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Posted November 13, 2022
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Keith_I2: The following is kinda weird: About 6 Mo at my fitness center, I noticed 3 or 4 guys doing leg presses on what's called the sled. Now these guys were pretty big and I asked how much weight was on the sled. It was 450-550 lbs and I managed 5 repetitions. Some days later another guy said his best was 1150 lbs. So in 2-3 months I managed 1 rep at 1150. That was about 6.5 times my body weight. At 80 years old I consider that pretty da*n good, considering the younger guy was probably less than half my age. One bad thing resulted from my prowess, it destroyed my Gahl bladder! I lost a lot of body weight and about 30 percent of my muscle mass. I managed to get back some of my body weight but no matter how much I eat or no matter how often I eat just about anything, I cannot get above 150 lbs. So doing something out of curiosity can have great consequences.

Could this have something to do with my Nordic ancestry (Icelandic)?
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Syphon72: Did you leg press 1150lb correctly? A lot of people barley bend their legs when dong leg press. 1150lb at 80 years old seems off and dangerous for you. No offense

But if you did it correctly more power to you.
The weights are on a 45 degree incline, the only way is to do it!
I've always been able to do something when someone said I shouldn't even think about it. Surely you can know what I am talking about. This includes what I consider all non believers or non doers. That's when my inner strengths become raging fires. I've been a licensed ham radio operator for over 60 some odd years, fought in Viet Nam against the spread of communism, ran several 26.2 mile marathons, rebuilt auto engines and transmissions, developed my own pictures, built my own reflector telescope, etc. etc. I'm not referring to you when I say just because someone ain't S**T, they don't have any right suggesting that I take it easy or not even try something. HE**, looks like I'm talking about Benjamin Franklin. That guy did about everything!
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Posted July 10, 2023
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Keith_I2: I used to think the Mr. Olympia was respectable pastime. It's now known that it's allowed to use steroids and eating like a beast to get as big as possible because that's what it's looked for.
Avoiding the obvious 'too much of anything will eventually kill you' jokes that have already come;

There's certain levels of exercise that's beneficial, and then you get diminishing returns. To get around those, drugs are sometimes used, and the amount of protein to maintain the muscle is apparently quite absurd.

I saw a short interview of one of the men staring in 'The Avengers' or similar marvel movie, and he admitted to get the body he needed (for the movie) was impractical, the amount of working out, the amount of food to eat, the personal trainers and nutritionists to make it happen for filming effectively took out any chance of doing anything else, and you ate like 3x or more food and protein or the muscle would go away.

If you die doing what you love that's one thing. But going to the excess is just dumb.
Posted July 25, 2023
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Keith_I2: I used to think the Mr. Olympia was respectable pastime. It's now known that it's allowed to use steroids and eating like a beast to get as big as possible because that's what it's looked for.
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rtcvb32: Avoiding the obvious 'too much of anything will eventually kill you' jokes that have already come;

There's certain levels of exercise that's beneficial, and then you get diminishing returns. To get around those, drugs are sometimes used, and the amount of protein to maintain the muscle is apparently quite absurd.

I saw a short interview of one of the men staring in 'The Avengers' or similar marvel movie, and he admitted to get the body he needed (for the movie) was impractical where to get tren, the amount of working out, the amount of food to eat, the personal trainers and nutritionists to make it happen for filming effectively took out any chance of doing anything else, and you ate like 3x or more food and protein or the muscle would go away.

If you die doing what you love that's one thing. But going to the excess is just dumb.
completely agree with you
Post edited July 26, 2023 by katewilson
Posted July 25, 2023
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Keith_I2: I used to think the Mr. Olympia was respectable pastime. It's now known that it's allowed to use steroids and eating like a beast to get as big as possible because that's what it's looked for.
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rtcvb32: Avoiding the obvious 'too much of anything will eventually kill you' jokes that have already come;

There's certain levels of exercise that's beneficial, and then you get diminishing returns. To get around those, drugs are sometimes used, and the amount of protein to maintain the muscle is apparently quite absurd.

I saw a short interview of one of the men staring in 'The Avengers' or similar marvel movie, and he admitted to get the body he needed (for the movie) was impractical, the amount of working out, the amount of food to eat, the personal trainers and nutritionists to make it happen for filming effectively took out any chance of doing anything else, and you ate like 3x or more food and protein or the muscle would go away.

If you die doing what you love that's one thing. But going to the excess is just dumb.
The actor from its always sunny also basically stated it was basically impossible for normal people to get the adonis-like bodies Hollywood actors have. First, they are rich so can afford things like a personal chef to make the right food for you, top of the line trainers to encourage you, assistants for your daily tasks. Nevermind the fact that these actors are essentially getting paid millions of dollars to get into shape.
Posted July 26, 2023
If talking only about muscles: Too little muscles also lead to an early death.
Posted July 26, 2023
I wonder which bot resurrected this thread? I'm assuming the mods are doing their job and their post was deleted. Otherwise rtcvb did it for some odd reason...

Bodybuilding as an industry is such an odd one for me. It seems purely driven by male ego, because no one else finds those bodies attractive. But then again, I guess we needed a male equivalent of beauty pageants.

Also, I do enjoy eating healthy. I dislike deep fried foods, detest mayonnaise, greasy salad dressings, the emptiness and grossness of white bread, and those super sugary soft drinks. Last night for dinner I had grilled fish, ladyfingers/okra and a bit of sweet potato mash, and it was delicious.
Posted July 26, 2023
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babark: I wonder which bot resurrected this thread? I'm assuming the mods are doing their job and their post was deleted. Otherwise rtcvb did it for some odd reason...

Bodybuilding as an industry is such an odd one for me. It seems purely driven by male ego, because no one else finds those bodies attractive. But then again, I guess we needed a male equivalent of beauty pageants.
No, katewilson revived the thread with their complete nothingburger. I'd like you to note their compltely empty profile.

I think another assumption was had before studies in the 70s and 80s that a strong body was considered to be the most prime shape to be seeing as the whole primitive thinking of a woman being unable to defend herself from the lowly neanderthal.

Also Mayo is just egg & vinegar/oil, what's unhealthy about that?
Posted July 26, 2023
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Enebias: Did you know that 100% of people who ate food and drunk water eventually died? Let the numbers sink in.
Did you know sleep can lead to Death? Too much sleep could be deadly.
Did you know you could wake up one morning & walk out your door? You could be mulled by a crazed driver.



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Telika: Also I've been watching a few movies with Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger and apparently bodybuilding leads to a lot and lot of deaths.
Arnold is the Terminator, of course everything to do with his body building leads to a lot of deaths.
Posted July 26, 2023
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Darvond: No, katewilson revived the thread with their complete nothingburger. I'd like you to note their compltely empty profile.

I think another assumption was had before studies in the 70s and 80s that a strong body was considered to be the most prime shape to be seeing as the whole primitive thinking of a woman being unable to defend herself from the lowly neanderthal.

Also Mayo is just egg & vinegar/oil, what's unhealthy about that?
kate resurrected the thread 2 weeks after the last comment, which happened to be from rtcvb who posted in the thread 8 months after the last comment.

As for mayonnaise, aside from being gross and disgusting, looking at the average nutritional label, the ingredients (in order) are: vegetable oil (wiki suggests this makes up 80% of the composition), vinegar, egg yolk and high fructose corn syrup and salt. Nutritional information suggests about 100kcal in 1 tablespoon.
Posted July 26, 2023
All roads lead to death, eventually. It's the destiny that all living beings will never be able to avoid (unless you liken suspended animation to living)...
Posted July 26, 2023
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babark: kate resurrected the thread 2 weeks after the last comment, which happened to be from rtcvb who posted in the thread 8 months after the last comment.

As for mayonnaise, aside from being gross and disgusting, looking at the average nutritional label, the ingredients (in order) are: vegetable oil (wiki suggests this makes up 80% of the composition), vinegar, egg yolk and high fructose corn syrup and salt. Nutritional information suggests about 100kcal in 1 tablespoon.
Well, I dunno what crappy brand has HFCS, but you could make your own that avoids the stuff that you don't need. But you don't like it, so moot point.
Posted July 26, 2023
A year later and still no Cheeto people. Science has failed us all.

EDIT: Correction, nine months since my proposal. A cheeto child could have been born in that time frame, and yet none were.

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Darvond: Well, I dunno what crappy brand has HFCS, but you could make your own that avoids the stuff that you don't need. But you don't like it, so moot point.
Never liked straight mayo myself. It's good as a base for other condiments. I don't mind if it's on a hot burger, but other than that it tastes like yuck.
Post edited July 26, 2023 by Warloch_Ahead
Posted July 26, 2023
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Warloch_Ahead: I don't mind if it's on a hot burger, but other than that it tastes like yuck.
It's great for dipping your chips (fries) in to. To add even more fat to an already fatty food. :D
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