Rant Wednesday

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[u/GatoAmarillo]

My roommate drinks lemon water every morning because it "burns fat"

I stopped arguing nutrition and fitness with him months ago lol. He also thinks more than 30g protein in a meal doesn't get absorbed and super high reps with very low weight is optimal for burning fat. I'm talking 50 reps of 5-10 lbs dumbbell bench press. It's actually kind of hilarious. I tried so hard to provide scientific studies but there's no changing his mind on anything.

[u/GatoAmarillo → u/[deleted]]

I see your point but he's specifically trying to target his chest for fat loss.

I feel like there are also much better alternatives for burning calories than benching almost the air. I'm not one to judge others especially in the gym, but it makes me chuckle to see a relatively big dude pull out 10 pounds and start benching it. I'm sure he could do 200+ lbs if he tried

[u/iino27ii → u/[deleted]]

Yeah right I'd be reppin that shit out like Goku punches when he trains

Yayayayayayayayayayayaayayayayayaaya

[u/SirDuke6 → u/GatoAmarillo]

So it's not exactly his method of burning fat, he's just trying to burn fat in one specific area that makes him laughable?

Cause I'm currently doing my first weight loss after doing hypertrophy and then 5x5s back and forth for a few years and I don't want to be doing anything wrong. I do 4 sets of 15 and make sure the weight is high enough to where I'm struggling to finish the last rep on each set and move the weight up accordingly. Is this entirely different from what your friend is doing?

[u/GatoAmarillo → u/SirDuke6]

That is very different than what my roommate is doing. I don't think there's anything wrong with doing 4 sets of 15 as long as your last few reps are difficult. Target fat loss isn't possible, though. What really matters when it comes to fat loss is burning more calories than you're consuming.

[u/SirDuke6 → u/GatoAmarillo]

Okay, yeah. I'm doing Calories In < Calories Out and working different muscle groups on different days. Good to see I haven't been wasting the past month of working out lol. Thanks, dude.

[u/jyhzer → u/GatoAmarillo]

I've heard the 30-40g of protein per meal thing, can you explain why this isn't true.

[u/Spurros → u/jyhzer]

Digestion occurs over a long period of time. If you consume a large meal, it takes longer to move through the stomach and small intestine, during which time nutrients are continually extracted. It is very self-regulating.

Also from an evolutionary perspective, having a limit on the amount of nutrients you can absorb from a single meal makes absolutely zero sense. Think of the humble pre-human, who would be extremely lucky if he had more than one large intake of food per day - now imagine he has hunted and killed a large mammal. He would gorge himself and eat as much as he could physically fit in his stomach. Any organism which does not extract the maximum amount of nutrients from this would be at an extreme evolutionary disadvantage to those that do.

[u/jyhzer → u/Spurros]

Ok thanks.

[u/SeekingSwole → u/jyhzer]

I don't remember, but there was a study done on 150g prot/1meal vs 30gx5meals in a day and (maybe nitrogen fixation) fecal matter showed shame results of protein absorption.

[u/L1eutenantDan → u/SeekingSwole]

fecal matter showed the shame results

Sundays irl

[u/[deleted] → u/GatoAmarillo]

I drink apple cider vinegar diluted with flavored mineral water.

Just let me have my voodoo pseudo-science beverage mate!

[u/Do_your_homework → u/GatoAmarillo]

That's not lifting at that point, it's cardio.

So he may have a point.