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QC (in Berlin 7/29-??? w/ COVID 😷)
@QiaochuYuan
the second-to-last time i tried getting into lifting i noticed after awhile that i was "bracing" myself against the actual experience of using my muscles, out of a long habit of only ever having been forced to use them growing up turns out not doing that made it better
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@nosilverv
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how i approach weightlifting become more how like i approach meditation and vice-versa (in different ways). asymptotically moving from doing multiple things and into doing one thing, all over
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Trinley Goldenberg
@mattgoldenberg
I noticed I used to do this as a form of goodhearting. I thought the goal was to "lift the weight", so I would break form and use the wrong muscles, instead of focusing on the goal of strengthening muscles.
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Phantom
@phantom_opus
See people doing this with "stretching" all the time It's not where your limbs end up that counts, it's what your muscles feel. Possible to go from 0 to 100% stretch with barely any any visual change (in certain positions)
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