I started doing squats for vanity… cus u know butt…
Thats been going gud looks more toned but not the shape I want so I started doing other exercises for butt like bridges and lunges and fire hydrant. Can confirm squats are a gateway drug.
I have major depression. I’ve learned to hack it in various ways by, not exactly lying, but by making logical arguments that appeal to it.
I do 4 high intensity, 2 hour workouts a week like clockwork, just by reminding myself that I have a significant family history of sudden cardiac deaths, and that my greatest hope for escape from the pain of life, because I’m too much of a coward to do it directly, is to simply make my heart go boom.
Every workout is a lottery ticket to my problems being over! And bonus points, if I die doing cardio, my death wasn’t embarrassing! “Look at him, dying on the stair machine, what a go getter!”
ONE DAY YOU WILL WAKE UP AND DISCOVER YOUR BODY IS INCAPABLE OF THIS AND IT WILL DESTROY YOU MENTALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. THE DESTRUCTION YOU FEEL RIGHT NOW CAN ALWAYS FEEL WORSE, AND IT WILL BE INFINITELY SO IF A SEDENTARY LIFE DISABLES YOU
I don’t know what inspired you to write this, but thank you. It has been over a year and a half since I’ve exercised in any real capacity. Todays plan was to do it today. As the day progressed it kept getting easier and easier to justify doing it tomorrow.
After reading this post it motivated me to push through the excuses and get on the stationary cycle. Thank you.
Started running and doing kettlebell workouts on days interchangeably about a week ago because I’m broke. I’m slowly upping the amount of distance I’m running and the length of my excercises.
I’ve been exhausted for about a week, but I feel so much more active and confident.
It’s good to start slow enough that you don’t feel tired after a workout if you’re a beginner, so you don’t burn out or injure yourself.
The ideal for me is when I finish a run and still feel like I could go on, that makes me look forward to the next run, but I always take at least a day off between runs. It’s good to also do strength exercises on those off days, as long as you don’t over do it.
I’ve found that increasing how speedily i perform my exercise has diminishing returns and only increases the odds of injuring oneself
but when i go through the motions slowly, it is then that I feel optimally exerted. 20 slow squats pay off better than 20 fast ones. or perhaps even 40.
the goal isn’t to feel pain, but to accomplish the work. And furthermore, if we injure ourselves, then we lose progress being unable to work out while convalescing.
(i mean, like, individual muscle fibers are going to tear and then be mended and make the muscle stronger over time but it’s gotta be moderated and also we never want to damage our ligaments, tendons, or cartilage)
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