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berlyman101 posted...

Holy_Pumpkin posted...

Thanks for the advice. I actually used to work in fitness and even as a trainer for a while. It's the advice I'd give to anyone else.

I've been a lazy wuss over the past couple years though and barely work out. I was pretty hard into it for a while but it always left me exhausted.

I started going for jogs again recently and it has kicked my ass but I used to be a competitive runner way back. I really miss that because I felt like a leader, someone who was admired for my discipline. I even got a fitness award in high school, lol. But it didn't give me satisfaction after a while. I really just wanted the admiration of my friends and family. I could have kept going with it and should have. I tell myself that if I could do that crazy stuff I can do lots of things, but life hasn't been simple.

One thing I've wanted to do is install a pull up bar but I'm worried it's going to be a major pain in the ass. I have to purchase the tools to do it and I'm not handy. It might be worth it, though. I don't have a door frame in my apartment so I'd have to drill it in my brick wall.

Ah, no kidding! Well, there's not need to return to any glory days, so just ease into it so you can make sure you actually do it consistently. I actually currently have the same problem when it comes to cardio. I used to do a lot of long distance running as a hobby in my HS years but fell out of it post HS and could never get back into it. I'd try and get discourage because I wouldn't be able to run nearly as long as I used to but get twice as tired as ever before. I'm still relatively in shape because I go the gym 4x and lift weights (focusing on squat/bench/deadlift/ohp/pull ups) and have been at it for a couple of years, but I'm still trying to fit in the extra time to start incorporating cardio into my life and just deal with the extra exhaustion (I can't reliably get good sleep each night due to my work/life schedule and it fucks up my recovery sometimes). Even though I'm not getting the full benefits of being fit by incorporating cardio, I still feel like I get to benefit a lot from what I cultivate from my lifting. So that's my advice to you, just figure out what you can do so you can exercise consistently every week comfortably without it being a detriment, because I promise you the benefits will begin to compound and outweigh the negativity in your life.

If you have the finances and living space, look into getting a dip & pull up bar station. That way you just have to assemble the sucker and don't have to worry about drilling into anything, and then have access to doing dips as well!
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