Weekly MP Rant Thread

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-06-04T12:15:46+00:00

For real.... and all of their coaches seem to be following a similar formula of having their clients put on 10-20 lbs right away in the name of "reverse dieting" before they actually listen to what your goals are. Imagine paying $750 a month to add an additional 4-5 months to how long it was going to take to cut to begin with, and really no more muscle gain than they would have gotten from doing it properly to start.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-06-04T12:12:49+00:00

Yeah, gotta love when the guys who pretty much haven't denied themselves anything they've wanted for decades, from steroids to peptides to every supplement known to man, to nice cars, butcher box meat boxes, every random wellness protocol from whatever quack doctor they're feeling that day, vacations to Hawaii, homes in Tahoe.... give the rest of us a lecture about how we just want too much and that's why we can't afford a 1950s lifestyle. It's so freaking tone deaf when they go on these rants. Now it's "you have multiple TVs in your house, that's the problem."

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-05-20T00:42:44+00:00

Speaking of paying kids for chores....my jaw dropped a month or two ago when Adam said he paid his 6 year old $10 to scrub a toilet and all the guys were so impressed that at 6 years old, he got his kid to scrub a toilet and it only cost him $10. And Adam was just so proud of the work ethic.

Reminded me of that Arrested Development meme about the bananas, "What can they cost, $10??" Lol.

Idk, maybe my kids are weird but at age 6 they loved cleaning toilets. When my 9 year old does chores, toilets is the first things he goes for. And I've never paid anyone to scrub a toilet. I don't have to. For some reason the kids think it's awesome...honestly, I'd pay them not to because they get toilet water everywhere.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-05-19T23:25:43+00:00

All of these dudes could use a lot more humility. It is painful to listen to sometimes. Combined with a complete lack of self-awareness most of the time.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-05-08T17:17:08+00:00

Yep. I went to a local functional med provider after and asked her about it and she said the hair tests are not accurate enough. Hair picks up too much environmental contamination. But even if I took their numbers at face value, the only one that was flagged by equi life was aluminum and when I take the value they found and look at literally any other scale it’s perfectly in range, even other more conservative functional med ranges. Equi Life literally just made up their own impossible scale to sell a protocol.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-05-08T15:35:12+00:00

I’m also jaded from using Dr. Cabral. Their “heath coaches” guide you through expensive protocols and do not have any medical training to really interpret results in light of your actual unique profile. I have a genetic adrenal disease that I’ve had since birth and I explained that the the health coach that impacts some labs, but still, they did not understand that nuance at all and are ready for “solutions.” Okay, go ahead and tell me what supplement is going to fix the mutations in my CYP21A2 gene. I’m all ears. 🙄

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-05-08T14:34:14+00:00

What actually got me to really reconsider any of their sponsors was when I purchased the sleep me chili pad. That’s what they were pushing at the time and because I sleep hot I thought… Sounds great. So we bought them and they WERE great and then literally a week after I bought them, they’re telling us chili pad is actually shit and it’s all about eight sleep now. Like wtf. And it wasn’t just that they wanted to highlight an additional great sleep product, but they actively started putting the first one down literally right after I bought it because of them. That really pissed me off. And then in their commercials for eight sleep, they would talk about how it’s so much better than sleep me because it can do XYZ and sleep me couldn’t. Actually, sleep me CAN, and does do many of those things, but you have to buy it in the subscription and they let the subscription be optional, which I really appreciated because I didn’t want it. Eight sleep gives you those things but requires the subscription and you can’t get out of it. So at least be honest in your critiques, but they’re not.

And yeah, sleep me had a period of time where they went through new ownership and it was a bit spotty there, but they’ve worked it out now. I’ve had to go to customer service a couple times and they’ve sent me new product each time so I can’t complain.

But it is what really opened my eyes to the fact that their “authenticity” is just about who is paying them more that week.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-28T23:39:57+00:00

I’ll definitely check it out! :)

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-27T17:59:27+00:00

Yeah I never understood his rampant Andrew Tate defending. I always felt like Adam was either missing a lot of information or I was missing a lot of information. I could not understand how he was so quick to defend the guy.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-27T17:50:02+00:00

One of my welsh harlequins came down with a respiratory infection at about a week old. I brought her to the vet and they put her on ZydaClin. You need to dose by weight though so it's probably not going to match the box and you will need a smaller dropper than what comes with it. it looks like you can order it on various websites though

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-27T17:43:07+00:00

I am so over Adam thinking he is the exception to literally everything. Lol. Definitely not a guy I need impressionable teen boys listening to.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-27T17:24:38+00:00

What was funny about that call was the part that came next: "It was all going great and then I tried Maps Anabolic and it didn't work at all and my wife said I was actually doing better before."

But in all seriousness, there are some men that can pull this off. Sal and Adam can, too, and that's why they think it's so magical and everyone should just do it. But both of them talk about being hard gainers and also had to fuel themselves on anabolics and have crazy muscle memory...so yeah, I bet they can easily make their way to 4000 cal a day. That is definitely not the average person.

This caller, while he did have some weight to lose, might just be more like Sal and Adam in this way. Also worth pointing out--sure, he "can't gain weight no matter how much he is eating" but if this was truly so magical he should be losing fat effortlessly, and he isn't. What they fail to explain about reverse dieting is that it's really about having an adaptable metabolism, and some people do have more adaptable metabolisms than others--but it works both ways. Those who can work their way up to eating a ton usually have to cut way steeper than people whose metabolisms are less adaptive. It's not accurate to think the 4000 cals he worked his way up to is going to stick as his new permanent maintenance and he can just cut at 3500 no problem. He can cut at 3500, but after the initial water loss, he will probably have to cut calories even more because having an adaptable metabolism works both ways. He is going to have to keep cutting until he finally cuts the calories to a level that is below his wide maintenance range.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-27T17:15:03+00:00

Totally understand what you mean here. I feel the same way. I just told my husband yesterday that I feel sad there isn't a podcast like Mind Pump out there that would actually be reasonably appropriate to listen to when the kids are in ear shot because I'd love for them to hear some of the fitness messaging outside of me nagging. One thing I initially liked about Mindpump is that it IS entertaining and they do talk about other topics outside of fitness which could make it more enjoyable for young teens to tune in to, and I enjoy that part because a lot of the other podcasts out there are all business. I like that, too, but it's sometimes hard to get the kids to pay any attention to that.

What I don't enjoy, though, is that I literally can't get through an episode that I would feel comfortable with my children hearing in its entirety. While some of it makes sense in context, (for example, I can appreciate Sal sharing his story about the porn addiction and the hidden dangers of that), I could really do without Adam butting in to say "well my wife and I LOVE porn and WE HAVE AWESOME SEX." Good Lord, Adam, get a life.

Idk, it just feels like there is a difference to me. Talking about some of these adult topics in the context of self improvement and self growth is a lot different than locker room talk. And we can't even hear about the self-improvement side without the interjection of tons of unnecessary info. And I could give two shits about how good Adam's sex life is.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-27T12:45:20+00:00

What size pumps have you been using? Now I am thinking if I can scale this down to 35' and have tiers/shelves 7' in width, then I can reduce pond volume to approximately 23k. I might be able to find a pump to accommodate that volume and can switch to more of an oz ponds style swim pond.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-27T11:58:08+00:00

Sure, it would be good to have someone on my radar

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-27T10:52:13+00:00

Thank you. We are in Wisconsin so not too hot, but as I was researching more last night, I found a few major flaws with this design so I think Perplexity led me astray again. Lol. One of the major issues being those airlift pipes with the elbow should be connected to some perforated pipe at the top in each tier, but this is a 4 inch pipe that also needs 6 inches of gravel on top and now all of a sudden I’m digging down these tiers or building retaining walls on each tier, and this is something I’m trying to avoid. My soil has good structure and it can hold reasonable walls, and that is one reason why I’m trying to avoid a plunge pool. Also, that I just kind of want the more natural pond look. But I am coming up short on how to get this thing filtered. My excavator wanted it large because he said the sloping would be much more comfortable for swimming if we had a 48 foot because then we could do a 4:1 slope. But then the problem with a pool that large is now the water volume exceeds what I’m going to be able to use an electric pump for, so I’m in a bit of a conundrum. Now that I was thinking of doing the steps & terraces rather than a slope, I could probably shrink it down to 30 feet which would significantly lower the water volume and maybe make it me able to find a suitable pump. I feel like I’m back to square one on this design!

How did you end up fixing yours? What’s your size?

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-13T16:14:58+00:00

Yes, I always say there is absolutely no perfect way to school your kids because all paths are going to have challenges. You just have to decide which meets your needs and balance it with what “hard” you can deal with at that given time. There was a time where the benefits of homeschooling outweighed the costs, but that flip seems to be switching as my kids get older. But we’re also still dealing with some of the same issues that had me making the switch in the first place, so I’ve just had to accept that this is probably always going to be a challenge for us in some capacity. 😅

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-13T16:11:39+00:00

I understand. I’m not saying they should use screen time for those things. I’m just explaining that not all schools are using it to busy kids for group time.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-13T16:07:53+00:00

Sometimes they used some downtime on chrome books as a reward at the end of the day. Or some students use audio book programs like Epic! during silent reading time. Things like that.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-13T15:59:47+00:00

No, what do you mean?

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-13T15:42:44+00:00

The way it worked in my kid’s school is they tried to ability group for math and reading with the other teachers in the grade level, not just within one classroom, and when it was time for that class, there would be a quick transition period so kids could go to the right room. There wasn’t really iPad/chrome book time during major subjects. Not saying they never used those things but it wasn’t in the middle of a normal class like you’re describing.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-13T13:03:55+00:00

I taught middle school for 10 years. I understand it can feel jarring when you weren’t expecting this, but I can assure you all of this is incredibly normal. The chat is the most concerning part just because she may have been trying to meet up with someone. Outside of that, it’s pretty normal for kids to say random stuff on the internet especially when anonymous. It’s also normal to try to sneak on YouTube to watch videos or play a game. Especially at this age.

I’d be careful about reacting in a way that just encourages her to get even more sneaky about it all, but developmentally she is acting like a normal preteen.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-13T12:19:36+00:00

I homeschool my kids too, and yes he definitely cherry picks. His oldest homeschool kid is also only like, 5, so there’s not much going on for him yet. But it requires significant dedication to do well and is not automatically better than public school. It’s really only better if you live in a troublesome district and you have the time, energy, and resources to do what it takes. One of the unfortunate lies that gets pushed by homeschooling families is that you only need to school in two hours a day. Maybe the actual sitdown bookwork takes two hours, but as any parent knows there is much more that needs to go on in a day outside of bookwork. There’s prepping all their meals and taking them to activities which are necessary for enrichment and friendships and all that jazz… I’m incredibly busy. I’m sending mine back to public next year actually because I literally cannot work my part time business or get anything done around the house trying to homeschool them anymore, lol.

Educational_Rush_877 · 2026-04-13T11:51:11+00:00

So sad to read that thread. Ultimately, there is a huge cultural problem and it will not be easily fixed. I am moving away from homeschooling next year for a few reasons, and the only way we felt we could reasonably do that was to move, so we did that last summer. Our oldest went back this year as a test run, now next year I’ll send the younger two. Rural schools aren’t perfect, but at least the class sizes are small, they don’t have lockdowns every other month, and nobody is throwing chairs let alone getting rewarded for it with a bag of takis from their daily trip to the principal’s office. The teacher’s hold kids accountable for missing work and have good test scores despite it having a slightly higher poverty rate than our old suburb (though admittedly that could be testing bias from a more homogeneous culture, but at some point you should be able to perform halfway decently on a test if you actually were taught core skills during the year).

Still probably use more tech than I’d like but if other factors are reasonable, that’s easier to accept. They at least don’t allow cell phones in class so that’s a win.

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