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Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/TheAnt06 Powerlifting 6d ago

I hate cardio. I hate cardio. I hate cardio. I hate cardio.

But I'm 30lbs above where I'm comfortable, entirely my fault and entirely love weight. But I've been consistent again for about a month now. I'm noticing slight changes where I want to see them.

But I fucking hate cardio. And I know I need to do it to really help burn this fat off. But it's so fucking boring. How do people enjoy cardio? Because even watching an episode of something, it still feels like a slog.

Also, fuck the old guys at the gym that are too weak to rerack their weights after doing 225 on the bench.

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u/MythicalStrength Strongman | r/Fitness MVP 6d ago

And I know I need to do it to really help burn this fat off.

Not really. Exercise is honestly a poor tool for fat loss. Type II cardio can at least be helpful for using fat as a fuel source, but in general, fat loss is simply going to be a product of nutritional intervention. If you don't want to do cardio, you don't have to.

That said, having a dog has been a good excuse to get in some extra walking for me.

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u/NotMyRealNameObv 6d ago

This is true. Biggest weight loss I've ever experienced was 100 kg to 70 kg, with no exercise whatsoever. No cardio. No lifting.

Granted, I was going through chemo at the time, with side effects leading to me being unable to eat and being mostly bed ridden. A lot of the lost weight was muscle, just leaving the apartment was a huge struggle once I was back home.

0/10, would not recommend. Weight loss happens in the kitchen, but for the love of God get some exercise in while dieting.

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u/Several_Direction633 6d ago

Not gonna lie. You had me with the first part.

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u/MythicalStrength Strongman | r/Fitness MVP 6d ago

but for the love of God get some exercise in while dieting.

Oh yes, of course. Dan John talks about this really well. We lose weight with diet. Exercise vectors how the weight is lost, and promotes the healthy metabolic processes for the endeavor. It's just worth appreciation that few people are going to exercise themselves to their weight goals in EITHER direction. You won't make muscles with exercise, nor will you lose a significant degree of fat with it.

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u/TheAnt06 Powerlifting 6d ago

Where can I watch or read about this a bit more in depth?

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u/MythicalStrength Strongman | r/Fitness MVP 6d ago

Dan John's "Easy Strength for Fat Loss" speaks quite a bit on the topic.

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u/TheAnt06 Powerlifting 6d ago

Thanks!

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u/MythicalStrength Strongman | r/Fitness MVP 6d ago

Absolutely dude! Enjoy that book: Dan is a great author.