thread of getting sw0le

see, running is bad

running is good u just have to do it right/be naturally disinclined toward injury

like me :)

currently knocking on tremendous amounts of wood

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

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)

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.

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

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

i've seen yr arms. all i'm sayin.

Objection sustained.

Point could be made that me being on the slimmer side of the climbing community at my gym probably confirms the original point.

tedium and pain and fear of same have kept me away from workouts for, oh, 30 years.

You go to a boxing gym!

Where did you get that idea?

(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.)

Oh my mistake. You just punch people.

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.

Hardly ever, unfortunately. xp

A general problem for exercising is 75% of my weeks involving chemo, and all of them drug-induced insomnia.

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

veins mean u have blood inside u, gross

I am a sad sack of blood and bile tbh

disgusting

I know ;_;

i'm full of melancholy and infinite radness

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jv2ijUmBrW4

me irl

http://i.imgur.com/71HdoS0.gif

A line must be drawn.

fuck yea get some

Can't wait til a personal trainer tells me to do that to fatigue.

question: how do u get muslces without expanding in size?

wish my gym had such a nice selection of kettlebells and plyo boxes

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

also u will prob end up being happy with somewhat bigger muscles anyway and u dont have to worry abt getting huge

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question: how do u get muslces without expanding in size?

― flopson, Monday, May 18, 2015 1:21 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

lift for 40 minutes and then cardio for 20 minutes ime

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.

Yoga made my thighs bigger, tho not really much else. The increased flexibility and alignment, tho, are worth much more.

gdamn major supply and demand problem at my gym a million empty cardio machines while theres a backup at the free weights/smith machines

+the place is littered with weird single ecersize weight machines no one uses

im fit to email them

use the weird weight machines

no way those r for cowards

gdamn major supply and demand problem at my gym a million empty cardio machines while theres a backup at the free weights/smith machines

This is a daily problem at Planet Fitness

i goto blink which is basically the same as planet fitness except maybe vaguely less lame

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.

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

lol