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Daily exercise check thread #3 💪🦷 (hexbear.net)
submitted 1 month ago by TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net to c/fitness@hexbear.net
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Welcome to our new exercise check thread for the week!

Here, we set our individual goals and register our progress.

I have one less tooth now btw

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[–] ratboy@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Went back to the gym today after taking all of last week off, school stress has been so intense so I just did not have the spoons. Felt good to be back though. I only do 2-3 days a week (aiming for 3), but I have increased my lifts by like 5-10 lbs for most of my lower body exercises since I started going which is rad. Need to do better with tracking my upper body progress!

Do y'all have any particular warm up/cool down routines for upper/lower body that you like? I never ever do those and I really need to

[–] undeffeined@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 month ago

My warmups are just sets with less weight until I get to the working weight. Takes less time than a dedicated warmup routine and you get to practice the lifts. I take my time slowly going up in weight for the first lift of the session and the remaining ones usually only need one or two warmup sets. Being doing this for a couple of years, works great for me.

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

I like doing dynamic versions of my main lift. So, broad jumps or kettlebell swings before deadlift. Depth jumps before squats. Clapping push-ups or ring squeeze-press before bench.

[–] OgdenTO@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

I'm at three days in a row this week so far, but probably won't get to go to the gym again until Thursday. Maybe I can lift some weights at home tomorrow night.

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

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[–] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What happened to the tooth???

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Had problems on it for over a decade. It was pointless to do anything other than just remove it at this point.

I got it emoved a week ago, but one of the roots was very close to one of my sinuses, so it formed a fistula/communication between my sinus and my mouth. I first noticed it when I took a sip of water and it vanished from my mouth, then poured out of my nose lmao. It got fixed the next day, but still hurts like a mf

[–] blunder@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

went for a loooooooooooooong walk today and it was nice out!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that made my brain and body feel good screm-cool

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

God I love touching understory

[–] TheSovietOnion@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

[Nov 4th]

Getting better from the procedure, but it still hurts a lot sometimes. Only walking and stretching for this week still.

[–] BigWeed@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I wrecked my back, I think I pulled something doing yoga. Just focusing on pushups for 3 days this week, shooting for 4 sets a day of as many I can do (start counting when I get tired).

[–] ufcwthrowaway@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I love this!

Do you do normal push-ups or a harder variation?

[–] BigWeed@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

I lean forward into a pseudo planche push-up to adjust the difficulty!

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Anyone here use resistance bands at all? I can't afford and don't have any room to story anything bigger than literally this laundry hamper basket I have for exercise equipment right now and their smaller size is extremely appealing compared to free weights, machines, etc.

Wouldn't know where to start though. My brother (I think) left behind one resistance band (tube style) here but it's pretty light-weight/resistance. I like the form factor at least.

[–] BigWeed@hexbear.net 4 points 1 month ago

They're great for lots of things like mobility exercises and reducing load for things like pull-ups. But they're difficult to train with because they lack stability and have variable resistance which can make proper form really hard.

If you're low on budget and tight on space, body weight exercises are all you need to get incredibly strong.

[–] ufcwthrowaway@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I use them to get biceps, side delts and rear deltd after I've done everything else with a pull-up bar

For rear delts, you can do band pull aparts or face pulls

For side delts you can do unilateral lateral raises / cable flies with a band

For biceps you can do cable curls with a band.

But imo pull-ups, psuedo-planche push-ups, pistol squats and Nordic curls are more bang for your buck for hitting the rest of your body.

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks. I'll look into these. This helps a lot.

[–] ufcwthrowaway@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

those are the hard versions, I can recommend some more normal variations too to work up to them

[–] WokePalpatine@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, I'd appreciate that too. Probably not going to be too good at exercising for a couple months since I've lapsed working out for like 18 months.

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

For intermediate versions of the push ups, you can try typewriter push ups or diamond push ups

For the pistol squat, you can do it while holding on to something or just do the part where you go down but not the part where you stand back up

For the Nordic curls, you can use your hands to help! Just push against the floor

For pull ups, you can jump up to the bar and then lower yourself as slowly as possible

[–] MLRL_Commie@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

Still can't do any resistance or strength training with my shoulder how it is, but running every day has been possible now! Feels good, enjoying it, getting some good progress in my audiobooks

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

Finally back up to 250 on bench and 140 on overhead press. Don't ask about my deadlift and squat lol.

I'm trying to up my gym time to 4/week. Recently ran into my shop steward at the gym so now we talk shop and socialism between sets.

Hope to have a three plate squat, four plate deadlift, and 15 constructive pull ups by next spring.

Been able to get into pancake position after a few months of stretching. Would love to be able to get my elbows to my toes by time next year. My current goal on mobility is just to hit a pancake stretch or an accessory movement every day.

Cardio goal: save up money and get my bike into the shop