Re:‘Anti-hunger’ molecule forms after exercise, scientists d...
by benreesman on Friday June 24, 2022 @04:44AM
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I take your point, but it's not always directly the Internet though. The last time I was in ridiculously good shape was right before COVID. I was boxing 18 hours a week in 6 3-hour sessions with a 23-year-old kid who looked like Ivan Drago's son.
I was 6'4", 240lbs, with a body-fat percentage under 15%. Athletes routinely exceed that level of fitness, few others do. In the 90s I would have been the cut of an NFL tight-end.
But in my vicinity were guys who were fucking shredded. Younger and older. Those guys were taking something. Anabolic steroids? Not sure, but fucking likely.
Now I've got 10-15% less muscle mass but am up to 260lbs. So my body fat percentage has slowely but surely crept above 20%. And the guys at the gym are even scarier than 3 years ago. Blowing joints on absurd weight and being back at it 1-2 weeks later.
Is this because of the Internet? Maybe. But you don't need the Internet to have it all around you.
I was 6'4", 240lbs, with a body-fat percentage under 15%. Athletes routinely exceed that level of fitness, few others do. In the 90s I would have been the cut of an NFL tight-end.
But in my vicinity were guys who were fucking shredded. Younger and older. Those guys were taking something. Anabolic steroids? Not sure, but fucking likely.
Now I've got 10-15% less muscle mass but am up to 260lbs. So my body fat percentage has slowely but surely crept above 20%. And the guys at the gym are even scarier than 3 years ago. Blowing joints on absurd weight and being back at it 1-2 weeks later.
Is this because of the Internet? Maybe. But you don't need the Internet to have it all around you.