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You filled up your muscle glycogen and are holding the associated water that goes along with it. Slash your carbohydrates for 2 days and do some high repetition exercises, and you'll lose it all. It's not body fat -- at least most of it isn't.
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In short, yes you can get plenty strong on the job. By way of just one example, many of the men in the neighborhood in which I grew up did masonry work. They were slinging cinder blocks all day that weigh between 30 to 50 lbs. Invariably, these guys were strong as bulls, and looked it.
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The person who came up with those definitions was pretty creative. If I had to put myself in one of those boxes, it would be 4, but I would've liked the definition much more if it didn't include so much effete editorializing.
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My advice is general. Educate yourself and be cynical about everything you read or hear that isn't consistent with your own intuition and experience.
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Almost always, because they are a mess. Once someone was crazy enough to say it to me, and I replied: "You ought to have higher expectations for both of us."
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This is purely anecdotal, but I occasionally train my nephew and he's 7. I started him at 6. He's a monster, though, in the 97th percentile in height and weight. He's as big as most 10 and 11 years olds. He deadlifts his body weight, which I think is pretty good. He wants to try more, but I can't bring myself to allow it,…
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Needless to say, you look great. Herschel Walker would agree with your philosophy. So would I.
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Yes: I suspect it's because of the uninterrupted upregulation of hormone sensitive lipase.
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Right: the whole purported 12,000 calorie thing. If the recreational swimmer is that dopey, all the advice in the world won't help them. Thanks again, lotus: I was amused.
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Nice post. I appreciated it. If I stereotype (and I shall here), of the groups/entities on that list, elite athletes would far and away be the most reliable group of those 10. As a general rule, part of their athletic success is based on exceptional intuition that can't be taught; you just need the right lineage.
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107 in a single set was my record last Saturday. It's the most I've ever done at any point in my life. When I was in high school, I remember doing 82. One year ago, when I was much heavier, I could barely do 10. Use principles of German Volume Training: if you can do 30, do sets of 15 -- lots of sets of 15. Before long,…
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There are ways to achieve huge calorie deficits, losing body fat and preserving muscle -- most notably, protein sparing modified fasts (PSMF). It's not especially complicated. It involves eating lean protein sources, taking a multivitamin, and supplementing with magnesium, potassium, and sodium. It's relatively easy to do…
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You mirin'? :)
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Speaking to a more general point, it's fairly obvious that the OP, among others, have never been governmental affairs representatives. Otherwise, they'd know that much of "research science," including the circle jerk clubs known as "peer review," are many times bought and paid for by monied interests, either directly or…
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Pork, beef, chicken, turkey, fish, shell fish, spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers, blackberries, strawberries, milk, cheese, eggs, grass fed butter, and almonds.
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They reset a bunch of hormones, spiked their metabolisms, and moved on.
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They bulk and cut because they are trying to add muscle until they reach their genetic potential, which is fairly easy to figure out mathematically. For those who aren't satisfied when and if they ever reach their genetic potential, they use "Gear." I wouldn't call it "mad science." It's pretty easy to do. Plenty of very…
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The reason people make this claim has nothing to do with the actual time on the clock. One would hope we could dispense with such mindless straw men. People who advocate not eating after dinner are simply saying that if we stop stuffing our face and give our bodies an extended period of time to upregulate hormone sensitive…
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That's pretty cool. The fact that we just discovered a few decades ago that the brain can be fueled endogenously after a few weeks of carbohydrate restriction should be a big enough clue that we probably have a lot to learn about biochemistry and energy balance.
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Last week, striped dress = win.
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MACROS: carbohydrates, protein, dietary fat, and alcohol (if you so partake). MICROS: Essential vitamins and minerals.
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There are lots of fragile egos in the world and especially in here. A little bit of discernment and you'll get something useful out of MFP.
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Needless to say. Keep winning.
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I hereby resolve that you are the MFP Poet Laureate. Could you come up with one about his Princeton-educated daughter who is making an ever bigger mess of things on her TV show?
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I agree that the part about dairy was interesting. For generations, my family has consumed dairy without any difficulty and often joke that it makes us as strong as bulls, yet many people have a complete intolerance to it.
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I agree she isn't necessarily "slamming paleo." However, the article was pretty weak on balance. It made about two meaningful points.
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@Wendy Voluntary calorie restriction that places a person in a calorie deficit has the same biochemical and physiological effect. Consequently, the diet that natural selection chose as the most metabolically efficient, where the brain is fueled endogenously, might be a good starting point for someone with a clue.
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In my view, the entire debate is stupid and misses the point. I don't care about the macros of humans during times of plenty when they were frolicking through the forests eating blackberries and waving at bunny rabbits. I want to know what diet natural selection chose when we didn't have a choice, during famines and…
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Yes. As you begin to lose weight, it will become increasingly easier to move your body, and you'll no doubt start incorporating other exercises, like short runs, air squats, lunges, push-ups etc. Eventually, if you keep going, you'll become a fitness enthusiast and be doing all sorts of things you didn't even think…
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Tricia K and Kim B were easily two of the prettiest girls/women I ever knew. Both had freckles.