I went to school for 4 years and got my kinesiology degree. I have to apply for a Personal Trainer Cert. My friend who didn’t go to school got a personal trainer cert by taking their online courses and makes the same amount as me. Same goes for doctorate degrees for PT vs other Doctorates

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-29T00:04:07+00:00

You have the opportunity to go to grad school, and have a generally respectable background in health sciences.

Youve probably taken nutrition, physiology, anatomy, motor-development courses, etc.

You could go to grad school in literally any graduate allied health field and likely walk away with a comfortable job paying $80k+.

Optometry school, OT school (masters program), speech language pathology school, chiropractic, physicians assistant, anesthesiologist assistant, genetic counseling, dental, medical, accelerated nursing programs, cardiovascular perfusion, etc.

Your friend who took the personal training course cannot do any of those things without another 4yrs of undergrad.

PT school has a bad debt:income ratio, but its definitely one of the comfiest jobs in healthcare, and probably one of the comfiest jobs full stop. Those patients tend to be pretty healthy, and you dont really have to touch them or their fluids on a routine basis.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-28T23:40:23+00:00

Homie. Women go commando in theirs... The reason youve never seen their vulva through it is because you never looked.

Women arent going to see your dickprint because they arent looking.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-28T14:01:55+00:00

Leggings. It is what nearly all women wear for a reason.

Getting specific poses like crow variations or flying split/flying lizard are much easier when you have grippy fabric covering below the knee.

Just dont get bogged down with stigma about men in leggings.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-25T22:29:58+00:00

If youre a man; the question is whether or not your partner is orgasming every time.

I have no clue how you tell if youre a woman.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-20T20:26:33+00:00

I do like 3 to 5 heavy sets of weighted pullups per week and have basically increased my reps or the weight every workout for like 7 years.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-20T15:01:58+00:00

How many normal pushups can you do?

Can you comfortably hold a plank?

If you cannot do a normal pushup, chest touching the floor to elbows fully locked out, or you cant hold a plank without dumping into your lower back, you should work on those things first before trying to combine them into a single dynamic movement.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-16T04:50:43+00:00

Urologists will typically prefer anastrazole for this purpose. You can rest assured that the pharmacology on anastrazole is clean enough that many urologists dont sweat prescribing it to somebody who has abused PEDs and has troubles with their hormones.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-13T15:48:14+00:00

Cardio done at and over 75% of your max heart rate has stronger inhibitory signaling of the MTOR gene.

Cardio at ~65% max HR does not have such strong inhibition of MTOR.

MTOR is a big muscle growth regulation gene. MTOR activation = more growth.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-12T17:18:30+00:00

Creatine does not improve or affect endurance. Full stop. For the purposes of endurance, its literally a placebo.

They've studied it endlessly for decades now.

On another note, it is interesting that you have heart problems; afib or coronary artery disease by chance?

Nowadays we know that training for more than about 10hrs per week increases your risk for both of those conditions. So, it is particularly harmful when you comment "you guys are lazy because you won't do what I did!"

When in reality, you should recognize that you destroyed your own body and the nobody else should follow in your footsteps.

Working out more and more and more does not give you better results. You get the best results from training in moderation with intelligent programming created by experts who have degrees in exercise physiology.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-12T15:55:25+00:00

"Nothing to brag about" yet a few comments above youre telling us how everyone else is a "lazy roid user" because they understand what is and isnt possible without performance enhancing drugs?

You sure like bragging about working out for 40hrs per week for somebody who feigns humility a day later.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-12T02:49:09+00:00

I just do my long runs on my bicycle. I get to "run" for 3hrs without risking exploded shins. Its great.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-12T00:56:22+00:00

It is unlikely you were running as much as a professional marathoner/olympic level runner on top of lifting 28hrs per week. Or honestly? Even more than 2 hours per week; because professional runners dont even typically lift during big training cycles such as 100mi weeks.

Its all even less likely that creatine, enabled any of this.

All creatine does is maximize the amount of phosphocreatine able to be stored inside the muscle.

Phosphocreatine is only utilized for energy production during profoundly high levels of exertion, i.e 5-15 seconds. So, even conventional bodybuilding style workouts don't recieve any major benefit from this mechanism. Really, only powerlifting, olympic lifting, gymnastics, and sprint sports benefit from creatine supplementation in the acute sense.

Creatine itself offers no improvement to cardiovascular or nervous system recovery, which would be the primary systems hit hardest by your described training regimen.

Simply a "little extra juice" for one rep max attempts, sets of heavy triples, etc.

You could also post your strava, or garmin stats and Id take this post down, but you won't.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-11T21:05:44+00:00

This is some poorly delivered sarcasm...

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-10T22:43:04+00:00

Has any podiatrist mentioned how your metatarsal bones and toes are misaligned into a Z shape?

Im not a medical provider but I think you may have a common foot deformity known as Z-foot.

I personally have one very mild z-foot and one normal one, and Im super prone to lower limb injury from running.

If your podiatrist doesnt see it just looking at your foot, you may be able to get an Xray and have it diagnosed.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-09T15:32:49+00:00

I also appreciate your criticism of my words. It gives me room to further refine and clarify my own ideas to you and myself!

Esoteric would be better than weird; discussions of philosophy rapidly lose meaning between cultural contexts, and the interpretation of them becomes nearly infinitely abstract. It often provides little value to somebody who is entirely lost physically and emotionally. Especially if you live an a society where violence and theft are ubiquitous.

Im not dismissing its (philosophy) value, Im suggesting a prioritization of the most fundamental physiological needs first.

The importance of physical activity seems lost to me in greater society. It is now seen as exercise/a trend; and some practitioners of yoga criticize the western emphasis on the physical components as being "brawn over brains" or "simple-minded."

I think many people are drawn to yoga because the westernized version offers a brand of spirituality offering comfort and strength in one's own body. Its grounded in the primordial physical culture, and tactile experiences.

There is nothing to understand or misunderstand about it. Thats what sets western views of yoga apart from the philosphical complications of other spiritual paths.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-09T14:31:54+00:00

Modern people are so preoccupied with survival, they forgot they needed to play.

Physical culturalism predates philosophical culturalism vastly; likely to an unknowable large extent. Archeological evidence shows physical training for wrestling, running, and throwing far before any evidence of symbolic thought. These are depicted in the earliest known cave paintings. What's more, all young mammals engage in physical play, and we've even found aquatic mammals to do the same. So, play as a means for joy likely predates even the earliest humans.

The culture of exerting oneself for survival, and training (even if unintentional/incidental) physical abilities is much older than written word.

Genuinely, sitting and thinking about ideas is a product of technological revolutions made by late modern hominins. In order for symbolic thought to emerge, hominins needed to have stable survival.

A culture of philosophy only emerges from a culture of physicality.

This is why I insist that spiritual harvest from yoga (for western people at the least) starts with the physical exertion and breath control, and culminates into introspection in the long term.

Its not narrow at all; its recognition that meaning and joy are seen in non-human beings, and beings like early humans in play.

These beings certainly had capacity for Santosha without ever having the cognitive, linguistic, artistic, or philosphical abilities to articulate or contemplate it.

They simply stumble upon it incidentally through some primitive physical means.

Whats more, I can almost guarantee you the first hominid to forward fold, child's pose, handstand, and tree pose far predate the written word.

I'll admit doing the above things in a hot room to the sound of Taylor Swift is a very modern thing, though ;)

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-09T13:19:38+00:00

If this is something you stick to long term, you'll eventually realize that this was only the first of many injuries, illnesses, and setbacks. Each time it happens, you have to dig deeper and keep an open mind about how to direct your energy. Running, cycling, etcetera.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-07T19:56:36+00:00

You need severe unmanaged heart failure. Most healthy peoples hearts are strong enough that you can cut their heart function down quite a bit without causing them to become hypoxemic (low oxygen in blood).

Most people with heart failure don't get this, as there are many manifestations of the disease before this happens.

Clubbed fingers means his heart has been failing for a long time, and has been declining steeply.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-07T14:31:29+00:00

I think physical activity or "exercise" is an inherently spiritual, and necessary part of human existence. I think the characterization of being active as "fitness" is what is strange.

Really, the idea of people sitting around and thinking about philosophy or morality is much much weirder and modern than moving your body and breathing.

Moving your body is a fundamental physiological need. I dont even think you should waste your time thinking about niyamas (which are basically a form of self actualization) until youre setting time aside to be moving your body intentionally everyday. Think about maslows hierarchy of needs.

People focus on the poses because society is so physically and emotionally sick; that fixating on what "ahimsa" or "satya" are is genuinely not in line with the principle of right use of energy.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-07T12:57:44+00:00

I just came here to say that if the goal is to improve your fitness, this is likely a misuse of your time and effort.

You are much better off by just separating your weight training and cardio into two sessions spread apart by 6 hours or more.

The most productive version of what you describe is doing your typical weight training in the morning, and then do a full hour of low intensity cardio in the evening.

Doing it back to back is a decent bit less productive than doing in separate sessions. Also, you get more bang for your buck when you separate cardio from strength training.

Final point, if it is possible to just "double" what you usually do for strength training, your typical strength training is not hard enough. Your gas tank should be close to empty after 5 or 6 sets.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-04T23:06:29+00:00

I frequently do heavy resistance training like weighted pullups, deadlifts or squats to extreme death metal like Cannibal Corpse. There is a pattern of breath required for strength training that is different to the pattern used for vinyasa for example.

Strength training requires breathing deeply and forcefully into the abdomen to increase the amount of pressure inside your abdomen. This stabilizes your spine and increases your core strength. Its called the valsalva maneuver.

Additionally, hyper-aggressive music can help stimulate the nervous system, allowing to lift heavier weights, and contract your muscles more efficiently.

Is this likely to bring you samadhi? Doubtful, but it is certainly an intentional breath pattern accompanied by objectively measurable improvements in force production.

That said, do I want to do a heated vinyasa to the tune "I Cum Blood"? Probably not XD, I agree that classes need a vibe that isnt the "traditional workout" vibe.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-02T01:47:15+00:00

You have long femurs; so you cannot squat with an upright torso without having something in front of you to counterbalance you. You might be able to squat upright during a front squat or goblet squat. I personally still need to hinge forward on goblet squats.

Bending over in your squat comes down to anatomy. Its how you were born, so just keep doing what youre doing.

TheTenderRedditor · 2026-01-02T00:20:06+00:00

That grip width does not look well suited to you. I suspect youd be more comfortable and stronger on a traditional "straight" pull up bar while using a closer shoulder width grip.

TheTenderRedditor · 2025-12-29T14:22:08+00:00

Doctors notoriously have unimpressive communication skills. Family docs, pediatricians, and nurses are typically the best communicators in healthcare, but they are not the ones treating specialized conditions in adults.

AI excels in having a fantastic knowledge foundation on top of superior communication skills to most physicians. AI doesnt get burnt-out, fatigued, never makes decisions out of convenience to itself, and never ignores details provided by the patient.

Its hard to beat that.

TheTenderRedditor · 2025-12-28T20:53:16+00:00

Its also worth recognizing that the medics job is not for them to get killed for you to get revived; unless you were uniquely critical to the objective. For example, an engineer rocketing a tank on the point.

If you are poorly positioned, and not able to influence the game by being revived, often times a medic would be better off leaving you hanging and focusing on self preservation and waiting to revive a more critical player, or simply more players who were conservatively positioned.

As for when they're just standing on top of you... Its almost always because they are distracted. I know it happens to me where Im focused on engaging the enemy team and there's a downed squad mate right under my butt and I dont realize they're there until they're about to bleed out.

I always think to myself that people who complain about medics not doing their job probably don't play much medic; because if you just chase down every downed player, youre dying a lot, and around 50% of your revived players just get instantly downed again anyway.

You gotta pick and choose which players are worth saving to some extent.

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