What have you learned in the last year?

[hard_gainz]

Crazy how thc has had a stigma and has been illegal but drinking poison in a bottle is socially acceptable and people look at you funny if you say you don't drink. Especially people who workout, eat right, then negate everything they do by drinking.

I stopped drinking 5 years ago. And my friends used to roast me about it. Which I never mind. We are all ball busters to each other. But over time a couple have had a private conversation with me about stopping drinking. I always tell them you have to want it badly to stop. Otherwise you'll find the smallest reason to start up again.

Alcohol is crazy. The only drug that people can associate with a good time while at the same time destroying your life.

 

[massephase]

Alcohol is crazy. The only drug that people can associate with a good time while at the same time destroying your life.

It's not destroying anyones life though.

People destroy their lives by drinking too much and doing stupid things. I know many people who drink a lot and they have "normal" lives. They work, have kids, etc etc.
Just like people here stick needles in their asses with grams of synthetic hormones ... they also have "normal" lives, work, have kids.

And some of them fuck up their lives in the process, and others dont.

 

[Mufasa123]

That I can't even trust doctors these days for proper diagnosis and writing scripts for antibiotics (2 separate incorrect diagnosis and scripts in 1 year) and orthopedic issues (2 separate misdiagnosis, 1 corrected within 24hrs of surgery and another I found). Really pissing me off as this is wasting a lot of my time and basic.

I'll also say that constantly refining diet has also let me see how easy and programatic changing the body can be. Granted muscle memory from a lifetime of training is kind of a cheatcode too.

 

[GeaRandSauCe]

Everyone and their mother is trying to get in on the peptides game. You have housewives starting up websites and gym owners selling BPC-157 and TB500 and bac water over the counter and advertising on Instagram.

This will not last. If you've been around long enough you can remember operation gear grinder, operation raw deal etc. The more open these idiots are, the faster the hammer is going to drop. Get what you can now because things won't be the same for long.

 

[qbkilla]

Everyone and their mother is trying to get in on the peptides game. You have housewives starting up websites and gym owners selling BPC-157 and TB500 and bac water over the counter and advertising on Instagram.

This will not last. If you've been around long enough you can remember operation gear grinder, operation raw deal etc. The more open these idiots are, the faster the hammer is going to drop. Get what you can now because things won't be the same for long.

Agree. In the past year I've seen more threads about peptides than training, diet, aas combined...it's like a cult. I agree about the hammer dropping and id also assume suppliers will be selling bunk too...I remember like 2004 when lr IGF-LR3 was so popular, then the datbtrue era, lmao.

 

[control]

Another add. After 30 years I figured out that my knees hate leg extensions regardless of how I setup the axis, toes up/out/in, legs wider/narrower etc etc.

Dropping them and funny enough replaced them with bodyweight sissy squats (the old school kind holding onto a support and keeping your upper body aligned with your femurs) and my knees have never felt better?

Extremely counter intuitive if you ask me...

Same experience for me. I'm a big fan of Ben Patrick (knees over toes guy). I use the Arsenal hack squat and do sissy squats on that.
Knees feel great, zero stress on lower back/hips. And I think I'm actually starting to get back some of the quad size I lost

 

[GeaRandSauCe]

Agree. In the past year I've seen more threads about peptides than training, diet, aas combined...it's like a cult. I agree about the hammer dropping and id also assume suppliers will be selling bunk too...I remember like 2004 when lr IGF-LR3 was so popular, then the datbtrue era, lmao.

Omega had the best LR3-IGF1. I think he was killed in a car accident almost 20 years ago now

 

[ScoobyPrep]

Im not invicible as I thought I was. I teach rest, stress control and i let it get the best of me. After 2024 contest season i left worlds with swollen lymph nodes and bright burning red ears. Reactions to foods etc. Finally found out it was EBV reactivation from stress. Working long hours on my businesses, pushing myself hard in the gym, not enough rest etc. Im STILL managing the fall out. Gained most my size back but my lymphs are still a bit swollen and pain replaced with full feeling behind my ear and just under the jaw line along with still getting red burning ears from training or heat. So the immune system is still on surveillance, but the EBV test did come back negative so thats the good news.

Now i train 3-4 days per week when stress is high or im working alot which im doing now as I just published 2 books on amazon and am starting up my genetics coaching offer.

something has to give you cant have the pedal down in all facets once you get past your 30s something will break.

I enjoyed reading some of these

 

[BLKGUY2006]

Everyone and their mother is trying to get in on the peptides game. You have housewives starting up websites and gym owners selling BPC-157 and TB500 and bac water over the counter and advertising on Instagram.

This will not last. If you've been around long enough you can remember operation gear grinder, operation raw deal etc. The more open these idiots are, the faster the hammer is going to drop. Get what you can now because things won't be the same for long.

Yep, I remember operation “ gear grinder” isn’t that when GA Labs got popped among others. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago and online sources were just getting revved up. Crazy to see and remember all this. Yes, the peptide thing is out of control. These kids who don’t know shit about BB are getting all these AAS and peptides from social media!!!!

 

[3BILLS]

Getting old sucks

 

[GeaRandSauCe]

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Yep, I remember operation “ gear grinder” isn’t that when GA Labs got popped among others. Hard to believe that was 20 years ago and online sources were just getting revved up. Crazy to see and remember all this. Yes, the peptide thing is out of control. These kids who don’t know shit about BB are getting all these AAS and peptides from social media!!!!

Gear grinder was in 2005 when the US law enforcement went into Mexico and shut down all the labs that were producing veterinary steroids like quality vet. Those companies were mainly producing AAS for humans under the guise of veterinary medicine.

Raw deal was in 2007 when they went into China, shut down the jintropin factory and also gained the information of American buyers that were ordering steroid raws. They did a simultaneous bust across the country in Sept 2007 raiding UGLs all across the country based on that information.

 

[BLKGUY2006]

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Gear grinder was in 2005 when the US law enforcement went into Mexico and shut down all the labs that were producing veterinary steroids like quality vet. Those companies were mainly producing AAS for humans under the guise of veterinary medicine.

Raw deal was in 2007 when they went into China, shut down the jintropin factory and also gained the information of American buyers that were ordering steroid raws. They did a simultaneous bust across the country in Sept 2007 raiding UGLs all across the country based on that information.

Ok got it. I do remember Quality Vet. Damn time flies.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

Hell I don't know. I can't even remember the past year.

 

[qbkilla]

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Gear grinder was in 2005 when the US law enforcement went into Mexico and shut down all the labs that were producing veterinary steroids like quality vet. Those companies were mainly producing AAS for humans under the guise of veterinary medicine.

Raw deal was in 2007 when they went into China, shut down the jintropin factory and also gained the information of American buyers that were ordering steroid raws. They did a simultaneous bust across the country in Sept 2007 raiding UGLs all across the country based on that information.

Wasn't there a rumor they killed the owner of British dragon?

I feel like if they want to do another operation and bust ug labs or these new peptide companies, it'll be easy pickens. Atleaast back in those days people had some shame and valued privacy..now days everyone is posting their face with a syringe telling the world exactly what they are running and where they got it basically screaming "I dare someone to come bust me, you won't do it" lmao. We used to say loose lips sink ships..I guess that saying means nothing anymore...

 

[Gaintrain]

Getting old sucks

I can relate to this on a drug compound level, 19 nors mess with me hard now, had not ran a single 19 nor for years, last deca run had been 4 years and just can't handle the dark doom and gloom mental sides now didn't get them before, and tren LOL I can't run that with out being a over thinking insomniac just at 50mg EOD...

 

[lgop528]

This is really for life in general, consistency will win over short to medium duration of high intensity.

 

[hawkmoon]

What I have learned and surprised me over the last year or so related to this domain is the sheer volume of scammers, grifters and frauds in "fitness" and the adjacent "manosphere".
This came to me accidentally because of one of my favorite YouTube channel Shredded Sports Science, as he covers the topic now and then. Just a couple days ago I stumbled across and watched the Louis Theroux Netflix doc on the same.

All the supps and workout programs to bro-psychology and "investment" platforms. Seeing young men completely suckered by these people was dismaying.
I knew this was a thing, but wasn't really aware of how pervasive it is.

 

[qbkilla]

I hurt my damn knee. Today was leg day. I went to the gym did some pt shit and slow high reps isolations...but i felt after like I hit them good. Makes me wonder if most of us....despite knowing better...are working our egos vs muscles more than we care to admit. Causing unnecessary wear and tear on joints. I may try to now focus on the mm connection for legs and see if it suits me better at 40 +

 

[Siggy]

I learned to live one day at a time, yes it sounds like a stupid hallmark card cliche. But I have tried to start living like the day is all I have and that the future is a fantasy that doesnt exist. Trying to enjoy my day no matter what me or my family have going on. Its very calming.

I recently found employment again after a very lengthy layoff. I had forgotten that work is important to help you stop ruminating all day and forget about the constant existential questions that either dont have an answer or dont need one at this time, things you do when you have too much time on your hands.

 

[AllLoadedUp]

What I have learned and surprised me over the last year or so related to this domain is the sheer volume of scammers, grifters and frauds in "fitness" and the adjacent "manosphere".
This came to me accidentally because of one of my favorite YouTube channel Shredded Sports Science, as he covers the topic now and then. Just a couple days ago I stumbled across and watched the Louis Theroux Netflix doc on the same.

All the supps and workout programs to bro-psychology and "investment" platforms. Seeing young men completely suckered by these people was dismaying.
I knew this was a thing, but wasn't really aware of how pervasive it is.

The "manosphere" is a Huge collection of people. That documentary just used the people he wanted to make it look bad and trash the entire "community". I like Justin Waller and Myron. The rest of those guys I've never listened to a single word of theirs. But yeh there are always grifters in any "community". That doesn't mean all or even most are.