As a dude who legitimately packed on 40lbs after I tore my patellar tendon, I feel personally attacked.
Though for what it’s worth, 5 months later and still 40lbs heavier I ran 1.5 miles in 9:44, so I didn’t completely lose it haha
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I gained well over 30lbs when I got out, so I get it, but my problem was still feasting like I was on leave but now it was just every day
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Me too, mine went straight to the biceps.
Makes a man’s lower back hurt toting these things around, but if that’s the burden I have to bear…
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You get up at 3? Must feel nice to sleep in. I get up yesterday!
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3/31/23 - Rest (forced)
Didn’t have time to train with school going on.
Food
Cal: 2000
P: 246g
C: 131g
F: 46g
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My good friend, I always make fun of people that give themselves this excuse, but I’ve finally run into it myself: I lost a couple pounds (finally!) this week after eating a couple hundred calories more and lifting a little less (cardio about the same, though).
I still haven’t figured out how to sleep, so whatever there.
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This literally happens to me every time I get out of the shower… even home alone. Weird.
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Curious, what do you use to track your recovery percentage?
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Well, I started with a watch by Polar Fitness that did okay, but i had to keep it on all night and it felt a little spotty.
Then when I started really leaning out - IDK why but I was becoming a hot sleeper. Like I was always a hot sleeper, but now I was sleeping under a full speed fan with no blankets/sheets on and was still sweating through my sheets nightly. So I bought a bed that’s probably too expensive to justify, but it keeps me warm/cool depending on the season and it also tracks my sleep through sensors and all that.
FWIW, the Tap Test is almost as good at tracking sleep/recovery as any watch or bed. Using a Click Counter is a little easier than counting dots on a sheet of paper though.
^I also don’t listen to my bed when it tells me I shouldn’t train. Like I’m gonna listen to some dumb bed 
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That . . . looks amazing. We have two BedJets, but I don’t like to use mine (even though I get warm) because I don’t like the cool air blowing directly on me. I like the idea of all that data too - if you feel like it’s fairly accurate that is. Thanks for another health item to add to the list! (Though we spend a pretty significant portion of our lives sleeping, so I feel like there are far worse things to invest in).
Never saw the tap or click tests - I’m intrigued! Still like the idea of the magic bed though hah.
Damn straight. That’s why I tell Alexa to shove it sometimes. Just to make sure the robots know they’ll face resistance in their eventual uprising.
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4/2/23 - rest
Food
Cal: 1774
P: 163g
C: 220g
F: 29g
+45mins cardio
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Week in Review
Avg Weight: 208.1lb
Avg Cals: 1955
Avg Protein: 205g
Avg Carbs: 171g
Avg Fats: 48 (had one outlier day at 106g, Avg would be 38g without the one high day)
Would you look at that, weight loss has ocurred. We might just make this cut happen after all.
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4/3/23 - Cardio
Weight: 208.8lb
Recovery: 49% (3h 54m slept)
Walking into the gym on International Chest Day to do cardio because that’s what the cool kids do. We’ll be smoking behind the school when you’re done with chess club.
+15mins Treadmill AHR 145bpm
+15mins Stationary Bike AHR 135bpm
+12mins Hyperbed Tanning
- Was supposed to lift today but not enough sleep. I blame the late night cardio.
Food
Cal: 1807
P: 197g
C: 173g
F: 36g
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If he was doing full ROM then 4 other exercises supersetted would’ve been way too many. It’s about load management.
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How well has the keeping you cool worked now that you’ve had it for awhile? My wife/ kids are tired of me turning the house into an icebox so I can sleep a couple hours. Obviously they don’t get a vote, but it would be fun to surprise them with one evening of above-freezing temperatures.
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Still works great. the bed has individual sides so the wife can bake at her usual nightly temperature and I’m at a balmy 80-85 degrees in winter.
This is the best thing to happen to beds since memory foam.
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High praise indeed. Now you’ve got me seriously looking at this.
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