New GF is Throwing Monkey Wrench in my System

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[quote]supa power wrote:
Trust me, nothing aggravates a woman like a man that eats healthily unfortunately. I don’t know why but I see it everytime.
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Who are these fatties that you’re dating that are morally offended by the idea of you eating healthy? I’ve never seriously been with a woman who didn’t enjoy the fact that I can not only cook, but prepare healthy and delicious meals. Even the women in my life who are just friends are intrigued by my diet.

Maybe you need to stop dating farm animals…

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[quote]JaseHxC wrote:

[quote]supa power wrote:
Trust me, nothing aggravates a woman like a man that eats healthily unfortunately. I don’t know why but I see it everytime.
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Who are these fatties that you’re dating that are morally offended by the idea of you eating healthy? I’ve never seriously been with a woman who didn’t enjoy the fact that I can not only cook, but prepare healthy and delicious meals. Even the women in my life who are just friends are intrigued by my diet.

Maybe you need to stop dating farm animals…[/quote]

Aren’t you a vegan?

What woman ISNT intriguing by something that (pretends) to save cute and cuddily animals?

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[quote]gregron wrote:
OP… Hollister and Abercrombie L and XL shirts = Medium “normal people” shirt sizes.

Seriously man… You’re in your late 30’s… Buy adult clothing brands[/quote]

how does one even fit into a medium size shirt. I wear XXX sizes, and they are snug. Shirts should be a little snug to show off your body. but not stupid rediculously tight.

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[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:

[quote]JaseHxC wrote:

[quote]supa power wrote:
Trust me, nothing aggravates a woman like a man that eats healthily unfortunately. I don’t know why but I see it everytime.
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Who are these fatties that you’re dating that are morally offended by the idea of you eating healthy? I’ve never seriously been with a woman who didn’t enjoy the fact that I can not only cook, but prepare healthy and delicious meals. Even the women in my life who are just friends are intrigued by my diet.

Maybe you need to stop dating farm animals…[/quote]

Aren’t you a vegan?

What woman ISNT intriguing by something that (pretends) to save cute and cuddily animals? [/quote]

Damn, my cover has been blown. I guess that streak of pale, malnourished, and bone skinny women has come to an end.

I’m curious as to why you bracketed “pretends” though?

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[quote]JaseHxC wrote:

[quote]supa power wrote:
Trust me, nothing aggravates a woman like a man that eats healthily unfortunately. I don’t know why but I see it everytime.
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Who are these fatties that you’re dating that are morally offended by the idea of you eating healthy? I’ve never seriously been with a woman who didn’t enjoy the fact that I can not only cook, but prepare healthy and delicious meals. Even the women in my life who are just friends are intrigued by my diet.

Maybe you need to stop dating farm animals…[/quote]

Well you are very lucky then to not have to put up with the constant nag. I can probably say that I’ve eventually experienced it with EVERY woman that has seen me eat/cook. I’m talking about chicks who don’t eat much of anything and can’t understand guys eating more than 3 meals a day.

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[quote]JaseHxC wrote:

[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:

[quote]JaseHxC wrote:

[quote]supa power wrote:
Trust me, nothing aggravates a woman like a man that eats healthily unfortunately. I don’t know why but I see it everytime.
[/quote]

Who are these fatties that you’re dating that are morally offended by the idea of you eating healthy? I’ve never seriously been with a woman who didn’t enjoy the fact that I can not only cook, but prepare healthy and delicious meals. Even the women in my life who are just friends are intrigued by my diet.

Maybe you need to stop dating farm animals…[/quote]

Aren’t you a vegan?

What woman ISNT intriguing by something that (pretends) to save cute and cuddily animals? [/quote]

Damn, my cover has been blown. I guess that streak of pale, malnourished, and bone skinny women has come to an end.

I’m curious as to why you bracketed “pretends” though? [/quote]

I have found most average women who do not workout at all get very offended by a guy who is very conscious of how he eats. They respond the same to finding out you hit the gym every day. They want you to look like that with zero effort because you showing extreme self control makes them very self conscious.

You will find as you get older that many women HATE to feel self conscious in a relationship anymore than they already are…which is why you will here “ewwww” from most average to out of shape women when they see someone really muscular.

It isn’t that they necessarily hate muscle. They hate what being with a guy like that will make THEM look like.

The average guy who barely looks like he works out will not experience the same “contempt” because you still fall within “average”…and thus are less of a threat to their self image.

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I truly feel privileged that I don’t have these types of women in my life. Perhaps it’s just because I’m very selective of the company I keep and wouldn’t hesitate to tell someone to remove themselves from my life if they were to show any sort of negativity towards my lifestyle.

That being said, this problem can be solved by not surrounding oneself with “average” people and I don’t mean that only in a physique sense. Good post, X

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X- you hit the nail. They keep saying ewww, and to me they keep saying, but youre big enough…I get bigger, no, youre big enough…I get bigger, no youre big enough. It just doesnt stop. the bigger you get the more they like it. anything they say is just a lie.

Edevus-yes, will get on top of it. thanks.

supa power-good shit bro. why the hell is it so hard for her to understand if I train every 4-5days? and she complains and the constant critique about the food nonstop and my obsession. the constant psychological warfare. its only going to get worse. I tell her if she’d rather have me eat 3 meals of garbage and train 4 times a week? would that be better. SHe likes the way I look, but does she think I got it from eating pizzas and falafel all day long. she tells me:“ive seen people at the gym train and they dont eat like you do”. how many of them make progress? and those that do, how does she know if they dont eat like me, and if they dont eat like me they just have good genetics. I dont, I have to fight very hard for every gram of muscle. the majority here in the gyms train and make no progress. if it makes me happy then why does she have an issue with it. I dont say a word about her constant smoking in front of me when I eat and she knows im asthmatic .this will not work. im waiting just a little longer to finish it. its just not the right time.

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[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
I truly feel privileged that I don’t have these types of women in my life. Perhaps it’s just because I’m very selective of the company I keep and wouldn’t hesitate to tell someone to remove themselves from my life if they were to show any sort of negativity towards my lifestyle.

That being said, this problem can be solved by not surrounding oneself with “average” people and I don’t mean that only in a physique sense. Good post, X[/quote]

I totally agree and support this post.

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[quote]Edevus wrote:

[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
I truly feel privileged that I don’t have these types of women in my life. Perhaps it’s just because I’m very selective of the company I keep and wouldn’t hesitate to tell someone to remove themselves from my life if they were to show any sort of negativity towards my lifestyle.

That being said, this problem can be solved by not surrounding oneself with “average” people and I don’t mean that only in a physique sense. Good post, X[/quote]

I totally agree and support this post. [/quote]

Well, no offense, but both of you sound like people who have not entered the real world yet.

You don’t get to pick and choose every person you work around or have to deal with on a daily basis. One job I worked at (I was again the ONLY guy), I caught much flack for how I ate. The women in that particular clinic used to go to lunch together quite often as some social act and DESPISED the protein shakes I brought to work and made quite an issue of me not going to eat with them constantly (by eat, I mean going out literally for cake for every occasion from birthdays to whatever). I would get comments almost daily about how all of the water I was drinking (with the protein mix) wasn’t healthy…but apparently the cookies they baked DURING THE WORK DAY IN A TOASTER OVEN were healthy as hell.

You don’t get to simply “remove” all people from your life you don’t get along with…and there will be times in your life where people will look for any difference about you to exploit to their own ends.

That’s real life.

You may want to get ready for it.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

[quote]Edevus wrote:

[quote]JaseHxC wrote:
I truly feel privileged that I don’t have these types of women in my life. Perhaps it’s just because I’m very selective of the company I keep and wouldn’t hesitate to tell someone to remove themselves from my life if they were to show any sort of negativity towards my lifestyle.

That being said, this problem can be solved by not surrounding oneself with “average” people and I don’t mean that only in a physique sense. Good post, X[/quote]

I totally agree and support this post. [/quote]

Well, no offense, but both of you sound like people who have not entered the real world yet.

You don’t get to pick and choose every person you work around or have to deal with on a daily basis. One job I worked at (I was again the ONLY guy), I caught much flack for how I ate. The women in that particular clinic used to go to lunch together quite often as some social act and DESPISED the protein shakes I brought to work and made quite an issue of me not going to eat with them constantly (by eat, I mean going out literally for cake for every occasion from birthdays to whatever). I would get comments almost daily about how all of the water I was drinking (with the protein mix) wasn’t healthy…but apparently the cookies they baked DURING THE WORK DAY IN A TOASTER OVEN were healthy as hell.

You don’t get to simply “remove” all people from your life you don’t get along with…and there will be times in your life where people will look for any difference about you to exploit to their own ends.

That’s real life.

You may want to get ready for it.[/quote]

I have had the opportunity to start a new life in a different country. I came here with no job, no place to live except for the first two weeks, my suitcase and my laptop. It’s thanks to this experience that I entered the real life and I learned a lot. One lesson I learned is to not associate with people who don’t share my mindset.

We already talked about something similar in that thread about non-fit people going defensive about people who train. I can’t choose to get rid of them of my life, but I can choose to give them as less time as possible. Sometimes that includes staying at work longer so I don’t have to share transport with them. Or eating later than usual so I can eat alone.

Sometimes yes, there are situations where you can’t avoid these people, but in those moments, you endure and let time pass.

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[quote]Professor X wrote:

Well, no offense, but both of you sound like people who have not entered the real world yet.

You don’t get to pick and choose every person you work around or have to deal with on a daily basis. One job I worked at (I was again the ONLY guy), I caught much flack for how I ate. The women in that particular clinic used to go to lunch together quite often as some social act and DESPISED the protein shakes I brought to work and made quite an issue of me not going to eat with them constantly (by eat, I mean going out literally for cake for every occasion from birthdays to whatever). I would get comments almost daily about how all of the water I was drinking (with the protein mix) wasn’t healthy…but apparently the cookies they baked DURING THE WORK DAY IN A TOASTER OVEN were healthy as hell.

You don’t get to simply “remove” all people from your life you don’t get along with…and there will be times in your life where people will look for any difference about you to exploit to their own ends.

That’s real life.

You may want to get ready for it.[/quote]

You’re right, I’m still a child and I have so much to learn. I only post this because arguing with you is futile. As you can see, I’m using my ability to ignore and remove certain people from my life and while that is incredibly easy to do since we’re online, you would receive the same treatment if I had the privilege (/sarcasm) of knowing you in real life.

Now, if you may excuse me I’m going to go get ready for this “real life” you speak of.

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@rocketman122

Sorry to burst your bubble, 3-4 sets / muscle group /session IS NOT HIT.

Did you try doing 2 or three sets twice a week (for each muscle group, and doing different exercises), WITHOUT going to failure?
Many authors agree that going to failure with low(er) volume is MUCH more draining than high(er) volume but not to failure…
Better said, they agree that failure is taxing both the muscles and the nervous system way too much.
Less can be more. Pain, soreness and fatigue are neither indicators nor requirements of training progress, progress is the indicator of training progress. If you can make progress without these, why not?

Also, maybe you didn’t grow on a higher frequency due to going to failure on every set?
Russians discovered ~that the more you can divide your training load, the better. (doing 2 sets in the morning and 2 in the evening is better than doing 4 sets in one session) And you recover much better…

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Stern- I have all of Mikes books. I have his HIT book/ case with 4 cassettes which ive listened to maybe 7 times, so please if you youre unsure, dont comment. Im a huge fan of Mikes philosophy and there’s reason behind what he says. I read all his articles. It just makes sense to me more than any other workout ive tried. I believe very much in logic and science. I wont train a certain way because its a persons opinion. I want logic behind it.

I was very skeptic like most people are…there’s no person here more skeptic then me. I said hell no. 2 sets…WTF?
I read his books and its just logical. it makes sense.
here’s a video of part of the workout:

I take every set to failure and above. I do almost all reps needed but just hardly and then rest 2-3 seconds and pump out another 2-4. sometimes its only half reps. No throwing, no momentum…NEVER. always controlling the weight. and always heavy. for instance with pulldowns I hold the weight for a second before releasing and the negative is always very slow, 4 seconds up, 4 down. I get pumps like ive never felt before. every set is brutal. with legs I feel like a rocketman, I can hardly walk and I feel like throwing up.

this how Mike trained…although he did 1 set…I dont feel like ive strained my muscles enough so I do between 2-4 depending which exercise and how I feel. no one who sees me train will say Im not training enough. there is a reason why he gives 4-7 days rest. I feel like I can only go in after 4-5 days. sometimes I go in after 3 days (my last workout) but only because of work and I didnt want to drag it longer than 5 days. I dont feel like ive done anything if I do the -6-10 reps and I could do another 6.

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[quote]rocketman122 wrote:
I take every set to failure and above.
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I travel to infinity, and beyond.

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you must have some really good pills :slight_smile:

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[quote]Yo Momma wrote:

[quote]rocketman122 wrote:
I take every set to failure and above.
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I travel to infinity, and beyond.[/quote]

up up and awaaaaaaaaaaaay!

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[quote]gregron wrote:

[quote]Yo Momma wrote:

[quote]rocketman122 wrote:
I take every set to failure and above.
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I travel to infinity, and beyond.[/quote]

up up and awaaaaaaaaaaaay![/quote]

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