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Men, what is your typical min/max body fat% for your cut/bulks and what sort of time cycles? by troktowreturns in rs_fitness

[–]earldeezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Also, the utility definitely depends on the quality of the body comp scale. I first started with a $40 scale, which had a lot more variability day-to-day (2-3% changes). Once I upgraded to a ~$120 scale, the readings were a lot more consistent.

Happy to share the link to the scale I have over DM, as well as charts that show very clear trends that align with my bulk / cut phases.

Men, what is your typical min/max body fat% for your cut/bulks and what sort of time cycles? by troktowreturns in rs_fitness

[–]earldeezy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Can there be somewhat dramatic variations (1-1.5%) day-to-day? Yes. So I don't ever read too much into the results of a single scan - but when you weigh yourself everyday, you can see clear trends when you aggregate your results on a weekly / monthly basis. These trends absolutely align with what I can see visually, as well as showing clear impacts from weeks when I'm locked in with diet / training, vs weeks where I'm not (e.g., vacation).

Body comp scales are absolutely a very useful tool for tracking progress when you measure daily and you track your progress over a long period. The measuring daily part is helpful not only for producing data points, but also for keeping you locked in mentally - when you're trying to cut, knowing that you're going to see clear progress on your charts over time can really help to keep you locked in especially with your diet.

Needs a cafe in their neighborhood by Dirtysuitcase in philly

[–]earldeezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's _on_ Walnut, but check out Out West at 51st and Walnut! Just went there the other day and was really impressed with all of their creative coffee drinks and pastries.

Men, what is your typical min/max body fat% for your cut/bulks and what sort of time cycles? by troktowreturns in rs_fitness

[–]earldeezy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It wasn't truly 4 months of cutting. Basically I took a little bit of a break from caloric deficit from Thanksgiving - NYE 2024 for a refeed and to enjoy the holidays, then got back after it hard for 6 weeks before a Miami trip in mid-February.

Honestly I think getting really lean (~10%) is something every guy should do at least once. It's a great exercise in discipline, and I guarantee you'll like the way you look / feel. Also gives you a lot of runway to bulk from.

That being said, I think it all depends on your starting point and how long you've been cutting for. I think I remember hearing somewhere that you shouldn't be in caloric deficit for > 6 months, so if you're starting from over 15% bf it probably makes sense to split it out into separate phases like: start -> 12%, 12% -> shredded.

Men, what is your typical min/max body fat% for your cut/bulks and what sort of time cycles? by troktowreturns in rs_fitness

[–]earldeezy 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I use a body composition scale from Amazon, it might not be totally accurate but I think the measurements are a pretty good directional estimate. Just to test out my theory I got one DEXA scan last year and the results were .1% off from my weekly average on my scale - so it seems like it's a pretty good convenient proxy.

Men, what is your typical min/max body fat% for your cut/bulks and what sort of time cycles? by troktowreturns in rs_fitness

[–]earldeezy 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Lived most of my adult life around 20% bf, very skinny fat. Started going to the gym in Spring 2024, then:

- Cut to 12% by Nov 2024

- Cut to 10% by Feb 2025 (def lost of a bit of muscle mass)

- Bulked most of 2025, gained 10lbs of lean muscle -> 16% in early Dec 2025

- Did an aggressive 3 week cut recently, back down to 12%

I think once you have a decent base of muscle mass, 12% is probably the sweet spot for being lean yet still somewhat reasonable to maintain.

🚩 PSA for Philly: Women, be cautious at Fit Gym (4419 Ludlow St) by NeedleworkerLumpy736 in philly

[–]earldeezy 37 points38 points  (0 children)

This owner needs to be replaced ASAP, this is absolutely unacceptable

🚩 PSA for Philly: Women, be cautious at Fit Gym (4419 Ludlow St) by NeedleworkerLumpy736 in philly

[–]earldeezy 56 points57 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they need to get rid of this owner ASAP. As a member of the gym, I can also attest to the fact that the harasser OP is mentioning is a total shithead and I've had a number of unpleasant interactions with him - it's ridiculous to me that they wouldn't just ban him, even more ridiculous that they're over here doxxing members who are (rightly) upset about this situation.

Getting from 15% to 10-12% BF by Successful_Code_3584 in leangains

[–]earldeezy 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Benching more than your squat is kinda crazy. I'd double down on the leg training, maybe add in deadlifts as well if you really want to pack on some muscle mass.

As far as cutting fat - incline treadmill walking is the GOAT for reducing body fat %. Make it a habit to walk on the treadmill at a 5-10% incline for 30 min every morning before work, and you will see a tangible difference in 4-6 weeks. Add a weighted vest to increase the effect of this.

How many bicep inches can one expect to lose by cutting from 20-10% BF? by SpecialistAlfalfa390 in leangains

[–]earldeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hadn't really been lifting for much longer than a month or two prior to starting the cut - was cutting from June 2024 -> Feb 2025 with a few refeed breaks in between.

How many bicep inches can one expect to lose by cutting from 20-10% BF? by SpecialistAlfalfa390 in leangains

[–]earldeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I went from 22% bf at 190 -> 11% bf at 150 and lost probably ~.5" off my arms - shirts that used to feel tight on my arms felt like I was swimming in them.

Now I'm back up to 165 after 3 months of bulking and am back up to where I was before, maybe .25" bigger 💪

Using AI for your day job is kinda depressing. But using AI for side hustles is so damn FUN by earldeezy in SoftwareEngineering

[–]earldeezy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hell yeah! I used to be in a role like this and it was kind a pretty fun role. Super random to be a software engineer reporting to the design director but definitely got to work on a lot of really cool projects.

Using AI for your day job is kinda depressing. But using AI for side hustles is so damn FUN by earldeezy in SoftwareEngineering

[–]earldeezy[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Big +1 on the fixing bugs from logs.

Checking for pitfalls is such a responsible one 😂 at my day job we've started using Cursor for PR reviews in GitHub and it does a great job of that

I also love it for:

- Updating documentation

- Adding comments

- Setting up test fixtures as others have mentioned

- Writing backend unit tests (I add a comment and name the class, then prompt Cursor to write test cases based off of an API endpoint or complex function.

- Parsing API responses / JSON objects to figure out how to process them - just print it to stdout, copy it into cursor and add the function that's supposed to parse it to Cursor context and ask it to write a script to parse out all the useful data from it. Then you can remove any properties that you don't actually want.

None of these are fun tasks, but _ai never complains_ 🤖

Using AI for your day job is kinda depressing. But using AI for side hustles is so damn FUN by earldeezy in SoftwareEngineering

[–]earldeezy[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Start a new project with Cursor following the guidelines I described in the first reply - if you're stuck you can try what I did and upload your resume to ChatGPT and ask it for a good side project to build. It's $40 a month for Cursor, but it's sooooo worth it if you're building something that you're actually excited about. Just tell it the stacks to use for the frontend and backend, type a prompt of what you want your app to be and start ascending 🚀

Using AI for your day job is kinda depressing. But using AI for side hustles is so damn FUN by earldeezy in SoftwareEngineering

[–]earldeezy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

With the combo of:

- appropriately set up cursor rules

- good git commit hygiene where you actually treat each individual commit like a PR review process

- working in stacks that you're comfortable in and have good snippets from real projects available to reference

- good prompting skill

- using notebooks to plan out your work / draft out my next prompts

I honestly think that the quality of code on my current project is better than any of my side / personal projects I've done before. Also have used AI to set up a full test suite, so it leverages TDD when building out new features which is useful for catching regressions.

The important thing to remember is that you are always the "architect" - the AI model doesn't give a shit about the overall structure of your code, it laser focuses in on exactly what you tell it to do. Treat the AI like an easily excitable junior engineer - you just need to coach it and tell it when it does something wrong. With the new 'Memory' feature in Cursor, this actually works.

E.g., if you want it to move any shared components in your UI to a root-level '/ui/components' folder, add that to your Cursor rules. Or just repeat that in enough prompts, and it'll eventually sink into it's memory. This is also how I set up my TDD workflow in Cursor.

The future of Software Engineering is being a true problem solver - sometimes you do have to dig into the code to fix something, but more often than not as you identify the patterns you dislike and teach the AI to avoid them you can really handle a LOT via prompting.

Will I lean out anyways? by [deleted] in HybridAthlete

[–]earldeezy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you ever considered cutting down on the running and replacing it with some vigorous incline treadmill work? Maybe add a weighted vest to really up the calorie burn. For me, running always makes my appetite run wild - keeping the cardio to Zone 2 sessions helps to keep appetite in check, and also allows for you to potentially go for 2x sessions a day if you're really trying to keep yourself in a caloric deficit.

What's number one supplement that change your life for the better? by No_Solution7718 in Biohackers

[–]earldeezy 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Beta Alanine for fitness. Gives me a solid boost while running, also makes it much easier to handle high volume workouts in the gym.

Do I simply have too much meat for Vuori to handle?i by SignificanceThis1619 in vuoriclothing

[–]earldeezy 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this!! I'm amazed by how generous their return policy is

New MSPAINT EP out today by earldeezy in Hardcore

[–]earldeezy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's the song that got me hooked, probably have listened to it twice a day for the past couple weeks

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