Banned
I just had the largest protein shake. I put a ton of chocolate ice cream in, some oreos, a bunch of peanut butter, scoop of vanilla protein powder, 2 raw eggs, a large handful of oats and topped it off with whole fat milk. So good.
In short: I just bought a blender :O
In short: I just bought a blender :O
My friend suggested to me, to go buy protein powder and mix it with all of my food and drinks. They fitness store right beneath me have a sale going on.
In other news, I'm eating more now, but way healthier food, and I am training the amount, that I can feel the slight pain in my body. But I figure I should intensify it all.
Maybe I should try this shake?
I have had a blender standing there on my kitchen table for a year without being used.
In other news, I'm eating more now, but way healthier food, and I am training the amount, that I can feel the slight pain in my body. But I figure I should intensify it all.
Maybe I should try this shake?
I have had a blender standing there on my kitchen table for a year without being used.
yeah, this happens to me too. I wished people stopped staring/ogling while squatting.
I had to quit using my favorite squat shorts, even though they are the best for stretching and leg day. admittedly they are a tad small and revealing but that's noone of anyone's business, people should go lift something.
Psychotext
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Phew, got through deadlift (new PR!) and calf raises without any major leg problems.
Have dumped straps and the belt on my Pendelay rows. I can't get my hand positioning right when I'm using straps, and the belt messed with my form too much. New PR on that as well, so I must be doing something right.
First time using the belt on deadlifts. I think I like it; my core definitely felt more engaged. Form was a little off though, I think it's going to take a bit of time to adjust.
Have dumped straps and the belt on my Pendelay rows. I can't get my hand positioning right when I'm using straps, and the belt messed with my form too much. New PR on that as well, so I must be doing something right.
First time using the belt on deadlifts. I think I like it; my core definitely felt more engaged. Form was a little off though, I think it's going to take a bit of time to adjust.
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