Quick rant on fitness

[Syhto]

Re: Quick rant on fitness

I'm fond of valerian root as well for sleep0

[Mahou]

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I feel like I've been gaining muscle as I've been losing weight as I can lift way more now than I could when I started and I've lost 30 pounds since I started weight training.

I think it just depends on how much day you have when you started. I don't think someone who's 18%bf and went on a cut will gain much if any muscle as someone who's like me, a fatass

It really just depends on what stage of training that person is and that persons genetics.

I'm fond of valerian root as well for sleep0

Better than melatonin? Melatonin makes me groggy af.

[Syhto]

Re: Quick rant on fitness

if i dont take melatonin with like 8 full hrs to sleep it makes me groggy
valerian im ok with 6 hours and I feel like my sleep is more restful than w/ melatonin

[Arch0wl]

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if y'all read the article I posted about melatonin, it covers the grogginess. you're supposed to take it several hours before you go to sleep. this requires you to be calculated about when you go to sleep, but if you can be calculated about calories, this isn't much of a stretch.

also: creatine does work, but it works by allowing the muscles to lift more and thereby create something like muscle memory for growth in that direction. this is the impression I get from the literature I've read anyway. at any rate, creatine mono is cheap enough in bulk that it's a drop in the bucket to not use it.

[Mahou]

Re: Quick rant on fitness

Thoughts on weight gainers?

[Arch0wl]

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largely not useful

* digestion time matters a lot. you want a slow release of nutrients (steak is slow release, sugar is the fastest) unless you've -just- worked out, and even then milk is sufficient for that.

* because digestion time matters so much, the calories from weight gainers will be poorly absorbed.