Random health and exercise thoughts

[bbaquiran]

First time sparring after 12 boxing lessons. In 5 rounds I lost count of how many times my trainer's punches landed. I managed to hit him twice.

 

[Tastethesoup]

Originally Posted by sonick

From what I gather, it's not as effective as full-out cutting or bulking, but allows you to cut without losing too much strength/muscle, and to bulk without gaining too much fat/gut. More of a 'fine tune', so to speak.

Originally Posted by Cool The Kid

www.leangains.com

Site is a slight clusterfuck but there is good **** in there.

www.bodyrecomposition.com isn't rooted in IF but the info there is just as relevant. I'd use both to generate your own dieting routine.

Calorie cycling (a common thread to both sites) can be used to better deal w/hunger during a cut, and to slow down fat gains in a bulk.

I'm using a modded version of IF during my cut because I imagine it will be a (relative) cakewalk to cut with multiple 3000 calorie days in a week. **** I'm in a bulk now and I grossly underate today.

Appreciate the replies. That bodyrecomposition site is exactly what I was looking for.
Now to work out a diet

 

[indesertum]

what is up with the biggest loser

i stopped watching it midway through.

apparently they use weight loss to judge success? i can't believe in 11 seasons no trainer, doctor, or dietician has pointed out to the producers the big flaw in that ( weight loss =/= fat loss). it seems clear from the wiki page that people try and game the system by dehydrating before weigh ins.

punish lean body mass gain and reward dehydration?

and they have them do all sorts of random metcon all day everday.

i would think that running on a treadmill for an overly obese and out of shape person could get very dangerous.

man. i wonder how much the trainers get paid. i could do a better job if they changed the weigh ins. i'd just have them do high volume machines, bike slowly for and hour or two, high protein, high fiber, for a week to week and a half, carb up day then repeat.

 

[mm84321]

Watching the obese eat a reducing diet and partake in moderate and sensible exercise doesn't make for good television. People enjoy watching others suffer. They almost all just gain it right back once the show is over.

 

[DeadDJ]

^Plus audiences need something simple to follow. You get more complex than weight and people won't give a ****. Weight or nothing is how most people view getting healthier.

 

[speedy4500]

One of my colleagues thinks that running is the hallmark of physical fitness. I tell him that running sucks and that he'd be stronger and faster and overall more physically capable if he would join me lifting weights and HIIT. I really hate running.....

...... but I did a 5k and beat him in it just to prove my point.

 

[mm84321]

Rock climbing is where it's at. Nothing makes you feel stronger, physically and mentally, than scaling cliffs in the desert.

 

[APK]

Most people don't care about actual body comp. They're happy enough to see a decline scale number, regardless if all it nets them in the end is a Connebody.

 

[the shah]

how's your shoulder/back ?

 

[shibbel]

What bar position are you guys using on squats? High bar or Low bar?

 

[mrchariybrown]

low low low for me.. about mid shoulder

 

[shibbel]

I have to get this right...weight is getting too heavy to stay high, but the low is still hurting a bit.

 

[mrchariybrown]

where is it hurting you when you take the low bar position?

 

[shibbel]

Feels like the pain is mainly coming toward the top of my my scapula where it meets the humerus. I try to carry the bar just under my clavicle. Still too high?

 

[mrchariybrown]

I think if you widened your grip a bit and try to bring the bar down another 1-1.5", it'll alleviate the pain.

if the bar if right below clavicle level, it seems like it's too high. I'd need to see a picture/video of it to judge though, since everyone is built differently. but I can tell you, that on my body, that's too high for a low bar position.