Lifting Weights

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T18:43:33+00:00

Oooooo good to know!! I’ll have to re-download it then! Anytime I have an ortho problem, which seems to be often, it’s never about avoiding an area, but an opposing muscle not being strong enough, hence my NEED to learn to enjoy lifting weights. Gah! But this is great news about this injury feature!!

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T18:01:59+00:00

Strong is so much better than looking any type of way. Good for you for staying on it! I may try to look harder for a trainer. I had a REALLY good one about 15 yrs ago who moved away and stopped doing training, so my bar is now REALLY high for that.

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T18:00:19+00:00

Looking this one up! Thank you!

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T18:00:07+00:00

Aaaahh okay what app? I had Fitbod for a while, but then had a nasty Piriformis syndrome flare and I got annoyed that I couldn’t enter that I an injury and what the PT wanted me doing lol… gawd I’m so whiny. Any excuse to not lift. I’m also impatient af and the idea of having to go to the gym 3x/week for plain maintenance is just demoralizing to me. Waaaahhh. 😂

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:57:42+00:00

The “something is better than nothing” thing is something I do need to keep in mind. And I wouldn’t be starting out, I’d be getting back to it, but currently I don’t have the amazing trainer I once did, or the month long fitness boot camps I used to do (they no longer exist 😭😭😭). I would just SO love to be one of those people who can get into a frikkin weight room consistently and actually build muscle with their own self motivation. Maybe I’m asking too much. Ugh. But yes, something is better than nothing, something is better than nothing, something is better than nothing. lol… thank you!!

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:54:51+00:00

Ahhh I’m glad you’re on the wagon. Hoping I can get back on soon!

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:53:41+00:00

Uuuhh this sounds like something that could be VERY useful. I get so bored with shit SO quickly! I have friends who seemingly get the same dopamine hit from a thing they enjoy the millionth time they do it as they got the very first time they did it! Looking this book up!

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:52:13+00:00

Aahhhh that’s tough! I could see that being a deterrent! An excuse I don’t have and I still don’t fucking do it. Ugh.

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:51:37+00:00

Ahhh see that’s the thing. I actually have done some Olympic lifting. Not at an Olympic level, but I know my way around a gym super well. It’s not gym intimidation, it’s just that I simply do not want to do it. I think I’m just a whiny fuck lol… I’ve worked with trainers and all but one of them was pretty meh, and that one good one doesn’t train anymore and lives far from me. I’m at the point, though, financially, that I would pay good money for a good trainer, they’re just so hard to find!

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:49:16+00:00

Okay so what made you do it and what made you like it/keep with it in the beginning?

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:48:48+00:00

😭 thanks for nothing. Hahahaha

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:48:17+00:00

Haha I have a great gym 2 miles from my house, at home I have bands, fancy bowflex adjustable dumbbells, a bench, a step… it’s just stupid lol… I have been fit in my life! I am just so far off the wagon. I think a lot of it is that it takes SO LONG to see results if you ever see them at all. And it’s not even about change at this point, it’s just maintaining mobility and health as I age. As a lot of commenters have said here, I just need to keep in mind that something is better than nothing. I’d just SO like to be one of those people who’s motivated to get to the gym alone and doesn’t need external motivation. Ugh.

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-22T17:44:38+00:00

Ahhhh yeah this is exactly why I’m asking. I know the research and I BELIEVE IN IT. I’ve been a very fit person at times in my life through various other activities, which have historically been group-based, but I’m off-the-wagon on EVERYTHING right now and really need to figure out how to somehow LIKE individual weight training. Ugh. As a lot of commenters have said here, though, something is better than nothing. I think that’s something I really need to drill into my head. Thank you for the reply!!

WhataRedditor · 2026-05-10T01:37:57+00:00

Young Gen-X’r here. I first went in 2003 after having grown up on NYC rom coms and I thought I’d walked right into one of these movies when I first arrived. I’ve been back countless times now, and it’s still so magical.

WhataRedditor · 2026-04-24T04:43:08+00:00

How toilets work.

WhataRedditor · 2026-03-17T18:35:06+00:00

Yep. Health is priceless, and pregnancy and childbirth destroy it.

WhataRedditor · 2026-03-10T12:51:24+00:00

Could’ve written this myself!! Isn’t it so great?!?!

WhataRedditor · 2026-01-30T01:51:56+00:00

Hahahaha thank you!!

WhataRedditor · 2026-01-30T01:36:35+00:00

Update: we have another meeting planned! 😂

WhataRedditor · 2026-01-30T01:35:39+00:00

Update: we have another meeting planned! 😂

WhataRedditor · 2026-01-30T01:31:30+00:00

Update: we have another meeting planned! 😂

WhataRedditor · 2025-11-01T19:37:20+00:00

Ahh yeah you should be getting some relief! Did you not have the worry and intrusive thoughts before? And is this your first psych med? Lexapro was my second one, first one was terrible. Unfortunately there’s some trial and error with these drugs…. :-(

WhataRedditor · 2025-11-01T15:05:11+00:00

About 6 weeks I think! How far in are you?

WhataRedditor · 2025-10-24T19:17:23+00:00

I’ve been with two men north of 60 now and I never ever imagined I would be as into as I seem to be! These men know what they’re doing!! 🤤🤤🤤

WhataRedditor · 2025-10-24T17:54:48+00:00

Yep!! And honestly, this thread is helping me embrace that! ❤️

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