Hey man, I’m glad for you that you can have fun. On a more self-centered note it’s very helpful for me to see someone that manages to kill it in the gym and still live your life with all of my orthorexic tendencies. The pancakes are such a win for me, personally. I’m still mindful that you have a TDEE far higher than mine which is presumably how you can find space for alcoholic drinks as well.
Meanwhile, I was just thinking about what you said earlier about me being 1-3 kgs shy of beach bod and I’m not sure you were thinking in the right direction,
That lower belly pouch won’t go away unless I fill out my frame with some LBM first or so I’m guessing. At my lightest I was sub 70 kilos and it was still there more or less so
Gotta admit, I’m pretty much only posting if someone tags me, kinda gotten lazy in that way. I should post more just to keep a habit of doing so.
Ragarding the topic at hand, I’ve actually just lately noted how easy it is to get away with a “dull” diet when you’re doing plenty of other stuff that gives you a dopamine boost.
It could just be a coincidence, but I do feel like if I get that dopamine spike from say, training or socializing (obviously this is kinda limited atm) or playing some games it hinders cravings and makes you think less of food in general.
Part of that is of course just that you have less time to do so when you’re doing stuff. You’re not eating out of boredom, and you’re not eating because that is the only source of satisfaction and excitement you have.
Dude that sounds like a blast! I really miss days like that in the gym, lately all my climbing just feels so tedious. They just put up a bunch of fun and interesting boulder problems though, that should inject some life into it.
Interesting thought. I for one would find it really interesting if dopamine in a person could be studied rather than inferred from their actions but medical science isn’t there it seems
Oxtail slow-cooked over night for breakfast. Fried the noodles in the broth together with chives and thyme from my balcony. Some sesame seeds. Onions also from slow-cooker.
For sure. Yeah, this is just an assumption I’ve made, and it could be due to other things or the two could not be related at all. Guess we’ll have to wait for some studied to pop up
I have but, I don’t want to base my circadian rhythm around prepping food for when others want to eat. I’ll put that love and attention into cooking for my family once I have one. I really enjoy making sourdough bread but I also like other carbs. In a single person household being a breadmaker produces too much bread…
I imagine it’s only possible to study via biopsy which is too invasive. Dopamine release is just one aspect, how receptive the receptors are and your degree of re-uptake would necessitate testing the tissues I imagine.
Yeah, those are some glaring issues regarding study design. I’ve linked a 2014 paper below that goes through a method of imagining dopamine neurotransmission in the brain, but at least at the time the method was just in testing phase.
I have no clue of where they are now, I literally just found the article and skimmed through it. Maybe there could be some studies in the future that kind of answer this question.
Of course you could design a study with an objectives of “Does partaking in engaging activities improve adhearance to a caloric deficit” or something similar. (I mean, I already have a name for it, all that has to done is the actual work)
That’s definitely a part of it. Making up for lost time due to injuries and a lay-off prior to that, but getting back to “baseline” hasn’t been the smoothest process.
I’ve taken on the teacher/encourager role for my GF as well, which is fine, but drains some of the life from my own climbing as a result.
I think it is interesting. i’ve been always more keen to decrease cortisol and stress in general, and I think it helps. Also, when you’re going out etc well you’re moving, and as such consuming calories.
I think I have been underestimating it a lot. These last two months I have been eating on average 4000 - 5000 cals a day and my weight barely move. I think that’s a lot for a 30 yo natural. But I have quite a LBM and I move a lot.
Concerning alcohol, well I’m gonna do a month cleanse. I don’t drink alone or anything, but honestly I’ve been drinking too much lately, and I’ve been skipping workouts because of that, and performance I’m sure is hurt in the long term (especially recovery, this will help my elbow heal ahah)
I think that people overstimate “bad food”. John Meadows cheats every week. And his everyday diet you see stuff like cereals or what. Mike Mentzer was famous for his junk food love (or Lebron James, Usain Bolt). I think it’s just a matter of balance. And frankly I’m planing on cleaning my diet, it’s not sustenaible in the long run I think, because I’m eating stuff like pizza (like this noon) at like half my meals. And it’s as much veggies and fruits I’m not eating (+ the moneeeey)
I think that yeah you could be leaner, but what for? Indeed like you said, more muscle will help you way more in many regards. I’m feeling “fatty” yet I have abs, if I had less abs muscle well it wouldn’t be the same ahah
I think it’s great, it’s everything I love, and the week of bodybuilding hmmm me gusta! Even though I think I’ll keep the split he said on that, but with a Mountaindog approach (Activation/prepump - Explosive lifting - Maximum pump - Stretched lifting)
I’m going to do it very soon, in the meantime I can get myself some weight releasers ahahah
I can… Kind of see this. I don’t know if you’re open to receiving advice on this from me but I already have the video url in my clipboard so here it is anyway unsolicited as it may be…
Do what this guy does with his friend,
Climb slowly, perfectly, and talk through your beta. This is obviously harder work than just sending the problem. I had to do this during my pulley injury recovery as I couldn’t climb on my level but it’s still challenging. Bonus points if you can get to what’s their crux, show them their bad body position without falling off, and then show them correct body position. Like, showing someone first how their good morning squat looks and then show them a proper squat with the same weight.
Only climbed once (I have vertigo) but it was very exhilarating. And because of stress/fear I was using terrible technique and climbing too fast ahahah this was a brutal shoulder and back workout
After having a period in my life when I thought it was normal to go through a bottle of brandy on my own on a Tuesday drinking is really low on the list of needs I’m interested in reincorporating into my life. Right now I’m tremendously elated I can be comfortable with just exercising enough to eat a pizza rather than avoid pizza as if it was uranium.
Objectively, climbing would be even easier!
Read The Brutality of Mountain Dog Training if you haven’t already.
The majority of my climbing acquaintances are afraid of heights. One or two suffer from vertigo. Most get it while bouldering but not when climbing 30 meters because it’s just too high.
When I work, around 14K steps, when I don’t around 8K. At work I’m always standing. And you add cardio and work outs. When I go for a run I can burn 600 cals (I’m 85 kgs)
I think pizza is on of the best cheats. The one I just had was great: for 100 gr you have 29 C, 12 P, 6 F
Well everyhting is easier than gaining muscle ahahah
No I haven’t, I just did two of his workouts, and also devoured his latest vids about his training philosophy
It was frightening but I definitely want to do it again!
