BG Fitness Fanatics II: We Work Out

[Andalusian girls]

strong boi

[Koyangi]

dude straight flexxin

[Yabby]

You guys make me feel strong as i workout with stupid strong people and I'm by far the weakest one. That said, I'm also the only one who won't go "All in" and accept having a strong man gut just to have those numbers.

[archibaldcrane]

Ok, so down another 10 lbs to 176, took 7 weeks. 30 lbs lost total in 20 weeks.

What do you think BG? Almost obese Archie, just overweight Archie, or barely "normal" BMI Archie? Did I go too far?

Slowly regained 20 lbs over the past 6 months because of course

If only there was a medication that, like, regulated gut hormones to slightly reduce appetite so I wouldn't crave as much food to make me feel just kinda gross

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[Gustave]

April stats:
33hrs biking
14hrs running
4hrs rowing
10hrs lifting

Where is CreamSoda at. He’s got some competition now.

Gained 6-7 lbs. My grocerie bill is outrageous. 4-5 boxes of cereal a week. At least I get to try them all.

[Petitssk]

General question - anybody else here use barefoot shoes? Most notably for running as well?

[Yabby]

I use them for deadlifts, but that is mainly because I get weird looks if I'm just in my socks and if I use any other shoes to DL in and wear them out in less than a month. I weigh too much to run barefoot, would fuck up my knees and the only benefit you get by doing so is to brag about dumbshit to other people who think they are super cool for doing it.

by barefoot, I just mean flat shoes with no soles.

[Gustave]

@Yab I’m surprised you don’t have a set of oly shoes. I usually deadlift in those or nanos depending what else I’m doing. I lean toward ply shoes for a lot of those lift since I don’t have the same dorsiflexion post Achilles surgery. I don’t think I ever will. If you do any cleans or snatches the carry over is probably better. I’ve had the same pair for 8 years so it’s mostly a buy it once thing.

@Petitssk I ran vibrams years ago when I was younger but would recommend just getting a pair of daily trainers. I have 500-600 miles on my Pegasus. How much running do you do?

I see y’all’s prs and accomplishments and I’m sad. I crossed over into endurance sports so I’ll never see another PR lift again I think. Kinda hard to do @170 vs 210.

[Yabby]

I do have some Romaleos i use for squats/cleans/snatches, but I don't like using them for DL's. I already tend to lean a little forward when doing DL's and it makes the problem worse.

[Starby]

I use them exclusively. My normal training and racing shoe are the Leadville Pacer sandals by Luna. If I need a close toed shoe I have a pair of Xeros

Ive been barefoot style for a decade and haven't had a running injury since. That's with multiple ultramarathon races (including a 100 mile finish) and sprint distances like 1 mile to 10ks

[Starby]

That said the dangers of going barefoot are real. If you don't take the time to deliberately strengthen your feet and calves, and fix your running form to accommodate it, you're just going to end up injured. It's a slow adaptation. Really slow. I have some tools I made in my workshop at work that I can share, if you're interested. They're my hand made gym tools for feet and calf stuff

[Petitssk]

@Petitssk I ran vibrams years ago when I was younger but would recommend just getting a pair of daily trainers. I have 500-600 miles on my Pegasus. How much running do you do?

I use them exclusively. My normal training and racing shoe are the Leadville Pacer sandals by Luna. If I need a close toed shoe I have a pair of Xeros

Ive been barefoot style for a decade and haven't had a running injury since. That's with multiple ultramarathon races (including a 100 mile finish) and sprint distances like 1 mile to 10ks

I use ones by Leguano, although I did get them specifically because I kept injuring my legs one way or another.

Weekly quota varies since I slowly worked my way up when I switched to barefoot. In the past, it could be anything between 20 and 40 km, nowadays, I usually do three days of cardio for focusing on legs, switching between two runs and one bike ride and one run and two bike rides per week, usually doing two short days (10 / 40 km respectively) and one long session on Saturday (40 - 80 km on the bike currently, 15 for running, although I'll probably settle for 20 for running and then slowly take it from there).

Furthest runs I've done in the past were 30km, but that's about the time when I messed up my knee, so it's been on and off since then and it doesn't help that I tend to overdo it.

I stumbled upon barefoot shoes last year and gave them a try. No idea if the scientific claims behind it hold up or not, could be placebo for all I know and I suppose much of the buzz behind it is pretty similar to born-again Christians or Vegans being pretty vocal about their moral high ground, but for me, it's mostly just about this feeling better.

I really like feeling the ground I walk on, but don't blame anyone who doesn't like it. Also does feel like it's helped my feet get stronger and I'm pretty sure my posture's changed, but I'd also chalk that up to changing from using my heels to using the balls of my feet along with switching to the barefoot shoes.

And yes, definitely agree on being careful about it - been taking it very slow and, along with the changes in my running style, my calfs got the worst sore muscles after the switch. I do exercises for my calfs as part of my weekly regimen, but if you have suggestions for calfs and feet in particular, I would absolutely love to hear them.

[Starby]

I use a 5" x 5" wobble board that I made myself out of 3/4" plywood. Has a small angled wedge screwed to the bottom in the middle so it rocks back and forth. Little grip tape on the top and you have a really good tool for single leg balance exercises.

I got the idea from a book (The Cool Impossible, by Eric Orton, the coach from Born to Run). He sells his own version of this thing and it's pretty damn expensive for what it is, so I made my own.

It's something you can do every day. Takes less then 15 minutes to hit all 3 positions with both legs. I usually hit it while im cooking or watching TV etc

[Starby]

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[Meresgi]

Love Dr Mike.

[Yabby]

He's entertaining to observe and shares a wealth of insightful information. However, it's noteworthy that I've seldom encountered a heterosexual individual who discusses receiving oral pleasure from men as frequently as he does.

[thetruepandagod]

thats confident masculinity baby

[Meresgi]

He's entertaining to observe and shares a wealth of insightful information. However, it's noteworthy that I've seldom encountered a heterosexual individual who discusses receiving oral pleasure from men as frequently as he does.

No matter how straight you are, Hugh Jackman or Chris Hemsworth are beyond heterosexuality.

[Yabby]

[Zealot]

Is his app worth it? I've followed his channel for a long time now.

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