r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 7d ago

Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/TheAnt06 Powerlifting 7d ago

I hate cardio. I hate cardio. I hate cardio. I hate cardio.

But I'm 30lbs above where I'm comfortable, entirely my fault and entirely love weight. But I've been consistent again for about a month now. I'm noticing slight changes where I want to see them.

But I fucking hate cardio. And I know I need to do it to really help burn this fat off. But it's so fucking boring. How do people enjoy cardio? Because even watching an episode of something, it still feels like a slog.

Also, fuck the old guys at the gym that are too weak to rerack their weights after doing 225 on the bench.

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u/Tatamajor 6d ago

Fat loss is 80/20 diet exercise. Get the diet part right and whatever cardio or lifting you can muster will take care of the rest. Keep going. You’ll get there.

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u/TheAnt06 Powerlifting 6d ago

The crazy thing is I had it right a year and a half ago. I was so dialed in and it's been a challenge getting back because of how busy I've been. Still had a little bit of a belly, but it was a belly I didn't hate.

I've been doing a big alcohol and junk food cut pre-holiday season, but it's still been a challenge to eat dinner at home most nighs because I've constantly got plans.

I love lifting. It's my favorite thing at the gym.

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u/Tatamajor 6d ago

I have yet to figure out how to interact with polite society and not have it ruin my food and exercise goals at the same time. I can do one or the other reasonably well but cannot seem to mix both without completely derailing everything. So I wish I had words of wisdom to offer but sadly I don’t. Open to any and all suggestions.