Lifestyle Exercise megathread

[Melancholoser]

Sure, moderation is crucial, if you never recover from exercising, you won't reap a lot of the benefits. There's people on the extreme side who'll take massive amounts of chinese steroids and eat like 10k calories a day and wonder why they feel like shit, that's an extreme too, I wouldn't want to be a juiced up bodybuilder that's fucked up his organs. Being slim but physically fit is ideal, it's all about feeling good about yourself physically/mentally. If you're on roids, with skyrocketing heart rate and blood pressure, something is fucked. For the people who don't take roids, who are natural athletes, who recover properly, they die at a much later date than the average joe. You can see this with the old generation of bodybuilders, a large portion of them are still around. Most athletes that compete at a high level today will take a combo of some of the most dangerous substances known to mankind in order to cheat drug tests (can't detect a drug if it's brand new) and have terrible side effects and die.

There's an optimal level of stress one needs. This is why people drink coffee, for example. What coffee does is stress your body out, it raises up stress hormones, alongside dopamine, at a certain level you get to an ideal zone in which you focus plenty and can do whatever task the most effectively. Too much stress, you burn out and get anxious and feel like shit. Too little, you're distracted and depressed. Working out in a smart way helps put you close to an ideal level. In the case of your family, they worked too much, they were overstressed.
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I think we are basically agreeing at this point, we just don't pinpoint exactly where this optimal amount stress is for most people. I would say that is where you should follow sv3rige's advice and "listen to your body". I particularly don't think I would endure the exercise routine of a professional triathlete even if I were conditioned to it over time, for example.

Now, changing the subject a bit, I'm curious if you ever felt like you pushed your body way too much when exercising/had a exercise program you couldn't adapt to or maintain in the long term? I at least suppose during the beginning of the transition from sedentarism to an exercising routine some "excess" of stress is inevitable.

 

[RageSpike]

what supplements do you take? creatine? maca? l-theanine?

 

[Lain]

Now, changing the subject a bit, I'm curious if you ever felt like you pushed your body way too much when exercising/had a exercise program you couldn't adapt to or maintain in the long term? I at least suppose during the beginning of the transition from sedentarism to an exercising routine some "excess" of stress is inevitable.

Nope, I've never felt as if I pushed myself to the point where I couldn't adapt or keep going after resting. I've felt very sore and tired often after exercising hard but I haven't caused a major injury or something like that. There's delayed muscle soreness, which is most intense when you first start working out, but so long as you recover while you feel that way, there should be no issue. I can't imagine too many people lifting while they're already very sore, if they do, those are the people who get injured.

what supplements do you take? creatine? maca? l-theanine?

Tongkat ali + fadogia about 30 minutes before exercising. When I feel like sleeping well, magnesium glycinate + l-theanine about 30 minutes before bed. That's it, I find these to be the most effective supplements.

 

[lennox]

Any bikERcels? I had a nice ride today, and it's all I really do to feel like I'm accomplishing something productive

 

[Zangano1]

I want to buy somw dumbells and a bench and start working out every morning before job

 

[SoupaSilva]

Any bikERcels? I had a nice ride today, and it's all I really do to feel like I'm accomplishing something productive
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Yes. Bike's a bit creaky, want to ride to peak district which is 40-50 mile there. I will do it this year, i fucked off acl reconstruction just to do this. Do you have any experience with bike racks? I rode halfway there with a heavy pack and the weight pushing down on my ass had me feeling like derek from american history x.

Also any specific exercises to widen clavicle? Longshot at 23 but roiding whixh can apparently do it (2 shots per week 250mg test enanthate). Just up the dose? I dont want to be bald

 

[SoupaSilva]

I want to buy somw dumbells and a bench and start working out every morning before job

Can be good but home gym tends to be easier to slack off on. Maybe if you have adequate space or separate room but sure others here have said the same thing

 

[RNT]

Do you have any experience with bike racks? I rode halfway there with a heavy pack and the weight pushing down on my ass had me feeling like derek from american history x.

Tighten up the straps lol. Mine is a 45L tactical backpack with maybe 7-10 kg load and I ride for up to 3.5 hours during winters, sometimes with additional few hours for walking. I did develop back pain once, but then tightened up the strap and it went away. Taking it off and stretching also helped.

Bags are ridiculous, they would likely impact the way bike behaves on the road and the spacey ones require installing a rear seat.

 

[Zangano1]

Can be good but home gym tends to be easier to slack off on. Maybe if you have adequate space or separate room but sure others here have said the same thing

I dont have a room for it tbhngl

 

[lennox]

Yes. Bike's a bit creaky, want to ride to peak district which is 40-50 mile there. I will do it this year, i fucked off acl reconstruction just to do this. Do you have any experience with bike racks? I rode halfway there with a heavy pack and the weight pushing down on my ass had me feeling like derek from american history x.

Also any specific exercises to widen clavicle? Longshot at 23 but roiding whixh can apparently do it (2 shots per week 250mg test enanthate). Just up the dose? I dont want to be bald

That'd be a hundred mile round trip to the national park. If you're spending a weekend there to go camping or something do get a rear rack if you're bringing like a tent or something. Having things on your back makes you sweaty and can even put strain on your upper body/arms. Look up "bikepacking" or "bike touring" equipment if you do the long stuff.

Cycling bib shorts are under $20 on aliexpress; get the sort with a solid color inside, often red or green.

Dunno about the clavicle situation

 

[Lain]

Bump I didn't forget this thread, I was travelling and away from home. Did an upper day today, it's said that you gain 2-5% each time you exercise and tire out a muscle. So, solid gains today

 

[noobs]

uuuuuuh

pushups ten more each day increased weekly except sunday

and runs once or twice a week

 

[Lain]

more gainz locked in

 

[Lain]

I jogged a 5K and started my first day at the boxing gym on the 28th (2 days ago), forgot to mention that. I need a lot more endurance for boxing, gotta start training.

 

[Lain]

I jogged a 5K and started my first day at the boxing gym on the 28th (2 days ago), forgot to mention that. I need a lot more endurance for boxing, gotta start training.

Jogged another one, picking up running shoes helped a lot. This month I made a deliberate effort to exercise 6x, I was travelling from the 4th to the 16th (hiking and walking often) so I think this month was a pretty /fit/ month all things considered. For July, I'm going to try to double that.

I picked up some running shoes, running shorts and a few muscle shirts, jogging is 10x easier.

 

[Saito]

It's "extreme" to workout 3x a week? It's far more natural to exercise than to be sedentary. There's little to no downsides from exercising, so long as you eat a diet rich in fat+protein and sleep well, not pushing your body to the point of injury. It makes you feel great mentally, it makes you feel more energetic physically since you have more ATP, women are more attracted to you, there's really no downside to it. This whole "muh stress" thing is cope ITT. You temporarily stress your body out and become adapted to it and become stronger and more resilient to stress in the future and as a whole, even when you aren't exercising. That stress doesn't kill you or shorten your lifespan by any large metric.

Facts, my life is way better than it was when I wasn't exercising. Lower blood pressure, mood increase confidence increase I just overall feel better every morning I workout.

 

[Lain]

upperbody day today

 

[lifesucksandyoudie]

I'm not sure if this applies to anybody here but here's a tip to encourage yourself to exercise if you're have an antisocial attitude and avoidant personality while being considerably lazy like me. This only works if you live in apartment, condo or another similar high rise residential building however as a disclaimer.

I used to inhabit an apartment rental on the upper floors during my youth and adolescent years. I had a habit of climbing up and down the stairs everyday because I was claustrophobic and hated being around other people in close proximity to me in ways that permitted them to touch my body and make physical contact. This is why I took the more tiring exhausting option of using the stairs instead of being crammed into an elevator with dozens of other people like sardines in a can.

If that sounds like a trite, puerile, infantile, trivial and frivolous reasoning to justify my behavior, I don't blame you. But if you're avoidant and antisocial, you should consider this alternative exercise since it suits your temperament better and bestows you an added psychological incentive to be physically active if you can't be driven or spurred to perform such acts while depending on a purely physiological focused self improvement motive alone. Walking up and down stairs repeatedly is allegedly a good form of cardio from the rumors I heard.

 

[Deleted member 1674]

I exercise my fingers by gaming and typing posts. Also my hands from gooning.

 

[DrainerSemetary]

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Anyway just do core and cardio basically go outside occasionally and weigh between 110-130 ibs

 

[Lain]

Back from jogging a 5K I'm building my endurance rapidly, it's a great feeling

 

[Lain]

3rd workout this month so far, I jogged another 5k.

 

[Pirate]

Current body status?

 

[Lain]

Current body status?

Current weight: 172.5lbs
Goal: 190lbs

I'm going to be jogging often and lifting here and there till I reach that weight and I'll start losing weight. This'll be the month I start being consistent. When's the last time you exercised?

 

[Pirate]

. When's the last time you exercised?

...

 

[duracel]

jogged/walked 5 mi yesterday and 10 mi on wednesday
i used to always go on the treadmill but these ones have been outside

 

[god.ly]

Current weight: 172.5lbs
Goal: 190lbs
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I'm going to be jogging often and lifting here and there till I reach that weight and I'll start losing weight. This'll be the month I start being consistent. When's the last time you exercised?

Damn you were fat af in last pic you sent

 

[Lain]

Finished upper day

 

[Lain]

Just got back from another 5K jog let's gooooo

 

[duracel]

not exercise but i’m going to commit to the bulk

 

[SoupaSilva]

20+ mile walk with pack. Been slacking tbh. Space constraints are a hassle as are the spinlock collars on weights so just been doing lat raises with my dumbbells and curls with curl bar. I took injecting a mild amount of t as an excuse to pig out so trying to regain some stamina
I tried following some full body program but they beat the shit out of me and i stopped so gonna go back to my own pace where i dont end up begrudgingly farting out the final sets

 

[Lain]

Lifting right now

20+ mile walk with pack. Been slacking tbh. Space constraints are a hassle as are the spinlock collars on weights so just been doing lat raises with my dumbbells and curls with curl bar. I took injecting a mild amount of t as an excuse to pig out so trying to regain some stamina
I tried following some full body program but they beat the shit out of me and i stopped so gonna go back to my own pace where i dont end up begrudgingly farting out the final sets

Are you still taking T? Even if you aren't using a barbell, you can make a respectable amount of gains. 100 pushups, 100 situps and 100 squats daily even bodyweight will get you in shape real fast.

 

[SoupaSilva]

Lifting right now

Are you still taking T? Even if you aren't using a barbell, you can make a respectable amount of gains. 100 pushups, 100 situps and 100 squats daily even bodyweight will get you in shape real fast.

Yes (250mg 2x per week). Got a barrel of a torso though so trying to grow my arms a bit. All of the tricep isolations i try feel iffy as fuck though on my outer wrists. I don't even bother with squats i posted a pic of my legs on basedspace i look like captain vor from warframe. Light dumbbell system gave me the best results out of any training style i tried but i was much more consistent and it was the first thing i tried besides occasional calisthenics.

 

[Lain]

Yes (250mg 2x per week). Got a barrel of a torso though so trying to grow my arms a bit. All of the tricep isolations i try feel iffy as fuck though on my outer wrists. I don't even bother with squats i posted a pic of my legs on basedspace i look like captain vor from warframe. Light dumbbell system gave me the best results out of any training style i tried but i was much more consistent and it was the first thing i tried besides occasional calisthenics.

What effects would you say you've noticed from T, positive/negative?

 

[SoupaSilva]

What effects would you say you've noticed from T, positive/negative?

Lower sex drive is a weird positive though i do have some extreme horny moments.
Slightly better recovery in spite of shitty sleep. Led to me slacking off more though that's down to me using it as an excuse to slack off rather than opprtunity to grow.
Despite slacking off and binging meth i didn't feel as weak/skinny afterwards.
I find lifting weights to be more of a chore now but can push myself more when doing cardio.
Either mild gyno or it was already there and just showing because i pigged out but not losing sleep over it.
I was mostly hoping for mental gains and more energy but they're mild and inconsistent at best, possibly placebo.
Also been using other things alongside it which will skew my perception. Not the magic cure i was hoping for

 

[Lain]

Lower sex drive is a weird positive though i do have some extreme horny moments.
Slightly better recovery in spite of shitty sleep. Led to me slacking off more though that's down to me using it as an excuse to slack off rather than opprtunity to grow.
Despite slacking off and binging meth i didn't feel as weak/skinny afterwards.
I find lifting weights to be more of a chore now but can push myself more when doing cardio.
Either mild gyno or it was already there and just showing because i pigged out but not losing sleep over it.
I was mostly hoping for mental gains and more energy but they're mild and inconsistent at best, possibly placebo.
Also been using other things alongside it which will skew my perception. Not the magic cure i was hoping for

How long have you been off meth? You can't get an accurate image of the mental aspect if your brain has intense dopamine downregulate and you'd be anhedonic or off anyways, wouldn't you argue? The gyno thing was always a side effect that concerned me, in the future if I ever take T, I'd need to get an AI. I've heard people hype up T as if they're smoking crack and they have unlimited energy.

 

[Deleted member 1580]

Lain, what are your thoughts on injecting an epipen before a big lift ?

Stupid idea or nah?

 

[Lain]

Lain, what are your thoughts on injecting an epipen before a big lift ?

Stupid idea or nah?

Stupid idea, yeah. Exercising is meant to improve your health. The gains will come in time, unless you're like some elite bodybuilder who has to break the world record, it's just not worth, risk:rewards are leaning towards risk so much. I'm sure even if you were an elite bodybuilder, there'd be a concoction of hormones and stimulants to take that'd work better. A simple coffee and banana before you work out is good enough. You don't have to lift 95% of your one rep max to make gains. A lot of respectable bodybuilders will lift 10-12 reps per set instead, as long as you're tiring yourself out on the last rep or two, you're making gains. If you aren't constrained with a time limit (you're here so probably not) there's no reason why you can't do an extra set to tire your muscles out to fatigue.

It's all about pushing the muscles to fatigue and recovering. It just takes a little longer at a lower weight/higher rep scheme. I know someone that only had 100lbs of weights and eventually worked up to doing sets in the count of 100+ reps per set. He's shredded. That's pretty inefficient though but I doubt he ever worried about taking epipen or taking random cocktails of chemicals, he just lifted a lot.

 

[SoupaSilva]

How long have you been off meth? You can't get an accurate image of the mental aspect if your brain has intense dopamine downregulate and you'd be anhedonic or off anyways, wouldn't you argue? The gyno thing was always a side effect that concerned me, in the future if I ever take T, I'd need to get an AI. I've heard people hype up T as if they're smoking crack and they have unlimited energy.

3 weeks probably. First few weeks i did roids is when i felt best but that may have been due to me thinking that i've just injected ambrosia and could 1 inch punch any grok that came my way.
That was the closest it made feel like crack except when i combo'd with meth and benzos bouncing through a graveyard during a storm. I launched a chair and didn't even realise that it left a slice down my calf i was so hopped up on adreniline.

Also i usually recover quickly from meth and anhedonia isn't that intense. That was one of my mildest sessions yet

 

[SoupaSilva]

Also i haven't noticed any hair thinning so far just with test enanthate at 250mg/ml per 3-4 days.

 

[Lain]

Another day, another workout, back from a 5K jog

 

[Neet194012940]

@Lain

 

[duracel]

Went on a good long walk today

 

[Lain]

Making gains again today

 

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[Lain]

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Wasn't this the same guy who got caught jerking off to black trannies? I'll be honest champ, I'm not watching the clip. Go demoralize elsewhere.

 

[reitard]

I brought a kettlebell and will be doing at home exercises to perfect my form to perfect my form before going to the gym
I'll also try to do 10k everyday

This seems like a good channel for kettlebell workouts

https://www.youtube.com/@Everygotdamndre/videos

 

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[Lain]

Another 5k. That makes my 9th workout this month, definitely the most active I've been in a long time, my endurance is sky rocketing getting back into jogging and my lifts are steadily going up. Feels nice. I recommend being a fitcel