Ozempic, GLP-1 and other modern diabetes / weight loss medications
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It’s only 5 pounds till a “healthy” weight so you must have a very tiny leg. Also due to the general population we now have a very skewed idea of what healthy looks like.
BMI is fine unless you do a lot of strength training or have a very outside the norm body type. Even then a BMI in your range isn’t anything to really worry about.
This. Lifting is beyond superior. Many people don't realize that if you're just doing cardio, it stops burning calories when you're done. Lifting creates calorie burning into the night. The headaches that I run into is the lack of knowledge with lifting and form. This weekend I was at the gym and bit my tongue because this older gentlemen was short-changing himself because of terrible form and short quick (lack of range) technique.
I will say there are more effective ways of cardio like rowing, cranking the elevation on a treadmill to 7%+ and getting into zone two with nasal breathing only, sprints, or the stairstep machine. Plastering yourself on a bike for 30-45 min only goes so far in terms of effect on the body. If that's all a person does, then don't expect great results.
In my experience it's a cycle/collection of all to get best results.
If I have fitness goals like running or biking a certain distance, eating lean can help to lessen the load on the joints so it's good motivation.
Aside from weight loss, even walking can be a great thing to help or avoid back/joint issues.
Lifting is the best thing for metabolism - both with burning calories after, as well as the additional muscle mass, which = more calories required.
I’ve had to train myself to not stuff my face after a lifting session - cranks the appetite up.
At the same time, cardio is by no means useless. Intense cardio still generates a calorie deficit, plus helps with joints as you said. And the protective effect against cardiovascular disease can’t be scoffed at.
If you’re an athlete those charts are meaningless. I can’t imagine what I would look like in the high 140’s-low 150’s or the “healthy” range for my height. I would look like a starving Ethiopian.
Correct. That's generally why I don't get "too much into a routine" per se. I lift hard probably once per week. I do bands 1-2x/ week. Stretch everyday. I mix in explosive movements too, sprinting, walking on steep incline, rowing, jump rope, light biking at night with the family, and flexible movements to help with the joints/tendons. I try to also incorporate some sauna and red light therapy for recovery. Always room for improvement, but I know as I age movement is important, but make it mimic the everyday movement.
My appetite and metabolism has sped up. But, it's still tough to counter the aches and pains of getting older. I literally threw my back out by having my son on my right shoulder and tossing him a certain way that strained my back. We "wrestle" all the time, but this time I tossed him slightly different. Then my stubbornness to slow down and allow healing has delayed my back getting better.
I wear a weighted vest for any cardio I do. I wear that thing when I mow the lawn even. Great investment that you just forget about once you get in to the routine.
Yeah I feel things burning off much more with lifting.
I have to drink water after to fill up so I also don't eat.
and steroids, and any number of other drugs that are out there that target fat loss/muscle building (particularly abdominal fat) whether prescribed or out there on the gray market.
Excessive post oxygen consumption occurs with cardio as well. Either way it's such a small percentage of the total caloric burn that it's negligible. Deficits should be implemented by diet, but cardio burns more calories than strength training, full stop.
Well, its also their job to be fit. A famous actor is going to have time and resources devoted to being in shape the average person doesn't have. If I had a personal trainer and nutritionist I could look like an Adonis too.
I love getting my medical advice from my Iowa State sports message board.
In unrelated news I am posting this from hospice
In unrelated news I am posting this from hospice
While this can certainly be the case for many actors in those roles Evans and Hemsworth were pretty much always in extremely good shape. Hemsworth for sure is natural, he has a whole side business on fitness as he just loves working out and has the genetics to see pretty incredible results.
The amount of specialists they have to make sure everything is optimized is rather insane. You probably see more people on some form of gear at your local gym then you see in a lot of movies as they don’t have a specialist
That's fair. Though Hemsworth does the dehydration routine before scenes, it has been reported, which enhances it to a degree.
Someone like Kumail Nanjani though, the speed with which he saw that change I have a hard time believing there wasn't some gear involved.
As long as you’re not in blood thinners and have no thyroid problems you’re fine. Like most supplements it’s not something you need as it’s an amino acid found in food but if you want to take it or if it’s in something else it’s fine.
Most likely you’re just going to have more expensive urine
