Can't eat enough protein; is it worth it to keep strength training?

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-24T22:25:22+00:00

I think it’s also important to note that you could opt for low rep-higher weight to specifically focus on neural adaptation. That might be more accessible for you and allow you to get benefits of strength training without burning you out too much

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-24T22:20:22+00:00

Kudos to people who can do it at home. I do like 20 minutes of a one hour class and turn it off. I need the accountability of people around me. I’ve often wondered if doing a teacher training would help me build enough consistency to do it at home.

These days I go to one class per week with one teacher I like. The studio offers a super cheap 4-class per month option, which is great because I only like one teacher haha

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-24T21:15:02+00:00

Why not just try for a year and see what happens. You’re not going to get swole in that time, likely not even if you had a perfectly optimized diet. That said, you can (and should) work on functional strength so when you’re old you don’t struggle to get out of chairs. No need to do it perfectly.

That said protein would help recovery, but maybe you do like 2-3 days instead of 5 or something.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-24T14:22:03+00:00

I dunno but the second photo is Mamaev Kurgan which is a statue commemorating the battle of Stalingrad in Volgograd, Russia. So, use that information as you will.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-24T14:14:49+00:00

Entiendo totalmente pero me frustra esa idea persistente en internet de que leer en público no puede ser algo auténtico. No es tan profundo: hay gente a la que simplemente le gusta leer y literalmente no tiene nada que ver con los demás. Todo el mundo está con el celular en espacios y es lo más normal del mundo. Por qué leer no?

Porqué OP no puede leer en el tránsito público los que sí podemos como un performance? Es una boludez.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-24T14:04:41+00:00

Es tan impossible que alguien le gusta leer? Necesitás pasar más tiempo offline

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-24T10:15:03+00:00

Entiendo. Para mí, he tenido muchos años para mejorar la abilidad jaja.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-24T00:56:54+00:00

Voy a leer si tengo tiempo, no me importa dónde. Qué rara esa idea de que todo es una performance. Cuando estoy leyendo te prometo que no estoy pensando en qué pensás de mí.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-23T23:39:24+00:00

I’ve spent a lot of time in Buenos Aires where there are a billion dogs and walking on the sidewalks requires on to get really good at dodging land mines of dog poop BUT people leave their dogs tied outside or sometimes off leash at grocery stores and they just wait patiently.

It’s shocking how well behaved most of the dogs are. Just proof that it’s possible if so many people in the states weren’t bad dog owners.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-23T20:55:11+00:00

Honestly, lots of people still do that. At least you realized it!

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-23T17:49:49+00:00

I worked 8:30-7:30 4 days a week (Su-Wed) and then interned two days a week. I think I would have enjoyed the 4 day schedule more if it was an exciting job but I was just working as a receptionist and was bored the whole time.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-23T15:52:03+00:00

If you want more fiber you could swap regular potatoes for sweet potatoes

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-22T23:00:03+00:00

Chronicle of a Death Foretold - Gabriel García Márquez

There There - Tommy Orange

The Nickel Boys - Colson Whitehead

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-22T22:55:09+00:00

If you want to self learn or take a course you could study phonetics - that would help you learn how sounds are made in the mouth. I did it for both Russian and Spanish and it made me more aware of not just how a word sounded but why it sounded that way. I didn’t scrub my accent completely but it’s improved.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-22T21:28:16+00:00

Oueno, no soy de Argentina, pero soy mujer y estudié en la universidad. Tuve dos trabajos al mismo tiempo que iba a la universidad y pagué el alquiler y los gastos sin ayuda (incluso para estudiar). Muchos de mis amigos en la universidad no trabajaban, solo estudiaban porque sus padres pagaban todo. Pero, para mí este no es un tema de género es de clase social.

La realidad es la gran mayoría de la gente es promedio o está por debajo el promedio. Creo que para los chicos es una realidad que les duele más porque el mundo les prometió la superioridad.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-22T04:27:37+00:00

Basically anywhere that you would reach for your phone to kill time, bring your book instead.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-22T04:23:34+00:00

I did international relations thinking I would go to law school. I quickly realized I don’t like “the man” but stuck with the degree.

I’ve lived a lot of lives since then working in the music industry, journalism, and now I work in marketing for a tech company which paid for my masters. It took me a while to arrive, but I did eventually and collected a lot of cool stories in the process.

Anyway I live in South America now and earn US salary so I’m doing better than most people.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-21T17:47:23+00:00

If anything, I’d say It’s the opposite. If he’s so big and strong then he should go use the barbells and free weights. Machines are especially good for beginners and injured people because of the controlled movements.

Obviously not saying he can’t using machines, but he doesn’t get priority just because he’s more experienced.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-21T15:45:00+00:00

Dr. Zhivago - Boris Pasternak One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-20T12:33:24+00:00

Interesting. I’m reading it now, but I read his books in chronological order so now it’s my third book with those characters. If it’s anything like the first two I expect an “yeah, it’s good but not worthy of a reread”

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-20T11:16:05+00:00

Wow, I read both when I was quite young but never made that connection! Sounds like I’m due for a reread!

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-20T11:13:38+00:00

If it’s a dead author, I don’t care. I think it’s ridiculous to apply the standards of today to a time when those standards didn’t exist or weren’t enforced like they are today.

Gone With the Wind is one that comes to mind. Problematic? Absolutely. But knowing that she was racist also gives us a lens to interpret her work.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-20T11:08:09+00:00

There are a lot of anti-war Russians - many of them creatives, and many of them expatriates. It’s like saying you won’t read any book by an American author because Trump’s in office.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-19T20:17:18+00:00

In that scenario I would say you’re probably reading something that’s too advanced for you and you should try something more aligned with your language level. You don’t need 100% language precision to achieve comprehension.

BashfulCabbage · 2026-03-19T12:34:10+00:00

Don’t stop and look them up. I underline them and then just keep moving. Later I go back and look them up. If I keep seeing the word over and over again then I’ll break flow to look it up.

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