The fat shot
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You do realize he said he’s almost 70, correct? So maybe tone down the attitude a little and respect the fact that a man that is well onto the twilight of his life is trying to stay healthy. You and your Olympic weights can go pound sand. I don’t life weights ever, but I can still carry a pack and bow all over the mountains of Idaho at the ripe age of 45. Weights aren’t needed. Exercise and healthy eating is enough to stay healthy.Then go pick up a barbell and stop being a whiny little bitch and giving me excuses I don't to hear.
Never tried Olympic weightlifting? Perfect. Then you have absolutely no bad habits to break. We may begin. *clears throat* mmhmm You can start by going to the gym and working out with an empty barbell. Go get completely smoked by moving an empty barbell; practicing the Snatch. From your shins to Overhead in one motion, Go. Trace your body with the bar as you go up starting from the deadlift position. As you can see, as a father of 2 at 37 years....I can still slam bars and get new PR's if I JUST SHOW TF UP AND DO IT! Fuck you(r) excuses if thats all you're going giving me. They mean nothing to me; as they should you aswell. Oh and uh FYI......Olympic weightlifters aren't all exactly monstrous heathens like body builders or wrestlers. Go check any YouTube USAW Nationals or worlds.
"He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man." Hunter S. Thompson. Mine is the Olympic barbell.
Funny, but so far it’s worked for the first 45 years of my life. 5’9” and 170 lbs and resting heart rate of around 44 bpm.Diet and exercise, the only thing repeatedly proven not to work long term.
Obesity
Hypertension
Diabetes
Hyperlipidemia
Coronary Artery Disease + PTCA
Congestive Heart Failure
Obesity Hypoventilation, Obstructive Sleep Apnea, and Pulmonary Hypertension
Premature Degenerative Joint Disease of Both Knees and Hips
Fungal Dermatitis of Bucculus, Panniculus, and Inguinal Folds
Gout
My son sent this to me sometime back to keep things in perspective.
Ultimately, only you are in control of your piehole, he said.
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One thing I have found is it's not only what you eat in terms of carbs, etc, but the quality of the food. When I go to Europe I literally eat whatever I want and I lose weight like a Jew in Germany 1944. It's insane. It's because their food is clean.
^^^this! Us Americans eat WAY too much processed food. Stuff is mostly garbage.
It's not even the processed food though. It's the bread, it's the vegetables, it's the dairy.
I ate croissants with chocolate spread almost every day for breakfast and often lunch for a month straight there and I lost 10 pounds.
I ate croissants with chocolate spread almost every day for breakfast and often lunch for a month straight there and I lost 10 pounds.
Yes. Lots of our food is poison. So many common foods make me sick now. My stomach has never been picky.
I wouldn't consider power lifting bullshit in my 40s regardless of how good of shape I'm in. It has no purpose in the OP's goal. I do encourage strength training but there are so many safe ways to build muscle.
Crossfit nonsense is a great way to get hurt. My friend helped rehab severapeople who got injured from that bullshit.
Here’s my schedule. 200 minutes of cardio a week. Walking mostly! Light weight strength training on machines. Light means more reps. I’ve lost 33 lbs. it took a year and 4 months! I try to stay around 1500 calories consumed per day. Those calories are mostly protein. Fish, chicken, tuna, peas , nuts etc! I dink 90 percent water Stay away from sugar!
I’ve been that for the last 10 years. Married 20 years ago and weighed 145 at that point. I’ve never done a diet in my life.
I am not against lifting. I’ve often thought of buying a weight set, and I actually do have some dumbbells, but time is my main factor. CrossFit is dumb. Cardio is boring, but definitely do something to stay healthy. I am actually reaching an age and my job is such that I should start lifting so I don’t start falling apart too soon.
As you know, most of losing weight is all about nutrition and how many calories you consume. Exercise, regardless of what method you choose is great as long as it's safe. I haven't walked on the treadmill for months because of plantar fasciitis.
I'm currently eating 2200 calories a day and I'm losing right at 2 pounds per week. I should be about 182 pounds by the end of the month. Hopefully, that's where I need to be to accomplish my goal.
Your last line is exactly why I started exercising almost 3 years ago. I was doing physical therapy for a second time on my shoulder while waiting to see the orthopedic surgeon. I knew if I didn't change things, that there was no way I could do my job another 25 years. Being stronger, and having better mobility has made things a lot easier on me. I still had to have surgery, but hopefully this prevents further problems.
I eliminated my low back pain that I fought for years with the use of one machine in my friend's personal gym. The last year has been life changing for me. I laugh because he always says how much I've done for him and his dad. He says he can never repay me, but he underestimates how much of a difference he's made in my life! People take good health for granted!
That's what I figured. So your comment isn't contradicting what I said. You didn't lose a lot of weight and kept it off with diet / exercise.
There's a seniors class at my gym. Grandpas are still lifting weights and making some younger dudes look like whimps. Working out using an empty barbel, IMO, was NO WHERE CLOSE to an excessive recommendation on a physical activity to do based on his age. GMAFB, dude.....You dont lift weights ever? Then, any opinion you hold on this matter is null and void.
You didn’t specify losing weight vs keeping it off. I’ve stayed healthy this way. Also, I’ve known more people to get healthy and stay healthy with healthy eating and exercise than people using fad diets, shots, or idiotic weight loss programs. Your comment is kinda vague. Are you just saying people should get a shot or something?
Sorry. Maybe some people have better genetics. I can’t help that you have to take juice and lift weights to feel strong.
