Nutrition, Diet, and Exercise: Notes, Goals, and Resources (these people just keep talking about crossfit)

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@Road Guy That's amazing the weight loss for your wife and you!  Congrats!  I am def going to look at the air pods.  Seems like the gym that has them has time slots that open at 5:15am and go until like 6:30pm.  I just need to see if they'll let a non-member like me use them.  Plus I like the way your wife looks at a healthy diet!  I haven't been tracking as well as I want, but I'm also more of a 'see where I am right now' with my fitness and weight loss.  I did start limiting dairy in general, but didn't completely cut it out.  Tell her to make an account!  I'd gladly pay money for a once in a while consulting about where I am!

 
Ill see what i can do, maybe it would help her open up her own shingle on the side-  But she is very normal about food / nutrition.  

But  she was always better in terms of eating than me, but me dragging her out to drink 3X a week when I disliked my job for 2 years took a toll on both of us :(

And I think if you get up every day and do 500 Burgess you could pretty much eat beer and nachos every night!  :D

 
I think 8 count burpees are the worst.

1. Hands on the ground

2. Jump feet straight back

3. Push up-down

4. Push up-up

5. Kick feet out to sides

6. Kick feet back in

7. Jump feet to hands

8. Jump up in air

 
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Dumb question - what is jumping horses? Like those horse raises where they jump racks and barrels?

 
leggo PE said:
Google "dressage"
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Aka: the exact opposite of jumping. 
 

I used to do equestrian/hunter (where you were judged more on how pretty both you and the horse looked with jumping, but also ultra correct form) and a little bit of eventing. My mom made me stop eventing since a lot of their jumps are solid/no-fail, too many people got injured, and I think one girl died doing a course. I did polo for a while but got tired of how high-stress it was/I would get so tired swapping horses for each chucker
 

@Road Guy if you’re talking about horse racing that includes jumping: steeplechase. Those horses are all crazy. Amazing at what they do, but maybe twice as insane as a normal American racehorse

 
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Anyone else seen "The Game Changer" on Netflix? Very interesting but there is just so much **** produced as documentaries these days... I was feeling good about it until they veered off on the whole farming is bad part.. 

I defin am trying to up my vegggies intake but it would take a while to cut out all the meat.

 
Road Guy said:
Anyone else seen "The Game Changer" on Netflix? Very interesting but there is just so much **** produced as documentaries these days... I was feeling good about it until they veered off on the whole farming is bad part.. 

I defin am trying to up my vegggies intake but it would take a while to cut out all the meat.
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I haven't. But after watching this, I'm not sure how I'll feel about it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0zgNY_kqlI

 
It was interesting, but they kept mentioning that they don't really have enough test subjects to really have a "scientific" method / study.   They just focus on a few individuals who are totally plant based that happen to excel in their sports / but they may just be people who are bad ass at that anyway.

 
Road Guy said:
It was interesting, but they kept mentioning that they don't really have enough test subjects to really have a "scientific" method / study.   They just focus on a few individuals who are totally plant based that happen to excel in their sports / but they may just be people who are bad ass at that anyway.
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That seems to be the consensus on what I've read.

 
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I just got SECA body composition testing done.

Says I'm 22.8% bf. Ha! Idk about that. Anyone that's seen me in person knows I hardly have any fat. Calipers said 11%. Maybe I just carry fat in other places then where the calipers normally measure.

Test also said I carry more muscle mass on my left arm than my right, which is odd since I'm right handed.

 
Chattaneer PE said:
I just got SECA body composition testing done.

Says I'm 22.8% bf. Ha! Idk about that. Anyone that's seen me in person knows I hardly have any fat. Calipers said 11%. Maybe I just carry fat in other places then where the calipers normally measure.

Test also said I carry more muscle mass on my left arm than my right, which is odd since I'm right handed.
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I just started measuring my body fat...I’m using the tape measure for now (I know, not very reliable)...I’m at 34% according to that. My goal for now is about 19%. Though I’m more concerned about losing the weight...

 
It also said I need ~3000kcal to maintain body weight. Yet, I've been ~1800 for the past few months and have pretty much maintained my weight.

 
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