Nutritional Science

[unsunghero]

Originally Posted by Lampolo [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've been reading this thread but missed the part about your heart and liver. What's the worry?

Some people incorrectly thought that my liver was somehow at risk due to my lifestyle. The first suggestion was that I might give myself rhabdo. This is ridiculous, to do so would require me to train probably 5+ hours per day or basically to the point where my muscles were taking so much damage that they would no longer be solid tissue and instead be dissolving into my bloodstream. A common way of getting rhabdo not from exercise is an incredibly physically traumatic car accident

Elite CrossFit athletes have given themselves rhabdo, but they were not only on PED’s to allow such incredible amounts of strain, but also we’re training to compete as their only form of income. Thus, they would push far past when their brain and body were telling them to stop. I am not nearly as mentally hardcore as that, nor do I have this fear in the back of my mind that if I don’t push myself past my human limits, that I won’t be able to earn any money to survive on. So rhabdo is out of the question

Then they thought that eating large quantities of food/protein was going to cause damage to my liver. Eating insane amounts of protein can be hard on the kidneys, this is documented in the fitness community, but it takes RIDICULOUS amounts of protein like 500+ grams per day for months before someone’s kidneys could be damaged. I mentioned that we can test for liver damage by blood tests, to which they had really no retort other than implying that somehow I would do some form of damage which wouldn’t be detectable during a blood test, or that I would wait until my liver was destroyed (somehow, still not explained well) before getting said test

Basically it was a concern troll. Or that’s how it appeared to me, maybe it was genuine concern

[starkind]

[unsunghero]

If we’re talking about overtraining, there was a video I saw years ago that stuck with me, of this girl, who isn’t even the best in her division in CrossFit

She was training for the next best in the world CrossFit competition, doing clean and jerk’s outside with a bar and rubber 45lb plates on it, over and over and over again. Throwing it down, picking it up, going again without stopping. The entire time, her trainer/coach is literally screaming at her to keep going like the world was ending. I’ve never seen a trainer yell more aggressively/intensely at their trainee

Meanwhile, tears from the pain are running down her face. She’s crying her eyes out and yelling out in pain. It sounds like she’s dying. If someone heard her and couldn’t see, they would probably think she was being murdered by her trainer

Finally she finishes and composes herself and is all smiles, no doubt with a huge endorphin rush from the extreme pain she just put her body through. These are the people who are on PED’s, train like their life depends on it, and give themselves rhabdo. Not me

[Reiwa]

Originally Posted by unsunghero [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Some people incorrectly thought that my liver was somehow at risk due to my lifestyle. The first suggestion was that I might give myself rhabdo. This is ridiculous, to do so would require me to train probably 5+ hours per day or basically to the point where my muscles were taking so much damage that they would no longer be solid tissue and instead be dissolving into my bloodstream. A common way of getting rhabdo not from exercise is an incredibly physically traumatic car accident

Elite CrossFit athletes have given themselves rhabdo, but they were not only on PED’s to allow such incredible amounts of strain, but also we’re training to compete as their only form of income. Thus, they would push far past when their brain and body were telling them to stop. I am not nearly as mentally hardcore as that, nor do I have this fear in the back of my mind that if I don’t push myself past my human limits, that I won’t be able to earn any money to survive on. So rhabdo is out of the question

Then they thought that eating large quantities of food/protein was going to cause damage to my liver. Eating insane amounts of protein can be hard on the kidneys, this is documented in the fitness community, but it takes RIDICULOUS amounts of protein like 500+ grams per day for months before someone’s kidneys could be damaged. I mentioned that we can test for liver damage by blood tests, to which they had really no retort other than implying that somehow I would do some form of damage which wouldn’t be detectable during a blood test, or that I would wait until my liver was destroyed (somehow, still not explained well) before getting said test

Basically it was a concern troll. Or that’s how it appeared to me, maybe it was genuine concern

No one said you would get rhabdo or acute organ poisoning, so it's entirely a strawman to argue against those. Organs buckle under heavy stress over time.

I'll stop though, you'll find out. I tried. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[unsunghero]

Another example of overtraining was I remember a girl (interestingly enough that these are all girls willing to push this hard) who was a professional ultra-marathoner being interviewed on the Joe Rogan podcast. And if I recall she was casually mentioning how she was used to going partially blind during the last 20% or so of a 60ish mile race. I think she was mentioning that small blood vessels in her eyes would start to blow at that point. But she would just keep on going even only able to see shadows in front of her of where the road is

[GinnasP99]

Crossfit



These count as an actual pull up rep ?
Fuck outta here man.

[starkind]

Originally Posted by GinnasP99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Crossfit



These count as an actual pull up rep ?
Fuck outta here man.

watching ppl kill themselves is always very sad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

this announcer was funny as hell tho

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by starkind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

watching ppl kill themselves is always very sad [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Like being laid-out or not showering for days.

[starkind]

Hey I showered 3 days ago.

[Mblake1981]

Originally Posted by starkind [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Hey I showered 3 days ago.

make sure to lecture Unsung about his health!