fitness
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Rules
- Absolutely no fat-shaming, skinny-shaming, or shape-shaming.
- Be positive about people’s bodies but don’t be fetishistic.
- Don’t shame or disparage people for their fitness level.
- Do not offer unsolicited criticism.
- If you post a selfie, make special care that identifying marks are removed.
- No doomposting about your body.
Quotes
A fascist worked out today, did you?
“I’m an ardent believer in equality, and being in the Communist Party is a way to spread this form of socialism and freedom for all the people”-Jeff Monson
“Every worker sportsman must be a soldier of the revolution”-Spartakiad
Resources
Beginner's Health and Fitness Guide: https://liamrosen.com/fitness.html
Databases for lifts/muscles:
Flexibility:
The R*ddit Wiki:
TDEE Calculator:
Please be aware that this calculator will ask if you're male or female
Other cool shit:
How to make your own foam roller
Athletes guide to foam rolling
WIP Schedule
Friday: Weekly check-in. Discuss what went right and wrong in terms of goals from last week
Saturday: Declaration of goals+community focus. What tangible, numerical goals are you going for? Don't know? We have ideas!
Sunday: Gals and enby pals take center stage
Monday: Meme Monday
Tuesday: Toot Your Horn Tuesday. Brag about what you've done, how good your progress is, who's making googly eyes at you, etc.
Wednesday: Wing Chun Wednesday. All about martial arts
Thursday: Nutrition. What's been bothering you about nutrition? Maybe we get some comrades from c/food to see if we can't get you where you're trying to go.
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I wrote that all wrong and I’m gonna edit
It’s Couch TO 5k Because who the fuck runs 25k 😜
I never thought I’d do it, and injury can delay it, but felt great when I did .
I literally did my first ever 15k yesterday. Everyone in China is always exercising and I couldn't bear not joining in. I'm utterly wrecked now.
But here's the thing, there's a marathon in North Korea in January. I'm going to train up and you bet I'm going to run that thing.