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Welcome to our new exercise check thread for the week!

Here, we set our individual goals and register our progress throughout the week.

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[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I'm definitely interested. My goal last week was to not have my knees/lumbar discs explode and my goal this week is to get over whatever demon illness my kids brought back from school but I'll be back on track soon.

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Feeling better today, comrade?

[–] SchillMenaker@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Almost. I had my wife do some RDLs yesterday and she got mad at me though.

[–] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I was a daily exerciser until last week. Hurt my shoulder pretty bad, afraid my rotator cuff is badly strained :(

Still can't do anything more than lift like 10lbs with that arm right now. Will get back to it when I can and keep people motivated when I can :)

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

Oof, sounds painful. Take care of that shoulder, comrade.

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How is that shoulder going?

[–] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Improving for sure, but still can't work out and the weight of my arm hurts after a time, so I can't run or such either without pain. Giving it the weekend before I start pushing myself!

Thanks for asking!

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

Today will be my third day in a row to the gym. I'll start with a 20 minute run, then continue with a full body circuit of probably 4 exercises. I think today I'll do dumb bell bench press, squat, overhead press, and a seated row. Tomorrow I might take a rest from weights and do a long run instead

[–] BigWeed@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My goals for the week (total) are: 500 pushups split between wide arm and pseudo planche, 500 body weight squats, 200 pull-ups, one hill run.

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

That's a lot! How is that going?

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My objective is going to the gym 5x, but I'll probably have to remove a tooth tomorrow, so it'll be stretching and walking for a while.

[Oct 28th]

Leg day again. Thank God I'm not a spider.

πŸŽƒ out of 5πŸŽƒ for the week

[–] 9to5@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

can I get pinged in the future ? I have been slacking on working out and any reminder like this is helpful :3

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Sure! πŸŽƒπŸ‘

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Hey, comrade! Were you able to do some exercising since then?

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Pinging you here to keep your momentum going. Let me know if you'd prefer not to be pinged again.

@peeonyou@hexbear.net

@blunder@hexbear.net

@OgdenTO@hexbear.net

Let's get moving! πŸ’ͺπŸŽƒπŸ«΅

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Omg fuck ok I really need to go on a walk

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

That was fantastic thank u @TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net for the ping plz keep doing it

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] blunder@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Yes it was amazing big-cool

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Ping away, and keep moving!

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

nice, thanks.. i needed that

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't really have any goals other than to not sit at the computer all day long. I've been doing at least 30 crunches before bed and typically I go for a walk with my partner most nights. I'll keep doing that.

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

How is that going, comrade?

[–] peeonyou@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

So far so good. Crunches every night and walks every day :)

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

[Oct 29th]

Removed a tooth today, no exercises for a week πŸŽƒπŸ‘Ž

Will try to do some light stretching that doesn't involve bending my head down

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

[Oct 30th]

Legs and shoulders stretching.

I'll have to have another tooth procedure, cause there's now a communication between my mouth and one of my sinuses. So I guess that's more time without going to the gym.

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

[Nov 3rd]

Couldn't exercise properly the past two days due to pain after removing a tooth. Analgesics didn't agree with my stomach and I won't take opioids. Cold packs did wonders though, and kept pain at bay as long as I didn't move around too much.

I'm feeling much better today, almost painless. Already cleaned the whole house (my cats had turned it into a warzone this weekend) and I'll probably have a walk after the sun sets and do some stretching, since I can't lift weights until next week.

Let's keep going! πŸ’ͺ

New thread up tomorrow.