In my possession while training
car keys in pocket
Reading glasses to see the phone
Cellphone for documenting my training on the App
Towel
no need for a duffel bag
i donāt drink fluids during training
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Was this supposed to be some kind of brag orā¦.?
Nope, i have nothing to brag about
But Bruce is awesome!
Old school discipline. No one drinks water during practice unless everyone does.
And thats not going to happen.
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You drink solids instead? Thatās hardcore!
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I donāt get the appeal of owning a ācoolā car. When I buy a car later this year, itāll be a cheap used sedan with good gas mileage, that I trust wonāt break. Those are my only criteria.
I donāt get jeans. Have always found them incredibly uncomfortable, which is the opposite of what seemingly everyone else thinks of them. Size/fit donāt seem to make a difference, Iāve tried several by now.
I donāt get why the vast majority of my peers pursuing humanities degrees would ever want to get a humanities degree. I donāt think they do either.
I donāt get the point of advanced analytics for sports. It seems antithetical to the whole ethos of sports to try and turn them into some sort of mathematically-predetermined model, and it removes the whole human aspect from them. Iām talking about stuff like this:
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I have been purging all jeans from my wardrobe lately. Not comfortable and there are exactly zero brands who make menās jeans for any man that has an ass and thighs (i.e. trains legs).
Cheap - I never buy at MSRP for stuff I can buy there
Yes, this is weird
Worst herb by far
There is definitely a diminishing return on investment in clothes. I want to buy quality without overpaying, but finding that line is tricky.
This is the whole point.
As you get older I think you will find the focus on this diminishes quite a bit. I know because I once thought the exact same way.
The only beef I have with certain folks in this group are the ones who claim being obese doesnāt have health consequenceā¦
You have to stone itā¦
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Even athletic fit jeans?
Guilty.
I leave my gym bag in one accessible spot in my home gym but when traveling I sometimes wind up with a guest pass in a sketchy neighborhood if I donāt know the area, and I canāt have my shoes stolen every time.
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I actually ran into this yesterday. I have a friend that wants to take charge of their nutrition. Their primary issue is snacking at the office, which is derived from being HUNGRY at the office, which is derived from not packing enough nourishing food to eat. The 2:00pm hunger bug hits and they go for the candy dish.
They ended up signing up for the meal prep service āFactorā, and it included a same of protein powder. They were asking me about how to best implement it, and since itās whey, I said āWith it being a fast absorbing protein powder, you donāt want to use it as a meal replacement, but instead have it WITH a meal to up the protein content. That should help curb your appetite. Have it with breakfast, so you can start the day with a lot of protein.ā
They read the label and said āI donāt know: I feel uncomfortable adding so many calories to my breakfastā¦ā
This is 25g of protein and like 1g of carbs. 110 calories on the label. Itās weird how, when itās a āfun sizeā milky way, we donāt bat an eye to gobble it down, but once itās protein powder and has a nutrition label and everything, we start weighing the pros and cons.
Iāve seen this multiple times, primarily with women. Theyāll be VERY averse to adding protein calories to the diet, but will reach for the candy dish without a second thought when hunger strikes.
Although now that I think about it, I know of a male poster here that does the same with fruit, chocolate, and vending machine indian cuisineā¦
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Having had a number of conversations over the years with co-workers concerning diet and training, your entire endeavor now falls firmly into the āI Donāt Get It, But Okayā category for me.
āHope not ever to see Heaven. I have come to lead you to the other shore; into eternal darkness; into fire and into ice.ā
ā Dante Alighieri
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Iām in this camp. Shoes, towel, weight belt, dip belt, bands, towel, logbook, headphones, straps ā¦ my bag is probably bigger than it needs to be, but it works for me. On conditioning day, I bring my weight vest also.
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But have you tried it though? Those Chicken Samosas are top tier. 
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They must be, given how much else is sacrificed so we can eat them.
Actually, the parallels are perfect there. We see the same thing with finances. āI canāt afford to eat steak everyday: thatās too expensiveā, and then turn around and eat out of the office vending machine everyday, buy protein milkshakes from the local Muscle Mart, and go off and buy a Ninja Creami to make ice cream at homeā¦
Itās weird the little barriers we set up for ourselves.
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But but butā¦
Mr. Science Man on YouTube told me that cool whipped filled and deep fried samosas provide numerous health benefits.
I didnāt thaw out the turkey legs, so I better go eat that.
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Damn you. Reading this at 235, bored and hungry at the office. I ate two servings of lunch tho.
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Hot tip: hot water with electrolytes. The hot water slows me down and gives me something to nurse.
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I hear this as āI donāt want to Do anything differently, just the results.ā.
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I can understand the aversion to āadding foodā when oneās goal is to lose weight. Itās so very backwards to everything weāve been conditioned to believe. The issue at hand is the ācalories that donāt countā. If I sit you down and say āThis is breakfast: itās 6 eggs and 8oz of steakā: you whip out your macro calculator app and plug it all in and get an answer and suddenly now you KNOW how much youāre eating for breakfast. But when you sneak a bite off your kids plate or sample the sauce while cooking or steal a handful of M&Ms from the office candy dish or pick up your blended birthday cake from Starbucks, those arenāt REAL calories and they donāt count.
Itās HARD to get folks to understand that eating more of the real calories will make those unaccounted for calories go away.
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