Week 3 (or something like that)
Update 2/26
This was originally posted in a Facebook groups since I was on mobile and forgot to update here.
Principles applied: Fitness
Total time in the gym last week:
70 minutes.
Today:
21 minutes.
Average energy levels increasing
Body is changing much faster than anticipated. expect that to slow down significantly, but it’s been surprising
At this point I am not weighing my food or counting macros but I weighed everything to the gram for a decade and currently eat very close to how I did when doing so.
When my body stops changing and energy levels out, I’ll decide whether or not it’s worth counting stuff/adding complexity.
Remember, as you add complexity the returns diminish. Diminished returns are still returns, so until I’m there I won’t know if the juice is worth the squeeze.
My guess is no, but will cross that bridge when I get to it.
This whole process is laid out in the behavior modification pyramid.
Just applying it to fitness (which is where we developed it the first time around)
Taking a two year break from lifting weights helped me break some habits I had before - some of the things that I know to be true but couldn’t do consistently myself (like less volume or time in the gym)
Sometimes rebuilding from scratch allows reasoning from the ground up more effectively.
A new broom sweeps clean.
Will keep future updates in the proper place, just dropping this here for those following along.
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One more observation:
Most people are way over complicating all this stuff and focused on the wrong things entirely because of…
Capitalism.
Most people are getting their information from sources that make money off them believing a certain thing.
For example:
The obsession over a “post workout window” has more to do with the fact that people have post workout shakes to sell you than any empirical or anecdotal evidence.
Can’t be mad at great marketing. Just have to be aware of what’s going on.