Eric Morgan
@GestaltedApe
Gestalt Account. Exploring Fraternity, Fitness, and Efficiency. Testing everything. Sharing what works. Tribe: https://bit.ly/TMGestalt
What is A "Gestalt" Account? I've gotten this question a few times. It's the guiding philosophy for how I try and run my account. It's not the perfect German usage by any means, but in this context it means referring to my own experiences, rather than going heavy into theory…
One involves action. The other talk. My experience is that people are depressed because they end up in a state where they are stuck. They see all kinds of things they don't like, but don't sense they can change them. Depression is the physiological way of coping with that.…
Testosterone and exercise for treating depression will outperform therapy 99% of the time. We already have boatloads of anecdotal evidence to confirm.
Finally getting back into a good training rhythm after 8 weeks of really poor, inconsistent training. Weight trending down nicely. Hoping I can show up for the 100M event in good shape. Anything under 75kg would be decent, under 72kg would be incredible. I’ve put out good…
Dieting the Ultimate Momentum Game Starting a cut is brutal. I would say I fail 70-90% of the days I try. Days 1-2 are mega hard. Everything feels super restrictive. Eating even three quarters of a pint when I’m used to a full one feels like hell. Like being 3 when your…
The "just waiting for their turn to talk" thing is real. My own experience is that it's very much related to issues with forming strong relationships and fraternity. In arguments, I was far worse about this when I was in my more arrogant, know it all stage. I did this because…
With the proliferation of electronics and people glued to the phones 24/7 I can’t think of a more important skill than active listening and being highly focused I don’t mean looking up from your phone and pretending to pay attention as someone else is trying to engage in a…
Feeling incredibly solid. Finished today feeling like I could have kept going much longer. Comfortable nose breathing and no sense of any major need to press on the pedals to keep power up all the way up to 280w.
Yea pretty much. Cold showers do feel a touch refreshing on a hot day. I also do find there is a rather pleasant sensation I get for about half an hour after a cold shower. A warm afterglow or something. But yes, nothing lifechanging or physical or health type improvements
Did cold showers for 3 months. Nothing changed. But my mood got better after I went back to hot showers. Nobody talks about this.
Theory of the Mind time! Outside of a few very unique souls, I don't believe a debate exists. Everyone on both sides of the CICO "debate" is saying the same thing every time I've ever seen it. I don't think anyone seriously disputes: 1) IF you stick to rigid calorie counting…
Calories in, calories out might be the dumbest oversimplification in all of health and fitness. You don’t lose 9 lbs on a long run because of calories. You don’t gain 4 lbs by drinking 2 liters of water because “calories in.” You don’t drain 20 lbs of fluid in the ER because of…
Hey guys! Brian's also a slimy moralizer who tries to use GPT to write responses that trick people into: "If you disagree with me, you're obscuring the 'True' cause of homelessness. The only people who does this are the 'Bad Guys'" Another version of: "I'm arrogant and know…
Who profits from obscuring the true causes of homelessness? Whose financial interests are served by shifting blame from those driving the housing & homelessness crisis to those forced to suffer through it?
Feelings + Toxic Blob Culture (Territory) Endless territory examples. Another brutal example here. She feels some emotion that is not positive. Husband doesn't have good territory, so she turns to external territory for support and confirmation. External territory is…
She's getting divorced bc her marriage doesn't meet her fantasy expectations, then claims that not only can't she "be herself" around her husband but at 32 she doesn't even know who she is yet. Send the meteor. This is why we can't have nice things.
Hey guys! Brian here thinks that schizophrenic delusions, extreme mental retardation, extreme anti-social behavior, and many other conditions does not cause homelessness. Those people are all easily employable and capable of taking full care of themselves.
What CAUSES homelessness is the lack of safe, dignified affordable housing—full stop. To be clear: mental illness or substance use no more cause homelessness than a fever causes the flu.
36 yesterday. Not too terrible considering that ;) Being able to hold 30' at 320w comfortably after a good strong first hour+ was encouraging, especially in mid 80s sun. Continuing to push 400-430w up the punchy hills on the way back got a little tougher than I would have…
Firm believer that all of that is stuff men ought to do immediately and without hesitation for guys who are part of your group. Irrational self defense of the men you’re close to is something I see as both an essential quality of being a fraternal guy… as well as something…
Yeah, I’ve always thought it was so strange how these lost boys idolize another man like that. Calling him top G, making accounts for him, supporting him on twitter beef, etc I get it. You’re looking for a father figure / role model. But holy did they pick a bad one.
“Anyone that doesn’t agree with me is [insert negative quality]” Just can’t with this form of arrogance. Just seems like a weak frame way to say “don’t try to argue with me. I know better” Said as someone who is going to have kids and has always wanted kids.
Having kids is infinitely interesting. The only people who don’t agree are self-involved, never became adults, stuck in extended adolescence and vulgar material consumption.
It's not the same without fries. Not even close. That in mind... My gestalt is 100% aligned with this. Endless burgers works incredible for physique goals. Endless fries, or endless burgers with fries, are an absolute fizeek nightmare for me.
Related note: I order burgers from this place often as a weekend treat but rarely get the fries that come with it. You can eat at restaurants or get fast food pretty regularly without blowing ur diet/physique as long as u don’t get French fries. “It’s not the same without fries”…
100% skill issue at every step of the way. Shit territory? Shit frame? Yup. This is your future. If your frame is shit because it’s non existent….this is the exact future. No frame and she will end up trampling you and using you as a resource. So some small fraction of men…
Cats also purr and let you run their soft furry tummies. Women just get fat once they get that ring and then give you a list of chores on your day off.
Can confirm
CalorieBot + Reta is absolutely fucking retarded. Dieting is dead.
BIG yes. Have noticed my in office days are almost always MUCH bigger deficits than home days
A big part of dieting successfully is staying out of the house. Walk, go out for your coffee, send your emails in the library or in the park, do everything you can to leave in the morning and come home at night. There’s a reason everyone got so fat during Covid.
Still some fatigue 3 days later. Clearing up though. Glad I did it but I’m still much more a race hard for 20 mins to 3 hours kinda guy.
