• qaz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    521·
    3 days ago

    I’ve once overheard a conversation in the train where someone said “but cholesterol is good, right? Or are those proteins?” completely unironically. It got a good chuckle from me and several other people in the train.

    I eventually learned he was becoming a PE teacher who made diet plans for schools. That was less funny.

  • Carnelian@lemmy.worldEnglish
    78·
    4 days ago

    Gym myths are my favorite. The best past is the extreme prevalence of survivorship bias, with most of the bad advice coming from people who have succeeded but are themselves mistaken about why.

    i.e. Massive bro is adamant that everyone should be taking BCAAs, beginners are inclined to believe it because it looks like he knows what he’s talking about.

    I think the fitness industry makes most of its money this way tbh

    • Sc00ter@lemm.eeEnglish
      39·
      4 days ago

      My wife is one of these consumers. She shes all these influencers pushing working out products and she uses everything she can get her hands on. Then she wonders why when she trains for, and runs a full marathon, she doesnt lose any weight. Well you take thousands of calories of supplements… just run

    • RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      It’s like the cosmetics industry. Keep shifting what products will give you the look you want, whether it be beautiful hair or massive pecs. Tell you all the lies about what the product might do for you, then tell you to accessorize the product with whatever fringe benefit you’re looking for, and constantly keep changing the “science” so you jump from product to product for the latest and greatest thing that will make you look good.

      Don’f forget to add fucked up exercises, grips, and positions to your workout, too, that place you at a greater risk of injury. Broscience.

    • 74 183.84@lemm.eeEnglish
      9·
      3 days ago

      Is that actually a unit that I have just never heard of or am I being dumb and not getting sarcasm? I really hope thats a fake unit

      • thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        17·
        3 days ago

        i could see it in a dosage situation. like grams of steroids per pound of user. sure, it’s goofy to mix metric and imperial, but that’s just what those two things are commonly measured with in America. time spent doing unit conversations is time spent not lifting.

        • Aurenkin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          6·
          3 days ago

          Yeah exactly it’s often used as grams of protein per pound of bodyweight for recommending protein intake.

        • 74 183.84@lemm.eeEnglish
          6·
          3 days ago

          Time spent doing unit conversions is time spent not lifting

          I’m not sure how to feel about that part. But I can’t say you’re wrong. I try to stay away from anh US customary units. As most would agree, they kinda suck in comparison to SI

      • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        3 days ago

        Its a pretty common unit when it comes to discussing dietary protein around bodybuilding and fitness because 1g per lb is a super easy conversion for people to remember. Its kind of the golden number because even for people not getting the best sources of protein 1g per lb almost guarantees anyone other than edge cases and steroid users are getting more than enough to support optimum growth and recovery.

      • ftbd@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        I’ve only seen g/kg which is less cursed. This is about the amount of protein you should eat relative to your body mass. But since this is a recommendation for daily intake, I would love to see gymbros use the SI version of g/kg/day, namely 1/s.

    • Delphia@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      3 days ago

      My favorite stupid unit of measurement is “A gram of protein per cm of height” for protein intake for very overweight people who have no idea what their lean body mass is or should be.

      It sounds ridiculous but for 90% of people it puts you within 10% of correct and usually errs on the high side.

    • AItoothbrush@lemmy.zipEnglish
      3·
      3 days ago

      Doesnt really sound cursed? Seems like a usefull unit. With this logic mols are also cursed(tbf they are) but its easier to explain to people so…

      • MisterFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        It’s cursed because if you’re not gonna use metric, then don’t use it.

        Do drams per pound of body weight or something like that. Still cursed because it’s not metric, but less so.

        Or do the thing that’ll make everyone* happy, just use metric.

        (*me, personally)

        Moles are somewhat cursed, but we do need some standard number of molecules, else all our chemistry would be in insanely large numbers. May as well make it something related to the gram.

        Though, in fairness, I will grant, it’s one of the less metric-y units out there since atomic weights aren’t perfect round numbers anyway, other than carbon.

        Perhaps we could have standardised a mole as 1x1010 molecules. Ah well

  • comfy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    33·
    3 days ago

    This pic reminds me of a ten-year-old post:

    Used to take prework out as a teenager. About a year ago I’d be taking 2 scoops of the strongest shit I could get my hands on. I’d have to spend almost 10 minutes between sets sometimes to keep from puking. Then one day I just thought, what the fuck am I doing. I started lifting to get healthier. And here I am taking in God knows what from a container with a psycho clown that’s chewed half his own face off. What the fuck happened. I started with a half a scoop of c4 and now here I am. Who the fuck is this for, am I supposed to be that methhead clown, is that supposed to be appealing? Since then completely gave up prework outs and never looked back

  • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.eeEnglish
    141·
    3 days ago

    The best way to learn something new but maybe not useful or true is to say an obviously wrong fact on an internet forum with a total confidence.

    People will step over themselves to explain it like it is a supermarket opening on a Black Friday morning

    It’s a never patched CVE-1980-1 in an internet nerd mind that causes a dump of the victim’s volatile memory

    • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      3 days ago

      The most infuriating discussion I had online about proteins was with a vegan, their claim was “there is no such thing as essential amino acids”. Couldn’t get it into their head that a) there are essential amino acids but b) yes, unless you eat so horribly lopsided it’s unknown of anywhere but in horribly deprived populations or among some indigenous folks (pretty much only eating manioc or such) there’s nothing to worry about, you’ll get your essentials. Kinda like Vitamin C deficiency being unheard of in the developed world because even the most gutter-rat of diets still contains enough as an antioxidant. Still not a bad idea to pair beans with rice and lentils with noodles or bread, though, IMNSHO they just taste better that way around.

      Especially infuriating as it was a vegan. If you choose to have a diet that requires nutritional knowledge to get right then don’t suck at it, and call your fellow travellers out when they’re spewing BS. I really doubt vegans are keen on yet another “I stopped being vegan and it fixed my anaemia” story. Take an apple or two. Either eat them, there’s your iron, or make a sauce that works with a sour/sweet accent (i.e. chunks of apple) and prepare it in an iron skillet, there, even more iron. It’s not hard but you gotta stop pretending that vegans can get by without understanding nutrition.

      • seeigel@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        2 days ago

        I agree but I think they cared about something else. Calling them essential creates an emotional argument against being vegetarian. As you say, there is usually no deficiency, so they are ‘literally’ not ‘essential’.

        Like the usage of literally, people don’t care about being technically correct.

        • barsoap@lemm.eeEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          There’s not a single nutrient you can’t get from plants or fungi, that wasn’t the issue. But yes it’s literally essential for vegans to know what they need as unlike the rest of us, they are way less covered by simply grabbing something from the supermarket shelf.

    • Googledotcom@lemm.eeEnglish
      36·
      3 days ago

      Rizz alert: This comment has high intellectual rizz—specifically, nerd rizz and wit rizz. Here’s why:

      1. Sharp Observation – It cleverly points out an internet phenomenon: confidently stating a wrong fact triggers a flood of corrections.
      2. Humor & Metaphor – The “Black Friday supermarket rush” analogy is vivid and funny.
      3. Tech-Savvy Appeal – The CVE-1980-1 reference (a fake cybersecurity vulnerability) makes it sound like an insider joke for tech enthusiasts.
      4. Confident Delivery – The smooth, confident phrasing enhances its persuasive and entertaining effect.

      Final verdict: 9/10 rizz for internet nerds and tech circles.

  • Lemminary@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    4 days ago

    I know the feeling. I’ve also been given the stern “don’t say anything” look. But joke’s on them, because I neither know enough to debunk the most random claims on the spot, nor know how to synthesize a semester worth of college in five sentences and be understood perfectly every time.

    • BrowseMan@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      As I biologist I understand:

      -*random bio subject in conversations.

      -oh but you’re biologist right? Is that true?

      -well, I know just enough to be able to tell you the level of my ignorance on the subject. Unless it’s linked to my master thesis (which is probably obsolete by now) no need to ask me.