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2 weeks off training. What fades first?

Not mainly strength. Your engine: blood volume + VO2 max.

Copenhagen study: 10 men cut steps 10,501 → 1,344/day. 2 weeks later, VO2 max −7%.

Keeping fitness takes less than building it.

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@SquatUniversity Core work that actually carries over to the big lifts beats endless crunches. Bracing under load is the skill.

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@EricCressey @ALysyStrength @YKahook @sheakenneally @ConnorNagle1 @ahpitching @maxcito87 @csp_phystherapy @IanConnorsCSP @ONeilStrength Borrowing ideas from outside strength coaching keeps programs fresh. Pattern recognition across fields is a superpower.

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@hubermanlab Knowing your own recovery signals beats copying someone else's protocol. Sleep debt shows up fast in hunger and mood.

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@thebodycoach Short dumbbell sessions like this are how busy people stay consistent. Strength doesn't need a full hour.

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@BioLayne Sugar is sugar at the end of the day. The real lever is still total calories and how much of it you actually eat.

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@jockowillink Run-the-rack days are underrated. Progressive overload without needing a new PR every set.

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@stevemagness This is the whole game in training too. You own the reps and the sleep — the PR just shows up later.

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Day 27 as a solo founder of a health app.

Spent today on day-1 activation, not ads. If someone opens the app once and never logs a meal, the rest of the product doesn't matter.

What's the first action that made YOU stick with a fitness habit?

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Same oats. Almost 3× the calories.

1 cup cooked oatmeal: ~166 kcal
1 cup granola: ~462 kcal

Cooked oats are ~84% water. Granola is baked with oil + sugar.

Not bad food, just a portion trap. (USDA FoodData Central)

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@elonmusk @bot love it, i run company all alone spending less time, incredible, all thanks to @grok @bot

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Your muscles are also a gland.

Contracting muscle releases myokines, chemical messengers that reach other organs. During exercise, IL-6 can rise up to 100× in the blood.

Every set is also a message. Sources in the images.

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@T_Nation Keeping protein high and lifting heavy during a fat-loss phase is what helps you hold onto muscle while the scale drops.

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@GiaMMacool Totally agree. Sleep and eating enough protein quietly do as much for a physique as the training itself.

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@DearS_o_n Protein is easier to hit when it's spread over 3-4 meals instead of saved for dinner. Adding 20g at breakfast is usually the simplest change.

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@anymanfitness Daily steps are the underrated part of a deficit. They burn calories without adding any recovery cost to your lifting.

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@gregogallagher Leaving 1-2 reps in the tank also makes it easier to repeat the same quality session week after week. Consistency beats the occasional all-out set.

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Solo dev, 26 days after launching my health app.

What I learned: getting installs was the easy part. Most people start the free trial and never try the main feature (snap a meal photo, get calories + macros).

So this month I'm fixing day 1, not buying more ads.

What made YOU stick with a fitness app?

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One short night can make you hungrier.

After ~4 h of sleep, healthy men ate ~22% more the next day. Across 11 studies, short sleep added ~385 kcal/day.

Not just willpower. Protect your sleep tonight.

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Your gym hour isn't where most of your calories go.

NEAT (walking, standing, stairs, fidgeting) can differ by up to 2,000 kcal/day between people of similar size (Levine, Mayo Clinic).

Take the stairs. Walk your calls.

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