What do you think about this, does it impact how you think about your own exercise/muscle building progress or make no difference? Personally, I've read about this before and find it really cool...
What do you think about this, does it impact how you think about your own exercise/muscle building progress or make no difference? Personally, I've read about this before and find it really cool and inspiring to keep working out. I would think that knowing that my gains are "preserved" in some form would actually make one more lazy since I'm less afraid of completely reverting all progress, but in reality on an emotional level the sense of slightly higher permanence just drives me to keep building a nice bank for the future.
It makes me feel a bit better at my current, sub-peak level of activity, at the very least. But you’re right, the thought that any muscle training lasts lifelong is a very encouraging idea. It...
It makes me feel a bit better at my current, sub-peak level of activity, at the very least. But you’re right, the thought that any muscle training lasts lifelong is a very encouraging idea.
It does make me wonder if a course of teenaged steroids could be concocted to provide this lifelong help at perhaps minimal harm. This is pretty contrary to our sense of athletic fairness, but it does seem like something which could possibly lead to better lives.
I see what you mean about athletic fairness, but personally I would be all for such a course of steroids assuming it was properly studied and shown safe and effective. To me, my personal long term...
I see what you mean about athletic fairness, but personally I would be all for such a course of steroids assuming it was properly studied and shown safe and effective. To me, my personal long term health and fitness is more important than someone else's idea of "cheating". This is purely from a personal bodily autonomy perspective, I make no argument of whether such enhancements should be allowed in sports and would fully accept a lifelong ban on competitive athletics as the trade-off if needed.
It explains why I'm able to make seemingly quick gains when building strength in my 30s, as I was comparatively active in high school (lots of set building / other physically demanding tasks for...
It explains why I'm able to make seemingly quick gains when building strength in my 30s, as I was comparatively active in high school (lots of set building / other physically demanding tasks for theatre / helping set up for assemblies for the school in general, plus lifting at the Y on the off season). These days I do yoga daily, and I've noticed the strength coming back very quickly.
It's definitely inspiring and makes me want to continue. I don't ever plan on quitting my yoga regimen, as I started originally to address anxiety, but it's lovely to know that if I miss a week or so that it'll be easier to get back to where I was before that.
What do you think about this, does it impact how you think about your own exercise/muscle building progress or make no difference? Personally, I've read about this before and find it really cool and inspiring to keep working out. I would think that knowing that my gains are "preserved" in some form would actually make one more lazy since I'm less afraid of completely reverting all progress, but in reality on an emotional level the sense of slightly higher permanence just drives me to keep building a nice bank for the future.
It makes me feel a bit better at my current, sub-peak level of activity, at the very least. But you’re right, the thought that any muscle training lasts lifelong is a very encouraging idea.
It does make me wonder if a course of teenaged steroids could be concocted to provide this lifelong help at perhaps minimal harm. This is pretty contrary to our sense of athletic fairness, but it does seem like something which could possibly lead to better lives.
I see what you mean about athletic fairness, but personally I would be all for such a course of steroids assuming it was properly studied and shown safe and effective. To me, my personal long term health and fitness is more important than someone else's idea of "cheating". This is purely from a personal bodily autonomy perspective, I make no argument of whether such enhancements should be allowed in sports and would fully accept a lifelong ban on competitive athletics as the trade-off if needed.
It explains why I'm able to make seemingly quick gains when building strength in my 30s, as I was comparatively active in high school (lots of set building / other physically demanding tasks for theatre / helping set up for assemblies for the school in general, plus lifting at the Y on the off season). These days I do yoga daily, and I've noticed the strength coming back very quickly.
It's definitely inspiring and makes me want to continue. I don't ever plan on quitting my yoga regimen, as I started originally to address anxiety, but it's lovely to know that if I miss a week or so that it'll be easier to get back to where I was before that.