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[penguinz]

2022 getting and staying fit thread!

[BWillie]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Strength training is 10x+ more important than cardio to live a full and healthy life.

I'm trying to live longer ans just be healthy. Women live much longer than men. Have less muscle tone, less muscle and are smaller. The smaller you are the better off you are generally. Sure avoiding muscle atrophy is important but most body building stuff is not exactly good for you. Ideally you would do both but I don't think there is any doctor ever that would tell you if you had to pick one to pick strength training instead of cardio.

Back when I was into body building I couldn't run for shit. My heart was still unhealthy. I got just as tired from running a block as I did after not lifting for 8 years. It gave me no aerobic benefit and did not help my triglyceride levels. Cardio and simply replacing my red meat intake with fish did. Ive only been doing cardio for 6 months and have only went from 188 lbs to 183 lbs and it is like night and day for my health. I felt sluggish alot when the focus was just strength training and that was when I was a younger man. I feel the absolute best I have ever felt in my entire life. Someday Id like to do both but for now focusing on the heart and blood levels.

[loochy]

Originally Posted by penguinz

Had a powerlifting meet so a weeks rest after and then went on vacation.

Good question... 4lbs or so is most likely dehydration. 4 days of eating about half of maintenance calories per day, for some reason I don't have an appetite when traveling.

There might be a possibility a change in supplements (a removal of one) has resulted in some of the loss as well.

Abs are sort of popping though so I guess there is one benefit.

Next month and a half is going to be brutal. Need to get back to where I was plus maybe 10lbs more.

Nothing more fun than eating a lot of food when you aren't hungry.

Ha, you were popping anadrols leading up to the meet and the water came off, didn't it?