Comments by "Robert Morgan" (@RobertMorgan) on "How to Lose Love Handles (No Bullsh*t Guide)" video.

  1. One of the key insights of that I got that helped me immensely was not looking at calories for days, look at your calories per WEEK. If you need, say, 14,000 calories a week, that's your allotment, it's OK if you have 4000 calories on one of those days, just balance it out over the other days and keep the week total the same. The math still works. Same strategy is used for running. It's daunting to look at the idea of running a 5K EVERY DAY, but if you instead commit to running 100 miles a month, even in February, as I have, and it's easier for me to run 5 miles monday, 4 Tuesday, take wednesday off, jog a bit thursday, then on friday I'm off work, I might go to the track for 7 or 8 miles, it all adds up. CONSISTENCY OVER TIME is the biggest, boldest, overarching point of all of fitness. I'm down 100lbs in 18 months.
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  2. Health should be a STANDARD, not a goal.
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  3. And not just injury, just regular wear and tear from stuff working properly. December 2022, I took a challenge from some friends to run 100 miles in that month, over the holidays, all of it. I did it. It hurt my shins like hell, may have given me a bunion, and I lost two toenails that turned black and fell off from what they call 'microtrauma' from too many steps. I pretty much ate what I wanted, and I lost 5lbs over Nov-Dec. I kept it up through March, then cut back, but once I worked through the injuries and everything kind of 'settled down' with my body, it just became normal.
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  4. Lost 100+ or so (stopped weighing) over the last two-or-so years as well, and the idea of doing what I was 2 years ago, I can't even conceptualize that. Life is so radically different, I'm so much more radically CAPABLE , it's like why would I stop? I remember when I had to take breaks to walk a mile, now I'm running 100 miles a month just as warmup, I can WALK a 45 minute 5K. It's so ingrained now I'll catch myself in the evening "Wait, did I lift today? (Looks at whiteboard) Ok right, I deadlifted this morning, no, you can't do more, REST". REST is the hardest part, when to rest, what to rest, how long, or how little. Now that I bought a barbell, bench, hex deadlift bar, and 400lbs of plates for my home gym, and I have zero excuses, I can say starting a running 3 day rotation of your 3 olympic lifts works great for me so far, you can workout every day while resting each muscle group worked by those specific lifts two days between. 5x5 sets with 1 minute rests, quick, easy, everyday.
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  5. Look into Dr Hubermans work on body temp and strength. Studies they can reference, per them, show that your max strength is predictable, it's when your core temp is the highest of the day, and if you expose yourself to brief cold before lifting it's also shown to significantly increase strength, temperature is THE vital metric above all others.
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