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1. ✨Nora Tindall (tindall@cybre.space)'s status on Friday, 25-Mar-2022 04:56:06 UTC ✨Nora Tindall

   Well, this request has gone about as well as you might expect on other places on the 'net, so I guess I'll post it here and see if I get anything more useful

   I'm trying to regain some of my time for fitness, and I find that the easiest way for me to become interested in something is to spend a lot of time reading or listening to information about it.

   Unfortunately, I tend to see a lot of glorification of disordered eating, blatant fatphobia, and generally pretty unsympathetic attitudes in a lot of fitness and "health" content, and I'd rather not take psychic damage every time I try to learn about what the best kind of sitting stretches are. If anyone knows of any YouTube channels, podcasts, or blogs that you've read or listened to that provide useful and interesting fitness information without this kind of toxicity, I'd really love to hear about them!

   • Russ Sharek (russsharek@mastodon.art)'s status on Friday, 25-Mar-2022 06:09:58 UTC Russ Sharek

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     • Avalon

     @tindall

     Tagging @avalon who does a fair bit of seeking out this sort of healthy inspiration.

     For me, I find the trick has been to normalize the activity of doing the thing.

     Building my own habit of training my body was much harder than getting excited about the working out itself. Moreover, that habit was arguably more useful than the idea of getting myself excited because I didn't have to be in that excited state to do the work.

     Create a rhythm, and follow it.

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   • Avalon (avalon@merveilles.town)'s status on Friday, 25-Mar-2022 06:48:47 UTC Avalon

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     • Russ Sharek

     @RussSharek @tindall
     This struggle is very real. I was going to suggest PoznicTraining https://yewtu.be/channel/UCCh_uZ0m6HiVKUl-7eXSwtw
     but, the more I look at his stills and clickbait titles the more I realize that while the actual trainer is great about not being toxic normally, he marketed to get clicks from the 'muscle bro' side of things. So good advice on maybe a "I can ignore clickbait titles and find just stuff I can work with" kind of day.
     I'm definitely keeping an eye out so I can send better suggestions.

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   • Sumana Harihareswara (brainwane@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Mar-2022 02:06:38 UTC Sumana Harihareswara

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     • tumper

     @tkenben @tindall Seconding "look into rehab tips/exercises". Some of https://www.youtube.com/c/JessicaValantPilates/videos is like this.

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   • tumper (tkenben@mstdn.io)'s status on Saturday, 26-Mar-2022 02:06:41 UTC tumper

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     @tindall May be beneficial or not. If not for you then maybe for someone else. I've found some gold in unexpected places, like tips for physical rehabilitation. Usually these exercises are toned down, but you can dial them up as you see fit.

     As for diet, what I've found is that there is no true answer, because every body is different. The only real answer is that nutrition is way more important than calorie counting.

     Also, consistency > exertion level.

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   • mc (mc@hackers.town)'s status on Sunday, 27-Mar-2022 10:14:14 UTC mc

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     @tindall Historical european martial arts (HEMA), longsword fencing and friends is a really fun way of keeping fit. Lots of things to read, all the way from historical manuals to current texts.

     I train with mhfs.se and I've met some other HEMA people here in Europe. A very welcoming crowd.

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