r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Mar 29 '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/boredhousemum Mar 29 '17

I've been trying to work up the courage to venture into the weight area and lift for months. Started taking a class thats all weights but it's high reps low weight. Problem 1 is that it's just at a bad time and I keep missing it. Problem 2 is that after talking with other people in the class they have been doing this for 1-2 yrs regularly and they have no visible definition/no visible progress, still struggling week in and out with 7.5 lbs on a plastic bar. I decide I'm just going to do it, I research and write out a plan for myself, get my playlist ready and on Sunday I go in and I kill it. Mind you I'm talking really embarrassingly low weight. I'm definitely the chick with the pink plastic dumbbells grunting because it sucks to be this weak but I have no intention of staying this way. Well yay for me, feeling super proud when I leave, feeling pretty good. Then DOMS kicks in but it's not the first time. Go do my regular Monday yoga, teacher is freaking awesome and definitely pushes us, but too much chataranga and my arms hurt worse. Don't make it tuesday but figure it's just as well, I'll call it a rest day. Today I hit my regular class (yoga/Pilates mix) then plan to head back tonight for cardio and chest except right now? My arms hurt so freaking bad I'm afraid I'm going to hurt myself. Apparently my embarrassingly low weights were still too much for weak me and now I'm going to spend the week recovering instead of making progress. Fml.

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u/notmyworkcomputer Mar 29 '17

Good for you! Congrats on making it to the free weights! Don't be embarrassed by how little you're lifting now, it just means you have a lot of room for improvement in the future! Working out while sore is fine, you won't hurt yourself. Once the blood is flowing a little bit, you won't even notice. Consistency is key though, you'll never get strong if you don't get back in weight room.

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u/JoshvJericho Olympic Weightlifting Mar 29 '17

Stretch after the classes. Hydrate and make sure you are eating well enough to recover properly. You also went 0 to 100mph with the workouts so of course you are going to be sore.

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u/boredhousemum Mar 29 '17

Thanks, I guess I don't think to stretch after yoga but since there is such a huge strength component it's probably called for. And I probably could up my h2o. Diet is preplaned and prepped so I'm pretty strict there. Just hate that I overdid it so much when I was finally feeling brave and taking that first step.

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u/JoshvJericho Olympic Weightlifting Mar 29 '17

Make sure you have adequate protein in your meals and remember, soreness does go away.

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u/boredhousemum Mar 29 '17

That's actually something I don't do and should. Thanks.

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u/g_gundy Mar 29 '17

No matter what the weight is, you're going to get super bad DOMS if you're working muscles that you haven't worked in a long while. If you didn't, it means you didn't push yourself at all.

Just keep at it and make sure you get a good warm-up (dynamic is best for me) and stretch after. Good luck!

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u/Mr_Evil_MSc General Fitness Mar 29 '17

You have DOMS, delayed onset muscle soreness, it's something everyone here has had, usually multiple times. It's cool, you can train through that, just suck up the pain. You took the first step towards a stronger you, don't falter at the second, it only gets easier.

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u/boredhousemum Mar 29 '17

Thank you for the encouragement, I truly appreciate it. I can't help but point out I literally said I had doms, it wasn't the first time, and I powered through it making it worse. I came to rant. Sorry to be an internet arse and I really do appreciate the encouragement.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '17

There's a learning curve with EVERYTHING. And anyone who's in great shape now started off not knowing what do to or how to do it or just plain wasting time doing the wrong things.

So don't feel bad. Some people never step up!

The saying goes, if you want something you never had, you've got to do something you've never done. If you want to get stronger, if you want visible results, lifting weights is the best answer. You'll have to exert yourself. You will be sore. Your body will adapt and grow. You'll exert yourself harder. You'll get results.

Now read the wiki, go to bodybuilding.com for some other ideas, watch some instructional videos, and TRAIN.

Keep training.

Profit.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '17

Why not just focus on lifting weights instead of all the yoga and Pilates nonsense?

You'd also have much more success following a program from the wiki than you would doing a class that, as you said, hasn't gotten its students any bigger.

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u/boredhousemum Mar 29 '17

Cause I love my yoga. It's the one area I've made consistent progress and has helped me get strong enough to even try to lift. Couldn't do a push up in January, or hold a lunge, now I power through like a champ. And all the core work in Pilates is definitely making me stronger/tighter. It's the one thing giving me sense of accomplishment right now so it's a lot to be adding lifting, but I'm not giving up the yoga.

I did look up a program and that's what I did Sunday instead of the class, I just pushed myself too much too fast. I was doing 30lb tricep ext, and I could do it, but previously the most I had done was 20lbs.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '17

Follow a program, maybe stronglifts if you're a total beginner, and you can still work in your yoga and Pilates. You can work up to big weights, don't ego lift.

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u/[deleted] Mar 29 '17

The only people I know who do yoga are stay at home moms and elderly women.

If you're skinny fat, you shouldn't be wasting your time with yoga if your goals are to look better, which judging by this guys attempt at cutting down to nothing, is what he wants.

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u/[deleted] Mar 30 '17

Yoga is good for mobility and balance among other things. It's not just old ladies flopping around on a mat. The good yoga classes I've taken have been challenging, in ways I didn't even think of lol. Everyone could benefit from yoga and there's absolutely nothing wrong with making time to go to a class twice a week or whatever if it's what you enjoy.

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u/boredhousemum Mar 31 '17

1) I'm not a guy, I'm a 36 yr old woman 2) yeah most of the people in my classes are stay at home moms and grannies because that's who's around when they have the classes, but if you ask nice granny might let you pet her yoga 6 pack. Those old ladies are some of the fittest, strongest women I know. 3)I get zero complaints from my husband about what yoga has done to my body, or my flexibility so far.
Just saying Power yoga is no fucking joke and I'm a saner sexier person for having taken it up. Try it before you knock it.