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Stan Efferding, who not only holds world records in power lifting but who also trains Hafþór of Game of Thrones fame, is big into recommending at least 6g of so

Stan Efferding, who not only holds world records in power lifting but who also trains Hafþór of Game of Thrones fame, is big into recommending at least 6g of sodium a day for people who are pretty active and exercise regularly: https://youtu.be/BeOc7TRo9Os?t=16m49s https://youtu.be/BeOc7TRo9Os?t=16m49s Admittedly, some of the practices that work for genetic outliers of the caliber of Stan Efferding and Dan Green (or people who train as hard) don't apply to the rest of us regular mortals.

3131s 8y ago
Dan Green and Stan Efferding both take steroids though (or at least Stan did at one time), and they weigh a ton. Not sure anything that applies to them would apply to most anyone else. It's probably best not to glean health tips from powerlifters in general...
- BadassFractal 8y ago
  It'd be pretty shocking to find someone performing at that level who doesn't increase their testosterone levels (and much, much more) artificially. I'm pretty sure Stan is still on HRT these days. It's sort of a loophole in the system these days for how to obtain it legally. It's not nearly as powerful as cycling it, but it's better than nothing. I always find the whole "but they take steroids" argument strange. It's actually funny you should mention taking health advice from powerlifters, bodybuilders and strongmen. Stan Efferding has an entire video on the subject, where he makes it clear that if you want to look or perform like him or some of his peers, you will most likely not be healthy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHZrF4AFRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHZrF4AFRg . The part that struck me the most was that some of these guys need CPAP to sleep once they get into the 300-400lbs weight category, just because a human body isn't supposed to weigh that much.

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Stan Efferding, who not only holds world records in power lifting but who also trains Hafþór of Game of Thrones fame, is big into recommending at least 6g of so

by BadassFractal 8y ago

3131s 8y ago
Dan Green and Stan Efferding both take steroids though (or at least Stan did at one time), and they weigh a ton. Not sure anything that applies to them would apply to most anyone else. It's probably best not to glean health tips from powerlifters in general...
- BadassFractal 8y ago
  It'd be pretty shocking to find someone performing at that level who doesn't increase their testosterone levels (and much, much more) artificially. I'm pretty sure Stan is still on HRT these days. It's sort of a loophole in the system these days for how to obtain it legally. It's not nearly as powerful as cycling it, but it's better than nothing. I always find the whole "but they take steroids" argument strange. It's actually funny you should mention taking health advice from powerlifters, bodybuilders and strongmen. Stan Efferding has an entire video on the subject, where he makes it clear that if you want to look or perform like him or some of his peers, you will most likely not be healthy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHZrF4AFRg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxHZrF4AFRg . The part that struck me the most was that some of these guys need CPAP to sleep once they get into the 300-400lbs weight category, just because a human body isn't supposed to weigh that much.