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(1) discuss how best to optimize their physical health and develop “Iron Proletarian Discipline” in a healthy and holistic manner. Including but not limited to weight training, stretching, cardiovascular exercise, meditation, nutrition, sleep, and daily routines with an eye towards cultivating the best habits possible,

(2) share motivational and educational writings or videos; bonus points if the perspective is that of a Communist thinker such as Mao or Fidel Castro, and

(3) discuss the relationship between mental health and exercise.

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Weekly exercise thread, July 5th 2023 (lemmygrad.ml)

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In the past week I have done several full body workouts.

After finding out that putting weights in my backpack and walking up and down the stairs was a good at home leg workout, I decided to start doing weighted push ups as well. Started with 10kg extra but I feel like being able to add more. I can go up to 25-27kg if needed.

For the next few weeks I will be going on a holiday and I won't be able to work out much. I'll probably do swimming and some body weight exercises from time to time to keep up routine.

The weather has turned from sunny, hot and dry to typical Belgian grey, rainy and stormy. This has made taking cold showers a bit harder, as it now is 15 degrees outside when I hop in. Nevertheless I still want to keep it up, as the challenge starts when it gets colder of course.

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

I take that back, biking is probably my favorite leg exercise. Lunges are the truth, P90x showed me me the way, and I haven't looked back since. Grab between 20lbs (9kg) to 200lbs (91kg) of weight. Keep your chest high and vertical. Stretch your leg out as far as you can, get as low as you can WITHOUT touching your knee on the ground (no cheating!). Do this across a 20ft (6m) span and back, that's one rep. I'll do usually 5-10 reps, and 3-10 sets, depending on how much time I have. Trust me you will feel it.