I pay 20€ a month for my gym membership. That´s ludicrously low. And while I don´t like having a lot of other people around I´m fully aware they can only keep the lights on by having a huge amount of members (most of whom can´t even show up or we´d all get trampled) and I am more motivated to do a full workout after having gone out of the house for it. So for me the gym´s ideal.
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Wow, glad you only have to do that drive 2 days per week!
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I live in Canada, and not in a major city, so I definitely get the long distances between cities. I would still consider 150 kms a long commute if I had to do it regularly. I had a 50 km commute to work for a while and that got to me! But part of that was the anxiety of icy and snowy winter driving, so that didn't help!
No problem with ice and snow here in the sub tropics, but I do hate summer, I am originally from the southern states near the snow fields so I prefer cold weather (maybe not as cold as Canada) I get odd looks from people in winter here because I wear T shirt and shorts, those born and living in the sub tropics their whole life don't know what cold is lol
That's insane.
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Lol. There is always someone here who wears shorts all winter! I wish I was that warm all the time. I live in one of the mildest winter climates in Canada and it regularly goes above and below the freezing point, which means frequently icy roads in the winter. Bleh
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Not all studies are equal, As much as it would be great to have belief in all scientific studies, there is a lot of junk science out there,
For example this one I read today
Oral Supplementation Using Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid and Whey Protein Improves Whole Body Fat-Free Mass in Men After Resistance Training. - PubMed - NCBI
It would be great to believe this substance was effective for building fat free mass (muscle) and if this tudy is to believed then this substance does, however there are a few problems with this study.
The first being that it is funded my a manufacturer of the supplement and all the scientists are employees of the manufacturer, this is a big red flag indicating that the results may not be as they seem.
Small study size is another problem, results can appear more significant in a small study. In some studies cannot help being small due to the nature of what is being studied, however this is not one of those,
While the two groups were "random" in such a small study if one group has more untrained individuals than the other group then the results will not be a true indicator of how well the supplement works. If major variables that have an impact on the outcome are not controlled the outcome cannot be trusted. other major variables that were not taken into account in this study was diet quality of the individuals, other supplements in use by the participants, Physical activity levels outside of the study were not considered etc.
The result, while written in a way that the results sound great, no actual results data is provided
This type of study only benefits the supplement manufacturer who can now include claims such as "scientifically proven to build muscle" when in reality nothing was proven. These kinds of studies are very common and lead to all sorts of marketing hype under guise of science.
For example this one I read today
Oral Supplementation Using Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid and Whey Protein Improves Whole Body Fat-Free Mass in Men After Resistance Training. - PubMed - NCBI
It would be great to believe this substance was effective for building fat free mass (muscle) and if this tudy is to believed then this substance does, however there are a few problems with this study.
The first being that it is funded my a manufacturer of the supplement and all the scientists are employees of the manufacturer, this is a big red flag indicating that the results may not be as they seem.
Small study size is another problem, results can appear more significant in a small study. In some studies cannot help being small due to the nature of what is being studied, however this is not one of those,
While the two groups were "random" in such a small study if one group has more untrained individuals than the other group then the results will not be a true indicator of how well the supplement works. If major variables that have an impact on the outcome are not controlled the outcome cannot be trusted. other major variables that were not taken into account in this study was diet quality of the individuals, other supplements in use by the participants, Physical activity levels outside of the study were not considered etc.
The result, while written in a way that the results sound great, no actual results data is provided
This type of study only benefits the supplement manufacturer who can now include claims such as "scientifically proven to build muscle" when in reality nothing was proven. These kinds of studies are very common and lead to all sorts of marketing hype under guise of science.