Hey, I spend lots of time getting with persistent pain people to start working out. The big key is that it has to be meaningful, which means...
- you have to like it
- it has a social function
- it's tied to something you care about deeply.
By my estimation, if you can get 2/3 of those from an activity, you'll feel in less pain and happier. I don't care if it's lifting weights or salsa dancing.
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All movement is good movement. You needn't kill yourself every day. Some days if you can sneak in 10-30 push ups and walk a mile, you fucking did it!
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Food intake is the easiest part of fitness to regulate. It's also the part you have the most control over and for a lot of people, it has the greatest influence on their physique.
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Find a routine that works for you. I hate going to the gym. I hate being outside (for a workout). I dedicated 50sq ft of my living quarters to working out. That works for me.
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It's ok to start slow. Work out 1x this week. Next week try 2x. Stay at 2x or move to 3x a week? Your call. It's your body.
Just. Keep. Moving. No matter what you do.
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For me, it's a hobby, where if I can't exercise, I'm itching to get back to it. I want to get better at combat sports. I want to put more weight on the bar. I want to run a faster 10k.
But if it was an obligation like brushing my teeth, I probably wouldn't do it as consistently.
Well, I probably would since I feel terrible if don't exercise.
The other thing is that I've started and stopped a lot, and I've gotten to practice starting again over and over.
Inside me there are two wolves. One of them is lazy. The other one gets the zoomies if I don't take him out to walk.
Getting back at it after setbacks are hard. My approach to food and fitness is to just go as slowwwwww as you want. The slower the better tbh and make very slight improvements at your pace. You’ve got your whole life to figure out how you like moving your body and putting stuff in it, so just try different things and go slow. The results will follow when you get into a flow, are kind to yourself and start enjoying it.
I personally feel a white, indescribably hot feeling of rage if I don’t do workout, soo..
