Do you even lift bro?

[the-pi-guy]

I'm a little bit dumb on this.

I'm always weirdly anxious about working out in front of people. I don't want to be judged about doing something wrongly or not doing something well enough. 

But I've been trying to do more physical stuff. 

My job has an exercise room, and I've been stepping away for a few minutes at a time - try to do a few pullups.  

[Legend]

Nice!

I still can't do a pullup. I need to work on that, but my back just gets so sore.

[Legend]

Wow that was a nice surgery. Last minute they switched plans so no breathing tube.

I put myself on the opperating table and was dreaming of Disney land when they woke me up and started wheeling me back.

6 weeks of recovery, then back to the races hopefully.

[the-pi-guy]

I hated running my whole life. It's really weird not hating it.

Old comment, but I thought about it.

My wife and I would regularly do walks. Walking generally feels easy to me. Even did a 10 mile walk one day, to a movie theater and back.  

Walking 10 miles wasn't an issue, but I would tire out very, very quickly with running. Like running a quarter of a mile would be too much. 

After doing a lot more walking, running became easier and more fun. 

Not that I was ever good at running, but there were a few times where I was sprinting and noticed I was going twice as far, without feeling tired. And it was a weirdly good feeling.  

[nnodley]

Not that I was ever good at running, but there were a few times where I was sprinting and noticed I was going twice as far, without feeling tired. And it was a weirdly good feeling. 

yeah in general when you start to notice things start to get easier or that your heart rate doesn't spike as easily on exercises is always a great feeling.

[the-pi-guy]

Actually relating to both of my previous posts - today I feel like I'm seeing a notable improvement compared to last week.

Last week, I did like 1 pull up a few times a day.

Today, I was able to do 2 pull ups in a row, twice. While feeling much less destroyed. 

[the-pi-guy]

Was able to do 3 pullups. 

[kitler53]

i wish i could do a pull-up.   i'm disabled in my left shoulder so unless i get to the point i can do a 1-handed pull-up i'll never be able to one without breaking my collar bone.

[Legend]

i wish i could do a pull-up.  i'm disabled in my left shoulder so unless i get to the point i can do a 1-handed pull-up i'll never be able to one without breaking my collar bone.

I don't know specifically what my brother has, but he can't do stuff with his one shoulder either. But I think in his case it's more that the shoulder dislocates.



A one handed pull up would be pretty dang impressive.

[kitler53]

I don't know specifically what my brother has, but he can't do stuff with his one shoulder either. But I think in his case it's more that the shoulder dislocates.



A one handed pull up would be pretty dang impressive.

i forget what my doctor's diagnosis was.   it was some stupidly obscure thing and he wasn't' certain i even had it.  the end result is:
- a shoulder socket is supposted to be round.   mine isn't.
- a collar bone i suppose to be "straight".  mine is hooked

the affect on my as a person is my shoulder molbility is about half what it is suppose to be.  if i lift my arm forward to be even with my shoulder my arm bone is touching my collar bone and thus i can't lift any higher.

the doctor said regardless of why there was only one treatment: shatter all of the bones in my shoulder and hope he can reform it in a better shape.  he gave 50/50 odds of getting better or worse.   i was 17 when i got diagnosted and i totally noped out of that.   i was like,.. if it took you guys 17 years to even realize i was malformed i think i'm doing okay thank you very much.

...but in retrospect it made a few things in my childhood make a lot of sense.   my middle school gym teacher had terrible things to say about me.   apparently the reason i couldn't manage even 1 pull-up was because i was a piece of shame kid. 

[Legend]

I need to remember I just had minor surgery last week lol. I mowed my sister's yard and lifted some tires, toilets, and sinks. Didn't feel heavy at all but last night and all today I have been so exhausted.

So back to just being a lazy bum.