#Exercise for beginners

[creatureheart]

Does anyone have like starting exercise ideas?

And also things to help strengthen arms/legs?

[happywhispersdream]

The Best No Equipment Workouts for Beginners

Getting started with fitness can seem daunting, especially if you don’t have access to a gym or equipment. However, some of the most effective exercises require nothing more than your own body-weight. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore a variety of no equipment workouts that are perfect for beginners. By focusing on whole body movements using just your body-weight, you can get great results without any gear.

Whether you want to improve your overall health, lose weight, or just feel stronger, body-weight training is a convenient and budget-friendly option. Simple movements like squats, lunges, and push-ups can be done anywhere and challenge all the major muscle groups. Tailoring workouts to your schedule through flexible routines from 5-60 minutes makes consistency easy. Read More

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Your Partner Need for a Better Sex Life | 10 Sex Goals for a Better Relationship

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From Couch to 5K: How to Kickstart Your Health Journey with Just 10 Minutes a Day

Introduction Hey there! Are you sitting on that comfy couch, dreaming about running a 5K but feeling stuck? You’re not alone! Many people want to get fit, but the thought of lengthy workout sessions can be daunting. The great news? You can kickstart your health journey with just “10 minutes a day”. Yep, you read that right! Let’s dive into how the “Couch to 5K” program can transform your fitness…

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Walk Your Way to Fierceness: Upgrade Your Fitness With This Underrated Exercise

Forget complicated workouts! Walking might be the key to the fitness level you crave. Ready to find out why? 👀 #fiercemillennial #walkingworkout #getfit

Ditch the treadmill drama and expensive gym memberships. Get fit and feel fabulous with the power of walking. Hey Fierce Fam, It’s time to rethink what it means to “get fit.” Gyms are great, but they’re not for everyone. And if elaborate workout routines leave you feeling overwhelmed or unmotivated, it’s time for a serious refresh. Did you know something as simple as walking can be the…

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How can I Stay Motivated to Exercise Regularly?

Remaining roused to work out routinely can be testing, yet there are procedures you can utilize to keep up with your inspiration. Here are a few hints to assist you with remaining persuaded on your wellness process:

Put forth clear and reachable objectives:

Lay out unambiguous, quantifiable, and practical objectives that you can pursue. Having an unmistakable vision of what you need to accomplish will provide you course and motivation.

Find exercises you appreciate: 

Participate in exercises that you truly appreciate. Whether it's moving, cycling, swimming, or playing a game, picking exercises you find fun and drawing in will make it more straightforward to remain spurred.

Make a daily practice: 

Lay out a reliable workout everyday practice by planning exercises at explicit times and regarding them as non-debatable meetings with yourself. Consistency breeds propensity, making it simpler to adhere to your activity routine.

Stir up your exercises: 

Keep away from dreariness by integrating various activities and exercises into your daily practice. Attempting new exercises, investigating different wellness classes, or participating in outside exercises can keep things new and energizing.

Track down an activity pal or join a local area: 

Practicing with a companion or joining a wellness local area can give responsibility, backing, and inspiration. Figuring out together or sharing your headway and difficulties can make the excursion more agreeable and assist you with remaining focused.

Keep tabs on your development: 

Track your exercises, estimations, or wellness accomplishments. Seeing substantial improvement and upgrades can be unimaginably propelling and give a feeling of achievement.

Reward yourself: 

Praise your achievements and accomplishments en route. Indulge yourself with little rewards that are not counterproductive to your wellness objectives, for example, a loosening up rub, another exercise outfit, or a sound and tasty dinner.

Center around the advantages: 

Help yourself to remember the various advantages of normal activity, like expanded energy, further developed mind-set, better rest, and generally speaking wellbeing. Imagine what practice decidedly means for your life and remember those advantages when inspiration fades.

Stir up your current circumstance: 

If conceivable, change your activity climate. Investigate different open air areas, attempt new wellness studios, or even adjust your home exercise space. A difference in landscape can assist with keeping things fascinating and forestall fatigue.

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Witchcraft Exercise - Creating Correspondences

There are dozens of plant species in the arsenal of the green witch. Commonly-used varieties and usage varies somewhat between traditions, but most of us are fairly familiar with industry standards like basil, bay, rosemary, sage, and so on.

But what do you do when faced with a plant that has no listed magical correspondences anywhere that you can find in your witchcraft library? Simple - you create some.

Allow me to demonstrate with a little plant I found in my own backyard. It's a common weed called Virginia copperleaf (Acalypha virginica). But despite it's widespread range and abundant growth as a field weed, there are surprisingly few references to the plant in regional folk medicine and none at all that I could find in contemporary witchcraft.

So in order to incorporate this hardy little weed into my practice, I set about creating some correspondences for it.

First, I researched the physical properties of the plant. It is a small annual spurge with long taproots, a resistance to drought and many herbicides, and a reputation for fast growth and being difficult to eradicate from fields due to prolific seeding. The leaves turn coppery-red in the fall and small spiky flowers bloom among the foliage. It is also mildly poisonous. The juice of the plant may cause contact dermatitis or a mild rash in some people and if ingested, it may cause GI symptoms such as vomiting and diarrhea.

Next, I researched references to the plant in folk medicine. I could only find a single reference that cited copperleaf as a possible diuretic and expectorant. That does track with the previous mention of GI symptoms, but it doesn't mean the plant is safe to use. I did discover that an alternate name for the plant is three-seeded mercury or mercury weed, likely because of its' tendency for fast growth and the fact that it is propagated by the wind.

So now comes the business of creating the correspondences, using the physical properties of the plant as a basis.

The first and most obvious association is strength. Any weed that is resistant to drought and herbicide and uprooting is bound to be useful for spells involving tenacity and fortitude. Prosperity is also a likely use, both because of the name copperleaf and the way in which the plant grows and spreads quickly. Because of the alternate name mercury weed and the wind propagation, it could be used for wind magic or communication spells. (I often associate the element of air with communication and the name of a messenger god is right there as well, but your mileage may vary.)

The plant could also be used as an ingredient for baneful magic, either to bind and frustrate someone's efforts by consuming available ground where their ambitions might grow, or in its' capacity as a mild poison, to cause physical discomfort and stomach trouble.

So in the end, I have a handful of copperleaf and a listing in my witchbook that details the properties of the plant and notes that it could be useful for spells involving strength, tenacity, prosperity, wind, or communication, as well as possible baneful uses including binding, discomfort, and sickness.

This is my system for assigning correspondences to previously-unknown plants, and I encourage readers to use it as a template for their own practices or to create their own system. Either way, I recommend the use of a field guide or plant identification app like PlantNet to properly identify plants as you find them. Remember to forage and harvest responsibly, be a good steward of the land around you, and always label your plant cuttings.

Happy Witching! 💚🌿

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[starwolfie]

@dragkbluire , I painted your Time to practice some background effects and do my own attempt at dramatic lighting. 😉

I think it turned out okay, not as great as yours, but I’m just a beginner!

Thank you for letting others exercise with your gorgeous art!

[wanderingblindly]

wow it’s really lame to take my own advice and do new things even if they’re a bit scary

[dotsunflowers]

trying something a little softer | ID in alt; description also available below the cut

[Image ID: Digital fanart of TK and Carlos from 911 Lone Star. Drawn in a soft sketchy style, with fuzzy edges and no hard lines save for a detail outlined here and there, TK and Carlos are pictured lying down together. Their eyes are closed and they are possibly asleep. Carlos' head is rested against TK's chest, and TK has an arm around Carlos. /end ID.]

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Yoga Poses

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Workout Tips for beginners/chronic pain

For those of you who don’t know me I am trans and physically disabled (also autistic and have anxiety and depression and ptsd) anyway working out has been something that was totally off the table for me for a long time but lately my energy and motivation have improved somewhat as well as my dysphoria being worse which has made me want to try to working out again.

This legitimately isn’t a post I ever thought I’d be making but being pre T and closeted it felt like the only thing I could do to have some control over my body and I really wanted to try. It took me a couple of months after first getting the idea to actually feel like I was in a place to try and as well as finding a good program. I really didn’t want to put money into this especially because I had no idea how it would go, I’m currently on my second week of working out so I thought I’d share some advice for anyone else in a similar position.

Also, as a disclaimer, not everyone with chronic pain or other disabilities can exercise and there’s definitely been times when I also couldn’t so this purely for people who are in a place where they want to and are safe to try.

- Balance is everything, I say this as a total hypocrite just to be clear but if you haven’t worked out in a long time (I would say it’s been around three years for me) you can’t expect to go super hard right away

- Don’t worry about speed or reps or anything like that, doing your best is the most important thing and trying to take that pressure off yourself helps

- Honestly do fewer reps, shorter times, modify or substitute exercises, skip certain things- none of that is a big deal even if it feels like it is and whether you can do some of it later or not it’s okay

- I don’t see physical results yet which isn’t a surprise but I can feel more muscles when I flex my stomach which is cool and even after a week and a half with a lot of rest days I can do more than I could at the beginning

- Low impact is still a hard workout and it is much easier on your body, highly recommend for people with chronic pain

- Now one of the most important things I’ve learned is that I do not have the option of not warming up and doing cool down stretches, my body cannot handle it if I skip those steps which unfortunately makes everything take so much longer but again for anyone with chronic pain it’s probably better to cut down the harder bits and do a warm up and cool down

- The one time I did skip cool down stretches because I had errands to run and thought walking around would be enough I couldn’t sit or stand up straight the next day because I was in so much pain and the muscles in my hips and legs hurt so badly I had to take a break for several days

- I’ve also found that doing full body stretches after working out significantly reduces pain the next day (at least for me) to the point where after a week of working out I feel more sore than in proper pain

- If certain exercises are too much for your body skip them or do another exercise instead, the pain really isn’t worth it and it’s way too easy to injure yourself or cause a flare up

- Sometimes you can do exercises at the beginning but can’t do multiple reps, I’m serious about listening to your body, especially if you’re disabled. I pushed myself a bit too hard today and managed to hurt my wrist and neck (wrist because I did too many workouts in a plank position and the weight on my wrists was too much, neck from crunch type exercises that strain my neck which can cause headaches/migraines the next day)

- Not related to physical disability but I have some demand avoidance tendencies and personally not telling anyone in my life I’m doing it has been one of the most helpful things in not having to deal with external pressure or expectations (I know for other people outside accountability helps so it just depends on what helps you)

- If money is a concern or you’re not sure if you’ll be able to be consistent long term just working out in underwear is a good option, also there are tons of different types of free bodyweight workouts on YouTube, the only thing I’ve bought so far has been a mat

- Onto the next point, get a mat, preferably s as thick exercise mat with a lot of cushion and not a yoga mat. I didn’t realize there was a difference but there absolutely is and for me having more cushion makes a huge difference on my joints

- I personally have been doing Chloe Ting because I’ve seen a lot of people with a lot of different body types get results after being consistent and because after trying it for a week I feel stronger. That being said they’re also not easy and I have made a lot of adjustments and had to take breaks after causing flare ups but all these tips have helped me find more sustainable ways to exercise instead of doing it once and burning out

- I don’t do explicit cardio EVER, I have tachycardia and get dizzy and lightheaded really easily so even doing bodyweight exercises and low impact my heart rate ranges from 150bpm-180bpm the entire time with breaks.

- Also, drinking lots of water is supposed to be good, I don’t track it but I try to stay hydrated and it probably helps

- Prioritize sleep if you’re able to

- Hot showers after working out also help me manage muscle pain

- Finally for food I’ve been trying not to eat unless I’m actually hungry as I have a habit of eating if I’m bored and trying to incorporate more healthy food into my life rather than cutting anything out. Also healthy being subjective, I’m trying to eat healthier than I used to but that still isn’t like tons of salad and veggies and stuff so whatever you can do is fine

- I’m definitely not following all these myself but I’m working on it and trying to improve

[frociaggine]

do you have any advice for people looking to get into running but are extremely out of shape and overweight? like best ways you think to start slow without hurting yourself and build on it

Hi! Every time I get an ask from someone wanting to get into running it makes my day 100x better thank you sooo much for asking ❤️

I don't know what your definition of "extremely out of shape" is, but if you currently can't handle running for an extended period of time, work your way up with long walks, or walk + run intervals, until you can handle 30+ mins of continuous exercise. GET RUNNING SHOES FOR THAT ALSO. Your body will thank you.

My general beginner running tips post applies + I really recommend paying extra attention to joint care. Running is an extremely high-impact activity — you're slamming your entire weight on the ground 100+ times a minute, and the greater your weight the bigger the strain. I can't stress enough the importance of keeping your runs shorts at first and listening to your body (15 mins 3/4 x week is already a lot!) but generally, strengthening your lower body goes a long way towards healthy knee joints.

Strength: I've already recommended Jay Johnson's Strenght & Mobility routine, but if you're feeling fancy I'd also suggest working your way up to weighted squats, lunges, and romanian deadlifts (2-3 sets, 6-8 reps, using whatever you've got around the house that can serve as a weight). As I said in the og post, I can't recommend enough looking into core activation, which will help a lot if you have breasts that bounce when you run. Big boobs back pain is real.

Chafing prevention: this can be a bitch, unfortunately. Jiggly bits (inner thighs, skin folds, breasts) can chafe a lot, and if possible get leggings / shorts / bras with as few seams as possible and anti-glide gel — if you have declathon in your country, their anti-chafe cream is good and pretty cheap. If you have never heard of declathon, you're probably in the US and I know there are good brands over there also. (This part is unfortunately born out of anecdotal evidence, i.e. my dad, who went on a 10km jog and then couldn't walk for like a week. Chafing is the crotch killer)

Stretching! I'm a hypocrite and don't stretch nearly as much as I should, but don't be like me. Some stretching tips from sports physiologist / very Fast Guy Pete Pfitzinger under the cut.

Again I'm very flattered you asked me!! GOOD LUCK lmk how it goes <3

[radiotransmissionaac]

start list mostly personal use but hope help others maybe:

Yoga moves that require very little physical exertion or postural changes.

(Good for stretching, not too much moving your head at different levels or having your head significantly below your heart, mostly lying down or on all fours.)

Child’s pose

Frog pose

Cobra (variations for intensity)

Cat/Cow

Happy baby

Half lotus

if you know of any others please let me know and will add them to list.

I’ve been trying to get back into any form of moving my body as a disabled person and I find myself doing a lot of these organically when I need to stretch my body out.

My biggest problems with other beginners’ yoga is too much postural changes with my head (like in downward dog) or just too much physical exertion (like warrior pose).

[fit-ishlife]

Exercise doesn’t have to feel like a chore.

It can be fun too.

As adults we need to learn how to play again. 🎾

[maxisdreaming]

Another quick one to say I did two (less saturated to compensate for tablet being hella saturated)