Hello all, I am playing with an idea of getting rowing machine. On the very few occasions when I had access to a gym, I always enjoyed that machine. Can I please ask you, experienced bodybuilders, what are your thoughts on these machines, are they any good and is there a decent, reasonably priced, machine for home use? I live in a small village in North Yorkshire and winters are long here so the idea of listening to stuff, while rowing away, appeals to me. I will be grateful for any tips and thoughts. Thank you.

Hi All, As you can proberly see ive been adding in some honey around my work outs, ive found that they have helped improve my running, not tried gym days yet, this got me thinking and i started to look more into adding in carbs around training, ive come across antidotal feedback on people adding in carbs per day from becoming strict carnivore or keto and its helped them - i came across a video from this guy, he doesnt seem to be in the CULT of keto and carnivore and he kinda explaining what im trying to get to - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGaAteR1_Vk The worry for me is the diabetes side of things, but i think my metabolism is better now and maybe i have resolved my issues, i also tend to recover better on the days iv added in honey - other days i keep to zero carbs or ive started to add in mushrooms and some jalapenos - i completed a test this morning - after this mornings run i decided to check my blood glucose as you do - i also had 2 x Honey Gels at 22g per gel over the course of an hours run - the run felt good and i didn't lack any energy, my pace is up and my heart rate was 145-155 this allowed me to push more - i got back home and had a shower i tested my glucose and my reading was 6.1 this was about 20 minutes after the run, i then completed another reading about 20 minutes later and its come down to 5.9 - these are well within a range and id consider this pretty good - BUT - i need to be careful on this one as My T2 is in remission and not really cured so it could be brought back to life - check my glucose levels at 7:18 : 0:5:46 - 6.1 06:19 - 5.9 07:19 - 5.1 From these readings it seems my body is dealing with the honey well sugar - time will tell i supose - wish i could be a normal guy eating normal things hahaha

A Viking now I’ve had enough of of being the only simpleton to just eat meat 🤣

Howdy peoples - just thought i would share my update of week 6 going into week 7. This week has been a pretty not so demanding week - ive managed a couple of upper sessions - but needed to rest so i can rebuild and also i had an event on Saturday and needed to make sure my knee would hold out a little more than normal - i managed a couple of runs and a cycle so this kept me ticking over with my cardio - obn to the reta - last week i found i was having days i was kinda hungry after i ha already eaten - it seems to be when i have certain foods and i dont pre make my meals - strange or what - well i checked the scale on im 199 pounds also my repos / weight has gone up in the gym so something is happening still. last week i kinda hammered the coffee more than other weeks - and my body didnt like it - repayed me with lack of sleep maybe this had something to do with the hunger being a bit more - so this weeks goal is to get this under control im limiting this to 3 coffees per day and that is my limit, all before 10am - as i tested this yesterday and my sleep was spot on last night - Saturday - i had planned a 15k gravel race in the dark - was a bit of a travel as well - 3 hour drive before the race wasnt good lol - but i pushed on and was liking all the fun and games at the event - people dressed as Halloween spooks and just being arround other trail runners made me happy - with this race you can choose half way round if you want to do either the 5k, 10k or carry on and do the 15k if you have paid for the 15k - i was amendment i wanted to finish the 15k - things started out really good and continued, i felt strong in cardio and everything else - 5k in and i felt a little niggle in my knee so i still pushed on 7k found the down hills really shitty as you would but pushed through - i hit the 10k lap and decided i wasnt going to push any further and ended it at 10k before i was being dragged off by the marshals, overall at this point i still felt i had loads and loads more in the tank but mechanical was a let down - i took it on the chin and still patted myself on the back as the day of driving etc didnt really have that much of an effect on me - took my medal and i walked or limped off happy haha.

Can any members please DM me with any outstanding tasks or information you need from me that I have not responded to or missed? This will push the DM to the top, and I will respond to acknowledge it. The DM and skool group messages and text options for layout, headings, etc. are garbage. Especially if you want to create a task or keep it live and prioritised for a specific person, no excuses; it's just how it works. Many thanks Shaun