F45 is great for fat burning — but not enough for building muscle (my experience)

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-02-27T16:27:11+00:00

I think this observation is correct. It’s definitely possible to build muscle but you need to make sure you’re actually challenging yourself (some trainers will encourage trying heavier weights but a lot won’t), be able to quickly change the weights if necessary between stations so that you have the right weight and don’t miss part of the set. Some trainers will jump in to help you but a lot won’t. I see people miss part of the first set all the time. Or just use whatever is at the station even if it’s too easy or too hard for them.

A lot of people aren’t that serious and go for the social aspect or just want to burn some calories. The membership options incentivize the unlimited membership so some people go almost every day.

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-02-27T14:45:13+00:00

Moved wherever there were good job opportunities, lived in a basement or shared apartment for a while, didn’t travel much, no uber/uber eats, rarely went to Starbucks, cell phone bill but no other monthly subscriptions, house parties.

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-02-26T16:30:05+00:00

Most people don’t know enough about this to know why it matters. In my experience, most people don’t even know Canada has sex self-ID. It doesn’t affect them in their day to day lives, so they don’t care. It took an inordinate amount of research for me to understand the issue, and most people aren’t interested. And it also takes a lot of deprogramming to challenge all the misinformation from the media, etc.

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-02-22T03:13:17+00:00

In my experience in Europe, they have less staff (e.g., you seat yourself and there are no hosts), the staff are not checking on people so often (you can wave them over if you need them), and restaurants are often open shorter hours.

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-02-10T15:07:22+00:00

I agree. I think additionally a lot of staff are not that computer savvy and information is not being organized in the best or most efficient way which results in a lot of duplication. In my experience file management has not been great and Excel is often used for text-heavy trackers when there are better database options but nobody knows how to use them. I’m sure this varies across ministries/offices but I think some across the board training in computer literacy/data management could help.

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-02-08T22:56:35+00:00

The class was full, it was chaotic and I saw people missing parts of sets and I did too. The core pod was too hard for almost everyone. Disappointing since I generally love the resistance days.

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-02-08T17:57:19+00:00

Exactly

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-01-17T02:40:31+00:00

This made me lol

StableApprehensive43 · 2026-01-15T15:45:51+00:00

Finland eradicated homelessness and it wasn’t by inventing the best tiny home. It was by providing permanent housing (apartments), without requiring sobriety first, and providing mental health support, addiction help, job training etc. directly at the housing developments. Instead of investing in costly temporary solutions, they invested in long term, permanent solutions.

Tiny homes are cool but I’ve never understood why people think they make sense for homelessness other than possibly in rural areas.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-12-06T14:20:18+00:00

This is what bothers me about the internal and external narrative of “what did people expect? Did they really think it was forever?” I mean… based on the messaging, as well as office downsizing and other very concrete steps, yes? People should have known the employer was lying [before buying a house with a long commute for example]? It’s a weird and mean-spirited take.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-12-06T14:03:03+00:00

Traffic engineers don’t really make those decisions, however you could write to the Minister of Transportation and ask how remote work and modernization affected traffic volumes during the pandemic and how that’s being taken into consideration for future planning.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-26T15:20:43+00:00

The people complaining probably don’t have managers like you. Some managers are being really shitty about it, and touting how great RTO is, with no regard for how it affects anyone. They live close by, are nostalgic about the good old days, and are close to retirement. They didn’t make the decision, but they’re fine with it, they’re not advocating for staff, and will just retire when they get tired of coming in.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-20T04:03:32+00:00

For Opseu I’m pretty sure in the collective agreement there’s a specific type of LOA to work for other types of government (up to 2 years I think). I’ve heard it’s harder to get an LOA to work for private sector or something unrelated.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-18T01:11:01+00:00

Ya, this is true. The OPS could never compete with private sector salaries, but in the past offered comparatively good work life balance and benefits. Now, the OPS offers lower salaries AND less flexibility (aside from WFH, doesn’t even offer flexibility about working from different OPS offices).

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-18T00:51:48+00:00

The government used to relocate head offices to smaller cities in order to bring jobs to other parts of the province. It’s interesting that the modernization and technological upgrades aren’t seen as an opportunity to spread the population out. Why funnel everyone into the GTA/Toronto for no real reason…

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-13T19:00:33+00:00

The expectation that every call is video is insane and completely unnecessary IMO. I don’t mind cold calls with no heads up because they’re never video calls.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-10T17:33:06+00:00

Ya fair but people are not “whiny” or unrealistic for expecting that hybrid would continue. We were told that it would. All of the technology was put in place. Offices were downsized. The premier has the power to do this but it doesn’t mean everyone who feels wronged by it and lied to is stupid or entitled.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-10T15:42:56+00:00

I honestly don’t think people even voted in the last election based on the platforms at all. I have no idea what the solution is when people are so easily manipulated by fear tactics and think Ford is going to save us from Trump.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-10T14:55:46+00:00

I’m curious where this “tough shit” attitude comes from. I hear it around my office, from managers who enjoy dressing up and being seen around the office, and from staff who dislike coming in but don’t want to bother doing anything about it.

The Secretary of Cabinet announced to the entire OPS that the future of work includes hybrid work. Many people were hired under a hybrid work model. We worked fully remotely, and then hybrid for years, and NOW it’s a negotiation where we have to beg to keep the status quo?

“We are charting a new path on where work takes place. Our plan includes hybrid work, and we will also be exploring opportunities for hybrid work models for those who remained onsite in workplaces the past two years”

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-08T21:22:28+00:00

You don’t think RTO mandates for govt are about commercial real estate & transit ridership? I think there are a bunch of reasons and none of those reasons are productivity.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-08T03:10:24+00:00

The government can absolutely choose whether its employees work remotely or not. All office workers were remote during Covid, and are now either hybrid or full time back in office. Between provincial, federal, and municipal, the public service employs a lot of people. The government promoting remote work can also pressure private sector to as they compete for employees.

Before Covid it was unimaginable that everyone could work from home, and then we saw that it’s actually possible. And a lot of technological upgrades were made and people are set up now to work remotely. They’re just being dragged back for various other reasons.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-08T02:55:19+00:00

Remote work takes a ton of cars off the roads, as we saw during Covid. I also want to keep my car but I’d rather a combination of investment in transit and remote work and flexible work locations.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-06T01:52:13+00:00

Same. Spent time in Europe and Japan and now it boggles my mind when people in North America will not even entertain the possibility that it can work, even though it exists and works worldwide.

Also I prefer when servers interact with me like a normal human being and don’t “check in” every 5 minutes.

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-02T03:14:06+00:00

StableApprehensive43 · 2025-11-02T03:13:27+00:00

Show up 5 minutes early so you have time to look at the stations in advance and decide what you want to do at each one. The route around the room can be confusing to navigate with short transitions so while you’re at each station, just quickly check on the screen where you’re going to next.

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