Ask a Scout!

[Shukar]

You've got questions, we've got Answers! Ask us almost anything and we'll do our best to answer your questions with the wisdom of the crowds! We're awesome like that.

(Please note- this forum is not an appropriate place for medical advice- please seek medical care from your doctor or physician! We love you and want you to be safe!) 

[Kaede]

Would Scout be my best choice of professions if my general exercise regime includes commuting on a bicycle to work at least 3 times a week at 22 miles round trip? I also weight train and do yoga... thank you in advance:)

[Shukar]

If cycling is something you like doing and want to get better at then Scouts might well be for you! We're the place to go if you've got questions or a passion for endurance sports of just about any kind, walking, running, hiking, rowing, swimming, cycling, we're the folks for you. (That wasn't supposed to sound so much like an ad pitch as it feels like it did) So yup, we might well be your home once your first challenge over with the Level 1 Club is finished up. Let us know if you've got questions and we'll be here to help.

[Kaede]

Ohhh I need to just be an adventurer first... got it!

[18ck]

(That wasn't supposed to sound so much like an ad pitch as it feels like it did)

Have you been to Assassins Guild lately? They are making ad campaigns over there to lure people over. What would a scout ad campaign look like, I wonder?

[Syren]

Have you been to Assassins Guild lately? They are making ad campaigns over there to lure people over. What would a scout ad campaign look like, I wonder?

 

Like a banner moving in one of the cardinal directions very quickly with some Doppler effect as everyone stampedes by shouting "Join Us!"

[The Borg Queen]

Would Scout be my best choice of professions if my general exercise regime includes commuting on a bicycle to work at least 3 times a week at 22 miles round trip? I also weight train and do yoga... thank you in advance:)

Hey, awesome job bike commuting btw. Sounds like a good ride... !

[18ck]

Like a banner moving in one of the cardinal directions very quickly with some Doppler effect as everyone stampedes by shouting "Join Us!"

Or how about a medical style one:

Bored? Listless? Can't concentrate? Then get up off the couch and go for a run*!

*=might not be proper medical advice. If you're still running after more than 48 hours, consult a physician. Or write a book about it.

[18ck]

Or "Scout Guild: 8 out of 10 ogres say their new monkey selves prefer it".

[18ck]

Or: "We just keep going and going and going and..."

[german]

Or "Scout Guild: 8 out of 10 ogres say their new monkey selves prefer it".

this one made me laugh!

[elril]

"If the effects last for more than four hours... you're probably a scout"

[ApfelStrudi]

"If the effects last for more than four hours... you're probably a scout"

 

"If you last for more than four hours... you're probably a scout."

 

[18ck]

this one made me laugh!

;^)

[Nuribaby]

I have a question! This may be better suited to the diet forums but I want to hear a scouty opinion.

My favorite thing is Cycling, and this challenge I'll be adding in some lifting to supplement that. (Starting Strength, if anyone needs to know!) I've been eating at a deficit and that's been working out really well for me - especially in long ride days, because then I get to eat back a lot of those calories My main goal with lifting is mostly to keep my upper body strong, since my legs are doing just fine. However, I'm hearing from warrior types that I can't really lift on a deficit, that I should bulk and then cut... But BAH don't want to! I'm not looking for massive gains, I just don't want to be neglecting my core and upper body.

So what do you guys think? Can I keep my deficit and still lift, understanding that my gains will be slower? Or am I setting myself up for failure?

Thanks!

Soon-to-be ex-fat person

[The Borg Queen]

I have a question! This may be better suited to the diet forums but I want to hear a scouty opinion.

My favorite thing is Cycling, and this challenge I'll be adding in some lifting to supplement that. (Starting Strength, if anyone needs to know!) I've been eating at a deficit and that's been working out really well for me - especially in long ride days, because then I get to eat back a lot of those calories My main goal with lifting is mostly to keep my upper body strong, since my legs are doing just fine. However, I'm hearing from warrior types that I can't really lift on a deficit, that I should bulk and then cut... But BAH don't want to! I'm not looking for massive gains, I just don't want to be neglecting my core and upper body.

So what do you guys think? Can I keep my deficit and still lift, understanding that my gains will be slower? Or am I setting myself up for failure?

Thanks!

Soon-to-be ex-fat person

A lot of what people are saying these days is it's the quality, rather than quantity, of calories that makes the difference. If you are trying to build muscle, you're going to want some protein in your diet. Beyond that, because you are not trying to become a monster lifter, you might not need to follow the advice from lifters to the T. If you like eating at a certain calorie level, I would recommend that you keep doing that if it's working for you. That's my opinion, anyway. Good luck

[ApfelStrudi]

Question!

I know lots of you run cross/trails - I've got a shoe question.

What kind of shoe do you use for it? I usually run with minimalistic shoes (adidas adipure gazelle to be precise). Now, those were pretty expensive and I don't want to ruin them running through snow and mud.

But what's my real erason for worry: They have just about no grip. I actually fell flat on my face the other day running outside when it was raining because it got so slippery. 

So, all your traily runners! Any suggestions for a type of shoe to use?

[18ck]

I have a question! This may be better suited to the diet forums but I want to hear a scouty opinion.

My favorite thing is Cycling, and this challenge I'll be adding in some lifting to supplement that. (Starting Strength, if anyone needs to know!) I've been eating at a deficit and that's been working out really well for me - especially in long ride days, because then I get to eat back a lot of those calories My main goal with lifting is mostly to keep my upper body strong, since my legs are doing just fine. However, I'm hearing from warrior types that I can't really lift on a deficit, that I should bulk and then cut... But BAH don't want to! I'm not looking for massive gains, I just don't want to be neglecting my core and upper body.

So what do you guys think? Can I keep my deficit and still lift, understanding that my gains will be slower? Or am I setting myself up for failure?

Thanks!

Soon-to-be ex-fat person

Have you read the "Meet Staci" article on Nerd Fitness? It's a pretty good summary of how food, weights and body size work together.

[nanako]

I have a question! This may be better suited to the diet forums but I want to hear a scouty opinion.

My favorite thing is Cycling, and this challenge I'll be adding in some lifting to supplement that. (Starting Strength, if anyone needs to know!) I've been eating at a deficit and that's been working out really well for me - especially in long ride days, because then I get to eat back a lot of those calories My main goal with lifting is mostly to keep my upper body strong, since my legs are doing just fine. However, I'm hearing from warrior types that I can't really lift on a deficit, that I should bulk and then cut... But BAH don't want to! I'm not looking for massive gains, I just don't want to be neglecting my core and upper body.

So what do you guys think? Can I keep my deficit and still lift, understanding that my gains will be slower? Or am I setting myself up for failure?

Thanks!

Soon-to-be ex-fat person

 

At this stage you just want to focus on your weight loss, since this is your main goal. When you're an advanced powerlifter you can think about bulking/cutting cycles and gains and so forth, but right now focus on weight loss.

This will make life easy for you. To lose weight, my advice is to eat paleo and eat a deficit (this will be easy on paleo because you want be hungry), and add some strength training - "starting strength" is good. 

 

Avoid too much cardio - it's no good especially when you're a woman. Messes up your cortisol, which will hinder weight loss, and your sleep and what-not and you will be hungry, and end up eating to much. So for now, focus on weight loss and lifting, and add a little bike ride if you really want to. Just be careful not to overexert yourself, and not to eat too much after those cardio days.

 

Sorry, this is a bit of a non-scoutish advice. But you said you wanted an opinion.

Once you have lost all the weight you wanted to lose, you can do any sports you like for as long as you like. But if you want my advice, focus on weight loss first with a tried-and-tested method (paleo + strength). Everything else can come later.

[nanako]

Question!

I know lots of you run cross/trails - I've got a shoe question.

What kind of shoe do you use for it? I usually run with minimalistic shoes (adidas adipure gazelle to be precise). Now, those were pretty expensive and I don't want to ruin them running through snow and mud.

But what's my real erason for worry: They have just about no grip. I actually fell flat on my face the other day running outside when it was raining because it got so slippery. 

So, all your traily runners! Any suggestions for a type of shoe to use?

 

If you want to do proper fell running or "off-trail" running, people recommend inov-8. They also have a minimal shoe, the "bare grip", which is supposedly quite good.

If you just splash around in the mud a lot and run on trails, you just need a bit of grip and don't need cleats or spikes. I'm using the merrel trail glove, that works just fine.

[ApfelStrudi]

Thank you nanako! I'm going to try too run those

(sorry for short replies, spelling derps and autocorrect funsies, sent from phone)

[Starstuff]

Avoid too much cardio - it's no good especially when you're a woman. Messes up your cortisol, which will hinder weight loss, and your sleep and what-not and you will be hungry, and end up eating to much. So for now, focus on weight loss and lifting, and add a little bike ride if you really want to. Just be careful not to overexert yourself, and not to eat too much after those cardio days.

 

Would you mind pointing me to some more info on this subject? This is completely contrary to my own experience, but I've got some non-standard neurochemical stuff going on and I'm curious if that's why.

[Frost of the Gloaming]

How do you barefoot runners handle the cold, this morning I took out the garbage without putting my shoes on and my feet started to freeze after a minute; mind you it was 28f

[elril]

Would you mind pointing me to some more info on this subject? This is completely contrary to my own experience, but I've got some non-standard neurochemical stuff going on and I'm curious if that's why.

 

This position is contended somewhat.  People are different and results differ.

[The Borg Queen]

^^ I'm not a fan of the "chronic cardio" theories, because I think they blame problems caused by *diet* on exercise.