These guys have a lot of good and somewhat surprising content given their competition backgrounds.
Sal goes a little weird at times, but they provide usable content.
Help! I'm Fat - *** Official Exercise and Weight Thread ***
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These guys have a lot of good and somewhat surprising content given their competition backgrounds.
Sal goes a little weird at times, but they provide usable content.
The common thread to ALL of these - protein, fiber, water, etc - is that you are not QUITTING something, you are ADDING something. For some reason our brains work better in trying to change habits if we ADD something new to focus on, rather than being focused on something negative (no cigs, no chocolate, no carbs, no pop, whatever). I think they have studies showing that adding works better than denying.
Surely something psychological in our brains, kind of reminds me of loss aversion in economics.
Eccentric reps can also be effective and a good way to mix it up.
Concentric to get big, Eccentric to get strong.
A few years ago I heard or read that and I was just coming off of Hammer and Chisel (Which is still the best full body workout program IMO) so I did a couple weeks of only eccentric stuff and the strength gains relative to a workout based in concentric movements was significant.
Isometrics are also really good since you are putting 100% force against a stationary object. The only downside is the range of motion is small. But it can be great for addressing sticking points.
Some dudes on YouTube hit the holder crowd. Guy has something called a Tricon set that is a mix of slow tempo, explosive, and isometric in the same set
You will know you did something after a couple of those.
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Here's the Tricon stuff. They have a ton of videos. Some very repetitive about hormones and testosterone, but for time under tension this type of move let's you know you're alive
Did you follow this?
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I did a new hasFit workout video this morning that had some of those Bulgarian split squats that @KnappShack mentioned. Those were brutal even with little to no weight.
I'd rather do Bulgarians than whatever you call the step up on bench to reverse squats. Both suck though. Used to love leg lifts but now that I'm old leg days are the worst.
I've heard that on water before coffee too but thus far I am.................lax lol.
Did a DexaFit scan Halloween and then again last week. Never really heard of it before but was interested. She pointed out where my protein should be and I was consisently at 60-70% - quite short. So I started upping that very shortly after the first scan. I didn't lose any weight between the two time periods (thanks holidays!) however, I gained two lbs of muscle and lost 1.5 of fat. It was super interesting to see because I didn't change my workouts that much, if at all. Nice change for two months of no real other effort besides trying to hit protein. Well, she did point out how unbalanced my muscle was right to left. Most of that muscle gain was actually my left leg so hopefully I am now less injury prone!
I've been seeing reports of Ozempic and Wegovy causing gastroparesis last few days. Knew those were discussed here, if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.
The good news is at least it was just a sprained ankle, and the healthy diet can still continue.
If you have to sit around get rid of junk food to resist eating bad stuff out of boredom.
Does keeping my 150ft drive way clear count as a workout.
100%
Happy I'm in decent enough shape to handle the wet snow, but I do feel it a bit.
