u/Hadley_333

I'm 6' 190 lbs and sitting in the SE for the first time felt fantastic. However, I've been sitting in it for an hour now and I'm noticing how it almost feels like by butt is sliding forward. Is this an adjustment period for good posture, or would the maxis fix this? I don't care about the price if it means I'd be more comfortable. However, it seems like the armrests are further apart which may be awkward for me.

Edit: I"m wondering if it's me because I've been sitting in an e-win racing chair for 6 years. I didn't mind it other than my butt hurting after an hour of gaming and my wife would always say it's uncomfortable, so maybe I def need to have my body adjust.

47/m here and my routine consists of the Upper and lower A/B split workouts, along with 2 days of running 5 miles, sometimes more days of running when it's nice out and replacing it with a lower weight lifting routine.

This is my third time experiencing a deload week, and I'm honestly not sure if it's really benefiting me. So far, I just feel like I'm wasting time and just want to jump back and apply full effort again.

Reaching out on here to see if this is normal, or if others have a completely different experience and find deload weeks entirely beneficial.

Edit: thank you for the replies! I couldn’t stand it anymore and lifted heavy and hard today. It felt amazing and I even broke a personal record on a set, so I think I need to deload more than I thought.

I keep hearing how loose the armrests are, but not much detail on HOW loose they are? The best example I saw was someone was grasping on the armrests to help themselves stand up, which is something that I wouldn't do.

What about when you're gaming? If your elbow/arm is on the armrest and you're moving a mouse, does the armrest stay put or does it move there as well?

I’m 6’2” when standing straight up and approx 195 pounds. I don’t hate much natural cushion on my rear so I really feel it when bottoming out on my current chair.

With that said, anyone here have that similar build and found a particular model that worked best for them?

Every once in a while there's news of some creeper that's caught filming people going to the bathroom with a hidden camera. This makes me wonder....how often does this happen? How many don't get caught? How many times have I been filmed without knowing?

Has anyone else tried Kava and realized it helped them sleep? I've recently bought some hoping for a relaxation effect. I don't feel any of that, and it tastes awful. But what I've noticed is that I sleep much better when I take it. It's not a miracle, but waking up at 3am instead of 12am is certainly a big difference for me. BTW...I'm using this for reference.

I've been targeting 190 grams of protein a day while trying to eat relatively clean, but it just doesn't feel good anymore. Since my 20's I would eat protein throughout the day to meet the macros, but even though I'm eating much cleaner today and my bloodwork looks great, I don't feel great while sitting at close to 25% body fat. I get that things change as you get older, but it just feels like this diet of eating multiple times a day no longer works for me.

For exercise I lift 4x a week with an upper/lower split. At minimum I run 5 miles two times a week, sometimes more by replacing a lift day during the warmer months.

I don't like how i feel when I run. Not in pain but feel bloated and sluggish. I'm not as lean as I used to be. I'm wondering if it's time to look into fasting, even if it means I don't meet the current protein intake. Maybe I wouldn't be able to lift so heavy but would feel better overall.

Has anyone else made any significant changes that were against the normal advice as they became older?

To be completely honest with myself, it's probably overdue to completely eliminate alcohol. Having 4 drinks on a Friday and Saturday is a vast improvement from my past, but I know that could benefit. And I don't eat clean 24/7, I do have my cheat days, typically on the weekends. This will be hard for me though if/when I eliminate alcohol completely along with no cheat days. I'd reward myself for eating so clean for the week.

As much as I've enjoyed mansons latest work, Exit Wound didn't really do anything for me until I've heard some live versions of it. It sounds so good live. Initially I thought the single was growing on me, but when I go back to the recorded single it still falls flat.

What I've noticed in the live versions, either intentional or not, is that the synths are much more pronounced. Even in the intro of the single, they're distant in the background and create more of an ambiance instead of being up front and creating the mood for the entire song. The guitars sound more heavy as well, and mansons vocals are cutting through nice and clean with no filters.

I felt like I had it made, as my goals were to not work overtime (check), have a decent salary(check), and work bank hours at a job that doesn’t wreck my body (double check).

I’ve been investing as much as possible in hopes of retiring somewhat earlier than usual, which the best outcome would be at 55 years old - 10 years from now.

I don’t know where this came from other than my 3 day weekend felt like it went by too fast, but I don’t want to work anymore. Lately I’ve realized that I only really get 2 hours out of the day to do what I really enjoy doing, more on the weekends if there isn’t much needed to do like mow the lawn or other things that eat up time.

I feel guilty saying this because lots would be grateful to be in my position. I honestly don’t see changing jobs doing anything since I feel this job is easy for me overall. The things I’m interested in would not provide an income.

I’ve been thinking about just taking what I’ve saved now and retire even though it’s not nearly enough other than a few years of vacation. Then I’ll just be at a job that’s prob min wage in this one horse town to make ends meet.

It's just my perspective so I'm curious as to what others think: I fell off watching AEW for a while and wont' get into why here unless someone specifically wants to know. I won't even get into WWE. I guess I fell into the category of a lifelong wrestling fan that would once in a while see something special and say, "I still like this stuff when it's good!!"

AEW dynamite was coming to my neck of the woods so I thought, "why not, it was on my bucket list a couple of years ago." I watched dynamite leading up to that event and was impressed that there was some good storylines that added emotion to the already great wrestling. I go to dynamite and had an absolute blast.

THEN I thought why not watch Double or Nothing. I was completely entertained for 5 freakin' hours! Even the best wrestlemanias had me tapping out here and there for an extended break.

Now here's the part that really had me saying, "okay...something special is happening here." My wife never liked watching AEW, and never cared for watching wrestling in general. We had to get up early this morning so I was going to turn off dynamite and she actually said, "let's watch one more match." I felt like I was dreaming lol.

So anyways, from my perspective only, AEW is white freakin hot right now. It reminds me of when I was watching WWF in the attitude era and could feel the momentum of something great taking over before hard data showed they were taking the lead in professional wrestling.

Do they plan on using it again later and forget about it?

Passing this along in case it helps others. I have a long history of insomnia like many do here. Tried many things, currently awaiting sleep study analysis, etc. I don't want to jinx myself by posting here yet at the same time want to help others. I ordered some CBN (I'd say name brand but don't want to make this sound like an advertisement). It's THC free. Bottle suggested 2 gummies (20mg), and at 210 pounds I wasn't expecting much when only trying one for the first time. Woke up this morning and it feels so nice to actually sleep! Glad I only went for 10mg because I don't know if I'd get out of bed with 20.

So I'm in my mid 40's (Edit: Male) and my test was almost clinically low 4 years ago as it was at 308 at total test. I've been suffering from really bad insomnia for a long period of time and I'm going through a checklist of what to look for that can be a factor. I provided things that I wanted to look into to rule out root causes, and one of them was a request for the usual rundown of what you look for in testosterone levels such as total, free, estradoil, etc. She said to be cautious of messing with test, but I didn't know that was a NO. My bloodwork results only show a test in sex hormone binding globulin, which was within range.

Since it took so long to get this appt in the first place, and I have health insurance which is still trash overall anyways, what would be the reason for not being proactive and wanting to know how optimal aspects of my body are working as I approach older age? I was also curious as to what my test levels would be since I've drastically reduced alcohol consumption and eating more clean. It would have been a great motivator to see some improvement.