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On YouTube there is a watched later playlist that I had. I had over 400+ videos in that watched playlist, now I nailed it down to just 18. Wanted to do that since I'm getting a lot of momentum of closing out tabs from my pc.
Imagine having this momentum for gym, meal prepping and starting to cold approach.
I am meal prepping, I am gymming, not cold approaching, but I do believe this is losing some weight off my shoulders, or mind. Thankfully, I have some google extensions that I'm browsing on keeping a certain amount of tabs. There's one with three tabs, and others that are customizable. Nobody should have this many tabs on their pc, and if you have a phone and are an information collector, there's an app called Firefox Focus where you can ONLY have one tab at a time. So yes, I will be closing down more tabs today!
Imagine having this momentum for gym, meal prepping and starting to cold approach.
I am meal prepping, I am gymming, not cold approaching, but I do believe this is losing some weight off my shoulders, or mind. Thankfully, I have some google extensions that I'm browsing on keeping a certain amount of tabs. There's one with three tabs, and others that are customizable. Nobody should have this many tabs on their pc, and if you have a phone and are an information collector, there's an app called Firefox Focus where you can ONLY have one tab at a time. So yes, I will be closing down more tabs today!
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Interesting, I was on the healthygamergg subreddit and found this post of a young man in an unfortunate circumstance. He's in Ukraine, born and raised I believe and he's talking about how he should be having the time of his life as a young 21 year old man. Damn, I can't imagine the situation that he's in right now, fuck.
As I was scrolling down the comments, like always, the top comment stood out to me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Healthygamergg/comments/15qnlmw/war_completely_ruined_my_20s/jw4kye4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I've been thinking about this for over a year, and this is another vote to actually do it. Maybe.
Hope that young man lives, and has a healthy and life worth living.
As I was scrolling down the comments, like always, the top comment stood out to me:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Healthygamergg/comments/15qnlmw/war_completely_ruined_my_20s/jw4kye4/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
I've been thinking about this for over a year, and this is another vote to actually do it. Maybe.
Hope that young man lives, and has a healthy and life worth living.
Hydro
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I basically have been 'slacking' the past few days, but I think I currently am in a slump at the moment. Essentially, all is well but I haven't trained the past 3 sessions that I should have went. My parents called me on thursday (first day of this posts log) and said that they were going to come over on friday instead of sunday. This due to my dad being busy on sunday and he wants to see his son, nothing wrong with that at all. But my parents met me at the time I was 'supposed' to go to the gym. I could have went earlier but that is on me, no one else.
08/24
KOBE (His jersery numbers are today)
I trained today and benched again with a fellow gym goer, Devon. I asked if I could join him while he was benching and he said no big problem. I spotted him on his working sets and he puts in great effort, shout out to you Devon. He then later finished his sets and I started putting the weights on the barbell and did my workout, as he now was doing incline bb bench. I hit 165 for 3 sets of 5 on bench, happy with that!
Devon and I later talked for a good 10 minutes and he was asking some questions and I of course asking some questions to him as well. He asked if I was Indian and I said yeah, found out that he is half Indian as well (mom's side) but he said that people always tell him that he looks Jewish. He asked that we should exchange numbers this upcoming Monday and I said sure. I do feel great about this, but kinda bad since Sept is probably going to be the last time I have the membership at the YMCA. After this, I'll be going to the UNI gym and train there since it's covered with the tuition expenses. Also, I've just been locked in my apartment all this time and haven't gone to uni so I want to really maxamize using the resources as a college student. So gym, wrestling club soon, and other stuff like rock climbing and other things that I'll be looking up at what else the uni offers.
Also when going for a walk I found this out and about lol, the dating scene is really tough at here for guys:
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08/25 Fri: I met my parents today, they were supposed to come at 3 or 4, but didn't come until 8 pm so yeah lol. I did not go to the gym today, but this is all on me, Also this is the first time i didn't get sub of the way at subway, tuna half foot long for $4.94 me.
Searched up the contents for the sub that I get, here it is: https://www.nutritionix.com/m/hGLiW2
I might print this out at the library and tape it to the wall by my bed.
08/26 Saturday: I woke up at like 5pm bruh, and thats when the gym is closed. idk whats wrong with me but I haven't been training when I should be... fuck. I did find out that my program, Starting Strength is available on Boostcamp, an exercise app that has many accredited lifters and coaches (a lot who are guys with a following on YT) that I personally subscribe and follow. So awesome for that.
Instead of getting dominoes today which I usually do, I didn't. I asked my mom to bring pita bread so that I can potentially make small mini pizzas and I did:
No subway on friday, no dominoes on saturday? Maybe I should start just making my own food to eat ontop of my meal prep. also the most conversations on half of the days are the front desk people at the gym and at dominoes lol. They know my first name by know and I know theres. I think I'm going to not go there for a couple of months and just rely on my own small pizzas so I can lose weight and maybe shock them, who knows
08/27 Sun: Nothing, I didn't even leave my apartment today. I should have gone out, should have done something but just stayed inside. didn't even meal prep, didn't even grocery shop. nothing, didn't close any tabs. Although I did consume a lot of fitness content and watched a 2 hour debate about whether bodyfat percentage matters for gaining weight with respect to the ratio of muscle and fat mass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QACnWACSZrs
08/28 Mon: I was supposed to train today, but I woke up at around 7pmish yeah. I did not go lift weights which sucks, I guess lifting isn't that important to me if I'm skipping out the last 3 sessions. Also the end of the month is nearby, and I care about that since every single month the gym has a top 3-4 list of most visited members and since I have skipped out on sessions I'm going to have to do double sessions if i want to get on the list.
My favorite powerlifitng content creator made a great video as I was watching some fitness content:
https://youtu.be/YhF4nf0J9pc?si=jNS6raQlFeWc87cE&t=816
Essentially he's talking about his main goal is spreading awareness to fitness, not just powerlifting or a specific strength goal. I really like that since I do look up to him, I've been consuming his content for 9+ years, but I'm sure you can tell by now, especially with this post I'm a theory, over analyzer. yeahhhhhh
Something i found today is that circuit training (crossfit style) is better for losing weight than even cardio. I might start doing circuit training as CARDIO and have my squats, bench, deads, ohp as my second session. That way I have a cardio session and strength session so I can of course be stronger and more built, and lose fat mass at an even better weight.
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Okay so now what Flozo? What now? Well, I need to train and cut back on the computer stuff. Thankfully I found an easy way of seeing how many tabs I have open on both browsers. I have 104 tabs on one browser and the other that I'm currently on, I have 77. I put a bet on myself with a piece of software (Forfeit) to get to under 65 tabs as that will be 20 tabs closed since I started off with 85 on browser 2. Also I need to meal prep, so I need to go to the grocery store and get some chicken. Been really slacking off lately, but with multiple reports showing that the habit of exercise rebounds your depressive slump BETTER than a standard dosage of Zoloft, I think i'll rebound today (8/29) instead of more days and weeks of just consuming Zoloft.
Get it boyos
08/24
KOBE (His jersery numbers are today)
I trained today and benched again with a fellow gym goer, Devon. I asked if I could join him while he was benching and he said no big problem. I spotted him on his working sets and he puts in great effort, shout out to you Devon. He then later finished his sets and I started putting the weights on the barbell and did my workout, as he now was doing incline bb bench. I hit 165 for 3 sets of 5 on bench, happy with that!
Devon and I later talked for a good 10 minutes and he was asking some questions and I of course asking some questions to him as well. He asked if I was Indian and I said yeah, found out that he is half Indian as well (mom's side) but he said that people always tell him that he looks Jewish. He asked that we should exchange numbers this upcoming Monday and I said sure. I do feel great about this, but kinda bad since Sept is probably going to be the last time I have the membership at the YMCA. After this, I'll be going to the UNI gym and train there since it's covered with the tuition expenses. Also, I've just been locked in my apartment all this time and haven't gone to uni so I want to really maxamize using the resources as a college student. So gym, wrestling club soon, and other stuff like rock climbing and other things that I'll be looking up at what else the uni offers.
Also when going for a walk I found this out and about lol, the dating scene is really tough at here for guys:
View attachment 1
08/25 Fri: I met my parents today, they were supposed to come at 3 or 4, but didn't come until 8 pm so yeah lol. I did not go to the gym today, but this is all on me, Also this is the first time i didn't get sub of the way at subway, tuna half foot long for $4.94 me.
Searched up the contents for the sub that I get, here it is: https://www.nutritionix.com/m/hGLiW2
I might print this out at the library and tape it to the wall by my bed.
08/26 Saturday: I woke up at like 5pm bruh, and thats when the gym is closed. idk whats wrong with me but I haven't been training when I should be... fuck. I did find out that my program, Starting Strength is available on Boostcamp, an exercise app that has many accredited lifters and coaches (a lot who are guys with a following on YT) that I personally subscribe and follow. So awesome for that.
Instead of getting dominoes today which I usually do, I didn't. I asked my mom to bring pita bread so that I can potentially make small mini pizzas and I did:
No subway on friday, no dominoes on saturday? Maybe I should start just making my own food to eat ontop of my meal prep. also the most conversations on half of the days are the front desk people at the gym and at dominoes lol. They know my first name by know and I know theres. I think I'm going to not go there for a couple of months and just rely on my own small pizzas so I can lose weight and maybe shock them, who knows
08/27 Sun: Nothing, I didn't even leave my apartment today. I should have gone out, should have done something but just stayed inside. didn't even meal prep, didn't even grocery shop. nothing, didn't close any tabs. Although I did consume a lot of fitness content and watched a 2 hour debate about whether bodyfat percentage matters for gaining weight with respect to the ratio of muscle and fat mass:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QACnWACSZrs
08/28 Mon: I was supposed to train today, but I woke up at around 7pmish yeah. I did not go lift weights which sucks, I guess lifting isn't that important to me if I'm skipping out the last 3 sessions. Also the end of the month is nearby, and I care about that since every single month the gym has a top 3-4 list of most visited members and since I have skipped out on sessions I'm going to have to do double sessions if i want to get on the list.
My favorite powerlifitng content creator made a great video as I was watching some fitness content:
https://youtu.be/YhF4nf0J9pc?si=jNS6raQlFeWc87cE&t=816
Essentially he's talking about his main goal is spreading awareness to fitness, not just powerlifting or a specific strength goal. I really like that since I do look up to him, I've been consuming his content for 9+ years, but I'm sure you can tell by now, especially with this post I'm a theory, over analyzer. yeahhhhhh
Something i found today is that circuit training (crossfit style) is better for losing weight than even cardio. I might start doing circuit training as CARDIO and have my squats, bench, deads, ohp as my second session. That way I have a cardio session and strength session so I can of course be stronger and more built, and lose fat mass at an even better weight.
___________________________________________________________________
Okay so now what Flozo? What now? Well, I need to train and cut back on the computer stuff. Thankfully I found an easy way of seeing how many tabs I have open on both browsers. I have 104 tabs on one browser and the other that I'm currently on, I have 77. I put a bet on myself with a piece of software (Forfeit) to get to under 65 tabs as that will be 20 tabs closed since I started off with 85 on browser 2. Also I need to meal prep, so I need to go to the grocery store and get some chicken. Been really slacking off lately, but with multiple reports showing that the habit of exercise rebounds your depressive slump BETTER than a standard dosage of Zoloft, I think i'll rebound today (8/29) instead of more days and weeks of just consuming Zoloft.
Get it boyos
Hydro
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As I'm closing out some tabs I remembered something.
I was searching stuff up about Basement Dwellers since I currently live in a basement. This video stuck out to me: https://youtu.be/niKIpAY47u0?si=HwwfZbhfe1_G9Gf1
I remembered leaving a comment on there saying thanks:
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I even made a notecard about what I should be doing, so if anyone is a basement dweller and wants a summary of the video (please watch it in full, ramp it up to 1.5-2x speed to complete it in 30-40 mins it is amazing) here is the summary:
Down to 73 tabs now, 8 more to close and of course will want to get more closed.
I was searching stuff up about Basement Dwellers since I currently live in a basement. This video stuck out to me: https://youtu.be/niKIpAY47u0?si=HwwfZbhfe1_G9Gf1
I remembered leaving a comment on there saying thanks:
View attachment 1
I even made a notecard about what I should be doing, so if anyone is a basement dweller and wants a summary of the video (please watch it in full, ramp it up to 1.5-2x speed to complete it in 30-40 mins it is amazing) here is the summary:
Down to 73 tabs now, 8 more to close and of course will want to get more closed.
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08/29
Woke up at around 5pm ish. I slept at like 10am ish but as I'm writing this right now, I do feel a bit sleepy. Shout out to melatonin, although it has fucked up my sleep schedule before as well.
I went to the gym, thankfully, and hit 125 lbs overhead press for 3 sets of 5. I then did arnold press 30 lbs for 2 sets of 10. It is better to do shoulder pressing work with dumbbells seated than standing as I've done before. Also I don't retract my scapula as much since then my chest gets involved and if I want to train that I would just do incline db press.
From there I did more accessory work, 80lb extensions for 2 sets of 10, 80 lb pushdowns for 2 sets of 12 supersetted with 15 lb dumbell curls for 2 sets of 12 as well. Will jump up db curls to 20 lbs and pushdowns to 90 lbs next week for 8-12 reps.
Walked, and called my parents after I always do 3 times a week. Went to the grocery store to pick up some chicken, 5lbs and got some brownie for $3 at check out.
Now all I need to do is close out more tabs which I have since I read a post by Andy that I had opened for some time: https://killyourinnerloser.com/the-main-problem-with-the-red-pill/
Really enjoyed it, tl;dr of the post is take action since 99% of guys on the subreddit are doing too much theory. I agree with any forum page (usually the free ones).
Thanks guys, take care and get it!
Also got to 65 tabs on this browser, lets get it to 40 tabs? Hopefully, get it!
Woke up at around 5pm ish. I slept at like 10am ish but as I'm writing this right now, I do feel a bit sleepy. Shout out to melatonin, although it has fucked up my sleep schedule before as well.
I went to the gym, thankfully, and hit 125 lbs overhead press for 3 sets of 5. I then did arnold press 30 lbs for 2 sets of 10. It is better to do shoulder pressing work with dumbbells seated than standing as I've done before. Also I don't retract my scapula as much since then my chest gets involved and if I want to train that I would just do incline db press.
From there I did more accessory work, 80lb extensions for 2 sets of 10, 80 lb pushdowns for 2 sets of 12 supersetted with 15 lb dumbell curls for 2 sets of 12 as well. Will jump up db curls to 20 lbs and pushdowns to 90 lbs next week for 8-12 reps.
Walked, and called my parents after I always do 3 times a week. Went to the grocery store to pick up some chicken, 5lbs and got some brownie for $3 at check out.
Now all I need to do is close out more tabs which I have since I read a post by Andy that I had opened for some time: https://killyourinnerloser.com/the-main-problem-with-the-red-pill/
Really enjoyed it, tl;dr of the post is take action since 99% of guys on the subreddit are doing too much theory. I agree with any forum page (usually the free ones).
Thanks guys, take care and get it!
Also got to 65 tabs on this browser, lets get it to 40 tabs? Hopefully, get it!
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08/30
Woke up at 8 AM, yes 8 AM. I ate 1, 5g melatonin gummy bear and fell asleep at 5 am, woke up 3 hours later at 8 am.
I read this article by a guy I follow: https://www.modernseduction.net/blog/overanalysis
Basically it's guys who overanalyze info about cold approach stuff. Similar to what article I read last night from Andy's. I highly recommend the theorizers to read that article above.
I went to the gym at 12;30pm ish for 1 mile of walking distance. Remember, showing up is my problem and I'm showing up more often so that's good. While I was doing my walk, I was listening to the newer content from Andy, well this was made by Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ze-fk3FtA
Going to the gym again, going to meal prep my food.
Woke up at 8 AM, yes 8 AM. I ate 1, 5g melatonin gummy bear and fell asleep at 5 am, woke up 3 hours later at 8 am.
I read this article by a guy I follow: https://www.modernseduction.net/blog/overanalysis
Basically it's guys who overanalyze info about cold approach stuff. Similar to what article I read last night from Andy's. I highly recommend the theorizers to read that article above.
I went to the gym at 12;30pm ish for 1 mile of walking distance. Remember, showing up is my problem and I'm showing up more often so that's good. While I was doing my walk, I was listening to the newer content from Andy, well this was made by Cam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_ze-fk3FtA
Going to the gym again, going to meal prep my food.
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I went to the gym the second time in the afternoon again, for another walk on the treadmill. I felt extremely hungry since I haven't ate anything except for a couple pieces of fruit and didn't eat much yesterday as well.
I got my meal prep finished, just need to put it in the meal prep containers, but I wanted to take a nap at 6pm, which I did. I set up an alarm at 7;30pm so thats 90 minutes of sleep, enough for 1 cycle of sleep so I can wake up and that will give me plenty of time to go to the gym. Bruh I slept through my alarm, which makes sense since I only slept for 3 hours and was hungry as hell, my body needed to conserve energy not expand it which is probably why I slept through the sleep.
I woke up at dead 9pm, the same time the gym closes. That's fine with my, just going to have to do double weight training sessions tomorrow to make up for it.
My internet provider has an app on the app store, and I can make a schedule of what times I want the wifi on (per device or in totality). I have it shut off at 11:45 so I got an hour. Going to load up some articles that are on my browser, and then from there will read them for some time when the wifi goes off. For now just going to enjoy my free 1 hour of internet, read the articles, close down MORE tabs and go from there!
Get it guys!
I got my meal prep finished, just need to put it in the meal prep containers, but I wanted to take a nap at 6pm, which I did. I set up an alarm at 7;30pm so thats 90 minutes of sleep, enough for 1 cycle of sleep so I can wake up and that will give me plenty of time to go to the gym. Bruh I slept through my alarm, which makes sense since I only slept for 3 hours and was hungry as hell, my body needed to conserve energy not expand it which is probably why I slept through the sleep.
I woke up at dead 9pm, the same time the gym closes. That's fine with my, just going to have to do double weight training sessions tomorrow to make up for it.
My internet provider has an app on the app store, and I can make a schedule of what times I want the wifi on (per device or in totality). I have it shut off at 11:45 so I got an hour. Going to load up some articles that are on my browser, and then from there will read them for some time when the wifi goes off. For now just going to enjoy my free 1 hour of internet, read the articles, close down MORE tabs and go from there!
Get it guys!
Hydro
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08/31
Woke up at 9 am, felt rested. I was hungry as hell since I haven't been eating a lot, and don't plan on eating out from dominoes or subway. Tomorrow is Friday and I don't want to budge on subway, and the day after tomorrow, Saturday, I don't want to budge on dominoes. I'm getting more serious about my physical health.
I went to the gym 4 times today, first at around 11 am to do 20 mins on the rower machine.
Second session was bench press, hit 170 lbs for 3 sets of 5.
Third session is rower machine again, 20 minutes for a total for 40 minutes for the day.
Then lastly I did some bodybuilding work, did some db incline bench, then arnold presses, then went over to the cable machine and did my overhead extensions, pressdowns supersetted with db curls.
All in all I was training hard on all 4 sessions more on the weight training sessions and the pump on the 4th workout (strength work doesn't give as good of a pump) I felt amazing.
I spontaneously recorded a video of me flexing, here it is if anyone wants to see it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90Ufu-wY38
See ya'll later for tomorrow! Get it guys!
Woke up at 9 am, felt rested. I was hungry as hell since I haven't been eating a lot, and don't plan on eating out from dominoes or subway. Tomorrow is Friday and I don't want to budge on subway, and the day after tomorrow, Saturday, I don't want to budge on dominoes. I'm getting more serious about my physical health.
I went to the gym 4 times today, first at around 11 am to do 20 mins on the rower machine.
Second session was bench press, hit 170 lbs for 3 sets of 5.
Third session is rower machine again, 20 minutes for a total for 40 minutes for the day.
Then lastly I did some bodybuilding work, did some db incline bench, then arnold presses, then went over to the cable machine and did my overhead extensions, pressdowns supersetted with db curls.
All in all I was training hard on all 4 sessions more on the weight training sessions and the pump on the 4th workout (strength work doesn't give as good of a pump) I felt amazing.
I spontaneously recorded a video of me flexing, here it is if anyone wants to see it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h90Ufu-wY38
See ya'll later for tomorrow! Get it guys!
Hydro
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09/01
It's september....
I woke up at 1;30 am, yeah and I stayed awake until around 11 am just dicking around to later than go to sleep. I woke up at around 7 30 pm and felt lethargic and didn't want to go to the gym. I went anyways.
Did 225 lbs on squats for 3 sets of 5 and 295 for 1 set of 5 trap bar deadlift. My lower back has been sore / hurting on the set of deadlifts, this hasn't happened before and on this same weight last time, I didn't have this soreness on my lower back.
It's september....
I woke up at 1;30 am, yeah and I stayed awake until around 11 am just dicking around to later than go to sleep. I woke up at around 7 30 pm and felt lethargic and didn't want to go to the gym. I went anyways.
Did 225 lbs on squats for 3 sets of 5 and 295 for 1 set of 5 trap bar deadlift. My lower back has been sore / hurting on the set of deadlifts, this hasn't happened before and on this same weight last time, I didn't have this soreness on my lower back.
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09/02
woke up at around 10 am today, and dicked around on the internet. Then I went to the gym, and I hit 130 lbs for 3 sets of 5 on overhead press. It went pretty good and did my accessory work after.
I know my arms are getting stronger since the previous weight that I've been doing is easier to hit on the rep range, shout out to progressive overload, shout out to volume.
I will keep tricep extensions at 80 lbs for 2 sets of 12, and if I continuously hit it this upcoming week, I'll increase the weight to 90 lbs on the cables next week. For tricep pushdowns, I will go to 100 lbs next week, and I will increase db curls to 20 lbs. Rep ranges are between 8-12, try to get to 12 of course but no less than 8.
My lower back has still been hurting, man wtf is going on. I must've really fucked up my trap bar deadlift and that is probably due to me rushing since the gym was closing. wtf mannnnn
Here's what the gym looked like today, Saturday 4:30 pm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4JIAUwYJBA
I've basically been researching more on resistance training after the gym. Ate homemade pizza with pita bread, tomato sauce, cheese. Stayed true to my word of NO DOMINOES. I will stick to this as I am losing weight and not 'wasting' money. I gotta eat, but I want to be more mindful about the $ that I'm spending.
Some Interesting findings
Effects of Resistance Training on Academic Outcomes in School-Aged Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-023-01881-6
Basically, start lifting and you'll do better cognitively as well as your grades. Interesting finding, but the resistance training group did better academically than the concurrent training group (i.e. resistance training and aerobic training)
Video:
https://youtu.be/P6GRoE7SYmI?si=FrSrP5rrxm6i1WgH&t=2147
You don't need as much protein as you think you do. The whole 1g per lb of bodyweight is unnecessary. The vid starts at the timestamp I believe, and interestingly enough the example that they give verbatim is someone who needs to 'lose 120lbs'. THAT IS ME. THEY ARE TALKING TO ME, almost like this vid was meant for me.
Takeaways for protein intake:
For great protein intake that is manageable that will give GREAT GAINS
1. 1.2 - 1.6 g/kg of body weight.
2. If massively overweight / obese: 1.5 - 2.0 g/kg of FAT FREE MASS.
If you want those extra small (~1-3)% of gains and leave NO GAINS ON THE TABLE
3. 1.6 - 2.2 g/kg of body weight
4. If massively overweight / obese: 2.0 - 2.75g/kg of FAT FREE MASS.
At my max I was 300 lbs at 38.5ish % body fat. This means I have ~185 lbs of FAT FREE MASS at 300 lbs.
Convert that to kilos, that's 84 kg.
84kg times 1.5, times 2, times 2.5 is
126g, 168g and 210g of protein.
I'm going to try to hit 150g of protein every day and see where that takes me. That should be more than enough, especially since the fatter you are, the more the body uses fat stores to lose weight than muscle stores, since the body is quite competent at that.
Will read this lengthy blog post tomorrow for a good grasp on dieting: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/diet/
Shout out to greg nuckols and eric trexler for the fabulous video and findings!
Good night bros, get it!
woke up at around 10 am today, and dicked around on the internet. Then I went to the gym, and I hit 130 lbs for 3 sets of 5 on overhead press. It went pretty good and did my accessory work after.
I know my arms are getting stronger since the previous weight that I've been doing is easier to hit on the rep range, shout out to progressive overload, shout out to volume.
I will keep tricep extensions at 80 lbs for 2 sets of 12, and if I continuously hit it this upcoming week, I'll increase the weight to 90 lbs on the cables next week. For tricep pushdowns, I will go to 100 lbs next week, and I will increase db curls to 20 lbs. Rep ranges are between 8-12, try to get to 12 of course but no less than 8.
My lower back has still been hurting, man wtf is going on. I must've really fucked up my trap bar deadlift and that is probably due to me rushing since the gym was closing. wtf mannnnn
Here's what the gym looked like today, Saturday 4:30 pm:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4JIAUwYJBA
I've basically been researching more on resistance training after the gym. Ate homemade pizza with pita bread, tomato sauce, cheese. Stayed true to my word of NO DOMINOES. I will stick to this as I am losing weight and not 'wasting' money. I gotta eat, but I want to be more mindful about the $ that I'm spending.
Some Interesting findings
Effects of Resistance Training on Academic Outcomes in School-Aged Youth: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40279-023-01881-6
Basically, start lifting and you'll do better cognitively as well as your grades. Interesting finding, but the resistance training group did better academically than the concurrent training group (i.e. resistance training and aerobic training)
Video:
https://youtu.be/P6GRoE7SYmI?si=FrSrP5rrxm6i1WgH&t=2147
You don't need as much protein as you think you do. The whole 1g per lb of bodyweight is unnecessary. The vid starts at the timestamp I believe, and interestingly enough the example that they give verbatim is someone who needs to 'lose 120lbs'. THAT IS ME. THEY ARE TALKING TO ME, almost like this vid was meant for me.
Takeaways for protein intake:
For great protein intake that is manageable that will give GREAT GAINS
1. 1.2 - 1.6 g/kg of body weight.
2. If massively overweight / obese: 1.5 - 2.0 g/kg of FAT FREE MASS.
If you want those extra small (~1-3)% of gains and leave NO GAINS ON THE TABLE
3. 1.6 - 2.2 g/kg of body weight
4. If massively overweight / obese: 2.0 - 2.75g/kg of FAT FREE MASS.
At my max I was 300 lbs at 38.5ish % body fat. This means I have ~185 lbs of FAT FREE MASS at 300 lbs.
Convert that to kilos, that's 84 kg.
84kg times 1.5, times 2, times 2.5 is
126g, 168g and 210g of protein.
I'm going to try to hit 150g of protein every day and see where that takes me. That should be more than enough, especially since the fatter you are, the more the body uses fat stores to lose weight than muscle stores, since the body is quite competent at that.
Will read this lengthy blog post tomorrow for a good grasp on dieting: https://www.strongerbyscience.com/diet/
Shout out to greg nuckols and eric trexler for the fabulous video and findings!
Good night bros, get it!
Hydro
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09/03
Sunday, I was supposed to meal prep but I didn't got lazy. Been watching too much YT stuff man.
Low back still feels bad, it's like a sharp pain but I have been watching some videos from Squat University:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4El0iR4PhE
https://youtu.be/2_e4I-brfqs?si=SsFNXPwHb7kAtpJX
Doing these exercises, especially the first vid has helped out but I need to do the exercises in the second vid. I also need to be more consistent.
Will meal prep on Monday, and NEED TO CLOSE TABS! I'VE BEEN SLACKING. Also I walked for like 2.5 hours from 5 - 8am ish. yeh.
Sunday, I was supposed to meal prep but I didn't got lazy. Been watching too much YT stuff man.
Low back still feels bad, it's like a sharp pain but I have been watching some videos from Squat University:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4El0iR4PhE
https://youtu.be/2_e4I-brfqs?si=SsFNXPwHb7kAtpJX
Doing these exercises, especially the first vid has helped out but I need to do the exercises in the second vid. I also need to be more consistent.
Will meal prep on Monday, and NEED TO CLOSE TABS! I'VE BEEN SLACKING. Also I walked for like 2.5 hours from 5 - 8am ish. yeh.
Hydro
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- Oct 8, 2021
09/04
Happy with how things went today. today is labor day in USA, and the gym is open from 7 - 11 AM, and these are the hours that I don't go. Guess what, I went, bang.
I did some arnold presses, tricep work and did hanging knee raises. Excited for tomorrows workout since I'll be putting up 175 lbs for 3 sets of 5 on the bench.
I went to the grocery store to pick up some food like cheese, a pastry and some chorizo that I'll be using in some type of breakfast burrito. Only costed $2 so why not give it a try?
I'm cleaning out tabs rn and wrote down some notes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-bTqfs_vOE
Totally agree with this vid and I'm going to start implementing a schedule like this on Notion. Going to have my hours of the week scheduled out Sun - Sat and will apply the ++, +, - and -- principle. I don't want to use neutrals since if the day was neutral, that's not good lol.
++ phenomenal day and progressed on a goal that I have
+ generally positive day
- generally negative day
-- terrible day and I am not proud of what I did / accomplish today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdVnk7YNf9M
1. People do the wrong things, - and --
This is 80% of the input
2. People don't do the right things, + and ++
Make the goal seemingly impossible so you can focus on the FEW things that will give HUGE UPSIDES of the goal.
Peter Thiel talked about this in his book, ask yourself this Q, "HOW CAN I ACCOMPLISH A 10 YEAR GOAL IN 6 MONTHS?"
That way, focus on the small, 80% of inputs that lead to HUGE UPSIDES.
3. People do the right things in the wrong way
This is multitasking, shallow focus sessions i.e. too many tabs (calling me out lol) not getting expert feedback
4. People don't learn from their mistakes
Need some type of reflection period (that's the intent of the schedule) where I can see what things are going + ++ and what things aren't.
Need to give myself ~10 minutes at the end of the week: Fri, Sat, or Sun, where I ask myself, "What are the 20% inputs, the haymakers, that are driving the vehicle to success?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYzWj1dzI_E
1. Have a 10 minute weekly session. This follows the first video that I'm recapping on.
2. Observe what the upcoming week/2 weeks/month looks like.
Am I getting closer to my goal?
What are the "Big fish" inputs that I should be focusing on.
3. Optimize the Week
Have 3 different types of days
Focus days where I'm deliberately taking action. little to no theory here, unless theory is action for a specific reason
Buffer days where I'm organizing, scheduling, planning, Preparing something. This is the abraham lincoln quote of, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe"
Recovery Days where I'm recovering in an ACTIVE way. Relationships, novelty, experiences, mind off work.
4. Have at most 3 priorities in current stage (stage could be like a quarter)
How do I know what the 3 priorities are? Chris (GLL) says TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS
5. Who not How (N/A at this moment)
6. Take time off / recovery mode
Recovery is important and leads to better flow sessions, i.e. Athlete analogy
7. "remove each week"
When doing the weekly sessions be very mindful about what are the wrong things I'm doing + the right things I'm doing the wrong way. Strip out the - and -- inputs that lead to me not accomplishing a task. RAISE THE FLOOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clL0tLubpIc
Guy talked about how he 'wasted time' but you need to 'waste time' in order to come to these revelations that skyrocket you to the goal that you want to get to. Therefore the TIME IS NOT WASTED. YOU HAD TO SPEND THAT TIME INEFFICIENTLY TO LEARN YOU FUCKED UP, FROM THERE YOU 'SELF IMPROVE' and in this way it's with software skills and less time playing video games, TO WHAT HE SAID, INCREASE HIS MARKET VALUE VIA HIS INCOME. Get it, James!
https://youtu.be/kEAQ8dB4_R4?si=Py1mQbuNX7D7ofbx
13-14 years of theory....... I am taking action, but I believe I can do more. NEED to close more tabs.
I had this vid on my tab that I was watching from Derek and Chris:
https://youtu.be/7wrjQAiuqAk?si=0s1syumjFcEUcD6L&t=1937
I linked the timestamp and Chris talks about how he was a student but took the fall semester off, he was at home by himself and his friends were in college. Instead of sitting around and doing nothing he was not only lifting, but he was taking pro hormones which were legal steroids back in the early 2000's. Interesting since I am a student but took no classes the past 6 months. I've been lifting, and training, and yeah I'm not taking any pro hormones + I'm losing weight instead of his transformation, gaining weight, but it's interesting that I found out about this.
Just like Andy said himself, if you could be 1% of the people that you look up to, that's good enough for you to keep going. Shout out to Andy, shout out to GLL crew.
Happy with how things went today. today is labor day in USA, and the gym is open from 7 - 11 AM, and these are the hours that I don't go. Guess what, I went, bang.
I did some arnold presses, tricep work and did hanging knee raises. Excited for tomorrows workout since I'll be putting up 175 lbs for 3 sets of 5 on the bench.
I went to the grocery store to pick up some food like cheese, a pastry and some chorizo that I'll be using in some type of breakfast burrito. Only costed $2 so why not give it a try?
I'm cleaning out tabs rn and wrote down some notes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-bTqfs_vOE
Totally agree with this vid and I'm going to start implementing a schedule like this on Notion. Going to have my hours of the week scheduled out Sun - Sat and will apply the ++, +, - and -- principle. I don't want to use neutrals since if the day was neutral, that's not good lol.
++ phenomenal day and progressed on a goal that I have
+ generally positive day
- generally negative day
-- terrible day and I am not proud of what I did / accomplish today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdVnk7YNf9M
1. People do the wrong things, - and --
This is 80% of the input
2. People don't do the right things, + and ++
Make the goal seemingly impossible so you can focus on the FEW things that will give HUGE UPSIDES of the goal.
Peter Thiel talked about this in his book, ask yourself this Q, "HOW CAN I ACCOMPLISH A 10 YEAR GOAL IN 6 MONTHS?"
That way, focus on the small, 80% of inputs that lead to HUGE UPSIDES.
3. People do the right things in the wrong way
This is multitasking, shallow focus sessions i.e. too many tabs (calling me out lol) not getting expert feedback
4. People don't learn from their mistakes
Need some type of reflection period (that's the intent of the schedule) where I can see what things are going + ++ and what things aren't.
Need to give myself ~10 minutes at the end of the week: Fri, Sat, or Sun, where I ask myself, "What are the 20% inputs, the haymakers, that are driving the vehicle to success?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYzWj1dzI_E
1. Have a 10 minute weekly session. This follows the first video that I'm recapping on.
2. Observe what the upcoming week/2 weeks/month looks like.
Am I getting closer to my goal?
What are the "Big fish" inputs that I should be focusing on.
3. Optimize the Week
Have 3 different types of days
Focus days where I'm deliberately taking action. little to no theory here, unless theory is action for a specific reason
Buffer days where I'm organizing, scheduling, planning, Preparing something. This is the abraham lincoln quote of, "Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe"
Recovery Days where I'm recovering in an ACTIVE way. Relationships, novelty, experiences, mind off work.
4. Have at most 3 priorities in current stage (stage could be like a quarter)
How do I know what the 3 priorities are? Chris (GLL) says TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS
5. Who not How (N/A at this moment)
6. Take time off / recovery mode
Recovery is important and leads to better flow sessions, i.e. Athlete analogy
7. "remove each week"
When doing the weekly sessions be very mindful about what are the wrong things I'm doing + the right things I'm doing the wrong way. Strip out the - and -- inputs that lead to me not accomplishing a task. RAISE THE FLOOR
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clL0tLubpIc
Guy talked about how he 'wasted time' but you need to 'waste time' in order to come to these revelations that skyrocket you to the goal that you want to get to. Therefore the TIME IS NOT WASTED. YOU HAD TO SPEND THAT TIME INEFFICIENTLY TO LEARN YOU FUCKED UP, FROM THERE YOU 'SELF IMPROVE' and in this way it's with software skills and less time playing video games, TO WHAT HE SAID, INCREASE HIS MARKET VALUE VIA HIS INCOME. Get it, James!
https://youtu.be/kEAQ8dB4_R4?si=Py1mQbuNX7D7ofbx
13-14 years of theory....... I am taking action, but I believe I can do more. NEED to close more tabs.
I had this vid on my tab that I was watching from Derek and Chris:
https://youtu.be/7wrjQAiuqAk?si=0s1syumjFcEUcD6L&t=1937
I linked the timestamp and Chris talks about how he was a student but took the fall semester off, he was at home by himself and his friends were in college. Instead of sitting around and doing nothing he was not only lifting, but he was taking pro hormones which were legal steroids back in the early 2000's. Interesting since I am a student but took no classes the past 6 months. I've been lifting, and training, and yeah I'm not taking any pro hormones + I'm losing weight instead of his transformation, gaining weight, but it's interesting that I found out about this.
Just like Andy said himself, if you could be 1% of the people that you look up to, that's good enough for you to keep going. Shout out to Andy, shout out to GLL crew.
Hydro
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09/05
I am dicking around on the internet // closing tabs but man I gotta talk about this.
This fucking post fucking pisses me the fuck off man.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/comments/168lhur/if_nowhere_is_an_acceptable_place_in_the_real/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2
It's particularly the comments that frustrate me. "Just be respectful." Don't approach women. Meet women only through social circle and that you've known them for weeks, and then ask them out, but okay you got rejected, you've 'wasted' weeks where you could've approach hundreds of women throughout those weeks and got dates and potentially a relationship with a sweet attractive girl.
I found the post from a comment on this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PurplePillDebate/comments/168sofp/the_truth_is_that_majority_of_men_wont_even/
This reminds me of Andy and what he talks about in his podcasts.
One of the most viewed podcasts that I have of Andy, "Society wants you to be a LOSER":
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bvIuWwNun8GFtFHrKHwWd
I'm incredibly thankful that I have this community, because if not I don't know where I would be. I say this as a guy who hasn't cold approached women yet, but has gone out and desensitized myself slowly via exposure therapy.
This is also a great podcast from Andy saying that women want to be approached:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0L1vedpBT1a3Uz7DZ7VKdz
I am dicking around on the internet // closing tabs but man I gotta talk about this.
This fucking post fucking pisses me the fuck off man.
https://www.reddit.com/r/TooAfraidToAsk/comments/168lhur/if_nowhere_is_an_acceptable_place_in_the_real/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android_app&utm_name=androidcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=2
It's particularly the comments that frustrate me. "Just be respectful." Don't approach women. Meet women only through social circle and that you've known them for weeks, and then ask them out, but okay you got rejected, you've 'wasted' weeks where you could've approach hundreds of women throughout those weeks and got dates and potentially a relationship with a sweet attractive girl.
I found the post from a comment on this post:
https://www.reddit.com/r/PurplePillDebate/comments/168sofp/the_truth_is_that_majority_of_men_wont_even/
This reminds me of Andy and what he talks about in his podcasts.
One of the most viewed podcasts that I have of Andy, "Society wants you to be a LOSER":
https://open.spotify.com/episode/2bvIuWwNun8GFtFHrKHwWd
I'm incredibly thankful that I have this community, because if not I don't know where I would be. I say this as a guy who hasn't cold approached women yet, but has gone out and desensitized myself slowly via exposure therapy.
This is also a great podcast from Andy saying that women want to be approached:
https://open.spotify.com/episode/0L1vedpBT1a3Uz7DZ7VKdz
- Joined
- Jan 19, 2021
Yeah, the social contract that's in our head, and what is actually possible, are poles apart.
The longer I've lived this lifestyle, more I've seen how, you can reallllllllllly push it in life.....
And basically no one cares
Fear is what paralyses people
KEEP WORKIN
MAC DADDY
The longer I've lived this lifestyle, more I've seen how, you can reallllllllllly push it in life.....
And basically no one cares
Fear is what paralyses people
KEEP WORKIN
MAC DADDY
Zug
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- Joined
- Dec 7, 2021
Why are you reading all this content regarding people debating pill ideology and the videos from MGOTW? You're just sabotaging your level of buy in with that stuff. The negative ideologies are self fulfilling, the more you believe them, the more true they are.
When I was in your position (very overweight and having a long road ahead of me), all I did was read optimization strategies for what I was doing (strength training, cardio, dieting), guides for things I could do right then but hadn't started yet (fashion, improving my home, text game), and motivation related content.
I don't think you have the luxury of spending any time thinking negative thoughts. It is a self indulgent luxury you can't afford. No one can. Cutting out all things holding you back is the real world definition of going all-in.
When I was in your position (very overweight and having a long road ahead of me), all I did was read optimization strategies for what I was doing (strength training, cardio, dieting), guides for things I could do right then but hadn't started yet (fashion, improving my home, text game), and motivation related content.
I don't think you have the luxury of spending any time thinking negative thoughts. It is a self indulgent luxury you can't afford. No one can. Cutting out all things holding you back is the real world definition of going all-in.