Dino Diet sounds like a fantastic idea

i might have already talked about this before but it’s actually crazy that jogging gets treated as a default ‘getting into shape for the first time’ exercise ESPECIALLY if someone’s goal involves weight loss. people who are more than ~200lbs often need special gear and running techniques to avoid shin splints etc *even if all that weight is solid muscle*, and the likelihood of injury only goes up as strength to weight ratio decreases. someone who’s both heavy AND untrained is just going to be miserable for however long it takes their bones and connective tissue to adapt to the sudden increase in demand. usually this takes months, but it can take even longer under adverse conditions like, say, suddenly eating way less than normal. and all this for an activity that literally isn’t even fun unless you are a specific type of insane. there are so many low impact and actually enjoyable forms of cardio why are we slapshotting biomechanically disadvantaged novices into the david goggins torment dimension

could. could you maybe. list some of those 'low impact and enjoyable forms of cardio'? this is not sarcasm, this is a genuine request, every form of exercise I have tried recently has put me in the torment dimension. thank you and I love you

yeah sure! there’s a lot of good suggestions in the notes, i’m probably missing a few

if you have access to a gym/appropriate facilities:

minimal equipment alternatives:

one important thing to remember for anyone out there who’s significantly out of shape and feels overwhelmed is that when it comes to fitness you have one enormous advantage: it is currently EXTREMELY EASY for you to get exercise

do you 🫵 get winded walking up a flight of stairs? is curling a 5lb dumbbell 10 times difficult for you? can you barely do a single knee push-up? well i have great news: doing all of those things twice still probably takes less you less than 10 minutes. which means you can do a genuinely worthwhile daily workout in less than ten minutes. and it’ll probably get easy fast, and then you can find a heavier dumbbell

The specific modality of cardio is a lot less important than the intensity you do it at, as well. I highly recommend doing heart rate based training, where you keep your HR below 70-75% of your max for most sessions and up to 85-90% for moderate intensity sessions. Just do like 20 minute sessions.

getting into the weeds a bit but yeah this is a good point ^ if you’ve got the ability to monitor your heart rate it’s apparently good to keep the majority of your cardio in zone 2 (the 70-75% one) and honestly if you haven’t already been doing this there’s a good chance you won’t be able to stay in zone 2 at a running pace for a while anyway

and actually ☝️ currently i can only CARRY ~15lbs bc my ankle still can’t take much more than my body weight, and even that makes me limp a bit, which, to my point, is something that had never even occurred to me as a potential issue before

i might have already talked about this before but it’s actually crazy that jogging gets treated as a default ‘getting into shape for the first time’ exercise ESPECIALLY if someone’s goal involves weight loss. people who are more than ~200lbs often need special gear and running techniques to avoid shin splints etc *even if all that weight is solid muscle*, and the likelihood of injury only goes up as strength to weight ratio decreases. someone who’s both heavy AND untrained is just going to be miserable for however long it takes their bones and connective tissue to adapt to the sudden increase in demand. usually this takes months, but it can take even longer under adverse conditions like, say, suddenly eating way less than normal. and all this for an activity that literally isn’t even fun unless you are a specific type of insane. there are so many low impact and actually enjoyable forms of cardio why are we slapshotting biomechanically disadvantaged novices into the david goggins torment dimension

oh one more thing just bc i want to clarify: the reason i chose 200lbs as the benchmark is NOT bc i think 200lbs = needs to lose weight. if you clear 6’3” it doesn’t even put you at an overweight BMI

i settled on that number bc 1) just anecdotally it seems to be around the weight where you have to be careful about impact no matter how in shape you are and 2) (much less importantly) i don’t think most people under that weight should Start their fitness journey focusing on weight loss, because up to a certain point there’s a level of muscle mass you lose by lowering food intake that is likely to be more detrimental to your wellbeing than weight loss is to be helpful.

that said i’m absolutely not a doctor and cannot tell any specific person what’s going to be best for them, my own limited experiences and the little opinions i’ve derived from them are not reliable health advice. ultimately this post is just me pointing at a thing i’ve seen a lot and going ‘man is that fucked up or what’

This is my son and he is one years old :)

finally watched frankenstein the other day and the scene where the creature confronts him at the wedding is still killing me bc like

the creature: hey it’s kind of fucked up that i’m completely alone in the world and can’t die. i want a friend who understands me

victor: you want me to make you a MONSTER WOMAN you can have FREAK MONSTER BABIES WITH????? i refuse to do this specifically because you will reproduce which is disgusting. you are so horny it makes me SICK

the creature: …i was really expecting the lack of funding and equipment to be the biggest obstacle here. you don’t even have to make a woman-

victor: i have to make a woman. with a fully functional reproductive system. and you two perverts would be super into each other for sure. next thing you know there’d be hundreds of you sickos terrorizing the human race. how could you ask me to do something so horrible.

the creature: literally what the fuck are you talking about

apropos of notes on my recent Jogging Post, and please forgive me if this is a stupid question: @ any boob havers comfortable answering, what do you mean it HURTS to run?? like am i understanding this correctly that you are saying the bouncing is actually Physically Painful??? i was under the impression that the general experience was ‘gee having a bunch of extra weight strapped to my chest sure is cumbersome and/or suffocating + causes back pain over time’

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