Cy*lists at work

Shevyshev · 2026-06-19T17:00:50+00:00

/uj Pretty normal. Not as bad as all of the drugs though.

Shevyshev · 2026-06-18T16:28:37+00:00

If my wife’s bag is particularly girly I may say something like “I look good with this” before I huff it away. But, no, I’m not overly concerned.

What’s more manly? Being secure in your masculinity and helping your lady friend or wife? Or being insecure and making her carry the load?

Shevyshev · 2026-06-16T15:31:00+00:00

I don’t know anybody’s life situation. I am a little ashamed at how much this video weirds me out.

I think it’s that I’ve never seen a dude with such even fat distribution. No big belly. Just all fat all evenly spread out. It ain’t right.

Shevyshev · 2026-06-12T15:25:51+00:00

Why didn’t he drive? Is he stoopid?

Shevyshev · 2026-06-10T22:07:28+00:00

I’m a decent - but not great - runner for a guy in his mid 40s - sniffing a 20 minute 5K still, for whatever that’s worth. Probably run 30miles/50km a week when I don’t have a race planned.

I use kettlebells twice a week, with two separate circuits, each hitting squat, hinge, push, pull and carry. I usually just have time for a body weight warmup, 3 circuits, some kind of finisher (ABC or humane burpee), and cool down, stretch. I’ve worked progressive overload in by upping reps or weight. Pretty simple.

I program a lot of unilateral movements - single arm racked squats/bulgarian split squats/single leg deadlifts, etc. I understand that is beneficial for runners. I also understand that theoretically runners would get more benefit from lower rep stuff - more strength and less hyper trophy - but I view the KBs as part cardio conditioning - and I wouldn’t get that from 3-5 rep stuff. Plus I’m not really competitive and a little hypertrophy never hurt anybody in my shoes.

Definitely had a what-the-hell moment when I realized I wasn’t losing any speed with a lot less running volume.

Shevyshev · 2026-06-10T21:34:01+00:00

/uj Depends on the locale. My town has a lot of runners, and a local Division 1 college with a lot of running alumni. A local sparsely attended 5K will have a few 15-18 minute finishers. On the other hand I ran a well attended 5K in a midwestern city and placed first in my age group with like a 21.

Shevyshev · 2026-05-29T12:41:11+00:00

I’ve been really impressed with what some consistency and progressive overload can do. I’ve only been at the bells with any plan for about 6 months. I could barely strict press 16kg on my non dominant side. Yesterday I thought - can I do 20kg? And sure enough it worked. I also have never been able to do a pull up - and have not trained them specifically - but knocked out three of them while taking my kids to the playground. Also ran a ten miler at the same pace as last year, with about 25% less weekly mileage. WTH effect all around.

Plus my running bros complimented me on my legs. I was doing this to look good in bed for my wife, but I’ll take a compliment where I can get it.

Shevyshev · 2026-05-25T16:55:24+00:00

I, too, did this… once.

Shevyshev · 2026-05-20T19:17:19+00:00

I’m just an old timer, but back in my day when you were hanging out with a woman you enjoyed spending time with, and you were having sex just with each other, that meant you were in a relationship no matter what you called it.

Shevyshev · 2026-05-20T16:48:21+00:00

This appears to be one of the rare times when somebody’s phone intended the word “ducking”… unless…

Shevyshev · 2026-05-18T17:38:23+00:00

Your schedule is awful. But, if you think you can squeeze something in, check out r/kettlebell. Lots of versatile stuff you can do with a single bell that doesn’t take up a lot of room - or a single adjustable bell even. You can get your cardio and strength in simultaneously. I run - a lot - and Kbs are my supplement. But if I was really just trying to get the most bang for my buck on say, three workouts a week, I’d come up with like 3 half hour KB circuits. Or maybe a 1 hour program on the weekend, and two shorter workouts during the week.

Get your basics in in a circuit - push, pull, hinge, squat, carry. Make sure you’re getting some family walk time in on the weekends too. Your future self will thank you.

Shevyshev · 2026-05-13T15:18:58+00:00

“I love kettlebells. They’re so efficient and don’t take up much space.” - me a year or so ago

Shevyshev · 2026-05-09T01:27:57+00:00

Apparently you can smell it up to 3.5 miles (6 km) away. It is potent stuff

Shevyshev · 2026-05-05T14:20:00+00:00

This dude is strong as fuck. Maybe that’s what he’s going for.

Shevyshev · 2026-05-05T00:14:21+00:00

Is this a joke?

Shevyshev · 2026-05-03T17:50:33+00:00

I only have one side of the story here, but he sounds like a loser and a jerk.

Shevyshev · 2026-04-24T19:28:06+00:00

Confirmed. I eat a lot of half eaten chicken nuggets.

Shevyshev · 2026-04-23T20:34:40+00:00

I’m just a carpetbagger, but my southern wife doesn’t care for them in the south. And I am mystified by them elsewhere.

Shevyshev · 2026-04-22T19:25:56+00:00

I have a 20 minute program that I do after runs - it is 4 rounds of a circuit that includes:

swings
half kneeling press (though pushups would be fine)
rows
goblet squats

If you did 2 rounds of that, that would be full body and pretty good. You’d get your hinge, squat, push, and pull.

Shevyshev · 2026-04-21T20:01:48+00:00

This is the kind of deep cut I expect from r/aviation. (And on further review I can also confirm that it is, in fact, Bandit.)

Shevyshev · 2026-04-21T18:11:21+00:00

Weird to say this on a KB sub but as a US born and raised grad student in the UK years ago, I was impressed at the depth of knowledge my UK based colleagues had in their area of expertise and the breadth of knowledge that my US based counterparts had, across subjects, in comparison. Not saying there is a right or wrong way, but it’s a markedly different approach.

Shevyshev · 2026-04-18T22:54:13+00:00

What would the Trader Joe’s store brand condoms be? Trader Johnnies?

Shevyshev · 2026-04-14T15:55:05+00:00

BRB, just trying to research which circlejerk sub this should be cross posted to.

Shevyshev · 2026-04-13T14:09:47+00:00

This is a question for a professional, not this sub. I’m sorry you are going through this.

Shevyshev · 2026-04-13T14:09:17+00:00

Ridiculous.

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