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I got high cholesterol, and I am in risk of hearth attack. Never had covid, just poor health due to prolonged lockdowns and closed gyms.
by throw3838 5y ago
I got high cholesterol, and I am in risk of hearth attack. Never had covid, just poor health due to prolonged lockdowns and closed gyms.
- nhance 5y agoMaybe you should start habits that change this? You can try to blame this on someone else, but it's your own choices that put you here.
- throw3838 5y agoMy own choice? I followed legally mandated lockdown. But I ensure you I learned my lesson!
- ChrisClark 5y agoYou chose not to exercise. It's is completely on you.
- ganbatekudasai 5y agoLockdown made my work out more: Since I have no commute time anymore, I took up regular running (3x a week). Very significant increase in fitness.
- throw3838 5y agoNot everyone want to run with mask around dirty city block. It is really interesting to see this mental gymnastics, if someone is fat, gets virus and dies, it is "the plague". But here we have dozen people talking about "personal responsibility".
- threeseed 5y agoa) Never seen a single city mandate masks for exercising outside. Especially since it’s quite dangerous to limit your oxygen flow. So you should have been fine to run outside. b) Some of the toughest workouts I’ve done were inside. You need to stop being so close minded.
- ipaddr 5y agoI have before they knew better. Nevermind it might still be in effect but too cold for groups to go out anyhow.
- throw3838 5y agoMask is needed for the smog, that is why I want to run indoors at gym on threadmill. It also shields me from aggressive drivers and traffic. Masks do not restrict oxygen flow, there are several studies to prove it! It is perfectly safe to wear double mask for entire day at work or at school! I also like to do tough workouts inside, at gym! I do not have gear or space at home.
- ntSean 5y agoI did a lot of stationary exercises using my own body weight to keep up my level of fitness. Nintendo's Ring Fit, Apple's Fitness+, even YouTube, there are so many avenues to explore. The other commenters are right in saying that there are excuses, and you seem to be full of them.
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoAfter a decade of lifting heavy stuff, at the beginning of COVID I switched from powerlifting to running. I don't feel as powerful and definitely have lost some muscle mass, but I'm down 35 lbs and my resting heart rate sits in the 40's now. Fitness is absolutely what you make of it.
- bigbillheck 5y agoThere's as of yet no legal mandate against doing pushups in the comfort of your own home.
- SteveNuts 5y agoThere's no feasible way to get exercise at home?
- asiachick 5y agoI've been doing P90x or P90X3. It's entirely exercise at home. P90X3 (30mins per) is easier than P90X (60-90min per)
- _Microft 5y agoHave you considered bodyweight exercises? They often require not more than a yoga mat to get started.
- twomoonsbysurf 5y agoIndeed. People in literal prison stay fit this way.
- ChrisClark 5y agoIt truly does suck that people can only exercise in gyms. There is literally no other place humans can get exercise. :(
- throw3838 5y ago
- SketchySeaBeast 5y agoThat would be truly impressive if less than 2 years of occasional closed gyms turned you from perfectly healthy to at risk of a heart attack. You've managed to squeeze a lifetime of bad choices into two years.
- throw3838 5y agoBad genetics, not bad choices, it runs in family. I had gym, buddies and trainer to manage it.
- FredPret 5y agoI moved from a lockdown town to an open one. I agree about the gym - you can’t replace it at home unless you’re seriously rich, like many tens of millions of net worth. My gym has pools, lots of heavy weights, many odds and ends and equipment you’d never buy. I can get a vastly better workout there than by doing pushups at home. For various reasons, I don’t run, which leaves cycling and swimming for cardio. I also like to lift heavy - this means a large variety and quantity of weight. I need a gym.