I’ll have to check that book out
Do yoga brother. I’ve got such tight hamstrings and calves but yoga helps some. I just need to be more consistent about doing it
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I’ll have to check that book out
Do yoga brother. I’ve got such tight hamstrings and calves but yoga helps some. I just need to be more consistent about doing it
I've been doing Original Strength by Tim Anderson for mobility/flexibility and it has been an absolute game changer. Might be something to check out. Similar to yoga but without the pose holding that I find boring.
Yep, I'd rather do 5 sets of 10 deadlifts than stretch for 5 minutes. I need to figure out how to change that.
You’ll look lean if you’re muscular and have a low % of body fat
And if you dont have much muscle mass, but have low body fat? You'll be skinny-fat correct? Like, can see your ribs, but still have love handles etc.
Cannot recommend KneesOverToesGuy, ATG and the other influencers that work with him on X enough. Strength through length (ie full stretch with weight/resistance) is a big component of their program.
No muscle, low body fat can be skinny fat or just look like you’re on meth
Anyone got a Ninja Creami? Thoughts? I could see it being awesome or something I use 5 times and then let sit in my cupboard for years.
Yes. Kids make smoothies with it every now and then. Solid product.
This x1000.
“I need to add a mobility component to my routine.” - me since like 2018.
Problem is not enough time in the day.
When I get to the gym, it's an 8-10 minutes warmup on a cardio machine, maybe some light stretching for my back for a few min, then 50-60 minutes in a PPL system, then sauna after for 20 min (Maybe this is more of a amenity), then shower and change for 15 min, then leave. Hard to squeeze in a stretching program as well when my gym time is already pushing 2 hours.
And is stretching/Yoga/ Mobility better for me than strength training? Maybe.. But it just doesn't feel as good (or look as good) as throwing around weights.
You got 24 in a day hours and if you can get to the gym and do something, you're 90% better than most. Although, I do always look for 10-minute morning stretches in an attempt to get a quick all-in-one program.
Could you do mobility for 8 - 10 minutes instead of spending it on a cardio machine? If all you're doing with the cardio machine is getting your heart rate up, mobility work will, too, and 10 minutes per day over time is nothing to sneeze at.
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Mobility work > steady state cardio warmup in my experience. It doesn't have to be a rote thing every session, I have drills I do for upper v. lower days and some I do when I feel like it or when a given joint feels like it needs a little extra attention. Put it this way...I've been lifting heavy weights for more than 10 years, dropped the cardio warmup in 2015 or so, and I don't move like a crusty automaton like virtually every man I know who has lifted for an equivalent time with no mobility work. 🙃
Time really isn't my issue. 20 minutes, 3 or 4 days a week, it's easily built in. I just don't enjoy it, like wayne. But I'm definitely in automaton mode.
I think what I like about the steady state cardio is that i don't really need to think about. Just hop on any of the cardio machines and just crank it a bit to get warmed up and the heart going.
But you are probably right, I should be able to just so some mobility work instead and that will give the same result.
What I need to do is find like 8 to 10 all encompassing stretches that once I have down, I can just do them as a flow. Of course that's on me to find out.. but sometime I get to the gym and I'm like "crap what was that stretch I wanted to do that i saw on Instagram?"
Just chiming in to say I’m down 60 since June and 101 since Covid.
Back to lurking.
Back to lurking.
Correct. Jump on bike, zone 2, watch some TV or read intrawebs OR do something I completely suck at, it's very slow progress, and is uncomfortable.
@WayneDougan
I’m a social and gregarious person. I was a big guy prior to Covid, but Lockdown caused (I guess) depression, and drinking too much in my newly crafted bourbon bar. Ate like a Viking too. I was immense.
My liver was sick as a result.
I implemented drastic corrective changes in my lifestyle. Just me, no help from Doctor… and figured some shit out. Some folks on this thread saw my gym’s recent insta post on me with before/after pics. I held the gym’s PR team off until I reached my 100 pound personal milestone as they were haunting me every morning…I’m reluctant and embarrassed to share… but now I’m honing the remaining 20 pounds away to a healthy 195.
The other day, I thought I would be in the low 20% BF range… but my Hume said otherwise as I’m not close. That was a shocker with my metabolic age number…. Whatever, I ain’t stopping lifting heavy 6x/Wk. til I die.
I have a personal trainer kicking my ass daily for 5 weeks, showing me proper form, super-setting various movements, kettlebells. Stair climber daily.
When I get down to weight, gonna start Peter Attia VO2 Max air bike (4 pinned / 4 Zone 2) to get my cardio to better status.
1800 Cals/ min carbs / 210g protein… orthodox.
I feel great. Energy. Gut biome normal.
David protein bars for the win.
I’m a social and gregarious person. I was a big guy prior to Covid, but Lockdown caused (I guess) depression, and drinking too much in my newly crafted bourbon bar. Ate like a Viking too. I was immense.
My liver was sick as a result.
I implemented drastic corrective changes in my lifestyle. Just me, no help from Doctor… and figured some shit out. Some folks on this thread saw my gym’s recent insta post on me with before/after pics. I held the gym’s PR team off until I reached my 100 pound personal milestone as they were haunting me every morning…I’m reluctant and embarrassed to share… but now I’m honing the remaining 20 pounds away to a healthy 195.
The other day, I thought I would be in the low 20% BF range… but my Hume said otherwise as I’m not close. That was a shocker with my metabolic age number…. Whatever, I ain’t stopping lifting heavy 6x/Wk. til I die.
I have a personal trainer kicking my ass daily for 5 weeks, showing me proper form, super-setting various movements, kettlebells. Stair climber daily.
When I get down to weight, gonna start Peter Attia VO2 Max air bike (4 pinned / 4 Zone 2) to get my cardio to better status.
1800 Cals/ min carbs / 210g protein… orthodox.
I feel great. Energy. Gut biome normal.
David protein bars for the win.
Wow!
Congrats on the progress. Anything that improves health and quality of life. How are you having energy on 1800 Cal’s though? My wife is eating 1800-2000 @137lbs.
Yup. Increase calories, with simple carbs and protein, build more muscle, and watch that body fat plummet. Can't reduce body fat at 1800 calories. Especially when lifting 6 days a week. Scary but you have to feed muscle to grow and you can't grow muscle in a deficit. Add another sweet potato and cup of rice to your day and profit.
