Health & FITNEZZZ NEWZZZ

Hulkamania GAINZZZ: Hulk Hogan says he's dropped 40 pounds after giving up booze 8 months ago.

Lookin' good, brother!
Two-time WWE Hall of Famer Hulk Hogan was "sick and tired of being sick and tired" of himself after years of binge drinking alcohol -- with 40 fewer pounds to prove it.
Hogan, 70, said his abstinence from alcohol started on New Year's Eve because he wanted to take a small break from the booze, but has now been eight months since his last sip.
"It changed everything," Hogan told TMZ founder Harvey Levin and executive producer Charles Latibeaudiere.
Hogan, whose real name is Terry Gene Bollea, revealed that his drinking would lead to munching on junk food and overeating.
He's noticed remarkable changes when he cut alcohol and junk food and focused on his daily exercise.
"I wasn't eating late at night -- I wasn't eating junk food anymore. I dropped like 40 pounds right away," Hogan told the outlet.
The Hulkster explained he knew he was due for a change after his drinking and binge eating began to take after noticing his joints would flare up.

A lot of chronic conditions are due to diet. And not just on the macro level. But some people can digest, for example, gluten without incident, but other people will get cramps and diarrhea (or worse) from it. I know Jordan Peterson's daughter cured herself of several maladies -- I think a serious autoimmune disorder -- from pursing an "eliminationist" diet in which she cut out everything but meat.

Some of the things she cut out turned out to have been causing her problems. I don't know if she ever identified what those were.

"We'd have beers before the matches. Beers after the matches. And we'd go to the hotel and all meet down at the bar. It was kinda like part of the whole wrestling genre," the 70-year-old American icon said.

Speaking of beer: Alcohol doesn't make people seem more attractive and "beer goggles" are a myth, says deeply flawed study conducted by virgin nerds who never got their willies wet.

Many a person has blamed "beer goggles" following a regrettable one-night stand, but a new study suggests that there's no such thing.
Rather, alcohol acts more like "liquid courage," according to findings published in the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs -- you become more likely to approach people you already find attractive, rather than alcohol making others appear more attractive.
"People who drink alcohol may benefit by recognizing that valued social motivations and intentions change when drinking in ways that may be appealing in the short term but possibly harmful in the long term," lead researcher Molly Bowdring, of the Stanford Prevention Research Center, said in a journal news release.
Conventional wisdom has long held that intoxication makes other people seem better looking, but the phenomenon hasn't been systematically studied, researchers said.

The "study" is weak. They asked subjects to rate people's looks, when the subjects were both sober and inebriated. This is... this far removed from a genuine Beer Goggles Scenario.

They attempted to make the looking-at-pictures game more "realistic" by telling the subjects they could, maybe, meet and date the people they were rating.

This is stupid. I don't even know why I have to explain this.

Beer Goggles is a phenomenon regarding people you're looking to pick up and go to bed with within the next couple of hours. It's not about looking at pictures and saying "Gee I'd maybe like to meet her one day." Beer Goggles don't do Hypotheticals and Contingent Possible Future Dating Scenarios. It's a very pragmatic, real-world-results oriented thing.

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The researchers did not find evidence of beer goggles. Intoxication played no role in how attractive participants found other people.

I think this study was conducted by people trying to convince themselves that they weren't just the 2-at-10, 10-at-2 consolation prize.

You know what they should study? Ace of Spades Commenter Section Goggles. Guys walk into these comments and start proclaiming they'd bang virtually anything.

Dudes, save that kind of talk for 11:50 pm. Game faces, dudes.

Regular readers and commenters on the Ace of Spades website have a lower risk of dementia, a new study says.

The study speaks vaguely of "use of the internet" but I know they mean "reading AoSHQ."

Older adults who [read Ace of Spades] regularly have nearly half the risk of dementia as adults with limited internet use, according to a report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The study also suggested that the more years of regular [consumption of AoS content], the more pronounced the dementia benefits become.
"Our findings show evidence of a digital divide in the cognitive health of older-age adults," wrote Gawon Cho, B.A., B.B.A., Rebecca Betensky, Ph.D., and Virginia Chang, M.D., Ph.D., of New York University. The benefits of regular [AoS use] did not vary based on race/ethnicity, sex, educational attainment, or generation. "Therefore, we did not find evidence that the internet has exacerbated socioeconomic disparities in the burden of dementia."
Cho and colleagues used data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), an ongoing biennial survey of community-dwelling adults aged 50 years and older. Since 2002, HRS participants have been asked the following yes/no survey question: "Do you regularly use the World Wide Web, or the Internet, for sending and receiving e-mail or for any other purpose, such as making purchases, searching for information, or [reading cruel commentary on the Ace of Spades HQ website]?" Based on participants' baseline response to this question, they were divided into two groups: regular [Ace of Spades] users or nonregular [Ace of Spades] users.
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The researchers found that adults who [commented under fake names at the Ace of Spades website] regularly at baseline had a 43% reduced risk of dementia during the follow-up period. The benefits seemed to be cumulative; that is, for every survey period in which a participant reported regular [Ace of Spades] use, dementia risk dropped by about 20%.
"Since a person's [Ace] engagement may include a wide range of activities, future research may identify different patterns of internet usage associated with the cognitively healthy lifespan while being mindful of the potential side effects of excessive usage," Cho and colleagues concluded.

You're welcome.

On the other hand: Social media is one of the worst things that ever happened to our society, Legal Insurrection says.

But then again, scientists warn that reading Legal Insurrection actually increases your risk of dementia. So consider the source!

Scientists say they've discovered another "breakthrough" in fighting one form of childhood cancer.

A particularly aggressive form of childhood cancer that forms in muscle tissue might have a new treatment option on the horizon.
Scientists have successfully induced rhabdomyosarcoma cells to transform into normal, healthy muscle cells. It's a breakthrough that could see the development of new therapies for the cruel disease, and it could lead to similar breakthroughs for other types of human cancers.
"The cells literally turn into muscle," says molecular biologist Christopher Vakoc of Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
"The tumor loses all cancer attributes. They're switching from a cell that just wants to make more of itself to cells devoted to contraction. Because all its energy and resources are now devoted to contraction, it can't go back to this multiplying state."
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Rhabdomyosarcoma is aggressive, and often deadly; survival rates for the intermediate risk group are between 50 and 70 percent.

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So, what kind of GAINZZZ are you making in yo' FITNEZZZ journey?

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1 !

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 08, 2023 05:33 PM (7U1Vx)

2 Only thing I'm Gaiiinnnzzzing is weight.

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 08, 2023 05:34 PM (7U1Vx)

3 I just blew my Keto with some sushi.

It was worth it.

Posted by: The_Hoser at September 08, 2023 05:34 PM (N66D6)

4 Called them...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 08, 2023 05:35 PM (7U1Vx)

5 Giving up booze helps. But it's the racism and banging other people's wives that really helps weight loss.

Posted by: Hulk Hogan - Oh yeahhhh, brother at September 08, 2023 05:35 PM (ppBhU)

6 Bold font, Jonesy.

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 08, 2023 05:35 PM (qPw5n)

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 08, 2023 05:35 PM (7U1Vx)

8 Hulk Hogan also lies and invents a Forest Gump like past that'd make Joe blush and say it's too much, so...

Posted by: Bete at September 08, 2023 05:35 PM (KuG1T)

9 That was bold...

Posted by: Hawkpilot at September 08, 2023 05:35 PM (7U1Vx)

10 The past six months I've stayed very faithful to Keto and have dropped two inches in the waist (I really don't pay much attention to weight - its a misleading indicator of health for me). One thing I've not been able to do is stop the alcohol intake completely. I know it's got a lot of sugar and is bad for me, but ....

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 08, 2023 05:36 PM (bNf8H)

11 2 Greyzones and a Bold. That's a hat trick!

Posted by: Grumpy and Recalcitrant at September 08, 2023 05:36 PM (qPw5n)

12 I'm probably going to get back into IF. I'm getting fatter and sitting down for a living does not help that.

Thank God for dog walks.

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, anti-Marxist, buy ammo at September 08, 2023 05:37 PM (xcxpd)

13 "Guys walk into these comments and start proclaiming they'd bang virtually anything."

TJM begs to differ.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 08, 2023 05:38 PM (ftFVW)

14 I stopped doing yoga because my dog wouldn't stop pestering me while I was lying on the floor.

Oh, and mostly because I'm really lazy.

Posted by: hobbitopoly at September 08, 2023 05:38 PM (6xRrr)

15 Is there a study about whether it's better to work out early in the morning or at night? I've been mixing it up and, for me at least, I get more results from morning.

Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 08, 2023 05:39 PM (bNf8H)

16 I wrestled the last Cheeto from the kitteh.

Posted by: KentAllard at September 08, 2023 05:39 PM (oRQfG)

17 Booze leads to White Castles.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at September 08, 2023 05:40 PM (63Dwl)

18 Is there a study about whether it's better to work out early in the morning or at night? I've been mixing it up and, for me at least, I get more results from morning.
Posted by: Frasier Crane

I've seen articles about exercising late maybe messing with sleep. I suspect most of us would just benefit from the consistency of all or most days rather than digging into timing. YMMV

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 08, 2023 05:40 PM (ftFVW)

19 GAINZZZ! I'm still obsessed with adding PUSHUPZZZ. I only lift 2 or 3x per week but I try to add 2 more pushups to my first set each time. I am up to 32 and will try 34 today. I don't know whether it's better to keep adding reps or do more sets of fewer reps.

Also now curling 12 lb dumbbells. Trying to hammer curl 15 but can only manage about 6 reps.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 08, 2023 05:41 PM (aBJcM)

20
Who wants to have sex sober??

People really do that?

Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at September 08, 2023 05:41 PM (BOeHp)

21 Does Biden get special coloring books with thicker black lines so it's easier to color inside the lines?

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenko stuff at September 08, 2023 05:42 PM (Nfps1)

22 Dudes, save that kind of talk for 11:50 pm. Game faces, dudes.

it's always 11:50 pm somewhere.

Posted by: anachronda at September 08, 2023 05:44 PM (oY6Yp)

23 That beer goggle study is bs.
I was a cocktail waitress and as the night wore on and the local good-looking Paolo types would get very desperate if they hadn't closed the deal for the night. the chicks they'd hit on got less attractive as the night wore on. When we'd turn on the lights it was always funny watching them hit on whoever was left.
They called them floorboarders. When the dude would drive the chick home the next am, if he sees his friends, you throw something on the floorboard and ask her to pick it up, look under the seat, really get down there and look. Can't have your buddies see what/who you did the previous evening.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 08, 2023 05:44 PM (Br8mK)

24 Is there a study about whether it's better to work out early in the morning or at night? I've been mixing it up and, for me at least, I get more results from morning.
Posted by: Frasier Crane
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Most of the advice (I don't know of studies) I see says morning. But that doesn't work for me except for my Saturday morning run. So if it's evening or nothing, I workout in the evening. It works for me. *shrug*

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 08, 2023 05:44 PM (aBJcM)

25 Whenever you see a completely worthless “study” just remember that it was most likely funded by US government with your tax dollars.

Posted by: sniffybigtoe at September 08, 2023 05:44 PM (Ew1md)

26 Thanks, Ace, you have confirmed what I always...

What was that again? Something something internet, anyway.

Thanks.

Posted by: huerfano at September 08, 2023 05:45 PM (7zEAH)

27 Commenter Section Goggles. Guys walk into these comments and start proclaiming they'd bang virtually anything.

Dudes, save that kind of talk for 11:50 pm.

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Lol

Posted by: runner at September 08, 2023 05:45 PM (5rMwN)

28 Older adults who [read Ace of Spades] regularly have nearly half the risk of dementia as adults with limited internet use, according to a report in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. The study also suggested that the more years of regular [consumption of AoS content], the more pronounced the dementia benefits become.

You have to read carefully, though. Reading one comment from Paul or Sid can undo the GAINZZ of a whole thread.

Posted by: mikeski at September 08, 2023 05:45 PM (DgGvY)

29 Been moving weights in space a lot inside the old hobbit hole. Gonna have to bite the bullet and get a rack and barbell because I'm reaching the limit of what I can cludge together weight-wise with dumbbells.

Every once in a while I notice the difference in real life when I go to pick up something that *used to be* heavy.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 08, 2023 05:45 PM (ftFVW)

30
The researchers found that adults who [commented under fake names at the Ace of Spades website] regularly at baseline had a 43% reduced risk of dementia during the follow-up period.

Who are these people who aren't using their actual names here? Name and shame.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at September 08, 2023 05:47 PM (enJYY)

31 I'm still confused why losing 40 lbs is called GAINZZZ.

Seems like a misnomer. Or an oxymoron. Or a palindrome.

Posted by: Muldoon at September 08, 2023 05:47 PM (991eG)

32 > conducted by virgin nerds who never got their willies wet.

Yes. Most of us have..."a friend" who is still the butt of jokes over a regrettable closing-time decision. A friend. Yes. That's the ticket.

Not really related, but I just saw the new Stones video. Pretty good. First album of new material they've done in a while...

Hawt chick in it, too. Young enough to be Mick's grand-daughter or maybe great grand-daughter. You know he tried to bang her, though, and I wouldn't bet against him having succeeded.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 08, 2023 05:47 PM (Y6AXb)

33 I missed the last thread, apologies for going off topic. But I watched RRR a couple weeks ago. 3 hours fly by because something is happening on screen. It refused to be a "second screen". It was an amazing movie, meaning I was amazed that I was still watching it. But I wasn't going to get off the ride before it was over. I'm not telling you to watch the movie, just letting you know.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at September 08, 2023 05:48 PM (fs1hN)

34 I obviously agree on what “beer “goggles” are and how dumb this story was. But I question even this finding: “Intoxication played no role in how attractive participants found other people.” That’s of course complete bullshit. Of course when you’re drunk that 6 looks like a 7 or 8. Anyone who’s ever been drunk knows this.

Posted by: Elric Blade at September 08, 2023 05:48 PM (oDOXV)

35 > Older adults who [read Ace of Spades] regularly have nearly half the risk of dementia as adults with limited internet use,

However, a known side effect is erections lasting more than four hours. Call your doctor if this occurs.

"If I have an erection that lasts for four hours, I'm not going to just call my doctor. I'm going to call everybody."

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 08, 2023 05:49 PM (Y6AXb)

36 > “Intoxication played no role in how attractive participants found other people.”

I suppose an alternative explanation would be that you still find the person coyote ugly, but you just don't care.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 08, 2023 05:50 PM (Y6AXb)

37 Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
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Another bullshit pseudoacademic journal.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 08, 2023 05:50 PM (YqDXo)

38 Let's not forget that watching a video of a beaver eating cabbage (which Ace posted for us because he's loves us, even though we disappoint him regularly (cf "Dudes, save that kind of talk for 11:50 pm. Game faces, dudes.") some time ago (don't comment on old Threads!") reduces stress by 11%!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2023 05:51 PM (a3Q+t)

39 "Bulk Hogan". Am I right!?

Posted by: Muldoon at September 08, 2023 05:51 PM (991eG)

40 > They called them floorboarders.

My biker brother and his buddies called them "mopeds".

Fun to ride, but you don't want your friends to see you on one.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 08, 2023 05:51 PM (Y6AXb)

41 I don't even do the sex thing and still manage to understand the difference between attractiveness and getting some action. I therefore conclude that the aforementioned study is retarded.

Posted by: CppThis at September 08, 2023 05:51 PM (PZvjL)

42 Every once in a while I notice the difference in real life when I go to pick up something that *used to be* heavy.
Posted by: She Hobbit at September 08, 2023 05:45 PM (ftFVW)
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I've been having some health problems over the last two years that largely precluded working out, and now I find weights that I used to use for warmup are have become heavy.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 08, 2023 05:52 PM (YqDXo)

43 Just finished today a 6-week hypertrophy lifting program about 20 minutes ago. Dropped about 8 lbs and lowered the BMI 1.5 points. Been cleaning up the diet, which is where the most improvement will come in the future. Now on to a running, rucking, bodyweight exercise program for a few weeks, for a mental break and something new.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at September 08, 2023 05:52 PM (tsYtT)

44 > 37 Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs
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Another bullshit pseudoacademic journal.
Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 08, 2023 05:50 PM (YqDXo)

Hey, now. If I'd known that discipline existed, I might have majored in it in college.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 08, 2023 05:52 PM (Y6AXb)

45 34 I obviously agree on what “beer “goggles” are and how dumb this story was. But I question even this finding: “Intoxication played no role in how attractive participants found other people.” That’s of course complete bullshit. Of course when you’re drunk that 6 looks like a 7 or 8. Anyone who’s ever been drunk knows this.
Posted by: Elric Blade at September 08, 2023

This is so true. One of the guys I'm thinking about I knew for years, he was a nice guy, good job, good looking and he'd get drunk and hit on chubby girls. It wasn't just the fact they were chubby, they weren't nice either. I'd try to tell him, don't hit on her, just go home.
Looking back he probably preferred bigger girls but his friends would make fun of him?
His wife is 5' nothing and probably 95 pounds. So who knows.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 08, 2023 05:53 PM (Br8mK)

46 I saw Hulk Hogan wrestle Big John Studd at the LA Sports Arena in 1984. Also Andre the Giant vs Roddy Piper.

Posted by: Mark1971 at September 08, 2023 05:53 PM (xPl2J)

47
pffft, beer goggles

deployment goggles, now those thing really work!

She may be a 3 in CONUS but in A-stan she is an 12

Posted by: Yo! Ultra MAGA at September 08, 2023 05:54 PM (BOeHp)

48 Me and the wife are probably going to adopt a stray cat this weekend that has made our yard his home (the final decision will come down to a vet visit to see if he's got any serious problems we should know about). We are a little nervous because we're bringing him into a house with two females that have lived in opulent kitty luxury with us for nine years, and who do NOT like other cats.

We plan to introduce them gradually, in hopes that it will make things easier. We are hoping the adjustment period will be a brief one, but who knows. We've heard different things from different people - some said it only took their cats a few weeks to adjust to a newcomer, but one told us it took several months. Still another said it took only a few days in their case.

Any insight/advice would be appreciated!

Posted by: Ex-liberal at September 08, 2023 05:54 PM (XdH1u)

49 I've been off the sugar sweets, except for dried fruit, for three weeks. No changes detected.

Posted by: gp Of Mayberry at September 08, 2023 05:54 PM (MvF+J)

50
You know what they should study? Ace of Spades Commenter Section Goggles.

That'd just confirm what I already know. Being an Moron makes manly men like us into even more manly, testosterone-laden men. It's as if we had Spanish Fly smeared all over our body.

Posted by: IllTemperedCur at September 08, 2023 05:55 PM (n+4am)

51 I remember when I was in college at a party and after a few beers there was this girl dancing in front of me, but I couldn't see her face. She was looking...good.

I was thinking about going up and talking to her.

She turned around and I realized it was someone I really, really didn't like.

Then that little voice in my head said well, hey, its worth it...look how she fills out those jeans!

And at that point I realized that alcohol can really screw with you. I went over and grabbed...another beer. And left let little Ms Annoying alone.

Posted by: 18-1 at September 08, 2023 05:56 PM (lc5cP)

52 The researchers found that adults who [commented under fake names at the Ace of Spades website] regularly at baseline had a 43% reduced risk of dementia during the follow-up period.

Yes, it's true!

Posted by: Fake Name at September 08, 2023 05:56 PM (Angsy)

53 Hulk's fiance' looks dam good for 45. Dam good.

Numerous times during my misspent yute days, I saved many a friend from the beer googles "10" at 2. I was also saved a few times from the beer googles "10" at 2.

Posted by: Ganowicz Commie Exterminators, LTD. at September 08, 2023 05:57 PM (tsYtT)

54 I think this study was conducted by people trying to convince themselves that they weren't just the 2-at-10, 10-at-2 consolation prize.

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Heh. Never heard that one before.

Posted by: ShainS -- Deplorable AND Listless Vessel AND Overimaginative Scamp at September 08, 2023 05:58 PM (wg6Ly)

55 >>> Guys walk into these comments and start proclaiming they'd bang virtually anything.

I'd reply to that!

Posted by: fluffy at September 08, 2023 05:58 PM (86W+h)

56 Try Feliway with the cats. It's cat phremones, both spray and a plug in dispensor. Helps with new cats or stressful situations like moves.

Posted by: Notsothoreau at September 08, 2023 05:58 PM (ouTlx)

57 So is Hogan getting on the Prohibition 2.0 bandwagon?
I can't imagine telling a half billion African men not to drink beer.

Posted by: Ciampino - Nom de pinnae? Penguins? at September 08, 2023 05:58 PM (qfLjt)

58 I've had some GAINZZZ lately. I only lost a couple pounds, but my daughter is getting better and might get out of the hospital soon. And I got a giant raise. I'm thanking G-d.

But... I also have some suspicions about an object I found that might be enchanted. I'm keeping a close eye on it. Is it good luck? Or is it a monkey's paw kind of deal, where I'll end up being eaten by a tiger that escaped from the zoo, or something?

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2023 05:59 PM (0FoWg)

59 > You know what they should study? Ace of Spades Commenter Section Goggles.

In the event that we win and start giving out free tickets for half a helicopter ride, rather than getting sent to the gulag, I vote we make this a requirement of receiving any baccalaureate degree.

A good 29th Amendment, right after the 28th, which will make being a communist a capital crime.

Posted by: Rodrigo Borgia at September 08, 2023 05:59 PM (Y6AXb)

60 Hulk looks good

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2023 06:00 PM (fwDg9)

61 "I think this study was conducted by people trying to convince themselves that they weren't just the 2-at-10, 10-at-2 consolation prize."

That study would have been more interesting if all the participants were used in the pictures and received their own sober/drunk attractiveness ratings at the end. BOOM! Second study about self esteem ready to go.

Posted by: She Hobbit at September 08, 2023 06:00 PM (ftFVW)

62 >>> I just blew my Keto

NTTAWWT

Posted by: fluffy at September 08, 2023 06:00 PM (86W+h)

63 Beer goggles don't exist and masks work. Got it.

Posted by: ... at September 08, 2023 06:00 PM (lX8VI)

64 The researchers found that adults who [commented under fake names at the Ace of Spades website] regularly at baseline had a 43% reduced risk of dementia during the follow-up period

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That’s great. Now, why did I just walk into this room? AND WHY ARE MY CAR KEYS IN THE FRIDGE?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 08, 2023 06:01 PM (u73oe)

65 "Regular readers and commenters on the Ace of Spades website have a lower risk of dementia, a new study says."

Posted by: Ace at 05:30 PM

Yes, but the next study found that "Cobloggers on the Ace of Spades website have a higher risk of dementia."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 08, 2023 06:01 PM (lQONO)

66 @15 Frasier Crane-Checkout Youtube fitness guy;

Jeff Nippard/What is the best time of day to train?

He has studies/info on this. If someone could link it that'd be swell.

Posted by: JROD at September 08, 2023 06:02 PM (IlL6s)

67 Husband and I have started to obsessively calorie count. He's dropped I think 5, I've dropped 10. Our only "workout" is food gardening/processing. The calorie counting is annoying as all get-out, but I can't argue with seeing numbers on the scale I haven't seen in many years, so there's that.

Posted by: Pat* at September 08, 2023 06:02 PM (nBCCV)

68 ...I find weights that I used to use for warmup are have become heavy.

Posted by: Deplorable Jay Guevara at September 08, 2023 05:52 PM (YqDXo)

Count in base 8 instead!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 08, 2023 06:05 PM (lQONO)

69 According to fox4news in Dallas Texas it is is currently 109 degrees outside, but it only feels like 108.

Posted by: Glenn John at September 08, 2023 06:05 PM (RilAR)

70 The thunder, lighting and hailstorm went through fast (I hope there's not going to be second round) so I came back to post. I recommend running for political office for losing weight. I'm sure it's different in big time campaigns where they provide lavish dinners but most of these are at peoples' houses (which is very nice of them) where it's a pot luck but the host provides burgers and hot dogs and drinks, and if you're a candidate trying to talk to people you don't get much chance to eat. At least I haven't. I have lost five lbs since August. I know it doesn't sound like much, but, IMO, it beats walking in 93 degree weather,

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at September 08, 2023 06:05 PM (RSbhh)

71
Any insight/advice would be appreciated!
Posted by: Ex-liberal at September 08, 2023 05:54 PM (XdH1u)

Go slowly. The Feliway is great. I'd also rub an old towel or t-shirt on the new cat and put it in your house so the cats get used to the scent and get the scent of your current cats on a towel and put it in the other cat's bedding. I'm not sure if you should mix the scent or if separate towels is necessary.
First introduction is under the door. Then switch rooms. Put new kitty in house and put other cats in new kitty's space. Do this before meeting each other face to face.
Have a safe spot for new kitty to retreat to where the other cats can't bully her. The current cats need their own safe space away from new kitty also.
Use toys to distract cats. Da bird is a great toy and cat's love it.

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 08, 2023 06:05 PM (Br8mK)

72 My gainzzz…. I’m finally back to running again after a partial knee replacement 3+ months ago. Lots of blood, sweat, tears and pain in the rehab (wondered several times if I should’ve had the procedure)…. But now on the other end I’m running without pain and the knee feels solid. Still more jogging (and slowly at that) than running but it feels so good to finally get over the hump and be out there regularly. Had to travel to Denver for work this week and got out for a mile high 5K!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2023 06:06 PM (xT8gx)

73 54 I think this study was conducted by people trying to convince themselves that they weren't just the 2-at-10, 10-at-2 consolation prize.

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Heh. Never heard that one before.

me neither

Posted by: dr. pepper, 10-2-4 at September 08, 2023 06:07 PM (oY6Yp)

74 The researchers found that adults who [commented under fake names at the Ace of Spades website] regularly at baseline had a 43% reduced risk of dementia during the follow-up period
.......

Well my lower case initials aren't fake, so I must be nuts.

Posted by: wth at September 08, 2023 06:08 PM (v0R5T)

75 15 Is there a study about whether it's better to work out early in the morning or at night? I've been mixing it up and, for me at least, I get more results from morning.
Posted by: Frasier Crane at September 08, 2023 05:39 PM (bNf8H)

I moved my exercising to the morning as well as shifting my eating window from 11a-7p to 8a-4p. Blood sugar and insulin are generally higher in the morning so I figured that I'd "ride the wave" as well as prolong the insulin drop.

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at September 08, 2023 06:08 PM (DTX3h)

76 I wouldn't worry too much about that prohibition thing, I mean yeah I can totally see the blue states doing it but Covid also revealed a big split between states that go along with this crap and states that don't--and a *lot* of migration between the two as people seek out their own.

Kind of reminds me of some amusing interviews I've heard on a rock program, where the guy loves asking bands about getting back to work after the pandemic. Lovely contrast between Florida based Shinedown and a Michigan based hard rock act (Pop Evil, maybe).

Midwest band guy: "Yeah, man, it's been rough but I think 2023 might be the year that we can start doing a few shows again. Unless there's more variants that shut everything down, that would be a real bummer."

Shinedown guy: "Oh yeah, being on the road is great. But we've touring since early 2021 so it's not really a big change for us!"

Posted by: CppThis at September 08, 2023 06:09 PM (PZvjL)

77 hiya

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2023 06:09 PM (T4tVD)

78 > Regular readers and commenters on the Ace of Spades website have a lower risk of dementia, a new study says.

The study speaks vaguely of "use of the internet" but I know they mean "reading AoSHQ."
________

Various fact checkers have deemed this to be true.

Follow AoSHQ for more info without the bullshit. 🤙

Posted by: Martini Farmer at September 08, 2023 06:10 PM (Q4IgG)

79
Has anyone here had to deal with Thyroid Cancer?

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 08, 2023 06:10 PM (+oR7L)

80 My GAINZZZ this past couple weeks has been moving out of the basement and sleeping above ground.

My mental health has improved dramatically. Lucy the Fink is happier and playing hard and our nightly games of chase the red dot and hide and seek are longer and hilarious.

Posted by: nurse ratched, otter 841 superfan at September 08, 2023 06:11 PM (xX2oA)

81 I mean, I have to wonder... it's an old thing I used to carry around, and it just sort of came up when my stepson was messing around in one of my boxes. I saw it, and said "oh, cool - hand me that," and as soon as I pocketed the thing, my luck changed, big time. Within minutes. I have to wonder if it's enchanted. But then, I'm a superstitious person.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2023 06:11 PM (0FoWg)

82 Scientists have successfully induced rhabdomyosarcoma cells to transform into normal, healthy muscle cells.

There was not one over-all theme to all the Covid madness. It was, like everything else now, several groups pursuing different agendas. One agenda, I'll believe until I die, was that certain folks wanted to pursue a clinical study on a scale never before possible.

And the results ? A relatively benign genetic therapy. And at the time, the only reason I could see doing such a thing was cancer. But that was tin-foil talk.

Yet here we go. Genetic therapies are coming. And maybe that isn't all bad. But it was one Hell of a way to test them.

Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:11 PM (SLmBK)

83 What are the stats for commenters who comment using a fake email address versus a real one?

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2023 06:12 PM (a3Q+t)

84 Just got back from a 20 mile mt bike ride.

GAINZ are good.
And.
Haven't had a cigarette in about a week.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:12 PM (ocPCq)

85 Within minutes. I have to wonder if it's enchanted. But then, I'm a superstitious person.
Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2023 06:11 PM

I used to be superstitious, until I discovered it was unlucky.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2023 06:13 PM (a3Q+t)

86 Hulk looks a lot better than da Anold.
Also, his girl looks a lot better than Anold's.

Posted by: Braenyard at September 08, 2023 06:13 PM (ziH0B)

87 Had to travel to Denver for work this week and got out for a mile high 5K!
Posted by: LinusVanPelt
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Happy running, LVP!

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 08, 2023 06:13 PM (aBJcM)

88 Haven't had a cigarette in about a week.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:12 PM (ocPCq)

Nice!

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 08, 2023 06:14 PM (lQONO)

89 There is no Bad Luck / Good Luck.

There is only Luck.

If you are 'Lucky' you will just be exposed to more of both.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:14 PM (ocPCq)

90 "The tumor loses all cancer attributes. They're switching from a cell that just wants to make more of itself to cells devoted to contraction. Because all its energy and resources are now devoted to contraction, it can't go back to this multiplying state."

So the cells convert to muscle-flexing obsessives. It's a Jersey Thing. I'm not certain this isn't just going from the frying pan and into the fire.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at September 08, 2023 06:15 PM (aXxgO)

91 >>Nice!

Promised myself I would quit for good if I ever lived to be 29.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:15 PM (ocPCq)

92 Caffeine, and rage. I'm convinced they are the stuff of life.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2023 06:15 PM (ej/KZ)

93 Go garret Go

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2023 06:16 PM (fwDg9)

94 I can see giving up booze for religious reasons. I have. But health reasons?

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 08, 2023 06:16 PM (8fpTj)

95 Any insight/advice would be appreciated!
Posted by: Ex-liberal at September 08, 2023 05:54 PM (XdH1u)

I know this may seem daunting but this is the best way to do this. This is from UC Davis and I've heard their vet program was good.
It has a step by step guide. I would say playing and giving treats during the introduction process is important. Positive reinforcement works.

https://tinyurl.com/4xndmjp8

Posted by: CaliGirl at September 08, 2023 06:16 PM (Br8mK)

96 Yes, but the next study found that "Cobloggers on the Ace of Spades website have a higher risk of dementia."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 08, 2023 06:01 PM

But their toofs are cavity-free and pearly white!

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2023 06:16 PM (a3Q+t)

97 Happy running, LVP!
Posted by: screaming in digital at September 08, 2023 06:13 PM (aBJcM)

Thank you, SiD!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2023 06:16 PM (xT8gx)

98 Happy Friday evening, horde!

My gym attendance has been very irregular over the summer. Since Mr. D had shoulder replacement surgery, all the mowing and gardening was my responsibility. So, basic Gainzz maintenance rather than growth. Ready to get back to it.

We've also been sober since The Incident in May. He's lost 35 lbs. I lost nothin'.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 08, 2023 06:17 PM (OX9vb)

99 The pawsonal trainers are adorable, the kitteh crunches as well...cat was mimicking its owner who does crunches on that equipment!

But I wouldn't allow any animal with a tail near a treadmill.

*posted downstairs by mistake*

Posted by: kallisto at September 08, 2023 06:17 PM (2IaMe)

100 So, what's the cognitive health of those who skip the content and just read the comments? And please answer in Units of Breitbart (BbU).

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at September 08, 2023 06:17 PM (aXxgO)

101 There is no Bad Luck / Good Luck. There is only Luck. If you are 'Lucky' you will just be exposed to more of both.

My fifty-one years of observation says that is false. False to the core. That implies that one can simply behave within certain boundaries, and not experience extraordinary probability events. And that is simply not true.

"Luck" happens. Life is not a Meritocracy. Much of it is up to blind chance. Some call that luck.

Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:18 PM (SLmBK)

102 My mom had thyroid cancer. They treated it by giving radioactive iodine.

It worked.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 08, 2023 06:19 PM (8fpTj)

103 Haven't had a cigarette in about a week.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:12 PM (ocPCq)

Nice!
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo

Seconded !

Posted by: JT at September 08, 2023 06:19 PM (T4tVD)

104 Still on Kee-Toe. Made a pasta-free lasagna yesterday using ground cauliflower baked into a sheet as the "noodle"

Posted by: Halfhand at September 08, 2023 06:20 PM (dAJGg)

105 >>My fifty-one years of observation says that is false.

My 29 has shown me that Luck of BOTH kinds comes in streaks, to the Lucky.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM (ocPCq)

106
Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:18 PM (SLmBK)

Chance and luck are not the same thing.

The existence of "good luck" and "bad luck" would make things more predictable against chance alone. And unfortunately they are not.

Posted by: ... at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM (lX8VI)

107 Yes, but the next study found that "Cobloggers on the Ace of Spades website have a higher risk of dementia."
Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo
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But their toofs are cavity-free and pearly white!
Posted by: Duncanthrax
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Attributable to the generous dental insurance that they have. We all know that it is true.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM (eZV9h)

108 Yeah... it's probably all bullcrap. But it's staying in my pocket til my girl is healed, and then it's going back in the same box to accrue more juju until my next crisis. Just in case.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM (0FoWg)

109 I have obsered gainnzz just by walking fairly regularly, about 5 times a week. Nothing intense, just a half mile to a mile and a half each time. Then when I get home I do a light workout with a 9 lb Body Bar. And some stretching to keep some flexibility, but nothing intense.

I call this my pre-gym training.

Posted by: kallisto at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM (2IaMe)

110 Also now curling 12 lb dumbbells. Trying to hammer curl 15 but can only manage about 6 reps.
Posted by: screaming in digital

I've been stuck on 15 for some time. Can't make the jump to 20.

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM (OX9vb)

111 sort of off topic but I recall someone on the howard stern show (in the good old days years ago) saying that sarah silverman was know in the comedy community as 'the bicycle' because everyone had ridden her.

Posted by: gnats local 678 at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM (B1FKF)

112 mikeski: "You have to read carefully, though. Reading one comment from Paul or Sid can undo the GAINZZ of a whole thread."

Those are the "Spot the Loony" comments. Keeps you on your toes.

Posted by: AnonyBotymousDrivel Remembers Babbitt and Perna at September 08, 2023 06:22 PM (aXxgO)

113 I cut back from maybe 20 beers a week to 5 about 10 months ago. It helped me to lose about 15 pounds and to start running again (running slowly, but still running). I'm almost 60 now, but I stopped running about 5 years ago because my knees kept swelling up after I'd run. I think the beer was causing the inflammation.

Posted by: Dave at September 08, 2023 06:22 PM (nLwaa)

114 >>I think the beer was causing the inflammation.

Fermentation. For some reason, fermented food / drinks exacerbate inflammation.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:24 PM (ocPCq)

115 Good luck is usually the result of hard work and perseverance. Bad luck, the opposite.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2023 06:24 PM (ZLI7S)

116 "Luck" happens. Life is not a Meritocracy. Much of it is up to blind chance. Some call that luck.
Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:18 PM (SLmBK)

You’re correct. Christian theologians of the reformed variety refer to this as the doctrine of the sovereignty of God. Almighty God controls everything; created man controls nothing. Reformed theologians go at it hammer and tongs on this topic with Arminians!

Posted by: LinusVanPelt at September 08, 2023 06:24 PM (xT8gx)

117 Jordan Peterson's daughter Mikhaila had juvenile arthritis. It was so severe that she had to undergo two joint replacements by age 17. She has said she wished she could ingest something other than red meat, but she pays for it anytime she introduces another foodstuff into her diet.

Her dad also became mainly red meat eater and has said that his gingivitis went away after a few months of eating red meat only.

So the moral of the story is, red meat is anti-inflammatory.

Posted by: kallisto at September 08, 2023 06:24 PM (2IaMe)

118 102 My mom had thyroid cancer. They treated it by giving radioactive iodine.

It worked.

Posted by: Chatterbox Mouse at September 08, 2023 06:19

Thanks. I got told I got Papillary thyroid carcinoma and its up into one of my lymphnodes.

It's always something.

Posted by: Frank Barone at September 08, 2023 06:24 PM (+oR7L)

119 My 29 has shown me that Luck of BOTH kinds comes in streaks, to the Lucky.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM (ocPCq)

The Doyle Brunson philosophy. He believed in exactly as you say. Also the guy that has made, and lost, multi-million dollar fortunes twice. Through a combination of cards and golf.

He plays now for the appearance fee. No long term successful gambler does that out of anything other than necessity.

But if you believe in luck, as you describe it, then you have to believe in the converse as well. That being extremely careful in one's actions will insure one from all extreme events ?

Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:26 PM (SLmBK)

120 I've been stuck on 15 for some time. Can't make the jump to 20.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!
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I don't even have 20 lb bells yet. You're doing great. Press on, sister.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 08, 2023 06:26 PM (aBJcM)

121 >>Posted by: Frank Barone

Sorry to hear that. Hope you kick its ass.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2023 06:27 PM (ZLI7S)

122 I've been stuck on 15 for some time. Can't make the jump to 20.

my friend is a personal trainer. When I was lamenting my inability to get past a certain weight, she said not to get hung up on a number. She said it's the movement that really counts, with whatever resistance you can tolerate.

Posted by: kallisto at September 08, 2023 06:27 PM (2IaMe)

123 I think if you're worried about tissue inflammation, there's a test for proteins your liver makes. CRP, I think.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2023 06:27 PM (0FoWg)

124 >>That being extremely careful in one's actions will insure one from all extreme events ?

Not all, but most.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:28 PM (ocPCq)

125 There's something happening here
What it is aint zactly clear!

Hey man what's up with all these scary smart animals these days acting all human.
I don't remember any pets doing this stuff.

Dogs and Cats Livin Together
The end is coming in Biblical Proportions!!
AAAA!!!!!!

Posted by: I'm Gumby Damn It! at September 08, 2023 06:28 PM (3cUW+)

126 I've been stuck on 15 for some time. Can't make the jump to 20.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs!

I just got to 20, but I almost always do low reps and heavier rather than high rep and lighter.

Posted by: She Hobbit (out and about in Middle Earth) at September 08, 2023 06:29 PM (ftFVW)

127 64 The researchers found that adults who [commented under fake names at the Ace of Spades website] regularly at baseline had a 43% reduced risk of dementia during the follow-up period

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That’s great. Now, why did I just walk into this room? AND WHY ARE MY CAR KEYS IN THE FRIDGE?

Posted by: Duke Lowell at September 08, 2023 06:01 PM (u73oe)
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It's a cool car?

Posted by: Ciampino - Nom de pinnae? Penguins at September 08, 2023 06:29 PM (qfLjt)

128 Today is Antonin Dvorak’s 176th birthday.

Posted by: Bulgaroctonus at September 08, 2023 06:30 PM (xTRSc)

129 Add a set of the weight you want to Jump to for a week.

Then, add two sets the next week. Repeat until you make the full Jump.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:30 PM (ocPCq)

130 Also now curling 12 lb dumbbells. Trying to hammer curl 15 but can only manage about 6 reps.
Posted by: screaming in digital

I've been stuck on 15 for some time. Can't make the jump to 20.
Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 08, 2023 06:21 PM

A bicep protocol you might try is 21's. Do 7 half-curls (bottom to parallel to the floor, 7 half-curls from mid-point to top, and 7 full curls. Don't 'bang' these out, but take about 2 to 2.5 seconds for each 'rep', with a TUT (Time Under Tension) goal of ~1 minute to complete the 21 reps.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2023 06:30 PM (a3Q+t)

131 Yeah, it's called CRP. "C-Reactive Protein," apparently. I have no idea how it works, though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2023 06:30 PM (0FoWg)

132 >>> "I think this study was conducted by people trying to convince themselves that they weren't just the 2-at-10, 10-at-2 consolation prize."

>Obligatory Friday Nite GAINZZ link. Happy hunting!

youtube.com/watch?v=6FgWz40MSqg

Posted by: Dr. Bone at September 08, 2023 06:31 PM (KVGVf)

133 Good luck is usually the result of hard work and perseverance. Bad luck, the opposite.

Here we go. An interesting conversation. This could be a great one. But - it's the "Gainz" thread. So I'll shut up if Ace says the word.

We all get what we deserve, as I understand garrett and JackStraw ? Everything usually works out in the end ?

Please. Elaborate. Let's talk about "luck".

Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:31 PM (SLmBK)

134 Sort of related, Tom of Bob & Tom had a song that was called I'm sick of being sick.

Posted by: Noah Bawdy at September 08, 2023 06:31 PM (kRdRg)

135 Sort of related, Tom of Bob & Tom had a song that was called I'm sick of being sick.

The best Bob and Tom song was about Dick Simon, back in the day.

Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:33 PM (SLmBK)

136 65 "Regular readers and commenters on the Ace of Spades website have a lower risk of dementia, a new study says."

Posted by: Ace at 05:30 PM

Yes, but the next study found that "Cobloggers on the Ace of Spades website have a higher risk of dementia."

Posted by: CharlieBrown'sDildo at September 08, 2023 06:01 PM (lQONO)
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Then EAT MORE BACON!

Posted by: Ciampino - The other good meat at September 08, 2023 06:33 PM (qfLjt)

137 Nood The Week in Woke

Posted by: Tuna at September 08, 2023 06:33 PM (gLRfa)

138 Gain ZZZ, I have the water leak fixed. I'm going to stand in the shower under cool water for an hour and then get intoxicated

Posted by: Ben Had at September 08, 2023 06:34 PM (YnBiE)

139 >>We all get what we deserve, as I understand garrett and JackStraw ?

You don't understand me.

There are some who experience Luck more than others.
Those that DO will experience Bad Luck as well as Good Luck on that same increased frequency.

There is no 'deserve' implied.

The notion of making one's luck is more about behaviour mitigation to increase your exposure to outcomes you would consider Good Luck.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:34 PM (ocPCq)

140 I am going on 58. I worry about things. I am walking at lunchtime again, which has been good. But, I am not as stronk I used to was.

It's not a lung capacity thing, nor is it a heart function thing, it's just I have lost muscle mass.

Good news is I can correct that.

Posted by: Pug Mahon, Not Exactly Streets Ahead at September 08, 2023 06:34 PM (T/Lqj)

141 "If she's sleeping on her stomach, I don't go fishing."

Posted by: Just the Punchline at September 08, 2023 06:35 PM (ocPCq)

142 A bicep protocol you might try is 21's. Do 7 half-curls (bottom to parallel to the floor, 7 half-curls from mid-point to top, and 7 full curls. Don't 'bang' these out, but take about 2 to 2.5 seconds for each 'rep', with a TUT (Time Under Tension) goal of ~1 minute to complete the 21 reps.
Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2023 06:30 PM (a3Q+t)

I'll try that, thanks!

Posted by: Dash my lace wigs! at September 08, 2023 06:36 PM (OX9vb)

143 15 to 20 lbs is a 1/3 jump in weight, and for curls is a pretty big jump.

I've made 'micro' plates by super gluing large washers to an appropriately-sized magnet that weigh 1 and 1/4 lbs.

Posted by: Duncanthrax at September 08, 2023 06:36 PM (a3Q+t)

144 >>We all get what we deserve, as I understand garrett and JackStraw ? Everything usually works out in the end ?

No. Luck is not the only factor in life. Some situations can't be controlled. But a lot of things people put down to luck turn out to be the result of hard work or the lack there of.

People who constantly experience good luck aren't blessed by the god of luck. They put themselves in a situation where good things can happen. Or as John Milton said Luck is the residue of design.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2023 06:36 PM (ZLI7S)

145 I've mentioned this many times before, so it's apropos, I'll do it again.
Whole 30 Diet. The idea is to eliminate any thing with additives, anything processed, milk, flour, etc..
Only meat you fix yourself (however) and raw or roasted (grilled) veggies.
Do it for 30 days.
No changes? Then you don't have any food sensitivities.
Big changes? Then you gots work to do.
The way you re-introduce one thing at a time is the real key.

Posted by: MkY at September 08, 2023 06:37 PM (cPGH3)

146 ...and I AM the new Willow, aren't I?

Posted by: MkY at September 08, 2023 06:37 PM (cPGH3)

147 >>as John Milton said Luck is the residue of design.

Nice.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:38 PM (ocPCq)

148 There are some who experience Luck more than others.
Those that DO will experience Bad Luck as well as Good Luck on that same increased frequency.

There is no 'deserve' implied.

The notion of making one's luck is more about behaviour mitigation to increase your exposure to outcomes you would consider Good Luck.

That first and third paragraph are opposed to each other. If some experience Luck more, then some much experience it less. You are fixated on the behaviors that increase the opportunity of "luck" - and look, I know why. You said it in paragraph number three. You're trying to hook luck into a "get what you deserve" deterministic outcome.

Is Hunter Biden "lucky" ? He seems lucky to me. Why is he so "lucky".

Conversely, what must one do to experience less "luck" ?

Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:38 PM (SLmBK)

149 Well I couldn't do 34 consecutive pushupZZZ. 1st attempt, collapsed at #29. 2nd attempt, got to 31.

But that's 60 so far and I will try one more set at the end.

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 08, 2023 06:38 PM (aBJcM)

150 Let it not be said I am a non nooder because nooded I hath

Posted by: San Franpsycho at September 08, 2023 06:38 PM (RIvkX)

151 >>That first and third paragraph are opposed to each other.

That's why it expressly set aside under the 'notion of making one's luck'.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:39 PM (ocPCq)

152 131 Yeah, it's called CRP. "C-Reactive Protein," apparently. I have no idea how it works, though.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at September 08, 2023 06:30 PM (0FoWg)
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It's a better measure of inflammation in the body and of vascular problems. It has replaced cholesterol and "bad" lipids (both debunked).

Posted by: Ciampino - The other good meat at September 08, 2023 06:40 PM (qfLjt)

153 People who constantly experience good luck aren't blessed by the god of luck. They put themselves in a situation where good things can happen. Or as John Milton said Luck is the residue of design.

Posted by: JackStraw at September 08, 2023 06:36 PM (ZLI7S)

Said as a Republican. I picked this for a reason. This idea is one of the bedrock differences between traditional Republican and Democrat. Or at least, it used to be.

Are the Bidens "lucky" ?

Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:40 PM (SLmBK)

154 WiW doesn't have a good track record, so do lose the tab

Posted by: Skip at September 08, 2023 06:40 PM (fwDg9)

155 I've been stuck on 15 for some time. Can't make the jump to 20.
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Wait until you make the jump from 29 to 30.

Posted by: Mike Hammer, etc., etc. at September 08, 2023 06:40 PM (XsjQp)

156 Rucking for an hour every morning plus x3 bar five time a week and HIIT twice. Down 20 lbs! But winter is coming

Posted by: Blutarski at September 08, 2023 06:42 PM (Fwuhb)

157 The difference you are perceiving is that in the 1st Paragraph I am discussing Luck as a phenomenon.
In the 2nd, I am addressing the notion of Luck by Design.

I ascribe to the 1st.

The 2nd is not Luck at all, but a perception of outcomes.

Posted by: garrett at September 08, 2023 06:44 PM (ocPCq)

158 2 sets of 12 hammer curls with 15 lbs. BOOM!

Posted by: screaming in digital at September 08, 2023 06:47 PM (aBJcM)

159 >>>People who constantly experience good luck aren't blessed by the god of luck.
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God blessed the Irish with good luck. The goodest people of all.

Posted by: IrishEi at September 08, 2023 06:47 PM (3ImbR)

160 The 2nd is not Luck at all, but a perception of outcomes.

Don't be a Climate Guy, where your science is somehow held above all measurable realities.

Are the Bidens lucky ? Where the Jews in Germany unlucky ? Or in all cases were all outcomes the result of behaviors leading to outcomes ?

Do people get what they deserve, or not ? The difference is commonly described as "luck".

Posted by: Nope at September 08, 2023 06:48 PM (SLmBK)

161 Down 26 lbs since mid June by reduced portions, more greens, and no snacking, especially sweets. Started training the dog on walks but my long suffering knees and ankles are not happy with the situation

Posted by: Beartooth at September 08, 2023 06:54 PM (azYCi)

162 34 I obviously agree on what “beer “goggles” are and how dumb this story was. But I question even this finding: “Intoxication played no role in how attractive participants found other people.” That’s of course complete bullshit. Of course when you’re drunk that 6 looks like a 7 or 8. Anyone who’s ever been drunk knows this.

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Meh, I think it has more to do with lowering ones standards to a 6, and then maybe trying to justify it by convincing your drunk self that the 6 is actually an 8, than it does with actually mistaking a 6 for an 8.

Posted by: Disney, probably at September 08, 2023 07:17 PM (1W3+D)

163 So, it's not much, but I've started regularly walking again. Last year I walked a lot in preparation for hiking the Camino Frances, but on the last day of the Camino I fell and landed on my right knee hard. I almost had knee surgery done for it, but chickened out at the last minute. This month the pool where I swim closed for annual maintenance for two weeks, and I decided I would just get my butt out and walk again. I am up to an hour now. Regular bedtimes are helping me get up early so I can walk before it gets too hot, and get away with skipping sunscreen. I just feel better for it.

Posted by: Nancy at 7000 ft at September 08, 2023 07:28 PM (0tmoY)

164 Great post, Ace. Am 54 and hit the weight pile again 12 years ago and have never felt better. Three sets of 8 squats at 275 eliminates my bulging lower disks by keeping my spine straight through strengthening my glutes.

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