The Healthy Thread
The Healthy Thread
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- Continuity2
I'm on Day 2 of Jeff Cavaliere's ab workout app, as a tag-on to my recent switch to a 4-day upper/lower split from Stronglifts 5x5.
The ab workout is basically 5 minutes of super-setting 4-5 different ab exercises. It's fucking murder. My abs would cry and get into the fetal position in the corner, if they could.
- Jeff is impressive looking at 160lbs.robotron3k
- And in his mid-/late-40s, as I understand it.Continuity
- notype3
Getting a small bug to become vegan...
- how come?inteliboy
- I blame it on some meditation I’ve been doing over the past 8 mosnotype
- you're getting a goa'uld just to go vegan? seems extremeGnash
- :)notype
- many bugs are carnivorous and may not take to kindly to plants.hotroddy
- are you training it or is this a forced diet? what kind of bug?imbecile
- @Gnash lol, I was actually re-watching SG1!grafician
- hahaGnash
- e-wo1
I'm 5 pounds in to a 40 pound weight loss push. Aiming to look and feel a few years younger by the holidays.
- sarahfailin0
https://www.newsweek.com/red-whi…
White meat could carry the same heart health risks as red meat according to scientists who studied how beef and chicken affect cholesterol levels.
- inteliboy0
Heads up...
Been eating almonds. Thinking they are good healthy snack, especially when slammed with work and finding time to at least not eat rubbish.
100g = 587calories.
This is the equivalent to 2 Big Macs.
Holy shit. No more almonds for me.
- just do 50g almonds + 50g 88% chocolate, much healthier...robotron3k
- Those are 500 calories are good ones, though.Gnash
- applies to all nutsdrgs
- there's more to it than that. The physica structure of nuts is such that it's very hard to break down and digest, so you're not really getting all thosezarkonite
- calories. It slows down your digestion as well so it'll let your system have more time to absorb what it needs. You can read more science here:zarkonite
- https://www.ncbi.nlm…
(Married to a dr of nutrition, I've been brainwashed with this stuff)zarkonite - "... epidemiologic studies and clinical trials suggest that regular nut consumption is unlikely to contribute to obesity and may even help in weight loss."zarkonite
- This is a sweet table summary of health outcomes: https://www.ncbi.nlm…zarkonite
- not all calories are created equalimbecile
- +1 imbecile. Almonds aren’t nuts either!MrT
- thanks for this info!inteliboy
- NBQ003
- this is a good presentationimbecile
- Agree... but that man's hair cut.. is that the result of not watching porn??shapesalad
- drgs0
Cannabis speeds recovery after training and makes exercise less unpleasant, cannabis users say.
http://www.ergo-log.com/trend-co…- https://i.redd.it/v2…imbecile
- The same is true of beer and fine bourbon drinkers..shapesalad
- sarahfailin0
- almost 2/3rds of Americans are either overweight or obese. This is contributing to newly rising deaths from heart/cardiovascular disease, especially among people younger than 50. Check your BMI, cut out sugar!
- I'm 5'9" and there's no way I could weight 160lbs! I'll be way too thin. Not everyone has the same frame, I have big bones.Bennn
- ugh! i'm overweight by 10 lbs. i know it too. back to work for me. damn it.capn_ron
- I weighted 198lbs years ago and I was FAR from being 'obese'. That chart isnt good.Bennn
- Ultra Sugar Assshapesalad
- i could gain 20 and still be in the greenGnash
- bennn is fat afimbecile
- According to this chart, I'm too short. Need to gain a couple inches in height.Krassy
- healthy! Sweet. lolsea_sea
- 24,5 pure muscledrgs
- fair point, but this is like depression era statistics for whats normalcannonball1978
- There are some limitations to the accuracy of BMI, but unless you are very muscly, it is really the best measure we have of risk of weight-related disease.sarahfailin
- I'm not fat at all imbecile :)Bennn
- BMIs are generalized. Doc always said I should be what I weighed at 18.toemaas
- It is kind of ridiculous. I am going for 175lbs at 10% bf and I'm ~185lbs now at 5.11/6'. I have some fat as my bf is around 16-17% right now but IBoz
- wear 31" waist pants and between small/medium size t-shirt. I'm anything but overweight :) I don't know what i need to be like 28" waist and be like a skeletonBoz
- me, strong like bull.utopian
- 22.DRIFTMONKEY
- ugggh i still need to lose the winter fat 3 winters ago.pango
- BMI is a completely useless measure. It doesn't make any distinction between water weight, skeletal weight, organ weight, lean muscle mass, and fat mass.Continuity
- You can be 183 cm, 76 kg with a BMI of 22.7, which is supposedly normal. But that same 183/76 person could also be at 25% body fat, which is obese.Continuity
- BMI is nonsenseMrT
- folks, this is horse shit propaganda. I have a health issue and this states my weight is fine, which it is not. Very dangerous misuse of data.dibec
- Well, this SHOULD be +10kg for each height to be Healthy. This predicts my actual weight very well, but I'm "tall & skinny" so no, @dibec is rightgrafician
- Doc says I’m healthy, but could do more cardio, I admit to her. It matches the chart. Good thing dibec is here to tell me she’s wrong. bennn you are so fatimbecile
- this chart is bullshit, imbecile you are so average that you would fit into any of these charts, and i agree, benn is to loose weight.sted
- lolBennn
- im at 180, im fineBennn
- shit, i'm overweight but not obese *yet* tho :)renderedred
- "Average" in America IS overweight. And clothing size is a laughable. You guys are in denial. This is science!sarahfailin
- It’s the health equivalent of a porn name generatorMrT
- You guys are misunderstanding what BMI is for. It's a high level health indicator, it doesn't tell you if you're obese, fat or not. It's based on the assumptionzarkonite
- that you have an average level of physical activity. If your level of fitness is closer to an athlete, like you Boz, then it doesn't apply. You have to lookzarkonite
- into body composition (fat/muscle ratio) and lifestyle to get a more relevant picture.zarkonite
- It is however something you should check for heart health. No matter if you're made up of fat or muscle the amount of blood you have to pump is roughly the samezarkonite
- and an unhealthy heart won't last long if you're out of shape. You'll need to have a VO2 Max to match your BMI, or else you're at a higher risk of a CVA/Stroke.zarkonite
- shapesalad0
- about exactly what i thought but kept watching for the music.kingsteven
- drgs0
https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/…
German Scientists Say Spinach Should Be Banned In Sports
A study released by Freie Universitat Berlin suggests that ecdysterone, a chemical found in the leafy green vegetable, has a similar effect to steroids and should be added to the list of substances banned in sport, CNN affiliate RTL reported.
- I knew Popeye was doing dope, there's no way that he could beat Brutus in a fair worldBeeswax
- fuck offmonospaced
- That was toward any scientists who suggest spinach should be banned. Turns out there aren’t any. The study nor the findings have nothing to do with spinach.monospaced
- NBQ00-2
- NBQ000
- or it could be you didn't wake at the moment your body ran the test mechanism, and it already happened.shapesalad
- Sez the guy trying to sell his testosterone "booster".wagshaft
- HijoDMaite5
One year sober today. :)
Going to Italy for two weeks next month.
What to do.
- Well, they have a civilised manner of providing decent food alongside drink orders, so unless you're tee-total now, just enjoy yourself.Nairn
- Italy? Why not get drunk?
j/k, enjoy their food acompained with waterOBBTKN - Italians are world renowned for their fruit-based sparkling waters.
Congrats on sobriety; i've looked into it, but unable to maintain.ideaist - Dude they make non-alcoholic wine. It's called Grape Juice.mg33
- I'm 9 hours sober!imbecile
- wait, nevermind. not anymore. back to zero.imbecile
- when you say sober, do you mean liquor or any "drug" substance?imbecile
- Alcohol and weed. Booze is not the problem it’s weed! But an alcohol buzz always makes me crave the ganj.HijoDMaite
- i feel you there. we've all got our vices. congrats on the willpowerimbecile
- Weed is legal in Italy now - they have shops on many high streets selling it! When I say 'weed' I mean ultra-low THC content, so knock yourself out! (or, don't)Nairn
- Good on you, keep it up! Did you try to develop a new hobby or something to keep your focus elsewhere? Any tricks you can share?zarkonite
- Sorry, my responses here look like I don't give a shit about your success - if you're not wanting to drink, you'll be fine. Just fat, because you'll eat lots!Nairn
- Honestly I look at it as a growing up experience. Smoking weed just makes me stupid and lazy. I don’t want to be like that.HijoDMaite
- Some people can be casual smokers, I cannot. Some people can have success in life while potheads I cannot.HijoDMaite
- And yes I basically threw myself in to vintage cameras and film photography. Two things I didn’t know shit about. Spent many weekends tweaking out on gear.HijoDMaite
- It brings me joy to fix them and joy to show film images. So I have things to look forward to just like beer and bud used to be.HijoDMaite
- +++imbecile
- Nice Hijo, thanks for sharing.zarkonite
- careful - my dad's friend nearly OD'd on old cameras.Fax_Benson
- Bennn0
Anyone ever tried taking Rhodiole and/or Ashwagandha??
Those are adaptogen plants and you can buy it as natural supplements, i stumbled on this by looking on nootropic thing mg33 taljed about in the CBD thread.
Those two are supposed to be good for stress, anxiety principally and a bunch of other things.
- MrsT buys ashwagandha tea for bedtime, hard to say but I sleep well after it. Much anecdote.MrT
- NBQ00-2
- NBQ00-2
- Do you really believe in this? Or do you share this just for trolling?dmay
- Why trolling? You don't think that many foods and superfooods contain anti-oxidants?NBQ00
- I don’t get my medical information in YouTube videos, this is what science knows about anti-oxidants and cancer: https://www.cancer.g…dmay
- Yeah as if it's not scientifically proven that certain foods contain anti-oxidants.NBQ00
- Have you read the link? “Overall, these nine randomized controlled clinical trials did not provide evidence that dietary antioxidant supplements are beneficial”dmay
- ‘in primary cancer prevention’. I’m not saying that foods don’t have anti-oxidants. I’m saying that there are no studies that prove their effectivenessdmay
- So there are not foods that kill cancer. Or do you have studies that claim otherwise?dmay
- https://www.cancer.g…dmay
- https://www.medicaln…dmay