particularly the prevalence of back injuries that come from olympic lifting with poor form, which yr almost guaranteed of if youre doing them fast to exhaustion, is just p scary imho
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:24 (eight years ago) link
not guaranteed injuries guaranteed poor form if that was unclear
i mean running has a super high insistence of injury too but at least its not back injuries
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:25 (eight years ago) link
crossfit cld solve a lot of those problems by redefining exhaustion to mean when yr form breaks instead of when u cant lift anymore
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 16:26 (eight years ago) link
some woman in the break room who works in my general area had a big old foot brace/boot thing on and I overheard her say she was injured because she was running too much
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:19 (eight years ago) link
prob a stress fracture
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:27 (eight years ago) link
i had plantar fasciitis for a few years and still stretch daily to prevent against it returning; that shit required a brace and crutches for several months.
― “audience participation” otherwise known as “touching” (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:29 (eight years ago) link
see, running is bad
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:30 (eight years ago) link
running is good u just have to do it right/be naturally disinclined toward injury
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:31 (eight years ago) link
like me :)
currently knocking on tremendous amounts of wood
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 17:34 (eight years ago) link
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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
i've seen yr arms. all i'm sayin.
Objection sustained.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:51 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
You go to a boxing gym!
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:56 (eight years ago) link
Where did you get that idea?
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:58 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
Oh my mistake. You just punch people.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 18:59 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
veins mean u have blood inside u, gross
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
I am a sad sack of blood and bile tbh
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:43 (eight years ago) link
disgusting
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:49 (eight years ago) link
I know ;_;
― ultimate american sock (mh), Tuesday, 12 May 2015 20:55 (eight years ago) link
i'm full of melancholy and infinite radness
― shep prettybone (clouds), Wednesday, 13 May 2015 03:38 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv2ijUmBrW4
me irl
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:13 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/71HdoS0.gif
― (•̪●) (carne asada), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:18 (eight years ago) link
A line must be drawn.
― Norse Jung (Eric H.), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
fuck yea get some
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:19 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
question: how do u get muslces without expanding in size?
― flopson, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:21 (eight years ago) link
wish my gym had such a nice selection of kettlebells and plyo boxes
― lag∞n, Monday, 18 May 2015 18:21 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
http://www.thehipthruster.com/
Only $500!
― Kiarostami bag (milo z), Monday, 18 May 2015 18:48 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight 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 (eight years ago) link
+the place is littered with weird single ecersize weight machines no one uses
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:32 (eight years ago) link
im fit to email them
― lag∞n, Tuesday, 19 May 2015 20:33 (eight years ago) link