Any athletes here?

busk445
busk445 Posts: 4 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
any gymrats wanna share some?

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  • Machka9
    Machka9 Posts: 25,592 Member
    Define athlete.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    Share some what?

    I don't know what you want to share, if it's my ice cream you have zero chance!
  • busk445
    busk445 Posts: 4 Member
    haha. know what you mean.

    why i ask like this, with a question that can be defined in sooo many ways, is because there are so many forms of athletes, and also so much you would want to share. (not that intrested in that ice cream tho :wink: )
  • busk445
    busk445 Posts: 4 Member
    I Work out in the gym for about 7 days a week. what i strugle with is taking rest days. I know you chould have 1 or 2 rest days a week for optimal effect, but my selfimage is so low, if i take a rest day, i feel like *kitten* and cant even look in the mirror:P
  • giantrobot_powerlifting
    giantrobot_powerlifting Posts: 2,598 Member
    I’m not an athlete. I’m a powerlifter.
  • thunderztormdk
    thunderztormdk Posts: 51 Member
    busk445 wrote: »
    I Work out in the gym for about 7 days a week. what i strugle with is taking rest days. I know you chould have 1 or 2 rest days a week for optimal effect, but my selfimage is so low, if i take a rest day, i feel like *kitten* and cant even look in the mirror:P

    Remember this: Your body gets stronger during recovery, not during exercise. If you exercise all the time, you're not giving your body time to repair the damage.

    Unless you're training for the Olympics, there literally is no reason to train every day. Go for a 5/6 day split if it's weight training you're doing in the gym.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    busk445 wrote: »
    I Work out in the gym for about 7 days a week. what i strugle with is taking rest days. I know you chould have 1 or 2 rest days a week for optimal effect, but my selfimage is so low, if i take a rest day, i feel like *kitten* and cant even look in the mirror:P

    That's not good, have you thought about getting some counselling?

    Your aesthetics shouldn't define who you are as a person and how you view yourself.
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    busk445 wrote: »
    I Work out in the gym for about 7 days a week. what i strugle with is taking rest days. I know you chould have 1 or 2 rest days a week for optimal effect, but my selfimage is so low, if i take a rest day, i feel like *kitten* and cant even look in the mirror:P

    Perhaps you should get some help with that.

    I'll eat the ice cream for you... Want my broccoli?

    Keep off my ice cream!

    Although I might be tempted to split it if you share the broccoli ;)
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    busk445 wrote: »
    I Work out in the gym for about 7 days a week. what i strugle with is taking rest days. I know you chould have 1 or 2 rest days a week for optimal effect, but my selfimage is so low, if i take a rest day, i feel like *kitten* and cant even look in the mirror:P

    Perhaps you should get some help with that.

    I'll eat the ice cream for you... Want my broccoli?

    Keep off my ice cream!

    Although I might be tempted to split it if you share the broccoli ;)

    Broccoli icecream? : :D

    Pretty sure that's a thing somewhere...
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    busk445 wrote: »
    I Work out in the gym for about 7 days a week. what i strugle with is taking rest days. I know you chould have 1 or 2 rest days a week for optimal effect, but my selfimage is so low, if i take a rest day, i feel like *kitten* and cant even look in the mirror:P

    Perhaps you should get some help with that.

    I'll eat the ice cream for you... Want my broccoli?

    Keep off my ice cream!

    Although I might be tempted to split it if you share the broccoli ;)

    Broccoli icecream? : :D

    Pretty sure that's a thing somewhere...

    :s

    How to put me off two of my favourite foods
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    livingleanlivingclean wrote: »
    busk445 wrote: »
    I Work out in the gym for about 7 days a week. what i strugle with is taking rest days. I know you chould have 1 or 2 rest days a week for optimal effect, but my selfimage is so low, if i take a rest day, i feel like *kitten* and cant even look in the mirror:P

    Perhaps you should get some help with that.

    I'll eat the ice cream for you... Want my broccoli?

    Keep off my ice cream!

    Although I might be tempted to split it if you share the broccoli ;)

    Broccoli icecream? : :D

    Pretty sure that's a thing somewhere...

    :s

    How to put me off two of my favourite foods

    So I can have both all to myself now? Hehe
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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 1,249 Member
    Rest days are an integral part to any workout plan - it is when the muscles get the opportunity to heal and develop.
  • stanmann571
    stanmann571 Posts: 5,727 Member
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »
    Share some what?

    I don't know what you want to share, if it's my ice cream you have zero chance!

    Probably wants to share gear. But first rule of gear is you don't talk about gear.
  • RoxieDawn
    RoxieDawn Posts: 15,488 Member
    edited November 2017
    You can't recover and build with 0 rest. That's said, body image issues will make you not see the need to rest, eventually this will catch up to you, I could list a whole host of things that happen when you do not get adequate rest.

    ..eta.. I don't share my food ever but I might trade you food. :wink:
  • amorfati601070
    amorfati601070 Posts: 2,890 Member
    edited November 2017
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    Amatuer endurance (run/cycling). Thinking of getting a bit more serious but don't know if that would ruin it again. Definitely don't look like a gym rat, more like I've been lost at sea for a couple of weeks.

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    Eeeekk..
  • vinerie
    vinerie Posts: 234 Member
    I played basketball in college, if that's what you are asking. I do think that weight-loss is a unique journey for former athletes, in part (at least for me) that my whole life I never had to worry about what I ate. I never thought about my weight. But once the intense training stops, you can't really eat the way you have your entire life. But I do know how to push myself physically, and so I have no problem with gym workouts and pushing myself harder, etc.
  • TavistockToad
    TavistockToad Posts: 35,719 Member
    busk445 wrote: »
    haha. know what you mean.

    why i ask like this, with a question that can be defined in sooo many ways, is because there are so many forms of athletes, and also so much you would want to share. (not that intrested in that ice cream tho :wink: )

    :huh:

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