trying to run a marathon?
bench press 300 lbs (is that a lot? idk)?
lose 20 lbs?

i'm kind of burnt out on just pure weightlifting so lately i've been obsessed w/ all these handstand and balancing tricks i've been seeing on IG and in my yoga classes.

being the competitive person i am that's my goal for the year. learn to do handstands and planche variations with full control

<--- Big Baller World Order

the reason I say out perform Jimmy is because we work out with the same exact amount of w8 and it bothers me because i'm 2yrs younger and bigger...I think I got him on a few things and he has me on some

but yeah...I sorta 'compete' with him


4 plates has been my goal for like 2 years but I had a few setbacks...I think I can make this happen by March

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Coolin...

or is this a fitness model/competition guy

<--- Big Baller World Order

has bad form but he legit strong

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Coolin...

>has bad form but he legit strong

we all know that guy

<--- Big Baller World Order

He's not very strong compared to actual strong people but I was impressed, he hits it hard.

that’s it, lol

becoming part of a yoga-mmunity (lol) made it a lot easier to stay in that habit.

<--- Big Baller World Order

...

Body fat.
I’m at about 14 now. Coming from 17 earlier this year.

I want to be doing 2-3 HIIT sessions a week. Doing one a week if I’m lucky now.

Also want to learn to cook some healthier quick meals.

wonder what BF i am?

<--- Big Baller World Order

You can find online. All you need is a tape measure. It’s less accurate than calipers though.

You can also google percentage body fat. You’ll find a few images that will give you a rough idea of what the different percentages look like.

joints were like $25 or so. Better than that hand-held jawn they use at my gym.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

...the hand held ones are a bit subjective.

Actually use this Obamacare I pay for...

get some blood work done..

figure out how to maintain intermittent fasting window and healthier diet on tour..

Double 0
DJ/Producer/Artist
Producer in Kidz In The Hall
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twitter: @godouble0
IG: @godouble0
www.thinklikearapper.com

i was surprised to see that tyler and travis are pretty fit.

whats a tour diet/schedule like?

<--- Big Baller World Order

They dont gain weight anyway..

none of these milllenials do... lol they got no quads

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DJ/Producer/Artist
Producer in Kidz In The Hall
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twitter: @godouble0
IG: @godouble0
www.thinklikearapper.com

just, love it.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Has been transformative for me... esp as it relates to maintaining a healthy weight

Double 0
DJ/Producer/Artist
Producer in Kidz In The Hall
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twitter: @godouble0
IG: @godouble0
www.thinklikearapper.com

I tried some interval training the other day and I was kinda mad at myself. All these blunts and 'rettes over the years have started to add up.

IG: amadu_me

"...Whateva, man..." (c) Redman

and get this half-tri in. It's going to require me to drop a bit of weight and focus more on time on the bike and in the pool. I like being 230+ pounds, lol. But...ain't no big ass, swole triathletes...at least, that I have seen.

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

that much muscle. Never been done! Sprinter / explosion type athlete sure but not endurance.

business loan on a solid business plan steez.

tired of lookin for work.

gonna make some opportunities.

"It's the return of the gangsta, thanks ta..."

-du

<--- Big Baller World Order

especially under the trump usda.
theyre already working to lax requirements for organic labeling.

was already somewhat questionable in the pre-Trump years, especially when it comes to dairy/cow related foods. At least that's what I remember reading long before Trump was a serious contender for the presidency. I didn't really think about it, but I suppose things in that area would get worse under his presidency since his cabinet will make standards easier for large agribusiness industries.

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

<--- Big Baller World Order

I'm essentially a pescatarian Mon-Fri, and even then have fish maybe once. It's proven much easier than I expected. Will never swear off meat because I enjoy certain items too much, but I will have a week or two without eating any and it doesn't seem weird anymore. Roasted veggies are the truth

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For the record, my teams:
MLB: Mets / Soccer: PSG
NCAA BB: Arizona / NCAA FB: Michigan
NBA: Spurs / NFL: Jets

And to quit fucking smoking. Cot damnit.

I love bacon
I love gravy
I love fried ________
I love butter
I love cooking things in bacon grease

I got the cool 'dad bod' but this stomach I been building since November is making it hard for me to button up all these tight-ass jeans I bought from the GAP.

IG: amadu_me

"...Whateva, man..." (c) Redman

I gotta get this belly down just a little bit. That's all, just a little bit. I'm never gonna be an ab model, but I also don't wanna look like the before pic from an as seen on TV fat burner commercial.

This is bad.

Thankfully I start playing soccer again tonight. Hopefully this will snap me outta this terrible situation and get me moving again. It's gonna be a rough night for me, though, I'm sure.

My diet is okay. I have a standard Western diet but I don't eat red meat and don't eat fried foods. My portion control is good. And my junk food is pretty low, mostly just the occasional handful of tortilla chips or Cheeze-Its.

Thankfully, I've been able to lose a little over 30 pounds the last couple of years. (I went into a deep depression about four years ago and put on 50 lbs. It felt worse because I was in good shape at the time which came after a period of losing nearly 60 pounds.)

I've noticed that my mood has been a lot better since my diet has been clean and I stumbled on a couple of books that offers suggestions on tailoring a diet which may help stabilize mental illness so I want to clean up my diet a bit more by incorporating more vegetable based meals.

I also want to get to the gym more often. Up until this year, I was good for at least two trips to the gym if not three or more. But I hit a wall in February, probably related to pushing myself into anxiety with concern over my body's health. It also didn't help that the web design projects that happened to fall in my lap seemed to be in a perpetual state of deadline. I didn't feel I had the 3 hours a day to commit to the hour of travel to get to the gym (I take the bus.) 45 or 60 minutes of exercise and then 25 minutes to shower.

I find that I always enjoy working out but sometimes talk myself out of getting prepared and taking the trip. But my main resolution is to keep a sense of personal accountability.

I plan to do this by keeping my thoughts focused on my current task rather than letting float around. If I think about the actual decision rather than get involved with the future, my decision making seems to improve.

Also, I want to further my meditation practice as well. It helps with my discipline which can help me decide to go to the gym when the day comes or to actually make the vegetarian meals during the week.

I really haven't worked out ever since I bought this house a bit over a year ago. Time for that to change.

I have like 60 lbs to go and I solely want it to entail a 305 lb bench and a 400+ lb squat, but it's realistic to accomplish this in the first half of the year. After that, I just wanna get below 200 again and lean out

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I severely slept on my deadlift. I'm fine w/ squatting 375 cause this groin injury is going nowhere. If I grind extra hard, I can hit 1,100 lbs by the summer.

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https://www.youtube.com/@themonarchbrand
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The Life Pod
https://www.youtube.com/@thewaterpodcast
https://redcircle.com/shows/the-water-podcast

The ones where they swim with dolphins, hike 10 miles, sprint up a mountain, and crawl through mud.

I gotta get on my crossfit shit too and get sponsored.

those mud run joints are health hazards.

<--- Big Baller World Order

http://blackloyalist.com/cdc/pics/escape.jpg


#MakeEverythingRacist

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"Everyone has a plan until you punch them in the face. Then they don't have a plan anymore." (c) Mike Tyson

"what's a leader if he isn't reluctant"

Ive been slacking majorly...

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need to get to 205. problem is I suck at eating well consistently and doing cardio.

other goals include getting to 300 on bench and 350 on squat. got a while to go on both. most I've done on bench I think is 245 and 275 on squats.

I don't think I look strong, but I've gotten stronger over the last couple of years, so I'm happy about that.

Y'all buy those labels, I was born supreme

Whoever said meditation is practice for death wasn't lying. It's hard to be consistent because it's as if I'm subconsciously afraid of the "emptiness".

I also want to get into yoga, fasting, and maybe a martial art. There is a new 10th planet jiu-jitsu studio next to my place and its calling me.


And this isn't the usual fitness/healthy topic but I'm about due for a "trip". It's been over 3 years since my last one and I need some mental/spiritual spring cleaning.

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If life is stupendous one cannot also demand that it should be easy. - Robert Musil

>Whoever said meditation is practice for death wasn't lying.
>It's hard to be consistent because it's as if I'm
>subconsciously afraid of the "emptiness".

Don't psyche yourself out, man. haha

I've been meditating daily for the better part of two years now. I still ain't no Doctor Strange, but the brief moments of awareness I've experienced from not chasing my thoughts is like the opposite of death.

-30-
You know it's drama, but it sound real good.

Yo if you live near a school close enough to where you could never make an excuse about travel time, I would try it out immediately. Like don't think about it, weigh pros and cons, just get up and go and sign up. BJJ is super strenuous but it can do wonders for you mentally and physically.... maybe spiritually? It's made my life more positive, and most guys I train with say the same thing.

Been several years since my last shroom trip myself. My last one at Kenneth Hahn with the homie while we were visiting Cali was solid.

>Whoever said meditation is practice for death wasn't lying.

I guess i don't really understand what it means.

i started doing it this year, i def noticed a difference in how i reacted to thoughts and situations. i improved slightly at being 'in the moment' or present or whatever, but I'm still pretty awful at that. i didn't really notice how much of a difference it made until this month when i fell off pretty hard. i was skipping days, and when i did meditate, i couldn't focus... and the less i did it, the more i found myself flying off the handle at everything. i didn't even put it together why. I'm just now getting back on track

>i didn't really notice how much of a
>difference it made until this month when i fell off pretty
>hard. i was skipping days, and when i did meditate, i couldn't
>focus... and the less i did it, the more i found myself flying
>off the handle at everything. i didn't even put it together
>why.

Same. I didn't realize how easily irritated I used to get. Circa 2002, I had severe "monkey mind." I was in deep despair about my trouble focusing lol. Luckily, a friend of mine at the time was a couple of months into regularly going to a sangha and was persistent in getting me interested in the benefits of zazen.

>Whoever said meditation is practice for death wasn't lying.
>It's hard to be consistent because it's as if I'm
>subconsciously afraid of the "emptiness".


What you feel is common and in fact many experienced monks and nuns actually struggle to meditate for that same reason. One priest I respect said she sometimes has to fight through personal resistance meditate at times because she knows she's going to have to come in contact with that fear as she meditates. Even the Dalai Lama experiences anxiety as he meditates from what I've heard.

But if you're pressing yourself to meditate, that isn't healthy as well. You're going to hear enough criticism from other people during the day so there's no reason to pile that on top of yourself as well. Meditation is difficult and if you're pressing that's added pressure that also isn't going to allow you to fully benefit from your practice.

I asked a woman who is an experienced meditator once about how to improve my consistency and she replied that when I was *ready* to meditate more, that I simply would.

Whether because of the accumulation of heartbreak and trauma (both big and small) or because it's simply part of being human, there's a part of everyone that is in some form of existential crisis. But the fact that you notice that block to your sense of emotional rest is a good thing, in fact. Your awareness of the source of insecurity will become clearer and as a result insights will come to mind which will lead you to take action to further alleviate that anxiety. Whether its simply emoting that anxiety in some way or consciously shifting your attitude about obstacles in your life.

Hope this helps some.

<--- Me when my head hits the pillow

Up my current 3x for brazilian jiujitsu a week to 4 sessions if time and energy allows
Continue with my 1x a week for JKD
Continue with my 1x a week full weight training day

It's not scientific / formula based but it's been having noticeable effects on my health and agility. Before my injury a couple weeks ago I was steady between 202 - 205 lbs. Guy that does cross-fit at my bjj academy was like 'bro what are you on' in the locker room so I guess the regimen and better diet is working. You know when you cut up some people say you actually look BIGGER but that's only when you wear tight shit. In the street maybe I'm looking mad frail lol.

which isn't bad I suppose. Hell of a cardio workout if you go hard



But I need to get my skinny-fat ass on a weight lifting routine.

can't run - bad knees

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We rationalize dumb shit

-30-
You know it's drama, but it sound real good.

Then get to 10-12% bf. Try to maintain at least one HIIT session/week. Eat another serving of veg each day.

what type of H.I.I.T. workout are you looking to do?

"Sean sparks like John Starks, nah, Sean ball like John Wall" - Rest In Power Forever Sean Price.

Run broad run
.

Stay in boxing shape.

<----

Soundcloud.com/aquil84

(HIP HOP)
http://aquil.bandcamp.com

been slacking on rolling this past year

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Navem nu, cuando sol
Tutu nu, vondo nos nu
Vita em, no continous non
Nos nu ekta nos sepe ta, amen

When the sun shades the ship
We sweat and life is not safe
To swim or to touch not
When we unite we hedge amen

How long have you been training?

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Navem nu, cuando sol
Tutu nu, vondo nos nu
Vita em, no continous non
Nos nu ekta nos sepe ta, amen

When the sun shades the ship
We sweat and life is not safe
To swim or to touch not
When we unite we hedge amen

finally another one of us

Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings...They did it by killing those who opposed them...unknown

I fractured a metatarsal the first day of moving by stepping on a tree root in the backyard and proceeded to keep doing physical labor for 21 days in a row(had no idea, just thought it was a sprain/strain). The last day of moving I fell off the back of a U-Haul truck and landed on my left hip and ribs. We were taking trips from DC to the Poconos with a truck and trailer for 4 weeks straight. I didn't get at the time how wrecked my body was.

For the last 2 years, I've been mainly doing yoga, with some occasional bouts of heavy lifting but I could tell my body just wasn't ready for it. I'm still a not fat 6'2" 240(I'd be a ripped AF 220). My squats and swings suck right now, but I will get them back by the end of 2018, I'm still able to press the 88lb Kettlebell for 5 reps per side, so at least I'm not a complete wussy right now.

On the positive side, I've been working the hell out of my shooting and knife fighting skills. Probably incredibly hard to fuck with right now on any level.

I'm sure some of you are in the same boat, but getting old sucks. I can work my ass off, but my body just can't recover like it could even 10 years ago (I'm 46 now). Lifting hard 2 times a week is the most my body can handle, and that's ok with me.

TLDR: Goals: Squat back up to 315 x 10 paused ATG or more, lots of one arm swings with a 48kg bell

as far as the knife stuff, Filipino / western?

I've been doing PFS Vunak style JKD for like 4 years. My school had a thing for Grand Tuhon Leo Gaje would have liked to check it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRywMTw2b9o

I'm super basic with my knife tapping but it's definitely good stuff to know

a little of both, but let me state that I'm primarily concerned with using a knife for self-defense against multiple attackers, a gunman, etc. as opposed to being the world's best knife on knife fighter. I apply a lot of the SPEAR System defense techniques, ie shit that works in real life, no frills, etc. A lot of techniques that emphasize that a knife should be felt and not seen, at least until it's too late.

I'm in NYC, holla at my inbox if you want to shoot the shit or build.

you gonna be around til the 20th?

if so there is a pfs blade seminar at my school i will dm you if interested (costs some bread as these always do). might be cool to have a spear guy in there.

but have NO clue where to start. What do you think of Krav Maga

...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Everything will go but eggs (for baking... I can't eat them) which I
can now get from a local farm whose chickens are happy and healthy.

I'd like to get as (if not more) active as I was before the knee surgery also.


My main goal is mental health though. I am still struggling with depression
on a daily basis and mostly don't want to be here anymore.

In getting that mood up! Having good, new energy replace the grooves of bad energy is a great place to start.

Here's to a happy & healthy 2018 for you fam

and will for the rest of my life. It's a fact I'm learning to accept.

Fortunately, as much as I hate summer weather, being outdoors more once these
freezing temperatures lift will help a lot with this current downswing.

What I've found helps with that is being in the gym, esp in the company of a homie or a colleague

Winter months are hooard where I'm at, only a few more months to go tho <3

>My main goal is mental health though. I am still struggling
>with depression
>on a daily basis and mostly don't want to be here anymore.

Do you supplement Vitamin D3 and magnesium? They're 2 of the top deficiencies in the U.S., and low levels have been linked with depression. Omega-3 fats has been shown to help with major depression in multiple studies, but a recent Cochrane review raised skepticism in regards to its efficacy.

Even if they don't help with depression, they have so many other benefits (vit D: immunity, energy, bone health, insulin metabolism; magnesium: converts previtamin D into active Vitamin D and is also involved in 300+ biochemical reactions in the body; omega-3: blood triglyceride reduction, metabolic flexibility).

Zinc alone might provide minor benefits but seems to be real good alongside meds (e.g. SSRIs).

The human gut bacteria has profound, wide-reaching effects. A few studies have looked at probiotics and depression. The particular strains used in the studies aren't commercially available, I think. Yakult (those little fermented milk drinks) is available in the U.S., but Yakult and fermented foods seem to be efficacious for anxiety. So maybe try some if depression is anxiety-related.

Other things to look into, but be careful with these (i.e. talk with your doctor about them) because of contraindications or toxicity: SAMe (S-adenosylmethionine), St. John's Wort, creatine, saffron, rhodiola rosea.

I've been getting into it lately, I actually enjoy the taste and vinegary bite. Heard there's still very little research about its health benefits even though it's been around for like thousands of years...

Be cautious:
https://examine.com/nutrition/an-update-on-kombucha-understanding-risk-and-evaluating-toxicity/

As for magnesium, it depends on the diet. I do think it's hard to get too much dietary magnesium, but it's far easier to not get enough:

https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/Magnesium-HealthProfessional/#h3

Keep in mind, we lose magnesium and electrolytes when we sweat. Low-carb intakes also cause low magnesium and electrolyte levels.

If you think your dietary intake is low, try 1 or 2 tabs of magnesium citrate, diglycinate, or tartate. Oxide is poorly absorbed; don't take that one.

Zinc and Vitamin D deficiencies are strongly correlated with lower testosterone in men. Magnesium less so, but given its importance in the metabolism of Vitamin D into its active form, I'd make it a priority.

Like if I'm fairly certain I get a decent amount from my normal diet, but want to try supplementing, would I need to worry about any side effects?

And I can tell when I go a while without magnesium, especially.

I also take zinc and anti-depressants.

of what I was pre lymes disease. I basically woe is me'd this whole year, gained like 20lbs, antibiotics killed my fucking gut. But started december off trying to change this shit around. Hitting the gym is weird cause I can't do the shit i used to, but it's not even about that. Really just can't let this shit deteriorate me.

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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."

>antibiotics killed my fucking
>gut. But started december off trying to change this shit
>around. Hitting the gym is weird cause I can't do the shit i
>used to, but it's not even about that.

A lot of people don't know this but exercise - because of the heat production - increases intestinal permeability ("leaky gut") which would exacerbate the damage done by antibiotics. Several supplements can strengthen/tighten the junctions in the gut lining and increase mucus production to provide the necessary barrier: zinc-carnosine complex (a specific zinc formulation), glutamine, phosphatidyl choline, colostrum, gingko biloba.

NSAIds (eg. ibuprofen) also increases leaky gut. Lots of trainees take that, but the heat-stress from training and the NSAIds is a double whammy.

I highly recommend 2 books - Sonnenburg's The Good Gut and Dietert's The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life - for practical advice on how to repopulate the gut with healthy bacteria.

Another great book is Alanna Collen's 10% Human: How Your Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness. She, too, got wrecked by antiobiotics after getting an infection from ticks. That's actually the first book on the human microbiome that I read. Life-channging read, for me.

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

Haha. It's amazing, tho: how much we weigh, how hungry we are, what foods we crave, what decisions we make, what we feel, etc. can be impacted by what kind of bacteria inhabit our bodies. Lean people got different bacteria than obese people. Asthmatics, diabetics, gout patients, etc. have different microbes than people who don't have those conditions. There's so much for researchers to discover and we don't know if the microbiome is a symptom or cause but choices for a healthier microbiome (probiotics, prebiotic fiber intake) may reduce symptoms.

Hey, if you got 17 minutes to spare, watch this (I don't remember if I ever posted this link before) -
https://www.ted.com/talks/rob_knight_how_our_microbes_make_us_who_we_are/transcript

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...I'm from the era when A.I. was the answer, now they think ai is the answer - Marlon Craft

I've been doing probiotics for sure but will look into some of the supplements you recommended as well.

>>antibiotics killed my fucking
>>gut. But started december off trying to change this shit
>>around. Hitting the gym is weird cause I can't do the shit i
>>used to, but it's not even about that.
>
>A lot of people don't know this but exercise - because of the
>heat production - increases intestinal permeability ("leaky
>gut") which would exacerbate the damage done by antibiotics.
>Several supplements can strengthen/tighten the junctions in
>the gut lining and increase mucus production to provide the
>necessary barrier: zinc-carnosine complex (a specific zinc
>formulation), glutamine, phosphatidyl choline, colostrum,
>gingko biloba.
>
>NSAIds (eg. ibuprofen) also increases leaky gut. Lots of
>trainees take that, but the heat-stress from training and the
>NSAIds is a double whammy.
>
>I highly recommend 2 books - Sonnenburg's The Good Gut and
>Dietert's The Human Superorganism: How the Microbiome Is
>Revolutionizing the Pursuit of a Healthy Life - for practical
>advice on how to repopulate the gut with healthy bacteria.
>
>Another great book is Alanna Collen's 10% Human: How Your
>Body's Microbes Hold the Key to Health and Happiness. She,
>too, got wrecked by antiobiotics after getting an infection
>from ticks. That's actually the first book on the human
>microbiome that I read. Life-channging read, for me.


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"I ain't no entertainer, and ain't trying to be one. I am 1 thing, a musician." � Miles

"When the music stops he falls back in the abyss."