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Written by mvu on 2025-01-10 at 01:28

I hate working out.

I hate how it feels, and I hate how I feel.

I hate sweating and stinking and counting the reps and watching the set timer count down.

I hate knowing how much more there is to go, in the current workout and in my overall goals.

But in the words that I'm sure came from somewhere: "fuck it, we ball"

Pushups (knee) 10rep, 3set [fail]

Mountain Climbs 20rep, 3set [fail]

Bicycle Kicks 20rep, 3set [med]

Plank 30sec, 3set [hard]

Squat 20rep, 3set [med]

• 20min row

Donno if this will inspire anybody else, but maybe it'll inspire me to keep it up.

[#]workout #fitness

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Written by mvu on 2025-01-14 at 01:49

Amazing what music can do to your ability to keep pushing through a workout.

I recall that in my previous (fit, long ago) incarnation I'd do a solid hour of cardio daily, and every day I'd start it with the Super Hexagon soundtrack. It's just 3 songs, and it ramps up the pace of each song with a nice reprieve / slowdown just past the halfway point of song 3.

Today's struggle:

Pushups (knee) 10rep, 3set [hard]

Mountain Climbs 20rep, 3set [hard]

Bicycle Kicks 30rep, 3set [med]

Plank 30sec, 3set [hard]

Squat 20rep, 3set [med]

20 minutes on row

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Written by The Sailor Dev on 2025-01-10 at 04:29

@mvu Discipline and an end goal.

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Written by okr on 2025-01-10 at 05:06

@mvu do keep it up! I was in a similar place in Nov and the only thing that makes me force myself to do some workout is the memory of the pain and frustration it is to re-start the process. I absolutely hate working out but e.g. yesterday I was about to say "f.. this,I had a hard day already" but then I did at least some reps,because it's still easier in the long run than giving up, and every day I give up adds to the temptation to make the 'break' longer.

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Written by mvu on 2025-01-10 at 05:21

@okr the long break thing is too real. "I'll skip today" easily becomes 2, then a week, then a month... Then the restart.

Props for managing to squeeze in reps after a long day. The "fuck it today was hard enough" argument is often too persuasive for me (but working on it)

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Written by mvu on 2025-01-10 at 05:22

@okr the long break thing is too real. "I'll skip today" easily becomes 2, then a week, then a month... Then the restart.

Props for managing to squeeze in reps after a long day. The "fuck it today was hard enough" argument is often too persuasive for me (but working on it)

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Written by mvu on 2025-01-10 at 05:22

@okr the long break thing is too real. "I'll skip today" easily becomes 2, then a week, then a month... Then the restart.

Props for managing to squeeze in reps after a long day. The "fuck it today was hard enough" argument is often too persuasive for me (but working on it)

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Written by mvu on 2025-01-10 at 05:23

@okr the long break thing is too real. "I'll skip today" easily becomes 2, then a week, then a month... Then the restart.

Props for managing to squeeze in reps after a long day. The "fuck it today was hard enough" argument is often too persuasive for me (but working on it)

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Written by mvu on 2025-01-10 at 05:23

@okr the long break thing is too real. "I'll skip today" easily becomes 2, then a week, then a month... Then the restart.

Props for managing to squeeze in reps after a long day. The "fuck it today was hard enough" argument is often too persuasive for me (but working on it)

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Written by mvu on 2025-01-10 at 12:04

@okr the long break thing is too real. "I'll skip today" easily becomes 2, then a week, then a month... Then the restart.

Props for managing to squeeze in reps after a long day. The "fuck it today was hard enough" argument is often too persuasive for me (but working on it)

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Written by okr on 2025-01-10 at 05:12

@mvu sorry for this rambling reply, but I absolutely get what you say and I'm here to tell you what you already know: it sucks! But if you made yourself start, congrats, that's the hardest part in my opinion. Now keep it up so that you don't have to start ever again :)

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