Michael569

Not disagreeing with you, the 3 exercises i mentioned are by no means a full repertoire. Ideally you would rotate a series of trainings for mobility, strength, speed, endurance, explosiveness and agility. Those 3 were just random examples. You guys do whatever you like just remember me when that mace lands on your toe 😉

Unless you're practicing to defend a narrow crossing point from a barbarian horde with a two-hander sword or have a desire to smash your own toes I'd stick to those pullups, pushups and dips. Lot of this could be done with the bulgarian bag which is much safer in case it drops on your food or smacks you over the head. If you do end up buying, let us know how it went. Happy to change my opinion

More like the principle of homeopathy being based highly on psychosomatics and on dilution of a known effective substance. The whole things about "remembering the substance" after it has been so diluted that it remains mostly water...Its odd. And if it was effective, we would know. Like, we know some herbal medicines like Saffron, Echinacea, St John's Wort are almost as effective as pharmaceutical meds in some cases. We have the evidence and patient reports to confirm it....with homeopathy its a wild west. Things like herbal medicine work on similar basis to pharmaceuticals. We can understand the effective substances and we can design experiments to hypothesise how they work and we can measure results. Whether botanicals also work beyond the physical body , I don't know. That's a a realm I don't have lot of knowledge about nor a lot of certainty whether that's real or not. And once we start going into energetics, quantum particles etc...anything goes. And you can sell anything to people because all of a sudden it affects this new thing that can't be measured and can't be seen but has a profound effect And that's exactly the area where quackery thrives. Each time a quack is challenged, they will make up some gobbledygook about chakra allignment, and the endless continuum of metaphysical celestial organisms and what have you.....and good lack arguing with that. I'm a strong believer of exploring the tested and known before delving into these mysterious treatments. Wouldn't make it my primary go to. But then I'm quite biased because I have a vested interest in that..so take that as a limitation

See if that was so, it would work for everyone just like aspirin does. 98% people , if they take aspirin, it makes them sweat and drops their temperature (if they have fever). The rest can't take it because of allergies to salicylic acid. Assuming that at the quantum level (whatever that means in this context) we are all more similar than we are different, the argument is that homeopathy should work for large majority of people... that's unfortunately not the case at all. If 100 people take homeopathic remedy for the same condition, almost none of them will feel any different. We can speculate about how it works but if it's not been proven to work outside of random claims on internet then its no better than diluted sugar pill. I've only had one personal experience with it for a 2 month treatment that did absolutely nothing other than cost me 300 euros. Meaningless subjective experience, yeah, but still an experience albeit negative one. But even if there is something to it..maybe. it would still be a stretch to call homeopathy "king" of remedies. I don't think there is any such thing as as kind remedy. There are just people looking for answers and many treatments available, some more effective than others. Placebo effects is certainly a factor and so are individual biasee, the skills of the practitioner, the quality of the substances used, the correctness of diagnosis (if any) and the type of health ailment presented by patient /client. And if we can use something to help us make decision such as existing evidence, and if that evidence shows that homeopathy is indistinguishable from placebo corn starch pill then we would to well to at least consider that information. Or at least to compare it to a more favourable evidence (if any), say for example herbal medicine or even pharmaceutical medication should they repetitively demonstrate superior effect for the particular health condition.

Something similar is being used to test presence of lead in a water. I did that with our water supply couple months ago. It sort of colours the sample if there is contamination. Problem with these things is they work on yes or no basis so the next question we have to ask is what is the trigger threshold. Its kinda like buying those over the counter antigen tests for iron deficiency. It says "yes" or "no" but you don't really get any specific info other than "I'm not anaemic." But anaemia is the most extreme spectrum of low iron levels and there are tiers of low iron that are already suboptimal yet not low enough to meet "anaemic" criteria. You could be one point over the trigger threshold and if the thing is not setup for any deviation tolerance then you wouldn't know. Its a good start for sure tho. I can see it working great for testing lead contamination in your wall paints for example, that's probably one of the reasons it was invented. Bet my landlord would love me spraying green pain all over our walls Hopefully one day we'll have something that you stick into your food like a thermometer and it will evaluate contamination with herbicides, pesticides, heavy metals etc. Hope someone's already working on that.

sounds like you are very sensitive to mould which forms commonly in unventilated washrooms in basements. I am the same, makes me wheezy and my breathing constricts. Haven't found a solution other than using HEPA as suggested above and getting out of such an environment in the first place. I had asthma-like symptoms on and off for years before I realised it was mould in my old London flat.

I love this journal! Just sharing snips of your travels, such a great idea! I'm almost considering starting a similar one now btw if you still struggle with the image size, use TinyPNG website, its free and they compress image by up to 75% at almost no quality loss.

I wrote a whole response about Benjamin Graham's - Intelligent Investor being quite a foundational book for holistic understanding of investment but then the site crashed. Check that one out, you may find it practical

thanks! I'm not aware of OP violating any rules in that chat but if you have any evidence we might have missed pls send me a message and I'll investigate.

@numbersinarow there is no need for any of that. State your opinion without offending the original poster . .

as usual, I don't follow This is a great comment and there is something to it. I was reflecting on this topic a bit deeper over weekend (because why not, right). I suppose it also depends on where we are looking. Say, we are talking 50 AD around the time when Britannia was invaded. Some civilisations like Parthia were already significantly advanced yet many would have been still fairly underdeveloped compared to the might of Rome. I don't know about purpose , the way we see it today, as something that is desirable and worth following. Ina way you have to be a bit fortunate in the first place to even think about something as your life purpose today. This forum can be a bit of an echo chamber but its not a common thing today for people to even think about something as life purpose or passion. Back then even more so. People were just doing their best to survive. I'd say, life was definitely less distracted back then but people still had things that worried them: large cities were collecting taxes which people had to pay, you had to pay rent just like today, cooking daily meals, bringing up kids, dealing with sicknesses, attending religious ceremonies, the hassle and bussle of daily life. People still needed to have jobs alebeit jobs were different, mostly manual labour but people still had to earn money. Maybe if you joined the legions as a young man, the life became simpler as your whole life revolved around the army pretty much but then you had the risk of death in battle, disease or disabling injury. Not to mention army life was brutal, constant practice drills, exposure to elements, lack of food, lack of money, you had to fund the purchase of your equipment, had to serve 25 years to be given a land to retire etc. We often associate heroism and stoicism with Rome and strong values of advanced society but true is many people still lived in poverty, hardship, squalor and disease. Even in Rome itself, the amount of murder, rape and filth that was happening in back alleys on a daily basis must have been overwhelming. There was a reason the urban cohorts were patrolling the streets at night with torches and full body armour. There was also a reason armies were generally prevented from bringing weapons inside, even the roman legions because they were untrustful and there were histories of civil wars in Rome when armies turned against eachother. Rich folk used armed guard to move around the city. People were tougher because they had to be. Nowadays we are not because we don't have to be. You don't need to be strong today to survive and life has got safe and comfortable. Its not all bad but I agree that being too weak and complacent can lead to becoming sick and ageing prematurely. So there is still much we can learn from them, lessons to apply but a lot of it is being romanticized today. I'm glad I didn't live in that part of human history although I am very fascinated by it and lucky to live in country that preserved tons of roman sites and history, last month I bought a roman coin in the antique shop but for all I know it might be fake

The website is pretty phone compatible as it is, dunno how much benefit would there be in investing in an app?

Definitely not a waste of time. I've bought bunch of high school text books on chemistry and biology and been relearning some things I studied when I was at school. Back then I was completely uninterested in any of it but now I find use in all that knowledge. I think its also a way to potentially discovery your passion later in life. If you are curious about life, you'll be interested in all of it: history, geography, philosophy, maths, science, botany etc Not sure about Khan's academy approach tho. You'll get content catered by someone else. I think I'd instead pick a book about subject that interests me or even pick specific articles/journals about subtopic of interest like mineral studies, history of Napoleonic wars etc rather than studying the entire field. ideally if it is aligned with your life purpose work since we all have limited amount of time.

Ancient Greece and Macedonia are still on my to-read list @NewKidOnTheBlock haha, good argument! Agreed That's a pretty fascinating topic to think about. Isn't Ichthyosaurs the one that was discovered in Dorset, UK recently that was also on BBC? There is a museum here called Etches Collection and I think they have quite a few fossilised bodyparts and recently discovered a massive one. Or was that something else? https://www.theetchescollection.org/ I took this pic in the museum last year

Sorry for commenting on your private journal, tell me off and I'll delete this I used to be sceptical about the whole nofap thing but maybe the key is in moderation rather than complete abstinence? I think obsessive masturbation is probably pretty damaging both mentally and physiologically, can lead to premature ejaculation problem and poor erections if/once a man has an intimate partner, not to mention frying our dopaminergic and serotonergic circuits too often. But maybe a moderate amount of it sorta keeps you balanced? Male biology is quite hardwired towards regular sexual arousal so I don't know if complete abstinence is even that great long term. Maybe the trick could be to approach it mindfully and ...well, with tact and dignity? I mean like, making time and space for it, having privacy, knowing you won't be jumped on by a parent /. sibling and all of that rather than obsessively masturbating to a phone screen 5 times a day that lot of guys do. So if then one extreme is obsessive masturbation, the other extreme is a nofap and your role (until you have an intimate partner) is to use it almost like a tool for mental regulation? Dunno, I'm just speculating.

finally an outside of box thinker

In respect of her privacy we won't delve into any of that but it may not be entirely be her fault, I agree. But we can't have this level of duplicity around here tho. There is a strict one account per member policy for everyone.

She has been a member of the forum on and off for over 8 years, perhaps more. We've identified no less than 12-15 associated accounts. There might be more. Leo has identified a new, more reliable way to catch duplicate accounts. We suspected duplicity with Candle for a while but the clear evidence was missing.

Awesome, welcome to the team !

@RendHeaven that's mad and damn impressive!

@RendHeaven you freak! How many pull-ups can you do 😲

I hear you brother...my wife and I are looking for a property to buy in 2025 and its mad !!! And I'm living 2.5 hours away from London by train. London is pretty much unaffordable. Its important you don't take a hasty decision but carefully evaluate pros and cons. If your finances are stable maybe you could take that leap of faith. I wouldn't want to tell you what to do Maybe you need to reflect on whether you actually want to settle (buy a property) or would actually have more freedom from renting. There is no harm in renting if you value flexibility. I wanna have a kid within next 16 months so I'm looking for a bit of permanence for the time being but you should evaluate if that's the right thing for you to do. Some people just drop all their stuff into a storage unit, drop their rent and go backpack. It is a bit brave but as long as you have enough money you're fine. When you come back you can crash in airbnb while you figure out your next move. I think you'd benefit from some sort of journalling or reflecting. Understand what you value and what you want from life. Some things are difficult to just "think about", our minds aren't great at that, when we put things down on a paper, deeper regions of the cortex get deployed and we can visualise better. I've gone through a lot of these things myself so some of it is prior experience. I do work with people but but its more health & nutriiton oriented. This type of coaching, I'm not particularly qualified in. There are guys around here who are I believe.

If you have enough money to buy a house at your age , you're doing better than most people. I'm 34 and couldn't afford to buy a house without mortgaging my ass for 25-30 years. Don't discredit things you have going for you just because you're not doing something your friends are doing. I've known people who escaped with travel for years and came back home broke and lost. Hence why I said it needs to be strategic. When you talk about weak ego, it sounds almost like you're saying "I have low self confidence" which is something that can be worked on. With the travel, some companies allow you to take a sabbatical for up to 12 months. That would be an option. Some people completely resign their jobs if they have no other choice. Depends on what feels right. Maybe you need to buy that house first. But from what you are saying, it sounds like some temporary change of scenery would do you good. Of course there are other things that potentially come into play here such as your health, physical activity, socialisation, hobbies, skills you're developing. I think there are a few guys around here who do a form of coaching so maybe you could work with someone on that? There's just too many variables in play here and I feel having someone who would methodically help you look at everything would help you.

I don't mean to be dismissive but such perspective is completely stripped of hundreds of nuance and frankly a bit naive. I see profound influence of Weston Price in your suggestions, a movement which, albeit interesting and provoking, has, for many reasons, been a target of criticism for many years. Your missing the complex intricate relationship between diet and one's ethics, culture, background, traditions, beliefs, resources, availability, geographical allocation, individual health conditions, likes, dislikes...just a top of the iceberg really. Each of those could be categorically aligned or misaligned to the person you have in front of you. Not to mention missing out things like the impact of evidence into all of these categories. Some people should not be eating more red meat. Some can't drink raw milk for risks of infection or lack of availability, some don't have access to high quality fruits, some have ethical consideration with honey, some dislike seafood, some will have rapid anaphylaxis at the contact with any seafood derived antigen, some can't have so much protein in diet, some have cultural aversion to eating red meat, there are people who turn into a diarrhoea machine at the contact with fibre ... i mean what if your client is an ethical vegan who dislikes cucumbers and carrots? will you dump him/her? .. How're you gonna deal with all that if such narratives don't fit the cookie cutter model you've described. I understand your intent and as a health professional myself i agree with your values and intentions but there are fine details you keep ignoring hence the feedback you've been receiving from different members of the forum

The problem is that he has probably done all of this already which is why he is steadfast ignoring all new advice. I don't know which video it was but he was explaining the amount of weird ass shit he tried and made no difference. I honestly doubt nutrition is the fix to Leo at this point and I'm saying that as someone who has vested interest in wanting nutrition to be fix to people's problems. Like @undeather we've seen it over and over. The amount of keto, carnivore, vegan and raw foodies we've had opening these sorts of threads since 2016 when I first joined is quite overwhelming. You name it, its been around suggested to Leo. Everything from coffee enemas to eating dirt to (pick your food) juices, cleanses and detoxes. All been and gone. Maybe we should just drop trying to cure Leo. I love the man, he changed my life but I wouldn't push anymor of my agenda on him.