Metas P. | One in 8 Billions

7.4K posts

Metas P. | One in 8 Billions banner
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions

Metas P. | One in 8 Billions

@MetasFaridP

Curious about people and how life works. Health, mindset, performance & real life observations. Learning through experience.

Bangkok, Thailand Tham gia Ekim 2009
1.8K Đang theo dõi4.3K Người theo dõi
Tweet ghim
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions@MetasFaridP·
Between these two photos were setbacks, breaks, and days I almost quit. Losing weight is hard. Keeping it off while life gets busy, stressful, and messy is harder. The goal was never just losing weight. It was building a life I can actually repeat.
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions@MetasFaridP

5 Years ago VS Now ระหว่างทางก็หลุดไปหลายอยู่ กว่าจะดึงกลับมาก็แทบกระอักเลือด

English
0
1
10
998
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@Jainadave_ I used to think exercise was only about getting stronger. After years of running and 5 marathons, I realized it gives something more valuable: a calmer mind, better discipline, and a better relationship with yourself.
English
0
0
0
7
Jaina
Jaina@Jainadave_·
“Exercise is the best drug I’ve ever tried.”
English
12
8
128
1.8K
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@JWLevitt After 5 marathons, I learned the same thing. Fitness is not only about how fast you can go. It is also about how much your body pays to produce that pace. Recovery data changed how I look at training.
English
0
0
0
223
Jonathan Levitt
Jonathan Levitt@JWLevitt·
I analyzed 8 years of my running data with Claude+Strava MCP+my training log and one question: does life stress make me slower? No. It just makes the same pace cost 10 more bpm. Stress hides in your heart rate, not your splits. Fascinating.
English
2
0
16
6.2K
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@jaxonloid A fly does not need human strength. It needs the right design for its own world. Maybe humans are the same. Optimization beats comparison.
English
0
0
0
2
jaxonloid
jaxonloid@jaxonloid·
Why does nobody question the fact that bugs can just walk on walls. How can they do that.
English
623
3.1K
127.9K
2.7M
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@anishmoonka A fly does not need human strength. It needs the right design for its own world. Maybe humans are the same. Optimization beats comparison.
English
0
0
0
7
Anish Moonka
Anish Moonka@anishmoonka·
Scientists at Cambridge once worked out whether Spider-Man could really climb a wall. He can’t. To stick the way he does, a grown person would need shoes in roughly a size 145. And yet the fly on your ceiling is doing exactly that right now, with feet you can barely see. A bug has two tools for the job, and it picks one based on the wall. On something rough, like brick or wood, tiny claws on its feet catch on bumps and pits far too small for your eyes to notice. On smooth glass there is nothing for the claws to grab, so a second system takes over. Each foot ends in a soft pad packed with thousands of tiny hairs, and those hairs leak a thin film of oil. Pressed down, they meet the surface so closely that the molecules in the hair and in the wall start tugging at each other. A single hair holds almost nothing. Millions of them together hold the whole bug, and the oil fills the last little gaps. That same oil is why a fly leaves faint greasy footprints behind. A little palmetto beetle has about 60,000 of these bristles on its feet. When an ant grabs it and tries to drag it off, the beetle clamps down and holds on against 60 times its own body weight for two full minutes. Cornell scientists measured this back in 2000. The ant gets tired and quits first. A gecko runs on the very same system, just scaled up to a far bigger animal. It has around 6.5 million of these hairs. One of them, on its own, can lift a whole ant off the floor. If every hair gripped at the exact same moment, a gecko could in theory hang a grown man from the ceiling. A bug can do this for one plain reason: it is small. Make a body bigger and its weight shoots up far faster than its feet can keep up. The gentle pull that holds a fly with no effort cannot haul around something heavy. Small wins. That single fact is what gives Spider-Man those clown shoes, while a fly needs nothing at all. So the bug on your wall is not breaking any rule. At its size, the wall might as well be flypaper, and its body weighs almost nothing at all. Shrink down to a fly, and you would be strolling across the ceiling too.
jaxonloid@jaxonloid

Why does nobody question the fact that bugs can just walk on walls. How can they do that.

English
4
2
35
4.8K
Noah Ryan
Noah Ryan@NoahRyanCo·
Titrate your diet based on your physiological/psychological needs. A monk will not thrive on a warrior's diet nor will a warrior thrive on a monk's So ask yourself what your goals are in this current moment and eat accordingly. Cycle strategically to avoid burnout or total depletion. Transcend or optimize. Detach or sharpen. Parasympathetic or sympathetic. A practical application of yin/yang
English
8
4
102
10.9K
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@LucyMaster3 ชอบ mindset นี้ครับ 💪 เมื่อก่อนผมคิดว่าต้องทำให้หนักที่สุด หลัง ๆ รู้ว่าทำให้ต่อเนื่องสำคัญกว่า ร่างกายมัน compound จากสิ่งเล็ก ๆ ที่เราทำซ้ำทุกวัน 🔥
ไทย
0
0
1
6
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@JehanGodrej I think so too. A full marathon is amazing, but it demands a piece of your soul and your life 😂 Half marathon feels like the sweet spot between challenge and balance.
English
0
0
2
192
Jehan Godrej
Jehan Godrej@JehanGodrej·
the half marathon is the perfect distance because it’s long enough to be challenging aerobically + physically and short enough that you’re not sore at all the next day lol
English
18
2
130
41.9K
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@Jayyanginspires I used to think consistency required motivation. Running taught me the opposite. Consistency creates motivation after you start seeing yourself change.
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions tweet media
English
0
0
0
7
Jay Yang
Jay Yang@Jayyanginspires·
Consistency is interesting because everyone grasps its importance in theory, but few understand its importance in reality, because in order to observe consistency, you must be consistent yourself.
Reads with Ravi@readswithravi

Consistency:

English
3
0
12
647
Reads with Ravi
Reads with Ravi@readswithravi·
“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” — Seneca
English
32
141
1.3K
33.3K
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@ted_ryce After 40, the biggest transformation is not your body. It’s breaking the story you told yourself about what you can’t do anymore.
English
0
0
0
21
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@PathOfMen_ I believe the things nobody sees eventually become the things everyone notices. The early runs. The small choices. The days you show up when nobody cares. Your private standards become your public identity.
English
0
0
1
70
Path of Men
Path of Men@PathOfMen_·
you can literally tell how a man spends his private time just by looking at him. his body, his posture, his eyes, his energy. everything private eventually becomes public. act accordingly.
English
25
35
611
17.8K
Silentum 🦁
Silentum 🦁@xKhalifan·
BE DELUSIONALLY OPTIMISTIC Wake up excited. Believe that everything will work out for you. Pursue your dreams as if they are inevitable. Come back stronger. More confident. More capable. Inspire others. Affirmations. Manifest what you want. Feel as if you already have it. Imagination is your power. The sun rises even after the darkest nights. Be like the sun. Stand up no matter what. Never lose hope. It will all work out.
‏ً@omgsidewalks

What’s the major cheat code in life ??

English
2
26
135
2.8K
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@FitnessEmpiree I learned this from WHOOP data too. Sleep is not just “rest”. It’s where your body actually adapts from the work you did. Training breaks you down. Recovery builds you back.
English
0
0
0
13
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@HankFrank I used to only look at distance and time. Now I pay more attention to effort and recovery. The body adapts to the stress we actually give it.
English
0
0
0
65
Hank
Hank@HankFrank·
Generally agree with this. But the missing variable is EFFORT. 1h easy run ≈ 2h easy trainer? Sure. 2 hours actually pushing watts on the trainer? Different conversation. The harder the bike gets, the more it counts aerobically. But it still doesn’t build the same running durability. Not all bike hours are equal!
Brady Holmer@Brady_H

1 hour run is = 2 hours on the indoor trainer

English
4
0
24
7.6K
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@Jjan_ii Running changed more than my fitness. It taught me that small promises you keep to yourself slowly rebuild who you are.
English
0
0
0
125
쟌
@Jjan_ii·
뭔가 지금과는 다른 삶을 살고싶다, 근데 뭘 하고싶은지 뭘해야할지 모르겠다 하는 분들 무조건 운동부터 하는거 추천함 짧게 10분 러닝도 괜찮고 산책정도로 시작도 괜찮음 저같경 가장 처음 시작한게 10분 러닝이었고 꾸준히 하면서 성취감도 얻고 요즘 실행하는 아이디어들은 이 시간을 통해 얻고 있음요
이음@_PALEBLUEEARTH

끌어당김의 법칙을 쓸 때, 의외로 가장 중요한게 있음,, >>그건 바로 체력임<< 사람들은 끌어당김의 법칙을 이야기할 때 보통 생각, 감정, 상상에 집중함 미래일기를 쓰고, 확언을 하고, 이미 이루어진 모습을 생생하게 상상하려고 노력함 하지만 실제로는 많은 사람들이 놓치고 있는 중요한 요소가 하나 있음 바로 몸의 상태임 같은 목표를 가진 사람이라도, 잠을 제대로 못 자고, 만성 피로가 쌓여 있고, 몸이 지쳐 있는 상태에서는 “과연 될까?” “괜히 기대했다가 실망하는 거 아닐까?” 같은 생각이 자연스럽게 올라옴 반대로 충분히 자고, 운동을 하고, 몸 상태가 좋은 날에는 똑같은 미래를 떠올려도 “할 수 있을 것 같은데?” “한번 도전해보자” 라는 감정이 훨씬 쉽게 생김 많은 사람들은 이걸 의지력이나 멘탈의 차이라고 생각하지만, 사실은 상태의 차이인 경우가 많음 네빌 고다드 역시 끌어당김의 핵심은 원하는 것을 생각하는 것이 아니라, 이미 그것을 이룬 사람의 상태에 머무르는 것이라고 말했음 그런데 여기서 말하는 상태는 정신만 의미하는 것이 아님 몸도 상태의 일부임 몸이 지쳐 있으면 무의식은 계속 “힘들다.” “부족하다.” “버겁다.” 라는 신호를 보내게 됨 그럴땐 아무리 긍정적인 생각을 하려고 해도, 몸이 보내는 신호가 더 강하니까 결국 원래 상태로 돌아가게 됨 그래서 실제로 인생이 크게 바뀌는 사람들을 보면, 확언을 더 많이 해서라기보다 잠을 잘 자고, 운동을 하고, 체력을 기르면서 에너지 자체가 달라지는 경우가 많음 에너지가 달라지면 행동이 달라지고, 행동이 달라지면 선택이 달라지고, 선택이 달라지면 현실도 달라짐 사람들은 그 결과를 보고 “끌어당김이 잘 됐다”고 말하지만, 그 시작은 거창한 영적 비밀이 아니라 훨씬 현실적인 곳에 있었다는 거임 체력이 좋아지면서 상태가 바뀌었고, 상태가 바뀌면서 현실이 바뀐 것이지,, 그래서 끌어당김의 법칙을 실천하고 있는데도 잘 안 된다고 느껴지는 사람들은 미래일기를 한 번 더 쓰기 전에 먼저 이것부터 점검해보길 추천함 “나는 지금 내가 원하는 미래를 살아갈 만큼의 에너지를 가지고 있는가?” 어쩌면 끌어당김의 법칙에서 가장 과소평가된 비밀은, 생각을 바꾸는 것보다 먼저 몸의 상태를 바꾸는 것일지도 모름

한국어
2
329
1.1K
52.8K
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@Alan_Couzens I used to think improvement only came from doing more. Tracking recovery taught me that adaptation happens after the work, not during it.
English
0
0
1
143
Metas P. | One in 8 Billions
@JamesMac_Fit The older I get, the more I see exercise differently. It’s not just about looking better anymore. It’s about keeping the freedom to move for decades.
English
0
0
0
8
James Mac
James Mac@JamesMac_Fit·
"I'm too old to start lifting"... ABSOLUTE NONSENSE. Even if you're in your 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, maybe even 80s! You should probably start lifting if you don't already do so. It's literally the BEST thing you can do to increase your longevity and prevent aches, pains & becoming fragile as you age. The absolute WORST thing you can do is assume it’s “too late”. Start now.
Ron Barnhart@sudsmixer

@JamesMac_Fit I think I was 52 when I started lifting. Constant back pain, nerve pain, difficulty with stairs. 12 months and it was all fixed. Yesterday I carried 2x38lbs flooring bundles up two flights of stairs. 36 times 😁. I'm 60 this year.

English
4
2
8
2.2K