Micah: if you, like me, are tired of All The Bullshit, may I suggest repeatedly picking heavy things up and putting them down again

if you, like me, are tired of All The Bullshit, may I suggest repeatedly picking heavy things up and putting them down again

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that's fuckin right

It’s important to focus on what we can affect with our personal choices. It’s annoying but switching to an anti-inflammatory diet, jogging, weightlifting has given me so much more control over my lupus that I have energy and clarity to actually show up for my community in ways I couldn’t before.

Ahh yes the ska method.

Metal go up. Metal go down. Me simple person. Me like. And, yeah, I'm way overdue for a gym day....

This is the weigh

And the whey too

That comes after

No I am going for a run

This works real good too.

I went out in a kayak where the heavy mass to be conveyed through space by means of repeated muscular effort was, well, me, but it still worked okay

Same, sub bicycle.

Compound lift your way out of • Existential dread • Poster’s madness • Learned helplessness • AND MORE!

- not being tired

I have been longing for a local gym to do this because it looks extremely relevant to my interests.

There is truth in the iron

For the last four months I've been thinking "why am I feeling so meh" and then I was like "oh right I'm injured and I can't pick up heavy things" I am starting to be able to pick up heavy things again and none too soon

i have returned to picking heavy things up and putting them down again. it's good to ache on purpose and not just because i'm old

Just remembered this shit, which sadly feels relevant again www.menshealth.com/uk/mhsquad/b...

MH Investigates the Swole Leftwww.menshealth.com In Brooklyn, a group of maverick weightlifters are attempting to combat political violence

Transferring all of my anger from my brain to my lower back

If I had the time to I would but busy :/

I just finished my chores which means I can at least do my hand weights!

I just turned off my computer for 3 days and caught up on my reading. Wandering Inn is such a comfort read.

Hell yeah a fellow TWI fan! Though if it was only three days you must have been almost caught up to begin with.

ToDo tomorrow: lift, shower, vote (UK), grill

The Church of Iron Ahnald welcomes you

this works surprisingly well

Works for at least two hours of the day.

Its the #1 way I combat depression. Unfortunately, came down with COVID so waiting till I recover to lift again.

I pried a large stone from the ground yesterday. Someone should have filmed me hugging that monster.

I shall be continuing this... once I recover from RSI! I forgot to stretch ONE day. REMEMBER YOUR WARM UPS!

I’m about to get the most jacked I’ve ever been in my life

I'm gonna be Sir Squats-a-lot later today, so yeah. Heavy things, up n down.

Tried this already and it didn't fix any of the bullshit

My brain goes completely empty when I lift and it’s such a blessing

My brain was so empty when I had a big stump to chop into bits, I miss it

I basically pick myself up and unceremoniously drop myself down (pullups)

Running is good too.

It is not solving all of the Problems but it has in fact helped the last few months

On the one hand, a second Trump term will probably take years off my life. On the other. I'll probably be working out 2 hours a day 7 days a week to try and keep from thinking about how awful things are.

i already do that: it's 7.5 kilo and 10 kilo dumbbells.

toddlers?

Hell yeah, overhead press of toddlers is critically important so that you can do Way Ups when they're preschoolers.

Heavy things go up and down. Pedals go round and round. Brain goes smoooooooth.

That's my go-to.

It helps!

"200 lbs is always 200lbs" - Henry Rollins

I just moved *all the things* our family of four owns to our new apartment by myself. I feel like I've done enough of that for the time being.

The world is already heavy enough.

Just did that for 20 minutes and now I ache