FIT.Y.E.R.O. (Meathead, wellness, fitness, diet, exercise) Thread

UK-Chulo

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I’m using Transparent Labs. Pretty much only do whey isolate these days. Unflavored.

Any flavored with artificial sweeteners give me a stomachache.

Unflavored blended with cocoa powder, pbfit powdered(no sugar), almond milk, a banana and a date for sweetness is where it’s at for me.
 

Bonzo_Cat

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I can second the naked whey, but it doesn't taste great. I've been trying to eliminate a bunch of extra stuff and some of those powders are loaded with junk. Really been trying to hit proteins without a shake.
Since getting the food scale a few months ago, I've been pretty dialed in on diet and hitting 180-200g of protein in whole foods and 2500-2700 calories.

Starting Sunday I've adjusted target goals to 2300-2400 calories and 190g of protein. Since I'm up at 5 and done with post workout first meal at 7:30, I'm eating lunch earlier than normal. Shake is a good mid-day bridge to get me to that last meal, bonus to push me over protein goal.

Biggest plus the scale has added is eliminating snacks/grazing during the day. Would always throw down a few handfuls of almonds or cashews during the day, but when you see how calorically dense and low nutrient ROI they are, you realize how quickly how they can blow up your targets. Shake or a few hard boiled eggs are a better option
 

anthonys735

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-Understandable. We're all glued to tweets/hob/etc. Workouts haven't been affected though.

-Picked up a whoop because I'm trying to have something to monitor my sleep and recovery. Seems to be ok. Still not in love with a wearable in bed but it's way lighter than my watch. So far, I sleep like ****. Not surprising, especially after vacation last week.

-Didn't lift last week. 4 bike rides to kick off the season. 2 days of mobility. Ate and drank like an *******, which undoubtly affected my first weigh in since the fall. However, coming off that **** has me lazer focused.

Starting point for 12 week cut:
*227 / 23%(which I'm a bit dubious on, should have a better reading Friday without all the water from booze and cheesecake hangovers)
*Obviously, more bf than I would have liked, wish it was 20-21% granted it probably is. Mirror test suggests it is. Still plenty of definition. Belly isn't near what it's been at that weight before.
*Strength is through the roof. Shoulders and Back mass seem to be the big gainers this round. Belt loop was getting snug one loop up on about 15-17# increase.
*Big thing, at that weight I was very comfortable. As agile and flexible as I've been since probably 18. Also, no pain or injuries.

* Dropping calories to 2000 for a quick 2-3 week burn vacation off, then aiming for 2200. Yesterday was 2030g cal, 256g protein, 47g fat, 63g carbs. I won't stay that low for more than a couple weeks.
*Strict counting of calories including condiments and grazing.
*Increasing weight, decreasing reps, increasing cardio, decreasing carbs, increasing proteins, decreasing fat, increasing sodium and water, decreasing booze, increasing sleep, increasing sauna and definitely increasing plunge.

Want to be <15% by July.
 
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The Whoop will change your sleep life. It will become something you gamify -- in my experience at least.

One thing you quickly learn -- it is relatively easy to get 100% sleep. Getting in the green for recovery on a consistent basis, however, is a much bigger chore, especially with a stressful job, etc, (and kids, I'm sure).
 
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Bonzo_Cat

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That's pretty damn impressive. Do you have a certain cookbook or something you use?
No cookbook. The scale has an app that you can enter in any food and it'll bring up macros or scan the bar code on say Fage Greek yogurt to import the details.

From there it is just a science experiment of test and reset until you hone in on what it takes to meet those goals. You can store meals on the app for an easy reminder, and taking the guessing game out of cooking is another cheat code.

Post workout breakfast is always the same - 3 eggs, Greek yogurt and cottage cheese. That gets me to 60g protein. Then 3 meals of chicken, fish or steak, vegetables and either 2oz rice or half a sweet potato and you're hitting 200g of protein.

Rice, like nuts, will push calories and carbs up with a quickness so have to be more mindful of those servings than any protein.
 
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It measures your body's recovery so it is individual to you. For me, it is (1) avoiding booze, (2) drinking plenty of water, (3) a cold and dark room, and (4) the hardest to control -- how well my wife sleeps all seem to have the biggest effect. Saunas do a bit.

It learns you and lets you experiment.

EDIT: I'm looking forward to the first HRV dick swinging contest in this thread.
 
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LineSkiCat14

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It measures your body's recovery so it is individual to you. For me, it is (1) avoiding booze, (2) drinking plenty of water, (3) a cold and dark room, and (4) the hardest to control -- how well my wife sleeps all seem to have the biggest effect. Saunas do a bit.

It learns you and lets you experiment.

EDIT: I'm looking forward to the first HRV dick swinging contest in this thread.

Well there's your problem, and anyone's problem in regards to getting in shape.. a wife.
 

anthonys735

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It measures your body's recovery so it is individual to you. For me, it is (1) avoiding booze, (2) drinking plenty of water, (3) a cold and dark room, and (4) the hardest to control -- how well my wife sleeps all seem to have the biggest effect. Saunas do a bit.

It learns you and lets you experiment.

EDIT: I'm looking forward to the first HRV dick swinging contest in this thread.
My first night wearing was the night the Cal news broke and I got back from 10 straight days of drinking/eating on vacation.

Laid my book down to go to sleep at 9:30. Ignorantly picked up my phone and next thing I know it's 2a and my mind is still racing. Lol. Hell of a baseline.
 

Bill Cosby

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On the one hand, it’s impressive for someone his age.

The outfit is top notch gym attire.

On the other hand, I think prominent weight markings should be required on all bumper plates people use for social media posts…

 

LineSkiCat14

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I dont get the point of Bumper plates. They have no handles on them which makes loading a heavy squat a pain, and loading a dead-lift damn near impossible on your own. I assume the name "bumper" comes from their coating, so crossfit turds can throw around their poorly-formed cleans and push presses.. but your normal weights come in a variety of softer coatings these days. No commercial box gym is using metal weights anymore.
 
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I've got some sort of rubberized bumper plates in my garage gym. They're great. I (and my wife) can freely drop them without worry of chipping concrete. And I don't really give a **** if Lenny Kravitz can do whatever fruity bench press situp combo that is with 10s or 45s, tbh.
 

LineSkiCat14

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I've got some sort of rubberized bumper plates in my garage gym. They're great. I (and my wife) can freely drop them without worry of chipping concrete. And I don't really give a **** if Lenny Kravitz can do whatever fruity bench press situp combo that is with 10s or 45s, tbh.

Yeah but I'm pretty sure most traditional weight plates have a rubberized coating these days. And maybe the metal underneath still poses a problem.. but I'd dropped plenty of these weights at the gym I go to with no real issues.

Just wish the bumper plates had a handle.. when I'm loading up my 700lb squat with 45lb plate after 45lb plate, it gets annoying not having a handle on them.
 

roguemocha

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-Bumper plates are for dropping for powerlifters and such. Doesn’t hurt the weight or floor as much, the problem is people think you should always drop them now just because they saw someone else do it on IG.

No need to dead drop that #135 Carl, just set her down, thanks.

-I’m not even measuring right now per se because my meal prep is so on point I know what’s in everything and it’s already portioned. Much quicker than measuring per meal.

Dropped about #7 just doing that and not eating 5K cals/day. Helps eating exactly the same thing every day all week.

Bfast-eggs yogurt fruit*
Dinner-steak sweet pots fruit*
Supper-chicken asparagus*
Dessert-yogurt fruit PB Powder, maybe some honey
Snacks-grapes, toms with salt and pepper, any berries, bananas, etc

If that’s literally all you eat you almost don’t have to count cals.

I also don’t go ham on the weekends usually though and no booze period.

I do eat ice cream and a meal out one day a weekend.

-And yes that’s why Kravitz put that video up in particular, it looks hard, complicated and as if he’s a destroyer, which is great and all but that is a lot of Hollywood malarkey in that exercise.

Wouldn’t look nearly as cool with #35 DBs…

And also both those guys are absolute TOOLS for working out in sunglasses, come on are you teenagers? Grow the touch up Lenny and DEFINITELY his “trainer”.

And I think Lenny is cool, but that video ain’t it.
 

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I picked the perfect time to eschew cutting this summer and go bear mode. McDonalds added spicy McNuggets back to the menu. They are all that is good in the culinary world.
 
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-Can’t do the fast food anymore but I miss Taco Bell and Chic. Two months and it’s been a year since I had McDonald’s. Drive through or fast food in general is close behind that as well.

Literally hurts my stomach or I’m shitting immediately with discomfort…

-meant to mention bebidas:
Milk-every meal
Water-all day
Kombucha-once a day treat
Coffee-2 cups per day generally a
Green Tea-1 pint per day.

That’s it for drinks.
 

NW50

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Just noticed this thread and did a bit of skimming

Well done everyone, lots of knowledge and hustle and grind in here. Love to see it.

What’s working well for me these days - FitBod app for accountability and progress tracking and Apple Watch for more of the same.

If and when it dies I am going to try out a whoop to see what it’s all about.

Things I need to get better at:

Booze intake
Stretching/mobility work

Anth, apologies if you’ve mentioned it in the last 33 pages I didn’t read - what are you doing for mobility these days?
 
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anthonys735

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Kinstretchwithbeard.vhx.tv

A bit expensive, but huge library, and didn't take long to catch on. There's a few other similar programs out there. I do it 3x per week before lifting and Tuesdays I do at least a 30 minute session. I'm probably to the point I know the main movements enough I could drop the subscription. So that's been 6 months investment.
 
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-I’m not even measuring right now per se because my meal prep is so on point I know what’s in everything and it’s already portioned. Much quicker than measuring per meal.
To clarify on this, I’m not trying to have a six pack or anything at the moment, otherwise I would be counting like when I was just recently but instead gaining then.

Anyway, just wasn’t trying to say you don’t ever need to count no matter what you eat.
 

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How do you all adjust your day when your whoop device tells you you had bad sleep or didn’t “recover”?

How does it measure recovery and sleep?

Does it basically remind you if you had one too many or ate too much by your stillness or HR at night?

I could look at these sites and find out sure, but I’d rather hear from people I trust fitness-wise versus Randy on Yelp.

Just so tough for me to wear extra stuff but trying to talk myself into it as I’m a stats nerd already.
 

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Thanks to the the nonstop rain over the last few days and the basketball coach roller coaster ride, I haven't gotten around to grilling my protein selection. Thus, 4 greek yogurts and a hidden valley nut bar with a table spoon of peanut butter had to suffice for my second dinner. Things we do for the gains, man.
 

roguemocha

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Baking, baking is what you do when you can’t fire the grill up lol, although grilling is much more fun.
 

anthonys735

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135 x 10
225 x 15
275 × 8
305 x 4
315 x 0 spotter assistance for 287.8ish
225 x 10

85 x 8-10 x 5 incline

85 x 15 pull over

Blood flow restricted single arm push downs

Blood flow restricted 135 x failure close grip bench
 
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I bought a cheap air fryer and put it at the office. I get quarter size aluminum foil cooking pans with lids and use those as meal prep containers. Straight in the air fryer, let it cool, eat, and then chuck the container, too. Beats the dog piss out of the microwave and toting tupperwave back and forth from the damn office every day.

I got a 92% recovery score from Whoop last night, it is the weekend, and I'm getting to enjoy a beautiful Kentucky morning sun by myself before my wife gets up. Day One of the Mark Pope Era is starting off very well.
 
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135 x 10
225 x 15
275 × 8
305 x 4
315 x 0 spotter assistance for 287.8ish
225 x 10

85 x 8-10 x 5 incline

85 x 15 pull over

Blood flow restricted single arm push downs

Blood flow restricted 135 x failure close grip bench
would like to see you skip the 275 and 305 reps and go straight to 315 one time before you start cutting weight, no doubt you're good for a few reps.
 

anthonys735

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-Too late. Cut already engaged and I'm in a pretty good calorie deficit. Actually about to bump up 200 calories next week. I can feel it already. But I wanted a jump start after a glutinous vacation. I'll get back there.

-Been hitting sauna/plunge basically every single day.

-as suspected my sleep is terrible and it's not really related to the time I'm in bed. Looking forward to a new challenge while diagnosing the issues.

-we just oven bake 6-8 chicken breast a few times per week. Neutral seasoning and I'll church it up with a spicy mustard or BBQ. I probably eat that half the nights. Spinach has been my go to green at home because I eat broccoli at lunch. Pulling carbs and steak out of the rotation pretty soon. 15% here we go.

-mentioned it a few times but lmnt before your coffee is a real life hack.

-back shredder yesterday.

Seated Incline Rope Pullovers. New exercise. Brutal.
Chest supported 60# dumbbell rows
Straight arm cable push downs
75# db overhead press

Going heavy, somewhat lower reps.
 

UK-Chulo

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-Too late. Cut already engaged and I'm in a pretty good calorie deficit. Actually about to bump up 200 calories next week. I can feel it already. But I wanted a jump start after a glutinous vacation. I'll get back there.

-Been hitting sauna/plunge basically every single day.

-as suspected my sleep is terrible and it's not really related to the time I'm in bed. Looking forward to a new challenge while diagnosing the issues.

-we just oven bake 6-8 chicken breast a few times per week. Neutral seasoning and I'll church it up with a spicy mustard or BBQ. I probably eat that half the nights. Spinach has been my go to green at home because I eat broccoli at lunch. Pulling carbs and steak out of the rotation pretty soon. 15% here we go.

-mentioned it a few times but lmnt before your coffee is a real life hack.

-back shredder yesterday.

Seated Incline Rope Pullovers. New exercise. Brutal.
Chest supported 60# dumbbell rows
Straight arm cable push downs
75# db overhead press

Going heavy, somewhat lower reps.
Best flavor of LMNT?