Funny things actually-fit people say
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quiksylver296 wrote: »JMcGee2018 wrote: »CarvedTones wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I posted this in another thread yesterday. The manager of the Anytime Fitness I use had a female
in a side room, playing a VR video game, to get her heart rate up into the "fat burning zone."
In other words, more than zero...
Sitting at my desk has me in a pretty solid fat burning zone. If I was sleeping I'd be burning an even higher percentage of fat, though, so looks like I better take a nap when I get home instead of doing cardio at the gym tonight!
I like how you think.
I'm a big proponent of napping the fat away.14 -
I started lifting with a friend who was a PT/recreational bodybuilder. Looked great and was quite strong. I learned a lot and would definitely not be where I am today without him.. However he said some "bro science" which I think back and laugh about.
-If you do cardio (running) you'll lose gains. Only walk if you must cardio.
-You shouldn't train legs twice a week. If you are able to train them again you obviously didn't go hard enough the first time!!
-You absolutely CANNOT train for strength AND hypertrophy at the same time!! If you want to powerlift you have to powerlift only.
There is probably more that I forgot, but those were some of the best.1 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »JMcGee2018 wrote: »CarvedTones wrote: »quiksylver296 wrote: »I posted this in another thread yesterday. The manager of the Anytime Fitness I use had a female
in a side room, playing a VR video game, to get her heart rate up into the "fat burning zone."
In other words, more than zero...
Sitting at my desk has me in a pretty solid fat burning zone. If I was sleeping I'd be burning an even higher percentage of fat, though, so looks like I better take a nap when I get home instead of doing cardio at the gym tonight!
I like how you think.
I'm a big proponent of napping the fat away.
I see a book idea in there somewhere. You guys should collaborate.10 -
"never eat bread or pasta. all other carbs are okay. then you don't need to count your calories"
"don't eat after 6pm or the food sits there and becomes fat"
I like bread and pasta... I've lost 13 lbs eating bread and pasta.
I typically don't eat until 8:30pm... magically, it has not added fat.
This is from my super fit friend. I mean, she's ripped. Had a hard time trying to explain to her what works for her, doesn't always work for others.5 -
Some people succeed in spite of what they do rather than because of what they do.
There's a lot of broscience woo that isn't actually going to hurt anything, per se, but it doesn't help like people think it does either. Eating eight meals a day (or one meal a day), drinking a protein shake immediately after a workout because of the "anabolic window", taking BCAAs (or any other useless woo supplement), not eating after 7:00 pm (or whatever arbitrary hour), drinking a gallon of water per day - within the context of an appropriate diet and good exercise program, none of those things are going to have a negative effect. But they're also not going to have any more of a positive effect than the appropriate diet and exercise program would in the first place (except maybe if they provided you the psychological motivation to stick to your program).
So you lost 80 pounds and got to 8% bodyfat doing a bro split, sipping BCAAs intra-workout, eating ten meals of dry chicken breast, brown rice and broccoli a day and making sure to slam your brotein shake and waxy maize no more than 2.5 minutes after you finished your workout. Great job, but the truth is that your success came from the fact that you stayed in a calorie deficit, had adequate protein intake and worked your butt off in the gym.34 -
I didn't know what "Woo" was until reading this thread. I thought that button was "Whoo Hoo!" or something similar. I apologize to anyone I have insulted in the past...
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@CJ_Holmes I think it can be used either way when using the button. "Woo" as a concept (not the button) is the #fakenews of the weight loss and fitness world. I mean, what's NOT confusing about that? 1
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I'm confused about why this is funny... The body becomes incredibly efficient at doing the same thing every day, so if she were to continue the same workout routine every day and every week, her body would eventually become "used" to it and would not continue to show results.
I re-read the post and it seems like you read it as she had to switch the DAYS around to confuse the body, but I read it as she has to switch the ROUTINE around to "confuse the body", which is essentially true.
So yes, I suppose it's dumb if she thinks the day she does it on makes a difference, but if she's literally talking about switching up routine, she is correct.39 -
I'm confused about why this is funny... The body becomes incredibly efficient at doing the same thing every day, so if she were to continue the same workout routine every day and every week, her body would eventually become "used" to it and would not continue to show results.
I re-read the post and it seems like you read it as she had to switch the DAYS around to confuse the body, but I read it as she has to switch the ROUTINE around to "confuse the body", which is essentially true.
So yes, I suppose it's dumb if she thinks the day she does it on makes a difference, but if she's literally talking about switching up routine, she is correct.
No it doesn't work that way.
Powerlifters at the elite competition level don't adjust their routines to "confuse the body" They do it to induce progressive overload and to ensure adequate rest.17 -
Every time I see someone talking about how you mustn’t eat late at night, I wonder whether they may have watched the movie Gremlins a few too many times at an impressionable age.27
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I'm confused about why this is funny... The body becomes incredibly efficient at doing the same thing every day, so if she were to continue the same workout routine every day and every week, her body would eventually become "used" to it and would not continue to show results.
I re-read the post and it seems like you read it as she had to switch the DAYS around to confuse the body, but I read it as she has to switch the ROUTINE around to "confuse the body", which is essentially true.
So yes, I suppose it's dumb if she thinks the day she does it on makes a difference, but if she's literally talking about switching up routine, she is correct.
She definitely meant the day of the week specifically haha. She specified in her OP that she usually did leg day on Saturdays, but was doing it today (this was yesterday, Thursday) in order to confuse her body. Then I specifically asked if she really thought her body knew which day of the week she worked a particular body part, and she said, in so many words, "yes" lol
I agree it can be beneficial for various reasons to switch up the exercises that make up your routine from time to time, but I'm pretty positive that's not all that she meant0 -
fitoverfortymom wrote: »@CJ_Holmes I think it can be used either way when using the button. "Woo" as a concept (not the button) is the #fakenews of the weight loss and fitness world. I mean, what's NOT confusing about that?
To be even more confusing, it used to mean both, but they updated the meaning to just Woo - broscience. But unless you're keeping up with the MFP suggestions and announcements (and how many of us do, really?) you'll most likely see it explained with the original meaning if you do a search. So completely ambiguous as you say, unless you get 17 woos within 2 minutes of posting a comment, in which case I would safely assume it's not positive.
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I'm confused about why this is funny... The body becomes incredibly efficient at doing the same thing every day, so if she were to continue the same workout routine every day and every week, her body would eventually become "used" to it and would not continue to show results.
I re-read the post and it seems like you read it as she had to switch the DAYS around to confuse the body, but I read it as she has to switch the ROUTINE around to "confuse the body", which is essentially true.
So yes, I suppose it's dumb if she thinks the day she does it on makes a difference, but if she's literally talking about switching up routine, she is correct.
No, it's not true. The old Weider "muscle confusion" theory died somewhere around the '70s.
If you're doing a well-designed routine, you're not doing the "same routine" every day and every week. It will have progression, periodization and strategic deloads built into it. Once you move beyond a beginner routine into an intermediate program, it can be run pretty much indefinitely - the only reason to change the routine is to avoid boredom/burnout, or if you want to run specialization/peaking cycles. But your body does not become "used" to it and stop adapting if you have proper progression/periodization parameters built in.
Yeah, if you're bench pressing 3x8 at 100 pounds today and still bench pressing 3x8 at 100 pounds a year from now, you're doing it wrong. But if you're benching 3x8 at 100 now and 3x8 at 225 a year from now, you can be sure that your body hasn't "gotten used to it" and stopped progressing.15 -
I had a trainer who could not figure out why I had not gained any muscle or increased my metabolism over an 8-week period of heavy lifting and eating in a deficit (she knew I was on Weight Watchers at the time). I had lost 8 pounds, and supposedly 7 of them were fat. CAVEAT - this was according to the hand-held BIA, and we know how accurate those are anyway. I think the gym cheaped out rather than having hydrostatic weighing or at least calipers available.0
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"you really shouldn't eat dinner if you're trying to lose weight" - which is silly, I've lost large amounts of weight with dinner as my main meal of the day...
also, from one of my classmates at uni: "you're eating a banana for your snack? no wonder you're not losing fast if you eat sugar and carbs" (I'd often be too busy to grab proper lunch while at uni, so I'd bring a banana or some nuts, it was convenient)4 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »It is not necessarily a requirement to understand something in order to accomplish it. Being fit requires discipline more than it requires an understanding of physiology.
Agreed. Some people manage to be quite fit, despite their lack of knowledge. That said, imagine if they had the knowledge how much further ahead they could be!4 -
Aaron_K123 wrote: »It is not necessarily a requirement to understand something in order to accomplish it. Being fit requires discipline more than it requires an understanding of physiology.
Agreed. Some people manage to be quite fit, despite their lack of knowledge. That said, imagine if they had the knowledge how much further ahead they could be!
Along the same lines, there are also those who won the genetic lottery and started off miles ahead of other people in the first place. Admittedly, this is most outwardly manifested in the physique world. Not saying Joe/Jane Average can't obtain great results, but they're behind the 8-ball compared to Joe/Jane Genetic Wonder.5 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »I posted this in another thread yesterday. The manager of the Anytime Fitness I use had a female
in a side room, playing a VR video game, to get her heart rate up into the "fat burning zone."
I wish it worked like that! I’d be at goal just from reading my work emails lol3
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