Went from 213 to 200 pounds. Had to buy 32 waist jeans for the first time since 11th grade.

I can still squat 315 and DL 405 for reps. Benching 245 and OHP 155 for reps. Can do around 18-19 pull ups.

And I can run forever without getting tired. Run a warm up mile between 9.5 and 10 mph and then run HIIT at 12 mph for 400 meters followed by a 5 mph quick walk for 200 meters. Repeat 5 times.

Feeling great, can play basketball hard without getting winded, look better and actually lost some body fat. Blood pressure and resting pulse went down a little too.

Wife used the treadmill twice I think and gives me dirty looks when I don't want dessert.

By the way this bullshit apple cider vinegar does seem to suppress carb cravings to some extent. I have no cut out carbs (in fact I still eat candy at night while high) but it's maybe helped me cut total carbs by 50% maybe without any other changes in lifestyle or missing it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36072254)

I have no idea what it does, or how it does it. It may be all bro science in my head, but I do feel that I have no carb cravings at least until 4 pm or so when I take vinegar in the morning. It may have other health benefits, but I got into the habit of it and it hasn't hurt.

I don't want to push it like I push fiber, cause it might very well be bullshit - but for whatever reason it has accompanied positive change in how I look and feel.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36072334)

How out of shape has your wife gotten? Have you broached the subject with her?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36072273)

Its a sensitive subject for any woman and hard to broach without seeming like a shithead. Also the fact that I am blessed with an exceptional natural metabolism and love candy doesn't help because I can't just remove all shitty food from the house.

I just want to avoid the inevitable yearly weight gain plys 7-10 pounds with each kid if we have kids. She has a small frame so she cant gain 20 pounds like NBD.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36072377)

And stop smoking pot you degenerate

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36072276)

Now my squat and deadlift are about the same strength - my reps are exactly the same. My form is better - I think my body adopted to having strong legs and back without the extra weight because I did not start squatting seriously until 2006 or 2007 (shortly before teaching nyuug).

I've been benching my whole life so I think my upper body strength has plateaued relatively to my ability at any weight. I definitely can't bench 315 - maybe not even 290 now. But I would need to gain serious mass to do that, and it's not worth it.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36072464)

1. Running will not result in weight loss. You just do not burn nearly enough calories exercising to make headway past a terrible diet. You also stimulate your appetite which if involves eating more terrible shit, which it does, just immediately cancels it out.

"What we put in our mouths is most important. For example, to walk off the calories found in single pat of butter, you’d have to add an extra 700 yards to your stroll that evening. A quarter-mile jog for each sardine we put in our mouth—and that’s just the edible part. And those who choose to eat two chicken legs better get out on their own two legs, and run an extra three miles that day to outrun weight gain. And that’s for steamed chicken; skin removed."

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/diet-or-exercise-whats-more-important-for-weight-loss/

2. Running is inherently dangerous and injuries cannot be avoided:

The data suggests up to 79 percent of all runners are injured every year,” says Stephen Messier, the director of the J. B. Snow Biomechanics Laboratory at Wake Forest University. “What’s more, those figures have been consistent since the 1970s.” Messier is currently 11 months into a study for the U.S. Army and estimates that 40 percent of his 200 subjects will be hurt within a year. “It’s become a serious public health crisis.

Nothing seems able to check it: not cross-training, not stretching, not $400 custom-molded orthotics, not even softer surfaces. And those special running shoes everyone thinks he needs? In 40 years, no study has ever shown that they do anything to reduce injuries. On the contrary, the U.S. Army’s Public Health Command concluded in a report in 2010, drawing on three large-scale studies of thousands of military personnel, that using shoes tailored to individual foot shapes had “little influence on injuries.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/magazine/running-christopher-mcdougall.html

3. Running prematurely ages you. It's not your imagination: marathon runners look terrible:

Could exercise be creating harmful free radicals? Oxidizing glucose to produce energy for our bodies is messy, creating free radicals the way cars burning their fuel produce combustion by-products out the exhaust. This happens even if we’re just idling, living our day-to-day lives. What if we rev our bodies up and start exercising and really start burning fuel? Then we create more free radicals, more oxidative stress, and so, need to eat even more antioxidant-rich foods.

Why do we care about oxidative stress? Well, it’s “implicated in virtually every known human disease and there is an increasing body of evidence linking free radical production to the process of aging.” Why? Because free radicals can damage DNA, our very genetic code. Well, if free radicals damage DNA, and exercise creates free radicals, does exercise damage our DNA if we don’t have enough antioxidants in our system to douse the radicals? Yes, in fact, ultra-marathoners show evidence of DNA damage in about 10% of their cells tested during a race, which may last for up to two weeks after a marathon. But what about just short bouts of exercise? We didn’t know until recently.

After just five minutes of moderate or intense cycling we can get an uptick in DNA damage. We think it’s the oxidative stress, but “regardless of the mechanism of exercise-induced DNA damage” the fact that a very short bout of high-intensity exercise can cause an increase in damage to DNA is a cause for concern.

https://nutritionfacts.org/2014/05/13/preloading-with-watercress-before-exercise/

4. Running doesn't make up for later inactivity:

And, what’s crazy is that “the time spent sitting was independently associated with total mortality, regardless of physical activity level.” Heart disease mortality was significantly elevated—even in people who otherwise exercised regularly. So, just going to the gym after your desk job may not eliminate the risks of sitting around all day. It’s something our bodies never evolved to do.

https://nutritionfacts.org/video/standing-up-for-your-health/

5. Running is solitary. Injuries and oxidative stress can be overlooked to build and maintain social relationships during competitive sports. When you run, you are usually all alone.

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So to optimize health you should be on a treadmill desk going 2-3 mph to not affect cognititon all day and avoid injuries and oxidative stress. HTH.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36072347)

you have insane dedication to fitness considering your doMANstication. ever get tired of the grind?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36073293)

while a sufficient clause, it certainly is not a necessary one, earl being a case in point. the guy has a wifey so he can get laid on command - presumably

but hes still a fitness freak. earl, explain yourself.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36074837)

It feels good to be in shape. It feels good to be stronger and faster than almost everyone. And of course its a way to fight off the inevitable decline that you will start to experience soon enough.

I will clearly not age gracefully and will probably get depressed when I can no longer play basketball or do the things I like to do. But that's for later.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36075087)

her: eating for darnell.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36075229)

I can run a single 6 minute mile.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36077496)

I'm calling bs on a 32" waist. My bodyfat is lower than yours and i hover around a33/34 and im almost 30lbs heavier than you and one inch shorter

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36076206)

make sure to slap her ass when having sex. jiggle her butt a lil' for good measure. she will get the message

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36077174)

My gym has a Torque Fitness Tank - kind of like a prowler sled, but with wheels and gears. Have you ever tried running sprints with one of those? It sucks.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36077346)

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Date: January 15th, 2013 3:56 PM

Author: H.

Subject: Vol. IV: Trouble in Paradise?

"By his mid-30s, Earl appeared to be a living model of a certain brand of the American dream. He had hit all the expected milestones of mature adulthood: professional success, vocal support of the Republican party, a burgeoning 401k, a chic West Hollywood apartment. He was a man, damn it, with a beard to prove it. But did his confident exterior conceal a discontented heart? Friends spoke of a man whose formerly healthy love for fitness became an obsession with fading youth.

'In his 20s, Earl was a big guy, with big appetites," recalls Jayson T., a fellow gym rat. 'He really embraced the muscle stud lifestyle for its own sake - hell, I think he belonged to three or four gyms, and would swing by just to hang out, hit the showers, whatever, even after he'd put in a hard workout somewhere else. But when he hit 33, we noticed a change. He was all "salad this, salad that." I think he really thought he could go back to being a skinny, smooth 19 year old. He'd approach strange men, not looking for a bro to chill with, but to talk about his mile times. No, he wasn't a professional runner, so it does seem weird. But he seemed to get something out of explaining to them how athletically impressive he was, subjectively, for an asian lawyer cruising toward 40. Some of us honestly started to worry about him...'"

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=2038011&forum_id=2#22438967)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36077550)

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36079484)

work out today:

225 front squats to warm up for a couple of sets.

155 X 5 OHP (not great I know)

dead lift 405 X 3

3 sets of pull ups - trying to do 9-10 reps of weighted pull ups with 25 pound weight.

maybe some bullshit bicep stuff if there is time, but probably not.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=3979602&forum_id=2#36113493)