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Another example of how fiat ruins everything:

Last week, worked in with this kid while he was using the Hack Squat. Noticed his form was shit. Asked him a couple questions that revealed he didn’t understand the first principles behind training quads. Took a few minutes to explain them, trying to get him to the point where he could use the knowledge on all his quad movements.

This week, he comes up to me right away. Thanks me profusely; explains how sore he was the next day and how much my explanation helped him and how it carried over into other movements. Called it game changing advice.

The gym is top tier and full of competitive bodybuilders and coaches. I drive an hour to use certain pieces when I can. But he said no one’s freely offered that level of explanation before I did. Reported that he’s only ever been solicited by guys looking to add him to their $300+ per month coaching rosters.

I can rag on modern gym culture all day. It’s a shadow of what it once was and there are numerous culprits. Cell phones, social media, universal inclusivity, the decline in the presence of highly masculine men, etc are all contributing factors. But fiat underlies all of them and is centrally responsible for gatekeeping information that was once freely shared between men.

Fiat interdicts iron sharpening iron.

It forces the men who have figured out how to become bigger and stronger to put a monetary premium on information that could lead to the men around them - and thus the world around them - becoming better. It turns meatheads into salesmen who learn scripts to overcome rejection rather than freely and openly building tribes of strong men around them.

Bitcoin affords me the ability to help others without concern of compensation. If I want to see gym culture improve, the best way is to represent the kind of culture I’d like to be a part of. That culture is one that’s generative, open-source and kind at its base layer.

leadbyexample 11mo ago

Mind sharing some of that wisdom in a note?

Wait I just checked what hack squat is, and my home gym has just a power rack and a barbell, no machines.

I do get appreciable muscular pain for a couple of days after squats, more so when I started applying the Mentzer method of warmup and training series at higher density than what I did before... but I still cannot gain weight no matter how much animal food I eat.

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Sovereign Beef 11mo ago

The carnivore diet is not an optimal way to build muscle/gain weight.

High fat intake promotes satiety which is what we want to avoid if the goal is to build size. We want to maintain our hunger so we can eat more food.

Typically, a moderate protein, high carb, low/moderate fat is the best approach towards building muscle.

Building muscle is a difficult process compared to getting lean. You will see many lean people just walking around day to day, but it’s much more rare to see heavily muscled people. Most people simply don’t have the mental fortitude to eat as much as is required day in and day out to maintain a caloric surplus. Having the right plan that optimizes digestion as well as allows you to eat food you actually enjoy is a big part of it.

leadbyexample 11mo ago

I appreciate and praise your dedication, I myself am a man of method, yet at the same time I elect the most sustainable methods for myself 😉

After what happened to my body when I switched out of fiat diet, and into paleo first, and carnivore later, I wouldn't want to return to having piercing back pain when I bend down to do my shoelaces, or have palpable handles on my waist.

I could probably reintroduce fruit to my currently animal-only diet though, as at least that doesn't involve ingesting cereals 🙏

Sovereign Beef 11mo ago

I understand completely. I’ve implemented carnivore on more than one occasion and if I didn’t have the physique goals I have, I’d likely by eating almost exclusively red meat.

I’d bet you could gain muscle on carnivore by introducing fruit and honey at the right times, training effectively, taking 3-4 rest days per week where your caloric expenditure is very low and getting proper sleep.

It would be a slow process, but a few pounds of lean tissue a year with this approach is very possible.