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Hello comrades and welcome to the first improvement megathread of May! It's the first Sunday of May, a great time to set your goals for the month.

As usual, some discussion ideas:

  • What would you like to focus on in May?
  • Do you want to share something you've done in the previous week? Everything counts, nothing is too small.
  • Do you have any goals for next week?
  • Do you have any streaks? For example, "sober for one day." Feel free to post your streak every day in this thread.
  • If you don't have a continuous streak, did you manage to abstain from something for a day or more?
  • Did you come across some useful information or resource that might help others?

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Good luck with your goals! unity

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Survived another COVID vax, really hate that I have a bad 24 hours after them.

Bought some padded interlocking floor mats and took them to my "I'm alone in a building desk job" to do basic exercises in between the few minutes of actual work tasks. I think I did about five sets of 10 pushups yesterday along with some random stomach lower back stuff. Feeling pleasantly sore.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Hell yeah, I am also doing microexercises during the shift! I usually do some jumping jacks, push-ups and calf raises. I'm always looking for some simple exercises that I can do during the shift, let me know if you have any recommendations

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Mostly for me, its any simple sciatica exercises because I'm old and a bit broken and sitting in uncomfortable chairs slowly makes my back very very angry.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Have you tried using a standing desk? I have been using one for years and it's a life changer. You don't even have to buy a real standing desk, I used to stack boxes on top of each other before I could afford to buy a real one.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Never used one but my desk job doesn't require me to actually sit at a desk for all that long during any particular task, its just when I decide to read a book during the ... literal hours of downtime... that I start to slouch quokka-smile

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

The past week was kind of a bummer because I was still recovering from being sick. Also, my back still hasn't recovered yet. It kinda fucking sucks.

I wasn't able to go running so I focused on fixing my back. I started skimming the book Back Mechanic by Stuart McGill. I also started doing The McGill Big 3 core exercises for back muscles. I want to do these exercises regularly every week from now on. Hopefully I'm gonna recover next week so that I can continue running and get back on the horse.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I found a YouTube link in your comment. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Went to the gym for the first time in a few months and feel pretty good. Plan on going at least 3 times a week from now on.

I also continued running and my stamina is getting better. When I started I was able to do 4 miles, but with a lot of pausing. I cut my runs down to 2 miles and focused on trying to complete the entire run without stopping. Last week I hit my personal best 8:59 mile, with a bit of a pause about mile 1.2. Decided to pull back a bit and finished the entire 2 mile run with a pace at about 10 minutes. I felt like going a bit further even, but didn't have enough time since I had to get ready for work.