How do people with jobs find time to go to the gym?

[tp4tissue]

Atkins, South Beach, Keto, Carnivore, Caveman, Cholesterol-Code

It's all the same garbage fad diet, not only is it insanely destructive to blood vessels (cholesterol - > heart disease), it causes cancer.

Carnivore is straight stupidity on top of being Horrible for Climate Change.


Reminder, Dr. Atkins died extremely overweight, and his wife refused autopsy to determine cause of death.  Allegedly he went into the hospital for slipping on ice, but most likely he had a stroke/ heart attack which caused him to fall.


It boggles the mind how people can be convinced of something so idiotic, like eating sticks of butter can be the natural human diet.

Social media is kryptonite for morons. People who want to believe SO BADLY that cheeseburgers are the secret to health.

[fohat.digs]

Carnivore is a diet of eating only meat?

Wow! I always thought that balance and variety were the goal.

I used to wonder about those Eskimos eating seal blubber all winter ....

[tp4tissue]

I used to wonder about those Eskimos eating seal blubber all winter ....

The preferred term is Inuit,  Eskimo is like their "N-word."

The Inuits eat seal blubber due to their extreme environment, there's no reliable farming, but the seal blubber is NOT good for them .

500 year old Inuit mummies were discovered frozen in the ice, they had Severe heart disease (atherosclerosis).

The cause? The damn seal/whale blubber. 

Many modern Inuit women have highly toxic breast milk, it's so polluted that they can not breast feed their babies.

The same thing happens with modern Dolphins (mammals) where the very First born pup usually dies from the mother's toxic milk.

Humanity's industrial output dumps roughly ~300 Tons of chemicals per person alive into the environment PER YEAR, why are we then surprised that the ocean is a toxic soup. This toxicity bio-accumulates up the ocean food chain, the larger fish that humans eat are super poisonous.

Not to mention, humans eating bottom feeder ocean- cockroaches (shrimp/lobster), and filter feeders (shells).

If mothers, humans or dolphins, eat tons of fish/ seafood, there will be a huge buildup of mercury, pcbs, dioxins, etc.  The only way OUT of the body for many of these chemicals is breast milk.  Poof, sick/ dead babies.


It makes you wonder why we have all these idiots walking around eating sticks of butter.

[noisyturtle]

Ahh man I know it's trite, but these kids on their phones at the gym.
No exaggeration, I saw this kid do 3 sets of 20 on the cable machine in 40 minutes (no I wasn't stalking him, it is just a very tiny apartment complex gym). Each set took him about 2 minutes, and the weight wasn't even high, like you could tell he set it a much lower than he could lift.

Meanwhile, I took 1 45 second break only after my first 20 minutes of cardio that entire time. Why are you even there bro? Does your dad beat you at home and you're waiting for the drink to knock him out? And I feel like I'm wasting MY time going to the gym, seeing that ***** **** just motivated me to pump harder today 

[noisyturtle]

After trying a lot of protein bars over the last 10 months, there is only one clear winner.
The only requirements were: A minimum of 20g protein, 200 calories or less, taste like candy.

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Barbells are hands down the tastiest high protein workout bars I tried. All the flavors are great, but for me the Caramel Cashew really delivers on that candy bar taste. I'd eat it on it's own as a treat, let alone as a post-workout bar with decent marcos. I'm so jealous of Sweden, as they have all sorts of limited and exclusive flavors and varieties. 
 
Honorable mentions go to Built Puffs and Snickers Hi-Protein, but they are not even in the same league as Barbells in terms of taste. Puffs are really good, but I think you can only get them online so their distribution sucks. Snickers is kinda hard to find, and VERY chewy, so you'll get a jaw workout as well.

[iri]

Noisy, move to England, Barebells are in every supermarket and every petrol station here =)

[iamtootallforthis]

Noisy, move to England, Barebells are in every supermarket and every petrol station here =)

They're everywhere on the East Coast of the US too

[chyros]

Why are you even there bro?

Oh dear, Noisy is turning into one of THOSE gym people .

Gonna see if I can find the bars though. I know a couple of bars that are good, but those are impossible to get, so I'm interested in some good-tasting ones .

[noisyturtle]

I thought every day was a bit much, but I met someone today who tries to get in at least 2 workouts A DAY!
At first I thought I misheard him say twice a week, but no, shoots for 3hrs a day 6 days a week. He wasn't even jacked so I do not understand what he's doing and why so often.
And with a full-time job, 2 kids, and a wife. I cannot comprehend how this man is living his life, it makes no sense.


Oh, and I finally got to try every Barbell flavor and the winner is...
Creamy Crisp
By a country mile, it is not even close in terms of taste for me personally. Creamy Crisp flavor straight up tastes like a delicious candy bar. Kinda like a marshmellow coconut, although there is no coconut flavor in it.

[tp4tissue]

Tp4 unfat 2025 is on going.

[iamtootallforthis]

I thought every day was a bit much, but I met someone today who tries to get in at least 2 workouts A DAY!
At first I thought I misheard him say twice a week, but no, shoots for 3hrs a day 6 days a week. He wasn't even jacked so I do not understand what he's doing and why so often.
And with a full-time job, 2 kids, and a wife. I cannot comprehend how this man is living his life, it makes no sense.


Oh, and I finally got to try every Barbell flavor and the winner is...
Creamy Crisp
By a country mile, it is not even close in terms of taste for me personally. Creamy Crisp flavor straight up tastes like a delicious candy bar. Kinda like a marshmellow coconut, although there is no coconut flavor in it.

I know a few people who do this. It takes juggling but they probably train for something and have a very set schedule

[noisyturtle]

Tp4 unfat 2025 is on going.

Honestly, the best first steps are not even exercise. A full night's sleep and a consistently healthy diet does most of the work. I lost around 30lbs just changing my eating habits over the last 2 years, and only about 15lbs from working out 3x a week for 7 months.

[tp4tissue]

I know a few people who do this. It takes juggling but they probably train for something and have a very set schedule

How do these people have time for starcraft and armored core.

[noisyturtle]

I know a few people who do this. It takes juggling but they probably train for something and have a very set schedule

How do these people have time for starcraft and armored core.

My literal motivation is every single time I go to the gym is:
"OK. Just a minimum of 80mins and I can go home, shower, get stoned, and play video games the rest of the night."

As long as I hit that 80min mark, any extra time is pure bonus motivation. It's just a countdown from when I hit my demotivation wall after the first 20-30mins.

[iri]

I thought every day was a bit much, but I met someone today who tries to get in at least 2 workouts A DAY!
At first I thought I misheard him say twice a week, but no, shoots for 3hrs a day 6 days a week. He wasn't even jacked so I do not understand what he's doing and why so often.

I know someone like this, but he is really ****ing jacked.

My literal motivation is every single time I go to the gym is:
"OK. Just a minimum of 80mins and I can go home, shower, get stoned, and play video games the rest of the night."

As long as I hit that 80min mark, any extra time is pure bonus motivation. It's just a countdown from when I hit my demotivation wall after the first 20-30mins.

80 minutes is insane, you can have a productive workout in 45.

[iamtootallforthis]

I thought every day was a bit much, but I met someone today who tries to get in at least 2 workouts A DAY!
At first I thought I misheard him say twice a week, but no, shoots for 3hrs a day 6 days a week. He wasn't even jacked so I do not understand what he's doing and why so often.

I know someone like this, but he is really ****ing jacked.

My literal motivation is every single time I go to the gym is:
"OK. Just a minimum of 80mins and I can go home, shower, get stoned, and play video games the rest of the night."

As long as I hit that 80min mark, any extra time is pure bonus motivation. It's just a countdown from when I hit my demotivation wall after the first 20-30mins.

80 minutes is insane, you can have a productive workout in 45.

80 minutes is long but depends on intensity and how he breaks it down

[noisyturtle]

I keep running across these YT channels with people who have clearly spent $10's of thousands of dollars building a crazy nice home gym, and then they are totally out of shape or completely non-muscular.
Such a weird trend and thought process when working out is one of the least expensive and most accessible things you can do with your spare time.
Is it like sunk cost, where they think "If I spend $30k on a home gym, it will force me to get in there and use it!" ?
Some folks just have money to burn, guess why that is the reason the 2nd hand gym equipment market is so huge 

[tp4tissue]

Tp4 has spent 10s of thousands on Computers, yet the only thing Tp4 actually bothers to program is Arduino.

[iamtootallforthis]

I keep running across these YT channels with people who have clearly spent $10's of thousands of dollars building a crazy nice home gym, and then they are totally out of shape or completely non-muscular.
Such a weird trend and thought process when working out is one of the least expensive and most accessible things you can do with your spare time.
Is it like sunk cost, where they think "If I spend $30k on a home gym, it will force me to get in there and use it!" ?
Some folks just have money to burn, guess why that is the reason the 2nd hand gym equipment market is so huge 

Everyone's fitness goals are different. Most with an expensive gym are powerlifters or strongman competitors in my experience on social media. So they don't exactly need to be lean lol. Sure there are outliers though

[tp4tissue]

The average exercise equipment gets used EXACTLY 1 time, then never again. /coat hanger.

[noisyturtle]

Final push to 8 months of regular gym. For the next 10 days I'll be going every day for my normal 25/25/20 (25mins doing my core 8 weight training exercises, 25mins doing a 2nd rotation, 20mins aerobics)
This is probably the longest I've ever stuck with anything I actively disliked. Never thought I had the capacity to do so, especially considering I have the free will to just not go at all.

Next goal is 1 year!

[iamtootallforthis]

Final push to 8 months of regular gym. For the next 10 days I'll be going every day for my normal 25/25/20 (25mins doing my core 8 weight training exercises, 25mins doing a 2nd rotation, 20mins aerobics)
This is probably the longest I've ever stuck with anything I actively disliked. Never thought I had the capacity to do so, especially considering I have the free will to just not go at all.

Next goal is 1 year!

At a certain point it becomes routine and it feels weird not doing it

[noisyturtle]

Final push to 8 months of regular gym. For the next 10 days I'll be going every day for my normal 25/25/20 (25mins doing my core 8 weight training exercises, 25mins doing a 2nd rotation, 20mins aerobics)
This is probably the longest I've ever stuck with anything I actively disliked. Never thought I had the capacity to do so, especially considering I have the free will to just not go at all.

Next goal is 1 year!

At a certain point it becomes routine and it feels weird not doing it

Maybe I'll feel the entropy when I stop going? Hopefully more than just feelings of guilt.

[iamtootallforthis]

Final push to 8 months of regular gym. For the next 10 days I'll be going every day for my normal 25/25/20 (25mins doing my core 8 weight training exercises, 25mins doing a 2nd rotation, 20mins aerobics)
This is probably the longest I've ever stuck with anything I actively disliked. Never thought I had the capacity to do so, especially considering I have the free will to just not go at all.

Next goal is 1 year!

At a certain point it becomes routine and it feels weird not doing it

Maybe I'll feel the entropy when I stop going? Hopefully more than just feelings of guilt.

Not so much guilt as you realize how helpful it can be even it's just to go do a little

[iri]

Final push to 8 months of regular gym. For the next 10 days I'll be going every day for my normal 25/25/20 (25mins doing my core 8 weight training exercises, 25mins doing a 2nd rotation, 20mins aerobics)
This is probably the longest I've ever stuck with anything I actively disliked. Never thought I had the capacity to do so, especially considering I have the free will to just not go at all.

That's great, keep on going.

[chyros]

I thought every day was a bit much, but I met someone today who tries to get in at least 2 workouts A DAY!
At first I thought I misheard him say twice a week, but no, shoots for 3hrs a day 6 days a week. He wasn't even jacked so I do not understand what he's doing and why so often.
And with a full-time job, 2 kids, and a wife. I cannot comprehend how this man is living his life, it makes no sense.


Oh, and I finally got to try every Barbell flavor and the winner is...
Creamy Crisp
By a country mile, it is not even close in terms of taste for me personally. Creamy Crisp flavor straight up tastes like a delicious candy bar. Kinda like a marshmellow coconut, although there is no coconut flavor in it.

Thanks for the Barebells recommendation btw, they are indeed very good. they don't have creamy crisp in my supermarket but the ones with nuts in them are really good.

[noisyturtle]

 
Barbells have been my go-to post workout protien. The texture is just so superior to any other bar I've tried.

Monday was my milestone. I went 6/7 days this past week, and the gains are SO MUCH more noticeable this one week vs like the past month!
I'm ordering a pizza today and taking 2-3 days off. Everything hurts the moment you stop the momentum 

[tp4tissue]

Taking in extra protein accelerates cancer tumor growth as it can increase IGF1. Remember, everyone has cancer lesions (cells) all the time, they're kept in check by the immune system. More Igf1 UP-REGULATES.

It also makes your skin ugly, often leading to Angiofibroma, ugly growths (benign) all over the body as it's trying to dump the excess protein somewhere.

Tp4 is seeing more and more young people these days with horrific complexion, and it's not just acne.

[chyros]

Barbells have been my go-to post workout protien. The texture is just so superior to any other bar I've tried.

Monday was my milestone. I went 6/7 days this past week, and the gains are SO MUCH more noticeable this one week vs like the past month!
I'm ordering a pizza today and taking 2-3 days off. Everything hurts the moment you stop the momentum 

Most of the time I only do 2-3 times a week, really just to not get un-fit. Though I cycle a good deal as well.

Gonna step it up again before I go on holiday though, 5 times a week with extra cardio. Made a huge difference when I did that when I went to Nepal, very happy as it involved a lot of mountain hiking obviously (including at altitude). Glad the exercise agrees with you so well .

[iamtootallforthis]

Taking in extra protein accelerates cancer tumor growth as it can increase IGF1. Remember, everyone has cancer lesions (cells) all the time, they're kept in check by the immune system. More Igf1 UP-REGULATES.

It also makes your skin ugly, often leading to Angiofibroma, ugly growths (benign) all over the body as it's trying to dump the excess protein somewhere.

Tp4 is seeing more and more young people these days with horrific complexion, and it's not just acne.

Are we just selectively picking studies again and spouting bull****?

[noisyturtle]

ugly growths (benign) all over the body

those are called muscles, tp

[tp4tissue]

Are we just selectively picking studies again and spouting bull****?

YES.

https://www.thepermanentejournal.org/doi/pdf/10.7812/TPP/06.974?download=true

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_China_Study

https://nutritionstudies.org/the-china-study/

https://archive.org/details/the-china-study_202103

[fohat.digs]

Tp4

spouting bull****?

What?

[iri]

tp has been on my ignore list for a good number of years, but obviously GH shows me his crap when other people quote him. Now why people even converse with tp is far beyond my comprehension.

[fohat.digs]

why people even converse with tp

Many people avoid "conversing" with him, but his turd-posting is relentless.

[tp4tissue]

why people even converse with tp

Many people avoid "conversing" with him, but his turd-posting is relentless.

Very generally, what we have is eco chamber capture.

The many Fohats, find their eco-chambers,  and get used to it,  Republicans are bad, Democrats will Save humanity.

The truth is, They're both drowning humanity holding it by the neck.

And Fohat, now plagued by the eco chamber sickness can no longer see both sides of the picture.  He can't see that both parties are business parties. He can't see that Bernie Sanders is SINGULARLY the 1 guy doing good.


If we go back and analyze what exactly happened to the Fohat, he's clearly not dumb - dumb,  but why has he taken on such a radical position.

Tp4 sees primarily, that the Fohat has made incorrect assumptions about who/what the democratic party is,  he's been indoctrinated with the LIES America teaches its children.  The fake news has permeated into his belief system.   Just the very basic stuff, Hrrm, why did we go to vietnam, why the war on drugs, who started the war in ukraine,  if you go into these with the wrong base assumptions that America can do no wrong,  well.. you get Fohats.


The vast majority of the problems and world conflicts has its roots based in American Imperialism post ww2.   This was a GREAT idea, until it was readily obvious that we COULDN'T rule the world, as Every failed empire throughout history has proven.

And the way power structures work,  Now they believe the AI POWERED Surveillance state will accomplish Imperialism..

It's not going to, AI is an extremely fragile technology.  People in government don't understand that Computers (BARELY) work, just ask the physicists.

A tiny tiny poke, and computers fall apart. 

[tp4tissue]

tp has been on my ignore list for a good number of years, but obviously GH shows me his crap when other people quote him. Now why people even converse with tp is far beyond my comprehension.

Tp4 recalls, he called Iri an ugly looking bald alcoholic this one time, under a beach photo he posted, and the Iri hasn't forgiven Tp4 since.

LOL. It's ok Iri, Tp4 still sees you, like the Buhhda, he can absorb your witless jabs without care..  I mean the fact that he's here at all, like all of us, no where else to go.

[fohat.digs]

what the democratic party is

What the Democratic Party is - is the lesser of 2 evils.

Bernie has always been my preference, along with Elizabeth Warren, but all we can do is attempt to bend the arc of the universe towards justice. And that requires a viable possibility of getting to a position of power.

Like I said elsewhere, I  wore my Bernie shirt on Monday and still got positive comments on it.

[tp4tissue]

What the Democratic Party is - is the lesser of 2 evils.

Fine, having witnessed proof of Fohat's alleged Bernie shirt, Tp4 will acknowledge he's aware of The Bern.

Tp4 will concede on that point.

However,  Democrats are NOT the lesser of 2 evils.  There's no such thing, the world is none linear.

Every democrat president of late, including clinton, obama, biden, would be considered War Criminals.

But it's lucky for us Americans, that we didn't even sign the papers for the world court, We're actually Exempt. That is why they can't try us and we openly violate the Geneva conventions.

[noisyturtle]

I need to figure out a better way to manage time on gym days, because if I had a full-time job this would not be sustainable at all. Any help is appreciated on where I can cut time- in half would be great.

1hr (Pre-workout supps+shake, enough time to digest everything, and arrive at gym)
60-90mins (time spent actually working out at gym, give or take. Full body.)
1hr 20mins (time to arrive back home, eat a small protein snack, shower)

That is 3hrs and 45mins out of my day 3x a week. That is WAY too much time out of my day. 
There is no way I could keep that up if I was working full-time. Help me.

[tp4tissue]

Tp4 is also currently engaged in unfattening.

While toiling away at the bike, feeling woo woo from mild hypoxia, yea Tp4 is that unhealthy.

Some recent cloudy thoughts comes back to the fact that we need to _exer_ Cise, at all.

We're locked into un-natural life situations where Debility has become the norm for all age groups.


Exercise itself is a bandaid, and it works alright probably, but see, just as cough syrup, tylenol are $billion businesses, Exercise, is symptom relief, it can temporarily remove the "unwell-ness" of girth,  but it is not curing the underlying disease.


The process may fundamentally be unsolvable in via this method, because exercise is not sustainable, either physically, mentally, or spiritually.

[iamtootallforthis]

Tp4 is also currently engaged in unfattening.

While toiling away at the bike, feeling woo woo from mild hypoxia, yea Tp4 is that unhealthy.

Some recent cloudy thoughts comes back to the fact that we need to _exer_ Cise, at all.

We're locked into un-natural life situations where Debility has become the norm for all age groups.


Exercise itself is a bandaid, and it works alright probably, but see, just as cough syrup, tylenol are $billion businesses, Exercise, is symptom relief, it can temporarily remove the "unwell-ness" of girth,  but it is not curing the underlying disease.


The process may fundamentally be unsolvable in via this method, because exercise is not sustainable, either physically, mentally, or spiritually.

Exercise is sustainable long term. Just like anything in life, you need to prioritize it

[iri]

I need to figure out a better way to manage time on gym days, because if I had a full-time job this would not be sustainable at all. Any help is appreciated on where I can cut time- in half would be great.

1hr (Pre-workout supps+shake, enough time to digest everything, and arrive at gym)
60-90mins (time spent actually working out at gym, give or take. Full body.)
1hr 20mins (time to arrive back home, eat a small protein snack, shower)

That is 3hrs and 45mins out of my day 3x a week. That is WAY too much time out of my day. 
There is no way I could keep that up if I was working full-time. Help me.

First, find a gym closer to home.

Second, find a 45 minutes workout.

Third, eat a 'small protein snack' straight away after the session. Eat a normal portion of food when you're home.

[noisyturtle]

Today I have finally and officially reached my weight goal of 185 - on the dot! With the muscle I've put on over the past 8 months, it's almost like a different person in the mirror. Who tf is that? This is the lightest I've been in over 15 years. Women are turning their heads to look at me, I'd forgotten what a mood boost that is. If I can do it, so can you!

still completely broke and depressed though, but one thing at a time

This thread has been kinda a public journal, and seeing me complain about my health and lack of time 2 years ago to where I am now has been a wild ride. You just have to get hysterical and do it. No excuses. ESPECIALLY on the days you really don't want to exercise or eat well, those are the ones that matter most in the battle.

[tp4tissue]

Where are the NT swole as f' fotos?

[noisyturtle]

Where are the NT swole as f' fotos?

I'm reducing my digital footprint as well, been systematically taking down my profiles and pics since the new year. Don't want the wrong people knowing what you look like

[noisyturtle]

Been sampling many different protein shake meal replacements for preworkout protein the past few months, and I'm very happy with Happy Viking. So far the tastiest and least chalky, plus it's a full meal replacement that doesn't make me feel full or bloated even with the extras I put in. Would recommend 
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The berry flavor works best for me since I add 1/4 cup of frozen blueberries anyway, Geena Colada and Iced Coffee are good too

Man, health food has come a long ass way from the days of Powerbars and Wheatgrass 

[iri]

Health food

[noisyturtle]

Hit 10 months of consistent gym today! Feels really good, lost around 35lbs, gained some significant muscle growth, opened up an entire new wardrobe that is now accessible and looks good on me, my blood pressure is consistently normal, and I've been sticking to a healthy diet. Still hard for me to believe I've kept with something I didn't like for so long, but the results speak for themselves.

Someone I see regularly in there complimented me on the progress I've made, which is always nice to hear. Don't be afraid to compliment strangers, sometimes they really need to hear something positive, and it can drastically improve their day.

[Findecanor]

I have a prescription for going to the gym, which would have made me eligible for a discount at some gyms. But it is expiring soon, and I'm sad that I've never really been able to take advantage of it because of increased pressure at "work".