The Biggest Lie You’ve Been Sold | Carl Raghavan

[stef]

​You’ve been told to pursue health, and the ideal image seared into your brain is a ripped set of abdominal muscles. To attain this beautiful six pack you need to track your steps, monitor your macros, and keep your heart rate in the “optimal” zone...

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[Gsquared23]

Why do lifters tend to be happier and more productive people? I think it’s because their baseline is to work on themselves, literally, and focus on getting stronger and better for 3-4 hours a week. If you build a strong foundation, you can then proceed to be a better spouse, parent, child, friend or neighbor. If you don’t ever put yourself first, some of the time, you end up bitter and resentful. That’s where a midlife crisis comes from. You end up in rehab or a therapist’s office trying to figure out why your life didn’t turn out like you’d imagined. It’s because you didn’t do something hard to improve your physical well being that carried over to the rest of your life.

I can’t wait to do my fahves later!

[Carl Raghavan]

Very sweet and touching words.

[Gsquared23]

Just in time for Valentine’s day

[AParrillo]

The barbell does not lie. Strength takes discipline. As Rip says, strength is like money in the bank. I have been training with the Starting Strength app for ten years, starting at 67. My only trainer for a couple of months who was at the time a recent college graduate and competitive Olympic-style lifter introduced me to the course book that they used at U Mass. Training is the best thing that I do every two or three days. Before that martial arts for 25 years and the usual variety of dumbbell, machine, cardio, pushups, boot camp classes, etc. I am not a naturally strong person. Covid five years ago kept me out of the gym for months and I regained my strength within a year and hit my prior PRs. Biological aging is a reality so maintaining strength requires disciplined training and aging makes strength and flexibility more important by the month. A knee replacement a year ago set me back four months but I am still a long way from my PRs. Now Sports protein powder may help but getting old sucks and the one thing I have is my drive to add resistance and keep improving, even if not to the level I was at a few years ago. Progress comes slower than an additional 10 lbs. each session. More like five at best and I do not have microweights or would add them. I will conclude by expressing my gratitude to Rip and Starting Strength.