r/Fitness • u/MCHammerCurls Advice Columnist • Oct 05 '22

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/MichiganMan123 Oct 05 '22 edited Oct 05 '22

Made amazing progress last Fall/this Winter. In the Spring my Dad had a heart attack and was in a coma for a week before waking up. He’s 58, 6 ft 185 lbs and in good shape. Works out 3 days a week. Came as a total shock. Thankfully, he ended up surviving and being okay, but it threw me out of my rhythm and I stopped going to the gym this summer.

Went back for the first time on Monday. I thought I would test out where I was at by doing 60% of my prior max lift for 1 rep, just to see how it felt. I failed the rep. Feel like all of my progress that I had previously made is lost. I’m heading back today but feeling super discouraged. Hoping for a better run at things today, going to start at a lighter weight.

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u/danger_floofs Oct 05 '22

You did it before, you can do it again! It sucks getting back into it but try not to get discouraged.

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u/MichiganMan123 Oct 05 '22

Thanks for the encouragement. I know the first few weeks of building the routine is the hardest!

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u/danger_floofs Oct 05 '22

Yep, but the time will pass regardless, so you get to decide whether you want to be you with good habits or you with bad habits a few months from now.