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I take Mark's point, though I have to wonder if some of it isn't traditional finance moving in on the VC's world and finding VCs are overpaid. That said, the q

by x0x0 11y ago

I take Mark's point, though I have to wonder if some of it isn't traditional finance moving in on the VC's world and finding VCs are overpaid. That said, the quoted article about how to lose weight, while inspirational, is a little bit delusional. The guy talks about working up to two hours in a gym. He's either exaggerating, wasting time, or wasting tons of effort. You can get seriously strong and in very good cardio shape in 4-5 60 to 75 minute strength workouts, plus 20 minute cardio workouts the off days. The secret, though, is you have to actually be busting ass during the time you're at the gym. Two hour workouts are reserved for serious powerlifters and other strength athletes, and they're most likely on celltech, since your body simply doesn't recover quickly enough unless you're 17 years old. Diet matters. So does sleep. But you don't have to live a monastic life. #s 1,2,4 are spot on though. Weight comes from your mouth, not from the gym.

busterarm 11y ago
I'm not by any stretch a "serious powerlifter" but I am powerlifting 3x a week with a buddy (who is a serious powerlifter) and our workouts go anywhere from 60-90 minutes and we _speed_ through them. When we're serious about recovery between sets, at the weights we're lifting 2 hours is very reasonable and other folks working out with us are taking that long...now add in warm-up stretches or some cardio and you hit 2hrs easily. NB: As far as what our workout is, the programming is in the vein of Starting Strength or Texas Method. We're both over 30 (buddy close to 40) and we don't supplement. The trick is that we don't do anything else to work out so that we're mostly/fully recovered. Just lift 3x/week and bust ass when we do it. The only cardio I get is from walking long distances around NYC. Added over 100lbs to my squat and deadlift in the last 6 weeks (5RM). Edit: That said, I wouldn't recommend it if the goal is solely weight loss. Pure strength training is better for recomp/gains, but I have lost 10lbs over the course of this and am in significantly better shape.

by x0x0 11y ago

busterarm 11y ago

I'm not by any stretch a "serious powerlifter" but I am powerlifting 3x a week with a buddy (who is a serious powerlifter) and our workouts go anywhere from 60-90 minutes and we _speed_ through them. When we're serious about recovery between sets, at the weights we're lifting 2 hours is very reasonable and other folks working out with us are taking that long...now add in warm-up stretches or some cardio and you hit 2hrs easily. NB: As far as what our workout is, the programming is in the vein of Starting Strength or Texas Method. We're both over 30 (buddy close to 40) and we don't supplement. The trick is that we don't do anything else to work out so that we're mostly/fully recovered. Just lift 3x/week and bust ass when we do it. The only cardio I get is from walking long distances around NYC. Added over 100lbs to my squat and deadlift in the last 6 weeks (5RM). Edit: That said, I wouldn't recommend it if the goal is solely weight loss. Pure strength training is better for recomp/gains, but I have lost 10lbs over the course of this and am in significantly better shape.