fitness
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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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45 minutes once a week? gotta be hill sprints. skip the gym and go to the nearest hill and then repeatedly sprint up it until you want to puke.
if that is too unpleasant then walk up the hill slowly with a weighted pack repeatedly. I don't want to say once a week is nothing because it isn't, but life experience has taught me that if I'm not putting in at least an hour of exercise 3x/week (can include purposeful walking) things won't be heading in the right direction unless you're on some unbelievably regimented diet.
I hear you. I think what I might do too is leave work for maybe 20min a day and just walk. There is a small pond just off the property the town maintains with a walking trail around it. I might be able to get in early some days for that as well.
Work is pretty chill and can afford me that time during the day. I mean, shit, what got me into lifting was going to the community center gym on our lunch brake with part of the team to lift (including my boss, he's great). The super at the time squashed that after about a year though.
That sounds like a great idea. Don't underestimate walking! I'm a pretty active guy and try to go for walks. Sometimes after going for a 1+ hour walk I'm slightly sore the next day, the workout is real!