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if you want to build a home gym you can do stronglifts 5x5 or starting strength, and get a used barbell, bench and squat rack - or if you have a big stash of cash you can buy them new :drinker: if that's not an option, then you can do bodyweight strength training routines, like convict conditioning or you are your own gym.…
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<--- sort of Londoner. Born in Liverpool to Londoners who ventured north of the Watford Gap for a while, but I lived down south most of my life. Just returned to the UK after living in the Gulf for 7 years. ETA: parents are from Mill Hill... I mostly lived in South London (Streatham/Norbury) - not currently living in…
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Thanks :) :drinker: sorry I missed this post before
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^^^ this is really good advice It's possible that there is a medical issue going on, but you need to rule out the inaccurate logging thing first, and cup measurements can be inaccurate even if you do them carefully. Weighing food is more accurate. And I second the advice about user entered calorie data, the ones in the…
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:laugh: yeah in London the reply to that would be "um... that's nice"...
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OMG I love the OP's profile pic. I want that slogan with Wilma (the neanderthal reconstruction in my avatar)!!!
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yes I agree, and this also was possibly part of what separated upper palaeolithic humans from middle palaeolithic i.e. pretty crucial to our evolution. another interesting thing is the fact that humans find sparkly things and open bodies of water beautiful... before we evolved the ability to rationalise - so maybe in…
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I take a purely biological viewpoint to this and it's very easy to explain how enjoyment of things that are necessary for survival - including physical exertion - evolved. Additionally, artistic expression and creativity can also be explained by natural selection. Greater creativity, attention to detail, imagination, etc =…
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Evolution doesn't *want* anything. There is no end point in evolution or purpose. Anything that can survive and breed does so and leaves its genes in the next generation. There's absolutely no purpose to it whatsoever. It just happens. It leads to greater complexity and greater adaptation to the environment because…
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This really sounds like part of an online game of truth or dare. Because when it comes to the dare part, it nearly always involves starting a thread about some extremely embarrassing problem (usually work related), because if you have to make someone do a dare on an online forum without getting a strike or ban, that's…
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They're really not as bad as most people think. They can be obnoxious when in groups but in a setting where they drop all the bravado they're usually very nice. People just notice the ones in public that are showing off and being obnoxious, and even with most of those it's just a front and trying to be macho and they'll…
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^^^^ this these boys are not representative of all teenage boys. There are plenty of really nice, polite, pleasant teenagers out there. In fact the vast majority of teenagers are polite and pleasant, but a few, when they get in groups, can get like this and it's 100% about them trying to look big and tough and 0% about the…
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I quite like DOMS too.
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Why do you think everyone has the exact same experience of things as you do? I REALLY enjoy exercising. I don't find it to be painful, or uncomfortable or drudgery. It makes me feel alive and free and I enjoy the feeling in my body while exercising. I don't typically feel much pain while exercising, even taking body checks…
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Go along for trials. If it's ultra competitive find out if they have training sessions that anyone can attend, or if it's just the team members that train. There may be more than one team, so if you don't make the first team you may be able to play for the second team or something...... in any case, find out how it is, go…
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As someone who works with teenagers - they, especially when out in groups, have *no idea* how their actions affect others. The message they were trying to get across to you would have been something like "Look at me! I'm so badass, independent and grown up and stuff, I'm shouting offensive stuff at random strangers, that's…
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Then walk!! Go out every day and walk. Brisk walking is enough to keep your heart and lungs healthy, and yes, walking is exercise. It's not the kind of exercise that's going to make you win sporting events but it is enough to keep your body reasonably healthy. Aim to walk at least six days a week, and some of those days,…
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^^^^ this plus the fact that natural selection favours animals who enjoy doing what's necessary to be able to survive and breed, because those animals do those things more and that gives them a greater chance of surviving and breeding. That goes pretty much right across the animal kingdom, and enjoyment itself evolved as a…
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No it won't. The BMI range is too big. It's a range that encompasses the whole population. Some people should be in the high end of the range, others in the middle, and others at the low end. Someone who should be in the low end of the BMI range will likely be carrying too much fat if they're in the high end of the…
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^^^^ this there are several kinds of exercise that I have done in my life that are enjoyable that I did for no other reason that that they're enjoyable. Skating is a prime example - not just hockey, skating too, as in going to a public skating session, without friends (usually with friends but if they weren't around I…
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You probably won't spare yourself illness doing this, you'll probably put yourself more at risk. MRSA - the MR part stands for methicilin resistant....... it's already evolved resistance to antibiotics. By constantly sterilising everything you'll make it evolve resistance to your own hand washes as well. Basically what…
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I'm not one for following recipes... I tend to make it up as I go along and do food experiments. I'm not averse to recipes though... I do follow them occasionally, but when I get a feel for how to make the dish I tend to leave the recipe and make my own little adjustments/variations. For baking I stick to the recipe other…
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haven't read the thread so sorry if I'm repeating what's already been said... I think coming at this from a position of liking yourself and accepting who you are as a person actually makes it easier, not more difficult. Too many people battle this from a position of self loathing that sets them up for being unable to deal…
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I must be crazy or delusional then.... why would I spend years of my life training for ice hockey 3-4 times a week and games at the weekends if I didn't enjoy it? As in enjoy all of it, not just the feeling you get afterwards. I don't play any more - and I miss it. I also enjoy lifting heavy weights. It doesn't quite make…
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not true.... a lot of people enjoy exercising. And there are also people who don't. I've even seen a scientific study that shows that some people enjoy exercise far more than others. Most people find that they like some kinds of exercise but hate others... I love skating and hate running, for example. But in terms of…
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I like bass. And bass.
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Granted. Aliens came in the night to install a car sized stair lift in your road. Someone videos your car taking the stair lift and makes it into a gif so now every time someone has a silly argument on the internet, that gif gets posted on it and you become world famous as the stair lift car dude and no-one ever takes you…
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You seriously think your palaeolithic ancestors didn't eat fruit?? The stuff grows on trees!! It doesn't even take palaeolithic technology to gather it. Most primate species eat it all the time. Palaeolithic humans ate whatever fruit they could get their hands on. If they lived somewhere warm enough for fruit to be…
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If anyone says that fruit is not paleo then I'll seriously want to beat them over the head with any university textbook on palaeoanthropology. Humans are primates.
