big dumb and quiet guard dog older brother. doesn't really care about anything other than little sibling, at their beck and call. protects them, fights anyone little sibling wants fighting, shields them from any danger, puts their body on the line. will accept any amount of pain and damage for the sake of his little sibling
Chicken, have you ever done any kind of regular strength training? I think I want to try it but I don’t want to go to a gym or get really meathead about it. I just want to be a little stronger and have more functional fitness and it’s got zero to do with losing weight or looking a certain way. It’s so intimidating to learn about though.
yeah definitely! i will say i kind of cheated on the knowledge part because my methods for learning are either
1) get accosted by a coach and told that i am not jacked enough for an eight year old
2) stay self conscious about that comment for like twenty years and parlay it into a vibe known as Any Jock Is Welcome To Invite Me To The Gym At Any Time, I Will Go (I Don’t Ask Questions)
3) follow random jock friends around demanding that they teach me stuff even if it has nothing to do with the sports i’m doing
buT!!!!! i have been trying to like read stuff so i can figure out if these people are all bullshitting me or not, so here’s some resources that i think are good:
Ask A Swole Woman: casey’s jacked as hell but her answers are always good and thoughtful and i love her. doesn’t really talk specific exercises, more perspective
The Exercist: breaks down harmful ideas around body image; some discussion might be triggering? i really like the perspective though, and they post a good number of basic exercise ideas that are mostly bodyweight
Runner’s World strength training, Outside mag, other running and triathlon magazines: kind of a weird source, but i tend to rely on sport-specific magazines for functional exercises? it might take a little bit of fiddling to find info that matches what you want, but they’re generally more holistic and focused on just building capacity for x activity rather than what it looks like
Self’s workouts: i haven’t tested these plans or anything, but they got a shoutout in some newsletter a while ago & i’ve been pretty impressed with their editorial perspective? they seem like they’d be really good for starter kit plans
some random general thoughts too:
it’s your body? i think sometimes people get sucked into wanting The Definitive Strength Plan before they can start training anything, but like, you know your strengths and weaknesses, you know what feels good & fun and what doesn’t
don’t be afraid to fuck around? don’t do big weights without supervision, and be mindful about technique, but also – the human body is just capable of a lot of weird shit, and just going out and trying random new exercises until you figure out what you want to do is totally valid. the big reason i follow friends around is just to find out what weird shit they’re doing? most of the time they’re like “try this” and i’m like “kevin what are you fucking TALKING about!!!!!” and then it turns out that kevin was right the whole time, it is fun to make your leg do the freaky thing
community!!!! exclamation!!!! i know this is weird right now, but genuinely, roping your friends into this shit is the best part. jocks love talking about jock stuff and if you have a jock friend you should hit them up and be like what are you doing!! why!! is it fun?? can we do it together?? can we talk about doing completely different things? do you do sports? can i do the sports also? do you want to enter a figure skating pairs competition and become the world’s best adult amateurs with me? can we be best friends? they’ll love it, you’ll love it, i promise.
little sibling that convinces their big older brother to let go, don't think, to fuck them however he wants as hard as he wants. he's bigger, stronger, nervous. both reveres his little sibling and wants to tear them to pieces. a little goading, a little teasing, permission, an order--and then he's taking what's his. biting and plowing and pushing them down into the ground, mindlessly fucking them and grunting like an animal, using his strength to keep them still and pull them close as he cums hard. unravels and purrs with them in his arms after as they tell him he did good and he licks the tears off their face
lazy summer afternoon nap with big older brother, curling up together in the AC, the heat still on your skin. too tired to care you're both only wearing underwear, mindlessly touching each other, petting, keeping close
younger sibling who wants to learn how to have sex but doesn't really like anyone and doesn't want to have sex with a stranger. asks big older brother to be a body for them to explore and fuck. makes him strip and spread out, gropes and pinches and pushes him around, fingers and strokes him and makes their big strong brother whine and moan. makes him fuck himself on their cock/strap or fuck them however they please, be a toy for them to use. have him hold them after and be kissed be them