Lawrence Elliot
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@LawrenceElliots
Reforging Masculine Identity through Psycho-Biological Alchemy. Private Channel ➡️ https://t.co/GcXCZTyiki
Shout out to @LawrenceElliots writings on AR sensitivity His Substack post is easily the most comprehensible one on this topic that I’ve read so far
Steven Bartlett says a few glasses of wine ruined the next 3 days of his life “It's one of those areas where you don't understand the hidden cost until you really give it up for a while. I stopped drinking at 30 years old. I'm now 33. When I was 31, I thought, I'll have a drink again because now I could really A/B test it. I had a year of not drinking, decided to have a drink again” “It ruined three days of my life. I had a couple of glasses of wine, didn't get drunk. It ruined three days of my life because of the domino effect it caused” “I got worse sleep that night, and then because I got worse sleep that night, I ate more poorly the next day because my dopamine system or whatever, the cortisol system was all messed up. I podcasted worse. I didn't go to the gym that day or the day after because I felt really bad. I then slept worse, and I could track all of this on my Whoop”
Weight loss / cut update: I apologize for the length of this post. It was actually longer but I removed a ton of content in compounds I used, supplements etc. Also, this is just the beginning. I have more fat to cut to hit my goal of 10% or less body fat and then my first bulk. If you want to follow along, feel free to click follow. Be warned though, I write stream of consciousness and say a lot of dumb stuff 😂 Start date: 9/29/2025 Weight: Starting weight: 279.6lbs Current weight: 235.6lbs Visceral fat loss: 2.4lbs > 0.6lbs Weight loss: 44lbs Measurements in inches: Bicep R 14.25 > 14 Bicep L 14.25 > 14 Chest 49.5 > 47.25 Shoulders 56.5 > 53.5 Mid thigh R 26 > 25.75 Mid thigh L 26.25 > 25.5 Waist (belly button) 40.25 > 36.25 Hips 45 > 42.25 Calf R 16.25 > 16 Calf L 16 > 16 🚨I have a ton of work to do. Biceps are weigh too small and in my opinion, so is my chest. Well else do I need to bring up? Roast me! Photos were no pump and I have 0 insight into how to pose 😂 Qualitative: Overall, I feel amazing! More energy, more motivation, significantly better mood. I am a better father, husband, friend etc. The only place I would say has been a net negative is Atlas the employee. And that's simply because I have become a bit more disagreeable. I didn't want to put up with corporate bullshit anymore. I push back now where I used to roll over, etc. This has not been a net negative for my career however. I finished #1 of 30+ leaders in my company last year so performance has increased. Sexual health has improved significantly in my opinion and in Mrs. Atlas' opinion. She is significantly more attracted to me. She will say she loved me just the same at 279 as she does today because she is a good woman but her "behavior" is quite different. Programming: Candidly, my programming hasn't been great, a buddy and I basically make things up as we go in his garage gym. We typically will hit about 16 working sets per session and push each set to failure. Intensity is there, structure less so. Monday - Chest and Biceps Tuesday - Back and Triceps Wednesday - Shoulders Thursday - Legs Friday - Arms (We often miss this unfortunately) No log book 😬 I also train BJJ 3 days per week at 5am and do 45 minutes of cardio on non BJJ days. Diet: I track everything I eat using MacroFactor current macros: 2700 calories 200g protein 30g fat 407g carbs I eat a ton of Greek yogurt, orange juice, chicken, rice etc. Carbs are timed first thing in the morning after fasted cardio and peri-workout. Final thoughts: While I'm happy with the results so far, there were a lot of mistakes made: 1 - My lifting has certainly not been optimal. More so it has been good enough. I will have to dial this in significantly during my growth phase. 2 - While I have tracked my macros and been on point 90% of the time. I have been following mostly If It Fits Your Macros. Meaning I haven't focused enough on whole foods. To finish this cut successfully, I will have to really focus on cooking my own food and try to get more protein from whole foods. 3 - Not discussed above but I did go to maintenance calories from Mid January to March in prep for a BJJ tournament. That slowed progress but I won gold 🥇 so, worth it. 4 - Bloodwork: I'll do a deep dive on my bloodwork when I do the final post from this cut. I don't have the time right now to compile it all but have done bloods 3 times during this cut and will likely have 1 more at the end. 5 - Fitness X is awesome, thank you for all of the positivity and education!
I keep finding low testosterone in younger men. Not “fatties” either. Normal young men who are active and hit the gym. It might be all Baader-Meinhof phenomenon as we have recent data that appears to show no drops in population testosterone levels and maybe it’s going up!! Also. No one cones my way in their 20s if they think they are fine. But it just seems odd to me. Every time I check someone wanting to get checked. It’s low. I would have assumed prior to this that a decent sized chunk of 20s year old men would be really fine by testosterone levels. I’d be able to reassure them and have them go with God. Now. Can you game the labs if you know what you’re doing? Sure. But I don’t actually suspect that. You can tell when someone is trying to be slick the vast majority of the time. But it’s not impossible to fool me. Could all of these guys clearly dial in sleep and diet better? Almost all of them. And also YES. I’m paying attention to the pituitary signals and prolactin and have found a prolactinoma this way. (Not sure if most clinics are even thinking about this). I am a patterns guy. It’s just the way my brain organizes. But man. It sure does seem like there is something going on with some of these young guys. Idk.
The craziest are the dudes who ARE anonymous selling coaching. Putting aside the likelihood they’ve never walked the walk and can’t intuit as well as an experienced athlete. — You wanna hire somebody to handle your hormones who can’t be held accountable if they fuck you up? IQ test failure.
A first for me: At a VC dinner last night, they handed out syringes of peptides alongside a “future of food” meal (It was great!)
Yes of course, let’s use data from the trials, which use obese, sedentary people who eat crap. Then extrapolate their weight loss onto the fit and training population. In order to push tirz and say it’s superior to reta. All whilst it’s common knowledge you sell tirz and cannot legally sell reta (yet). To say you’re unimpressed with reta despite all the data (trials and anecdotal) at this point blatantly displays your dishonesty.
