What are you using a 10CC syringe? 
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My man.
At one time in my life, I would have been jelly of that syringe.
Now, I can barely force myself to partake in my TRT shots.
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RE: number two in the above list - I have severe arthritis and disc degeneration in my L4-L5 and L5-S1. If only rest was the answer to resolve my pain but itās not. I manage the pain by getting twice monthly deep tissue massages along with a proper warm-up, using good form, etc. The key for me was finding a really good massage therapist. I refuse to take any pain medication.
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Thank You!!
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Itās life an no one is drug testing at the local gym. Some enhanced individuals are easier to spot than others.
I agree with worrying about what is in your control as stop worrying about everybody else.
realy true??
These are all summed up in the first principle:
Long warm-up sessions made up of āactive recoveryā and foam rolling are simply ways to delay getting to the actual work of training.
Being disciplined in food intake is work. Very hard work. We love food because it is delicious. We want to eat. Resisting eating often takes a lot of effort.
āFunctionalā and āstabilizationā exercise is so much easier than actual effective training. And we still get to break a sweat because it took a little effort. But in reality, loading a barbell with heavy weight will always be more difficult, and effective, than performing circus tricks on a stability ball.
From what I have observed, those who are ācheatingā, usually also put in massive amounts of work. āCheatingā just makes it so they can work harder, more oftenā¦ so it is really cheating?
Every pro athlete and international competitor is on PEDS, disband WADA, allow drug use. This has gotten stupid.
1: Tend to agree, consistency and hard work is king, though, a lot of where this confusion comes from IMO, is a lack of understanding from newbies and also, sometimes, very dogmatic over-simplifications made (from people who should really know better about the ābest way to trainā or the āonly way to trainā etc).
Context/having a clear sense of training goals is also important.
2: Not so sure about this one. I tend to find that with pain that keeps coming back, a lot of the time the pain a result of (at least in part) of poor mechanics combined with over-use of certain movement patterns. Preventative physical pain therapies I think are often whatās ideal (especially with age and an identification of certain areas being a bit injury prone etc).
3: Iād like to agree with this one, but, realistically, if you have a bit of a naughty ācheat snackā a small peanut butter sandwich is likely going to be both lower in calories and also more filling than a tube of pringles etc.
4; Tend to agree.
5: Depend who you are accusing of cheating. If you assume everyone who is bigger and stronger than you is a cheat (I would sat thatās your ego talking), if you made the same criticism of a lot of really, really freaky big and strong strength athletes (as in top tier guys), that in many cases would likely be a valid criticism IMO.