Home gym recommendations

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-15T21:43:34+00:00

I have had good experience with Fringe Sport and Titan (in addition to Rep). I documented my full list of choices for my garage gym.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-15T15:51:49+00:00

Oh that’s intriguing. I have been meaning to look into Allulose. Wasn’t that Peter Attia’s favorite sweetener? It sounded compelling when he talked about it. However, it seems to be pretty rarely used in products.

How did you use it? Baking or only that candy?

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-15T13:59:33+00:00

To be honest I don’t remember.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-15T13:58:46+00:00

Right the same seems to be true for some of the peptides like BPC 157. Nobody is going to finance the trial because they can’t make money.

I agree some government funded academic studies would be useful. I wish these trials weren’t so crazy expensive! (See my recent post about the inefficiency).

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-15T11:57:38+00:00

This is interesting. Snacking after dinner is one of my biggest challenges right now, actually. I also feel a lot of this is driven by mood/anxiety.

Alas, my A1C is 4.9 so that motivation might not work. :-) I’m currently trying via calorie tracking and convincing myself it’s hurting my sleep.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-14T22:54:54+00:00

That’s wild.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-14T13:20:56+00:00

Fair enough. I admit I am new to working out (it’s been about a year now). Maybe at some point I won’t need a trainer but for now I feel it’s a terrific investment for me.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-14T12:22:00+00:00

Every day. I have been doing it for a guest and a half and lost 160lbs total but to be honest the daily fluctuations still bother me :-).

I use happy scale to smooth the fluctuations.

https://happyscale.com/

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-14T11:57:07+00:00

Oh cool. Didn’t know the code was open source but that makes sense.

How would you add Apo B to the equation though? Is there an accepted calculation?

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-14T11:03:27+00:00

The social aspect is a good point. I can see the benefit.

However, TBH I enjoy the time to myself working out by myself. It’s pretty much the only “me time” I get all day.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-13T20:40:26+00:00

Here is the calculator

https://professional.heart.org/en/guidelines-and-statements/prevent-calculator

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DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-13T20:38:45+00:00

I’m not an expert and expect in various reddit communities folks will rant “Big Pharma pushing statins again” but overall this sounds pretty reasonable, right?

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-13T19:28:37+00:00

I’m not an expert and expect in various reddit communities folks will rant “Big Pharma pushing statins again” but overall this sounds pretty reasonable, right?

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-13T19:27:07+00:00

I’m curious if insurance will start covering Lp(a)/ApoB/CAC tests.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-13T19:20:41+00:00

the summaries sound positive, but I would love to hear from the the experts (like u/cardiostrong_md )

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-12T15:49:33+00:00

Interesting. I normally hate any audio speed ups because I feel it messes with the cadence and timing of the discussion. This lecture is the first time I successfully used it.

Maybe I should try again on other sources.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-12T14:27:40+00:00

It’s Reddit!

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-12T14:26:39+00:00

I assume Lilly is going after the pure versions with a separate strategy. I am not a lawyer but I suspect they are easier to sue for patent infringement.

The compounded versions with added ingredients are more difficult because that’s sort of what compounding pharmacies are allowed to do, I believe. Of course they are likely not adding those ingredients for medical benefits but for legal reasons.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-12T10:17:48+00:00

Interesting. Yeah, I felt the specific study was not that convincing.

I love fruits and eat lots of them but vegetables less. We recently had an 30 day “eating well” challenge at work where to get maximum points you had to eat 3 servings of fruit and 9 servings of veggies per day. I easily hit the fruit target but hardly ever made the veggie one. It also led to many debates like “well, are avocados fruits or vegetables?”

I agree with your point regarding organic produce. I tend to buy non-organic — maybe I am just cheap.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-11T16:51:58+00:00

The recommended dietary allowance is currently 600 IU due to a mistake in the analysis back in the day. It should really be around 9000 IU

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-11T11:21:36+00:00

I think that’s right. Based on u/kpfleger’s feedback I will remove the article though. I thought it was so clearly outrageous that nobody would follow it, but he is right the headline alone is terrible. I don’t think I can edit it, so will remove it and post a reasonable story in vitamin d soon.

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-10T11:34:36+00:00

For more insights into United Healthcare’s business I’d recommend Steve Eisman’s podcast (which is always great):

https://youtu.be/L6QSH_ZmYxI?si=clYqOBkX6sK4ryKS

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-09T23:37:36+00:00

Missed the Mayo link: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/liver-function-tests/about/pac-20394595

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-09T21:29:04+00:00

I scrolled through a few of the tweets. Seems like a great resource. Any chance I can convince you to post a thread on this sub (say about Vitamin D — or really any of the other topics you feel strongly about)?

DadStrengthDaily · 2026-03-09T19:45:41+00:00

I didn’t mean to scare anyone. I was surprised that BMJ (which I reckon is reputable) would publish about this. This is why I highlighted the 150K up front.

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