Zero cardio just body building. Been at it since he was 16. Has kidney issues which he thinks peptides are curing - and the main side effect of peptide abuse is kidney failure. So yeah. He claims he’s never taken a steroid in his life, the cardiologist at the hospital said, “well that’s clearly bullshit” and that’s when he left.
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Crazy that! I had a friend hospitalised for excessive anabolic steroid abuse for body building…coz gains BRUH. Really damaged his liver. Still to this day continues to take them. I’ll never understand it.
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Been training pretty hard the past couple of months, utilising the free gym at work 4 days per week for powerlifting and then using the local gym near home 2-3 times a week for cardio (plus more strength training). I’d say the split is about 60% strength and 40% cardio.
Also cut out crisps and most chocolate (replaced with those Nak’d fruit bars which I really like and they satisfy my sweet tooth). Starting on the daily creatine definitely helped build and retain muscle mass, along with turmeric, omega 3, 6 & 9, functional mushrooms and ginger.
Am now down to 81½kg, 12% body fat and getting a VO² reading of 48 (which is apparently very good for an old man of 53. I’m quite happy to maintain those levels. Haven’t been that weight for about 25 years (when it definitely wasn’t exercise keeping the weight off), and have qute literally never been/felt fitter.
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It’s pure addiction, we’re trying to get him into narcanon but got more chance of him seeing his cardiologist.
Top work mate!
If you want to increase your VO² cycling is the one.
Personally I was focussing a bit too much on cycling alone, which left me in excellent shape for cycling but not particularly functional otherwise. Have been on the kettlebells for a year now which has led to a bit of extra muscle weight but has usefully reduced my post race season weight gain a fair bit, I assume because muscle is expensive calorie wise…
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Cheers mate. Yes, the bike is what I’ve been hitting hard, albeit a static one in the gym - but a really rigorous 30-minute ride with lots of hill climbs and also using 2 x 7kg dumbells to do Arnold presses whilst riding, three times a week - gets the heartrate up to about 185bpm - feels amazing afterwards. 
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Sort of unsure where or what thread to put this one in but our mate Chris Stoker of Bad Passion / Not An Animal / Magic Castles / ACMH is fighting cancer in the finest way possible with class and humour. He needs help for treatment. If you enjoy the site and can afford to bung him a fiver that’d be really appreciated. We need him around…
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