I'm afraid to be very active because it's well known that if you exercise too much your body produces coritsol which increases blood sugar and blood pressure. I've read that if you are in the gym for more hour your body will produce cortisol. What, does a timer start when you walk through the gym door? Because of this information I tend to favor being moderately active. But I need to lose weight. How long can I work out in the gym before I quit. If I work out more than once a day is that a problem? Is this worth worrying about??
"I just moved here from Florida."
That sentence contains at least five follow-up questions she WANTS you to ask. Where in Florida? What brought you here? How long have you been in the area? What do you miss? How does it compare to here?
She handed them to you on a silver platter. And you said, "Oh cool. I come here every week. I love this band. Ummm... pretty crowded tonight."
She smiled politely. Nodded. And never texted you back.
I was that guy for years. Talking too much. Listening too little. Panicking about my next sentence while she was literally feeding me the answers.
Then I found 22 rules that fixed the whole thing. Rule number one: shut up and listen. She'll tell you exactly what to say.
Is being very active bad?
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"Stop Asking Your Friends What to Text Her"
Your buddy Dave has been single for three years and thinks "hey u up" is a valid strategy. Your other buddy Mike just got dumped and told you to "just be yourself."
You showed them her text. You asked them to decode the emoji. You drafted four responses and sent the screenshot to the group chat for a vote.
She's been waiting forty minutes.
Put the phone down. Stop crowdsourcing your love life. Type something that sounds like you. Hit send. Then go do literally anything else with your evening.
Quiksilver
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Good lord no.
Look at most...no, ALL professional and world class athletes. They work out and train for 5+ hours a day in their particular craft. Two hours a day is the MINIMUM for most top athletes, and I have a friend on the ATP tour(tennis) who trains 7+ hours a day.
Needless to say, they aren't fat and they're all in excellent shape.
At the end of the day, losing weight is all about calorie deficit. Do more exercise and eat the same amount. Or, do the same amount of exercise and eat less(not recommended).
Look at most...no, ALL professional and world class athletes. They work out and train for 5+ hours a day in their particular craft. Two hours a day is the MINIMUM for most top athletes, and I have a friend on the ATP tour(tennis) who trains 7+ hours a day.
Needless to say, they aren't fat and they're all in excellent shape.
At the end of the day, losing weight is all about calorie deficit. Do more exercise and eat the same amount. Or, do the same amount of exercise and eat less(not recommended).
Quiksilver
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Bernard Tomic.. I was his hitting partner a couple years ago.
"She Wants a Man, Not a Boy"
You asked her if she wanted to grab coffee. Then you asked if the time worked. Then you asked if the place was okay. Then you asked if she'd prefer tea.
Four questions. Four chances for her to say no. Four signals that you're terrified of making a decision.
Plan it. Pick the place. Pick the time. Tell her where to meet you. She'll either show up or she won't.
Either way, you look like a man instead of a scared little boy.
That is what I'm confused about. Some of the best athletes in the world exercise every day, yet we are told not to because your body needs rest. We are also told to not be in the gym for over an hour yet the best athletes work out 3 hours at a time
Fuglydude
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its been ages since I've posted on here...
When it comes to health and fitness, there's no right or wrong way to do things (with some exceptions, such as movements that are biomechanically unsound)... The way is the way that works properly for you.
If you want more information on elite athletes and training a lot check out articles on G-flux by Dr. John Berardi. http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/g-flux.htm
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_nutrition/gflux_redux
I firmly believe being highly active and supporting your body's recovery with adequate sleep, nutrition, etc is paramount for progress. I believe the resting you are talking about is what is preached to reduce the chance of overtraining. With newer trainees I think there is a bigger chance of overtraining as their body's have yet to get used to high volumes of work imposed by training lots.
I've personally been training for over a decade and I'm at the stage where I could probably go to the gym every day and still not overtrain. I know my body pretty well, and I know that if I cycled my intensity and training, got more than my usual 5 hours of sleep, supplemented and ate well 90-95% of the time, I would probably not overtrain. The key is to understand your body, cycle your training and provide raw materials and rest for adaptation to occur.
The articles will give you an idea of what I'm trying to say...
When it comes to health and fitness, there's no right or wrong way to do things (with some exceptions, such as movements that are biomechanically unsound)... The way is the way that works properly for you.
If you want more information on elite athletes and training a lot check out articles on G-flux by Dr. John Berardi. http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/nutrition/g-flux.htm
http://www.t-nation.com/free_online_article/sports_body_training_performance_nutrition/gflux_redux
I firmly believe being highly active and supporting your body's recovery with adequate sleep, nutrition, etc is paramount for progress. I believe the resting you are talking about is what is preached to reduce the chance of overtraining. With newer trainees I think there is a bigger chance of overtraining as their body's have yet to get used to high volumes of work imposed by training lots.
I've personally been training for over a decade and I'm at the stage where I could probably go to the gym every day and still not overtrain. I know my body pretty well, and I know that if I cycled my intensity and training, got more than my usual 5 hours of sleep, supplemented and ate well 90-95% of the time, I would probably not overtrain. The key is to understand your body, cycle your training and provide raw materials and rest for adaptation to occur.
The articles will give you an idea of what I'm trying to say...
I rarely see it recommended in the lifting community to do nothing on the days you don't lift. Usually they want you to do some sort of activity whether it's walking around the block or dragging the sled.
Only place i'd wager you see that is some stupid doctor's website or one of those fruity health magazines where they show people half squatting broomsticks.
Only place i'd wager you see that is some stupid doctor's website or one of those fruity health magazines where they show people half squatting broomsticks.
a) The best athletes are on steroids and other unnatural performance enhancers most of the timebud_2005 said:
b) The best athletes have the best genetics and can handle that sort of thing
c) No one who knows what they're talking about will say you shouldn't spend more than an hour in the gym. There are too many factors and variables to just make a blanket statement like that.
When I talk about the best athletes in the world I'm mostly taking about professional football and basketball players. Some of the best athletes in the world I think are Adrian Peterson, Anquan Boldin, Ladainian Tomlinson, Julius Peppers, Lebron James, or Kobe Bryant. They are tested for steroids in their respected sports(well I'm not sure about the NBA) and if they used steroids we would know about it. I think a lot of people strive to get to that level of fitness.
I read that you shouldn't be in the gym for longer than an hour from a Men's Fitness magazine, btw.
I read that you shouldn't be in the gym for longer than an hour from a Men's Fitness magazine, btw.
"The Coffee Shop Girl You Never Spoke To"
You've replayed it a hundred times. She stood three feet away, scrolling her phone. You had an opening. You composed the perfect line — after she was gone.
For all you know, she's married now. To some guy who said something. Anything.
Openers are cheap. Almost any sentence works when it's delivered within three seconds. The expensive part is the standing there, drafting and deleting, while the window quietly closes.
The "22 Rules" stripped out my hesitation. What to open with, how to keep it alive, and the one habit that costs guys more women than anything else: waiting for perfect.
Bible_Belt
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Agreed about Berardi. I try to follow his grappler's diet and consume almost all my carbs in the six hours or so after a workout.Fuglydude said:
Most mma fighters I know train 2-3 hours per day. I really doubt any of them are getting high blood pressure from it. 28 of us got our blood pressure taken in the pre-fight physical last Saturday night, and no one failed.