ixaera summons the Raven King~

[Urgan]

4 minutes ago, Grymm said:

I've been on creatine now for 3 months.  It has some benefits.  I find that it lets you get a couple more reps once you're starting to fatigue.  There is some research to indicate that it might improve muscle satellite cells and myonuclei count, but that would be a bonus.  If you take creatine at normal dosing for a week, you should saturate.  You'll pull more water into the muscle (probably gain a couple pounds of water weight, but that weight is in the muscle giving a slightly more pumped look).  It's fairly cheap and the dosing is pretty low.  I haven't really thoroughly experimented with stopping taking it and seeing if my volume decreases and then going back on. 

 

I'm doing 5s on volume day and let me just say I'd take it just for the "she lifts, bro" look.....stamina under the bar is just a bonus, LBR. LOL.

[shaar]

19 minutes ago, Taddea Zhaan said:

 

 

 

ACCURATE

 

Pre-workout makes me feel like I could life the ENTIRE GYM BUILDING UP AND ALL THE PEOPLE IN IT TOO HRRRGGGHHGHGDSBFSD

 

I have had a few that make me jittery though, some of them are full of extra hype~

[Rurik Harrgath]

4 hours ago, miss_marissa said:

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYY!!!!

 

 

2 hours ago, ixaera said:

I decided to try out a pre-workout (just caffeine and something, creatine maybe? got it from Sprouts) and before using it tomorrow I wanted to make sure it wouldn't kill me, so I had a half dose.

 

I need that stuff to live.  By the time my morning workout rolls around, my bloodstream is probably 88% caffeine. 

[miss_marissa]

I've been flirting with creatine for a few months now. And I really enjoy it. Weight is up, but lifts are up and muscles get nice and pumpy.

[calanthrophy]

Creatine has studies backing it up; for most people the question is not whether it works but whether it works enough to justify spending money on it.
Pre-workout is pretty much the same for me; it works a little better than just caffeine but I can't be bothered to shell out money for it when it's only slightly more effective than coffee, which is cheap as hell assuming you brew it at home and don't go to Starbucks.

[Sam Ashen]

Been asked several times over here if I use pre-workout or supplements.  I don't.

[ixaera]

I went in on it because I roll out of bed and then go workout at 7 am, and I am not a morning person. I don't drink coke zero anymore, I hate coffee, and there's not enough time to enjoy a hot mug of black tea. Pre-workout seemed like the most efficient solution! We will see~

[ixaera]

 

GRUB

1.0: Still a little low  

1.1: 110g

1.2: Did pretty well. 

1.3: Choco blueberries, some diet sweet tea stuff

1.4: 

 

Foods: Egg bowl with yummy marinaded cheese included, lunch was pastrami & pepperjack roll ups w/ veggies and greek yogurt (seasoned like a dip), chocolate covered blueberries & a protein shake snack, leftover pork pot roast for dinner. NOM

 

MOVEMENT

2.0: Just some super easy elliptical stuff at the gym so I could chat with gym buddy. Hit 10k steps, nice active rest day.

 

2.1: N/A because it is not Wednesday

 

 

MOBILITY

3.0: Lots of shoulder stuff. Frustrated I couldn't remember some of the drills I learned. :/

 

ADULTING, THE GAME

4.0: Earned 13, spent 0. Struggled throwing 20 minutes of effort at writing. Maybe I should take up the ukelele instead. Wanted to play FFXIV because PATCH DAY, but ended up reading The Cursed Child instead.

4.1: This week's to do list

 - Research and purchase study materials for MS 70-462

 - Devise a training plan for MS 70-462

 - Clean the bathroom countertop

 - Clean the bathroom floor

 

Doing most of this at the end of the week, because payday, and I think I want to go the CBT Nuggets route, which is $$$

 

Scoring format: 

 

1.0: 0/1, 0/1, 0/1, 0/1

1.1: 2/7, 0/7, 0/7, 0/7

1.2: 2/4, 0/4, 0/4, 0/4

1.3: 0/1, 0/1, 0/1, 0/1

1.4: 0/0, 0/0, 0/0, 0/0

2.0: 1/4, 0/4, 0/4, 0/4

2.1: 0/1, 0/1, 0/1, 0/1

3.0: 2/7, 0/7, 0/7, 0/7

4.1: 0/1, 0/1, 0/1, 0/1

Point Balance: 27

[ManicSpider]

8 hours ago, ixaera said:

 

Sooooo

It's funny you ask! I decided to try out a pre-workout (just caffeine and something, creatine maybe? got it from Sprouts) and before using it tomorrow I wanted to make sure it wouldn't kill me, so I had a half dose.

 

btw, that is totally enough pre-workout I don't think I'll be wanting more than half a scoop ... like ever

well, maybe if I've got to stay up 48 hours or something, then I might go whole hog.

 

 

I'm so jealous, I have ADD and stimulants have pretty much the opposite effect on me

[miss_marissa]

http://examine.com/supplements/Creatine/

Lots of good info.

[Jord]

16 hours ago, ixaera said:

I went in on it because I roll out of bed and then go workout at 7 am, and I am not a morning person. I don't drink coke zero anymore, I hate coffee, and there's not enough time to enjoy a hot mug of black tea. Pre-workout seemed like the most efficient solution! We will see~

 

You can also just get caffeine pills from the grocery store. I know it sounds crazy, like I'm suggesting you start snorting cocaine. But for real they sell pills of caffeine that have less than some cups of coffee and then you don't have to pay for pre-workout or the other supplements in it, if that is of any concern to you. Just don't get the max dose ones of like 200 mg, that's like two or more cups of coffee. or if you do, only take half. 

There was a few years where I wasn't allowed to drink coffee, but was allowed to have caffeine. I much prefer coffee, but there are non-liquid alternatives. 

[ixaera]

I was all bummed this morning because it didn't give me any magic powers! 

[Suzaqu]

12 hours ago, ixaera said:

 

Foods: Egg bowl with yummy marinaded cheese included, lunch was pastrami & pepperjack roll ups w/ veggies and greek yogurt (seasoned like a dip), chocolate covered blueberries & a protein shake snack, leftover pork pot roast for dinner. NOM

 

Your food looks so good! What was the cheese marinaded in? What cheese was it? Cheseeeeee! 

 

[shaar]

14 minutes ago, Suzaqu said:

 

ME TOO oh cheese~ <3

 

Yes please we need to know more details about the egg cheese bowl, for science, and stuff..............

[ixaera]

29 minutes ago, shaar said:

 

ME TOO oh cheese~ <3

 

Yes please we need to know more details about the egg cheese bowl, for science, and stuff..............

 

it's pretty simple. I'm sooooo lazy. it's just ripped up kale, 3 eggs, mix em around, top with cheese of choice, and microwave XD

 

I'm not sure what this cheese is marinaded in, but it's Italian like and very tasty!

[Jonesy]

That sounds delicious. This might be a silly questions but, are the eggs hard boiled or do you microwave them to cook them?

[ixaera]

not silly! I cook them in the microwave. the ideal method is 45 seconds, stir the cooked butts off the side, then 45 more seconds. less or more depending on bowl contents and microwave power, ideally you want just a little runny on bottom, because it continues to cook while you stir after it's done. overcooked is the worst.

 

also I'm the worst and use microwave safe disposable bowls because eggs stick y'all

[ixaera]

Just now, ixaera said:

stir the cooked butts off the side

 

my phone is having a laugh I see. BITS. not butts...

[Grymm]

Googled "egg butts" looking for funny pictures... bad idea.  It's a bunch of people with their glutes painted like Easter Eggs.  Why I didn't assume that would be it, I don't know. 

[Urgan]

10 minutes ago, Grymm said:

Googled "egg butts" looking for funny pictures... bad idea.  It's a bunch of people with their glutes painted like Easter Eggs.  Why I didn't assume that would be it, I don't know. 

 

The Internet: Making You Question Every Google Search Since Ever. 

[Sam Ashen]

17 minutes ago, Urgan said:

 

The Internet: Making You Question Every Google Search Since Ever. 

 

It was pretty funny when Googling how many calories in a fart got a result of 67.

 

No wonder MFP is so wrong about predicting my weight!

[Urgan]

Just now, Sam Ashen said:

 

It was pretty funny when Googling how many calories in a fart got a result of 67.

 

No wonder MFP is so wrong about predicting my weight!

 

....wow. Just...okay. File that one away in the Signs of the Apocalypse file...

[ixaera]

4 minutes ago, Sam Ashen said:

 

It was pretty funny when Googling how many calories in a fart got a result of 67.

 

No wonder MFP is so wrong about predicting my weight!

 

oh no, I do not wish to eat farts, nopenopenope

[Sam Ashen]

If I understand correctly, what happened was a troll post went viral.

 

At first, I just thought they inserted an order of magnitude error and a university (most likely in the UK) funded a study where college kids lit their farts and measured the change in air or water temperature.  There is the calorie in physics and chemistry that is 4.184 Joules and there is the food calorie which is 4184 Joules.  The food calories is also called a kilocalorie, but they just drop the kilo.

 

But that would still be a LOT!  Light a fart and increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 67°C!

 

Then misrepresent the information in a troll post and claim lighting a fart would increase the temperature of 1L of water by 67°C!

[Urgan]

3 minutes ago, Sam Ashen said:

If I understand correctly, what happened was a troll post went viral.

 

At first, I just thought they inserted an order of magnitude error and a university (most likely in the UK) funded a study where college kids lit their farts and measured the change in air or water temperature.  There is the calorie in physics and chemistry that is 4.184 Joules and there is the food calorie which is 4184 Joules.  The food calories is also called a kilocalorie, but they just drop the kilo.

 

But that would still be a LOT!  Light a fart and increase the temperature of 1 gram of water by 67°C!

 

Then misrepresent the information in a troll post and claim lighting a fart would increase the temperature of 1L of water by 67°C!

 

Declaring farts to have caloric value equivalent to three peppermints is a troll post? NO.