my main source of cardio exercise is ice skating. unfortunately the rink in town has limited hours for public skating, so i usually only get to go once a week for about an hour but i really enjoy it. its a fluid motion so pretty low impact on joints and bones. you can moderate your own pace and, like biking, if you stop moving your body parts you dont actually stop moving. that does lead to some laziness but so it goes.
a couple of years ago i heard about a ice skating marathon some folks held on a large reservoir in the mountains in january. i missed the deadline for that one but unfortunately they didnt hold it the following year. im hoping they bring it back because it sounds amazing, although ive never skated outside on ungroomed ice before
i imagine its not as good exercise as running but, as they say, the best kind of exercise is the exercise you actually do
swampman posted:You are all going to be enrolled in my run camp at gulag
chickeon posted:i dont tink there;'s any really safe way for me to run seriously w/ fucked up meniscus, ACL,LCL, etc mbujt id love to know if there is
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TG posted:i hate running but realize that cardio is important, or you just get a layer of fat over your muscles and then nobody can see that definition you work so hard for. for my cardio i try to bike around town but unfortunately my job makes that difficult - its hard to bike in a suit without getting it filthy and they dont really have a changing room in the courthouse.
my main source of cardio exercise is ice skating. unfortunately the rink in town has limited hours for public skating, so i usually only get to go once a week for about an hour but i really enjoy it. its a fluid motion so pretty low impact on joints and bones. you can moderate your own pace and, like biking, if you stop moving your body parts you dont actually stop moving. that does lead to some laziness but so it goes.
a couple of years ago i heard about a ice skating marathon some folks held on a large reservoir in the mountains in january. i missed the deadline for that one but unfortunately they didnt hold it the following year. im hoping they bring it back because it sounds amazing, although ive never skated outside on ungroomed ice before
i imagine its not as good exercise as running but, as they say, the best kind of exercise is the exercise you actually do
Roller blading is supposed to be incredible cardio, based on that rumor I can't recall the source of I'd say, strongly recommend
shriekingviolet posted:a echoing warehouse full of strangers in their underwear.
toss in some mdma and this sounds rad
drwhat posted:ice skating seems cool and all but how is it fun or relaxing or possible to stand up on 2mm wide metal blades??? ideology, i claim
thats why i make it a point to never stop moving my legs. i have spent maybe 10 seconds total standing still on my skates in the last two years. keep them legs pumping
ive only fallen down a couple times and once it was because i crashed into a little girl, about 8 or 9, whenshe swerved right in front of me. i made sure she was ok and then skated the heck away because my job has made me very wary of interacting with children im not related to
drwhat posted:ice skating seems cool and all but how is it fun or relaxing or possible to stand up on 2mm wide metal blades??? ideology, i claim
you can get one of those plastic seal things that they give the kids to stop them from falling over
swampman posted:Bump, i'm huge now, in terms of size
I appreciate and welcome your new & larger size.
swampman posted:Bump, i'm huge now, in terms of size
i'm working deadlifts back into my routine after not doing them for a year because of back issues. feels good man.
karphead posted:i'm working deadlifts back into my routine after not doing them for a year because of back issues. feels good man.
I did a lot of deadlifting too!! I do a superset with the seated dip machine. Then pullups + db pullovers + squeeze press. Instead of db on the squeeze press I use two plates pressed together in my flatted hands, to emphasize the squeezing part. For some exercises, i Am Exceeding 20% of The World Record 
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best shout out I ever got
As I learn more about turning giant, I found it helpful to think about me biomechanics this way. Maybe some of you who are just considering motion for the first time, can find this useful for improving their posture and protecting their lower back at all times..
Here is the musculature of the average rhizzone user:
It is really helpful for me to try to maximize the area of the green rectangle, and push it forward, rather than work direclty on closing the red rectangle circumscribed by my lats and butt. This is something that I can work on just while I walk around: leading with my hips while keeping the bottom of my rib cage up. Along with making my spinal column straight and vertical, this helps stretch my tensor faciae latae ont he front of my hip, which releases tension in my IT band. And, it keeps my shoulders back and together which helps my neck ride upright. A++++ Would recommend
Biceps - alternating sets of incline DB curls (long head of biceps) and hammer curls (brachioradialus), then high pulley curls (short head of biceps)
Triceps - Lying DB triceps extensions, then triceps dips (recruiting the pecs) then cable triceps kickbacks
Chest - DB flys and incline DB flys alternated with close grip DB presses, then lots of cable crossover flys
Whereas eg. bench press would involve me over recruiting my lats and back until I gravely injured myself dropping the bar. My maximum weight used today was 25lbs, on the cable crossover flys. and 15lb dumbbells. One easy way to make your workout tougher without increasing the weights is to pause at each contraction and hold it for 1-2 seconds. this especially satisfying with the cable crossover flys
Finishing each series with cable exercises helps to hit parts of the muscle that are not heavily recruited in overcoming gravity, and to allow body positions that isolate the worked muscle.
I hope ou are all winning the battle against atrophy and bed sores
