[quote]Proud_Virgin wrote:
Personally, I feel that the alcohol isn’t what gets me–it’s what I eat while drunk/hungover! [/quote]
ahh yes. or weakness in the gym the day after[/quote]
Totally agree. One heavy night drinking messes up gym performance for the next few days as well as the fact you are more likely to eat crap and not get the proper nutrition you need to suit your goals. [/quote]
Why do people adopt this “all or nothing” attitude towards vices?
On average, once a week I’ll drink 3-6 beers, and I always feel fine the next day, and if anything my training goes BETTER than normal. This is because I don’t miss meals, and I don’t lose sleep. With light/moderate drinking, I would say proper nutrition/hydration/sleep are the deciding factors in how training is affected…not the beer.
And if you go get wasted, no shit your training/body composition will be affected. Not fucking rocket science.
[quote]Proud_Virgin wrote:
Personally, I feel that the alcohol isn’t what gets me–it’s what I eat while drunk/hungover! [/quote]
ahh yes. or weakness in the gym the day after[/quote]
Totally agree. One heavy night drinking messes up gym performance for the next few days as well as the fact you are more likely to eat crap and not get the proper nutrition you need to suit your goals. [/quote]
Why do people adopt this “all or nothing” attitude towards vices?
On average, once a week I’ll drink 3-6 beers, and I always feel fine the next day, and if anything my training goes BETTER than normal. This is because I don’t miss meals, and I don’t lose sleep. With light/moderate drinking, I would say proper nutrition/hydration/sleep are the deciding factors in how training is affected…not the beer.
And if you go get wasted, no shit your training/body composition will be affected. Not fucking rocket science. [/quote]
[quote]Proud_Virgin wrote:
Personally, I feel that the alcohol isn’t what gets me–it’s what I eat while drunk/hungover! [/quote]
ahh yes. or weakness in the gym the day after[/quote]
Totally agree. One heavy night drinking messes up gym performance for the next few days as well as the fact you are more likely to eat crap and not get the proper nutrition you need to suit your goals. [/quote]
Why do people adopt this “all or nothing” attitude towards vices?
On average, once a week I’ll drink 3-6 beers, and I always feel fine the next day, and if anything my training goes BETTER than normal. This is because I don’t miss meals, and I don’t lose sleep. With light/moderate drinking, I would say proper nutrition/hydration/sleep are the deciding factors in how training is affected…not the beer.
And if you go get wasted, no shit your training/body composition will be affected. Not fucking rocket science. [/quote]
Is that what we do now?
Drink beer and leave our cammies on our racks?[/quote]
Yup, this is what we do, this recruit don’t give a fuck sir.
[quote]Proud_Virgin wrote:
Personally, I feel that the alcohol isn’t what gets me–it’s what I eat while drunk/hungover! [/quote]
ahh yes. or weakness in the gym the day after[/quote]
Totally agree. One heavy night drinking messes up gym performance for the next few days as well as the fact you are more likely to eat crap and not get the proper nutrition you need to suit your goals. [/quote]
Why do people adopt this “all or nothing” attitude towards vices?
On average, once a week I’ll drink 3-6 beers, and I always feel fine the next day, and if anything my training goes BETTER than normal. This is because I don’t miss meals, and I don’t lose sleep. With light/moderate drinking, I would say proper nutrition/hydration/sleep are the deciding factors in how training is affected…not the beer.
And if you go get wasted, no shit your training/body composition will be affected. Not fucking rocket science. [/quote]
Is that what we do now?
Drink beer and leave our cammies on our racks?[/quote]
Yup, this is what we do, this recruit don’t give a fuck sir. [/quote]
The problem is the timing of having the cals and carbs. Most drink late at night (unless you have a problem or still in college). An extra 500 cal and 60 grams of carbs before bed when your metabolism slows and your body simply stores them as apposed to burning them is a problem.
Lots of guys drink light beer to save themselves a whopping 150 cals and 35 carbs. Then eat shit all day like a genius.
Like H4more, I have a six pack on Sunday nights. Only six and only Sunday. If not I tend to drink way too much. Doesn’t affect my tone- just my wallet and training. DISCIPLINE is a word I had to learn literally.
One of my lecturers has a theory on the mechanism behind alcohol intake and femininization:
When alcohol is metabolized, 2 cytosolar and 3 mitochondrial NADH are produced per molecule of ethanol. This increases the NADH/NAD+ ratio, and he implied that that causes ketosteroids (such as TESTOSTERONE) to be reduced to hydroxysteroids (such as estrogen).
[quote]kakno wrote:
One of my lecturers has a theory on the mechanism behind alcohol intake and femininization:
When alcohol is metabolized, 2 cytosolar and 3 mitochondrial NADH are produced per molecule of ethanol. This increases the NADH/NAD+ ratio, and he implied that that causes ketosteroids (such as TESTOSTERONE) to be reduced to hydroxysteroids (such as estrogen). [/quote]
Im pretty sure I’ve seen studies showing alcohol to increase aromatase activity. Meaning T will be converted to estrogen at a higher than normal rate. Im not smart enough to knmow if thats what your prof is talking about.
[quote]kakno wrote:
One of my lecturers has a theory on the mechanism behind alcohol intake and femininization:
When alcohol is metabolized, 2 cytosolar and 3 mitochondrial NADH are produced per molecule of ethanol. This increases the NADH/NAD+ ratio, and he implied that that causes ketosteroids (such as TESTOSTERONE) to be reduced to hydroxysteroids (such as estrogen). [/quote]
Im pretty sure I’ve seen studies showing alcohol to increase aromatase activity. Meaning T will be converted to estrogen at a higher than normal rate. Im not smart enough to knmow if thats what your prof is talking about. [/quote]
That, I believe, is very true, but I found the odd theory interesting as well. Pubmedding did not show any support for what he said, but 4 studies suggest that a high NADH/NAD+ ratio (which can be caused by alcohol) decreases testosterone synthesis in rats.
But the increased aromatase activity is probably the most important mechanism.
[quote]forbes wrote:
Light beers usually have the same alcohol content as regular strength beers, the difference being lighter beers have less carbs, so you got this all backwards.[/quote]
He probably didn’t, I know in Australia and many parts of Europe a “light beer” has lower alcohol content and roughly the same amount of carbs (if not more in some cases).
[quote]forbes wrote:
Light beers usually have the same alcohol content as regular strength beers, the difference being lighter beers have less carbs, so you got this all backwards.[/quote]
He probably didn’t, I know in Australia and many parts of Europe a “light beer” has lower alcohol content and roughly the same amount of carbs (if not more in some cases).[/quote]
Interesting, in Canada, and I presume the U.S, a “light beer” is always a lower calorie (very clear) beer. Alcohol content stays the same.
[quote]forbes wrote:
Light beers usually have the same alcohol content as regular strength beers, the difference being lighter beers have less carbs, so you got this all backwards.[/quote]
He probably didn’t, I know in Australia and many parts of Europe a “light beer” has lower alcohol content and roughly the same amount of carbs (if not more in some cases).[/quote]
Interesting, in Canada, and I presume the U.S, a “light beer” is always a lower calorie (very queer) beer. Alcohol content stays the same.[/quote]
