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So most people on here typically started their athletic journeys training for strength, power and speed. I noticed there's been a definite trend towards endurance training (with adarqui leading the ship on this one).

I've really fallen in love with running and it's become a huge part of my life. But I've spent the last 10 years of my life pursuing strength and power (other than sports training but it's been a few years).

I thought it would be interesting explore how best to combine these. For example, is it even reasonable to expect to be able to run ultramarathons, squat 140kg+ and dunk basketballs?

Obviously a huge part of it is nutrition. My carbohydrate intake has increased massively since I started running. Probably break even, I'm not using weight. But probably still not eating enough to optimise recovery.

How best to organise training? Especially with super busy work schedules. For example this weekend I ran 5k, then had to squeeze in some heavy squats and plan to run a long distance tomorrow. I cut down on the volume and went heavier and hopefully at least will be not as sore, will see how it works. I quickly found out that running before lifting works whereas running after lifting categorically does not!

Anybody have any thoughts or any resources/examples of people who have combined these goals successfully? I guess a prime example would be athletes such as rugby players etc. There's also guys like Alex viada who talks a bunch about managing different energy systems.

I haven't really researched much at all and have kind of just been winging it however starting to think I need to put a bit more thought into training like this now

Super interested to hear people's thoughts!

Let's try this again.

I'm not really sure what my goals are at the moment. My training is more about just... Try to stay healthy, not get fat, feel fit and happy. The last year or so has been pretty mad with sitting finals, being in Nepal for a few months and then starting work in hospitals here and some of my coping mechanisms have been....questionable and resulted in some  serious low points.

I would like to get back into Olympic lifting at somepoint but I'm still fighting with some SI joint issues. I have never stopped training for more than a week or so but its just been aimlessly going through the motions, hence my lack of motivation to log etc. My baseline strength is a long way away from where it once was, especially lower body.

Been enjoying my running a lot these days and probably going to sign up to the city 10k in April. I ran my first ever 10k on NYE (55m on pretty rough terrain). Aerobic fitness is probably my priority at the moment - I'm climbing mont blanc in June so that's a pretty important goal for me and offering some motivation.

Anyway enough internal monologue

3/2/19
Easy treadmill 5k at 11km/h pace

4/1/19
Goblet squat 20kg 3 x 20
Deadlift 120kg 3 x 5
Single leg leg press 69kg 2 x 10, 61kg x 10
Peterson step ups 4 x 20
RKC plank 2 x 20s - got mad ab cramps lol so gave up

anyone ever used these to improve their uhm, abdominal aesthetics?

LBSS talking about the greek measurements in his log got me thinking - my waist is TOO BIG. around the navel is like 34+ all the time...even with abs. i look bloated aaaaaaaaaaaaall the time, enough for people to comment like 'woah you gained weight?' until i lift my top up and they like huh?

some of its probably my APT but other than fixing this i wonder if stomach vacuums could help? seems you dont have to dedicate much time to them, just wondered if anyone had any sucess?

Anybody into podcasts? they're pretty convenient, i listed to them all summer whilst working manual labour - basically learning and getting paid to do so. now its useful for like long journeys and standing in cues, doing housework etc. better than tv!
 

some of my favourites
-skeptics guide to universe (general science0
-tim ferris..
-joe rogan depending on who he's talking to, he just did one with louie simmons
-bbc4 do some good shorter ones
-dan carlins hardcore history is AMAZING

any other reccomendations?

Yet another huge observational study linking increased saturated fat intake with higher mortality came out...




http://archinte.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2530902

Importance  Previous studies have shown distinct associations between specific dietary fat and cardiovascular disease. However, evidence on specific dietary fat and mortality remains limited and inconsistent.

Objective  To examine the associations of specific dietary fats with total and cause-specific mortality in 2 large ongoing cohort studies.

Design, Setting, and Participants  This cohort study investigated 83 349 women from the Nurses’ Health Study (July 1, 1980, to June 30, 2012) and 42 884 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (February 1, 1986, to January 31, 2012) who were free of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and types 1 and 2 diabetes at baseline. Dietary fat intake was assessed at baseline and updated every 2 to 4 years. Information on mortality was obtained from systematic searches of the vital records of states and the National Death Index, supplemented by reports from family members or postal authorities. Data were analyzed from September 18, 2014, to March 27, 2016.

Main Outcomes and Measures  Total and cause-specific mortality.

Results  During 3 439 954 person-years of follow-up, 33 304 deaths were documented. After adjustment for known and suspected risk factors, dietary total fat compared with total carbohydrates was inversely associated with total mortality (hazard ratio

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comparing extreme quintiles, 0.84; 95% CI, 0.81-0.88; P < .001 for trend). The HRs of total mortality comparing extreme quintiles of specific dietary fats were 1.08 (95% CI, 1.03-1.14) for saturated fat, 0.81 (95% CI, 0.78-0.84) for polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA), 0.89 (95% CI, 0.84-0.94) for monounsaturated fatty acid (MUFA), and 1.13 (95% CI, 1.07-1.18) for trans-fat (P < .001 for trend for all). Replacing 5% of energy from saturated fats with equivalent energy from PUFA and MUFA was associated with estimated reductions in total mortality of 27% (HR, 0.73; 95% CI, 0.70-0.77) and 13% (HR, 0.87; 95% CI, 0.82-0.93), respectively. The HR for total mortality comparing extreme quintiles of ω-6 PUFA intake was 0.85 (95% CI, 0.81-0.89; P < .001 for trend). Intake of ω-6 PUFA, especially linoleic acid, was inversely associated with mortality owing to most major causes, whereas marine ω-3 PUFA intake was associated with a modestly lower total mortality (HR comparing extreme quintiles, 0.96; 95% CI, 0.93-1.00; P = .002 for trend).

Conclusions and Relevance  Different types of dietary fats have divergent associations with total and cause-specific mortality. These findings support current dietary recommendations to replace saturated fat and trans-fat with unsaturated fats.

Who's watching?!

Season 6 has been mega entertaining, probably the best since the first few seasons. I was almost ready to quit watching after season 5, but this has been so fun.

Anyone read the comics too? (i have not so  )

Anybody into it?

I just bought my first ice axe + crampons, pretty excited to go use them...just small UK mountains for now though, but some great winter weather for them at the moment. I would love to progress and get into more alpine type stuff though.

I really want do the classic haute route sometime - multiday trek, basically mont blanc - matterhorn up high on the glaciers.