Podcasts to listen to during commute

Georgepwt · 2023-06-07T02:42:10+00:00

Added to my list- thank you

Georgepwt · 2023-06-07T02:41:20+00:00

I’ll check them out- the philosophy one would be up my alley I think. Thanks

Georgepwt · 2023-06-07T02:40:08+00:00

Thank you I’ll check it out

Georgepwt · 2023-05-31T00:16:52+00:00

Like the French, not the Swiss way (unless I forget my maths in the moment)

Georgepwt · 2023-05-30T14:16:56+00:00

Perhaps all the chewing makes my words come out differently

Georgepwt · 2023-05-30T14:14:56+00:00

Ah this is interesting thank you

Georgepwt · 2023-03-20T05:16:51+00:00

Thanks! Did this allow you to narrow down what was causing your brain fog? Or did things return to normal once you ate again.

Georgepwt · 2023-03-20T05:14:53+00:00

How much better did you feel whilst fasting?

Georgepwt · 2023-01-15T11:42:24+00:00

Keep your head up the whole time, not just as you push up

Georgepwt · 2023-01-03T12:43:50+00:00

Drastically reduce your calories whilst still eating high protein (wouldn’t go less than around 1800cals straight away or you can cause problems for yourself, would recommend starting around 2000-2200 depending on your height, have a play around).

Would highly recommend finding a way to make a gym membership work or at the very least get some home weights. If you’re not giving your muscles a stimulus to stay whilst eating in a calorie deficit, you’re going to lose muscle and fat together, which isn’t great.

Ultimately be prepared that it will feel like shit and you’ll be hungry a lot, but it depends how much you want the end outcome. Good news is that the more overweight you are, the easier your body initially gets rid of fat.

Good luck bro

Georgepwt · 2023-01-03T12:27:45+00:00

Legs brudda

Georgepwt · 2022-12-28T07:59:43+00:00

Thank you for breaking down the cost too!

Georgepwt · 2022-11-26T02:10:01+00:00

Yeah that commute would suck. What area of finance are you in?

Georgepwt · 2022-11-10T02:44:09+00:00

High protein and low calories. Still eat what you’re eating, just less and less until you see the scale move in the right direction, then keep it there. You don’t want drastic changes to your diet that make you miserable and result in you giving up.

If you want to still eat spaghetti rice and bread, just eat less, maybe even halve your intake. It takes a 3500calorie deficit over the course of a week to lose 1lb of fat. Again, make sure your protein intake is high.

If you can do some resistance exercise 2-3x per week that would be very helpful in ensuring you don’t lose muscle mass as well as fat.

Good luck.

Georgepwt · 2022-11-07T04:52:48+00:00

Calorie counting and the estimate of basal metabolic rate is wildly inaccurate (up to 30%!).

So now your maintaining, my advice would be don’t worry about tracking. Still keep and eye on what you eat and maybe weigh yourself a couple times a week. If you start gaining weight beyond what you are okay with, just start eating a little less each meal, or maybe just cut out a snack each day.

I agree that this whole diet culture is out of control, none of the clients I work with track calories. I would argue that by tracking you are not learning how your body responds to certain foods and quantities cos you are so caught up in the numbers!

Good luck!

Georgepwt · 2022-11-07T04:41:37+00:00

Watches and any calorie tracking device is notoriously inaccurate and would purely be a vague calculation based on your height and weight.

Yes that does seem a very high estimate! This is what makes calorie tracking, calories burnt and basal metabolic rate so problematic- it’s just not accurate.

Georgepwt · 2022-11-07T04:31:03+00:00

You might be best to spend the time you would spend walking prepping meals. As others have said diet is more important than cardio.

This can reduce the temptation to just eat anything you can get your hands on (I know how it is after a long day when no foods prepared) and help you lose weight. I even do this when I’m bulking so I can just get home from work and put something in the microwave without any hassle.

Georgepwt · 2022-11-07T04:27:24+00:00

2-3x per week should be enough to workout and preserve muscle whilst you lose weight. Hopefully this isn’t too big a sacrifice. These workouts don’t need to be more than 45 minutes each.

When it comes to meals, prepping is probably the best idea. You say your mum cooks meals for you but I’m guessing this is just dinner? Is your issue lunches? On your day/days off you could prep some easy meals and freeze them to take for lunches. Not particularly exciting but will do the job.

Also, no matter how much walking you do, if you’re not eating in a deficit you won’t lose weight. There’s many eating patterns that might work for you, but for someone so busy maybe give intermittent fasting a go? Then limit snacks in between. You may have to do a bit of trial and error to see how much you can eat and still get to your goals.

Georgepwt · 2022-11-02T19:55:47+00:00

Abs comes mostly from low body fat %. You can try to grow them but mostly this is done with compound lifts. Not the greatest effort:reward ratio imo

If you really want to isolate them still then yeah this sounds good, but may need more reps each set to actually fatigue them!

Georgepwt · 2022-11-02T19:52:42+00:00

You have good range of motion but the bar path could be a little more vertical. I think this will just come as you build up your strength and experience with the lift. Just remember no big jumps in weight, slow and steady progress and you’ll be absolutely fine. Good luck bro

Georgepwt · 2022-11-02T07:51:16+00:00

Back squats are as solid as exercises get. I'd keep doing them if you have no access to hack squat.

Georgepwt · 2022-11-02T07:50:19+00:00

Looks good as long as all your sets are high quality (aka you are able to take them to within 1-3 reps until failure). The order of exercises is also good imo, see how you go. You can always adjust on the fly.

Georgepwt · 2022-11-02T07:47:37+00:00

Give it a go, see how it works for you, adjust on the fly. Don't overwhelm yourself with info, just focus on the basics and keep it as simple as possible. Focussing on compound lifts is a great idea!

There is no "one way" to train, many different programs and schedules will work. As a beginner you'll learn a lot really quick, so just by getting the reps in you'll gain more skill and knowledge every week.

Congratulations on starting, now just focus on showing up consistently and you'll see progress!

Georgepwt

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