#ftm workout

[rbremington]

Felt dysphoric. Worked out. Now just sweaty and dysphoric.

[forcemace]

I’ve been wanting to make posts about working out for a while because I see a lot of weird rhetoric abt it in Forcemasc circles. Here’s some main points from someone who has been working out for years and had previous dysmorphia and ED problems (won’t be mentioned further):

- you do not HAVE to exercise to be a man. That is unrelated. However, it can feel gender affirming to get stronger for some people. I feel a lot of euphoria from it, personally. But if you’re only exercising because you think you’re not man enough if you don’t, that’s not true.

- every body is different. What some people can do, you won’t be able to and vice versa. Some people take to it faster, it’s not a morality or value thing. You are not a worse person or less valuable if you don’t take to exercising as fast as other people you know. When I did pole dancing some people would come to their first class and be much better than be at five months some people had been there a year and couldn’t do things I could. It had nothing to do with me. It has nothing to do with you.

- No movement is inherently better than others. If you find something you like, that’s great. You can just like restorative yoga you don’t have to want a run a marathon or vise versa. (Although restorative yoga would probably feel rly good if you run marathons).

- working out is a lifelong journey, like food, cleanliness, mental health, there’s ups and downs. If you stop for a while, you’re not a failure. You can take it back up whenever you feel like you can. Trying new things and dropping them isn’t failing them, any movement is a success. Rock climbed for three months and then stopped? That’s three months of great movement! Danced for ten years but left because it wasn’t affirming? That’s ten years of movement, you can move to something else and call it a success.

- health is important, and mental health is a part of that. Working out can improve aspects of health, but if you’re using shame and health anxiety to motivate your exercise, that well will run dry. Moving your body because it improves your mood, energy, you enjoy it, you care about yourself, are much better motivators than any hatred will ever be.

- everyone has a different starting point.If you find a video or a workout plan and your body is giving you signs it’s too much to start with (intense ache, more than a bit of pain, struggled breathing (you can’t talk), etc.) tone it back. Getting an injury is not worth the hypothetical gain. There are studies that show that gains are best found between comfort and too much. Pushing to too much is not helpful or better.

- you do not need a gym to get strong, and there are bodyweight exercises for basically every muscle group. There are modifications for them as well. Take some time and make a few plans. You’ll know to increase the reps or difficulty when things that were once hard become easy. This can take weeks. That is normal and you’re doing a good job. There is not a way to really know how quickly you’ll improve, try to focus on the good parts aside from that: improved sleeping, how it kinda feels good to be sore, improved mood.

- I am proud of you for wanting to try. It’s scary. My whole life exercise was something with a hypothetical goal of being more feminine looking, now I am finally getting joy out of exercising for the joy of becoming myself more. I hope you can find whenever kind of movement you can.

Keep it up brother!

[1-800-tb0y]

I feel like this is a stupid idea but for every note this post gets I’ll do a push-up of my choosing (standard, diamond, wide, etc.) to try and motivate myself to build my upper body lol

[sensible-tips]

Fitness Friday- No weights? No Problem!

Example of a full body workout, including cardio, that can be done without equipment and in limited space.

[forced-cyclingization]

FtM workout for beginners

Follow me for more tips, boys

[dai-forsworn]

I’m feeling proud of myself and my progress, so here: tits n’ guns.

A year ago, I hated my body. Glad the T has helped me love it again. With a bit of work, I’ve turned the jelly on my chest into bedrock. 🖤

For other trans-mascs who want to get shredded, here’s my workout routine for arms and chest days:

DO YOUR STRETCHES

15 minutes high intensity elliptical / treadmill

6 to 8 sets tricep machine extensions, 10-15 reps, each set adding weight (I start at 23kg and work my way up to 45kg)

6 to 8 sets bicep curls, 10-15 reps, each set (or two) adding weight (I start at 9kg and work up to 32kg)

3 sets lateral raises, 10-15 reps, first at 9kg, then 14, then 18kg.

5 sets converging chest press / military press, 10-15 reps, starting at 18kg, working up to 45kg.

6-8 sets pull ups / chin ups, 10-15 reps, from assisted 14kg, working down until I’m pulling my own body weight (roughly 60kg) (This one is the most important exercise for turning jelly tits into muscle tits and building shoulder mass)

10 minute high intensity elliptical again, then 5 minute cooldown.

Once you’re done with that, slap some deep heat on your arms / upper chest, get a protein shake and some creatine down your neck, then have a big dinner and treat yourself. ❤️❤️❤️ (I usually try to aim for 3000 cal per day)

I do this at least twice a week. Also another thing I cannot stress enough because of how good it is, if this routine is too hard for you, get into swimming. If your joints hurt like mine used to, GET INTO SWIMMING. Swimming will help you get fitter and stronger without putting strain on your joints bc water buoyancy n shit.

Crazy that a year ago I was severely underweight and using a walking aid. Things can and do get better, guys. Look after yourselves and eat well.

[high-on-stickbugs]

day 1 of doing pushups

type: knee

max count: 4

come back tomorrow for day 2

how many pushups you guys think I can do tomorrow? place bets

[noahsfault]

My fellow transmasculine/dysphoric afab people, I discovered a thing

If you’re pre-T like me and wear mostly tee shirts, you may have been trying to tone up your arms

I started lifting weights years ago and it’s going well, but I always struggled making progress when it came to my forearms

My teeny-tiny wrists were a source of insecurity and dysphoria for me at times and because I have hyper-extensive joints I would hurt them a lot trying to do ✨manly✨ things like opening the orange juice for myself-

Well, there’s a youtube video I found and I’ve been doing it every 2-3 days for 2 weeks (and swapping it for my regular arm workouts + rest days etc)

I have very weak arms so I’ve only been doing half of the workouts listed in the video at any given time, and my wrists are literally like 1.5 to 2cm wider after 2 weeks

I’ve been using 4.5 kg weights but as I said I can only get through half the video this way

Please don’t overwork your wrists, especially if you’re like me and your joints are prone to injury

Feel free to share and enjoy your new lid-opening superpowers!