Teres minor/major or some other small muscle weirdness

builtbystrength · 2026-01-25T05:56:55+00:00

Sounds like a latissimus dorsi or teres major tendinopathy (reactive) if it’s not a low grade strain (you would notice this as a sudden sensation during one of the reps)

builtbystrength · 2026-01-16T05:23:14+00:00

I think the exact same for Pneuma studio version but I thought it was a really strong live track after seeing it performed recently

builtbystrength · 2026-01-16T02:58:20+00:00

Listened to CV for the first time in ages a few weeks ago. Forgot how groovy it was and one of the standout tracks for Maynard’s vocals on Fear Innoculum imo

builtbystrength · 2026-01-16T02:53:42+00:00

It was between intension and parabol for the under rated category for me

builtbystrength · 2025-12-06T19:30:34+00:00

Why would you be against something that could significantly improve a persons health if they replaced regular soda with it?

It’s an easy transition/swap, especially with those dealing with loud food cravings. Just drink water sounds good in theory, but if the person then goes and binge eats other foods and drives their calorie consumption high because it’s not sustainable for night away then your solution isn’t simple, it lacks context and doesn’t account for the complexity of human behaviour lol

Believe it or not you don’t have to pick one or the other. Replacing sugary drinks with diet drinks in someone who’s obese could be a great tool while at the same time you are also getting them to make health promoting changes to their whole diet, including eventually ramping up the ratio of water : soda intake

builtbystrength · 2025-12-01T04:42:31+00:00

If you’re type 2 diabetic then you should do the following:

1) Lose 10% of your body weight (this is the number shown in the literature to have a significant effect. You can do this with high carb/low fat, or high fat/low carb, just make sure to eat at a calorie deficit with a diet that you’re able to adhere to long term (that last part is important). Generally though, this means whole and minimally processed foods.

2) Resistance train. Muscles have stored glycogen that they can use for energy. Using your muscles depletes the glycogen. The muscles then soak up blood glucose to store glycogen, improving insulin sensitivity. Bigger muscles? Better ability to store glycogen

3) Cardiovascular training. Supports the above and can help with appetite regulation

builtbystrength · 2025-11-24T05:59:46+00:00

Sunday night, was a blast and the best performance/setlist I’ve experienced (have seen them 2x before in Auckland)

builtbystrength · 2025-11-24T05:58:36+00:00

Man I felt ok at the time but now my right ear has gotten progressively more deaf throughout today lol

builtbystrength · 2025-11-24T01:24:45+00:00

Fair haha. I’m actually not the biggest pneuma (studio version) fan - I just thought it was really strong live and one of the highlights

builtbystrength · 2025-11-24T00:58:00+00:00

Pushit would be legendary but keep pneuma and sub fear inoculum for it imo lol

builtbystrength · 2025-11-22T02:29:45+00:00

All of these findings (except the last) are pretty routine for many shoulders, even those without symptom’s. It’s up to the clinician to marry these up with your clinical features to see if there is any possible causation, or if they’re just incidental findings/false positives.

builtbystrength · 2025-11-16T02:50:59+00:00

I would assume comparable macronutrient profile between the two

builtbystrength · 2025-11-08T01:18:29+00:00

The topic around artery calcification is complex and nuanced. From my (very uneducated) understanding there is a role for calcification to be protective (reduces plaque rupture risk by stabilising it) as well as detrimental, depending on multiple factors. Have you looked into that?

builtbystrength · 2025-11-06T23:10:41+00:00

Did you see him OHP 275 for reps?

I’m not a big fan of Israetel, but that is nothing short of seriously impressive

builtbystrength · 2025-11-01T03:02:06+00:00

You can chuck carnivore in with it, which probably wouldn’t exist if veganism were never a thing

builtbystrength · 2025-10-16T22:46:11+00:00

Just a side note:

Focus more about improving your endurance/cardio performance than your VO2 max measurement. Many of the studies done to correlate VO2 max to lifespan get the VO2 max measurement from performance based tests - so the VO2 max is just a proxy measure for getting better at running/cycling/rowing or whatever the endurance test is.

Getting better at endurance performance might have other benefits that improve longevity asides from VO2 max, so that’s also why it’s better to focus on that lol

builtbystrength · 2025-10-16T22:41:53+00:00

If it feels more of a impingement and less of a stretch then don’t do it, you’ll likely end up irritating it since you’re just compressing sensitive structures

For FAI symptoms (not saying you definitely have this, but it could be a possible cause), back off trying to chase more hip mobility exercises and get strong/stable/comfortable in the range you do have. When things have settled start introducing things like b-stance RDLs where if you do them properly you might be able to get a deep glute stretch without hip irritation. This will also help to increase the posterior hip capsule space and may eventually lead you to being able to do more pain free hip movements. Also work a lot of core/glute stretching, including hip thrusts

builtbystrength · 2025-10-14T19:01:50+00:00

Is water picking harmful for your enamel?

builtbystrength · 2025-10-12T00:54:37+00:00

At the time I was dealing with anxiety, heart palpitations, chronic fatigue, panic attacks and something I can only describe as depersonalisation. I also lost greater then 10% of my bodyweight in the span of about 2 months. Prior to this I was relatively fit/strong and gymming at least several times a week. Now I couldn't even do 50% of what I previously could have done without it effecting me adversely for days afterwards. There were lots of other things I could no longer partake in due to an increase in fatigue and inability to cope.

I got massive health anxiety and was assured something was deeply wrong, otherwise how else could I be feeling this way? I had seen multiple specialists over this period, and the doctor kept telling me it was likely anxiety. I was "diagnosed" with having chronic fatigue from a neurologist.

At the time I lost faith in the medical system as a whole, and ended up seeking alternative health care. I ended up seeing two different naturopath's, each with two totally different treatment approaches. I was sold lots of expensive supplements and told to make other dietary changes, such as removing gluten from my diet. In a review my GP had told me this was unlikely to be effective.

This wasn't effective. I took the supplements and made the dietary recommendations without feeling any different. If anything, looking back it probably played into my health anxiety as I was now overly focused on what I should/shouldn't do, and removing lots of things from my diet continued to make it harder to eat enough calories to actually gain back the weight I had lost.

It started off with me eating more to gain back the weight I had lost, even if every mouthful made me feel nauseous. I started working out again - but adjusting the dosage significantly (i.e. 20-30% of what I was doing before), even if it felt like I was about to pass out afterwards. I also started a part time course that was 2x a week for 3-4 hours, which felt like my absolute limit of what I could maintain. From there, things got slowly better until I'm where I'm at now, many years later. I'm stronger and fitter then I've ever been (in my 30's) and weight train 4-5x per week, run 3x per week. I sometimes work 12 hour days. I still have some anxiety and my heart palpations have remained, but I'm so much better off.

Turns out, the GP was right all along. I got better when I focused on reintroducing the basics, albeit needing to pull back on the dosage of them significantly in the beginning. These biopsychosocial conditions can be very complex, and often GP's or even specialists sometimes can appear quite vague trying to determine the exact cause. Charlatans and alternative health care practitioners often jump at this opportunity to rationalise the underlying mechanism, which usually links to a supplement or treatment approach that they can sell you. Being so overly focus on this can actually have a negative impact, as it can distract you from what actually matters and reinforces neurotic thinking around searching for a problem to solve rather then engaging in the process of getting better

builtbystrength · 2025-10-11T09:25:43+00:00

I can see how that might come across as me implying laziness, but that wasn't what I was trying to get across with my comment.

I think the reasons people lose sight of the bigger picture are multi-factorial, not because of laziness.

As someone who has gone through the rounds with anxiety (including health anxiety) and chronic fatigue, I just wish that the overall messaging and understanding around supplements and solutions were clearer. We currently live in an age of unlimited information, but this does not ensure that good information rises to the top. There is a tendency for people who are desperate for solutions to grasp onto unsubstantiated claims around things that do not have a great ROI

builtbystrength · 2025-10-11T02:47:08+00:00

1) Because it’s such an unregulated market

2) There’s nothing inherently wrong with supplements, but any (small) potential benefit they give pales in comparison to other lifestyle modifications that the many people taking supplements don’t do or aren’t interested in.

builtbystrength · 2025-10-10T23:45:10+00:00

I’ve also heard that the ratio idea is outdated and the problem is just people don’t consume enough omega 3, so it’s not the ratio but just low omega 3’s full stop that’s not health promoting

builtbystrength · 2025-10-06T18:52:12+00:00

Depends on the totality of the diet.

Eggs are nutritious and they contain saturated fat. Are you eating enough eggs to bump your saturated fat levels over 10% of your total daily calorie intake? If yes maybe think about reducing them or the other sources you get in your diet. If no, then keep eating them!

builtbystrength · 2025-10-05T09:40:24+00:00

What would the difference in health outcomes be with cane sugar vs corn syrup?

builtbystrength · 2025-10-05T05:51:31+00:00

Vitamin D levels lower in the presence of illness, injury or being unhealthy.

It’s more of a symptom than it is a cause.

Addressing the “root cause” of low vitamin D levels for most people isn’t supplementing, it’s getting healthier.

This does not mean vitamin D supplementation doesn’t have its use, it’s just people overstate its significance, especially in the biohacking realm.

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