I have Kaiser SoundChoice. There’s been a significant increase for 2027.
If I don’t use the doctor often, maybe once a year for physical check up only, what’s the best plan to choose from that still keeps me safe financially should anything happen?
I like sound choice knowing if anything happens, I only have a max-out out-of-pocket payment typically a few thousand dollars.
What other plans are comparable to that?
I’ve always used the key fob at my home gym in WA state.
Will the same physical key fob work in Hong Kong and Vietnam? Going to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam to be exact.
I hear some gyms don’t have digital access, so it’s best to just use the physical key fob. Is that correct?
I live and work in south King County. We get 5% on top of advertised salary and even then it’s still pretty rough given cost of living.
How are other high cost of living counties especially in the west region such as Snohomish surviving without the 5%? Paychecks are a chunk smaller and cost of living is relatively similar or the same as King County.
How does this pay disparity make sense to the state? It appears they simply don’t care and we as workers are prone to this. We are getting underpaid as time goes.
To add, county and city workers seem to have higher wages always. State pay is at the bottom of totem pole.
I’m with WFSE. When do we hear about the proposed wage and position category wage increase (if any)?
When does members that pay due to WFSE vote by? Just wondering about the timeline/process as I know it’s coming up in October.
I used to do 1g protein/lb of body weight. I dropped it to 0.8g/lb now.
Weight lift 5x weekly. Low cardio.
29M 6’0 and weigh 196lbs. Goal is 190, and to be lean and big.
Macros:
2300-2400 calories.
160g P
280g C
60g F
Question:
Heard someone say 0.8g/lb is maintenance and growth is 1g/lb. I don’t think this is all factual?
I just found out high carbs is the secret. So I adjusted my macros. Am I still maximizing my muscle growth? Is this optimal?
A walkout has little effect in my honest opinion. Especially when it’s on our “break”. The momentum subsides after it’s over. Then what?
COLA is most likely offered at 0%. What is it going to take to get what we want?
We were in a hole 2025-27 contract. How’s the hole compared to now in 2027-29? They will likely offer 1% raise and that’s it. Though we managed to get 5%.
What’s the chances this time around and when will we first hear about? October?
Any difference between the machine preacher curl vs the free weight ez bar? And standing or sitting? Does this make any difference?
All I do for biceps the past half year are machine preacher and DB hammer curls. Progressively overloading. (This is after I do 3 back exercises).
My sets are usually 3x6-8 push to failure. Push heavy.
What’s the difference if I save 1 rep in reserve instead of failure?
On pull days, 2x weekly, I used to do only lat pull downs for both days. I just recently switched to day A latpull down and Day B Pull-ups.
Is this optimal or should I just stick to one exercise both days? Goal is to build back and lats.
Push days 2x a week. 6 exercises. 3x6-8/to failure.
The order as follows each push day:
2 chest
incline smith
Cable chest flies
2 shoulders
cuff cable lateral raise
Upright cable row
2 tricep
Cable tricep pushdown
Overhead tricep cable extension
Q: Can I cut one of these exercises to reduce my push days to 5 exercises total or are all 6 needed?
Took two weeks off from gym recently due to vacation.I was eating whatever I wanted, not counting macros and probably didn’t hit calories daily. Off of creatine too.
Then had bad food poisoning so had couple days of 0 calories.
Overall, lost 7 lbs in 2 weeks. Weight loss is nice tho I need to get back on track.
I can see my body and arms are more flat. Not as full or pumped. I’m just now getting back on track.
How long will it take for me to get back to where I was?
When do you start to notice you are losing muscle visually?
Been pretty consistent on eating and lifting.
Say you’re on vacation and not working out for a week to two weeks, eating whatever you like, and/or not eating enough calories/protein in the day.
Walking 15-20k steps a day. A lot of calories burned.
Will you start to lose muscle on day 7?
I know muscle can be gained back in about half the time.
6’1 200lbs 29 years old Male. Lift 5x week.
I tend to eat healthy 4 days out of the week. Counting macros and in deficit about 1800 net calories those days.
On weekends, I’m tired of eating. I find myself eating less like maybe one real meal and then just protein shakes and yogurt.
Also, on these weekend days, sometimes eating out and drinking could add to calorie surplus but still only one meal.
Question is if I eat well 4 days, hitting macros, and 2 days on weekend of NOT really eating much, staying in bigger deficit like 1500 calories then have a surplus one day out of the week from alc, am I losing muscle mass? Or does this all just cancel out?
First full year working out. Been doing PPL 5x weekly. My 2nd push day and 2nd pull day is the same aside from day A lat pulldown and day B pull up. But both push days remains the same.
Push: 2 chest 2 tricep 2 shoulder:
Chest: Smith incline press, cable high low flies
Tricep: Tricep cable pushdown, OH cable tricep extension
Shoulder: Cable lat raises, cable upright rows
Pull: Day A Lat pulldown, day B Pull Up
Cable rows
Cable Face pull
Preacher Curl
DB Hammer Curl
Then repeat hitting all 2x weekly.
Do I need to add Day A and B with different exercises? What if I don’t and continue with this? Since it’s been working well for me, though IDK the long term affects.
Can add dips on day B, though what should I swap this out with?
I always believed that people on steroids have to work equally as hard as us natural lifters. Though their recovery time is quicker and that they build bigger muscle mass. Nutrition too has to be on point.
What are your thoughts on people using steroids? Is it a cheat code? A hack? Or do they deserve the same praise as someone who is natural?