Same here dude, like holy shit. Avoiding any sugary thing like orange juice and all that sweet stuff is hard, since I'm so used to most of what I drink is filled with sugar (Coke and such). My family have been helping me with avoiding it, and I've been able to go around three weeks without ANY sugary drinks. I feel mildly proud of myself.

I'm just happy my mom helps me with making food for breakfasts and to bring to school in lunch boxes, so I'm not even tempted to buy a pizza or something.

what type of gym life do you have anyway, Drizzle? You just doing it for health reasons or body improvements?

- What country are you from? U.S.A.
- How old are you? 20
- What is your major? Computer Science

1. Do you have some sort of religious faith?
a. Yes
b. No

2. What is your religion?
Creationary Evolutionism

3. When you* consider the meaning of life, is religion important?
a. Yes, religion is of the utmost importance.
b. It's somewhat important.
c. No, it's not important at all.
d. I have no idea / I've never thought about the meaning of life.

4. Do you follow the same religion as your parents?
a. Yes
b. No

5. Do you think anything exists (for you) after death?
a. Yes; Reincarnation.
b. Yes; Afterlife (heaven etc)
c. No; There's probably nothing.
d. ___________ [write-in]

6. Are you afraid of dying?
a. I am extremely afraid.
b. I am somewhat afraid.
c. I am not particularly afraid.

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Same here dude, like holy shit. Avoiding any sugary thing like orange juice and all that sweet stuff is hard, since I'm so used to most of what I drink is filled with sugar (Coke and such). My family have been helping me with avoiding it, and I've been able to go around three weeks without ANY sugary drinks. I feel mildly proud of myself.

I'm just happy my mom helps me with making food for breakfasts and to bring to school in lunch boxes, so I'm not even tempted to buy a pizza or something.

what type of gym life do you have anyway, Drizzle? You just doing it for health reasons or body improvements?

Yeah, you can easily find sugar in pretty much everything we eat. So avoiding it is a pretty thing, but not everything, it's also about how much we eat as well, for the gains or just to lose weight. All the protein man.

I have been doing rock climbing for about a year now. I have never realized how diet programs have affected so much on my progress until recently. Now that I know how to balance it more, I have been both losing weights and my grip strengths have also been insanely stronger as well. Much much better than my first 9 months of climbing. Like I don't really have much physical changes but I can feel that I can lift up way heavier things for a longer period of times now. I may sound old for this but health reason also keeps me going as well. My health has been so much better ever since I started as well.

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Yeah, you can easily find sugar in pretty much everything we eat. So avoiding it is a pretty thing, but not everything, it's also about how much we eat as well, for the gains or just to lose weight. All the protein man.

I have been doing rock climbing for about a year now. I have never realized how diet programs have affected so much on my progress until recently. Now that I know how to balance it more, I have been both losing weights and my grip strengths have also been insanely stronger as well. Much much better than my first 9 months of climbing. Like I don't really have much physical changes but I can feel that I can lift up way heavier things for a longer period of times now. I may sound old for this but health reason also keeps me going as well. My health has been so much better ever since I started as well.

GOTS TO GETS THEM PROTEIN FROM THAT XXXXXXXXXL BURGER FROM MCD'S AMIRITE. Sugar isn't inherently bad, it's just that people over consume it/don't work it off so the fat just keep compiling. I'm not only doing the diet for, well, losing weight (I have minimal interest in specifically losing fat, strength is my main concern, but I still do cardio) but also doing this as a favor to myself in the future. God knows what sugar filled products we'll have in the future, and I want to get rid of any sort of addiction before my life or general future in terms of health and athletics is fucked.

You do rock climbing? I had no idea haha. Grip strength is actually something I have been having a bit of problem with, and since it's such a major part in rugby (Specifically in lineups where I lift a person from behind with my hands and forearms), I'm almost tempted to join the local rock climbing club in my school. For now I've been timing myself with how long I can hold dumbbells and doing four sets of that length, circa 1-2 minute break between. Current record is one minute with 18 kilos. There's no need to feel ashamed for doing it specifically for health reasons, hell, it's good that you do it for your health. A healthy body is a good way of keeping yourself happy.

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Grip strength

Idk if this is gonna be relevant for you, but when I was in my teens I developed awesome grip strength by playing piano. Classical piano is particularly good for this (most other types will be too inconsistent). Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (the complete version) for 30+ minutes straight with barely any rests in the music will give you hands of steel in no time.

Sooo...another way to increase grip strength is by doing hand-intensive instruments. I mean, if you don't play, this is kinda a moot point. Just throwing it out there.

I do grip strength training too.

Everyday.

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I do grip strength training too.

Everyday.

This seems like a very straightforward comment.

So why am I sensing an underlying humor in here? Just what, pray tell, are you "gripping"?

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I do grip strength training too.

Everyday.

Unless your trying to actually crush it, your only using your forearm.


Logic, bitch.

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Idk if this is gonna be relevant for you, but when I was in my teens I developed awesome grip strength by playing piano. Classical piano is particularly good for this (most other types will be too inconsistent). Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (the complete version) for 30+ minutes straight with barely any rests in the music will give you hands of steel in no time.

Sooo...another way to increase grip strength is by doing hand-intensive instruments. I mean, if you don't play, this is kinda a moot point. Just throwing it out there.

Well, I mean, I could give that a shot. I haven't done anything instrument related for around 4 years now, last thing I played were drums but do they count as a hand-intensive instrument?

@Devi

Meh...I mean, drums do USE your hands, but my bet would be they focus more on your arms then your hands/forearms. Most of the motion is coming from your wrist or elbows, not your fingers.

Still, It couldn't hurt. I do know that there are some playing styles on the drums that do more with your hands than other styles.

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yeah, lifting is rough and sticking to a diet is even harder

i keep it simple with eggs in the morning, grilled chicken with rice and beans for lunch + dinner, and a slice of bread with nutella on it right before the gym

This dude gets it.

It can be really hard to come up with a plan, stick to it and always deliver. Especially when it comes to diet and exercise.
Lots of people fall off because they want to become goku over night and don't know how to keep it simple like Cook here.

Oh hey the Chat Thread's interesting. Fancy that