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Do any of you gym goers take them? My current list is :
Creatine
Bcaa powder
HMB powder
Omega 3,6 and9
Glucosamine
Green tea extract
Daily vitamins
Vitamins D3
Beta alanine
1 protein shake plain powder with a heaped spoon of Q10 powder
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"Do any of you gym goers take them? My current list is :
Creatine
Bcaa powder
HMB powder
Omega 3,6 and9
Glucosamine
Green tea extract
Daily vitamins
Vitamins D3
Beta alanine
1 protein shake plain powder with a heaped spoon of Q10 powder
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Funnily enough I rarely get I’ll  |
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"Do any of you gym goers take them? My current list is :
Creatine
Bcaa powder
HMB powder
Omega 3,6 and9
Glucosamine
Green tea extract
Daily vitamins
Vitamins D3
Beta alanine
1 protein shake plain powder with a heaped spoon of Q10 powder
Funnily enough I rarely get I’ll "
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over a year ago
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I don’t take any. Just try and have a diet that includes all the necessary. Although not sure if it works differently for women?
Am currently ill but that’s due to over working shifts and not having enough chill time  |
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over a year ago
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Are you associating not being ill with supplements?
It isn’t more likely that regular exercise, a regulated diet and an appreciation for rest days is the main factor? |
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"I don’t take any. Just try and have a diet that includes all the necessary. Although not sure if it works differently for women?
Am currently ill but that’s due to over working shifts and not having enough chill time "
Give them a go Lexie they do work |
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"Are you associating not being ill with supplements?
It isn’t more likely that regular exercise, a regulated diet and an appreciation for rest days is the main factor?"
Of course, they all have a part to play in a healthy body. I wasnt trying to single it out as the main factor |
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"Are you associating not being ill with supplements?
It isn’t more likely that regular exercise, a regulated diet and an appreciation for rest days is the main factor?"
This has always worked for me (work not withstanding). Since I’ve been in this job I’ve been ill twice! In 6 months!  |
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Do you drink the protein shake as you walk across the car park upon leaving th gym, from one of those shaker cups so everyone knows you have in fact actually been to the gym  |
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"Do you drink the protein shake as you walk across the car park upon leaving th gym, from one of those shaker cups so everyone knows you have in fact actually been to the gym "
I wait till I get home the gyms a 5 minute walk from my house
I think people know where I’ve been I don’t wear trackies outside unless I’m hitting the gym |
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"Do any of you gym goers take them? My current list is :
Creatine
Bcaa powder
HMB powder
Omega 3,6 and9
Glucosamine
Green tea extract
Daily vitamins
Vitamins D3
Beta alanine
1 protein shake plain powder with a heaped spoon of Q10 powder
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I just lap up my spunk after a wank |
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"Do any of you gym goers take them? My current list is :
Creatine
Bcaa powder
HMB powder
Omega 3,6 and9
Glucosamine
Green tea extract
Daily vitamins
Vitamins D3
Beta alanine
1 protein shake plain powder with a heaped spoon of Q10 powder
I just lap up my spunk after a wank "
If it works for you my friend then why not |
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By *lue NarwhalMan
over a year ago
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Eat a proper diet that includes meat, fish, dairy and fruit and veg.
Drop the supplements cos they are a waste of money and are making you ill, your body is trying to process masses of stuff it doesn't need, your kidneys, liver and intestines must be working overtime.
Drink a probiotic daily and eat well, that's all you have to do...
anyone that thinks taking all the supplements is making them feel on top of the world is suffering a placebo effect. |
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"Do any of you gym goers take them? My current list is :
Creatine
Bcaa powder
HMB powder
Omega 3,6 and9
Glucosamine
Green tea extract
Daily vitamins
Vitamins D3
Beta alanine
1 protein shake plain powder with a heaped spoon of Q10 powder
I just lap up my spunk after a wank
If it works for you my friend then why not "
Waste not, want not |
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"Do any of you gym goers take them? My current list is :
Creatine
Bcaa powder
HMB powder
Omega 3,6 and9
Glucosamine
Green tea extract
Daily vitamins
Vitamins D3
Beta alanine
1 protein shake plain powder with a heaped spoon of Q10 powder
I just lap up my spunk after a wank
If it works for you my friend then why not
Waste not, want not "
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"If you want to save money on gym membership. Simply cover one wall of your lounge in mirrors and invite 15 other men to come and stand in front of it .
My rooms not big enough "
Just get one really big guy to come and stand around and make you feel like you're not trying hard enough. |
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"If you want to save money on gym membership. Simply cover one wall of your lounge in mirrors and invite 15 other men to come and stand in front of it .
My rooms not big enough
Just get one really big guy to come and stand around and make you feel like you're not trying hard enough. "
Do I take it your not a fan of gyms clem lol |
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I have an entire kitchen cupboard, dedicated to supplements, vitamins, pre/post work outs, that I use depending on what I'm training for, have a comp or a race coming up
I don't think I could actually write them all down! |
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Depends what body type you have to what you should take and eat,
No one needs to take stuff eat good and watch how fast your body changes,
If you want good abs then it's all it your diet not supplements. |
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"If you want to save money on gym membership. Simply cover one wall of your lounge in mirrors and invite 15 other men to come and stand in front of it .
My rooms not big enough
Just get one really big guy to come and stand around and make you feel like you're not trying hard enough.
Do I take it your not a fan of gyms clem lol"
I just feel sorry for guys who are suffering from an undiagnosed body dysmorphia. They need to wake up. Realise the answer to a happy life doesn't lie at the bottom of a (pill) bottle. Your body is fine. Now go out and live your life. |
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"If you want to save money on gym membership. Simply cover one wall of your lounge in mirrors and invite 15 other men to come and stand in front of it .
My rooms not big enough
Just get one really big guy to come and stand around and make you feel like you're not trying hard enough.
Do I take it your not a fan of gyms clem lol
I just feel sorry for guys who are suffering from an undiagnosed body dysmorphia. They need to wake up. Realise the answer to a happy life doesn't lie at the bottom of a (pill) bottle. Your body is fine. Now go out and live your life. "
Clem that’s a bit of a generalisation 3 years ago I was unhealthy always I’ll and looked like shit , now I have a spring in my step feel better about myself and I am very rarely Ill so it works for me |
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"Depends what body type you have to what you should take and eat,
No one needs to take stuff eat good and watch how fast your body changes,
If you want good abs then it's all it your diet not supplements."
This is true, but I take part in endurance events.
I need supplements prior, during and after as not always possible to eat the quality & quantity required in actual food source |
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"Depends what body type you have to what you should take and eat,
No one needs to take stuff eat good and watch how fast your body changes,
If you want good abs then it's all it your diet not supplements.
This is true, but I take part in endurance events.
I need supplements prior, during and after as not always possible to eat the quality & quantity required in actual food source "
Yes that is very true if your sound any cardio then yeah I recommend taking supplements |
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over a year ago
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"I guess op from what you are taking you want to gain muscle?
Not really just staying strong fit and healthy that is all "
Then I really think you should stop taking half of that stuff stick to a good diet and protein not a lot at once have lots of small protein intakes over the day. |
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"Depends what body type you have to what you should take and eat,
No one needs to take stuff eat good and watch how fast your body changes,
If you want good abs then it's all it your diet not supplements.
This is true, but I take part in endurance events.
I need supplements prior, during and after as not always possible to eat the quality & quantity required in actual food source "
My food is spot on 6 days a week and 1day of eating crap  yesterday I ate 5 Sainsbury’s double choc chip cookies for a £1 I couldn’t really refuse lol |
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"Depends what body type you have to what you should take and eat,
No one needs to take stuff eat good and watch how fast your body changes,
If you want good abs then it's all it your diet not supplements.
This is true, but I take part in endurance events.
I need supplements prior, during and after as not always possible to eat the quality & quantity required in actual food source
My food is spot on 6 days a week and 1day of eating crap yesterday I ate 5 Sainsbury’s double choc chip cookies for a £1 I couldn’t really refuse lol"
Have you seen my body I train only 3 times a week and I eat what I want lol |
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I eat well mostly, with balance and taste. I train occasionally, maybe a couple of times a month. I run about 20km a week, if I get time between work and family. The only supplements I have are a pint or two of good beer a couple of nights a week, and a moderately high level of stress. I don't have time to be ill!
Eat well, be clean, train sensibly. |
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"I eat well mostly, with balance and taste. I train occasionally, maybe a couple of times a month. I run about 20km a week, if I get time between work and family. The only supplements I have are a pint or two of good beer a couple of nights a week, and a moderately high level of stress. I don't have time to be ill!
Eat well, be clean, train sensibly. "
Yes agreed 100% |
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If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end "
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week "
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed. |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed."
I do squats once a week 100kg max |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max"
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them "
I adjust my training as I get older just lower the weights a bit every year |
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"If you want to save money on gym membership. Simply cover one wall of your lounge in mirrors and invite 15 other men to come and stand in front of it .
My rooms not big enough
Just get one really big guy to come and stand around and make you feel like you're not trying hard enough.
Do I take it your not a fan of gyms clem lol
I just feel sorry for guys who are suffering from an undiagnosed body dysmorphia. They need to wake up. Realise the answer to a happy life doesn't lie at the bottom of a (pill) bottle. Your body is fine. Now go out and live your life.
Clem that’s a bit of a generalisation 3 years ago I was unhealthy always I’ll and looked like shit , now I have a spring in my step feel better about myself and I am very rarely Ill so it works for me "
Of course it was. This is fab, and I very rarely agree with anything i write on here. |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them
I adjust my training as I get older just lower the weights a bit every year "
But you should be getting stronger if you train ? |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them
I adjust my training as I get older just lower the weights a bit every year
But you should be getting stronger if you train ?"
I am but I don’t want to put undue strain on my body I’m 2 months off 50  |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them
I adjust my training as I get older just lower the weights a bit every year
But you should be getting stronger if you train ?"
Is that why pensioners are sooo strong? |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them
I adjust my training as I get older just lower the weights a bit every year
But you should be getting stronger if you train ?
Is that why pensioners are sooo strong? "
You say that but 4 guys go to my gym 60+ and they are ripped and lift twice the weight I can that's not hard tho haha |
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"Depends what body type you have to what you should take and eat,
No one needs to take stuff eat good and watch how fast your body changes,
If you want good abs then it's all it your diet not supplements.
This is true, but I take part in endurance events.
I need supplements prior, during and after as not always possible to eat the quality & quantity required in actual food source
My food is spot on 6 days a week and 1day of eating crap yesterday I ate 5 Sainsbury’s double choc chip cookies for a £1 I couldn’t really refuse lol"
Saturday is cheat day, usually involves pizza & a fair amount of gin!
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them
I adjust my training as I get older just lower the weights a bit every year
But you should be getting stronger if you train ?
Is that why pensioners are sooo strong?
You say that but 4 guys go to my gym 60+ and they are ripped and lift twice the weight I can that's not hard tho haha "
Of course. But there's a limit. Plus blood pressure, heart attacks etc. |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them
I adjust my training as I get older just lower the weights a bit every year
But you should be getting stronger if you train ?
Is that why pensioners are sooo strong?
You say that but 4 guys go to my gym 60+ and they are ripped and lift twice the weight I can that's not hard tho haha
Of course. But there's a limit. Plus blood pressure, heart attacks etc. "
Fair point, to be fair I drink so much caffeine I felt like I'll have one a few time lol |
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If never wanted to be big I think it looks horrible when you get that big your arms can't meet your sides anymore haha, I think tone and definition looks good. |
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"If you want more power in your legs and bigger then just stimulate them you don't have to go heavy to the point you can't walk right for days just maybe each time you go gym do a bit of legs at the end
My legs are pretty big I cycle about 50 miles a week
That is all you need to do with them then I see people go in the gym trying to lift stupid weight training legs and it's not needed.
I do squats once a week 100kg max
That's good, I leg press 100 kg but I just stimulate them
I adjust my training as I get older just lower the weights a bit every year
But you should be getting stronger if you train ?
Is that why pensioners are sooo strong?
You say that but 4 guys go to my gym 60+ and they are ripped and lift twice the weight I can that's not hard tho haha
Of course. But there's a limit. Plus blood pressure, heart attacks etc.
Fair point, to be fair I drink so much caffeine I felt like I'll have one a few time lol "
Don't laugh. It's a great trigger of atrial fibrillation. |
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"If never wanted to be big I think it looks horrible when you get that big your arms can't meet your sides anymore haha, I think tone and definition looks good."
When you feel like shouting "mate! You've lost your carpets!" Then very easily jogging away from the lumbering roid rage attack! |
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"If never wanted to be big I think it looks horrible when you get that big your arms can't meet your sides anymore haha, I think tone and definition looks good.
When you feel like shouting "mate! You've lost your carpets!" Then very easily jogging away from the lumbering roid rage attack! "
Hahaha to funny I will shout that at someone now when I see it brilliant 10/10 for that |
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The Animal vitamin pack is pretty amazing.
When I go on it, my skin clears up, i have more energy, think clearer, recover quicker. Sure I am probably missing some vitamins from my diet and could do it naturally, but honestly, thats a bit of a pain.
As for diet.
I eat carbs, refined sugars, complex carbs, simple carbs, but all clean carbs, with protein.
Its the age old diet that has been getting people buff since time beyond.
I have a treat or so every day, this will be a man made product like chocolate or a packet of crisps, but I cut these down to minimum cause they have high levels of fat/carbs in the same meal and that causes you to store fat.
I'm not cutting now though, when I go to cut I don't take anything extra, I just do more cardio. |
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By *pider-WomanWoman
over a year ago
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This is very interesting....
Im currently training for a charity cycle ride London to Paris in 3 days and swim abit also. I dont take an supplements at this time.
However I have just taken on a new challenge which is totally out of my comfort zone as Ive never been a gym type.
Next week I start training with a professional body building women three times a week. The objective will be to get to show level for June
Watch this space
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As long as you are reading published research papers in professional journals, then you can be more sure that what you are buying and consuming is based upon sound science - where results would typically be for many participants. Thus potentially not being true for any one of them individually or based upon anecdotes.
Vitamin supplements are generally just money that gets excreted, albeit as waste. But an individual may benefit from some, if deficient due to their diet/sun exposure levels and lifestyle.
The exercise supplements are where there's been a huge growth in sales, so I'd recommend looking at research for each of them individually. And preferably not manufacturer 'research', just that which is in peer reviewed professional journals. |
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"The Animal vitamin pack is pretty amazing.
When I go on it, my skin clears up, i have more energy, think clearer, recover quicker. Sure I am probably missing some vitamins from my diet and could do it naturally, but honestly, thats a bit of a pain.
As for diet.
I eat carbs, refined sugars, complex carbs, simple carbs, but all clean carbs, with protein.
Its the age old diet that has been getting people buff since time beyond.
I have a treat or so every day, this will be a man made product like chocolate or a packet of crisps, but I cut these down to minimum cause they have high levels of fat/carbs in the same meal and that causes you to store fat.
I'm not cutting now though, when I go to cut I don't take anything extra, I just do more cardio."
Which one? Pak,flex,stak? |
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"Which one? Pak,flex,stak?"
I use the pak.
Regardless of what people say above, trying to calculate what extra vitamins/minerals you need when you are exercising hard is just really complicated. All you can find out is carbs.
If you take the pak, then you are no longer locked into a "healthy" diet, because its the only way to gurantee you get x,y,z...
You can eat like me, alpen in morning, spuds/rice and meat for dinner. Different meat every day, turkey/chicken/beef. Snacking on fruit and veg like apple/banana/carrot/oranges..
I'd consider my diet "clean" and not a "health" diet, as I just eat normal food. |
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"If you want to save money on gym membership. Simply cover one wall of your lounge in mirrors and invite 15 other men to come and stand in front of it .
My rooms not big enough
Just get one really big guy to come and stand around and make you feel like you're not trying hard enough.
Do I take it your not a fan of gyms clem lol
I just feel sorry for guys who are suffering from an undiagnosed body dysmorphia. They need to wake up. Realise the answer to a happy life doesn't lie at the bottom of a (pill) bottle. Your body is fine. Now go out and live your life.
Clem that’s a bit of a generalisation 3 years ago I was unhealthy always I’ll and looked like shit , now I have a spring in my step feel better about myself and I am very rarely Ill so it works for me
Of course it was. This is fab, and I very rarely agree with anything i write on here."
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