resistance training is the most under-discussed thing on this board
Thinking out loud about this: resistance training is the most under-discussed thing on this board.
Reduced appetite makes hitting a protein target a logistics problem rather than a motivation problem, which is why the practical advice here is about timing and food choice rather than willpower.
Nothing here is a training or nutrition prescription. Targets and programmes are matters for somebody who knows your history and your training background.
Two scans on the same machine 17 months apart. Lean mass held better than I expected and the lifts told the same story for free.
Not medical advice, obviously, and nothing here is approved for human use. One person with a spreadsheet.
best — the order this archive was captured in
On comparing yourself to composition figures from trials.
Published composition data comes from supervised populations with structured protocols, standardised scanning, and analysis populations that have been defined in advance. Your two scans at a local clinic, taken in different states of hydration, are not the same measurement.
Use your own baseline. The question worth asking is whether your own trajectory is going the way you want given what you are actually doing, and the honest answer usually requires measuring protein rather than estimating it and being truthful about training frequency. Neither of those is advice — a programme and a target are things to work out with somebody who knows your history.
Protein was the whole problem. Appetite dropped and I was eating well under target without noticing for a month.
resistance training first, cardio if there is time left
resistance training first, cardio if there is time left
This is the whole intervention. Protein and resistance training.
Disagree — slower loss does not automatically preserve lean mass. Protein and training do the work, not the rate on its own.
Right — strength retention is a free proxy and it tracks better than most people expect.
Resistance training, and at what frequency?
Same DEXA machine both times?
the same DEXA machine or it is not a comparison
Same. Volume over novelty. Changing programme every six weeks cost me a year.
Started weighing protein rather than estimating it. The gap between what I thought and what I ate was embarrassing.
Hydration status and fasting state affect the lean mass estimate. Standardising both is the difference between a comparison and a coin toss.
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