Health & Fitness • Page 154

It’s crazy how the little but consistent changes have me feeling better than a big workout. I’ve been trying to walk a mile on my walking pad and stretch for 10 min after I wake up and then I switched to a standing desk and try to stand for the majority of the day. My back has never felt better and I feel like I have more energy throughout the day starting with a walk?

 

I try to stand a lot throughout the day. I’ll sometimes have to edit a bunch at my desk but I’ll raise the desk and stand instead of in my chair. It’s been sunny here lately too so I’ve been going in runs outside more

 

I've been sick and keep dramatically going "my gains! Not my gains!!" Cause I feel like my muscles are withering away from being a sick lump on my couch the last several days

 

You're good, it takes several weeks to see any appreciable muscle loss.

Like Daniel Tiger sings, "When you're sick, rest is best. REST IS BEST!"

 

Whenever I hit a slump or just feel burnt out from exercise I dial back my formal workouts to give myself a little more time to sleep, a little more time to go for walks, and a little more time to lengthen my post-workout stretching routine.

I'm going on vacation the week after next for my kids' spring break and really looking forward to taking some time off from working out. I haven't done that for any significant amount of time in a couple years tbh

 

I’ve been having issues the last few weeks of feeling like I will throw up when exercising. I’ve never had this issue before and my routine has not changed at all. But a few minutes in I get that feeling in the throat that I need to vomit. Anyone else ever have this and was able to overcome it?

 

I get a lot of fitness content on my algorithm and like anything, some of its great and some sucks

Hate when it's trying to be inspirational but it's like backhanded lol.

Like "don't worry if you only have 45 minutes to spend at the gym, you can still get in a quick routine! You got this?" Like I'm sorry but ONLY?? That's a good sesh for me especially on a work night

Or "you're not defined by one choice! I ate X for breakfast and yeah it's not great but I'll recover and everything is okay in moderation!" And then it's like a typical breakfast for me haha

 

The only fitness content I watch at this point is from this couple, Ben Carpenter (bddcarpenter) and Sohee Carpenter (soheefit), who mostly does myth/ragebait debunking and... gosh, they've got a lot on their hands as there's so much fear mongering mixed with all kinds of shaming (fatphobia etc.) and just plainly manipulative and negative beliefs shared by fitness influencers these days.

Been following them for a while and they seem, idk... genuine and uplifting? They make sure to remain kind and non-judgemental and it's such a contrast to what I usually see on the internet, which is quite a sad realization in itself.

 

I don’t really watch any fitness influencers. I stay more in tune with health/wellness influencers for things like raw/whole food recipes to go with my workouts.

I’ll occasionally look up new workouts on YouTube so I can change up my routine every few weeks. I’m not sure how it is with female fitness influencers, but there are so many male influencers that are unnatural that try to sell the idea you can look like them without PEDs. It’s shameful

 

My pet peeve with almost all strength videos is they don't give enough rest time between sets imo. I always have to pause to give myself more rest. I prefer lifting slowly but heavy if I can. Even if I'm just using bodyweight I need more than 20 seconds rest, people!!