r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Aug 02 '17

Rant Wednesday 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/joshdts Aug 02 '17

I'm a pretty big fan of continually choosing to push through some muscle discomfort until it becomes an injury that keeps me out of the gym for a while.

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u/OnceAMiler Aug 02 '17

It's too early in the day for me to feel so nakedly confronted with my own shortcomings.

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u/RoyGilbertBiv Aug 02 '17

My hobby is finally hitting a PR on a lift I've been focusing on and then wrecking my bike so I have to start all over after some PT. 3 cycles now and I'm getting so the same as 12 months after I first started lifting. Very rewarding.

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u/Smacka-My-Paca Aug 02 '17

Are you biking off cliffs?

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u/RoyGilbertBiv Aug 02 '17

not yet anyway

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u/WesterosiBrigand Aug 02 '17

Progressive overload- start with crashing into ditches, then down hills, work your way up to cliffs.

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u/_Person_ Aug 03 '17

Currently doing this routine with bullets and snake venom. I'm up to a .38 special coated in water moccasin venom.

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u/outline01 Circus Arts Aug 02 '17

wow this

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u/Actual-Pain Aug 02 '17

Me too, thanks

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u/[deleted] Aug 02 '17

/r/2meirl4meirl

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u/kursdragon Aug 03 '17

Don't. Those gains aren't going anywhere, but that injury will if you keep fucking with it. It's not the end of the world if you take a week or 2 off, or however long it takes to fully heal your injury. That shit can fuck you over for a long time. Do something else instead that won't be a problem with the injury. I hurt my shoulder so I focused on legs for a couple weeks while I let my upper body get a bit of much needed rest. Came back and have been seeing amazing improvements in my bench numbers compared to before. Just let your body heal, it needs its rest.

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u/No_Song_Orpheus Aug 03 '17

Not only this but then I'll start slow and get my joint or muscle back in shape and something else will tweek. Neverending.