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Thing is though that with diet and exercise it can be really easy being very dedicated to not doing the right thing! It's also very easy to get side tracked int

Thing is though that with diet and exercise it can be really easy being very dedicated to not doing the right thing! It's also very easy to get side tracked into being too dedicated to gathering information and not dedicated enough to doing something :-) I'd be interested to know what your methodology was?

rfnslyr 13y ago
Man I read everything I could possibly read. I read bodybuilding.com for years, reddit.com/r/fitness, t-nation, etc. I realized the following that helped me immensely: - Calories, overall, are mostly the only thing that matters. Lose weight? Less calories than your maintenance calories. Gain? Eat more above maintenance. - Lifting weights is the most efficient way of losing weight or building muscle because you have an equal amount of resistance every workout. If you run, you can run 10km one week, 15 the next, and so on and so on. With lifting, its (mostly) the same workout, but the weight increases, so the intensity is always the same. - Lifting, sleeping correctly, and eating really well will create a beautiful trifecta in your life. You don't get irritated, you're crazy confident, you love yourself, it helps SO much with depression, you are more focus and aware. Life is just better, you genuinely love life. Every day I wake up BURSTING out of my bed with energy. None of that grogginess. I basically just did powerlifting, (3 days a week with deadlifts, bench, squat, and technical weightlifting for fun like powercleans, cleans, front squats, clean and jerks). However, I can't run more than a kilometer.
- mathattack 13y ago
  Absolutely fantastic and inspiring story! I like your point that it's more than lifting. If you don't eat well, and don't get enough sleep, you do all that effort lifting to not get a benefit. Kind of like working for 8 hours and saying, "You only need to pay me for 5." One question though... Doesn't your theory of "Just add weight" apply to running too? Instead of weight, you add speed. So if 10km over three 25 minute workouts gets too easy, then run 11 in the same time. Then 12... Then 13... Keep the target intensity (heart rate) the same. Similar applies to biking, swimming, incline walking, or any other cardio activity.

rfnslyr 13y ago

Man I read everything I could possibly read. I read bodybuilding.com for years, reddit.com/r/fitness, t-nation, etc. I realized the following that helped me immensely: - Calories, overall, are mostly the only thing that matters. Lose weight? Less calories than your maintenance calories. Gain? Eat more above maintenance. - Lifting weights is the most efficient way of losing weight or building muscle because you have an equal amount of resistance every workout. If you run, you can run 10km one week, 15 the next, and so on and so on. With lifting, its (mostly) the same workout, but the weight increases, so the intensity is always the same. - Lifting, sleeping correctly, and eating really well will create a beautiful trifecta in your life. You don't get irritated, you're crazy confident, you love yourself, it helps SO much with depression, you are more focus and aware. Life is just better, you genuinely love life. Every day I wake up BURSTING out of my bed with energy. None of that grogginess. I basically just did powerlifting, (3 days a week with deadlifts, bench, squat, and technical weightlifting for fun like powercleans, cleans, front squats, clean and jerks). However, I can't run more than a kilometer.

mathattack 13y ago
Absolutely fantastic and inspiring story! I like your point that it's more than lifting. If you don't eat well, and don't get enough sleep, you do all that effort lifting to not get a benefit. Kind of like working for 8 hours and saying, "You only need to pay me for 5." One question though... Doesn't your theory of "Just add weight" apply to running too? Instead of weight, you add speed. So if 10km over three 25 minute workouts gets too easy, then run 11 in the same time. Then 12... Then 13... Keep the target intensity (heart rate) the same. Similar applies to biking, swimming, incline walking, or any other cardio activity.