I dunno, I think Elon leans Chaotic.

This brings me back. A simpler time.

Awesome. Thank you!

¿Porque no los dos?

I’m an Apollo user, but still. It’s a sad night. Why am I so sad?

Maybe it’s because I’m so lonely, and Reddit provided a bright little spark to fill the darkness. And it did that for like 16 years for me. And now it’s gone.

RIP.

I don’t have a lot of words because I’m in the same boat, but I’m really sorry that you’re having to go through this. :-(

I really hope you recover completely and have many more guys’ nights ahead of you. :)

Of course! Don’t hesitate to ask if you need anything else. I love this shit. :-)

Sure, happy to help!

If you’re willing to work out three times a week, I’d say that you could also do the push-pull-legs routine. It’s super simple. On push day, pick one chest exercise, one triceps exercise, and one shoulder exercise. On pull day, do one lower-back or lat exercise, one trap exercise, and one biceps exercise. On leg day, do hamstrings, quads, and glutes. If you structure it like that—just three exercises, three times a week—it should put you ahead of almost everyone. Because most people don’t lift. :)

So here’s a sample schedule. Do 3x 8–12 of each:

Monday (push): Push-ups or bench press; tricep dips or skullcrushers; overhead press

Wednesday (pull): Chin-ups or pull-downs; shrugs; bicep curls or hammer curls

Friday (legs): Dumbbell, bodyweight, or sumo squats; dumbbell deadlifts; dumbbell hip thrusts

The beauty of a routine like that is that you can vary it as you like—there are dozens of available exercises as replacements for the above—and you can make it as intense as you want as well by doing heavier weights, more reps, etc. If you get close to failure at the end of your sets, that’s good enough. And you can completely do it with just a set of dumbbells. It might be handy to have a bench for doing bench press as opposed to push-ups or for tricep dips, but it’s not necessary.

I hope that helps! Let me know if you have any questions.

Edited to add: And don’t feel like there’s a bar to jump over before you can start something like this, either. If you can’t do push-ups, there’s no reason that you can’t do them on a wall or on your knees. That’s just as good!

Sure, can you tell me what your goals are? If you can, I might be able to point you in the right direction.

Oh, don’t get me started talking about lifting! You’ll never get me to shut up. :-)

It’s a way to describe the “split” that a person does at the gym. I do the so-called PPL (“push, pull, legs”), split, meaning that on some workouts I’m focusing on the muscles that generally push things away from you (like the muscles of the chest, the shoulders, and the triceps), and on others, I train the “pulling” muscles (the lats, traps, and biceps). Then of course there’s leg day!

All it is is a shorthand to structure your workouts so that you don’t fatigue the same muscle on subsequent days. Hope that helps!

Man, you are all such nerds, and that’s why I feel at home here. :)

I’m going to continue playing Tears of the Kingdom and hopefully crush pull day at the gym tomorrow.

Oh god, good luck!!!

I live in Colorado, where we have SUCH good local beer. Crystal Springs is a favorite.

Yeah, this seems mean. The place turned into a shithole, but I loved that shithole for a long time.

This is AMAZING.

I know most people don’t think about this, but you may give some consideration to how much and how long the material you choose will off-gas. Off-gassing depends on the type and age of the material and even stuff like the adhesives.

I’m so sorry that happened to you. How brave you must be to have dealt with that.

That was perfect!

I’m in the same boat. Looking forward to making better connections here.