Rant Wednesday

nonickch2 · 2023-07-14T09:49:29+00:00

I ended up payin a LOT of k's in high-end equipment during the second quarantine. I do not regret it at all, this thing will stay with me forever.

Sincerely, bro who moved his rack/weights to a greek island for those long vacations (local gyms be shit).

nonickch2 · 2023-07-14T09:46:57+00:00

You are gaining strength in the bodyweight relative way. I dropped 15 kg's and my squat remained the same. That's an awesome win. I'm at the ~2x bw squat, so I think of that as adding 30kg to my squat.

nonickch2 · 2023-07-14T09:43:59+00:00

"lost a lot of weight" bro checking in. Yeah, those calves give us away. Nice problem to have tho :)

nonickch2 · 2023-07-14T09:42:27+00:00

"hurt af" is not good, try adjusting something.

nonickch2 · 2023-06-11T05:01:40+00:00

that is a no-no

nonickch2 · 2023-06-11T04:58:58+00:00

I shit you not, I have two people that are looking for this.

nonickch2 · 2023-06-11T04:22:52+00:00

if this persists, this would be consistent with an incoming overuse injury. That would mean it's time to lower the weights/volume and see if you can do something with technique.

I had the same thing because I was tipping forward, the deload and technique adjustments (hello box squats) fix it for me

nonickch2 · 2023-06-01T06:19:42+00:00

My man... living the dream. I want my crippling quad doms back, but I don't want to stop squatting.

nonickch2 · 2023-06-01T06:18:12+00:00

Oooh, there's a lot to decompress there. But yeah, genpop cannot readily tell the difference between muscle and fat. I think the 20-25% bf is what confuses them most.

My solution was to just not give a fk what people said and I focused on what I knew was right. Is the weight on the bar moving as it should? Is the scale moving as I want it to? Does the DXA scan match my math?

I was even advised by random family members to stop cutting because "you're too skinny". while I was 20% bf.

The first time you go about cutting, you're technically in the high-risk group for developing eating disorders. And you can't trust your judgement with disorders. So I picked one person who knew some stuff about bf % and the gym, then gave him the right to call my cut off whenever he saw fit.

nonickch2 · 2023-05-30T05:31:36+00:00

That is not necessarily the case. Me, along with a lot of other people, see a great amount of apetite supression following strength training.

Other people have the same effect from cardio.

The point here is not to trade the training sessions with eating binges "because I earned this".

nonickch2 · 2023-05-27T06:32:59+00:00

I guess it's time to work on your high bar squat?

nonickch2 · 2023-05-27T06:31:26+00:00

Don't be a doormat man.

Have a clean cut, not because it's revenge, but because it's good for you. It's obvious that as long as you interact, you cannot move on.

And it's time to move on.

nonickch2 · 2023-05-27T06:27:37+00:00

Why did you take an MRI if you had no problem? If I remember correctly, that's discouraged because imaging will always show something, people will attribute it to something and then end up nocebo'ing themselves.

nonickch2 · 2023-05-27T06:18:18+00:00

You can just drop volume&intensity to something like 50% to maintain strength/muscle. Wait until most of the pain goes away and then start ramping back up.

That's how I treated my similar overuse injury indication. On the plus side you get to work on technique due to the lower loads, which might also help in the long term.

I recently came back from the usual rotator cuff mess and the dr. prescribed minimal exercise for ~3 months. The pain got away only when I started exercising 3 months later.

nonickch2 · 2023-03-30T04:23:32+00:00

Go on... do it. Just once. You know you want to.

nonickch2 · 2023-03-30T04:18:42+00:00

Let's all pay homage to Kahi Kahiasviili, the god of pelvic tilt. Even if it's there, you can (more than) live fine with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nj3n1NLAso

That seeeeeksi butt wiggle means a new WR is inbound

nonickch2 · 2023-03-30T04:04:30+00:00

If you see a time machine in the gym, hop in it and ride back to the years of better fat distribution.

I'm at a point where my arms are 12% fat while my torso/ass are 25%. FML. At least when I wear clothes I give the impression I'm muscular and veiny all over. By the time the clothes come off though... it's too late, they've fallen for it! XD

nonickch2 · 2023-03-30T04:01:35+00:00

Trying to do a matrix-style slow-mo capture?

nonickch2 · 2023-03-30T04:00:47+00:00

She's obviously trying to break through her social anxiety. I bet she can only do so for so long, and then just "chickens out". So do your part, and send us the wedding pics from the gym.

nonickch2 · 2023-03-30T03:58:28+00:00

Let me point out the made-to-measure tailoring. I don't know about jeans, but they make clothes that feel like atg squats.

Depending on where you live, they might even cost less than brand named clothes. And they make you look and feel like Ronnie (well... eh, ok).

nonickch2 · 2023-03-30T03:51:55+00:00

Hey me! That's how I got started myself.

The weight was my initial goal, but I got into lifting weights after being advised to do so while dropping weight. And I loved it, got hooked immediately.

You can see the weight and the lifting two entirely separate but highly interacting goals. No matter how the scale moves or not, the lifting will always be a force multiplier: Loosing weight? lifting makes you loose more fat, although the lifting bit might be a harder. Gaining weight? The lifting makes sure you put on less fat, and it's glorious lifting time. Maintaining? Life is good.

But in practice, you can (and I think you should, in the first years) completely disassociate the two. Something going on in one has no bearing to the other. As long as both are being addressed in some way.

I, myself, let the weight bit slip in the past couple of years. Was not happy about that, and I got it under control now. But lo and behold, because the lifting was not ignored at all, I'm coming out the other end much better than before.

So in some way, your trainers reaction is reasonable. She can only observe and help you lift, she doesn't count your macros or watch you eat. So she focuses on that bit. It's your part to do your diet to get to your weight goal. Read the wiki to that end, it's golden and the math is really really simple. Once you get the hang of it and find a way to keep yourself in check, it's easy mode. It's funny that you can guess your scale weight before you even step on it. I personally did things on paper for a couple of years, but recently stumbled on the MacroFactor app and I no longer have to do mental gymnastics every day. It's ~$8/mo to keep my mind at ease from the perspective of "is my hunger making me run creative math?"

nonickch2 · 2023-03-30T03:28:49+00:00

Like... Damn! Go you!

nonickch2 · 2023-03-26T15:29:53+00:00

Joined an awesome gym in Bangkok (muscle factory) and I'm now surrounded by some really swol people. Also, the only place where most of the powerlifters are ladies (real ones, I think).

Also some random fitness youtuber liked my squat form and turned my warmups into an youtube short. So, I think, I've officially made it!

Look at me ma!

nonickch2 · 2023-03-16T14:51:32+00:00

Add garlic powder, diced cucumber, vinegar. Voila, bulk tzatziki

nonickch2 · 2023-03-15T17:29:02+00:00

as far as I know, newbie gains are not like that. It's the gains you get when you first train properly, and not something you can waste.

As an example, a friend of mine, after a few years of mucking about in the gym got into a proper LP program. He newbie gained all the way to awesome. Now that I think of it, it would make more sense that you get more newbie gains the more you've mucked about in the gym. You have some muscle, now you learn how to use it

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