anyone here doing anything active outside now that we're all working from home and not moving as much?

i've currently went through a couple different programs since before Covid. I started off with stronglifts 5x5, which is a powerlifting program focused on getting your beginner weight up quickly using 4 main lifts (squat, bench, deadlift, and over-head press).

I think I spent roughly 2 years doing that or variations of that before moving on to the 5/3/1 program, which focuses on the same main lifts, but with slower progression and adds more weight only after a 4 week cycle.

currently, i'm looking into the stronger by science program bundle after doing 531 for half a year and getting a little bored. this one looks a lot more interesting with room for customization.

other than that, i've also been trying to walk at least twice a day lately.

I swap between 5/3/1 and the /r/bodyweightfitness Recommended Routine. I just moved, though, and don't have a good gym close by, so I'm considering home gym options, maybe adding sandbags or kettlebells... dunno, it's tough.

I run and play tennis and that definitely helps with cardio and general "keeping moving".

nice! what lifts are you doing for 5/3/1? i had been doing the Triumvirate variant and it was good enough to make me feel like i was pushing myself while still giving me room to add conditioning days in between: https://rebelcelebrity.com/531-triumvirate/

i also just started walking for ~1 hour a day because i'm realizing i'm not moving enough working from home.

i'm on starting strength phase 2 atm. still new to lifting but i'm enjoying it so far. thinking about competing at a powerlifting meet next year

I have been doing all kinds of things for years but only started lifting about 3 months ago, the initial results are impressive.

Now benching about 65KG (145 pounds) and increasing it by 10 pounds a month. Doing this with a home gym because all the weights cost less the 2 months of the gym and it is in my house, no excuses to not do it. I'm not out to lift the most or whatever, my goal is to eventually lift around 80kg, basically lift myself. Should be there by the end of the year even if progress slows a little.

Add in a stack of planks, sit ups and pull ups and at age 39 I have never felt better. It also helps that I have dropped over 100 pounds of weigh over the last 3-4 years, didn't realize how much it was holding me back until it was gone.

😮 that's awesome congrats! i've been contemplating buying some home equipment, but i always think about about having to move it since i'm still in my renting apartments phase and haven't quite settled down yet and i know that stuff would be a pain to take apart and put back together. did you buy a whole squat rack or do you just have a bench and bar?

nice keep it up. starting strength is also a great program - enjoy all the beginner gains!

Ahhh, exercise. While I've never been able to dedicate myself to such a thing, occasionally I get serious about playing Quest VR and you can really get a workout with that, especially having a large dedicated space to move around without worry.

For someone who considers themselves sedentary both in profession and my free time, I do a good job of always working on stuff, or going out and riding my street legal dirtbike through the scorching desert which can get really exerting off the pavement. So I don't get too chunky. For having entered my early 30s, I'm fortunate to do so well as a junk-food-itarian for about a decade. It's really flattering to have people ask if you work out, when you never have, and don't plan on starting.

People who commit to their fitness, I certainly have major respect for.

"Doing" is a bit of a stretch at the moment, since I've moved and there's no good gym here... but I was doing squats, deads, bench, and OHP. one primary lift a day, alternate lower/upper body.

I am currently in an exercise streak. I don't know how long I will be able to keep up with it but, overall, I feel great doing so.

• First off, there's walking. My goal is to do at least 10,000 steps a day but I usually do between 15,000 and 20,000 steps. Walking is my main form of transportation (feels great to live in a walkable city).

• Second off, dancing. I'm taking 6 hours a week of dancing lessons and it has done marvels to my mood. It is also great cardio, not to mention my coordination and motor skills have also become better with it. I'm learning Salsa and Cumbia, for those interested.

• Then there's weightlifting. I'm currently doing and upper/lower split, following these programs: and . I've been only 3 consecutive months on the gym, although I've been on and off for over 4 years now. Hopefully, I would finally be able to stick to it.

• And finally, there's running. My goal is to run twice a week. However, I've been only able to do so once a week, if at all. Hopefully I'm gonna be able to adhere to it more firmly.

I'm also interested in joining some yoga classes, although I don't know if I will be able to fit it into my schedule.

I run

the evolved form of this is the 40 year-old cyclist

@nakadashi that's a pretty packed schedule, i'm shocked you're even trying to run and do 10k steps, which I'm assuming is about an hour by itself

You become a cyclist when you land a well payed white collar job and you have no idea what to do with your money

Forgor to also ask nakadashi about it... You walk 10k steps a day and then run, or 10k steps includes running ? @orchids it's not that hard to walk 10k steps a day. I walk around 6km a day and my watch counts it as 7.5k steps. I could bump it to 10k if I commited like 20 minutes a day extra and took a circuitous route to work.

Yeah, those 10k steps include running, which I don't even do that often, lol.

Definitely an outlier here but I wanted to share: I am disabled and broke AND have an autoimmune disorder keeping me fat so my exercise options are limited, my best option is swimming but I don't have free pool access. I really thought it was the end of the line for my health since I can't even just "take a walk". But recently I found a rowing machine at the thrift store for only $15 and it has already changed my life!

A year ago I would have flicked anyone who told me "there's always an option", but it's true. Everything is worth trying once... especially if you can get it for really cheap at a thrift store.

@brilokuloj hell yeah, brother