Fitness myths

[The Saltman]

Also I don't condone starving yourself but starvation mode is also a myth. Starvation mode only effects people that are skin and bones and have no stores of fat left. If let's say you forgot a meal and only ate 1000 calories for the day you aren't going to go into starvation mode.

Now that's unhealthy but starvation mode is a myth.

[88 Bronco]

Also I don't condone starving yourself but starvation mode is also a myth. Starvation mode only effects people that are skin and bones and have no stores of fat left. If let's say you forgot a meal and only ate 1000 calories for the day you aren't going to go into starvation mode.

Now that's unhealthy but starvation mode is a myth.

 

Starvation mode is the body's reaction to a long sustained huge calorie and nutrient deficit. Holocaust victims, anorexic people, and Gandhi have experienced this, but most dieters won't. The negative side to losing weight too quickly is that you will lose muscle at a faster rate than a slow weight loss program.

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

So my Suzanne Summers Thigh Master does nothing!?!

[88 Bronco]

Not as much as it advertises that it does.

[neverlosethefeeling]

I was a college athlete (shot put, discus, hammer on track and field team) and was always in decent shape. When I quit competing there was no need for me to carry around the extra weight.

I switched to a ketogenic diet last March and have lost over 60 pounds. It was difficult at first and keto flu was a BITCH, but now it's something I don't even think about. For me it's been a lifestyle change, which I think is a huge mental barrier I had to overcome. I've successfully lost 15-20 pounds in the past but it never stayed off because I was "dieting," which I viewed as a short term endeavor instead of a longer term project. My success this time around is most definitely attributable to changing the way I think about food and embracing my new lifestyle.

 

Anyone else gone keto?

[TANTRIC-NINJA]

Eating pork rind salads gets old to maintain ketosis.

[SuperLego5]

I go to the gym 3-4 times a week and do an hour or so of weights training different muscle groups every session (everything getting hit once a week) and finish it off with a 3-4 km run on the treadmill. I play tennis once a week and football (soccer) at least once a week if not more. I do all the standard stuff like try to cut junk food and needless fat, sticking to higher protein foods, fruit and veg with some carbs. I take it sticking with this is the best way for me to put on muscle or am I missing anything major?

 

I've been unlucky that over the past year or so any time I try to put on muscle mass I get injuries (mostly stupid stuff like putting a bottle through my hand) and have to stop doing weights for months at a time. I'm hoping to attack the gym and a healthy life style in general pretty rigorously now that my hand has healed.

 

Anybody have any tips for getting the most out of my gym work or any suggestions for me to further enhance it? I'm pretty new to this stuff.

[Chimera]

Yeah stop putting bottles through your hand.

Serious note... When starting out, concentrate on your core at first. It makes getting into power lifting a whole lot easier. You might have the strength to bench half a ton, but unless you can stabilize yourself to do the lift, you're stuck doing 225.

Your diet seems ok. But to bulk while playing tennis and soccer and doing those runs, you need a serious caloric intake.

[Fiz]

I was a college athlete (shot put, discus, hammer on track and field team) and was always in decent shape. When I quit competing there was no need for me to carry around the extra weight.

I switched to a ketogenic diet last March and have lost over 60 pounds. It was difficult at first and keto flu was a BITCH, but now it's something I don't even think about. For me it's been a lifestyle change, which I think is a huge mental barrier I had to overcome. I've successfully lost 15-20 pounds in the past but it never stayed off because I was "dieting," which I viewed as a short term endeavor instead of a longer term project. My success this time around is most definitely attributable to changing the way I think about food and embracing my new lifestyle.

 

Anyone else gone keto?

living in a ketogenic is pure misery and there are plenty of better ways to keep weight off. 

[neverlosethefeeling]

living in a ketogenic is pure misery and there are plenty of better ways to keep weight off. 

 

Feel free to elaborate. As someone who's lived in ketosis for a year "misery" is not a word I'd use to describe that period.

[88 Bronco]

I'm not a fan of low/no carb diets. The most proven method of weight management is hitting your macro-nutrients in a respectable percentage. Realistically about 20 percent of your calories should come from fats, 20 to 30 should come from proteins, and the rest should be carbs. 

[Jase]

I always LOL at people who wear hoodies in an 80 degree gym, for various ridiculous reasons.

[neverlosethefeeling]

I'm not a fan of low/no carb diets. The most proven method of weight management is hitting your macro-nutrients in a respectable percentage. Realistically about 20 percent of your calories should come from fats, 20 to 30 should come from proteins, and the rest should be carbs. 

 

 

This lifestyles has worked for me and thousands of other ketoers. I've done plenty of my own research, am very in tune with my body, and certainly can't argue with the results.

[88 Bronco]

I posted an article where two identical twins compared low fat/ low carb diets. Low carb twin did not have as much energy and endurance and energy as low fat twin. Regardless, if you're happy, enjoy it.