Food/Diet and training hobbies
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At the start it was quite hard, I found the morning hunger pangs quite bad but after about 2 weeks I started to get used to it.
Still manage to achieve some form of progressive overload but switching to more advanced versions of the same base exercise makes it more challenging and keeps things interesting
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@angus-macleod
Excellent stuff. How did you find the change into intermittent fasting?Yes! Bodyweight exercises lol none of the fancy 'gimmick' names they use to reinvent stuff that has been around for ages!
You can get seriously strong doing that and it is a very good way to increase the proprioception you have. You can add reflex training into your workouts if you are interested in increasing it further, also agility training with your own bodyweight.
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Saw this thread pop up and thought I'd join in
Been intermittent fasting seriously now for about a year. Initially did it to try and lose some extra poundage that was a side effect of medication I was on at the time and after a while I have realised it agrees with me.
Round about the same time I started doing bodyweight exercises - I believe our American brethren refer to it as "Calisthenics" but being a Scot/Brit I'm not fussed about fancy names
so I'm calling it exactly what it is - bodyweight training. Simple movements with set and rep ranges which are modified and increased once the target has been comfortably hit. Best thing I have ever done. -
@martin-futter said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@martin-futter said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Went to the driving range yesterday, my short game was good chipping to the tees but my driving was horrendous. To the point I think if I play a round in the future I will use only irons and a putter. Think I will stick with tennis I'm far better at it
There should be some transferable skills between the two.
Golf has to be the most frustrating game in the world! No matter how well you do and how hard you try, the hole in one (best possible on every hole) will never ever happen lol.
My brother plays golf a lot and pre surgery I tried it out but kept losing my rag big time
Not sure how good a putter would be off the tee though
there aren't really, at least in my experience
Yes maybe 'skills' is the wrong word. Was thinking more of the rotational force on the torso, lots of similar muscle groups albeit through slightly different planes of motion.
Deffinately a contradiction in footwork though
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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@martin-futter said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Went to the driving range yesterday, my short game was good chipping to the tees but my driving was horrendous. To the point I think if I play a round in the future I will use only irons and a putter. Think I will stick with tennis I'm far better at it
There should be some transferable skills between the two.
Golf has to be the most frustrating game in the world! No matter how well you do and how hard you try, the hole in one (best possible on every hole) will never ever happen lol.
My brother plays golf a lot and pre surgery I tried it out but kept losing my rag big time
Not sure how good a putter would be off the tee though
there aren't really, at least in my experience
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@ryan-carruthers said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
I'm a 16:8 intermittent faster, love it done it for years
played around with a few diets as well in terms of keto, carb cycling etc... at present I'f off dairy and its made a huge difference to me.Got back into running as of late, always been a fan of hitting the gym mainly for the impact it has on my scoliosis
Have you replaced the dairy with anything such as soy based products?
I tend to go back and forth with dairy. It is certainly bad for some people but there are also a lot of good things in dairy for our gut health.
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@chris-osborne said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Because of the extended lockdown in Leicester our Gyms only reopened 2or 3 weeks ago, been swimming a few times a week all Iām doing at the minute will incorporate the gym in the future,
Need to address my diet and lose a fair bit of weight so will be following this thread with interest
That sucks, ours have been open for about 6/7 weeks now. I was going bonkers as it was not sure I would have lasted that extra time lol, I'd have just given up and put all my efforts into becoming a proper alcoholic
Swimming is great. Trains so much of your body, including the diaphragm and surrounding muscles. Not many other activities train that area so well.
The trick to making changes in your diet that will be long term sustainable is do make little changes one at a time. Some people can make sweeping changes and stick to it but most just find it too overwhelming and revert back into bad habbits.
Feel free to shout out any Qs if you have them.
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@ryan-carruthers I have always got away with being flexible due to years or martial arts starting as a kid. Although being lazy with it as an adult is starting to catch up with me now
Fantastic, if you get a good strength and conditioning coach they can really help improve scoliosis.
You will probably find in time that you are much more confident in your body's ability to do what you ask of it. Keep it up I had several clients when I was a coach for scoliosis the difference you can see in people once they are consistent with the training is huge, physically and mentally.
How do you find the running? does that affect it at all?
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@martin-futter said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Went to the driving range yesterday, my short game was good chipping to the tees but my driving was horrendous. To the point I think if I play a round in the future I will use only irons and a putter. Think I will stick with tennis I'm far better at it
There should be some transferable skills between the two.
Golf has to be the most frustrating game in the world! No matter how well you do and how hard you try, the hole in one (best possible on every hole) will never ever happen lol.
My brother plays golf a lot and pre surgery I tried it out but kept losing my rag big time
Not sure how good a putter would be off the tee though
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@matt-wood Yes I've done yoga and found this has a huge impact on my movement, I've also been working with a strength and conditioning coach and thats had a profound impact on my spine, I'm stronger and in less pain than ever.
Agree - I've found a lot of the time people confused hunger with being thirsty, that's what fasting taught me I wasn't actually drinking enough water, started to drink more water and it made a huge difference there too.
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Because of the extended lockdown in Leicester our Gyms only reopened 2or 3 weeks ago, been swimming a few times a week all Iām doing at the minute will incorporate the gym in the future,
Need to address my diet and lose a fair bit of weight so will be following this thread with interest
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@ryan-carruthers I love the clarity of mind it brings when you are 12+ hrs fasted. PLus like @Lee-woodman said you get a little wave of hunger, distract yourself for 30mins, then its gone.
did a 50 hour fast once to experience it, really was not that hard, by hour 50 I felt fine and could have gone on for ages.
Gym is great for things like Scoliosis (have it myself now since surgery on my lower back). Do you also do things like yoga to help stretch out the tight areas?
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@lee-woodman said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Black coffee nice and early this morning to catch the games in Asia.
Finished eating yesterday at 1500 and wont eat today until 1300. Get some IGF-1 boostedAnyone else fast or time restrict their eating? If so how do you find it?
I used to do this when i was more conscious of what i was eating or if i was trimming down. 12-8 tended to be my eating window and it worked well, after the first couple of days the hunger goes and it isnt even noticeable and the energy levels were actually probably better due to the lack of spikes. If anyone is on the fence and either wants to cut down or keep calories relatively controlled then id say try it for a few weeks
Nowadays im much more active and have bulked up a fair bit so i eat a lot more so i dont really do it. Im not rigid with it, just try to get a decent amount of protein in.
I was rigid with it years ago but now I'm much more flexible with it and change the times up to suit gym training.
Eating window for me is usually 8am to 3-5pm as I train in the morning.Every now and then if I feel crappy I will do 24hrs to clear everything out.
100% agree with it helping calorie control for weight loss. I was advising clients to use this as a tool years and years ago. The horror on some people faces is hilarious when you tell them you wont eat for 16 hours. "But I will starve!" hahah once you explain how it works they usually calm down
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Went to the driving range yesterday, my short game was good chipping to the tees but my driving was horrendous. To the point I think if I play a round in the future I will use only irons and a putter. Think I will stick with tennis I'm far better at it
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@lee-woodman said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Cant beat going to the gym to lift some weights to de-stress and put yourself in a great frame of mind. Ive only just really started again since the gyms opened so my heavy sets now are my old warm-up! Ha ha! Im not strict with it but i do push myself hard when im there and tend to go 2 or 3 times per week
Also love running, i dont do it routinely as i do a lot of running & walking in my job but nothing clears my mind like a quick 30 minute run
I quite enjoy cycling too, not so much a full lycra & road bike set up but more pondering about with the kids. The youngest is 7 so weve been gradually increasing the distances since schools closed in March and did 10 miles at weekend. They absolutely love it and as we live in the country theres literally miles and miles for us to go at round here
Weights really clears my mind too. When I walk into the gym I am 100% thinking about lifting the weights so clears everything out of my cluttered head lol.
Ive been back since they reopened, started 2 days a week then 3 now back up to 4. Only just starting to feel strong again though Just about managed to push the heavy sets back somewhere near to pre lockdown, long road back though and I'm too old to go mad now lol.I cant run or cycle anymore (spinal surgery) but the bike rides in the country with family sounds a great idea, gets the little ones outdoors as well
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I'm a 16:8 intermittent faster, love it done it for years
played around with a few diets as well in terms of keto, carb cycling etc... at present I'f off dairy and its made a huge difference to me.Got back into running as of late, always been a fan of hitting the gym mainly for the impact it has on my scoliosis
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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Black coffee nice and early this morning to catch the games in Asia.
Finished eating yesterday at 1500 and wont eat today until 1300. Get some IGF-1 boostedAnyone else fast or time restrict their eating? If so how do you find it?
I used to do this when i was more conscious of what i was eating or if i was trimming down. 12-8 tended to be my eating window and it worked well, after the first couple of days the hunger goes and it isnt even noticeable and the energy levels were actually probably better due to the lack of spikes. If anyone is on the fence and either wants to cut down or keep calories relatively controlled then id say try it for a few weeks
Nowadays im much more active and have bulked up a fair bit so i eat a lot more so i dont really do it. Im not rigid with it, just try to get a decent amount of protein in.
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Cant beat going to the gym to lift some weights to de-stress and put yourself in a great frame of mind. Ive only just really started again since the gyms opened so my heavy sets now are my old warm-up! Ha ha! Im not strict with it but i do push myself hard when im there and tend to go 2 or 3 times per week
Also love running, i dont do it routinely as i do a lot of running & walking in my job but nothing clears my mind like a quick 30 minute run
I quite enjoy cycling too, not so much a full lycra & road bike set up but more pondering about with the kids. The youngest is 7 so weve been gradually increasing the distances since schools closed in March and did 10 miles at weekend. They absolutely love it and as we live in the country theres literally miles and miles for us to go at round here
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@richard-latimer said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@richard-latimer Walking is very under-rated as an exercise and calorie control activity. Low risk of injury and low stress on the body but still uses plenty of calories, especially if you are walking for miles a day
Yeah, I'm a glorified postman haha!!
Any activity is infinitely better than no activity
