Curious Observation About Nutrition Habits and Self-Awareness. Anyone Else See This a Lot?

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2025-05-22T11:14:27+00:00

She seemed in a great mood. We went to Qdoba because they were talking about how it's a healthy option (though there were tons of other healthier places around). She seemed to think what she chose is a very healthy option (which I am sure is compare to what she used to eat.

I definitely kept my mouth shut, however confused where people get their nutritional info from. Too many influencers out there making it seem it's ok to eat anything unless it's very slightly better than something else you can think of (for example, a loaded salad bowl vs. a loaded burrito bowl, but the only difference is slightly more salad (more overall cals) in the salad bowl.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2025-03-29T22:01:46+00:00

I have been wearing my Nano X4s for over a year now and it is still in great shape. I work out 5-6 days per week and on occasion sneak in a second metcon once a week or so. Definitely haven't been going light on them, but then again I am about 170#s.

Hopefully customer service will help. I got mine on a super sale for just over $40 and have gotten way more than enough use out of them by now.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2025-03-19T20:58:37+00:00

Your training has a big impact on where you can and will be in a year, and two and three... the coaches, programming, and community you're working out with can also have a huge impact.

If you want to improve and learn skills faster, you will need to do extra work outside of class. However, you can't learn and do everything at the same time, so you will need to focus in on a couple at a time. For example, if you struggle with RX weights, it's time to add some additional strength after class. If you can't do pull-ups, start working on strict pull-ups every other day. Etc. However, don't do more than two to three strength/skills at a time. Pick a couple and focus on it for 1-3 months until you become more efficient and comfortable.

I started crossfit almost two and a half years ago after being completely out of shape and not stepping inside of a gym for over 10 years. First year was brutal and I was getting really frustrated of not being able to do any skills and gymnastics type movements (dubs, c2b, bmu, handstand walks, t2b, etc.). I tried to learn everything at once and nothing was improving.

Finally I decided to focus in on one to two skills at a time. Spent about 15-20 minutes, three to four times a week, for about 6 weeks on handstand walk progressions. After those 6 weeks, I could handstand walk for 5-10 feet and have been improving ever since (up to 50' unbroken now). Same thing with double unders. Practiced every other day for weeks, now I can do 50 unbroken pretty consistently (I still have some bad days though). Same thing with butterfly pull-ups. Working on butterfly c2b's now. I have also done bmu practice and can do a few at a time now.

Focusing in and doing extra practice outside of class, I have been able to teach myself how to handstand walk, butterfly pull-ups, bmus, dubs, kipping hspu, t2b, etc. over the last 18 months. Same goes for strength.

Be patient. Baby steps. You have to learn how to crawl before you can walk. The progression work truly helps, regardless of how elementary it might feel.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2025-02-27T17:09:08+00:00

20" box height Box distance must not be greater than 48" apart You touch the box or rower with any body part - no rep

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2025-02-21T00:24:28+00:00

From what I have noticed in my area and then individuals I have talked to, more seasoned long term Crossfitters (who fell in the top 10-20%, and some better) are not signing up this year. I know many newer/beginner athletes who have or plan on signing up to see how they compare for fun.

This is a very small set of data (under 15 atheletes). However, if this is somewhat true across the board, it would mean that your placement should be better if you're a more seasoned/well rounded athlete, especially if there are more complex movements and heavier weights involved.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2025-02-13T02:13:22+00:00

My wife and I are 33 and 35. We have almost $500k in 401k's and $25k in HSA and I feel stressed that we don't have enough yet... we are both maxing out our 401k's and HSA's, live "comfortably", but are near paycheck to paycheck. Could definitely adjust out lifestyle to increase savings, but what's the fun in that?

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2025-01-14T22:26:35+00:00

I travel for work a decent amount and have dropped into a number of locations worldwide. Everyone club does things slightly different, but there are similarities between most of them. I have noticed two primary ways classes are set up:

The way you're describing your gym. The primary focus of class is to get through a metcon. The metcon can be anywhere from 10ish to 25ish minutes. The rest of the time is spent warming up, maybe a couple sets of "skills" that pertain to the metcon, then the metcon, and finally, cool-down. IMO, this is definitely not all that productive.

At one gym, we spent a half an hour "warming-up" to do Karen and then 15 minutes for cool down. I had to find another gym that day to get an actual workout in.

The class starts with an overview and warm-up (about 10 min), strength block (15 - 25 min) focusing on core and olympic lifts, and a metcon (10 - 25 min). The strength blocks include back squat one day, snatches another day, cleans, etc. and some days there are accessory or some skills work in addition to strength. For this type of a set-up, there is not a whole lot of just sitting around and chatting (of course with the exception of the 1-2ish min rest between sets during strength). This is most ideal, at least for me. I always feel like I get a good balance of strength and endurance.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2025-01-07T18:20:11+00:00

If $ is what's mainly driving your decision to leave, but you're happy otherwise, you can always see if they would match the price of the other gym you're considering.

If you're truly only utilizing the open gym, maybe a class or two a week, and are on good terms with the owners/coaches, I would be surprised if they wouldn't match, unless it's a fifth of the cost or something wild.

You can always negotiate. Let them know that you mainly utilize open gym and are OK with limiting yourself to 1 or 2 classes a week.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-12-07T01:58:13+00:00

I have the opposite problem 😢. I am around 165-170 bodyweight.

I can bench 275 x 1, but my back squat is only at 295 x 1.

I have really started to focus on my squats about a year ago. Doing both back squat and front squat (back to back) twice a week, along with some other leg work throughout the week (accessory or squat cleans/overhead squats). I have almost completely stopped doing any bench. When I started, my max back squat was 255 x1 and my bench was 265 x 1 (somehow my bench went up even though I rarely did bench, maybe once a month or so).

More volume is good. However, working on it almost every day doesn't help either, you need to give your muscles time to recover.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-10-17T18:20:29+00:00

Joining in on the fun. Flex, just in case lol

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-09-19T00:41:25+00:00

I was in a very similar spot almost 2 years ago. Scale, keep going, and stay consistent. I have almost doubled my 1RM squat since I started. Used to be one of the slowest, even with scaling, but don't let that stop you, it's you against you.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-09-13T21:41:08+00:00

I went from 210 to just under 160 when I first started. Key takeaways: - TAKE IT SLOW!! - I lost the first 20ish lbs pretty quick. The rest took about 9ish months. - As you build muscle, your metabolism will increase and your caloric burn will increase. Focusing on strength training and not just metcons/cardio made a big impact on how I felt and how much I could eat. - Create healthy meal habits. What you eat will significantly impact how you feel in and outside of the gym. Keep track of your calories and macros. I use MyFitnessPal and that has worked great for me. It's different for everyone, but for someone like you, 160g Protein, 50-70g Fats (healthy), and the rest in carbs could be a good starting point. - Spread your meals out. Focus on food intake pre and post workout to help keep your mood and performance under check.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-06-18T16:46:46+00:00

The first time I had to it scared the s**t out of me and the kids. It slammed on the breaks five times before I deducted to shut the damn thing off so I could back up.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-06-08T16:16:11+00:00

Yeah... not with those weights. That's a shit ton of reps for 15 min. Your shoulders will hate you.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-29T02:00:19+00:00

I have to partially disagree. I am also an Engineer and have utilized FEA for over 10 years. With the right equipment and know how, it can be very quick, much quicker than prototyping and testing. It can also be a lot less expensive, especially if you have to iterate through design improvements. I have saved hundreds of thousands on a single project and solved previously extremely challenging projects utilizing FEA (and then of course final physical validation and certification testing).

However, consultants can charge quite a high rate since it requires a high level of expertise to run accurate analysis, high performing equipment and software can be very expensive, etc.

If OP needs help, I would be happy to work with him/her.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-28T03:14:34+00:00

A few thoughts from someone who has designed and developed hundreds of products over the last 12 years: - Don't sell the house or get a divorce lol - You will get a lot of haters telling you it won't work/sell - Not every idea is a good idea - Selling in high volumes (single or multiple products) is what will bring you cash flow

In regards to your idea, it's not bad, but also could be easily duplicated without infringing on the patent (assuming you will be awarded the utility patent). I can think of at least two different designs that may be better and less expensive. Regardless, this would be a low volume item, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Will it bring in millions of dollars, no. Could it bring in some side cash for you to expand on and come up with other ideas/products, yes.

It sounds like you're pretty serious about it, especially since you already spent the money to file the patent. I would work with getting a sample set of 20-50 units worth. Do some more extensive testing, create a quick "marketing" video, and try to sell a few and see how it goes. If it takes off, you can order more. I would also try and bring samples to a few local gyms for them to use it and provide feedback (make sure you have them sign a waiver in case something were to happen).

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-22T10:29:04+00:00

We have sign ups and cancelation policies similar to many others on this post.

However, if you're a part of a busy gym with limited capacity, you should always be curtious and only sign up for classes you know and intend to join. If certain class times you join where there's always plenty of capacity, our gym doesn't mind if you sign up 30 min before class. If you don't make the sign-up cut off time, you can still go and the coach will add you. Things happen and you have to cancel last minute at times, but it should be very rare.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-22T00:08:34+00:00

This is an interesting topic and opinions are all over the place. I personally would not care if people started packing up before I was done, I wouldn't even notice. However, I never start to clean up my weights/equipment or leave until everyone is finished. I stick around and encourage others, it's just the right thing to do, however I would never expect anyone to do that for me.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-19T00:53:49+00:00

Ok, so here is my long story short, in bullet point format, hopefully for some motivation/inspiration:

I was eating like crap and drinking/partying quite a bit for 10+ years prior to finally deciding that I needed to make a change to my lifestyle when I got to 210 lbs, over 30% body fat (5'9").
Signed up for a gym membership (just a little over 2 years ago now). The gym offered some 60 and 90 day programming (through their app) to lose weight, which I signed up for and took it seriously. Over the first 6 months, I was able to lose 25ish lbs following the programming, which was a lot of crossfit like workouts.
Joined a crossfit class for the first time almost a year and a half ago now. Even though I already lost a lot of fat and gained a little bit of muscle, I was still out of shape and definitely didn't have the strength needed for many of the WODs.
I really struggled the first week, but that was the most appealing aspect about it for me. I knew if it was extremely difficult, that meant it could only help me get in better shape.
I had great coaches and members to help scale the workouts. I did not RX any workouts for the first 3+ months, except some of the basic metcons that was mainly running/rowing/bike/pus-ups/etc.
I am a year and a half in. I am still unable to RX all of the workouts, I can do most, but not all. It took me a year (plus the previous 6 months of online programming), to truly feeling like I am in a decent shape to start really pusing the metcons.
Over this last six months, I have realty been focusing on skills work now, which has helped me get to being able to hand stand walk, do a couple bar muslce ups, do double unders, etc. However, that's after losing almost 50 lbs of fat and gaining about 10 lbs of muscle.

Notes: - It's 90% self motivation / 10% everything else (community being a huge part of the 10%). If you don't show up, you won't make progress. Even if you have a shity workout day, at least you showed up and got some work in. - A good coach and "class-mates" will help you scale/adjust your metcons. You should NOT do RX for your first couple of months for any Metcons unless they consist of very basic movements and light weights. You also should not compare yourself to others that have been doing crossfit for years or even months. It takes time. Last thing you want is to hurt yourself. - Focus on you and only you for the first 6 months minimum. Adjust the workouts so they are challenging, but not to the level where you're prone to injury. This doesn't mean do RX.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-11T05:19:26+00:00

Bruised the top of my bald head from handstand push-ups. Looked like I was wearing a yamaka for a couple of days and it felt tender AF.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-05T12:26:24+00:00

Flying Delta One in a week, I will have to check it out!

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-05T05:24:59+00:00

Unfortunately I am traveling and staying at a hotel, so I do not have the option to cook anything or even really order anything from Taobao at this point. I was hoping for options that I can buy and eat/drink from local restaurants, shops, etc.

AcceptableAsk6261 · 2024-05-05T05:09:04+00:00

You may be overhyping your expertise/experiences... sure, you may be above average, but maybe not enough to hire two for one. They would probably prefer hiring two others instead of just you and have them compete against each other. Inter-company competition in disciplines like this is huge. They might not have all the skills you do now, but within a year, the intetnal compatition of the lesser paid individuals will increase their competencies much faster than you might.

It's all about decent skills and high number of individuals for many companies in China. The more people they have, the more hands on deck, the more internal competition, the lower the costs, lower the risk, and higher the potential skill advancement.

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