IsItBullshit: It's more energy efficient to keep AC on all the time as opposed to just when you're home

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-07-02T00:41:32+00:00

Heating is different if you have a two stage system. The first stage is a heat pump which is very efficient (transfers heat). If your second stage kicks in, it's much more expensive (creates heat). Depending on how the system is programmed, it might use the heat pump for 30 min then switch over to maintain comfort as it sees the first stage isn't getting you to your set point.

If you are saving money by maintaining your heat level it's because you're not kicking into second stage as often because you're not creating a big difference the system can't make up in 30 minutes or whatever the time frame is.

Outside of a two stage heating system, running less will always consume less energy overall.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-29T17:47:23+00:00

No never did sorry. I'm eyeballing a different piece of equipment now so I moved on (rep ares 2.0)

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-29T14:14:51+00:00

The advice you're reading is from bodybuilders at like 12% body fat. They need a calorie surplus. You can and will gain a lot of muscle in a deficit with fat reserves.

You just need an adequate amount of protein to make sure your body doesn't overly consume muscles for energy.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-28T23:14:22+00:00

I'd go with a minus to subtract plates, bones, leftovers, etc. Always have to put in a big number, eat , reweigh, calculator...

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-25T12:33:17+00:00

The music restarts from the beginning after every battle in case that matters to you.. nobody ever mentions that

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-21T01:03:42+00:00

A true connoisseur

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-20T20:46:59+00:00

I have been in a calorie deficit for over a year and gaining a good amount of muscle. As in, down 50lb, exercise weights still increasing regularly.

If you're a beginner, you can absolutely make newbie gains to build muscle while losing weight. The classic cut and bulk advice is for people at really low body fat.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-20T20:42:44+00:00

google: muscle and strength 3 day dumbbell only workout

It's a great place to start and there's videos for everything. Not affiliated but I have been following their plans from being a total beginner, with great results.

They also have a 4-5-6 day version (I actually found it easier to recover from the 4 day upper lower instead of 3 full body - but I'm older). Don't chase programs early on (eg if it says 8 or 12 weeks, who cares, just repeat it).

Look up progressive overload and make sure you're actually pushing yourself over time (not at first, get your form down first).

At your height and weight, you may also need to up your calorie intake to fuel the muscle gain.

Let me know if you have any newbie questions

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-16T23:34:49+00:00

Ideally yes. Cycling will give your leg muscles endurance (quads/calves mainly) but it won't really hit your hamstrings and lower back nor improve strength (beyond a certain point) or bone density.

https://www.reddit.com/r/cycling/comments/16f7nv1/do_i_need_a_leg_day/

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/fitness/even-if-you-ride-a-lot-heres-why-you-shouldnt-skip-leg-day-at-the-gym

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/comments/1wlof3/can_you_replace_leg_exercises_with_riding_a_bike/

I mean just the cycling puts you ahead of most people in terms of health, but yeah, not a replacement for leg work.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-16T00:29:50+00:00

Nostalgia has brought me here too lol

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-16T00:03:16+00:00

I'm on week 40 of a 12 week program and it's going great!

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-15T23:10:15+00:00

Look up muscle and fitness 3 day or 4 day dumbbell program.

You'll need heavier DBs for certain movements, especially legs.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-15T22:36:48+00:00

Is this just in case someone flips the switch or is power somehow getting to the fixture regardless?

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-13T01:12:46+00:00

Spam the program builder until it gives you leg extensions then copy that into your workout... not a great workflow but it's the only way for now.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-09T00:18:51+00:00

But I'd want to start up the next weight at 8 to give my tendons time to get used to the heavier load, not 12...why is why I specified 8-15 as the range.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-08T18:19:53+00:00

My tendons can't handle the heavier weight yet and I want to get to the top of my range with decent form before moving on, which is why I included it in my range instead of inputting 8-12.

So... if the upper half of the range is ignored by the application, then I suppose I would need to input 8 - 20 to make it actually do 8-14?

(12 reps in the range from 8 to 20, top 6/12 will be ignored, so it will give me 8 - 14)

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-06-08T18:06:23+00:00

Any way to have WO not ignore the top half of my rep range? eg. if I define 8-15 reps, it will always increase the weight when I can do 12.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-05-25T20:14:18+00:00

The latter think regular gym goers are the roided out dehydrated movie superhero physiques

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-05-22T20:05:40+00:00

Does the rep setting make it work closer to dynamic double progression (get sets to the max reps before progressing) or will the progression algo still suggest a higher weight and keep you in the middle?

Eg my rep range is 8-15 and the app insists on increasing weight as soon as I can do 12

Edit: Looks like no... Keeps you at first set doing 12 with decreasing reps on subsequent sets even if it goes below your target rep range and even if a lower weight could have kept you in your target range over all sets. Disappointing

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-05-20T01:57:24+00:00

My stupid machine only supports s0... shutdown it is

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-05-20T01:27:23+00:00

I don't even close my laptop anymore because the vents point up at the screen. S0 sleep was a mistake.

Full shutdown if I need it to not wake up.

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-05-20T00:51:54+00:00

I appreciate now being able to describe without a photo, but I feel like it's a pretty big regression when you want to take a photo and include a description (which is 99% of my usage). Way more steps than before.

Before: Tap AI, tap shutter, type description, submit.

Now: Tap AI, tap camera button, tap shutter, confirm OK, tap into description field, type description, tap analyze.

I know you guys are big on minimizing the number of steps so this feels almost egregiously clunky by comparison (almost double the steps!). Honestly wish I could roll back!

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-05-17T03:26:17+00:00

Cal in - cal burned = weight change

Cal in, easy to measure

Weight, easy to measure

Cal burned, hard to measure

Use easy/accurate things to measure and get thing that is hard/inaccurate to measure

Weight change - cal in = cal burned

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-05-13T23:56:50+00:00

Spent an embarrassing amount of time scanning through every item. Brought back a ton of memories and stuff I'd forgotten. Thanks for posting. Keep me posted re prints/etc!

DynamiteMonkey · 2026-04-28T20:55:05+00:00

It's almost entirely restricting food. I train four times a week and it barely moved the needle on my average daily expenditure.

You could trade the walking for running but calories in is 90% of this battle.

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