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re: The Greyskull Methods- A Primer

Posted by TheTroll on 2/12/20 at 10:25 am
I'd try to do squats on sunday, bench Monday and deadlifts wednesday and add RDLs as an assistance work on Sunday to get more deadlift, hamstring work in than just 5 deadlifts a week. Other than that, this looks like a good program, especially with your time constraints.
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Maybe I am reading it wrong and this should be the entry

Cash - $11,700 Debit
Partner A Contribution - $5,000 Credit
Partner B Contribution - $5,000 Credit
Partner C Contribution - $5,000 Credit
Vehicle - $3,300 Debit


You're still reading it wrong. From OP

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Essentially, my brother bought a truck for $3300, so his contribution to the bank account is $1700
Probably a "joke" and he's hoping you bite.

"I'm not going to have time to cook this week, but I'm happy to pick something up. Do you have anything in mind?"

This isn't all that hard

re: Whoop Band: My Review

Posted by TheTroll on 2/11/20 at 3:57 pm
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Take an example, you feel low energy and can't perform at peak, do technical lifts and drills and don't do extreme things. Listen to the body and don't rely on machines.



Just because you "feel low energy" doesn't mean you are. The body can have short term responses that may make you think you are low that day, but it can be primed for a high activity day.

The whole point of this device and its comparables is to aggregate data over time and give insights using numbers that are hard or impossible to gather using "feel"

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Listen to the body and don't rely on machines.


What year is it?

re: Whoop Band: My Review

Posted by TheTroll on 2/11/20 at 2:15 pm
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I emailed whoop about it and they told me that I shouldnt be focusing on the calories burned anyway lol.


They probably should have sent you a new unit, but in the grand scheme of things they are correct. You aren't burning 1,000 calories, or anywhere close to it, in 45 minutes at that heart rate. Somewhere between 250 and 350 is probably pretty close to right.

re: Whoop Band: My Review

Posted by TheTroll on 2/11/20 at 9:37 am
If it were just a heart rate monitor I dont think guys like LeBron James would be using it.

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And why do you need someone to tell you that you feel like shite? Really?


You dont, you use it to make sure you dont put yourself in position to feel like shite.
Should be fairly easy to make it look like an accident at that age...
I'm doing the macros on an IF timing, it just works better for my day. I understand the science on nutrient timing, but I really dont think it makes enough difference in non elite athletes.

I'm still seeing good results doing it this way.

re: Resting Heart Rate the last year

Posted by TheTroll on 2/10/20 at 7:04 pm
Mine is in the 38-44 range depending on how hard I workout. It's been as low as 35 on a day where I just laid around all day and didn't do much activity.
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One of the major flaws about college. All the bs about "preparing you for the real world" and nobody even gives two rats arses to give you pointers on how to negotiate or interview for jobs.


Negotiate, sure, though are you really in position to negotiate your first job out of college anyway? Interview? I dont know where you went to school, but their was a huge emphasis on how to interview and present yourself at LSU when I was in school, in my program at least.
What are you trying to buy? Every grocery sells beef, fattier cuts of chicken and pork, and veggies. I've found some good keto snacks at costco, they have quite a bit of things made with coconut oil, almond flour, ect. Things like keto protein powders or other dry snacks I would just order online.

re: Whoop Band: My Review

Posted by TheTroll on 2/10/20 at 12:15 pm
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Is the monthly subscription price worth it? I am kinda interested in it just as a stats collection device and using the hrv stat




I bought a year's subscription on black Friday for $18/month prepaid, so at that price I think it is worth it for sure. I believe a regular year membership is $24/month. My recommendation is do the first 6 months with the first month free and then decide if you want to keep it or not.

I'm only paying $40/month for a commercial gym so I don't really sweat the extra 18 bucks.

re: Whoop Band: My Review

Posted by TheTroll on 2/10/20 at 10:56 am
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shitty Android app turn me off.


I wouldn't call it shitty, just certainly inferior to the IOS app. The desktop app and assessments are where you are going to get the real data breakdown anyway.

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price


I certainly understand that, as I noted in my review. Like I said though, you will get the first month free so it's $150 for 6 months. Not cheap, but it won't break the bank either. I've wasted more money on much dumber things.

re: WFDT

Posted by TheTroll on 2/9/20 at 9:33 pm
Chipotle burger from Jake's in Dallas. Very average, which stinks because I've enjoyed most of my meals there.

Whoop Band: My Review

Posted by TheTroll on 2/9/20 at 9:27 pm
I've had my Whoop band for about 5 months so I thought I would give a review. First, I'm a mid-late 20s. I've been back into fitness pretty heavily for about 3 years after slacking off in college. Anywho, for my review:

Pros:
1. Battery Life: The battery lasts about 5 days and can be charged without taking off the band. You charge the charger with a mini USB and slide it over the band while you are still wearing it. This is an awesome feature as the band is designed to collect data 24/7

2. Strain Calculation: Whoop measures your strain which is essentially your fitness level. I can run a mile and someone out of shape can run a mile and I will register a significantly lower strain, and as I get in better shape my strain will show that. Also, it takes in to account your entire day. Stressful days at work I can see a noticeably higher strain than normal. Same with sickness. I had a little cold this week and saw my body was working to heal itself despite me not moving around as much.

3. Recovery Score: The band tracks your sleep and and activity and gives you a recovery score 0-100 when you wake up in the morning. After 5 months I usually know about where I will be when I wake up. This is awesome for knowing when you can really hit your workouts hard or can give you feedback on why you may have had a bit of a lethargic workout (from bad sleep, stress, etc)

4. Desktop App: Pretty all encompassing.




5. Monthly and Yearly Assessments: I get a PDF of monthly and yearly data aggregated in one place that compares that month to my previous months averages and other users by demographic (age, sex, ect.)


Cons:
1. Lately when I go from one sleep cycle into my next one (this usually happens about three times a night) the band registers that as me fully waking up and I have to manually change my wake up time to accurately reflect my total sleep. For whatever reason that has only started in the last month or so

2. The Bands: The bands are all a nylon type material. Even the one they say is designed for water I dont feel is that great. It stays wet and cant be wiped off dry with a rag very easily. I wish they would make a rubber band similar to the apple watch bands that you could just take a rag to if it got wet.

3. The Android App: The android app is far inferior to the Iphone App. They are still a start up and Android is an open ecosystem so I get it, but it still kind of sucks that you pay the same amount as Iphone users for an inferior product.

4. The desktop app doesn't download into an excel or csv format. It shows trends and averages, but when you are looking at a month average three days off your baseline can really affect that. I would like a download feature where I could filter my data different ways to get true data without outliers.

5. It can be kind of expensive: I bought a year membership on Black Friday for $18 a month, which I dont think is bad. However, month to month membership is $30/month and you have to sign up for six months I believe (there are a ton of promo codes to get 1st month free). Again, not terrible if you are pretty serious about health, but it my price out some people on the fringe.


In my opinion, this thing is awesome. If you are a data person it hits most of marks and gives you ton of info. A few parting notes: You will cut down on alcohol when you get the feedback of how bad it is for you. I pretty much don't sleep when I drink as little as 4 beers. It will change your sleep habits. The biggest thing I have noticed is sleep consistency is key. If I got to bed and wake up at the same time I sleep awesome. If I am more erratic in my bedtime my sleep quality clearly suffers.

I hope this review helps, and it is not all encompassing so I am happy to answer any questions anyone may have.

PS: I have no affiliation with Whoop I just think it is a great product that is pretty unique at this point.

Edit: Looks like my picture kind of sucks, sorry about that.
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What were the other suggestions? I have no problem with them suggesting a very acclaimed show along with other like titles.


There were no other suggestions, it was the auto start next or whatever.
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Fitting name. Take this shite to the Movie/TV Board. You are missing out by skipping The Witcher.


May be fine, still makes no sense to me to reccomend me that after a doc. This is their trend. They push whatever their new show is, no matter the genre, when you finish something.
Just finished The Pharmacist, my watch next recommendation as the credits were rolling was the witcher. Who the hell thinks I want to watch a bullshite drama about a wizard or whatever after I watch a doc about drug abuse?

Netflix needs to stop pushing their shite content.
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Jeffrey Skilling
-Piyush Jindal
-Pete Buttigieg


Three out of several hundred thousand alums/current employees.

Case closed, all scumbsgs.