I'm sure everyone is shocked, but the snake diet is not healthy. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/snake-diet 12:22 "Competitive eating was probably my true calling."
He’s just trying to be as extreme as possible to get attention. People like that should be held to account for their bullshit. Eating once every day or two? Then why does he not look particularly lean? Three total work sets per week? Yeah, I don’t think so.
A few years ago when I was investigating fasting his channel came up in the search. I found his antics amusing and occasionally informative. Years ago he was pretty much focused on extended time fasting for the morbidly obsese. I had not watched any of his videos for awhile, but he seems to be using himself as a human experiment for extremes. I think he used to be providing some guidance for the obsese, now he's just gone over the top.
How about this guy, with his once a week 4-minute workout : I posted a video of him in the past; perhaps this very one. I have been paring down my routine such that it is not very different from his, except that I use slow bodyweight movements: pistol squats, pullups or chin-ups, feet-elevated inverted rows with either supinated or pronated grip, dips, and feet-elevated pushups where my chin touches the ground at the bottom of the movement. I only use dumbbells for the pistols so that I don't exceed 20 reps. I precede this routine with 120 max speed bodyweight squats and 2 ab exercises just to warm up and get the blood flowing since I do it first thing in the morning, and I follow up with some stretching and a set for calves. Presently, back to 3 times every 2 weeks from twice a week, so it's still a bit more frequent than the guy in the video. Also, I rest exactly 1 minute between exercises, so that makes it easier than how he does it, although I go to failure at least as well as he does. My reps are in the 14-20 range, depending on the exercise. I personally find such higher reps to true failure more taxing. I used to favor 5 to 7 or so reps when I used to lift weights. I'm a pound or two lighter than I was when I posted a few pics back in 2019, but my $20 body composition scale now shows me at about 3 percentage points lower in body fat since then. I always weigh myself at the same time of day. I'm never hungry, although I do a mild version of intermittent fasting. So maybe there is something to this thing.
My routine is: Chins DB shoulder press Chest supported DB rows Flat DB bench Goblet Squat Leg extensions (w a tib bar) Isometric leg curl (w a tib bar) Calf raise same 3x in a 2 week span. 5/5 tempo one set to failure. Once in a while a drop set if I’m feeling frisky.
Just curious. What was your prior routine, and have you gotten similar or different results with your present routine?
I’ve done routines where I just do Chins Db press Rows Flat db Squat Iso leg curl I’ve also done my routine now and added in an exercise for biceps and triceps. Just with the eyeball test I’d say my legs are better developed w the added leg exercises. I always ask myself though is it the added exercises or is it just that more time has passed. Training arms I dont think adds much so I’ve dropped them and will do the 8 exercise routine for a while and see. Sometimes I’ll do a static hold after the set of chins so that kind of fries my biceps. I’m in the 8-12 rep range so sets last 80-120 seconds. And I also rest 1 min like you. Timed for consistency purposes.
This study, which I posted some time ago in another thread, suggests that the there is no real added benefit to doing single joint exercises when multi-joint exercises are performed: https://www.researchgate.net/profil...WQiLCJwcmV2aW91c1BhZ2UiOiJwdWJsaWNhdGlvbiJ9fQ
Did you ever experience constant muscle cramping and twitching? I think it’s time to stop six days a week and heavy lifting? Zinc, calcium, electrolytes and other substances(Supplements) are not helping.
No. I never tried such a frequency. Not even in my youth. Nor did I ever have an inclination to try it. That’s like being chained to the gym. I think working out should be life enhancing rather than life consuming.