Gym and fitness (59 Viewers)

[campionesidd]

I've been feeling off but haven't really known why. After examining myself closely, I see that I now have a noticable-looking imbalance on the side of my body where I got surgery on my shoulder. 2 years later my pec and shoulder muscles look smaller on that side

I have a noticeable imbalance as well. My right arm is quite a bit bigger than my left. I wonder why

 

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[AFL_ITALIA]

I’m halfway through a book I’d never thought I’d read: a book from a fat queer women talking about body positivity. I probably won’t finish it, it’s enough for now.

In a way I feel compassion for her, because being fat since she was a kid has haunted her until she went full body positivity, but those people are also disingenuous. Many things she write just aren’t true, she speaks out against every social norm, thin privilege, no one should be allowed to judge, etc. Many sequences of one liners like ‘as a fat person people always try to scare you for diabetes or heart problems, but guess what thin people get sick too’.

It’s an alternative reality, basically how I see this now is that people like this are trying to form and phrase reality in such a way that it fits their unhealthy lifestyle. It isn’t her unhealthy lifestyle that’s wrong, it’s society for gaslighting her.

I think the core idea is something that makes sense. There are different body types that can never look like each other, it's just a fact of life. Messi can never look like Wembanyama. But then as with anything, people take it too far for one reason or another.

I have an acquaintance that I met in college once. She was imo beautiful, with a normal body weight. I remembered she existed a few years later and decided to look her up on social media. Legitimately this is one of the saddest things I've seen happen to someone I've known, look at her now. She celebrates how she looks now, maybe partially as a way to cope? I've scrolled back as far as I could and it looks like she deleted most very old uploads. Think of how much work it would take for her to get back to what she was should she ever want to, she has absolutely ruined herself. Clearly she has some sort of mental issues going on to go from one extreme to another, and that's usually what it comes down to imo.

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[Siamak]

I lost 2 kilos during Ramadan. I am now 68. I feel I've become very thin.

 

[U Picciriddu]

I think the core idea is something that makes sense. There are different body types that can never look like each other, it's just a fact of life. Messi can never look like Wembanyama. But then as with anything, people take it too far for one reason or another.

I have an acquaintance that I met in college once. She was imo beautiful, with a normal body weight. I remembered she existed a few years later and decided to look her up on social media. Legitimately this is one of the saddest things I've seen happen to someone I've known, look at her now. She celebrates how she looks now, maybe partially as a way to cope? I've scrolled back as far as I could and it looks like she deleted most very old uploads. Think of how much work it would take for her to get back to what she was should she ever want to, she has absolutely ruined herself. Clearly she has some sort of mental issues going on to go from one extreme to another, and that's usually what it comes down to imo.

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I think that’s indeed a coping mechanism. One returning thing within that movement is the feeling that they have to show their body online to simply show the world how self-loving they are. It’s exactly what that author does aswel. The type of behaviour I don’t see anywhere else in that specific context, probably deep down they’re sad about it. I’m glad I spend some time to go a bit in depth about it but it confirmed the biases I already had. Also interesting fact is how science just got ignored, it’s really sentiment based. Usually if you read a non-fiction book (unless it’s philosophy or something, depending a bit on the era and type of philosophy of course) there’s a level of scientific consensus.

As @JuveJay rightfully said it’s a health crisis. @Quetzalcoatl is right aswel, it already starts with raising your children and giving them knowledge about healthy and unhealthy food decisions, honestly I also find it kinda said reading that she was insecure already as a child, that’s down on her parents. It ultimately manifested itself in a very bad way, probably even causing collateral damage by legitimising other peoples bad life decisions.

 

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I think that’s indeed a coping mechanism. One returning thing within that movement is the feeling that they have to show their body online to simply show the world how self-loving they are. It’s exactly what that author does aswel. The type of behaviour I don’t see anywhere else in that specific context, probably deep down they’re sad about it. I’m glad I spend some time to go a bit in depth about it but it confirmed the biases I already had. Also interesting fact is how science just got ignored, it’s really sentiment based. Usually if you read a non-fiction book (unless it’s philosophy or something, depending a bit on the era and type of philosophy of course) there’s a level of scientific consensus.

As @JuveJay rightfully said it’s a health crisis. @Quetzalcoatl is right aswel, it already starts with raising your children and giving them knowledge about healthy and unhealthy food decisions, honestly I also find it kinda said reading that she was insecure already as a child, that’s down on her parents. It ultimately manifested itself in a very bad way, probably even causing collateral damage by legitimising other peoples bad life decisions.

It's interesting that this is common in every aspect of society these days.

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I lost 2 kilos during Ramadan. I am now 68. I feel I've become very thin.

Were you aiming to? A lot of my friends say they actually gain weight during this time.

 

[Siamak]

It's interesting that this is common in every aspect of society these days.

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Were you aiming to? A lot of my friends say they actually gain weight during this time.

I wanted to keep my weight at 70, I trained during Ramadan, my strength wasn't down but less volume with losing intensity and weights. Those who gain weight tend to eat too much after iftar. They have 2 meals big ones during the day, more than they actually eat in normal days.

 

[Dostoevsky]

lol coping. Being fat is not only unhealthy but disgusting too. But yeah, fashion shows now promoting fatties and saying stuff like "love your body" is hilarious. Fat fucks who can't control themselves.

 

[campionesidd]

lol coping. Being fat is not only unhealthy but disgusting too. But yeah, fashion shows now promoting fatties and saying stuff like "love your body" is hilarious. Fat fucks who can't control themselves.

Don’t judge.

 

[Siamak]

lol coping. Being fat is not only unhealthy but disgusting too. But yeah, fashion shows now promoting fatties and saying stuff like "love your body" is hilarious. Fat fucks who can't control themselves.

It's the first time that I hear it! As far as I know most models tend to be tall and thin , so fashion shows don't promote obesity unless they want to go bankrupt and be disgraced. beside that, being fat is awkward TBH. They can't stop showing their asscracks when they bend.

 

[U Picciriddu]

It's interesting that this is common in every aspect of society these days.

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Yes it’s true and you can even outline it quite easily. Over the centuries: humanism -> liberalism -> postmodernism, with many categories in between, but reaching the point where people are able to break down empirical truth you’ll end up in the postmodern framework. I’d personally define it in more radical terms but that one is the broadly accepted one.

 

[Siamak]

I have learned this exercise through youtube videos which have never seen and tried before, I include it in my plan as compound exercise. Focuses more on building shoulders.

 

[Siamak]

Does anyone think taking a platter of cold cuts with boiled eggs and potatoes pre/post workout is a proper diet?

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[campionesidd]

Does anyone think taking a platter of cold cuts with boiled eggs and potatoes pre/post workout is a proper diet?

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Hardly. Not getting enough fruits and veggies. It’s okay if that’s one meal in a day, but you’ll have some serious deficiencies if that’s all you eat.

 

[Quetzalcoatl]

Have to say, fruits and veggies aren't part of my daily diet for years now. I don't feel like I'm missing anything, but hey, maybe it catches up later on.

Also, potatoes are vegetables, though not greens.

 

[Siamak]

Hardly. Not getting enough fruits and veggies. It’s okay if that’s one meal in a day, but you’ll have some serious deficiencies if that’s all you eat.

Fruits like bananas and apples are part of my regular diet, I've recently added cold cuts as a pre-workout, I've never seen anyone do it or recommend it, which makes me think it's a strange meal.

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[Quetzalcoatl]

Fruits like bananas and apples are part of my regular diet, I've recently added cold cuts as a pre-workout, I've never seen anyone do it or recommend it, which makes me think it's a strange meal.

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What kind of cold cuts?

 

[Siamak]

What kind of cold cuts?

Sorry, I don't know what it is called in English, but the image tells that.

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[Quetzalcoatl]

Sorry, I don't know what it is called in English, but the image tells that.

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I don't see any image.

Cold cut meats can be a good source of protein, but can also be highly processed, depending on what kind exactly.

It's not a bad pre-workout meal, but having it daily may be too much. Too much processed meats could have long-term health effects.

 

[Siamak]

I don't see any image.

Cold cut meats can be a good source of protein, but can also be highly processed, depending on what kind exactly.

It's not a bad pre-workout meal, but having it daily may be too much. Too much processed meats could have long-term health effects.

My workout schedule is set for 4 days a week. so I don't take it every day, eating amount of protein is a heavy diet and too much.