Health & Fitness • Page 152

Been really frustrated with seemingly putting on 10lbs over the last month but after an almost 90 minutes gym session of exclusively lifting (I did cardio in the morning), I was really happy that my delts felt so much bigger than I expected.

So maybe it's some muscle gain (but also definitely some fat because I was going sicko mode on food for a week there)

 

Not to dismiss your frustrations but I think even just 15 minutes of running a day is a lot more than I see most people managing.

I bought a Fitbit awhile ago and I have no idea exactly how reliable they are for tracking workout intensity.

 

I feel weirdly like i always gain weight in the summer, despite being pretty active. my guess is it might be because my wife is off in the summers (teacher) and so we are going out and eating at restaurants more often.

 

NGL I feel like I'm reasonably active and don't eat terribly but my weight continues fluctuating within this 5lb window and doesn't stay down. I just want my pants to fit better rn. They're so uncomfy. But I don't want to take all the joy out of my life aka good food. I'm trying to tell myself to focus on health and not appearance. I may be in a bit of a workout rut. My local rock climbing gym has a Groupon to try it out, and I've been considering the rowing machine. Watch out, things may be getting wild out here

 

Update: did rowing machine for 15 minutes. That was like two hours ago and I can already feel my back is gonna be sore. I am sad cause the rowing machine at my old gym had games like a cute one where you had to row to move your fishie up and down to avoid the sharks. But it was a good workout! I'd be so much more in shape if every week had 3 day weekends

 

Forgot how annoying Covid is when it comes to recovery for running, I’m about two weeks from initially having it and I’m FINALLY feeling normal and back to my cardio routine without being winded af within a half mile

 

Started wearing Invisalign back in July and it’s limited how much I eat throughout the day. I was eating about 2200 cals a day with about 170 g of protein for the gym. I’ve had to cut back due to not being able to eat as much and therefore have done more cardio the past couple months than heavy lifting. I was doing 225 on bench before Invisalign, then went to Japan for a couple weeks, so took about a month a half break of no bench…went last week and was struggling to do 3 sets of 185 on bench.

Gotta work my way back again

 

Just a matter of familiarity though, which is good - very unlikely to be any actual muscle loss or anything. You got this!

 

I've been using the weight machine things at the gym lately instead of just using dumbbells and omg. I used the calf machine and they hurt soooo bad

 

I have to use the machines because my form is poor as shit otherwise.

 

First week back to lifting 4x a week after taking two months off leading in my marathon and everything hurts and I think I’m dying

 

My cardio days have been getting repetitive. Stair climbers, cycling, incline treadmill, etc. so I decided to start taking a cardio/strengthening class. Basically just a 45 minute straight circuit with almost no stoppage time. I felt like I was dying, but in a good way.

 

Anything that has you stringing together movements will absolutely kill the heart and lungs haha. I do a lot of barbell and kettlebell complexes for conditioning, and it's amazing how hard they hit in relatively little time with relatively little weight.

 

I went in thinking I would be decent since I do cardio often, but nope. It was a different beast.

 

This with a lil sugar free peppermint mocha creamer is so