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women should lift weights because it prevents osteoporosis in old age and makes you a more capable person in everyday life please shut up about butts and waists and hourglasses i'm going to fucking kill
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genuine question from someone who would rather chew their arm off than go to a public gym, and also doesnt have a lot of money: how do you safely get into strength training? are there youtube channels, apps (android), etc anyone recommends that makes it approachable and don't lean into diet culture / body shaming?
also the biggest thing that keeps me from working out is that I already have joint and spinal issues and moving the wrong way can fuck up a knee or a shoulder or my spine for days. I really don't want to injure myself, and have unwittingly done so before. resources that are extremely clear on exactly how to move and offer gentler / alternative ways to move for people with limited range are vital.
Okay, so this may not technically be strength training, but muscles are dumber than bricks and cannot tell the difference between your own bodyweight and actual weights.
So, may I recommend:
He runs a YouTube channel where he goes over how to work your way up to more complex exercises (for instance, his pull-ups videos start with using a door jamb and moving your weight back and forth) so it's good for easing yourself into things.
You also don't have to fork out for expensive weights and such if you don't want to/can't. Substitute with stuff you either already have at home or can get from the supermarket and build up the weight you can exercise with. 500 gram cans of butter beans then 750 gram bottles of pasta sauce. 1 litre drink bottle then your 1.5 litre milk bottle. 3 litre bulk-buy bottle of laundry detergent. Etc. One of my dogs weighs 13 kilos and I pick her up on the regular (to her delight). One weighs 16 kg and I pick him up too (to his consternation and mild disapproval). You don't have to fit out some fancy home gym before you can start strength training.
I second Hybrid Calisthenics, that's the program I use. It's run by one guy who's taken it upon himself to make exercising more accessible and it's completely free! Each exercise has different variations based on your ability and each variation is further divided into different levels of difficulty so you can work up to where you want to be. If you can't do a single push up for example then this program will help you work up to the point where you can, and if you're a master of push ups then there are more advanced body weight exercises you can tackle so you can keep moving forward in your training without stagnating. The routine offers a full body workout with absolutely no equipment required for the beginning levels. The only reason you would need to buy anything is if you want to work up to a full pull up, at which point you would need actual pull up rings
Here's his actual website which I feel is easier to navigate than the YouTube channel on its own and organizes things in a way that's easy to understand. He explains everything you need to know about the routine and each individual exercise has both a text description and a video tutorial
Orange cats need to be named ‘just some guy’-esque names. I see orange cats that are named Patrick or Dave or Bob and I’m like “yeah, exactly”. My orange cat is named Tommy even though she’s a girl because she’s truly a Tommy.
Henry Croutons…..
trying not to bawl in class over henry croutons
Little redraw I did awhile back of my first ever drawing for the banished gods au :D
the walking polar bear gif is already one of my favourite gifs so can you imagine the noise I made when I saw this version
it's so evocative..... it's so hurt, but it is at peace.. it is moving on
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it's so evocative..... it's so hurt, but it is at peace.. it is moving on
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Get your meat sucked
I‘m not immune to this specific scenario u guys made up
essential component of the .quackity realizes tubbo is actually taller than him at some point during cookie outpost thing. to me. is that neither of them really noticed for the longest time because quackitys been doing his damnedest to look as big and tall as his possibly can for a good long time and tubbos still not quite shed the feeling of safety that shrinking to nothing, being the smallest person in the room, used to give him
u guys dont get it its like!!!! tubbos got this instinct to shrink under quackitys arm and quackitys got this instinct to flare out his wings so tubbo can disappear behind them. but theyre fighting, really fighting, maybe for the first time, and when tubbo steps just to the edge of quackitys personal space to threaten him quackity has to look UP to meet his eyes!!!!!!
He's focusing guys let him focus on his art
10. 9. 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1.
AAAND WE HAVE LIFTOFF!
HAPPY MOON LANDING DAY!!!
they put guitars in it
the music
good lord there's instrumence in here
Tell me about Tommy's canon fighting style I need to figure something out. Like particularly in wars n such, if he's fighting with a group against a group then how does it play out?
Honestly I feel like tommy is always a t the frontline of a group, he’s definitely the kind of leader that inspires by being in the thick of it with them, I also feel like he’s super loud, constantly shouting out information or warning. Tommy’s a fighter, so when the adrenaline kicks in he very subtlety switches into analytical mode, making sure his allies are always on the same page and barking out ideas and strategies. He’s got no shame about using numbers to his advantage and will use basically whatever trick he can think of to make win. Be ready for fucking anything if you want to fight this guy. You might have him pinned then boom dirt in the eyes and you’ve got a sword through the gut in half a second.
