Eya, joining the thread ^__^
The gyms are still closed here since december 2020 because of the lockdown (the Netherlands). I do miss some weight lifting, like for abs/back/arms etc.
I got a decent streak of some sorts going - the past 26 days I've used my hometrainer bike 23 times - minimum 30 minutes each time of cardio. Doing this mostly to build it in to my lifestyle - I didn't think this was possible before.
For some folk indeed the hometrainer they bought ends up being used less than they want it to. I knew this beforehand - so I made the adjustment (mentally) and not falling in to the same trap. It may seem like a lot, but I think 30~ish minutes each day is maybe even the minumum of what I want to do with body/exercise wise.
The rest of the day I simply don't move around too much, am either sitting on desk chair or sofa.
What helps for me is that I don't exercise to lose weight directly (that requires a major food intake change too) - but I exercise to feel conditionally more fit and it also even helps to reduce anxiety. I'm sure there are many other benefits to this.
Even on a day where I had migraines recently, I knew that by exercising I would reduce the pain - and that worked out too. I'm unlikely to have a rest day in between - on days where I don't exercise I feel emotionally less okay and quite fatigued.
I have a question: I can't seem to find the 100% definitive answer on whether or not I should stretch the muscles at all. :o Like 0% stretching or stretching before/after exercising.
Perhaps a question for my gym instructor >___< It's not about injury reduction I think or making the muscles a bit longer or something. So I dunno...
The gyms are still closed here since december 2020 because of the lockdown (the Netherlands). I do miss some weight lifting, like for abs/back/arms etc.
I got a decent streak of some sorts going - the past 26 days I've used my hometrainer bike 23 times - minimum 30 minutes each time of cardio. Doing this mostly to build it in to my lifestyle - I didn't think this was possible before.
For some folk indeed the hometrainer they bought ends up being used less than they want it to. I knew this beforehand - so I made the adjustment (mentally) and not falling in to the same trap. It may seem like a lot, but I think 30~ish minutes each day is maybe even the minumum of what I want to do with body/exercise wise.
The rest of the day I simply don't move around too much, am either sitting on desk chair or sofa.
What helps for me is that I don't exercise to lose weight directly (that requires a major food intake change too) - but I exercise to feel conditionally more fit and it also even helps to reduce anxiety. I'm sure there are many other benefits to this.
Even on a day where I had migraines recently, I knew that by exercising I would reduce the pain - and that worked out too. I'm unlikely to have a rest day in between - on days where I don't exercise I feel emotionally less okay and quite fatigued.
I have a question: I can't seem to find the 100% definitive answer on whether or not I should stretch the muscles at all. :o Like 0% stretching or stretching before/after exercising.
Perhaps a question for my gym instructor >___< It's not about injury reduction I think or making the muscles a bit longer or something. So I dunno...