Chris

Mindset and advice for getting ripped, strong, and healthy at any age. 40-something, father, engineer.

[AJAC @AJA_Cortes]

Benefits of Creatine Monohydrate:

Improved athletic performance:
-Enhances strength, power, and high-intensity exercise performance
-Increases muscle mass and lean body weight
-Improves performance in activities like weight lifting, sprinting, and team sports

Muscle health:
-Supports muscle growth and recovery
-Helos offset age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia), especially when combined with exercise
-Can increase muscle phosphocreatine stores, allowing for more rapid ATP energy production
-enhance recovery from exercise-induced muscle damage

Brain function:
-improve cognitive performance, especially in older adults
-Could potentially help with certain neurological conditions, though more research is needed

General health:
-help lower blood sugar levels and improve glycemic control
-support heart health and reduce stroke-related damage (preliminary evidence)
-anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties

Other potential benefits:
-help vegetarians and those with naturally low creatine levels
-improve bone health when combined with resistance training

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@TheJeffPutnam Ah. I see where you are. All the best, Jeff.

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@AJA_Cortes Trt

[BowTiedOx | SOF Athlete/Bodybuilder @BowTiedOx]

If I could go back in time when I first started lifting I would have wanted to know:

- Diet is everything in regards to physique goals

- 6-20 rep range is a great place to train for muscle growth, use the entire rep range, there is no secret "hypertrophy 8-12 reps" zone, they all work

- Intensity is the key to creating effective workouts & likely you'll need less volume

- Training to failure is fine & works very well

- Machines are amazing for muscle growth, even better in many cases than free weights

- You don’t need to eat absolutely everything to grow

- Rest days are growth days

- Counting macros/calories is super easy & makes progress so much easier to get

- It’s better to get very lean after newbies gains & then bulk slowly for 6+ months

- You look even bigger once truly lean so actually stick with a cut & don't freak out that you're "losing too much size broh"

- If you keep protein high, calorie deficit isn't too aggressive (less than 1000 calorie deficit), & keep lifting hard/fighting to maintain strength, then you won't lose pretty much any muscle on a cut

- There is no reason to get fat on a bulk, it doesn’t help add size

- Cardio won’t kill your gains

- You can eat carbs and lose fat

- Permabulking & spending your first 3 years at like 15-20% body fat is dumb, cut, you feel & look so much better + give yourself awesome conditions to grow

- Cutting is easier if you do cardio and track steps

- Don’t waste money on supplements, take them for specific reasons and purposes

- Trying to 1 rep max all the time is dumb

- You can’t just eat everything because you lift (again)

- Take more advantage of being able to build muscle & lose fat at the same time with newbie gains

[BowTiedOx | SOF Athlete/Bodybuilder @BowTiedOx]

What until he learns about attachment theory…

The better the father-child relationship the better outcomes in life for the child, universally.

Better ability to deal with stress, more resilient, less mental health issues, more confidence, higher income & education levels, etc.

How does this happen?

Caregiving, physical contact, play/exploration, attention, comfort & security, etc.

This advice below is perfect if you want to GREATLY increase the chance your child performs poorly in school, struggles economically, gets into legal trouble, has massive mental health & self esteem issues, &/or develops drug addictions…

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@DatMichCray Incredible. Congrats!!!

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@josiahfitness Yes

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@jackdcoulson Congrats Jack!!

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@roguewealth 😆😆

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@jerryteixeira 😆😆

[AJAC @AJA_Cortes]

Want stronger joints?

Bodybuilding

Want stronger muscles?

Bodybuilding

Want to not get degenerative arthritis as you age?

Bodybuilding

-The practice of building your bodys robustness is a practical one. Why wouldnt you do it?

[JT | Jerry Teixeira @jerryteixeira]

Here is a complete list of all the things that I could do at 21 that I can't do at 43:
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The whole world is yours for the taking, no matter your age.

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@staroftigers This is awesome!!!!! Thanks!!

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@AFFathers @jackdcoulson @Rugged_Legacy @ryanstephens @ChroniclesNate @thegoswicks Happy New Year brother! Proud of what you’re doing here!

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@anymanfitness No major injury, just enough small things to decide it wasn’t worth it to keep pushing the big lifts anymore.

[Chris @ThePrimalMan]

@JohnnyNoblebody Same

[Rob - Fit For Life - Stronger Every Decade @Rob_FitLegacy]

6 mistakes men over 40 make when trying to build muscle.

(Plus a plan to build more muscle with less time and effort)

Some of this advice might seem counter-intuitive but hear me out and read with an open mind!

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