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Vegans that only eat fruit bench pressing
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Chainsawkitten
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He had pancreatic cancer.
Always-honest
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Just Fruit might cause pancreatic cancer?
Chainsawkitten
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We have some evidence that some forms of meat may slightly increase the risk for pancreatic cancer. Otherwise, there are no known dietary factors (apart from obesity).
Always-honest
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I know that just fuit can mess with your pancrea though. But cancer seems a bit wild.
brianjones
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lifting weights is a totally useless skill
Silphonica
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This has nothing to do with being a vegan, he is just a noob lifter.
Edit: steve jobs was on a fruit only diet, he died of pancreatic cancer.
Go figure.
Edit: steve jobs was on a fruit only diet, he died of pancreatic cancer.
Go figure.
biosnake20
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Steve jobs was doing this to cure his cancer, not to prevent it.
that said, his odds weren't great anyway, which may be why he tried it in the first place.
Dear me, I'm no good at bench pressing or deadlifts (although considering my gym doesn't even have good enough equipment for me to do that since it all starts at really heavy weights due to people stealing stuff that's not completely my fault), but even I wouldn't do this. Second guy falling and moving all over the place actually irritates me to watch.
Is this a vegans bashing thread? Because it does it poorly.
"fruitarians" are an entirely different thing than Vegans, and anyway they usually eat the botanical definition of fruits, which includes more than what is usually considered "fruits" (such as beans and other legumes.)
One weak fruitarian/vegan says nothing about a diet as a whole.
"fruitarians" are an entirely different thing than Vegans, and anyway they usually eat the botanical definition of fruits, which includes more than what is usually considered "fruits" (such as beans and other legumes.)
One weak fruitarian/vegan says nothing about a diet as a whole.
Sapiens
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Yes, completely. These dudes would not be able to rep the bar ten times if left on their own.
CornBurrito
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Isn't the codeword for this "bulking"? That seems to be the word fitness people use whenever they want to justify eating a shitty diet of fast food. Perhaps these fine bros are just bulking on fruit.
dark_prinny
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Vegans that only eat fruit bench pressing.
Vegans that only eat fruit bench pressing.
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Vegans that only eat fruit bench pressing.
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Yup. Making strength gains eating nothing but shit. CHOO CHOO!
astroturfing
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well, i eat meat several times every single day, do pushups and lift weights etc and i'm still weak. my vegan friend can incapacitate me in about 3 seconds.
fruit only sounds crazy though, jeez eat some nuts at least. seriously.. that can't be a thing, fruitarians? no way. no one does that. why would you? too dumb, doesn't happen.
Onion_Relish
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Either you don't work out as much as you are inferring you do, or you are bad at it.
Or his genetics don't allow him to "build" an appreciable amount of muscle in response to resistance training.
Your programming probably sucks and you spin your wheels.
Thats the most logical explanation.
Lol. Don't blame effort on genetics.
You guys do realize there are vegan athletes and bodybuilders, right?
Veganism has nothing to do with how strong or weak you are...
CornBurrito
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"I'm gonna eat like 40 KFC double downs and 30 big macs. Its ok because its bulking season."
Except it's completely true. There's a reason researchers have come up with the term non-responders. There's a wide variation in muscular response to resistance training, with some people responding extremely well to resistance training whereas a small percentage of people simply don't respond at all.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15947721
"Size changes ranged from -2 to +59% (-0.4 to +13.6 cm), 1RM strength gains ranged from 0 to +250% (0 to +10.2 kg), and MVC changes ranged from -32 to +149% (-15.9 to +52.6 kg)."
Genetic testing can even be used to predict who will respond to resistance training. We also know who some poeple don't respond to resistance training -- they simply don't have an adequate number of satellite cells, which can be measured via biopsy.
Now please kindly remove your head from your ass.
Until your loved one is trapped under a car and you have to deadlift that son of a bitch!
Chainsawkitten
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I'm pretty sure he experimented with a fruitarian diet long before he was diagnosed with cancer. Either way, he wasn't sick because of his diet.
His odds weren't actually that bad, had he gone through with the recommended treatment rather than delaying it for six months by seeking alternative "medicine".
styl3s
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I am not a nutritionist so i can't say for certainty but your body needs protein, right? Eating only fruit with no other supplements seems like that could cause some long term problems. Like maybe not 5-10 years from now but it just doesn't seem like a healthy option to me.
Not a health nut or nutritionist so i can't say that for certainty but even vegans get their proteins.
Ok? I was commenting on the guy saying he can't get stronger.
*flexes fatceps*
It is without exaggeration the most useful skill I have developed.
CornBurrito
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Meh.
Subpar Spatula
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Curious has to what lifting weights has helped you with? Feeling better? I know martial arts can help with anger, self control, patience, etc.. I'm curious as to what lifting weights helps with.
Azzurri
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self esteem? Feeling and looking good?
I can move things around easily.
Downside. Everyone starts asking you to move shit around.
Many of those same things. It teaches you persistence, you gain self esteem, it keeps you healthy, people treat you nicer, you feel safer, you move more easily, gets rid of stress, you perform better at physical activity in general, and being able to lift heavy things comes in handy surprisingly often.
This is true, but they usually provide food/beer after.
SapientWolf
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That's only if you're going for a dreamer bulk.
Its a vicious cycle. They keep feeding you so you keep getting bigger and then you have to keep moving more things :/
Why the hell would anyone need 150g of protein? Honestly? You do realize that protein isn't nearly as important as the meat and dairy industry would like you to believe, right?
You don't lift weights do you?
CornBurrito
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I've seen people lift weights without taking that much protein in. I imagine though, that those people aren't looking to put on as much mass.
You feel better, you look better, you're more confident, people don't try to push you around as much, you're less prone to injury. When injured, you'll probably take less time to heal..etc.
And since you touched on martial arts, well, the lifting will help with that, too. You'll be able to go at it longer and harder in training, and in the rare event that you actually get into a real life fight with someone, you will have a better chance at taking someone who is totally above your weight class (though one should avoid fighting altogether, of course, which leads back to the idea that you're less likely to get into a fight if you lift, because cowardly bullies will be less likely to fuck with you).
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