When people feel that gyms won’t be closing again, they will start listing their pandemic home gyms for cheap.  I’d wait a bit.

Even in commercial gyms, I’ve always been able to get away with liquid chalk. Just make sure it’s dry before you touch the equipment, and don’t let the crusties build up on top and make a mess with it. I used it when lifting at my friend’s home gym during shut down, also, rather than share a block of chalk that you…

Ya, “motivation” is pretty fleeting. Discipline is more valuable most of the time, for me I frame it as just doing something to move toward my goals in some way, every time I have scheduled to train.

I’ve been a gym junkie of various sorts for my whole adult life, so when people ask me about how to “motivate” themselves to workout, I have said similar. I don’t quite relate to the ballet booty, spin class, or boot camp style workout because to me there is no measurable progression in those. I’ve tried everything…

Yep, I replied the same to someone else, but my sport (Weightlifting, but I’m not American, so possible that makes a difference) is through WADA, and it was clear on the anti doping course I had to do that things like supplement contamination, ect, would still result in a ban. No tolerance.

Hm, interesting. I compete in a tested sport, and I’m through WADA. I’m not at a high enough level that I ever even get tested, but it was clear on my anti doping course there was no tolerance for any cross contaminations.  Not that I agree with that, I thought it was the same across the board though

There have been two crossfitters in recent memory who claimed they popped positive from this kind of contamination and were not given any leeway. Interesting that boxing would allow it.

The number of articles like this I keep seeing baffles me. Obviously it’s going to get worse than when people are forced to stay in their houses. That many people wanted to keep moving the goal posts on that doesn’t change that “flattening the curve” was always the plan.

Yep, whatever it feels like at the time, I’ll be thrilled to be there!

And how much will we still be lining his pockets with affiliate fees if he is involved on the back end of it.

Ya, totally. I’ve really only ever met fantastic people, who welcomed every level. I’m friends with some high level competitors and they want everyone to succeed, and are often the people who help the most when someone is new and struggling. I think it’s a situation where there are all kinds of people everywhere, and…

I felt the same, then I got tired of working out alone and joined one. It turned out the “cult” side of it was that lots of the members become good friends and hang out outside of the workouts. Ohh, scary. I’m super happy to have found a fun, active friend group. Call me a cult member, I guess.

A whole lot of them did this last year when they changed the structure to get athletes to the games. With very little downside

My friends and I have been joking about this.  My crossfit (but no longer called crossfit) gym is opening on Friday, and I’m super excited to go back.  I haven’t done cardio in months, but have been able to do strength work due to awesome friends.  I know I need to take it easy or I’m going to be toast when I try to…

It’s from the perspective of the conditions that are associated with bad outcomes when someone gets COVID. Yes, many are genetic, but he’s referring to the ones that can be controlled by diet and exercise. This was going around social media a lot where “fitness is an essential service” was their narrative.

Same, same, same. I weightlift more now than I do crossfit, but I do like it still and plan on going back when my gym opens again. I was pleasantly surprised that they were one of the first going on record as ending their affiliation (for next year, they pay a year in advance, so that’s already done), and taking…

r/calgary, r/alberta, are two that are way more left than the general population they are in. r/weakpots is kind of a fitness sub but it’s very left politically. xxfitness is one I haven’t been to in a while, so I’m not sure these days. The sex related subs an definitely are socially left, though politics specifically …

Reddit is interesting, there are definitely parts that are beyond toxic - there is outright racism, fairly large communities that outright hate women and don’t remotely apologize for it, and a lot of echo chambers. But the parts that I still read (for example sex positive parts, the subreddits for my city and…

Ya, that’s where the people who criticize his responses to Trump (all, not just in this case) are being a bit short sighted. It doesn’t matter what he thinks or what his opinion is (though i do think that’s quite clear to anyone who pays attention.) He needs to do the right thing for the country, and openly and on the…

I actually think it’s pretty crazy we ever hear any of the results of contact tracing. Every time I hear of someone traced back to some hundreds of cases (someone in a nightclub in Korea I believe comes to mind) I think what’s happening is that people aren’t going to tell the truth if this information keeps getting…