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user-inactivated  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: April 27, 2016

Is there anything to stop you from increasing the weight?





OftenBen  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Medical advice unfortunately.

user-inactivated  ·  3171 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Shame. Think of it this way, then: you're beating everyone who isn't doing any weight right now. If you measure your life from the successful people's, you'll always find yourself missing something, when in fact, the truth of what you have comes from what you had and what you gained. I came to call it "measuring from zero than from a hundred", referring to percentage of achieving some sort of an ideal that we chase blindly. It's not what we don't have that defines us - it's what we do have, and right now, you have it quite well, don't you?

OftenBen  ·  3170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I mean, I like the 'I'm beating everybody sitting on the couch' mentality.

The problem is that I know the health benefits (Particularly for men) of high weight, low rep exercise.

user-inactivated  ·  3170 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That's no reason to shed tears over what you can't do and not enjoying what you can.