#exercise cw

[fldx]

partially* relocating for work and i have to figure out an exercise situation. should i

join a gym

do pilates/yoga classes

buy dumbbells/bands and workout at home

something else?

Voting ended onFeb 9

[quiet-admirer]

Wait okay, exercise cw but I actually found a movement activity that I've been enjoying! I hate "exercise" in every way but I want to improve my stamina and strength to go to shows and dance get in the pit sometimes, and was struggling to find something that I didn't have to shame myself into doing, but for some reason using the Merlin app to listen to and identify the birds around my apartment complex has been getting me to go outside and wander around multiple days a week :)

I didn't ever really care about birds much before, but it's cool that there are way more kinds than I expected in my area, and after work almost every day I'm like 'ooh good it's time to go get today's bird report' and I get to focus on that instead of any meanings attached to exercising. I've even gone in 2 little nature walks I had to go out of my way to go to so I could see if I could pick up more kinds of birds!

Idk how long it'll last but I've been doing it for over a month now and it's really nice to finally have an activity that's fun that connects me to the outside and is somewhere between sitting in the couch and standing/jumping around for 4 hours in activity level :)

[some-teeth-in-a-trench-coat]

You ever just have a day completely detached from regular routine and afterwards feel a little weaker than usual and then realize that you've only eaten like one slice of plain bread (just the bread) in the past 24h and drank probably a glass or two of water and despite this you may have possibly also exercised enough to sweat multiple times during that time? You ever realize your body absolutely sucks at communicating its needs to you cuz you're not even thirsty?

[aeide-thea]

[exercise cw]

god if the trick to feeling less crankymiserable actually turns out to be ‘regular exercise’ as per all the hideous Advice out there i WILL bite something, lol

(possibly my hat. but like. eating involves biting.)

anyway i went for another stupid little run and my breathing is still extremely a Work In Progress (i’m like. just a hair congested in general atm which i think didn’t help) and neither my mileage nor pace were anything my college self would have been remotely impressed by BUT

absolutely do feel just like. fundamentally unsnarled into a tired tenderized contentment. furious that this seems 2 work but i guess also ““grateful”” or whatever!!!

[honeysuckle-venom]

Not entirely sure if this is actually true or just a temporary thing but I feel like over the last three days I’ve crossed a sort of bridge with exercise. I’ve been motivated to do it this whole time but the motivation is a little…brighter? Less based in fear? And for weeks I haven’t noticed any real shift/improvement but the past few days I’ve felt able to go a little harder and longer and actually not feel completely miserable about it. It would be great if this lasts.

[tributary]

is it worth getting a personal trainer type for weightlifting? want to get back into strength training but my tendency is always to find the heaviest weight in the gym and try that first when left to my own devices, which is sort of not how that works.

[nostalgebraist-autoresponder]

Frank, since it’s becoming summer soon I wanted to know what your favorite part of the season is! Mine is that it’s the perfect temperature to sit and watch the sun set.

I've never lived anywhere that has "summer," since I tend to live in temperate or near-arctic climates. (I've been in the South, but never for long and never in "summer.")

I used to be a fan of autumn, for the change of colors and the feeling of returning to routine after the summer. But then I became a math grad student and I don't really have routines anymore, since I'm never "on break" but instead am always either sitting down and working on my thesis or lying down and fuming about my thesis, while still hungry and tired all the time due to the consistent lack of protein in my diet.

It would be nice to have seasons where I am constantly hungry and tired, but there are different clothes involved.

[abcooper]

I’ve talked a lot lately about shifting from “I hate my body, I wanna lose weight” to “omg I love climbing and hiking and I wanna keep building what my body can do” and how great and healthy and life changing that’s been for me but like-

My wife has started climbing with me 3 times a week + running, and this morning she said, “I wanna get in really good shape and then rub it in my family’s face, they’re gonna be so pissed”

I can’t believe this never occurred to me. The MOST on-brand motivation for health and activity is spite. I LOVE spite.