I don’t think all the cross fit bro type lifting but is necessary. But doing some resistance training is essential to forestall loss of muscle mass as we age. I find various sqauts with the Olympic bar or kettle bell make my ski season way more enjoyable. Dumbbell bench press, pushups, pull ups, seated rows.
Keep it simple
Also treadmills and ellipticals are twash as fuck.
Like, lite lifting and some crunches and push-ups, yeah.
The people doing hardcore lifting into their 40's+ are doing damage to themselves.
If you take lanes seriously and go hard and aren't back stroking with snorkels like a fucking 80 year old stroke victim then you don't really need to do dumb bells imo. I do them like every 3rd time or so.
Yeah you can get it at Costco, too.
Other than the sucralose, I don't really have anything bad to say about the Optimum. Used it for years.
This, and the extra protein will help you build muscle mass faster and it's simpler than having to put meals together.
Treadmill is twash except for using it on a steep incline. That is a legit workout.
The only problem with swimming is it's a pain in the ass dealing with going to a pool, etc. Otherwise, great exercise.
I still lift weights at 43. No problems whatsoever. I'm also not doing berserk crossfit stuff. Muscle mass and strength is super important to maintain as you age. Also for bone strength.
I’ll say I will deal with a treadmill for the following reasons:
-traveling and need some quick cardio, with no erg available
-need some cardio and want to multitask on the phone so walk at a high incline
-light barefoot jogging, to work different muscles and focus on form
The above makes up like 1% of my cardio though. I lift about twice per week, nothing crazy heavy, just to ensure cross training happens and to keep everything healthy.
If I don’t want to build mass and instead just stay lean, does it have any utility?
Agree. When I have to use one like in a hotel gym I make it like doing a steep hike.
it’s always good to get plenty of protein and whey has a lot of upside too beyond just being protein.
swimming is great. It just has to be balanced with something that provides a bit of impact for healthy bones.
One of the great things about Bend is how easy it is to get in some fun, high impact training- ie mt bikes, skiing, hiking, etc.
I hate running so no high impact training option for me there
The difference between the reference range and optimal range for blood work… Huge difference that nobody talks about
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hmm I just turned 36 and haven’t really done squat at the pcp for overall health. Where do I even start? Like what do I ask for? I imagine there are some pcps that have more of a focus on this
I always just went to the doctor when I got sick but now I’m getting to the age I should probably think about stuff more.
Go get an annual physical, that's the main starting point. I have no idea if they do a full blood and pisser work up if you don't have a diagnosed issue. Hopefully they do so you can get the info on how you're doing generally and build the history year over year so you can identify if something changes.
Sigh, you're gonna get me to go look at 20 years of blood work to see what those ranges say. I have had blood work done at a bunch of different places, but all in northern VA and Maryland, and all have been pretty universal in the measurement of good.
Some food for thought here…
1- I'm always skeptical of "clinical trial of one" type claims. Show me a peer reviewed study based on clinical trails of 1000 "pure carnivores" over 6 years vs 1000 "healthy, balanced diet" guysm, both with equal amounts of physical activity and then we can talk.
2- Our ancestors having been "pure carnivores" before the agricultural revolution is pure hogwash. Almost all hunter/gather societies were omnivores eating the variety of plants as well animal proteins. The only exception I can think of are the Intuits we were evolved over thousands of years to eat and all protein/fat based diet and even then they were living on the edge of what's physically possible as opposed to the healthiest humans to ever walk the Earth.
3- Certainly the mostly rice Chinese or Vietnamese peasant diet wasn't optimal, but then consider who the longest living humans on Earth are. It's the Okinawans who eat mostly rice, soy, vegetables, and little bit of fish and pork. Examples are plentiful around the world of balanced diets that are superior to the American one.
The Intuits were the inventors of Quickbooks.
The fucking guys on an Alaska Airlines logo.
If you did your research you would have found that the "Blue Zone" thing was fabricated. Those people eat a mostly meat or all-meat diet. I also know you well enough that whenever you trot out the phrase "and then we can talk" it means you've shut down your brain to any other possibilities.
Here's a partial argument against going 100% carnivore, but going 95% carnivore instead. Although there is another video where Rogan says his brain works noticeably better if he's 100% carnivore.
I would like to see more data including a control group. An N of one is not a sufficient sample size for anything statistically valid. Additionally would like to see his blood work over time.
Stalin - but that's the inherent problem with doing one's own research on the internet. There's an infinite amount of information out there, some of it valuable, and lot of it being garbage.
I listened to this for the first 10 mins or so, and immediately started getting the "these are 2 peeps with a pro carnivore agenda" vibes. One can click hundreds of articles on the web saying the Okinawans, Sardinians, etc, eat a mix of carbs, veggies as well as animal proteins. Are they 100% accurate - I don't know? I would assume they aren't eating the SAD (standard American diet).
My mind isn't closed to the idea that pure carnivore could be effective in some individuals for weight loss. There seems to be some anecdotes to suggest it can. But without there being some clinical trials re: the long term risk for cardiovascular disease and/or other health issues, I'm going to be skeptic.
The various "extreme" diets set off all sorts of red flags in my mind. In all the chats I've had with my PCPs, you start with the "low hanging" fruit- e.g., cutting out alcohol, processed crap food, sugar, etc, and focus heavily on physical activity.
The low hanging fruit for me is more Perrier with Electrolytes and less beers and whiskey. But god damn it, I love the hedonistic pleasure of alcohol.
@YellowSnow
#FuckVanilla
The problem isn’t ignoring.
It’s the outright suppression of natural and alternative treatment.
@pawz #FuckVanilla
Can you define what you mean by "natural remedy"?
I agree that western medicine has a major issue with profit motive, and that it is also focused on symptom → treatment instead of holistic treatment.
Nutrition education aside, doctors know damn well that eating healthier and exercising more are the first two things that 90%+ of their patients need to do and would prevent or reduce many of the ailments they are tasked to treat. How many Americans want to do that? How many actually do? We can debate specifically what eating healthy means but I think we can all agree the current SAD can be easily improved upon.
People want easy. And easy doesn't last
When the gang of contractors met up again at a walk through after covid everyone had lost weight and looked better
We talked about it and no one was grabbing fast food on the run but were eating at home and exercising in all the free time. Covid restrictions lasted a long time in California
High stress and shitty food and lack of even a brisk walk takes a toll
I often say that doctors need significantly more training in psychology and sales (communication) to convince their patients to actually do what they need to do. It's the only way to overcome people wanting easy which doesn't last.
I'm pretty sure I haven't posted this… But after I had instructed the doctors to remove my dad's feeding tube, then I ended up calling my surgeon from I-5 wondering if I was going to suffocate to death on the freeway. He instructed me to meet him at the Evergreen Hospital emergency room. While he was tending to me, he asked what I had eaten that day. I told him I had half a steak and a hard-boiled egg. He shook his head in disgust and said that was the worst possible thing I could have done. I asked what I was supposed to do, and he told me to eat Jell-O and applesauce. When I scoffed at the idea of eating all that sugar, he looked at me said "You eat all the sugar you want." When I told him that he was telling me to eat poison, he looked at me and repeated condescendingly "You eat all the sugar you want."
This all coming one day after having 5-hour surgery on my neck. I emailed Dr Chaffee and gave him all the details. Chaffee was saying these people were out of their fucking minds. He said you need protein to recover from something like this. Jello and applesauce have zero nutrition. Etc…
This was a prominent surgeon telling me to eat sugar and stay away from meat. Absolutely blew my mind.
