Okay I know I say this every few months but for real, I gotta commit
I'm gonna try to gain some muscle and look more masculine
I'm in love with Vanilla (and Iced) and Bel, but I'm also very envious of them and how handsome they are
I don't like lifting weights but I'll do it for my Jojo boys 💪✨ I'm pretty thin right now, but I'm gonna eat protein!! And work out!! And do squats!! And work on my abs!! And lift weights!!
I gotta cliiimb (climb)! I gotta jump offa stuff (jump!) /reference And fight some French dude- sorry, Polnareff /joke
I don't wanna get super buff like my husbands though, just visibly muscular and toned
(also I'm gonna draw my s/i to be a little more muscular and masculine in general over time, it would make me feel better too and give me more gender euphoria 🫶🩵💙💜)
Hey y’all! Weird question time! Well. It’s not actually that weird a question, but I like starting question posts off that way lol
Do you have any recommendation for warmups before exercising?
Cooldowns would also be good, but I’m especially looking for warmups, because with POTS I’m supposed to do gentle exercise but I’m really, really bad at exercising gently. Yoga tanks my blood pressure*, I can’t go for walks because of the heat and the pollen, and I am extremely terrible at sticking to a low speed on a treadmill or stationary bike. I really enjoy exercising with a punching bag, but I am SO BAD at starting slowly, so I think having a separate warm up might help?
*that might not be a POTS thing? I also have some adrenal issues, and high intensity exercise like using the punching bag or (in the past) long dance rehearsals for musical theater seem to act like a forced reset for my adrenal issues. Idk why it works, but high intensity exercise is great for my blood pressure and terrible for my heart rate, and yoga is great for my heart rate and extremely terrible for my blood pressure
weight tw but I haven't worked out in 2.5 weeks and I'm sad and I miss feeling active and being outside. but I've literally only lost weight which always happens when im sick. and i don't feel like I'll ever not be sick again I hate this soooo much
Hopw you're having a beautiful day Jessie; I wish the best for you 💕💕
I struggle with motivating myself to exercise and get physical activity, do you know any gods could help?
My guess is Artemis, or Ares?
Thank you so much, and remember that we here on the internet corner love and support you.
Hello, love!
There's actually a lot of gods you can turn to for this. I will say it seems like the most common (at least based on what I've seen) is Ares. However I've personally turned to Apollo and Athena for help with my physical activities and have had great success with them!
Artemis is another option and I'd also say Hermes (god of athletics) and even Aphrodite (physical activity falls under self-love and self-care. Sometimes you also need to center self-love in your work outs if you're someone who perhaps can go overboard or who may use work out sessions as a weapon against yourself)
So yeah lots of options to choose from! I say go with whoever you feel drawn to.
And thank you so very much for the kind words, love! I appreciate it!
430 words, somewhere between angsty and hopeful, Simon POV post-WS, @carryon-countdown
Two miles down.
I let out a huff as I round the corner. I feel the blood pumping through my legs, and my heart is pounding.
Merlin and Morgana, I’m tired. This running thing is harder than I ever thought it would be. A few years ago, I could go all day just chasing after random creatures and problems that the Mage threw at me. Now, I’m winded after the first few blocks.
Read the rest on ao3 or under the cut!
My body’s a bit different now, but in a lot of ways I think I’m kinder to this one than I ever was to that teenage boy’s body.
Running was my therapist’s idea. She said I should focus on small, concrete ways to find value in my body, to take agency in my own actions, to love myself or some of that shit.
Flying is easier than running. It’s faster, too. My wings feel like they’re surging with energy whenever I let them stretch out and soar. Like they were made for flying (which, obviously they were). They get prickly and stiff when it’s been too long since I’ve used them. Flying feels like relief.
Two and a half miles down.
It’s not shit, actually. What my therapist says. It’s been… helpful. She wants me to fly too, but it’s not as practical to do that on a regular basis when you live in London. So, I run. Not every day, but most days. My therapist says that’s okay. She says… perfection is the enemy of progress, or something like that. Baz agrees, even though he’s never really fallen short of perfection in anything his whole life. Although he keeps saying I should stop thinking that.
We got back from America a few months ago, and the balance of my reality has been a bit shifted ever since. I spent so much time feeling empty after Watford. I still feel like that, sometimes, but I also get little glimpses of being full, or even just glimpses of what it would be like to feel full, when I work at it. It’s a lot of work. But I want to keep going.
I try to take long strides and keep an even pace. Right, left, right, left. Breathe in through the nose, out through the mouth.
Three miles down, and done. I slow to a walk and feel the muscles burning. There’s a cramp in my side, and I swing my arms over my head and bend, trying to stretch it out.
Running feels— good. It feels like—shit, I’m sweating. It feels awful, but it feels clean.
*~*When you feel terrible after realizing your blog’s been lifeless for a few months...*~*
Well, at least with the very real pandemic, I could just say that the characters had no motivation to run the blog due to putting their focus on other things. I mean, that’s exactly what happened with me. I tried to get in shape, but what did I do? Fall back to a primarily sedentary lifestyle. Way to go, me! /s
You’d think I’d have more free time. Oh, well; it happens. Just to remind everyone, asks are always open unless I say otherwise!
All I really have to do is tinker a few things, and come up with more up-to-date character designs; after all, a few changes happened with each toon! This is gonna take a while, so please bear with me.
