I miss Kate so badly that I physically hurt.
It's been a week since we were together. She's still in Australia sorting her visa.
I feel more stressed. My emotions are stunted. My thoughts are cloudy and my mood has dipped.
It just hurts everywhere.
There is no such thing as a healthy carbohydrate.
There is only carbohydrate your body has to manage.
Oats.
Brown rice.
Sweet potato.
Wholegrain bread.
These are held up as the foundation of a healthy diet. Slow release. High fibre. Good for your gut. Essential for energy.
Yet every single one breaks down into glucose.
Some raise blood sugar faster than others. Some come packaged with more fibre and nutrients. But the body still has to deal with the glucose.
Your body does not have a healthy carb pathway and an unhealthy carb pathway. Glucose enters the blood. Insulin rises. The body moves that glucose somewhere.
Do that all day, every day, for years, and eventually a lot of people stop handling it well.
That is the bit everyone wants to skip.
The glycaemic index made people think slower meant harmless. It does not. Slow release carbohydrate still means a longer insulin demand.
And no, carbohydrates are not essential. Your liver produces the glucose your body needs from protein and fat. No dietary carbohydrate required.
So maybe the better question is not, “Is this a healthy carb?”
Maybe it is, “How much glucose am I asking my body to manage today?”
What healthy carbohydrates were you told to eat more of?
Full Ab Rollouts
If you're strong enough to do these full ROM - they are almost a total body exercise
If you feel it in your low back, you're not doing them right or going to intense
Notice how I create and hold a posterior hip tilt to lock in my core
Upper Back Attack
Chest supported high rows to target the upper back and posterior delts
If you want the aura of a thicc beast; your traps, neck and rear delts need some meat
Ring Push Ups for Rehab
Here I'm using instability and deep ROM to train shoulder mobility, stability, and integrity
With this focus, it's critical to keep form crisp and avoid red lining intensity
Rebuilding these boulders to be pain free and stable
If you have joint nags, it's wise to reprioritize to ward movement quality and build strength on top of pain free movement patterns
Your legs literally can’t atrophy (lose muscle) if you walk 10,000 steps/day;
Amount of guys doing MAX intensity leg days just to maintain size is hilarious.
Reality check:
You weren’t supposed to train your legs full intensity 2 times a week;
You were supposed to use them…