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I've had the Jabra elite sport for about 2.5 years. At around the time I purchased them I tried several of the top brands (over the course of about 6 months), most notably the bose and Samsung iconx ones. The Jabra elites were by far the best. This was around the time that these were becoming mainstream though (is bragi…

Training to failure at a beginner level is unlikely to result in significant cost after a day. Also, it's not a settled fact that training to failure produces no greater hypertrophy.

23 grams is over 25% of the recommended amount. Not sure why that wouldn't be relevant. My primary source is hemp seed which I'm estimating I get about 30-40 grams from.

Basically never ate salad. When we did it was the whole meal (throwing a bunch of stuff in there). I hated salad, and still do. There's just something about it. Even when I really like all the ingredients, I'm never particularly pleased eating the salad. Also, most of the salad we would have growing up when we did have it…

What's your goal? Just to count steps? You can probably choose any smart watch for that. From a fitness/exercise standpoint, I think the undisputed winner is one of the Garmin watches. But they are expensive. And they may not have some of the non - fitness apps you can get on a watchos or wearos watch.

I'm not sure on percentages or amounts. My guess is that I'm getting about 75% of what's recommended for my weight. I'm primarily focusing on watching (and testing) for the effects of protein deficiency. I do think I will probably throw in tofu soon. I am working with 2 professionals on the nutrition side who are assisting…

I will have to simply concede the point. I don't really understand it, but I think you understand the concept I was trying to get across and are still able to refute it, which is all I can ask for, not understanding physics myself. So I imagine my lay thoughts on the subject are not an actual representation of how things…

Makes sense (at least as much sense as I think it's possible to make to me about physics concepts), but if someone were to jump straight up into the air with the treadmill running underneath them, then land in the exact same position the treadmill would show that they traveled a certain distance. Yet on the track they…

I eat a ton of arugula and lots of nuts and seeds. So far haven't seen any adverse effects from the large amount of fiber but it is something that I'm watching for and made sure to get some tests done to test for blood health before I started. I am willing to start eating tofu if I can't continue to make the diet work. But…

I've seen people running super fast on a treadmill by getting more air with every stride. Where they would not be able to run that fast outside because part of the speed is letting the treadmill move and them coming closer to a jump than a running stride.

Were the top before and bottom before pictures taken at the same time?

I generally eat vegan and always paleo (which is a gluten free diet, but more restrictive). I feel pretty good and have enough energy. I basically have to only eat food that's cooked every night from scratch, and it definitely increases the grocery bill for me. But I don't buy anything that's processed in any way (with the…

I kind of like a filled gym. I don't like not being able to get a bench or having to wait for showers (which for me only happens during the absolute peak time and only for about 15 minutes), but I'd rather have more people than none. It's kind of a nice feeling to be running on the treadmill and have almost all of the…

The mission for the vegan society (founded by the person who created the term) includes the phrase "as far as is possible and practicable." A lot of people are vegan for non-ethical reasons. If someone says they eat plant based and you find out they also eat mushrooms would that confuse people? Everyone knows what OP…

Also, a lot of people smell a lot worse from eating meat, so if you're traveling a lot hopefully you have access to places with good showers.

I'm pretty surprised that you go into camps that have poor quality food, and you want to eat more animal products... I enjoy a good cut of meat or some high quality raw fish when I visit certain places, but when I'm in less developed or poorer areas I try to stay away from meat (even before I went mostly vegan and I was…

How common and widespread is this problem? Is this something that just affects places like an apartment complex gym or does it also affect gyms like equinox and lifetime?

The act of counting calories doesn't make you lose weight, so no it isn't necessary, but it does allow you to actually know how many calories you're consuming which is a vital element of weight loss. I don't count calories because I know I wouldn't be able to continue with it. But I eat paleo-vegan(ish), have a very rough…

"That doesn't look like something I want to eat" or "I don't want to eat something that smells like that." Try variations to those depending on what kind of person you are, what kind of person the other person is, how many times you've already said no, and how mean you want to be. I've found that commenting on the smell is…

This is nonsense. Most chain gyms impose ridiculous rules which make it almost impossible to cancel, even if you aren't subject to a long term contract. Then when people do actually follow the rules on canceling the gyms "accidentally" continue to charge people. It's so common that it has become a running joke. I'm not…

How dirty is your bed? :open_mouth: I agree with others that it has to be an issue with the scale if you're in the same clothes, etc. But I don't think that necessarily means you need a new scale. Any home scale is going to have a margin of error associated with it. I do think it would be a very interesting question if it…

I haven't seen many of your posts. But I do enjoy the ones I've seen, and for some reason a lot of people take issue with you only eating 1200 calories. Arnold Schwarzenegger has a quote where someone said to him that they don't want to lift like him because they don't want to look like him. His response is something to…

Go see the doctor. Don't take anything else without going to the doctor. It could be that you need to take electrolytes. It could also be something else. I assume you're taking magnesium and iron under the advice of a doctor? Why not talk to that doctor? I don't know what you mean by it doesn't feel like you're anemic. The…

Focus first on getting up at 5am. Then fit in the working out. It can be difficult to get into a habit if you try to mix too many.

Depends on the type of sickness. Generally the primary focus should be on staying hydrated.

I don't think you "need" to supplement your protein with powders/bars. If you want to, of course follow others' suggestions. But you can get a lot of protein from nuts and seeds. It's pretty easy to add hemp, flax, chia seeds to lots of different foods.

Don't take anything. DOMS isn't debilitating. The "fuzzy head" could be due to anything from dehydration or iron deficiency anemia to much more serious issues (not that those can't be serious). The more "stuff" you take, the more difficult/squishy a diagnosis may be, and it could even cause more problems.

I guess it depends on what your definition of personality is. It's generally defined as something like the complete traits of your behavior that make you different from everyone else. I think, by definition, the answer to the question is yes. Most overweight people want to lose weight. Most don't. Some do. Absent the…

Wow, this is really nice, not just the workout area, but the whole room in general.

As an update, I ran again today, focusing on various aspects of my run. At 2 min I started to feel some slight pain in the lateral right hip. At 8 min that pain was gone, and started to develop some slight pain in the lateral right knee area which lasted for 4 minutes, and was then gone. I continued running for another 4…