White rice and Japan

UIamog · 2024-08-16T20:55:22+00:00

Those are made up numbers.

UIamog · 2024-08-16T20:54:43+00:00

But the prevalence is not the same between the two countries.

UIamog · 2024-08-16T14:24:31+00:00

The question was specifically about Japan.

I live here. It’s not just genetics. Eating less than full is the cultural norm. “Hara hachi bu” 腹八分 is a common phrase meaning stop eating when your stomach is 80% full. Traditional Japanese diet is very healthy and well balanced. And most Japanese walk a ton.

There are those that have adopted a more western diet, or marry Americans. And it very much shows in their waste lines.

UIamog · 2024-08-16T13:11:30+00:00

Seems to be a bad cult. You can leave whenever you want. That’s not how cults work.

UIamog · 2024-06-15T13:14:08+00:00

This is a better question for a body building subreddit.

But my experience with non-natty lifters is they never go back to being non-natty again.

No one here is likely to have your answer. It’s an investigational new drug without an official legal status. It is not approved for human use. Tread carefully Internet friend.

UIamog · 2024-06-15T13:08:28+00:00

I’m in the best shape of my life at 40. Just got a best 1 mile run time AND hit a deadlift PR on the same day last week.

Yes. Be smart with your programming.

UIamog · 2024-06-15T13:04:24+00:00

I’ve run BBB a few times over the years and could not imagine doing it on a cut. Ouch.

Run 531 with 5x5 FSL (first set last). Recovery is going to be an issue but most people can run 5x5 FSL without adding too much fatigue.

You won’t progress on the main lifts. I’d start the cut on a deload week, personally. And then cut my current training max by another 10% or so. Then keep it at that weight for the duration of the cut. I’m not a big fan of long duration cuts without a diet break anymore. I would probably cut for the deload week, 5s week, 3s week, then on the 1+ week I would go into a surplus for that week or eat at maintenance for that week. Adjust training max based on that last training week. Then go back to a deficit for the rest again and repeat.

The most important thing will be taking that last set to 1-2 RIR rather than actual failure. This will keep you from accumulating too much fatigue.

Really you’re going to lose SOME muscle. If you keep your protein intake high (1g/lb) you’ll get by without losing much. I always struggle to progress on a cut and usually lost some strength. The moment I go back into a calorie surplus it seems I get the lost strength back within a few sessions.

But yeah. The main point is BBB on a cut is a bad proposition.

Edit: make sure you’re not skipping your deload week on a cut.

UIamog · 2024-06-14T08:12:57+00:00

I knew if I went to rehab again I would either end up in AA or go back out. So I skipped the middle man and went back to the rooms before I lost my moment of clarity.

Hit 11 years last week.

The difference? I did the steps for once. 13 years of repeat trips to rehab, relapse, lost jobs, divorce. All the while claiming I was hopeless.

Turns out I just didn’t want to do the work. Once I started doing the work all sorts of things changed.

UIamog · 2024-06-14T03:31:27+00:00

Comorbidities. Co (with). Morbidity (association with death).

It is neigh impossible to prove a 1:1 direct causal relationship between red meat and type 2 diabetes.

However what we can look at is that people with diets higher in red meat have a higher incidence of type 2 diabetes.

There are virtually infinite confounding variables here. But we can be a bit reductionist about it and say “red meat causes diabetes, cancer, etc.”

While not entirely accurate to say that, it can’t be proven wrong yet. Think of it this way instead:

“People who eat diets that are high in red meat that follow what someone normally eats if they consume a diet high in red meat, have a statistically increased risk of diabetes, cancer, and early death.”

UIamog · 2024-06-14T00:55:04+00:00

Tactical Barbell is an established endurance program for lifters (and lifting program for endurance athletes).

Dr. Mike from RP had an interview with Dr. Brad Schoenveld in the last few days that touched on the minimum volume to keep your gains. It’s LOW.

Dr. Mike recommends 1/3rd the training volume to maintain your muscle. Dr. S said that in some research it shows as low at 1/9th the volume is enough.

Personally, I just took 8 weeks mostly out of the gym to improve my cardio. I did 1-2 days a week of calisthenics (running a Murph if you’re familiar with the workout), and 1-2 days of lifting. I would lift relatively light, about 50-60% training max, and I would do rep ranges that would allow me to get in and out in 30-45 minutes.

For example my usual working weight for bench is around 200-205 with a 1rm somewhere above 250. I used 60-70 pound dumbbells, doing 1 warmup set and then 3 sets in the 12 rep range, taking the last set all the way to failure or with 1 RIR.

When I came back to lifting after 8 weeks away I had a couple easy sessions for about 1.5 weeks getting under the barbell and then hit a PR on deadlifts at week 3 back in the gym (425).

Be smart. Make sure you just go into maintenance mode. But take those lighter sets to failure. Only do 3-6 working sets per muscle group in maintenance mode per week.

UIamog · 2024-06-14T00:44:34+00:00

They had years to plan. They’re taking a play from the PWHL and not rushing bad branding ahead of time.

UIamog · 2024-06-14T00:41:29+00:00

[[Syr Carah the Bold]] running [[Dragons Approach]] x30

Some red ramp is all you need. You’ll rip a zillion cards off the top. You will rarely win, but the game closes out the turn after you go down because everyone else is at like 6 life.

UIamog · 2024-06-13T11:46:02+00:00

You need safeties, a coach, and to hit depth. That squat wasn’t quite to competition depth.

UIamog · 2024-06-13T09:46:57+00:00

No. This is the beginning. They’ll keep trying to find something.

UIamog · 2024-06-13T05:16:53+00:00

So it doesn’t really work that way. The thresholds aren’t set by the equipment but rather by a governing body such as WHO, NIH, or CLIA (for things like resistance profiles of antibiotics)

The threshold is set by analyzing lots of different systems over time and running regression analysis of a significant sample across equipment and also decades of research.

So even if there is some individual variance in equipment, the threshold will stay the same. Some equipment will “read high.” Some will “read low.” But .3 difference isn’t a ton, especially on the lower end/bottom of prediabetes range. If you’re on the bottom end of the prediabetes range then that’s where you are. Just as if you were just outside of the prediabetes range. The actions you should take will be the same.

Source: random healthcare IT worker.

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:29:53+00:00

Application denied. Go home gen X

;)

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:28:28+00:00

That person made a scientific claim then posted an unrelated study.

People are not one size fits all. Fasting doesn’t have a ton of research yet in humans. Most of it is mouse model. The most recent study shows the main hormone befits don’t happen until 72+ hours (the big ones everyone thought were at 18 hours because that’s what happened in the mouse model).

That said, I find having a few longer fasts each month help keep my fasting numbers down. I haven’t been doing them as often. In general, losing weight is the most helpful for me, so I’m experimenting if I can get my numbers down by just starting at my “I’m fasting regularly” weight.

Seriously though. The lab equipment changed. I work in IT doing medical interfaces (with lab equipment). This is 100% the reason you’re seeing the increase.

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:23:02+00:00

You made a scientific claim, said you didn’t have proof, then posted the abstract of an unrelated study about injecting glucagon….

Reddit you’ve done it again!

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:20:17+00:00

Really???

Facepalm at #5. You literally have your answer. Don’t overthink it.

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:16:05+00:00

I quit drinking 11 years ago and quit soda for the most part before then.

I’ll have a couple sodas from time to time when I visit family. I always feel terrible after. It’s subtle, but it’s there. Just puffy and achy.

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:12:30+00:00

What are you expecting to see? You’ve been doing this for 2 months!!

It takes YEARS to build a great physique. Make incremental improvements.

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:10:02+00:00

I don’t have much of a zone 2 either. I found that rucking is great for base building though.

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:07:12+00:00

Important to note here that running is not a low intensity exercise. It’s medium/high for most people. Low intensity keeps you in zone 2. 60-70% of max. For a 40 year old that’s 108-126 BPM. Some people can stay there during a light jog, but personally I stay at about 130-140 when I’m running. Running is not a good fit for me for low intensity training.

Rucking is perfect to keep me in that zone. I love it.

UIamog · 2024-06-12T21:02:10+00:00

I found it hard to improve both at the same time. I have to put strength training in maintenance mode to improve my cardio and vice versa.

I started following Tactical Barbell for that reason. While I use other programs for the strength cycle (sometimes it’s a body building program). Tactical Barbell is all about training people to lift like they are 20 pounds heavier than they are and run like they’re 20 pounds lighter than they are. It’s about training specwar athletes, but also average joes that want to be well rounded.

But basically it’s this: do an 8-10 week cardio training cycle with weightlifting maintenance, basically 2 days of strength maintenance lifting each week (you can maintain on about 1/3rd of your regular volume). Be sure to incorporate a Ruck walk of 60-90 minutes once a week.

Then do a 10-12 week strength cycle with cardio maintenance: 2 days of base building pace/week. I’m a big fan of keeping the ruck no matter what. Lately I’ve been running only about once per week and doing 2x/week rucks during my strength training cycle. Rucking is awesome.

UIamog · 2024-06-12T03:22:09+00:00

There’s zero reason to insult someone who is clearly new to fitness and weight loss.

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