[ SECRET POST #4002 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4002 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Christian Bale in Little Women]


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[The Crown (Vanessa Kirby as Princess Margaret)]


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[Mindhunter]


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[Pokemon anime]


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[Hafþór Júlíus Björnsson (Ser Gregor "The Mountain" Clegane on GOT)]


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[TV Tropes]












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Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 28 secrets from Secret Submission Post #573.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: petty non fandom venting

[viv_vivillon]

Thanks, anon.

I got into it very gradually. I was doing yoga once a week, upped it to two, then started doing that and swimming twenty pool lengths a day and gradually increased that to thirty lengths, and now can swim forty. I've been lazy with regards to the swimming lately, though, because it's so cold.

After I built my fitness up with that, I started doing strength workouts with some light dumbbells. I use these HASFit ones on Youtube since I find the instructions really easy to follow.

I do this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0bhE67HuDY

Or this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WIHy-ZnSndA

Depending on how I feel on the day twice a week. There's a lower body one too that I want to start alternating with. From what I've read optimum for strength training is twice a week with other stuff three times a week. I've just switched to a heavier set of weights for this after about 4 months of doing that.

I also do ten push ups a day and 30 seconds of plank. I couldn't even do one push-up two months ago, so the improvement is gradual but it is there.

When you start exercising you might not be able to do all of the yoga postures or complete whole routines and it can get disheartening but everyone starts like that. Just try and do a little bit more each time and eventually you get them.

Sorry for the essay! Apparently I had a lot to say about that.

Re: petty non fandom venting

[comma_chameleon]

Are weights expensive? Is there a company you'd recommend? I want to switch away from going to the gym to doing strength training at home to save myself the money, but I see all this stuff everywhere and I don't know what to buy/if more money = better quality.

Re: petty non fandom venting

[viv_vivillon]

With dumb bells I don't think it matters, since for working out it's just how heavy they are. Mine were fairly cheap and I got them in a sale. I don't know where you're from but these are similar to the ones I have and about the same price:

https://www.sportsdirect.com/everlast-12kg-dumbbell-set-762916?colcode=76291699

I'll probably get a heavier set of weights once I'm a bit stronger and they'll be slightly more expensive.

I also do a lot of body weight exercises like planks, pull-ups, and yoga. And I think my next investment will be a pull-up bar. You can get a lot of stuff really cheap on Craigslist too.

Re: petty non fandom venting

[comma_chameleon]

Ooh that's not a bad price. I am in Canada but I am pretty sure I have seen that brand here.

Thanks! :)

Haha, I can't do pull ups at ALL. Lunges, squats, planks, yep. Pull ups are my nemesis.

Re: petty non fandom venting

[(Anonymous)]

No worries! I appreciate all the detail! Thanks for responding. I should definitely try just exercising once a week before trying to go hard about everything else!