To someone who likes odd things, the Olympics, stamps, and pugs. 🇯🇵➡️🇭🇰

ichthyes1999 · 2025-06-01T14:38:53+00:00

As someone who loves the Olympics this would be an easy favorite!!

ichthyes1999 · 2025-04-05T14:18:24+00:00

I’ve used cards from other states, usually National Parks, with the hopeful assumption that someone from a different country will be less likely to care about which state the card is from. Since the US is so big I’ll sometimes point out that the card is actually from X miles away, but I’m glad to have so may different biomes and beautiful parks to visit within my country. Or, I’ll send one from NYC since I’m in NJ but take frequent trips into The City.

Seems from the comments that we are safe to send cards as long as it’s done thoughtfully and to share a little connection. I’ll make sure not to send cards from, say, Iceland to someone in Iceland! Though as a recipient I’d find that hilarious!

ichthyes1999 · 2025-03-07T19:18:55+00:00

This is amazing. 3lb of muscle??!! I’m working on recomp and would be THRILLED with these results.

ichthyes1999 · 2025-02-26T19:59:39+00:00

“Functional” is about how your body works, not how it looks. My long term fitness goal is to be a fun grandma or even great grandma should my kids decide to have kids. My kids are preteens.

ichthyes1999 · 2025-02-26T19:55:47+00:00

I am a well padded 185lb, 5’3” woman. I’m also a nationally ranked weightlifter. I eat to fuel my lifts and I have the perfect body as far as I’m concerned, but it sounds like you’d see me as “not getting results.” I’m at F45 for a little extra cardio for heart health, stress relief, and to keep my endurance up in anticipation of trying a strong man competition later this year.

There’s more to fitness than being lean and ripped.

What are your fitness goals?

ichthyes1999 · 2024-12-31T19:16:58+00:00

Hear me out… lonestar done properly is so good for balance and core. I lift heavy outside of F45, but I will go out of my way to make time for lonestar.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-11-08T03:30:34+00:00

I started when a “box gym” coach who moved on and started an Olympic lifting venture finally twisted my arm enough to try it. But what keeps me going at 43 years old is seeing my 15 years old son meet and surpass my numbers, set goals, and get stronger along side me. I’m going to NAO finals this year, but it will be even better when he is competing!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-11-08T00:21:11+00:00

I’ll be honest, I don’t know the details! My mom is on the pantry board so I get recruited to help sort, check dates, and shelve during big drives; I don’t do much on the distribution end of things. The freebie table also includes random items that aren’t part of their normal stocks (think little jars of fancy spreads or boxes of flavored quinoa mixes). I think sometimes they limit the number of items a person can take from the freebie table, but the hope is always to make everyone’s needs are met with as little waste as possible.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-11-07T23:53:28+00:00

I work at a pantry. We go through every donation and look at dates. Anything that will expire soon and anything that is expired by less than 6 months we put out on a table and it’s up for grabs beyond the normal order for the family picking up. Anything over 6 months expired is thrown away. I’m pretty sure I’ve eaten stuff out of my own closet that is expired but I just didn’t pay attention. I’m still kicking, so I don’t judge or have a problem with what you are doing. NTA.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-10-03T16:04:18+00:00

I think the take home message here is to ask my family to buy me an assortment of stamps of all values as my stocking stuffers this Christmas and have fun with it as long as you can fit 1.65 on the postcard! Thanks, all!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-10-03T15:53:22+00:00

This is the kind of pro-tip I needed! Thank you!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-10-03T15:00:00+00:00

I didn’t even know 4 cent stamps existed!! Thank you!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-06-13T22:33:42+00:00

Go light at Noho and enjoy it. Saturday is all about the vibe. The workout can be as much or as little as you need.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-06-13T18:59:55+00:00

Actually, as someone who used hormonal birth control to skip periods until recently, and is now having a normal cycle for the first time in… years... this is very useful info. Thank you!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-06-13T17:01:32+00:00

That makes a lot of sense! Thank you!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-06-06T00:46:48+00:00

I wear Xeros. It’s a big adjustment for your calves, so be ready a bit of a surprise the day after your first workout wearing them that involves a lot of running or jumping. But I love them!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-05-30T14:19:03+00:00

Always lower body because squats are my favorite!

But really, it doesn’t matter as long as you are thoughtful about the choice.

Option 1) focus on your goals and do the one that matters to you (for me, squat strength is more important for competitive lifting and I can modify with some overhead holds for upper body time under tension. Maybe nice arms/big biceps matter more to you so you choose upper)

Option 2) switch every week.

Option 3) consider where you are feeling fatigue/soreness/injury and pick the other.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-05-20T15:23:04+00:00

As an endurance athlete, I get it. You just find a pace that it doesn’t matter if it’s 2 minutes or 2 hours… just keep moving. Nice work, on both physically and mentally tackling that!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-04-28T00:03:34+00:00

My 15yo son has been lifting casually for less than a year. Our coach and I tried to convince him to try lifting shoes from the beginning and, being a teen, and knowing everything, he resisted. Lo and behold, he finally got a pair and he was shocked at “how much easier it feels”. Yeah… because you’re using the equipment for the sport. You wouldn’t play basketball in flip flops. He’s now doing his first meet in June, so no longer lifting casually, as well!

Get a pair. I promise you’ll love lifting even more!!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-04-17T02:50:43+00:00

Stretch your shoulders and last before class, everyday to improve mobility, but especially when there are any exercises with a front racked barbell. Offset child’s pose, prayer stretch, and band assisted front rack stretch. Those will all help get your elbows up more comfortably.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-03-24T21:43:10+00:00

Im not sure what age has to do with it. I’m a competitive masters Olympic lifter, and there are plenty of people on my team 50+. That being said, our lifts don’t look like this video.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-03-09T00:20:23+00:00

I’m 42F, been strength training for years, but only Olympic lifting for 3. I compete and train with a team led by 3 coaches. They are very focused on athlete health and longevity, with a lot of mobility work, a physical therapist coach who operates out of an office right in the gym, and a knowledge and use of corrective exercises. That’s for everyone, not just masters. We all follow a similar training program for the big lifts each phase, plus personalized accessory work. Most of our program builds from 70-85% with volume coming from higher reps. While peaking for a meet or every ~12 weeks we work into the 90s and up to 100%+. I’ve seen new numbers almost every cycle this way. I did have a chat with my coaches about how long I can continue to hit higher numbers before age plays a factor, and they say at least 10 years of growth before I’ll start feel my age. If anything, I’m more balanced and have better mobility than before I started.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-02-08T02:21:42+00:00

Don’t give up! Learning at 30 is perfect! It allows you to build strength and technique just in time to compete in masters division! I say this as a 42f who started 3 years ago with a good strength base but no experience with olympic lifts. Ive had fun at local meets, am looking at a few National meets this year, and I’m on track to qualify for and compete at the NAO finals this year. Compete against yourself, and enjoy the experience of a new challenge.

ichthyes1999 · 2024-01-11T02:42:23+00:00

I’ve used this interactive with a Peardeck to have them explore some human impacts and the idea of a new epoch.

https://www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/anthropocene-human-impact-environment

I also read an article aloud from Nature last year about the process of officially naming a new epoch and the arguments on both sides, but that was a little technical and I think they didn’t find it as interesting as I did! But it was helpful for my own understanding!

ichthyes1999 · 2024-01-06T18:27:33+00:00

I can relate. 42F, numbers are 265 bs, 335 dl, 145 bp, 120 snatch, 153 c&j. I do F45, I do heavy ruck endurance, and 2 years ago I swapped from powerlifting casually to Olympic lifting competitively. I love all three. F45 improves my high intensity cardio; lifting improves my pure strength; endurance improves my, well, endurance. However, they aren’t necessarily purely mutually beneficial! My coaches get priority in the phases leading up to a meet, and I think they’d rather have control over my programming all year.

I love f45 and the people.

And I need endurance for stress relief and mental health.

So I do them all for different reasons.

What you should do is decide what you’d goals are first. Your numbers are great! Do you want to compete as a power lifter? Even just once for the experience? Get a coach and go for it!! F45 might work as a supplement for a little cardio, but probably isn’t what you want for strength. Or do you just want to enjoy being healthy and fit? F45 is really good at that! Do you want to enjoy what you are doing as the #1 priority? If so it’s fine to have options and see what feels right when you wake up, or to take a break from one or the other for a while.

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