feel like a lot of sporting injuries altogether just come from going too hard/trying to progress too fast, im all abt the gradual progression/having good form
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:35 (nine years ago) link
also if something doesnt feel right shut it down until it does
^ yes, that
I think it's possible to do CrossFit safely and to get in awesome shape as a result, but it would help a lot to have a higher standard for the education of coaches and an emphasis on movement quality instead of volume ... high reps + heavy loads + bad form is a recipe for disaster ... not only does it get people hurt, but it teaches them to move badly and reduces their ability to transfer their fitness gains to functional activities
I am not into barefoot/Vibram running myself, but I think a lot of people work their way into running injuries because they're using shoes that reinforce bad form (i.e., by supporting heavy heel striking) ... with light shoes and some common sense, running is pretty much self-limiting (especially if you are like me and start to whine, cry, and walk whenever it begins to hurt)
― Brad C., Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
i definitely fucked up my feet with chuck taylors and nike airs; much less pain jogging since i got orthotics. I also switched to basketball shoes for ankle support; I was turning them over about once every four months.
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:58 (nine years ago) link
feel like the natural running craze way overstated its benefits but personally for me minimal shoes have been helpful for working on my form, tho i dont wear them on long runs, theyre also good gym shoes fwiw
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:59 (nine years ago) link
erryone I know who is really into climbing is ripped, it's true
There are exceptions. *looks at feet*
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, May 12, 2015 10:30 AM (3 hours ago)
lol just blatantly fishing for comps now come on d00d
― shep prettybone (clouds), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:50 (nine years ago) link
i've seen yr arms. all i'm sayin.
Objection sustained.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
Point could be made that me being on the slimmer side of the climbing community at my gym probably confirms the original point.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:53 (nine years ago) link
tedium and pain and fear of same have kept me away from workouts for, oh, 30 years.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:55 (nine years ago) link
You go to a boxing gym!
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
Where did you get that idea?
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:58 (nine years ago) link
(too expensive for starters. i've never gone to that velvet Gloves gay thing, mostly as since i was diagnosed w/ the bone marrow thing, i'm afraid that anything more than light sparring will make pieces of me SNAP.)
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
Oh my mistake. You just punch people.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:59 (nine years ago) link
i'm finally seeing the large vein in my biceps which i take as some sw0le milemarker -- i can see the outline of my abs but no 6-pack as yet. my triceps/delts/lats are awesome but those are the first things that grow on me for some reason. chest is perpetually unsatisfying.
― shep prettybone (clouds), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
Hardly ever, unfortunately. xp
A general problem for exercising is 75% of my weeks involving chemo, and all of them drug-induced insomnia.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 19:01 (nine years ago) link
I thought veins were generally an indicator of low body fat rather than muscle? it's a /tone/ thing for sure
I was veiny as hell as a kid but had zero body mass, really
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:38 (nine years ago) link
veins mean u have blood inside u, gross
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
I am a sad sack of blood and bile tbh
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link
disgusting
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
I know ;_;
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:55 (nine years ago) link
i'm full of melancholy and infinite radness
― shep prettybone (clouds), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:38 (nine years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv2ijUmBrW4
me irl
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:13 (nine years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/71HdoS0.gif
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:18 (nine years ago) link
A line must be drawn.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
fuck yea get some
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:19 (nine years ago) link
Can't wait til a personal trainer tells me to do that to fatigue.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:20 (nine years ago) link
question: how do u get muslces without expanding in size?
― flopson, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
wish my gym had such a nice selection of kettlebells and plyo boxes
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
expanding yr size is like not that easy and u can always stop if u dont like it and it will go away p fast so i wldnt worry abt it too much, the traditional answer is low weight high reps tho
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:22 (nine years ago) link
also u will prob end up being happy with somewhat bigger muscles anyway and u dont have to worry abt getting huge
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:26 (nine years ago) link
http://www.thehipthruster.com/
Only $500!
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:48 (nine years ago) link
http://www.yelp.com/biz/richard-r-trainer-od-la-jolla
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Monday, 18 May 2015 19:29 (nine years ago) link
― flopson, Monday, May 18, 2015 1:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
lift for 40 minutes and then cardio for 20 minutes ime
― een, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 16:12 (nine years ago) link
dont eat so much. also some anecdotal evidence that yoga increases strength without increasing size (as much).
the real answer is that "expanding in size" is really fucking hard after a certain point depending on your body type so it's not exactly something that's gonna happen unless you really really try to make it happen.
― ryan, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 19:39 (nine years ago) link
Yoga made my thighs bigger, tho not really much else. The increased flexibility and alignment, tho, are worth much more.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 19:43 (nine years ago) link
gdamn major supply and demand problem at my gym a million empty cardio machines while theres a backup at the free weights/smith machines
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:31 (nine years ago) link
+the place is littered with weird single ecersize weight machines no one uses
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:32 (nine years ago) link
im fit to email them
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:33 (nine years ago) link
use the weird weight machines
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:40 (nine years ago) link
no way those r for cowards
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:42 (nine years ago) link
This is a daily problem at Planet Fitness
― Evan R, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:46 (nine years ago) link
i goto blink which is basically the same as planet fitness except maybe vaguely less lame
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:49 (nine years ago) link
What Planet Fitness lacks in, well, everything, it makes up for in price.
But that place is bizarre. They give zero fucks about shutting down huge chunks of the gym at peak hours so they can mop or whatever. No way it could wait until midnight, or even 8 p.m. That place must be spotless at all hours, at any cost.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:50 (nine years ago) link
ya blink is a cheapo one too its not too bad, just needs more weights, anyway i emailed them so i assume itll be all fixed by the next time im there
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:53 (nine years ago) link
lol
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:54 (nine years ago) link
I just did some cardio in a work gym. They added this tiny second one, it has few machines but lots of windows
So I'm recovering from an AC joint injury (basically a sore/inflamed shoulder caused by too many presses, push-ups, dips, planks etc.), so here's what my routine looks like. I try to get four days in at the gym, and they usually go like this:
1. Cross-cable day (lots of pulling exercises, arm exercises and flies, b/c they are easier on the shoulder)2. Bench press day (I press at incline and declines, but not flat bench b/c of the shoulder; I also lowered the weight)3. Tire day (I hit the shit out of a tire with a sledgehammer)4. Free weight day
Usually I spend about a half hour, sometimes 40 minutes, at a primary station, then use the rest of the day for back exercises or ab exercises. It's working for me, in that I'm committed to it and it isn't killing my shoulder (a tricky balance), but I'm not gaining much and I would like to mix it up. Any suggestions?
― Evan R, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 21:09 (nine years ago) link
Last summer I was mixing up that routine with several other discount gym memberships, including a kickboxing place (too hard on shoulder now), a CrossFit place (not a good fit for scrawny old me, or my shoulder), a gym with a pool (would love to be a member but it's too expensive) and Groupon yoga (I learned to like yoga, but ironically this is hell on my shoulder—those planks). What else could I try?
I have been biking more, and just got a super comfy new bike, but I don't know if I can really count that as exercise.
― Evan R, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 21:11 (nine years ago) link
h8 those nautilish machines so much
― resulting post (rogermexico.), Wednesday, 20 May 2015 04:09 (nine years ago) link