#exercise talk

[girlvinland]

I only started focusing on strength training back in Feb, so it’s been a very short amount of time, but every time I workout it helps boost my confidence so much in ways that other forms of exercise haven’t, I guess bc in the past a lot of my focus was more on cardio and losing weight instead of building muscle, and in some ways this feels more rewarding to me. I really like doing it, it’s encouraging when you can increase the weight or reps of something and be like ahhhh I can do it, it’s pain but I can do it! I’m excited to keep going with it and to try to keep working hard and feel stronger. It’s been fun to learn new things I’ve never tried before since most of the sports I did in the past were never really focused on strength. Idk, I'm happy and having fun with it.

[fatphobiabusters]

[Photo ID: A pale skinned feminine person in a black swimsuit is in a pool swimming, the frame cuts off their head. The title of the book “The Unapologetic fat girl’s guide to exercise and other incendiary acts” and the author “Hanne Blank” are all in caps End ID]

Image from Goodreads.com 

Overall Rating: 8/10

Pros: This is a great book for someone who wants to start to approach the joy of movement. The author is very good about framing exercise as something you do for yourself, for your own personal goals (such as strength and stamina) over weight loss. There is advice for how to approach gyms, work out equipment, comments from people and self doubt. There is also a light touch upon body neutrality and health at every size philosophy. For a beginner moving away from the traditional diet culture this is a great book. There is also a resources section for fat friendly equipment, clothing, and exercise courses. 

Cons: This book commonly assumes the reader is a woman, probably a cis woman as there is no touching upon the intersection of fat and trans bodies. 

To buy for yourself: B & N | Amazon | GoogleBooks

[sayfaahtmah]

did some pretty intense leg exercises yesterday but im not sore at all??? also lifted weights and i feel fine. wow stretching before and after u work out is actually??? beneficial????? why didn’t anyone tell me

[greenandhazy]

this morning I did three levels of a pyramid workout I’ve set for myself, which ended up being 2-4-6-4-2 renegade rows, 5-10-15-10-5 sit ups, and 3-6-9-6-3 knee push-ups, and 40 high knees in between, and I’m really proud of myself! like okay my technique probably wasn’t great and people who are actually athletic could probably do waaaaay better but whatever, I couldn’t have done this two weeks ago.

[tough-dawg]

win for me, my parent will finally bring me weights that are 10-20Ibs at least. I can finally increase volume a bit.

[uozlulu]

Gotta drag myself away from my project so I’ll exercise lol

[uozlulu]

I’m in the danger zone of wrist strain injury recovery in which everything feels fine so the meathead in me wants to start lifting my 2lb weights but intellectually I know I should probably wait at least 3 more months so ensure I’m fully healed and the struggle is real u___u

[widestwaistlines]

well, in good news, pain tolerance is going up slowly but steadily

could barely do 5 minutes on this bike when i started, but now i can make it and push another minute or two

between that and dumbbells i’m at least getting the basics of what i should be doing i guess