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Very interestingI'll start with a vitamin related thing.
Vitamin D and K supplementation:
Prior to covid, I never really looked too much into taking vitamins, or paid much attention to their role in good overall health. Fortunately, I've been really healthy, so I guess I didn't really have the need to study it too much. However, when covid came around, I felt it was my responsibility to start seeing what things I can do to protect my family including parents, grandparents, kids, etc. Vitamin D was one of the key things that came up pretty early on, and showed promise in helping to have less severe sickness for people that did get covid. So I got my family on a regular dose of vitamin D.
Recently, however, I saw an article talking about how much better it is to take vitamin D with vitamin K. See the article here:
Combination Vitamin D3 and K2: Game Changing Benefits
Supplementing vitamin D3 and K2 comes with all the benefits of vitamin D and vitamin K, but also some unique health benefits that are only unlocked when these two vitamins are used together. New research is revealing this game-changing pair of vitamins and their effect on our hearts, our bones...
The combination of vitamin D3 and K2 is more effective than just D alone. In addition, per the article, high doses of vitamin D without vitamin K to temper it, can cause high calcium levels (called hypercalcemia) in your blood, which leads to blood vessel calcification, which can lead to hear disease or stroke.
TLDR: Take vitamin D3 and K2 together in appropriate doses and you'll be healthier.
In regards to vitamin D's role in covid prevention as well, this article just came out:
Vitamin D could be a piece of COVID-19's 'complex puzzle,' Israeli scientists say, after a new study finds a link between deficiency and severe illness
Vitamin D helps bolster the immune system to tackle viruses that attack the lungs, the researchers said.
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Impressive, but get ready to be trolled. Ignore the haters
I hope to get this motivation some day. built like the picture on the left now ha. How old?
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You can do it when you’re ready! I will be 48 next month.
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Here's a D3/K2 that I have but haven't used in a while.
Vitamin D + K2 Liquid: A convenient combination of vitamin D and vitamin K for bone, cardiovascular, and immune support.*
Thorne’s Vitamin D + K2 Liquid promotes bone health, healthy immune function, and cardiovascular health.* The combination of vitamin D3 and K2 provides greater benefits together than either does individually.www.thorne.com
Looks like you had been doing some kind of training before. Same as you are doing now?
That was not me, I never posted on the TMB outside of a few times in the fraggle thread.
Cool, well glad you post now. You are a great contributor
Creatine will definitely help to gain muscle and strength quickly, but in my past experience, I actually gained strength too fast and maybe coincidentally (I don't think so), I ended up having fairly significant injuries during that initial strength increase. That was 20 years ago though, so maybe some of the formulas / technology has improved
I'm not familiar with l-theanine. Thanks for the rec. I'm going to have to read into itI'm a huuuuge fan of caffeine + l-theanine
Caffeine and L-Theanine: The Best Combo for Energy
Caffeine gives you that extra boost to get the most mileage out of your day, while L-theanine can help you destress from it. But when you combine the two, they do much more than just coexist.
I do somewhat cycle off of it every once in a while thought because it seems to lose its effect
Nice work! What app do you use to track the food? Are you shooting for a specific number of calories or something per day to drop the weight? I'm about 225 right now, and am feeling pretty good overall, but would love to lose another 15-20 pounds.
Creatine has numerous benefits beyond strength and muscle, although some of them are harder to measure than others:
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Which one do you take? I use to take a creatine monohydrate powder, and would take a spoonful and put it under my tongue until it pretty much dissolved or absorbed into the blood stream.Creatine has numerous benefits beyond strength and muscle, although some of them are harder to measure than others:
10 Health and Performance Benefits of Creatine
Creatine can help you gain muscle, increase strength, and improve brain function, to name a few. Learn about its many benefits.
Creatine: Uses, benefits, and health risks
Creatine is an organic acid that helps to supply energy to cells, particularly to muscle cells. People use it to improve athletic performance and increase muscle mass, but the potential benefits of creatine as a health supplement are vast. We explore evidence behind these uses, side effects...
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AthleanX is a great channel. Guy really knows his stuff.
Nice work brother. How much time between those two pictures?
Thanks, brother! So right now I track my calories and workouts through the 1st Phorm app.
Wow, that's really low calories (1300-1400). I did 1500-2000 calories per day for months a few years back, and that was also effective for me in dropping pounds. I probably just need to do that while lifting to keep as much muscle as possible. It's really just a discipline thing. I've gotten too undisciplined with snacking and over eating. It would be great to get to the point of having a routine that is sustainable long term that will allow flexibility in diet and exercise while still maintaining a strong and healthy body.
Been doing those face pulls for a while now. Really does stabilize the shoulders and greatly reduces my osteoarthritis pain.
I need to get on the face pulls. My shoulders have been giving me some trouble the past year or so. They're mostly healed now to where I can start hitting the training harder again.
I refuse to buy Nike shoes. I think they're cheap in terms of quality but also don't want to support their politics. I've been trying to buy mostly Brooks shoes, which are great on the feet and for jogging, but definitely more expensive.
Yeah I understand, I tried brooks and asics. Maybe I should have dug a little deeper, but I had a pair of Nikes from about 8 years ago that worked that whole time. I begrudgingly went back
Surprising to hear you like the Nike over those two based on feel. We all have different feet though, so gotta go with what works for you.
My feet are just fucked up in general. I was born with something called a tarsal coalition (extra bone in the foot). Had it removed from both feet in 3rd grade because I would not have been able to play sports (I basically had no lateral movement in the feet)
These are great shoes. I also like Saucony. It really pays to go to a quality shoe store and have them analyze your feet and how you walk. I’m flat footed and this helped me a great deal.
