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Daily Thread : Sunday 25th June 2023 (aussie.zone)

submitted 1 year ago by Thornburywitch@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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Happy Sunday everyone! Sending good vibes to each and every one of you.

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[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 16 points 1 year ago (10 children)

I've decided, in my 50th year on the planet, to do something about getting fitter. I'm fit enough to do my manual labouring type job but not as fit as I'd like to be. I work in food manufacturing, which has been better for the wallet than the waistline! I'm not really one for going to the gym and I have trouble sticking with things like exercise routines. So this morning I downloaded a coaching app and started with a beginner's workout. It turned out to be a good place to start. I wasn't absolutely stuffed by the end of it but I definitely felt like I'd done some exercise! I'm posting about this to keep myself accountable. Hopefully I'll be less likely to slack off!

[–] sillinesslemon@aussie.zone 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This won't work for everyone, but I have 2 tips:

make sure you do exercise that you enjoy doing. Whether that's in the moment or afterwards. And by enjoy I mean more than a sense of feeling satisfied because you managed to exercise.
unless you feel injured or sick, on low motivation days the no.1 focus is getting to your place of exercise and starting your warmup. Tell yourself that if you still feel shit after completing your warmup, you'll go home. More often than not you'll be fine after you warm up, or you'll be psyched even if you still feel a bit tired. Using this method I've never gone home but I have definitely cut sessions off early and I always leave that possibility open otherwise the mental hack wouldn't work!

[–] PeelerSheila@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Nice, I always appreciate some tips for this sort of thing!

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