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Glorfindel said:
Agreed.
But most of this guys “athletes” were mums old enough to have kids in high school and their numbers were far from competitive at comps (talking low 100s for squats and mid-100s for deads).

There are a few exceptions. My mate, who was in the AIS weightlifting program in school and weighed 90kg (at about 175kg) by the time he finished school, said Luke Tapscott (ex-Melbourne) was in his school year and always had bigger quads somehow.
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genetics!

like the 45 year old non lifting dad who has calves the size of tree trunks, but he pushed a wheelbarrow full of concrete everyday since he was 16.
 
JHF1870 said:
Afl players are generally 15 to 18% bodyfat. Occaaionally a player like Brad Ebert hits super low bf and they get brushed aside. Theres a sweet spot.

There are players that would be beasts in the gym though
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most would be around the 12% give or take 2% but you will have outliers like bailey smith in the single digits or someone like luke ryan closer to 20%

the weight training component of an AFL footballer is to increase strength mostly for the young players, improve some explosiveness/speed and also assist all players particularly senior players with injury prevention. Running would be the main focus of all clubs, since the rotation boom of 2010 players physiques have changed from the early 2000's - early 90's when the game went full time. Rotations only existed for punishment for poor decisions/poor performance. So players like Crawf and Harvey, Bucks dominated as they ran a consistent pace all day, the later two were much bigger builds thana lot of current day mids.
 
Oficially done with the body scanner at the gym. Bulking last 3 weeks. Clear visual impeovement. Look leaner with the mass. Scanner says Ive put on 600g fat lost 100g muscle since last scan.

Bodyfat says 24.5%. I was hoping to reliably use this as a tool.

Guess I just follow the process.
 

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Bought these battered squid rings pre cut, held onto them until my bulk but for some reason anything battered, or highly fatty makes me sick. I remember going to a very expensive restaurant a while back and everything was deep fried in duck fat and I got super sick after eating it.

All I seem to be interested in is Fish and Chips, meat balls, or chilli beef, chicken and salad,
 
M Malice said:
I have looked into those quotes from me quite extensively, if you are interested and have the time the long video I linked(#5631) explains it all a lot better than I could in a Big Footy discussion. Dr Fettke is brilliant... IMO.

FWIW even staunch Carnivore doctors that I have mentioned in my post you quoted say that Vegetarian/Vegan diets are a hell of a lot better than the "normal" Western junk/takeaway/highly processed type diet and you will see noticeable improvement when you start. They just don't think it is sustainable long term(a few say 3-5 years) for optimal health.

As you say each to their own, I wish you good health.
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I'm closing in on 10 years vegan. Got to say, I'm in better health/shape than I was 10 years ago. Playing a lot of sport, also into a bit of circus/flex stuff now with my girlfriend.

Interested in how some of the LCHF crew are getting on? It's been a while.

showdownhero Bazzar
 
Running_Lifter86 said:
genetics!

like the 45 year old non lifting dad who has calves the size of tree trunks, but he pushed a wheelbarrow full of concrete everyday since he was 16.
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I saw a comparison between two people, one had short legs and other had long legs but were similar height. The female with the shorter legs would likely have a genetic advantage for squats. But we know this: you do occasionally find all round athletes but there wouldn't be very many that dominate in all three lifts at the top. I follow various people on Instagram of which one has a 160kg squat, but can only deadlift 130, and bench 80 (100% natty) I've seen others with stronger relative bench, and deadlift to squat.
 
Kram said:
Vegetarian I could do. Vegan no way.
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I was vegetarian for many years before converting, and said the same...

Was genuinely surprising how easy it ended up being. Only downside is convenience when out with friends, but almost everywhere now has options so it's so much easier than it was when I made the switch 10 years ago.


Helped that I did it in South America where the cheese is rubbish to begin with.



If I was looking at purely health, I'd add meat into a diet before dairy. The stuff just isn't good for you.
 
StiffArm said:
I'm closing in on 10 years vegan. Got to say, I'm in better health/shape than I was 10 years ago. Playing a lot of sport, also into a bit of circus/flex stuff now with my girlfriend.

Interested in how some of the LCHF crew are getting on? It's been a while.

showdownhero Bazzar
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Assuming showdownhero and Bazzar are unwell. RIP =(
 

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Anyone have any insights into Cholesterol levels?

Got some bloods done recently as I had a couple of unrelated concerns.

Showed LDL level of 3.5 mmol. Just interested in thoughts as it’s quite high. Other levels seem pretty good and happy to share if need be. A lot of conflicting evidence out there.
 

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