The importance of physical fitness and being healthy cannot be overstated. I know most of us are unvaxxed and all that, and that's of course great. But eating healthy, working out, and staying fit are equally - if not - more important.
Over the last 8 weeks, I started working out 3-4 days a week. All at home stuff with a set of dumbbells and a yoga mat, 30 minutes or so a day. I've been working on full body stuff.
Coupled with regular exercise, I've started eating much cleaner. A cup of black coffee and 2 meals a day. 4-6oz of clean meat (fish, beef, turkey or chicken), and 1-2 cups of green vegetables (brussels sprouts, asparagus, green beans), and some kind of healthy fat (avocado, mixed nuts, peanut butter). I give myself a cheat meal a week, where I'll allow myself to add bread or pasta or something sugary to an otherwise clean meal, but only once a week as a little gift to myself.
My fiance has been my partner on this plan, she's been a motivator, she's been a positive accountability partner, and, if I may say so, is looking reeeealllll good (not that she didn't already). Together we've lost over 30 pounds in 8 weeks and added abs and muscle tone to our bodies. (Side note: this makes appendix carry a lot more comfortable).
In these last 8 weeks, I've found I have more physical and mental energy. I've found my productivity at work and at home have skyrocketed. I've found my research has been more productive. I've found my sleep is deeper and more regenerative, my days are generally more positive, and my overall feeling and well-being is so much greater.
The truth is, they want us unhealthy. They want us obese, on their drugs, and not physically able. The relevancy in this forum is that when the shit ultimately hits the fan, and society collapses or there are riots or whatever, I know that we're going to be physically fit enough to make it through. If we have to run, we can run. If we have to fight, we can fight. If we have to build, we can build - because we're focusing on our physical fitness now.
Can you run, if you need to? Can you fight if you need to? Can you build if you need to?
I encourage all of you to start becoming physically fit, no matter your age or your current fitness level. It's never too late, you're never too old, and you're never too fat or too disabled. Your physical fitness is the number one way to expand your life expectancy and keep your brain functioning well.
Godspeed, anons. Love and prayers to all of you and your families.
Feel free to PM me if you'd like to learn more about our workout and diet program. I promise I'm not selling anything, ever.
If you've got a bit of spare cash, or at least some creativity, look into Dr. Jaquish's X3 system. It's a variable resistance system. His research has found that people can be up to 7x stronger in the strong range of motion(nearly fully extended), and we are mostly restricted by the strength of their weak range.
So, for instance, if you can benchpress 200lbs, then your weak range(the initiation of the movement) can move 200lbs, but you could move significantly more in your strong range if you could actually train that - which is what variable resistance does.
He's also got a clickbaity book titled "Weightlifting is a Waste of Time" that has a lot of good info on how his system works and some other tips on how to get strong. Of course...this is only about getting strong - it doesn't cover training for stamina or sport-specific exercises, which he recommends you do.
And on that note, in my opinion, if we're talking about surviving catastrophes then our 'sport' is more or less what soldiers, triathletes, and endurance athletes do. It's worth your time to check out both Crossfit and SEALfit. You could also check out the Army or Marine Corps PT test, or take it a step further and find info on selection for one of the secret squirrel groups and push yourself in that direction.
Free:
https://www.goarmysof.com/documents/sf/SFAS-PT-handbook.pdf