Recent content by Noen

Well the guys was also only trying to be encouraging. But "you can do it" is like... not it.

So I was just at the gym, and today they had like a class of aspiring physical therapists, sports students or personal trainers (don't know which) there who were all working out. I had chatted up one of the young men when setting up my squat rack (I always have a lot of trouble replacing the 20...

I now wonder how many other people aren't able to do that and just think it's normal. Considering that for me it was a strength issue, I would imagine quite a few.

Ok so a couple of weeks ago I was sleeping over at a friend's place on a mattress on the floor. And I sat on the edge of the mattress, feet flat on the ground. And then I just stood up. No gaining momentum, no stabilising or pushing off with my hands, I just got up. I reproduced it on the...

Thanks so much x3 I keep meaning to post here about my fitness journey but everytime I forget

I'm extremely stubborn. And my stubbornness says that if I hate something I won't do it no matter how much pressure people from the outside put on me. So... yeah. Whenever I had a lot of motivation I would manage for a month or two, but it was never long term because it sucked too much.

I know exactly what you mean. That was me always during bodyweight exercises. With the machines my brain can go to a cosy place because I'm sitting down and the exercises are straining to one muscle group, but all the other ones are resting and chilling out.

Thanks you all! I do strongly suspect that many bodyweight exercises will actually become much more enjoyable once I've built up some muscles so as to make them less fatiguing. Not me realising that the reason why I always hated warmups as a child is because they were way too high intensity for...

Heya, after a while of being absent I return to preach that indeed even for me there exists a type of exercise I don't hate while doing and actually look forward to. Clickbait title, I know, but if any of you still remember me it's probably alongside my struggles of trying to do any exercise...