Food/Diet and training hobbies
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@ryan-carruthers Its something I need to pay a lot more attention to really.
Do you stop using any screens an hour before going to bed? Also things like having no electronics in your bedroom and no light sources etc.
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@matt-wood Agreed! Sleep is the one thing I really geek out about and try and tweak perhaps more than anything!
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Tried my first ever baked grapefruit yesterday. Still not sure what I think about it
Legs in gym today and I am sooooo NOT up for it
crappy nights sleep.Sleep is super important for training progression and health generally. Many of us suffer from crappy sleep and the fixes are not always obvious sadly.
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Yea he tries to train his whole body in a large variety of ways. Very good stuff. Strong dude as well for his size.
Really like the change from the endless 20 somethings on YT and Insta touting look at me you can look like this with a few simple exercises and a clean diet. Nevermind their genetics or the drugs
Love to come back in 20 years and see what they all look like, given that they claim to have the muscle maturity of a late 30 something in their early 20s and its all natural 
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Yep I’ve seen some of his videos, what I like about him is he is not regimented to one style of exercise and is open minded to the benefits of proper cross training by combining different methods
Kind of like Bruce Lee but with exercise!
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@angus-macleod Yep dont need much equipment really.
There is an interesting Youtube who does a lot of 'unconventional' training and is really not following the mainstream glut of instagram, YT 'fitness' influencers. I think his channel is called #The Bioneer' something like that. Has some very interesting stuff on there you might like.
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That’s exactly it, using rep ranges within the sets then when I hit the top end of the range comfortably either move to the next level by switching to the harder exercise variation e.g press-ups to feet elevated side to side etc etc all the way to one arm press-ups
Quite like the whole weights side of things and am looking forward to eventually adding weight to certain movements as things progress but it’s amazing the number of exercises you can do with just a pull up bar and a dip station
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Yea once you get into it, it really is not that hard. The benefits are great too.
You could also manage to get some progressive overload through a structured increase in sets/reps. Plenty of different ways to progress. Being consistent is the only real secret to it all though.
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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 I’m 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 I’m 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
