The Official Gym & Fitness Thread

Long story short....

 

still in too good of shape

 

I have not but probably should. I am at that age where I would not be surprised if mine was on the low end. I know in the last year or so I see "symptoms" in myself like fatigue, not feeling that "beast mode" feeling in the gym, not sleeping as well (never have been good at sleeping enough) but that could just be the fact that I'm getting old, and hearing commercials all the time When I was at the bottom of my cut last year I probably had the T of a little girl, had zero sex drive just wanted to go to sleep so I could wake up and start a new day with 1900 calories lol...I don't think the range within "normal" matters that much for muscle mass (that's mostly genetic) but being way below or significantly high would matter. Quality of life is legit though because I know several people on TRT who claim it has made a WORLD of difference in their everyday life. I would not hesitate to hop on if needed, and I have nothing against people using it and other PEDs for sport either as long as they are competing on a level field (i.e. not competing in natty events). The fact is to be competitive in bodybuilding, its part of the sciences of being in the top tier just like training and nutrition, recovery etc.

 

Clarifies a lot and working on the litigation definitely probably showed you the underbelly of it. My wife has thyroid issues and removal in her neck and she get away out of whack if those levels get off. There will always be abuse heck just look at the current opiod epidemic but it does help a lot of people also. There needs to be more long term studies but that does take time. I know how I feel with a small dose and I know how I feel with larger doses in competition mode. I will cruise from now until I die at this point, maybe they can use me for a longterm study. On another note my wife is in the products liability arena.

 

Aww you gonna crush some plateaus lol...

Ok now time to look at some audio changes for the truck... Someone stop me.

 

Oh wow so your honey be makin da money over in PL lol (if shes plaintiff). Good for her.

Is she on biologic hormone replacement post thyroid removal?

 

Fuckin do it.

I miss my bomb ass audio in my Ford. I didn’t put it in the previous owner did but god damn it was stellar.

 

@weldertaco

Saw this and it cracked me up

 

Hers has been out a while she’s on synthroid now I believe. Spelling it sure there.
Yea she loves it the just finished up a huge motorcycle case with Honda. Stacking it up lol.

 

I’m on it going with a shallow mount JL 10 and some much higher wattage components.

 

Favorite meal of the day!

 

Sloooooowww response lol but I moved to the area a little over a year ago. We have an active Toyota trucks group here in the Tidewater area that meets up pretty frequently. Usually at one of the many craft breweries around here with wheeling trips mixed in. Mostly military as you can imagine but who knows @weldertaco, you could make a solid job connection. If you're on FB hit Tidewater Toyotas.

And @PackCon, having lived in the Pacific Northwest all my life, where humidity + heat does not exist, moving here in the summer was brutal. Lol I remember my first day on the job, coming out of the office and feeling the air. But the beach totally makes up for it.

 

I did not get to work much in PL. Mostly medical malpractice and nursing home litigation with some mass litigation in pharma and medical devices. I hated working in medical devices. That stuff sucks your soul out.
Nursing home was my favorite. Its medical malpractice with better statutes and laws.

PL would be fun.
I am no longer in injury law, I work in healthcare policy and fraud now.

 

The east coast was a rude awakening to me. And hurricanes... I like snow and winter (family is all from WI). Yall can keep the beach, there is nothing like having to turn on 4L in the snow

 

I can't wait for the snow. We didn't get a single flake here last winter, and I'm dying to play in it with this new truck. The east coast road salt bothers me though, out of mainly paranoia I had rustproofing and a full undercoat done. Snow back home was always fun, they don't salt the roads. Especially when I was a teenager with a 5-speed Toyota Celica that didn't have ABS. Did I mention how hilly it is?

Hurricanes, I came prepared for. NO ONE told me about tornados though.

 

@PackCon 4 months later, I finally was sent a bill from the ER. They didn’t take my insurance info while there so I had to call and give them my info to bill insurance.

I’m still trynna figure out my damn ambulance bill. Shit makes no sense. Fuck insurance. It’s all a scam.

 

People are incompetent aren’t they?

Do you have an ER physician bill?

Typically you will get a bill from the ER, the ambulance company, and then the ER physician. Typically ER doctors are contractors not hospital employees. If you had any imaging done you may get an image center bill too. Even though its all one place its all different people.

Its a clusterfuck


I’m going to have so much fun with all my bills next year. Can’t wait.

 

So... I squatted 135 for the first time in over a year... and my knee didn’t snap in half. I’m pretty excited you guys.

 

Very.

I got the ambulance bill separate a few months back. I never got an ER physician bill, just a ER bill. I don't think I had any imaging, don't think they took any blood (can't remember that far back, I blame the concussion), definitely didn't do any CT scans or anything. Shit, they barely fucking did anything as is. They took forever to come in. Doctor came in and barely checked my neck/back for basically the main reason they fucking ambulanced me there. Made me wait another 45 mins for someone to come in and staple my head shut.

My confusion with the ambulance bill is my insurance sent me a check for just under half, so I think I'm supposed to pay the rest, but I don't know what the hell is going on because they approved the whole amount. I'll say it again, fuck insurance. lol

 

Was just having that conversation and saying that to a friend of mine today! So true.