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Brianf
07-11-2012, 03:12 AM
I wanted to comment on the guest a few weeks ago who spoke about head shaving.

I respect anyones decision to do whatever they want to cope with hair loss. On a personal note, the topic of shaving my head is very uncomfortable for me. So much so, that I tuned out that segment of the show.

It doesn't bother me that other guys are shaving their heads and feel cool doing it, but it bothers me that it's accepted as the gold standard today to cope with hair loss.

Personally, I don't like the way it looks. Even though I understand that most people think it looks better than having the hair growth on the sides. I just feel it isn't a look that I wanna go for.

Also, Psychologically, it makes me feel so much better to touch my scalp and feel hair there. Even when I buzzed my head, it made me feel even balder than I am, and I felt worse about myself.

As far as what the ladies think, I don't do as well as I did prior to losing my hair, but I'm 36 and single by choice, I'm a Norwood 5, and I still attract my fair share of ladies. I prefer to date younger women. in the 25-35 range. Some of them like me, some don't. Would i be doing better if I shaved my head? I don't think so because I felt less confident when I did shave it once before.

I guess the only thing that bothers me is people telling me "Man you should shave your head. See how it looks!" All the time! I actually did shave my head once before and didn't like it at all. For now, I buzz the sides, and leave my remaining hair an inch or 2 off the scalp.

I'm curious to hear what other guys think of this topic. I'd like to see if I am alone on my feelings about this.

LPSboxing
07-11-2012, 04:08 AM
I totally feel your pain.

Actually, since I started thinning on top i am stuck in a kind of cycle. When I have my hair "long", I look good from the front but my crown is thin, so when I see it I get depressed and promise I will just buzz it and accept it.

Problem is, as soon as i buzz it, I feel even worse because I hate seeing myself that way, so I let them grow again.

The 'compromise' I use is similar to yours. Very short sides and back (1-2 mm) and a little longer top to have some scalp coverage ( 1-2 cm ).

Actually, lately I am literally giving a f*ck and I'm letting them grow longer, because I'm tired of constantly worrying and now I feel like ignoring the problem for now.

Morbo
07-11-2012, 07:51 AM
(almost) nobody loves to shave their head.

But for us unfortunate guys it just comes down to your preference:

NW 7 > bald

or

Bald < NW 7


I'm not NW 7 yet, but I know I will be in a matter of years.
I haven't had the guts yet to shave it of, but since I'm still in my twenties I still want to look my age as long as I can. Since I link NW7 with old age and IMHO hair on the sides adds up years, completely bald will be the choice for me.

NotBelievingIt
07-11-2012, 12:29 PM
^ That

People don't view a nearly/completely bald head and think "oh he's old" they think young and choosing the style.

But leaving "noticable" hair on the sides of the head == old(er)

mpb47
07-11-2012, 10:24 PM
I wanted to comment on the guest a few weeks ago who spoke about head shaving.

I respect anyones decision to do whatever they want to cope with hair loss. On a personal note, the topic of shaving my head is very uncomfortable for me. So much so, that I tuned out that segment of the show.

It doesn't bother me that other guys are shaving their heads and feel cool doing it, but it bothers me that it's accepted as the gold standard today to cope with hair loss.

Personally, I don't like the way it looks. Even though I understand that most people think it looks better than having the hair growth on the sides. I just feel it isn't a look that I wanna go for.

Also, Psychologically, it makes me feel so much better to touch my scalp and feel hair there. Even when I buzzed my head, it made me feel even balder than I am, and I felt worse about myself.

As far as what the ladies think, I don't do as well as I did prior to losing my hair, but I'm 36 and single by choice, I'm a Norwood 5, and I still attract my fair share of ladies. I prefer to date younger women. in the 25-35 range. Some of them like me, some don't. Would i be doing better if I shaved my head? I don't think so because I felt less confident when I did shave it once before.

I guess the only thing that bothers me is people telling me "Man you should shave your head. See how it looks!" All the time! I actually did shave my head once before and didn't like it at all. For now, I buzz the sides, and leave my remaining hair an inch or 2 off the scalp.

I'm curious to hear what other guys think of this topic. I'd like to see if I am alone on my feelings about this.

Some people look good with it that way others don't . I would not , it would make me look goofy that way. I have a wide head just like my mom had. I ride motorcles and still wear her helmet as my dads is too small....

Some women like shaved, some don't. One at work made a comment about a coworker than he looks old because he shaves. she said that because our ages came up and she thought he was older than me. But I think he pulls it off well as he has the right shape. And yet I have seen comments on another board from a women who thought balding was fine as long as the guy shaves, but not if he lets it grow out. You can't please everybody no matter which way you go.

Brianf
07-11-2012, 10:58 PM
See. I don't agree that completely shaving your head makes you look any younger. I think thats a matter of opinion. I see a shaved head and most of the time I can still see the baldness from the stuble or lack of stuble coming in.

I think the more correct thing to say is that if you're balding, shaving your head is more in style right now than not shaving your head.

As I said, I don't leave it long to impress women, or anyone at all. I do it because it makes me feel better feeling hair on my head.

25 going on 65
07-11-2012, 11:19 PM
There are always exceptions but I think the general consensus is that if you have significant balding, you will look younger and more stylish with a close buzz or clean shave. Growing out the hair on a balding scalp is associated with older men for a lot of people.
Unfortunately I'll be in bad shape if I get that far on the NW scale, because I don't feel I look very good at all with a shaved head. This is why I'm going the meds route....saving instead of shaving....if I looked like Jason Statham without hair I'd be more willing to let it go!

Edit: I posted this before I saw your post there Brianf, not trying to be contradictory or anything. lol

mpb47
07-13-2012, 08:20 AM
See. I don't agree that completely shaving your head makes you look any younger. I think thats a matter of opinion. I see a shaved head and most of the time I can still see the baldness from the stuble or lack of stuble coming in.

I think the more correct thing to say is that if you're balding, shaving your head is more in style right now than not shaving your head.

As I said, I don't leave it long to impress women, or anyone at all. I do it because it makes me feel better feeling hair on my head.

I agree I don't think there is any consensus, perhaps there may be a perception of one perhaps.

I was in home depot back in late May/early June and an acquaintance walks in as the same time as me. He sees 3 or 4 shaved guys nearby and says how they look terrible and they shouldn't try to look like old men on purpose because it looks ridiculous. I couldn't believe he was say that but he is the type that holds nothing back.

Well I think you should do what YOU want and not worry about what anyone else thinks. Some people are not going to like no matter which way you go....

NotBelievingIt
07-13-2012, 02:28 PM
He actually said that? What an insecure punk. I bet he's losing his hair...

And shaving your head is exactly doing the opposite of what you say he said. You do it to avoid the "power doughnut" that *IS* what old men have.

mpb47
07-14-2012, 12:34 AM
He actually said that? What an insecure punk. I bet he's losing his hair...

And shaving your head is exactly doing the opposite of what you say he said. You do it to avoid the "power doughnut" that *IS* what old men have.

Well yes he did and no he has no hair loss at all probably due to medical reasons.
he has said some other pretty rude things and I am surprised he got away with.
I think there are other medical reasons that make him this way as sometimes he is completely well mannered.


OTHO, some women are just as bad and insist on shaved or else. I would never date a picky women like as I am sure she would find plenty else wrong with me. And the first time I got seriously sick, she would be gone and I would be on my own.

clandestine
07-15-2012, 01:15 PM
Shaved head > Power donut

DAVE52
07-16-2012, 08:49 AM
. And yet I have seen comments on another board from a women who thought balding was fine as long as the guy shaves, but not if he lets it grow out. You can't please everybody no matter which way you go.

lol...balding was fine .....lol
The guy is losing his hair , he has no choice .
Either go around with sparse , thin, comb-over like hair or buzz it and keep it short and neat .

sanook
08-19-2012, 07:14 AM
I really envy you guys who can shave your head right down.

I have a really bumpy scalp/skull, which when shaved to a number 1 guard or shorter is even more embarrassing than hair loss.

When I first started losing hair I could buzz it down to a 2 guard without the major bump infront of the crown showing. As I started to thin more and more the bump became more obvious so i just decided to grow it out long again and use concealer.

One day my hair loss will get to the point where I have to decide if its worth keeping longer to hide the bump or if i should shave right down to tidy the baldness...

The stupid thing is I would actually like to shave it short (don't have to bother styling my hair etc.), but the bump is bad and people have even commented about it when I shaved my hair to a number 2 guard.

Sucks to be me!

dex89
08-20-2012, 09:50 AM
Look at breaking bad lead character Walter white, before and after shaved pic. I personally think he looks way better with a shaved head then when he had hair, especially when he grew out the mustache and beard.

LPSboxing
08-21-2012, 02:10 AM
the problem with shaving to the skin is that you're still fooling nobody.

The 'donught' or 'horseshoe' or whatever is still very visible - the shadow.

Davey Jones
08-21-2012, 07:06 AM
the problem with shaving to the skin is that you're still fooling nobody.

The 'donught' or 'horseshoe' or whatever is still very visible - the shadow.

But it's not about "fooling" anyone. It's not a trick; it's a haircut. I think the question is "Do you think your hair looks bad, or are you ashamed of it?" If you just think it looks bad, then shaving is a good option. A lot of people (but not everyone) think it looks better, so there you go! Bad hair -> Better head. If you're ashamed of your hairloss, that's different, and yeah, shaving won't help.

If you're ashamed of your hairloss; if you want to hide it because you think the general idea of losing your hair don't just make you look bad, but makes you a worse person; if you're not just looking to look better, and instead looking to hide your secret shameful condition from society; then you probably need to talk to a psychologist, not a barber.

Thinking your hairloss looks bad is reasonable. Most people don't care for it. But thinking your hairloss is shameful is unhealthy. I'm not saying you do feel that way. Only you know how you feel. And I'm not even saying that if you do feel that way, that it's unreasonable. A ton of people get to that point. Hairloss bites dick. I'm just saying that if you do feel that way, then there are things you can do to help you get to the point where you see hairloss as just an aesthetic issue to be dealt with as best you can, and not a character flaw.

Highlander
08-21-2012, 07:52 AM
Look at breaking bad lead character Walter white, before and after shaved pic. I personally think he looks way better with a shaved head then when he had hair, especially when he grew out the mustache and beard.

He looks like a paedophile with the shaved head.

People with shaved heads always look terrible. NOBODY looks better shaved, and if you want to contend that they do, then they must have had a shitty hairstyle to begin with.

LPSboxing
08-21-2012, 09:17 AM
But it's not about "fooling" anyone. It's not a trick; it's a haircut. I think the question is "Do you think your hair looks bad, or are you ashamed of it?" If you just think it looks bad, then shaving is a good option. A lot of people (but not everyone) think it looks better, so there you go! Bad hair -> Better head. If you're ashamed of your hairloss, that's different, and yeah, shaving won't help.

If you're ashamed of your hairloss; if you want to hide it because you think the general idea of losing your hair don't just make you look bad, but makes you a worse person; if you're not just looking to look better, and instead looking to hide your secret shameful condition from society; then you probably need to talk to a psychologist, not a barber.

Thinking your hairloss looks bad is reasonable. Most people don't care for it. But thinking your hairloss is shameful is unhealthy. I'm not saying you do feel that way. Only you know how you feel. And I'm not even saying that if you do feel that way, that it's unreasonable. A ton of people get to that point. Hairloss bites dick. I'm just saying that if you do feel that way, then there are things you can do to help you get to the point where you see hairloss as just an aesthetic issue to be dealt with as best you can, and not a character flaw.

Davey,

maybe I didn't explain my point well.

It is MY personal opinion and taste that, even with very advanced hairloss, a skin-shaven head is never a good look.
I am not (yet :D) at such advanced stage, but I think the 'best' option is to keep the remaining hair very short ( maybe around 3 mm ) but still provide some framing for the face.

I think that, provided that the remaining hair are kept short, there's no need to go to the skin because, like I said, that usually doesn't mask the horseshoe.

In my opinion extreme shaving doesn't look good even for people considered good looking ( people like Vin Diesel, Bruce Willis etc ).

I think I'd go with a Jason Statham kind of look, but again just my personal taste

Davey Jones
08-21-2012, 09:32 AM
Davey,

maybe I didn't explain my point well.

It is MY personal opinion and taste that, even with very advanced hairloss, a skin-shaven head is never a good look.
I am not (yet :D) at such advanced stage, but I think the 'best' option is to keep the remaining hair very short ( maybe around 3 mm ) but still provide some framing for the face.

I think that, provided that the remaining hair are kept short, there's no need to go to the skin because, like I said, that usually doesn't mask the horseshoe.

In my opinion extreme shaving doesn't look good even for people considered good looking ( people like Vin Diesel, Bruce Willis etc ).

I think I'd go with a Jason Statham kind of look, but again just my personal taste

Ah, got'cha. See, it was just the word "fooling" that got me. Like we thought shaving our heads was a way to trick people into thinking we're not balding.

I think just keeping it real' short works for plenty of dudes. There's a balding professor in town here that does that, and all his female students want his nuts bad. Probably doesn't hurt that he's just handsome otherwise, too. In my personal opinion, you gotta be like 30 at least for it to work though.

LPSboxing
08-21-2012, 09:42 AM
Ah, got'cha. See, it was just the word "fooling" that got me. Like we thought shaving our heads was a way to trick people into thinking we're not balding.

I think just keeping it real' short works for plenty of dudes. There's a balding professor in town here that does that, and all his female students want his nuts bad. Probably doesn't hurt that he's just handsome otherwise, too. In my personal opinion, you gotta be like 30 at least for it to work though.

yeah english is not my first language so sometimes I choose the wrong words ah :D

Well, yeah you're kinda right it's the usual "guy in his early 30s" look.

But worry not, 2 years tops and we'll be all fixed up and brand new.

( lol )

dda
08-21-2012, 06:56 PM
I'm surprised I'm the first one to mention this in this thread, but this is what I have been thinking in regards to this...

I'm about 5 ft 8 and hovering around 150 lbs. I'm white and im in my early 20s. I'm not to the point where I have to shave it completely yet but prob will be towards my late 20s if I don't get on fin. I WILL look like a ****ing cancer patient if i shave my head. I know you will say, go to the gym and get big. Well I've always had a problem putting on weight so it would take years for me to see noticable gym results. I can grow a ton of facial hair but I have a prominent roman nose, and I would just look goofy with no hair. I just don't have the muscle and height to pull off the shaved look in my mind. My older bro who is 32 has balded, but he is covered in tats, and has darker skin then I do.

I definately think its easier to rock the shaved head look if you are black, or really tan. And its everywhere you look too. I'm talking about your everyday average black dude whos bald that you would see walking down the street with the shaved head. It just fits them better. When ever you see a beer commercial or some other social commercial, there are 3 or 4 white guys with perfect hair and then the one black dude with them whos clean shaven and with a clean shaven head, and looks fine. You pretty much never see shaved white dudes on TV, besides some movies. But all in all I think its easier to be shaved if your black or darker hispanic. Your opinions?

NotBelievingIt
08-21-2012, 09:39 PM
"Problems putting on (muscle) weight" are always the result of two simple things:
1. you are not eating enough
2. you are not getting enough protein

Attempts to argue otherwise are futile, the science is there. You just have to listen and follow it. #1 is actually way more important for 90% of skinny fat guys.

http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/muscle-gain

FWIW I'm 5'8.5" and weigh 153 and have around 10-12% body fat.

----

As for black guys having an easier time shaving -- yes. I agree completely and on another forum I made the LDO statement of: its because of their skin color.

Black people have a melanin production way above white people all over their body. This means when they take off their hair, their head is black. Shave the head of a tanned jersey shore white boy and his pale white head will stand out like a beacon in the fog.

If you're going to shave your head, you need consistent coloring across whatever skin you expose and that includes your face and neck.

LPSboxing
08-21-2012, 11:03 PM
"Problems putting on (muscle) weight" are always the result of two simple things:
1. you are not eating enough
2. you are not getting enough protein

Attempts to argue otherwise are futile, the science is there.


the science is there?? the bro-science you mean?

well this ain't a bodybuilding or fitness forum but as a matter of facts, 90% of the 'rules' you are given by those so-called bodybuilding experts are NOT backed by any actual science.

just show me, for example, any actual study ( not done by proteins makers obviously ) demonstrating that a high intake of proteins - that retarded 2grams for pound of lean mass for example - is required for muscle hypertrophy.

You won't find any, and actually the actual studies find the opposite.

After all, when you 'build' a muscle, in reality you ain't building shit. It's not like adding bricks to a wall.
Muscle cells are like water baloons, all you can do is inflate them, and over 70% of it is water. The actual protein increase is nowhere near those retarded bodybuilders advices want people to believe.

After all, if they told people that building muscle is all about dedicated effort and a simple, balanced diet they would not able to sell all the stupid shit they sell to people

NotBelievingIt
08-22-2012, 07:25 AM
the science is there?? the bro-science you mean?

well this ain't a bodybuilding or fitness forum but as a matter of facts, 90% of the 'rules' you are given by those so-called bodybuilding experts are NOT backed by any actual science.

just show me, for example, any actual study ( not done by proteins makers obviously ) demonstrating that a high intake of proteins - that retarded 2grams for pound of lean mass for example - is required for muscle hypertrophy.

You won't find any, and actually the actual studies find the opposite.


Whoa.

First off I made the point of saying eating more is way more important, for most guys who complain about putting on weight, than the protein intake because its simply the truth. It doesn't hurt by virtue of eating more protein intake will go up either, given you aren't just cramming down donuts and non-protein calories.

Second, you've inspired me to (maybe) go find some NIH published studies surrounding this. I've kind of taken it for granted that decade upon decade of why some succeed and some fail coming to the conclusions about what is 'required' becoming accepted fact. I've read many things that talk about the protein intake being anywhere from 1.2 to 2g per LBM. Its all about goals and speed at which you want things to occur and the frequency and intensity at which you lift heavy - please keep that in mind. It reads like you know what you're talking about which surprises me how quickly you attacked my post.

Muscular strength does not mean size necessarily. Nor does size correlate with strength - but size does mean strength. Plenty of people can get stronger and lean out and appear muscular by not doing a weight lifters more bulk diet - but they aren't putting on significant size or strength in the time frame they usually want and thus give up.

After all, when you 'build' a muscle, in reality you ain't building shit. It's not like adding bricks to a wall.Actually thats almost exactly what it is. No disagreement on water content, but that doesn't mean the size someone has is all water. With strength comes size and with size comes strength. Its not an absolute correlation that the biggest body builder has the highest strength though - they simply have hypertrophy. Even someone like Ronnie Coleman admits that a bodybuilders goal isn't strength, its hypertrophy. Strength just happens as a result.

Also, steroid users are the ones who experience "size" that is nothing but water retention. Hence users who rely on it alone for size end up getting hooked. They aren't using nature to keep natural size.

After all, if they told people that building muscle is all about dedicated effort and a simple, balanced diet they would not able to sell all the stupid shit they sell to people
They call them supplements for a reason. No genuine supplement maker is going to tell you their stuff is "required". They sell as they do because a fair amount of people do not eat enough to get in that sweet spot range of 1.5-2g of brotein / LBM. Whether thats a result of just poor planning or inability who knows. Its relatively easy to hit 75-125g throughout the day but when those numbers you're shooting for require an extra 30-50, brotein supplements are the quick and easy way of doing it.


Someone who is staying 100% natural will get big, don't get me wrong based on the above. It may take longer and be a more arduos process of keeping on top of their food intake types, but they will. They will never push past genetic potential though and many guys want to push past that.

But back to your original broscience statement....as I said above. Decades of weight lifters and body building may not amount to "science" done by "scientists" - but when consistent failure and consistent success ends up getting tied back to the same thing over and over...thats pretty darn good evidence.

LPSboxing
08-22-2012, 08:26 PM
Whoa.

First off I made the point of saying eating more is way more important, for most guys who complain about putting on weight, than the protein intake because its simply the truth. It doesn't hurt by virtue of eating more protein intake will go up either, given you aren't just cramming down donuts and non-protein calories.

Second, you've inspired me to (maybe) go find some NIH published studies surrounding this. I've kind of taken it for granted that decade upon decade of why some succeed and some fail coming to the conclusions about what is 'required' becoming accepted fact. I've read many things that talk about the protein intake being anywhere from 1.2 to 2g per LBM. Its all about goals and speed at which you want things to occur and the frequency and intensity at which you lift heavy - please keep that in mind. It reads like you know what you're talking about which surprises me how quickly you attacked my post.

Muscular strength does not mean size necessarily. Nor does size correlate with strength - but size does mean strength. Plenty of people can get stronger and lean out and appear muscular by not doing a weight lifters more bulk diet - but they aren't putting on significant size or strength in the time frame they usually want and thus give up.

Actually thats almost exactly what it is. No disagreement on water content, but that doesn't mean the size someone has is all water. With strength comes size and with size comes strength. Its not an absolute correlation that the biggest body builder has the highest strength though - they simply have hypertrophy. Even someone like Ronnie Coleman admits that a bodybuilders goal isn't strength, its hypertrophy. Strength just happens as a result.

Also, steroid users are the ones who experience "size" that is nothing but water retention. Hence users who rely on it alone for size end up getting hooked. They aren't using nature to keep natural size.


They call them supplements for a reason. No genuine supplement maker is going to tell you their stuff is "required". They sell as they do because a fair amount of people do not eat enough to get in that sweet spot range of 1.5-2g of brotein / LBM. Whether thats a result of just poor planning or inability who knows. Its relatively easy to hit 75-125g throughout the day but when those numbers you're shooting for require an extra 30-50, brotein supplements are the quick and easy way of doing it.


Someone who is staying 100% natural will get big, don't get me wrong based on the above. It may take longer and be a more arduos process of keeping on top of their food intake types, but they will. They will never push past genetic potential though and many guys want to push past that.

But back to your original broscience statement....as I said above. Decades of weight lifters and body building may not amount to "science" done by "scientists" - but when consistent failure and consistent success ends up getting tied back to the same thing over and over...thats pretty darn good evidence.

NotBelievingIt,

please understand the post was in no way a personal attack to you nor an attempt for flaming or trolling.

It's just that, being in the sports world for decades, I have grown a little sick of all the bodybuilding industry scam.
I think that bodybuilding ( I personal prefer to reserve the word "weightlifting" to the actual olympic sport ) transformed himself from a very respectable sport - although aesthetics oriented and not performance oriented like every other sport - to a big scam industry not much different than the HAIR LOSS industry.

The thing is : the more I become educated on the human body and actual science, the more I wish to de-learn all the so called rules we are exposed to.

Actually just looking at real life, lots of those rules don't even make sense.

Just some random thoughts, out of my mind, of the top -retarded- rules I heard of :

"the body only grows systemically. you cannot put "X" size on the arms without gaining "Y" total body weight muscle." - This is one of the most retarded ones. Tell this to my mechanic with a normal body and muscular forearms and upper arms after spending some years in heavy hand tasks.
Muscular hypertrophy IS a local adaptation.

"you cannot build muscular arms-shoulders-etc without squats or deadlifts bla bla" - another huge bullshit. Tell this to a male ring gymnast that his upper body is not muscular or functional enough because they don't do heavy squats.

LPSboxing
08-22-2012, 08:37 PM
Actually thats almost exactly what it is. No disagreement on water content, but that doesn't mean the size someone has is all water. With strength comes size and with size comes strength.


Sorry I forgot to answer this point.

Can you please explain what you 'muscle growth model' is?
Do you think you are actually inducing hyperplasia of new muscle fibers?

I didn't say that all you do is adding water.

When you make a muscle cell bigger, you expand both the actual proteins and liquid content, mithocondria etc.

But the protein part accounts for a very limited %, the vast majority is added water.

That's why big protein intake is not required for hypertrophy.

And by the way, the model of pure sarcoplasmic/myofibrillar hypertrophy of that pavel guy is pure bullshit.

It's been demonstrated that the two happen in a fixed ratio, ALWAYS

NotBelievingIt
08-23-2012, 06:46 AM
I don't mean to diminish the discussion or your knowledge.

But in ANOTHER forum, full of broscience guys apparently, this was pointed to and I thought it aptly humourous as it applies to the discussion.

A sarcastic term implying that the time tested, muscle building wealth of knowledge developed and utilized by successful, experienced bodybuilders is inferior to the continually shifting hypotheses of articulate, textbook-savvy 155lb. chemists with little or no real world first-person experience to substantiate their conclusions. The term "Broscience" is oft repeated on bodybuilding and fitness oriented internet forums in an attempt to demonstrate online dominance as a substitution for success in the arena of actual bodybuilding.

Professor Shnootgarten: What are you drinking there?

Tommy: Just a protein shake with some carbs; I need to get my 350 grams daily.

Professor Shnootgarten: According to the 30 pubmed studies that I’ve downloaded, any amount greater than 22.341 grams of protein post workout is superfluous for greater protein synthesis. Additionally, insulin spiking, if that’s your intended objective, is neither necessary nor helpful toward replenishing glycogen stores unless, of course, your focus is high rep, time under tension endurance tolerance rather than maximal load, low rep hypertrophy stimulation.

Tommy: Dude, over the last 8 years, I’ve gone from a 148 pound weakling to a 220 pound beast doing the same stuff that worked for my dad, and you’re a buck fifteen and have never actually seen the inside of a gym.

Professor Shnootgarten: Well, according to last year’s in-vitro study of skeletal-muscle glycogen phosphorylase done at the University of Stuttgart School of Bio-Organic Chemistry Deluxe...

Tommy: Spare me the science lesson Mr. Wizard; you’ll change your mind next week when new studies reveal the opposite conclusions. You can take your research and your weak pale self, and I’ll take the 500+lb.deadlift that I got with hard work and a little help from broscience.

LPSboxing
08-23-2012, 07:08 AM
LOL! but still I don't think it applies to what I was trying to say.

I am AGAINST all those, you know, training experts popping out everywhere with their mathematical training programs and whatnot.
Those are the kind of people that, by the findings of their latest research, try to tell people that you HAVE to take XX grams of proteins or you're just wasting your training time and bla bla.

If you were to see how I train you'd be surprised how old school I am. Luckily my sport, boxing, is one of the less contaminated ones from the modern fitness scam.

Sorry for hijacking the discussion of shaving heads ;)

peace

FlightTL
08-23-2012, 05:06 PM
I'm curious to hear what other guys think of this topic. I'd like to see if I am alone on my feelings about this.


These guys are loved by women and they've gone natural.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv6tgbLiWJ8&feature=results_video