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Compound movements should not be underestimated either. Nor should exercises that do not contribute to hypertrophy but which rather develop mind muscle connection, speed and balance. For the ultimate fitness one should combine different elements of exercise - compound and isolated - you need to be training all fibre types as well as you central nervous system. You basically want all of the below - that is if your utlimate goal is to maintain a decent athleticism into your 80s and 90s and not fall apart after 45 the way a lot of guys do these days. Strength - Power Muscle endurance - Decent lean muscle mass - as measured by DEXA Relatively low body fat content - as measured by DEXA Optimal bone health and bone mineral density - as measured by DEXA Cardiorespiratory fitness - as measured by Vo2 Max and heart rate recovery speed Agility Speed Flexibility Balance

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Long covid is a condition that requires an integrative approach - one or two things won't cut it, you need to go all in - inside out and outside in. A guy I worked with over a year ago had a good results from long covid through the combined protocol of targeted supplementation for intracellular antioxidant protection and cell strengthening, a lot of cold exposure & building up stress resilience, lot of weight-bearing exercise, saunas, sleep optimisation, going for about 90% plant-based diet and a lot of body scanning type of mindfulness. Full disclosure: this was an experimental protocol so practice at your own risk, but I think with long covid your main goal needs to be rebuilding your resilience from the inside out, massive immune support and hepatic detoxification support, massive antioxidant status improvement, replenishing of essential fatty acids if needed, removal of heavily digestible foods (processed meat, beef, animal oils) and going heavy plant-based - need to be careful not to slip into protein deficiency tho, so it is a balancing strategy. The addition of deliberate cold exposure worked really well as well as a lot of weight-bearing exercise (within limits of available energy). We did a sort of a yin yang protocol where we would be switching between going hard and focusing more on anabolism and then allowing a week to go easy, replenish, eat a lot of yang - hot spicy foods, rest - hot showers, saunas and then go back yin - cold exposure, exercise, colder foods etc. It was a bit counterintuitive because long covid causes fatigue and malaise, but I think pushing against that is how the body regains its resilience as long as you leave enough room for adaptation and replenishing. Also, I would consider getting a chest X-ray for that shortness of breath - just to be safe. Testing your iron status through full blood count (doctor test) can give some hints as well. Also, check your vitamin D status (doctor test) - vit D is like your nuclear submarine when fighting covid - you want to be in the upper 80s even low 90s. Obviously things like alcohol, tobacco, cigars, pipes, vaping, bongs, marihuana, recreational drugs, energy drinks, sodas, sugar drinks - 100% removal. I would accept nothing less in such a case. You don't want to be poisoning your system when doing this. You need to be filtering your water, eating more organic if possible and minimising exposure to pollutants where possible - reduce everything that taxes liver and kidneys If you do all of the above to a reasonable success, you can expect massive improvement in the near 3-6 months. Nutrient tracking for 7 days on cronometer.com to assess zinc and magnesium status is a good idea as well, and correct whatever needs to be corrected. Good luck! it is definitely an uphill battle.

@Yimpa that's a good perspective. You can certainly build up a portfolio of positive reviews, the question is, will bunch of Fiverr reviews be enough? It's like trying to get a job as sales manager at PWC by working at a grocery store as a cashier - maybe you will but chances are your virtual CV is being downgraded rather than upgraded...i might be wrong so take this opinion with a hefty dose of scepticism...maybe that is indeed a way to go I dunno maybe i have a messed up perspective but you're basically competing with folks who can always do it cheaper, faster and for whome those 5$ are actually an entire day's salary. it's a race to the bottom and as westerner you can't win it because your cost of living are exponentially higher than teenagers from developing countries with whome you're competing I just think it destroys the creativity and mastery process for many because they constantly have to suck up to clients with cheap mentality looking for cheap and quick work That being said I don't know what the alternative is as someone who is not that kind of a freelancer. Maybe the other places you mentioned...or aiming higher and creating something that is harder to replicate

Yes absolutely possible although not easy. Step one is to build up your career capital, meaning mastering a skill that the market will pay you for. Also, have realistic expectations. Not saying aim low... just realistic. As a newbie freelancer you're unlikely to generate more than 500-800 per month (on a good month) before you get the hang of marketing, find clients, obtain some word of mouth. Also, i don't think Fiver and Upwork is the way to go. People go to those places to save money on cheap work. Aim higher.

@Growly I haven't read the whole conversation so pardon my ignorance if I'm going to be repeating anything that was already said but it seems to me like you are looking for a quick pill solution here. You try one thing - it does not deliver results immediately and then you say "doesn't work" and are looking for the next thing. it just seems to me that what you are up against is more systemic and will require a multi-layered approach that might take you a few weeks/months to fix. Given also your past posts on nutrition where you were asking for opinions about current diet. Back then I thought it was just a meme (with all those refried beans) but now I'm thinking that you might actually be serious? Have you actually spoken to a doctor? Maybe that would be a good step one. Get some blood work done. While you're at it maybe you could even have a therapist assigned to help you start working through that trauma. Go private if you fancy spending more but see how much you can get without paying too much first

@integral It is not unusual to experience these from iron supplements. To various degrees of severity, she might be more sensitive to it, that's definitely possible. Less common with bisglycinate but still possible. As mentioned above she can try with food, that would actually be preferable. Alternatively there are liquid iron supplements (also best taken postprandial). Chat with the doc and see what they recommend. How high is her dosage? Have her levels moved at all since she started on it?

I'm actually rooting for Google to get a high-tech platform on their own. Of all the big giants, I feel the most confident them handling all my data rather than anyone else. Despite having a huge power and capital and influence they don't seem to be abusing it very much - at least not compared to how they could if they wanted to. Paying a few bucks for Youtube a month to protect my sanity from adds is a trade-off I'd make any time. Compared to all the other big tech they seem the most ethical - but who knows I'm sure there is much I don't know about them that goes in the underground. Hope they will make this work. Open AI is awesome but that sort of overnight glory can be dangerous to a company unused to handling such a wealth and power - plenty of opportunity for corruptible influence Would also be cool if they had their own variation of Twitter that would catch and eliminate all the corruption and dark side of Instagram and Facebook.

Sounds like something undiagnosed is lingering in the background. I have a guy I work with going through something similar and while lifestyle/diet protocols are helping my primary goal for him is to get the diagnosis he needs. O agree with others that sometimes meds can temporarily help and if you don't wanna take them at least you'll have a name for it. Which doctors have you spoken to already? Also, how old are you and what do you do for living? Do you have a sense of direction in life?

Sounds like a question for Chat GPT ? Lot of people choose to associate it with their name, I don't particularly like that but i have a bad reasonating name, maybe yours would work. Like "name surname + name of the industry. In my industry for example it usually goes like Jame Smith Nutrition or Jane Smith Holistic Wellbeing... something like that. Name can associate with what you do but doesn't have to. It can be totally random word or set of words or if you are very creative it can be pretty cool, catchy and easily pronounced like BrewDog or Nike. But I wouldn't get paralyzed on this. Settle for something decent and go with it. You'll get used to the way it sounds and over time it'll just become the thing. There are more important things to focus on and a biz owner. Good luck

Nutritional science does not preach any cleanses, detoxes, biased diets and cults. It is mostly interested in exploring the effects of individual foods on the human body - it makes suggestions not prescriptions and does not demonise foods (with some exceptions) Don't make the mistake of assuming that what vegans and carnivores talk about has anything do do with balanced nutrition. Once you actually take a step back from all the dogma (which you rightfully call the shitshow), you'll see that what NS advocates for is actually pretty basic, unbiased, very moderate, balanced, and kind of in line with intuitive eating if you are a mature human being. Preaching moderation and balance won't get you millions of followers, fame and bestseller books - hence why all this nonsense exists. I agree with you that we don't need any of that. Some people, sometimes, for a short term need to go a bi8t "off road" to recover and heal but most should eventually come back to a place of balance

yes, you are getting older (all of us are with each day) and no, it is not normal to be always tired. Plenty of reasons why it could be so all the way from biological to psychological and even spiritual. Hard to comment without knowing more

Interesting story, might give it a shot

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@Schizophonia I'm not born British ?

^ an A-student approach right there

You are after the mechanism You don't know what you're asking. You could write a 1000-page paper if you wanted to describe each individual biochem pathway, all the primary, secondary and tertiary messenger molecules that are being activated, all those heat shock proteins, silencing of genes, mTor, AMPK, AKT pathways. You'd die of boredom before making it to page 2, I've tried going down that rabbit hole and it is impossible to understand without an advanced degree in cellular biology Let me try to answer this from another perspective If you look at the human body from the perspective of chronic disease-related mortality, you are basically looking at a cluster of 6 health conditions. 8/10 people in the world will die as a consequence of one of these (in developed countries) Cardiovascular disease (atherosclerosis of the circulatory system + diseases of the heart muscle) Cancer (any cancer that has a potential to become malignant and kill the host) Neurodegenerative disease (dementia, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, Lewy -body's dementian etc) Metabolic Disease (Type II diabetes, metabolic syndrome - closely linked to CVD ) Skeletal disease (osteoporosis and mortality related to fractures and subsequent immobiliusation) Suicide where does exrcise come in Exercise reduces the odds of all of these. It slows down the progression (through a gazillion of metabolic pathways), it delays first onset and it protects the body from symptoms and signs . CVD - Exercise reduces the progress of atherosclerosis, reduces deposition of ApoB containig lipoproteins in tunic intima and formaiton of deposit inside the artery. Exercise activates acascade of processes that lead to tissue remodelling, improved vascular flow , improved NO2 production and reduced production of immuno-mediated molecules that can damage the endothelium. Cancer - exercise stimulates immune function, production of T-cells, NK cells and macrophages and so the body is more vigilant and more likely to catch cancer before it spreads. There are millions other ways exercise reduces cancer risk. I'm very uneducated in this part of the anatomy Neurodegenerative disease - exercise has a massive effect on reducing neuroinflammation, it slows down formation of beta amyloid and the destruction of neuronal tissue. It stimulates microglia activation and protects the central nervous system from damage by radical oxidative species, degeneration and loss of function. The exact mechanism is probably as complicated as the body itself. Metabolic disease - exercise improves insulin sensitivity, improves blood sugar control (long term and short term) , stimulates muscle hypertrophy which is an important factor in preventing diabetes, it helps open up alternative cellular pathways for glucose absorption - look up GLUT-4 transporter for glucose entry to the cell, exercise reduces the density of intramuscular fat and helps with fat loss - diabetes, in general, is an energy status disease that starts when the body carries more fat than it can handle. Basically exercise reduces the risk and the odds and the progression of Type II diabetes, a major cause of amputations, blindness, kidney disease and infections. Skeletal disease - one of the major leaders in premature mortality is an osteoporosis-related fracture. After the age of 65, about 20% of people who break a hip due to osteoporosis, die in the hospital. And about 1/3 of the remainder die within next 12 months as a consequence of that injury. The rest will have a degree of permanent disability and are more likely to die from heart disease because they stop moving. About 2% will be able to reverse it and get their life quality back. Exercise strenghtens bone, reverses bone loss and helps remineralise the bone by forcing deposition of calcium back inside which protects from this and as such extends lifespan. Exercise basically prolongs the lift of people diagnosed with osteoporosis. This has been shown even in postmenopausal women which is the age and gender group most likely to suffer from hip fracture and disability as a result of that. The mental health is a bit tricky but exercise has been shown to reduce the onset of depression, anxiety and has indirectly probably prevented lot of people from committing suicide who otherwise would have taken their own life. The mechanism is probably stimulation of neuroplasticity, hypertrophy of prefrontal cortex and hipocampus and slowing down hypertrophy of amygdala (common finding in people who comit suicide is an increased size of amygdala - postmortem) There are research papers addressing every single pathway and you would find evidence for everything I just told you. And that's just the biology not to mention being active increases your odds of talking to people, making friends, finding a mate, feeling better and more hopeful about your life. Exercise is also a mindfulness activity that grounds you, helps you take your mind off things that trouble you. etc etc # Men who exercise have higher testosterone which makes them more social, more outgoing, more adventurous, more sexual especially in older age, more confident with women, bolder when making difficult decisions in life and SIGNIFICANTLY less likely to become depressed and commit suicide. It strengthens discipline, resilience, and patience and teaches a person to be committed to something. For many young people who feel lost in their life, it is a gateway to discovering their purpose and mission in life. Hopefully that satisfies that curiosity

@LSD-Rumi give it time, the soreness dissapears about 2 weeks in once your muscles get a bit more accustomed. From experience I'll say cardio is nice and good for your cardiopulmonary system but not enough for cognitive/ mental health

I'm 33 and in 13th year of relationship so that probably qualifies for the question. Let me start by asking, what does "freedom" constitute for you at the moment? What does it involve and what doesn't it involve?

It needs to be 4-6 times a week for to feel a significant difference. The neuroplastic effects of weight-bearing exercise are sooooo underappreciated man. People have cured their depressions, their anxities and panic disorders doing this. I've had guys with depression, panic disorders, MS, PTSD, RA and all sorts of other chronic conditions and all of them started improving the moment they introduced serious physical activity. Not everyone will but few times a month is not enough. If you are on meds that help you stabilise your mood then you need to use that and get your ass back to the gym and lift as if your life depended on it....I know that's some serious David Goggin bro trash talk but trust me on this. Give it 3 months of high intensity. There is so much research on depression (including BD) in relation to exercise and how people are just exponentially improving from doing this a few times a week. And I'm not even talking about the anecdotal evidence from guys all around the world. Ofcourse when you feel the lowest you can't but if the meds help keep you stable make the most of that stability to work on your neuroplasticity. While you do that, keep working on your mindfulness, building positive habits, healthy diet, keep taking your meds , optimise your vitamin D and Omega 3 status, work on your gut health & microbiota diversity and all of that but you gotta be active as hell. There is just no way around it. The mind-body-skeletal muscle connection might even be more powerful than the whole overrated HPA axis when it comes to mental health. The benefits stack up so you don't feel it early on but you will in a while. At this point its not about becoming big and bulky, that's like the least interesting thing. Its about the systemic effect of this. Think of each exercise session as if you just injected a gigantic dose of nootropic cocktail right into your spinal cord. Nothing out there can match the cognitive and psychological benefits of it - no amount of nootropics from China come even 5% close to what this stuff does to your brain. The deeper I dig in the literature the more my mind is being blown away. Also, I saw you raise a post on alcohol - I know it was experimental but don't you dare walk down that path!!! Basically with mental health, you can't afford to just do nothing. Even if you are on meds. The meds are there to lift same way the car mechanic uses the hydraulic machine to lift the car so that he can look underneath and fix the real issue.

These are projects that require teams of people, you can't make a film or a game as an individual however your LP could be to create virtual art, part of which could be to get hired by a game design studie, that's fur sure in which case you could reform the question to "What need is it filling in the person's soul?" what do you mean? but of course - the identification is just the first step - you also need to be capable enough to deliver on your promise otherwise you'll lose client faith pretty quickly

@Harman You are still so young. That is not a handicap in any way but it means that you have not had as much life experience as, say, someone in their mid-30s. With more life experience it becomes easier to zoom in on what you really feel passionate about. It is good that you have a generic idea, now what you need is more exposure. I don't know what your situation is - financial and living-wise but think of ways to acquire more life experience in general. Travelling may or may not be an option. If not international then travelling within your country even would help. Books are an excellent source of exposure too, that's how it started for me. Borrow a bunch of books on different subjects in the library and see what resonates with you more. Listen to podcasts from people in different industries, and watch documentaries about a variety of topics. Gradually you will see an inclination to follow a certain path - it's like some things will naturally tease you more than other. If you have the option to socialise more with people from other countries do that as well. Basically your goal for the next 5 years besides finishing your education is to acquire massive life experience

Seth Godin's marketing course isn't too bad but it requires a prior knowledge of what you want to do. I would invest in a library membership and borrow bunch of books on starting a business before you burn 10K on expensive courses. Things like accounting, finances, the red tape stuff, data privacy etc you can lear from books and YouTube. Marketing is harder and that is entirely dependant on what you ant to do Basics of web design you can learn from YouTube. But before you do any of that, become more clear on what it is you want to be doing. Can you answer these: What product am I offering? Who is it for? What problem is it solving? what is the deeper problem it is solving that the person can't verbalise? How will you communicate this to them? Who is it not for? How much does it cost? How does it make people's life better? What makes it unique? (what's my USP?) What differentiates you from the competition? Why should people even care? How are you going to convince a potential client to buy it? Where will you advertise it? Where do your clients hang out? How will you connect with them? What do you need to build it? Are you sufficiently qualified to sell / offer this thing? Could you run into problems with the law if not?

how old are you?