I had to stop due to epididymitus when I was 18 but picked it back up and have been consistently lifting since. Anyone else a meathead? I am one of the smarter meatheads. I do the whole thing, gallon of water, supplements, four high protein meals a day.
I came across a grad student from the lab in the gym. I was a little surprised. He said he used to play baseball and still lifts. He’s also got tattoos, which I was also surprised at. Just made me wonder, who lifts?!
I will never stop lifting unless I have to for health reasons. It makes me more sane. It’s like therapy for me.
I lifted weights through most of high school, before I got sick. My senior year I was pretty cut/ripped/buffed or whatever. I thought I was strong. Maybe I wasn’t .I could bench 185 with free weights, curl a 100 lbs ten times, and military press 125 lbs… I used to always wear tank tops to shown off my build, lol. I mostly gave it up after I graduated. I didn’t start again until I got clean in 1990 and took disabled weightlifting in college.
My roommate does, and I’m going to have her teach me. Daily cardio got me in shape but I want to tone my muscles too. Nothing bulky of course, just toned.
I have been working out for 4 years,started wity Insanity workout by shuan t then I started to form my own workout which consist of 4km jog,300 Pushup and 60 pull up
Now I am at the next level of my workout and I feel I am more pumped,muscular.Now my workout consist of 3.5 km jog,200 standard Pushup(good quality,reduced quantity) and 50 pull up on a daily basis.
@mortimermouse why do you workout?health purpose,mental health or for hobbies and interest?
I lifted weights for close to ten years. At one point I went on a Vegan diet and weighed in at 150 lbs at 6 feet. I had veins popping everywhere and visible six pack, I was in truly incredible shape, a bit skinny, but I was planning on clean bulking after that. Unfortunately I was hospitalized for psychosis and put on Clopixol depot. That plus my weed habit made me double my weight, I lifted sporadically during that period but didn’t watch my diet. I am a big guy but I have a gut and no visible abs, so all that hard work in the end amounted for nothing.
I lift because lifting weights is one of the only things in my life that remains the same. ■■■■ happens, things change, but 500lbs is still 500lbs. It’s one of the only constant things in my life. Sure, it keeps me looking good and helps with my mental health, but it’s mainly about the fact that no matter what happens, the weights won’t forgive me or show mercy, they also can’t abuse me. I simply master the weight. Gravity won’t increase or decrease. The plates don’t know or care how it’s going or what I think or feel.
Most disturbed lifters will tell you something along those lines. The normal people say “it makes me look great” or “I just feel full of vigor” but the people who lift for years without stopping have a personal relationship with iron.
I might be well or unwell, I might be happy or sad, I might be doing well or thinking that life is a bitch and death is her sister, but believe me, the weights don’t change at all.
We used to run 30 miles a week at ft bragg…so it was hard to retain mass for me and be physically acceptable by the military standards. I took NO2, and ate a lot of chicken and broccoli to enrich the nitrogen in my blood vessels. After that, I’d do normal physical training with the unit, and after work in garrison I would go to the gym and struggle to keep up with the herd.
I once met a SEAL instructor, a very smart educated African American man. He could do a chin up on the bar…then pull enough to dip up from the chinup bar.
It was excellence of the body pretty much. He was a gymnast.
All and nice, but this guy would do a chin up, then torque himself into a dip and push his upper body into a single bar dip. The guy was a ■■■■■■■ killing machine, and a physical training stud.
I lift weights, but i dont really lift them to look good any more.
I just lift to kill stress, or if im angry, or fighting a depressive episode
I think mental illness can be an advantage in the gym. I’m so used to fighting my illness that my mental strength in the gym is stronger than my physical self is really capable.
like tonight I was just doing back to back sets of Dips to pull ups 4 times 3 reps per exercise then immediately going into lat raises for 10 or 12 as a super set. and doing several super sets of that. minimal breaks.
when i go to the gym i pretty much talk to no one i just go and ■■■■■■■ lift
It’s not lifting but I did yoga for about 5 yrs and did half a teacher training course, in Kerala. Then had a break from exercise pretty much till I started running, that was also for 5 years, did half marathons every 3 months for a bit, and every weekend as a training run, although that burned me out, think I did a too big increase in a short time there.
I skied, gym, surf, sailed, cycled, swam all with quite a good effort and quite long term all of those.
Lifting - never really got into it. Got medicated age 17 and I wasn’t athletic as a child, pretty overweight and just into dance.
I lifted weights in hs and college because I was on the track team. For a 5’11’’ skinny girl I was pretty ripped, I squatted 300 max and benched I think I maxed out at 162. Then after college I just ran, half marathons and 5k’s. Then I got sick, meds and lack of motivation made me put on weight. I’ve recently started working out, including lifting. I’m really enjoying it again!
I told my therapist about my need to push myself to the limit with the lifting and running. He said that it was typical behavior of shame based people. People who have experience trauma early in life, be it sexual, physical, emotional, or neglect. So MortimerMouse you might want to google about shame stuff, its interesting reading. Healing Shame
Moved to Diagnosed Recovery where we’re stacking the exercise topics until we can convince @SzAdmin to give us that health and exercise forum. (Hint hint hint.)
I used to use the machines a lot. Now I use free weights and am getting better results, but with my weight set I am not a power lifter. I only have 2 25 pound barbells. I would increase the weight, but I lost the necessary attachments. Still, I think it is better than the machines. For bench press I just do sit ups. I just started doing the goblet squat with them and exploring the different motions I can make with free weights. My goal is that of an astronaut: I don’t want my body to atrophy from lack of physical exertion. I am considering buying a new weight set and getting a work bench.
