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idknhlstuff

Congrats to Jonny on 1000 games

idknhlstuff

Jonny is presented with his silver 1000 game stick

rinkrats

hahahahahah i’m fine | sid’s 1000th game tribute

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coltonparayko

Justin Timberlake never fails to make me dance which is bad because I dance like Jonathan Toews

“...which you obviously have sick dance moves.”

sixpenceee

Boo!

maneth985

BHAHAHA THE JUMP!

martymartinloki

“Oh what a scary predator! You really scared Mama! Good job!”

nikkoliferous

I can’t stop laughing at this

snowfox24imcompletetrash

Thing is she’s doing this to encourage her cub, you can tell she knows they’re there bc she looks over there before getting up and pretending to looks somewhere else, jumping when the kid tries to scare her

annesmiless

Some eaiser variations of push ups to help you build the strength to do a traditional one!

moniquill

I don’t generally reblog ‘fitness’ stuff but gaddamn could I use some more arm strength.

the-goddamazon-deactivingsoon-d

Push-ups are my worst nightmare. I can only do 44 before I pass out on the floor.

maxxiegalaxy-deactivated2022032

“I can only do 44” hahaha omg I can’t even do one.

o-lascaux-o

yes good

I was always frustrated how my P.E. teachers wanted all of us to go “all-or-none” and basically hurt ourselves without letting us build up from square-one like in the first gif. Then they’d fuckin yell at us for not doing it right >:|

Knee-pushups is not square-one.

arkilliandragon

When I got my first personal trainer, she had me doing push ups almost standing upright in the weight lifting bars so that I could do 15 reps and 3 sets of them. It’s more about the technique of the push up, and if you’re pushing too much weight, you can’t exersize the correct muscles within their tolerances. This post is pretty important tto know cause of that.

jhameia

I was introduced to the knee push-up last year and it was such a fucking game changer. I had NO idea it was possible to work those same muscles just with a slight variation in position.

personal-scientist

I wanna just verify that these are excellent for building strength, both as someone who took weights class in high school with a good teacher, and as someone who’s had a lifetime of physical therapy (not for my arms specifically, but I’ve spent a lot of time in sports medicine centers). And again, if the vertical one in the first gif is difficult, you don’t even have to lean into it like that. Start standing, and only lean as much as it takes you to lower towards the wall.

And remember, many exercises can be modified in this way! I did an image search for “modified pull up” and got exactly what I was looking for right away, which is this:

Doing pull ups on a lower bar, or from the straps with handles that gyms sometimes have (called the TRX - they can also be used to support yourself during squats and some balance exercises) is a lot easier than jumping straight into vertical pullups, and lets you build up that muscle with exercises that are still comfortable and safe for you, so you can do more sets of more reps.

As a general rule, always start with lower-strain exercises and practice good form before you work your way up. You don’t want to have to unlearn bad habits that could lead to injury later as the difficulty increases.

jecook

@imfemalewarrior I’m assuming you’ve seen this post but in case you haven’t—it seems like your kind of thing

imfemalewarrior

Here are push up and pull up progressions!

-FemaleWarrior, She/They

peppervl

Because I have serious issues with core strength and cannot do a sit up or a crunch without using muscles I shouldn’t and hurting myself, I looked up core exercises for beginners (because modified sit ups just have me ways to make it harder), and here’s what I found.

All from here, which also includes sit ups with the idea that you start up and don’t go all the way down.

rosslynpaladin

This stuff on the bottom is some of the stuff I do for physical therapy, can vouch for it

nubbsgalore

thank you.

nubbsgalore

remember decency?

everkings

I experienced 4 different intense emotions during this post. What a roller coaster. I took his time for granted, and I would give anything to know a human being with empathy was in our white house again

nussstrudel

“All right, anti-vaxxers. Let’s pretend you’re right. You’re not. Pretending is not science” - Hannah Gadsby - Douglas (2020)

aint-coming-back-lol-deactivate

Seeing biblical teachings being reversed into conservative teachings is one of the funniest things holy shit. Like this makes it painfully clear that Jesus taught the exact opposite of all these things yet conservatives in the US wanna call themselves “men of god”.