#Fitness mantra

[sweetlog]

The Truth About Ego Lifting: A Reality Check for Gym Enthusiasts

In the world of fitness, there’s a term that often floats around gyms and fitness forums - Ego Lifting. It’s a term that’s been used to describe a common pitfall that many gym-goers fall into, often leading to less-than-optimal results and, in some cases, injury123.

What is Ego Lifting?

Ego lifting, in its simplest form, is the act of lifting a weight that is beyond one’s capability to lift with proper form and technique2. It’s when someone attempts to lift more weight than they should, often in the pursuit of impressing others or satisfying their own ego12.

The Tell-Tale Signs of Ego Lifting

There are several signs that indicate you might be ego lifting123:

Swinging the weights: Using momentum rather than muscle strength to lift the weights.

Rushing through reps: Not taking the time to perform each rep with control and proper form.

Failing to use the proper and full range of motion: Not fully extending or contracting your muscles during each rep.

Straining through reps: Using improper body mechanics, such as hunching over or twisting your back, to complete a rep.

The Consequences of Ego Lifting

Ego lifting can lead to a variety of negative outcomes. The most obvious is the increased risk of injury. Lifting weights that are too heavy for you, especially with poor form, can lead to acute injuries like sprains and strains, as well as chronic injuries like tendonitis12.

Moreover, ego lifting can also hinder your progress in the gym. By not using the proper form and technique, you’re not effectively targeting the intended muscles. This can lead to imbalances in muscle development and limit your strength gains12.

How to Avoid Ego Lifting

The key to avoiding ego lifting is to focus on proper form and technique, rather than the amount of weight you’re lifting12. Here are some tips:

Choose the right weight: Pick a weight that you can lift for the desired number of reps with good form.

Focus on form: Make sure you’re performing each rep with proper form and technique.

Don’t rush: Take your time with each rep. Don’t use momentum to lift the weights.

Listen to your body: If a weight feels too heavy or if you’re feeling pain, it’s a sign that you need to reduce the weight.

Remember, the goal of weightlifting isn’t to impress others with how much you can lift. It’s to improve your strength, build muscle, and enhance your overall fitness. So leave your ego at the door, focus on proper form and technique, and you’ll see far better results in the long run.

Stay safe and happy lifting! 💪

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[manaohu]

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[vitaminskin]

So I should be moved in to my new place first week of July. This whole process has just been super stressful and time consuming, I can’t wait for it to be done.

I’d like to lose 10 pounds by fall, which is a small goal, but I don’t want to over whelm myself. Im going to be doing a lot more home work outs, I’ll post a list of my favourite ones eventually. Im also moving right by a trail so I’m going to be walking a lot and trying to get back into running

DIET- I’m going to start counting calories, but I’m going to start out by getting into a schedule with my new work first, and see how much I burn in a week and THEN I will set a calorie goal based on my needs so I’m not consuming too little. Also, I am thinking about doing gluten free. This isn’t new to me. I was on a GF diet a few years ago and it worked wonders for me, not just physically but mentally as well, I had so much energy.

Also I need a poll on this one, do you rather tumblr or Instagram to follow peoples progress? If I set up a fitness/food focused progress account on Instagram would you follow it?

[strawberrybyers]

really have nothing to add to the current conversation about the new set photos except will and mike being in the upside down together is what dreams are made of. god bless and have a great day

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

yk, its weird being Way Too Aware & In Control of yourself bc technically i believe im having a panic attack. but somehow i am Very Unbothered by this, bc i know whats happening and its illogical. my body's having an overreaction and i couldn't be fucked to join in

[nightswatchdisbandmentera]

Anyone else ever think about how the last hero’s legend is a story about a group of 13 companions who went out into the winter cold as an act of self sacrifice to save those they left behind? And how that is knowingly or unknowingly replicated in the northern tradition where old men venture out to die in the harsh winters so that those left behind have a higher chance of survival? It’s just me? Ok.

[mebis-silksong-corner]

Silksong daydream prediction:

Pharloom is built over the ruins of an old wyrm kingdom (kingdom created by a wyrm, like hallownest)(to be clear: the wyrm and the civilization it created would be long ago dead)

Like how Hallownest was built over the ruins of a void worshipping civilization

[sarcastically-dead]

There are many reasons I appreciate the Red Rising series. At first, I enjoyed it because it cured my boredom. Then, I was thankful for it because when some people got too loud, I could elect to read a fantastic book instead of throwing rocks.

And then there's everything else, really. There's wayyyy too much to spell out coherently. Jumping between one reason, and then having some god give me a divine boon in the form of yet ANOTHER reason why RR is the most underrated gem I've ever come across.

But right now, after finishing Lightbringer (literally today on the way home from a lecture) the thing I appreciate most about RR is its narrative on strength? And how absolutely soul touching it is?

Like. Pre-Book 1 and during book 1 is just survival mode. You've gone semi-emotionally numb with the strain of just. Getting Through The Bad Times. Darrow has somehow survived the mines, and it took so much out of him that I don't think even he really realised. And then Eo. And then the revelation. So now he lives and pushes through with rage - like a helldiver. It's all he has, along with a goal, so it's gotta be enough. There's no other way.

And then Books 2-3 are, through insurmountable setbacks, even through outgrowing your original goal, which fueled his spite entirely, he rises. He can no longer just be angry, even if its still in grasp, even if it's his oldest friend. He has other things he's discovered - his own abilities, a support network. The mantra 'Stay Strong or Die' continues. And even if it is aided by things other than single-mindedness, it is upheld. Darrow is the strongest he's ever been end of Book 3. He chose option 1. He can take on the world, and then another, and then another, and then all of them at once. It was hard but he stayed strong, so he will be strong.

And then the second part of the series. Um. Well. It does not go well for him exactly. You see, he has been in the mindset of survival for so long- as long as he can remember, really. He believes its natural for him. Its not, its learned, but it hasn't really had a chance to distinguish himself. He severely underestimates exactly how much prolonged service of his mantra takes from him - but at this point, can he even create another one? It's all that's gotten him to this point (not necessarily true), it's his oldest crutch. When in stressful situations, we do not rise to the occasion nor to our ideals, but rather we fall upon our base training. And anger is at his core.

You can see things slowly loosen themselves around him - the Vox, Mercury (Jesus, everything that happened with Mercury). Stay Strong or Die is unravelling at the seams. What do you do when your basic, core tennate, the thing which kept you from falling, the pillar on which you balance to spin various dishes, wobbles?

Darrow comes crashing down, and for once, anger isn't what leaps forward to catch him. In fact, nothing catches him. Instead, he lays, and is blanketed by tiredness. He stays there awhile.

He's not Strong.

He's not strong.

Hesnotstronghesnotstronghesnotstronghesnot

There are two options. If he's not the first, the second one follows, no?

No.

By pure fucking luck, happenstance, or whatever benevolent God saw the absolute shitstorm that was going on with Darrow, clutched their pearls in shock, and with trepidation waved whatever blessing they could Darrow's way, Darrow does not die when he is not strong.

Because that blessing, what used to come second to him whenever his rage bullied itself into the forefront, stays when his rage leaves just as fast as it came.

Eo. Sevro. Virginia. Electra. Orion. Cassius. Ragnar. Alexandar.

Pax.

His strength leaves him, but it is replaced with something else.

Death begets death begets death.

Love begets love begets love.

Begets strength.

[goatmilksoda]

I love "This Too Shall Pass" but the thing about it is sometimes shit takes a really long time to pass. Yes "This Too Shall Pass" but can it hurry up a little please? I'm doing all the coping I can but when said problem is supposed to last more than 100 more days and there's nothing I can do to speed it up, it gets kind of hard not to go insane.

[pocket-notebook]

Ugh I wish I could edit videos

Because "In the End" by Linkin Park would make such a good Saw edit song?????

You know??!?!?!?!?!?!?

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[galionne-speeding]

Still working on them D6 Playlists

Sadly I have yet to find anything for Zom & Zik

ZAVOK -Samurai Spirit (Rise of the North Star) -Le Charnier des Épouvantails (Magoyond) -End of the Road (The Ferrymen)

ZAZZ -Baseball Bat (SiM) -Dot Your Eyes (Five Finger Death Punch) -Aaj (Bloodywood)

ZEENA -Me Too (Meghan Trainor) -Guys Don’t Like Me (IT BOYS!) -You Don’t Know (Kobra and The Lotus) -Basilisk (Edge of Paradise) -Black and Gold (Thundermother)

ZOR -A Conversation with Death (Khemmis) -Black is the Brightest Color (Ravenstine) -Dance Devil Dance (Avatar) -Mantra (Bring me the Horizon)

[causticfanatic]

I’m shifting and rotting and watching and tearing, rending face from face a cacophony of identity and cruelty and eternity. I’m a monster and I’m not real. I am less than human, worse. I exist to hurt and to feed from pain and I have never felt bad about that fact. I am a leach never providing any use, any value and I am a beast hurting, breaking, scaring. i am the monster under the bed, the thing in the shadows, the tapping on the window, the creak in the attic. I am lies and rot and cruelty.

[marinerainbow]

If they ever make a Zombieland 3, I vote that their Metallica intro song be Enter Sandman

[vigilantejustice]

incomprehensible goop under the cut

there’s this real weird time circa 2007 that exists in this black hole of a void in my mind in that it doesn’t exist as a solid tangible confirmable memory but does exist insofar as that there’s this deep understanding that something did happen. there’s probably a protective or safety mechanic in play in not remembering but boy it would clear some things up