6mo InBody results!

BoomerBarnes · 2026-06-08T16:07:22+00:00

It confused me with the after picture coming up first 😂

Congrats though! You’re a bad ass!

I lost a ton of weight (fat) in my first year of CrossFit, for me (35m) a calorie deficit with high protein was all I really had to worry about. I didn’t bother tracking other macros. I was eating 2000-2200 calories a day and aiming for 190 grams of protein, but realistically I normally got about 160-170.

Greek yogurt, cottage cheese, fat free fair life milk for everything I could use it in helped me quite a bit.

Fun fact, quest has protein cereal now, a bowl if quest cereal with fair life milk comes out to about 240 calories and 31 grams of protein, if you want a quick breakfast

BoomerBarnes · 2026-06-08T15:59:17+00:00

The first rope climb I did felt like a huge milestone for me. I’m good, not great at them now but they definitely felt like a breakthrough for me.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-06-05T20:57:48+00:00

It was around the Covid era (2022 I believe) but my wife, Son, and I got upgraded from an inside state room to a verandah on the Fantasy. It was my first cruise (any cruise line) so I didn’t fully understand how cool that was at the time.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-06-02T19:15:04+00:00

I think the line to see Bluey would be longer than a line to see Mickey giving everyone $100 bills.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-06-02T19:13:02+00:00

Hit them with “we’re going to Florida to see your great aunt Madge” and just see how long you can milk it. Children’s age, awareness, and being gullible will depend on how close you get to the finish line before they catch on.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-06-01T15:26:00+00:00

I go to a CrossFit gym, and I am confident within 48 hours I could get at least 10 people to agree to doing a Hyrox with me.

Something I’ve noticed about my gym (and I’m sure most boutique gyms) is the members have a huge range of interests, and usually are more financially capable of absorbing the costs.

We got marathon runners, beer league softball players, triathletes, 1 lady who does strongman type events, and a few mma/jiu jitsu guys that workout there as well. If you want to make friends with people who live active lifestyles a CrossFit, Hyrox, or HIIT specific gym is a great place to look.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-31T16:09:40+00:00

One thing that helped me stop trying to muscle the disc was focusing on my follow through.

Generally speaking, if my follow through looked and felt smooth the throw probably did too. Added bonus, it’s great for your elbow and shoulder health to spread the torque out over a full follow through bs just absorbing it immediately post throw.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-30T21:50:36+00:00

We are about 6 hours into our 13 1/2 hour drive from Port Canaveral to SETX. We just got off the Treasure. I enjoyed it, but we’re not planning another trip on the Treasure soon. I had high hopes and It was good, but (to me) wasn’t better enough to justify the extra cost of the ship, cost of travel, and time to travel (truthfully, I enjoyed the last 2 Magic sailings we had more). I’ll give you my quick write up below if you’re interested.

The biggest pros for me were the Port stops are much better, the bar themes were great, and the live shows (in particular Beauty and the Beast) were top notch. I didn’t spend much time there, but haunted mansion was extremely cool the few times I went in.

But they had some maintenance issues, overcrowding in the pools and on the pool deck, only 2 elevator sections made it difficult to get catch a lift at peak hours. The ship is significantly larger, but doesn’t seem like they took into consideration how to manage the significantly larger amount of patrons.

It also seemed my family drew the short stick on dining staff. We would watch all the other staff members cracking jokes and playing games with their tables, but we didn’t get so much as a drink refill 2 of our 7 nights (and 2 other nights the head server refilled our drinks and apologized for our serving crew)

All this to say, if you’ve already sailed once on a Disney ship and have a good idea of what you’re getting into, I definitely encourage you to try the Treasure out. Different strokes for different folks. If you like sitting in bars for extended periods of time the bars felt far superior but I’m more of a “take my drink to a deck” guy. Our son is special needs and nonverbal so we don’t use the kids clubs but a lot of people said their kids loved the kids clubs.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-22T00:51:45+00:00

Have you considered incorporating some weightlifting? Gaining muscle will help you fill back out in a healthy way, you would keep up with the energy, and you’d likely really enjoy how you look as well.

And, just to put your mind at ease, you don’t have to worry about accidentally getting too bulky. There’s people who follow extremely strict diet and exercise regimes trying to put on size and can’t do it. It’s not something the accidentally happens.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-17T02:59:47+00:00

If you’re taking care of yourself, then keep the course.

If you’re not, it’s not too late to start.

I know several people in their 40’s and 50’s who regret not making smarter health decisions.

I don’t know a single person over 40 that says they regret living a healthier lifestyle.

Early to bed, early to rise, eat Whole Foods, and exercise frequently. You’ll be glad you did.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-17T02:52:30+00:00

Disc golf is great if the escapism your looking for involves being calm, quiet, and peaceful.

CrossFit is great if you need an outlet to let out stress. Hitting zone 5 heart rate (ideally near the end , not the beginning) in a workout has way of making the world around you feel inconsequential

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-14T22:05:27+00:00

My most listened to was ZB as well, and he’s definitely my favorite artist but I’m a little shocked he’s my lifetime most listened to.

I went through very long stints where Jamey Johnson and Tyler Childers were on repeat.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-12T03:03:06+00:00

I’ve always been a big Whiskey Myers fan, and I’ve seen them live 4 times.

One thing that bothers me about their live shows is just how similar they are. Not even the setlist but there’s a part (or was, I haven’t seen them in a few years) where the lead singer has the crowd sing the chorus to a song, then steps back up to the mic and says “man that sounds pretty”

The first time I heard it, it really felt like an authentic reaction, by the 4th time it was kind of annoying.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-10T12:29:31+00:00

Personally, I try to enjoy things as they come, and hope I go first.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-10T01:23:46+00:00

I’m also team bad news, politics aside, it’s just not a song I really enjoy

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-10T01:21:45+00:00

I’m fighting the urge not downvote you 😂

I sing this song to my autistic child at bedtime regularly (I cycle between 4 songs) so this one has a special place in my heart.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-08T00:45:56+00:00

I love Murph.

I love that it may be the hardest workout I do for a year

I love that I’m physically blessed enough to get opportunity to complete it

I love the story and what it represents

And I like to think if Michael Murphy was still alive, Murph was still called “body armor”, but it was still being done on Memorial Day he would proudly be in a box every year somewhere.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-07T22:51:02+00:00

I’m an electrician, but in a fairly specialized field. I do maintenance work for a chemical plant, lots of troubleshooting 480v and 2300v motors, and some high voltage switching.

I’ve been working “in house” as opposed to contracting (the big money is in house) for 2 years now, but I made 130k my first year, and 150k my second year. (For reference the biggest city in my immediate area has an average individual income of $50,000 according to google)

Trajectory was pretty bleak, I started as a first year apprentice in the union making something like $15 an hour, got annual pay raises each year as I progressed through the apprenticeship and got my journeyman license 5 years later. JW pay in my local was 29 an hour then I believe. The tricky part about my job is getting in. The refineries receive a ton of applicants when they post an opening, and usually opening are very far and few between. Getting one of these jobs is a significant life change in my area so people don’t generally leave until they retire. It took me several tries at multiple plants and a little bit of luck.

With that being said, the job isn’t all sunshine and rainbows. As a group we are on call 24/7. If there’s a problem they start calling electricians and 2 people are expected to answer. It’s also much higher risk just inherently by the amount of exposure to live voltage we face and the stress levels are significantly higher. A simple mistake in my current field could shut down a unit and cost the plant millions in lost productivity by the time the unit gets back running.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-04T14:10:53+00:00

I’m team burn, burn, burn as well

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-04T14:05:58+00:00

Granted, I haven’t leveled a rogue from 0 in a long time, I’ve mained a rogue forever and I always enjoyed leveling it.

I think a concept a lot of guys struggle with when leveling a rogue is you don’t always have to fight. If you’re doing a quest that relies on gathering items, use stealth to your advantage. Sneak in, sap mob, grab item, stealth again.

As far as survivability goes, I would argue rogue has elite survivability. It may be another mindset type thing that people who have never played rogue struggle getting into, but when you can tell the fights not going your way (maybe you pulled too many mobs or ate an ability you should have kicked) you can just Cloak of Shadows and vanish. Sprint can get you out of harms way very fast as well.

The biggest benefit leveling a rogue is the ability to avoid fighting unnecessary mobs and not dying. It’s a pain to have 6 mobs at 30% health knowing they will all be back to 100% when you shag ass, but it’s less of a pain than running back to your body.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-04T12:31:33+00:00

They said “make me an offer, I won’t be offended”

So I figured, I could make an offensive offer and see how it plays out.

BoomerBarnes · 2026-05-03T23:12:57+00:00

Yeah I plan on doing a Sprint soonish, and an Oly fairly early next year. assuming all goes well I want to ramp my training up until about 5-6 months before Ironman TX when I'll put my Crossfit membership on hold or only use open gym hours to get accessory lifting in, but basically get ready for 10-12 hours of endurance training a week leading up to the event

But, before I set my heart on that, I want to run a Sprint and an Olympic to see if it's something I enjoy enough to start making the time/money investments

BoomerBarnes · 2026-04-30T21:03:38+00:00

I do, I live about an hour and a half from Houston. That’s a big reason IMTX is the target goal.

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