ā¦
Trying to optimize fitness is the worst mistake people make imo. Pick heavy stuff, consume some protein, no more thought. Worrying about what exercise is most effective or small differences doesnāt matter as much people think.
Consistency etc etc
Many people are saying it and so on
This is why I like just doing sports. Iām getting fit, probably not in the most efficient way, but at least Iām having easy fun to get there.
Sports also give you more motivation to do general fitness stuff, because now you have a reason beyond just getting in better shape.
deleted by creator
100000000000%
Actually, for best results you should boof the protein powder
When I feel like I can lose a bit of mass, Iāll boof it with the estrogen
Well duh, but when tho
All the time
Googling literally anything is like this now
Yep. ChatGPT churns out thousands of shitty articles on every conceivable subject and this is what we get.
Yuuhp itās annoying af
I just fill a canvas bag with sausage links and strap it to my face so I can take protein before, during and after my ideal workout: 100 burpees with a 200 lb weight vest.
my HGH guy says puke is laziness leaving the body.
Facts.
It can be very confusing when you think too hard for fitness. The best thing is to go simple because then you will see better results without damaging your mental health in the process.
So a few things:
All nutrition science is like 70 years old at most, most of it is garbage and we can basically conclude that you should probably eat things and if unsure of what just vary them.
Almost all studies on sports nutrition and athletic performance are either based on short term very unfit people in small groups, or high performance athletes. Neither group is very representative of average and following athlete focused advice may damage your body.
Only one in a million things youāll read online are even remotely based on scientific evidence, flawed as it is.
So yeah, just exercise ramping up slowly. Lingering pain is a warning sign, you should eat things especially if you find yourself ravenously hungry. If you want to look like a body builder you will need a steroids hookup and maybe a human growth hormone hookup.
Not into a beefy body builder type bod, maybe old school pre Arnold, but mainly a powerlifter physique, plus Iām relatively skinny rn so I donāt mind a bit of chub as long as it sits right on my frame (gender is a fuck, idc if my obliques are worked and not gonna mind doing bench press variations thatāll give me too much titty, after I research more about all the effects and such gonna boof estrogen anyways so Iām somewhere in between, no roids or hgh though, I can do it natty and live with those results)
Iām a trans fem arthritic cripple so I donāt really know much about body sculpting stuff. My routines are all about trying to slow arthritis and support running without overstressing this silly floppy body.
My remark about PEDs is mostly tongue in cheek, I donāt judge people experimenting with their own bodies with hormones (glass houses and stones haha, itās not the old men in labcoats that make my choices valid after all) but I donāt exactly recommend it.
Just that as with all advertising the body types you see promoted are either artificial or the result of shitloads of work and very lucky genetics also presented in the best light possible. Masculine or feminine theyāre never particularly realistic goals so itās worth keeping in mind.
Weights sound right though, free weight stuff is great for joint health if you donāt push it too hard (remember that muscles will grow much much faster than connective tissue or bone density, particularly if you have significant levels of T. If you go too hard you will snap a tendon). Iād aim for sets of like 5-8? thatās on the safer side of hypertrophy iirc. I think isolation exercises are better for making particular muscles huge but you develop less strength and asymmetric strength is maybe implicated in injury.
Re food, if you log your exercises youāll notice if you do worse one day or the other and can correlate that. youād probably benefit from something like some oats and a coffee before a workout. I think itās also generally recommended to have a slight caloric surplus to encourage muscle growth (youāll have to lose the chub later if you do that though) and eat a nutritious meal within a couple of hours after working out. Iām not a carnist so canāt really comment on the usual meals people choose, I just eat something beany :p
You can also not have a caloric surplus if you donāt want to have to deal with losing it later, results will be slower but still there. Just start shifting towards more protein heavy foods. Thereās this whole thing of protein quality and limiting amino acids but tbh I find it joyless as hell to think of food that way so donāt bother personally. Just making sure I eat a variety of foods like lentils, beans, tofu, and whole grains.
My ex is a pole dancer and mad into this shit so I could ask if you like, but itās a spicy topic as we broke up over differences in food ethics.
Chubness is no issue here, I lose weight fairly easy have almost always been skinny except for like 5th n 6th grade, and like 5 months ago when I wasnāt working and just laying in bed hoping Iād fall asleep and not wake upā¦ Anyway. I do know that high weights come with higher risks which is why Iāve been doing lower weight but higher reps, prolly still doing slight damage to my ligaments though because of that and doing isolating exercises on the machines because Iām worried about moving wrong with a free weight or something. idk. I just have no spotter rn so not like I can do bench or squat at the moment, and deadlift would be fine but Iād want someone to help check form. They do have more options at pf for free weights besides barbells and plates. But like 9 out of 10 times thereās an absolute unit in the mirror doing his thing and Iām not about to strut up beside him and start doing my piddly weights. I know itās not about comparisons and about being better than you were yesterday but idk lol Iām just weird about it.
Also Iām a vegan/vegetarian conscious (I make sure my vegan vegetarian comrades I serve know thereās animal products in whatever they might potentially get.) carnist (I feel like animal protein is easier to do hands down and as a society we arenāt ready to switch anyways, but I have made a few delish vegan/vegetarian meals and if I had a better paying job so I could take cooking classes to hone in on technique instead of just doing ārandom bullshit go!ā Iād prolly be vegan) so not really limited to what I can eat so thatās no issue here. Is there a way to help ensure my tendons, ligaments,(whatever else) develop at a better rate, like any certain proteins or training regiment? Oh and if you make beans again soon, try adding a small amount of baking soda to the water while cooking them, having a basic environment helps break down the plant proteins making them soft af(incredible, delicious), whereas more acidic will make them harder and cronchy (bad, disgostang).
Check out the strong lifts 5x5 program. Iāve found itās a really good intro to weightlifting for health. The guy that devised the program has a bunch of advice on correct form, and more importantly, mountains of advice on spotting bad form. And itās nice to see his own photos on form because itās just like Some Dude, not a beef pillar, and heās out here squatting 300lbs easy.
If you can, try to find a place with a squat or power rack - removes the need for a spotter entirely for bench and squats.
If you want to crank up protein, add nutritional yeast to a meal. Itās about 50% protein by weight, which is more than any meat. Or check out protein shakes, they make vegan powders.
Thereās not really anything specifically to improve connective tissue except make sure you have nutrient and you rest. We donāt even really know why muscles strengthen. The explanation you hear of āmicro tears something something doms grow back thickerā is demonstrably false, as far as I can tell itās like āumm hormone bullshit inflammatory markers go?ā. Part of strength is also neuronal signalling improvements hence āgreasing the grooveā stuff so itās not even entirely clear how strength specifically builds. Bodies are fun!
Tendons and ligaments are poorly vascularised, like if youāve ever seen the insides of a living animal (like watching surgery videos or witnessing a significant injury whatever) youāll notice theyāre kinda pale and donāt bleed much. Consequently theyāre not very active metabolically and just take ages to grow. Snapping them is so bad because it takes months to heal and slow healing = bad healing.
So loading up too fast, or skipping rest (something I would know nothing about having flawless mental health and not holding my life together with running) will accumulate damage until they fail.
I get the self consciousness at gyms but honestly giant gym bros are usually really nice and helpful. Think of it like theyāre muscle hobbiests. It takes so much work and focus to get there that they have to be pretty passionate and most people genuinely enjoy others being interested in their hobbies and want to help beginners.
At least the third result is correct I guess. Thatās mostly the case with eating, anyway. It doesnāt really matter when you eat, or what specifically you eat. As long as youāre getting the nutrients required for whatever task youāre trying to accomplish over like a weekly period, youāll be fine.
Like I guess it doesnāt matterā¦ But could I not get whiplash every time I ask a fitness question to Google
Yeah it really sucks. Iāve been lifting consistently for about 15 months and thereās SO much junk content out there. Unless you are going to be a bodybuilder, just eat clean, progressively overload your weights and sleeeeep.
Yessir. What do you think about the 1g of protein per lb of bodyweight? Do about 75% of that or? Not going to be body building per se but I do want to get strong for my size. But for now some muscle is welcome. Like enough to look like the pump I get atm would be nice
I think the general purpose advice is to eat lots of food, get lots of sleep, and leave further changes for when you canāt make linear progress on your lifts anymore. 1 g/lb is the standard rule of thumb but hard to hit, 0.75 seems reasonable to me.
For getting good physique:
- Have the right genetic makeup (try not to be sad if not / temper expectations)
- Eat more/eat less (can be difficult)
- Work out (for general health reasons, not to lose/gain weight)
why is this nsfw?
So it builds suspense when you click it. :3 thatās it. or it could be interpreted as not safe for workouts
I think the healthiest thing to eat is w/e the fuck youāre really craving, unless of course youāre in some unhealthy dysbiotic loop where your cravings are compromised
hasnāt failed me yet, but doing the opposite has
I like to eat something light before working out just because I donāt wanna risk passing out from hunger or whatever. I donāt know if that has any scientific basis, but I do it because I feel like it.
Then I try to eat some protein within an hour of working out because I heard some guy say it a long time ago
I donāt like to eat before working out, I just feel weaker that way. And generally a little less focused. Just from personal experience.
Yeah, I like to go without feeling like I NEED to eat and donāt gorge myself before I go ( did it once before p.e. class with some cereal and phrew up ā¦) Iāve heard plenty, that you should eat carbs before protein after or vice versa. Imo as long as I get enough protein in a day it should be fine, and carbs are so easy to ingest because theyāre in almost everything that itās not a huge problem checking to see if Iāve gotten any. But yeah I do try to do an after workout protein shake after, right before bed.
deleted by creator
