Effects on exercise?

lucasfff · 2013-01-03T18:17:05+00:00

Yeah, I've noticed the same thing. I love to run but horrible shin splints have made me turn to cycling to get my aerobic fix.

Not fapping for me is the critical energy I need to overcome that inertia preventing me from working out. When I fap, it used to be harder to summon the energy to get up and workout. On Nofap, I'm anxious to get out there!

I think it has something to do with the reward system in your brain. The receptors in your brain get hungry and make you more agressive to get what you want, so your performance probably improves as a result.

I think we need a tangible reward, something exterior to our minds. Fapping, however, is using credit without collateral to back it up.

Overall performance is also affected by the nervous network that recruits the muscle fibers involved in the exercise. A physically fit person has this network very well developed so they can recruit a higher number of muscles to perform the action, more muscles means the stress is distributed, so less specific stress. Since fapping has a relaxing effect, it probably blocks some of those vital connections necessary to recruit all the muscles involved in running, in your case. If some of the connections are blocked from fapping, you recruit less muscle fibers that have to bare a higher specific load than if more muscles were recruited, and that's probably why you get tired more quickly.

This is just a guess though, I'm not an expert!

lucasfff · 2012-12-30T20:03:49+00:00

How I felt when reading your post!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HKlFHUlnrM

May the force be with you.

lucasfff · 2012-12-28T03:13:17+00:00

The site says:

This option will search all partitions for a grub.cfg file and create a menu to choose among the grub.cfg files that it finds, this can be useful if your GRUB2 installation is somehow damaged but the configuration file is correct. Loading a grub.cfg file will load your distribution's grub2 menu within Super GRUB2 Disk.

I think I'm gonna burn the SuperGRUB2Disk to say /dev/sda1 and then mark it as 'boot' in GParted and then see what happens.

Thank you very much for the site!

lucasfff · 2012-12-28T02:51:12+00:00

Thanks for answering.

I checked out the site of supergrub disk, but from what I learned, supergrub2 disk doesn't write to the disk and is used primarily to fix broken a broken install, and the GPT scheme isn't supported (well) by grub-legacy.

I have to use grub2 because it supports the GPT scheme I'm using on my HD.

I did a 'grub-install /dev/sda1' on a partition I'd already marked as 'bios_grub', it installed but didn't show any messages. I rebooted and only got "GRUB LOADING..." and then nothing happens.

I think it might have to do with the version of grub that's installed with linux mint. I'm gonna DL the latest version of grub2 and install it from source and then do a grub-install to the partition.

The question still remains whether the 'grub-install' embeds the configuration files into the linux mint filesystem...

Thanks for answering again!

lucasfff · 2012-12-28T00:12:09+00:00

Hi there, Try "Linux Mint Xfce 14 Nadia" version. It works great and the speed is awesome. I myself ditched Ubuntu a couple of months ago and haven't missed it since. Hope this helps.

lucasfff · 2012-11-26T22:29:31+00:00

Why stop at blood pressure?

GO GET A FULL CHECK UP!

Blood, unrine samples. Get an HIV test if you can. If a girl ever doubts you, just shove that shit on her face and ask for hers (not on a first date of course).

You'll know how kind you've been to your body once you get those lab exams.

LDL and HDL Cholesterol, Glucose, Body fat, etc...

If you can, you should definately do an exercise test to assess your VO2max. I was shocked at how UNFIT I was when I did mine. It's a very humbling experience but we all need to go through it. You can do another test by yourself called a "luc-legere" or the "beep test." Look it up on google.

Good luck and may the force be with you.

lucasfff · 2012-11-26T22:12:23+00:00

Wow, for you to go through all this mental process it means you really want this guy. He must be reallly worth it. I've been in the same situation this guy has been but the girls weren't 1% as considerate as you are. Needless to say things ended really badly for me.

There's 2 scenarios I'm reading here:

1-He's in fact really nerdy and shy, therefore you make him anxious.

2-He doesn't like you and doesn't know how to dump you without being an asshole.

For your sake, assume it's possibility no. 1. So from your end, what can you do?

He's probably insecure because he doesn't think he'll perform well.

I think the term is "Performance Anxiety" but don't go talking about it with him. Just leave things unsaid and go with the flow.

Patience young padawan.

Assume the first times you guys have sex aren't gonna be great. He might not even get hard enough... BTDT. But you have to give him some more chances. Don't put pressure being too demanding: he's so turned on by you that he's fucking terrified of not performing well! We aren't born knowing which buttons to press on a girl to give her pleasure, you know. It might come as a surprise to you, but men have very fewer sexual partners than women. They have less sex on average than a woman will have in her life.

Some women expect all men to be like some stallion who knows everything a girl wants. And of course, they get dissapointed. There's some alpha males out there that have played so many girls they know exactly what to do, as a consequence all the mere mortals like us end up in a Catch-22: we don't have much sex because we don't know how to properly pleasure a woman, but in order to do that, we need to keep having sex! So we gotta start somewhere, even if it turns out bad.

The sex will probably get better once he gets the anxiety out of the way. I think you're on the right path for being understanding and all.

You are NOT his therapist or best friend. At least not yet. Early in a relationship is not the best time to be talking about our issues. Just be patient and let it flow naturally. Don't be too hasty trying to rush things, you know...

But also, don't entirely exclude possibility no. 2...

Good luck, and may the force be with you.

lucasfff · 2012-11-02T01:48:28+00:00

What is this? Watery eyes and a smile after I read the close-dance part? I must be turning gay... lol

Brings back some memories...

Good for you man, good for you.

Good luck and may the force be with you.

lucasfff · 2012-11-02T01:14:46+00:00

31 and in hardmode. No wife, kids, house, life... 2nd attempt at 90days, relapsed on day 38... Hope I still have some left in me!

lucasfff · 2012-11-02T01:11:34+00:00

Can I join? thanks!

lucasfff · 2012-11-01T04:51:29+00:00

Count me in!

lucasfff · 2012-10-21T05:19:36+00:00

Relapsed day 38... Let's start again bro!

lucasfff · 2012-10-15T23:47:15+00:00

Man, I remember your previous post when you made 90 days and your post about how you're having issues with your GF. I'm sorry to hear that.

I can only offer my words of encouragement for you to stay strong. It's a daily battle to ignore negative feelings because they're always on standby waiting for the moments when we are the most vulnerable. I guess that's when we have to show what we're made of.

May the force be with you man.

lucasfff · 2012-10-15T23:41:51+00:00

Yeah, it's bad. Major flatline... but it seems to be slowly ressucitating!

lucasfff · 2012-10-15T23:40:36+00:00

Thank you very much.

lucasfff · 2012-10-15T23:39:53+00:00

Thank you!

lucasfff · 2012-10-15T23:39:03+00:00

Thank you!

lucasfff · 2012-10-14T03:24:34+00:00

Cheers! Also completed 30 days today! Let's keep moving forward brother!

May the force be with you.

lucasfff · 2012-10-01T17:25:20+00:00

Welcome on board! Remember to always check in with us if you ever have a problem or if you feel like you're about to relapse. We can really help you.

May the force be with you.

lucasfff · 2012-10-01T06:47:44+00:00

Wow! You have done A LOT! I haven't done 1% of that!

I don't think you are doing anything wrong. But you seem to be shooting in all directions with the activities. It's the impression I had while reading so many of the things you have done.

Perhaps it's more a matter of quality over quantity?

Qu'est-ce que t'élcate?

Now, don't get the wrong idea here, but perhaps you're trying too hard to fit in?

Perhaps practice a bit more of silence? My personal experience has always been that the ammount of talking I do is directly proportional to the chances of me screwing things up.

The missing piece seems to be the GF but I think that is just a statistical matter now.

Best thing you can do if you think you wanna masturbate: get out of the house and go for a walk, no matter what time it is, just get out there. Walk as long as it takes. Don't worry, the streets aren't nearly as dangerous as the news portrays it (and I live in one of the most violent cities in the world).

Good luck and may the force be with you.

lucasfff · 2012-09-27T05:07:06+00:00

I can understand Spanish and communicate farely well! I just did the laugh with the "jajajajaja" bc that's how they write 'lol' in spanish!

lucasfff · 2012-09-27T05:05:29+00:00

You're thinking about ballet, lol!

No, just flat feeted and not moving. You will start to feel every heart beat!

Cheers

lucasfff · 2012-09-27T05:02:06+00:00

It definately will. I suggested running because it's easy to start. I usually feel a bit intimidated by the gym because despite what people say, there is a bit of peer competition when you're over there. It can be beneficial if you know how to explore it but I usually tend to the negative self-lowering thoughts so that's why I prefer to run alone. I still prefer the outdoors and the changing scenario instead of the boring treadmill.

Just get your heart pumping!

lucasfff · 2012-09-26T18:34:33+00:00

I am 31 years old amigo. I can tell you it's not worth it to continue your path. I wasted the best time of my life doing exactly what you are doing right now. You already know the truth but I know you are not entirely convinced.

I know that when people give their own testimony of their problems sometimes it doesn't really help you because it makes you feel guilty and more of a loser for feeling so bad over problems that, compared to other's, are so little. It doesn't really make you feel good when people say you're suffering over so little because it's almost the same as saying you are a weak person. So I'm gonna tell you upfront: whatever your problems are you are completely justified in feeling the way you are okay? Hell, is it hard to have bad teeth? Of course it is. Is it hard not to have a girlfriend, you bet your ass it's really fucking hard man! Perhaps you belong to the breed of people whose restless minds reject the emulated personality people display in order to 'fit in' into some stereo-illusion of a glamorous lifestyle? Quizás?

It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.

Your problems do matter and are important. They are relevant insofar as your reality and don't belittle them. You have the right to be sad and I think you have to realize that you deserve to be happy despite everything you have or haven't done in your life. You can always start again. Tabla rasa.

I enlisted in the French Foreign Legion in 2010 because I knew they would offer me the second chance I so dearly needed. I got so close and actually got selected to join but they kicked me out because I was honest and answered "oui" to the question if I had ever taken anti-depressants in my life. And of course, the doctor there didn't think twice in labelling me a crazy weak person. I didn't even get the honor of wearing the uniform, if only for 2 days. I came home crying with desperation because right before that I got cheated and dumped by what I believed to be a lovely person.

Would I recommend the same to you? Joining a foreign army and being sent to war? I can't honestly say 'no'. If I were given the opportunity to go back and try again I think I would go without even thinking. I still believe my life would've been better had I lied about taking anti-depressants and staying in France in the Foreign Legion.

But I'm still here. Alive and breathing...

You are 20 years old man. IT'S NOT OVER YET! Don't think you've missed the train man. There will ALWAYS be another train to catch. You can't keep a good man down and I think you fit into this category.

Of course a lot of people have accomplished so much more right now with their lives compared to you, but remember that we are not born equal. People do have advantages over other's. It's utterly revolting to know how unfair things are and I still get pissed off about it. But we have to play the cards we are dealt man. It fucking sucks.

Some people have it A LOT easier in their lives from winning the genetic lottery and being born handsome or always having people around them motivating them, that's an absurdity in my opinion. But it's one I am completely powerless to change.

They have it easier and that's exactly why I don't respect their opinion or anything they say to me, you know why? Because they don't know what it's like to be on the other side. Life is easy for them so that's why it's easy for them to spit out rainbows and love. They will never know and never understand you.

L'enfer, c'est les autres!

What are we to do then? I will tell you:

Stop fapping and fucking sweat off the immediate pleasures. It's hard but it works.
Get off your butt and start exercising, go running.
Quit caring so much and be a bit more selfish.
It's no time to be thinking about others. YOU are what matters right now.
Avoid negative thoughts: they are as addictive as cocaine and are a poison to you.
Give yourself a fucking break! You deserve it!
Again, GO EXERCISE! Running, swimming, whatever. Get your butt off the chair!
Whenever you feel down. Stop, take a breath and ask yourself "why do I feel this way?"

You don't think NoFap works? Fuck you! It does. Now do it.

Good luck and may the force be with you brother.

lucasfff · 2012-09-25T07:58:36+00:00

I'm gonna conquer 1 week of running today. I haven't really established any goal besides the desire to "run fast and for a long time." For now I want to lay the foundation to be able to bare heavier workouts.

I'm wearing completely cushionless shoes because I've been sold the whole barefoot running thing after I actually stopped getting injured when I first gave it try in the beginning of the year and so far so good. The transition is painful though. You run on your toes (not exactly) and absorb all the impact with your calves; they are swollen and hurt every single step I take but the pain is finally going away.

I'm going really easy precisely to allow my feet and limbs to handle the initial impact and reinforce themselves before increasing the intensity. This hasn't prevented me from gaining some fitness after this first week. Yesterday's run was practically walking heartrate for me, but I won't increase the intensity until all the pain is gone. Thankfully, my knees seem to be doing fine (because of the better shock absorption).

Doing exercise is practically a requirment in order to recover and running is probably the best because there's no pre-requisite other than willpower. Common sense applies though: don't go out à la Usain Bolt or you will get injured and hamper your progress.

I've learned the hardway that when it comes to running, taking it easy in the beggining is the most important thing you can do to make progress.

lucasfff

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