haywood

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by haywood 4y ago
For the first 6 months I basically didn't worry too much about diet, except getting more protein and working extremely hard on my two workouts (which has since expanded to 3 workouts a week). What happened was I put on a ton of muscle,
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by haywood 4y ago
This is good news (probably?), but wanted to chime in with a tangent. Also going to preface this by saying I have struggled with weight my entire life and have lost and gained substantial weight through diet alone, always gaining it back an
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by haywood 4y ago
thanks, and you're probably right. But I do want to say for anyone looking on, personal trainers can be way cheaper than you'd expect, like half the price of a massage, I pay 50 bucks a session. Which again, isn't nothing, bu
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by haywood 4y ago
Not 40 but about to turn 37: I hired a personal trainer that I see twice a week with the goal of getting as strong as possible (not focusing on weight loss which I think is important). The change in 6 months has been unbelievable. I have pu
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by haywood 4y ago
Exactly, like I said, if you're overweight like the cops in the study, or new to training, or you take steroids, you can build muscle and lose fat. But it's not forever, at some point you'll plateau and need to pick a lane: l
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by haywood 4y ago
Really happy for you and your successful health transformation! But...this is a great example of something working for someone, and then they go on a crusade of why "it's the best" with lots of random untrue statements. >
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by haywood 4y ago
Should I stop exercising to reduce spikes in mTOR too? https://peterattiamd.com/dispelling-myths-protein-increases-...
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by haywood 4y ago
You can't cheat the laws of metabolism. If you're in a large caloric deficit, the body will not waste energy building muscle, which is an EXTREMELY expensive process. If you weight train and consume hundreds of grams of protein pe
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by haywood 4y ago
Came here to say the same thing. Lots of studies on fasting and time restricted eating and when calories are equated and put up against low fat, low carb, balanced, all groups show the same improvements in metabolic health and fat loss. It&
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by haywood 8y ago
Clojurescript has been the real hero for me coming from a heavy Javascript background. The UI patterns are basically 1:1 with the functional standards in Javascript land, but you're working with a language that has immutable data struc