this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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NO
RIGHT NOW
RIGHT THIS SECOND
TOMORROW MAY BE TOO LATE
STAND UP AND STRETCH
TOUCH THE FLOOR, THEN THE CEILING
DO IT AGAIN, AT LEAST 10 TIMES
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
SO STAND THE FUCK UP AND DO THOSE FUCKING SQUATS
WHILE YOU STILL CAN.
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.
fr fam, it's fear >_>;
and the agony of lived experience
This year was a close call for me. I'm only JUST BARELY managing to get my life back on track.
It is precisely that alarm going off that got me to take the steps I've been needing to take.
This is the message I needed to receive years ago so when I see an opportunity to echo it, I do.
I like you, can you just send this to me at random times
I've set a calendar notice :3
Do we have a remindmebot equivalent here on Lemmy?
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.
Get your fuckin asses moving. >:(
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.
speaking of starting slow,
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)