Grogon

@ Grogon @lemmy.world

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10mo ago

What Happens to People Who Move to the Beach? A Massive New Study Shows an Unexpected Benefit
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Grogon @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Maybe it's just "vacation" for me, but while I live in europe /(germany) and have no access to an ocean besides the ocean north of germany (I still live 8 hour drive away) I see my aunt posting sunset pictures every day, even when working.
If I were a nurse in Florida, I'd be at the beach before or after my shifts. I'd probably be doing some kind of activity (reading, playing volleyball, sand soccer or something) and just enjoy my life.
Here in Germany I have the mountains where I live but I still don't go outside as much. I need a day off if I want to mountainbike cause it's so exhausting and I won't be laying around or doing above activities before or after my shift.
The study focused on environmental and socioeconomic factors, the “coastal lifestyle” likelyy plays a real, thoug h harder to measure, role in health and longevity imo.
Everywhere where I have been, Thailand, Vietnam, Florida, Italy,... every coastal area people are "slower" paced.
But again, could just be my "vacation" observations. Maybe I'd not do that after a 8 hour shift in a hospital. But I think I would, atleast for the beginning. Life in warm states beginns when the sun sets.
If I had the money I'd move to a warm coastal place anytime. Just the thought of drinking a pina colada (non alcohol for me) at the beach after my shift is way better than anything I could imagine that I could do where I currently live. Not saying my life is bad, don't get me wrong. But I'd just prefer that over a warm blanket and watching series cause the weather is shit 8 months of the year. Weather and Lifestyle of those places are just awesome. I can show up with no friends at the beach and suddenly be in a group playing volleyball with randoms. In Germany it might happen, but I'd say 70% of the time I come alone and stay alone.

10mo ago

Is my volume too low or okay?

That is a lot but it doesn't sound a lot compared to me.

I unrack the dumbbells and farmer walk the 25 kgs to the bench lol looks like I am just struggling lol until I sit. Thats why I do the 22.5 kgs to not look like that.

10mo ago

Is my volume too low or okay?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Ah okay.

Thanks for video.

Is it normal that my arm strength is holding me back on DB Presses though?

Do I need other exercises to be able to ever lift those 25 kg DBs ?

10mo ago

Well Reps are going up on Dumbbell Benchpress, but I struggle at 25 kg Dumbbells. I started at 15 kg, went to 17,5, then 20 and now I am stuck at 22,5 kg since 2 months but not because my chest can't handle the weight (I do chest press and increase weight there too) but I can't lift the 25 kg dumbbells lol.

Or I can't balance them properly and I don't know what muscles I need to target to pick those up easier and set them up properly.

I do 3 Sets of 8-10 Dumbbell Bench Presses and currently doing 3 Sets of 15 Reps each set of 22,5 kg dumbbells. I would like to go back to 8 reps but I can't pick up the 25 kg dumbbells? I don't know what I should do.

It wasn't a problem doing 3x10 with 20s and upgrading to 3x8 for 22,5. But going from 22.5 to 25 kg isn't really possible with lifting them properly out of the rack and setting myself up. I almost fell trying to balance them on my leg lol.

I started at 27.5 kg 3 Sets of 8-10 Pulldowns and now I am at 3 Sets of 6 at 73.5 kg.

I know for sure I couldn't do 41 kg pulldowns cause I tried pulling down a 50 kg at the beginning and didn't work good. My warm ups were 20 kgs. Now my warm ups are like 40-50 kgs

For my isolation exercises I m not sure. Still using the 10 and 12.5 kg dumbbells for bicep curls lol cause I am always exhausted at workout end. So I just do those but I didn't track them properly. Don't see me curling 15 kg Dumbbells anytime soon though. To me it's hard to increase weight on isolation exercises?

Romanian Deadlifts, Squats etc. I just started 2 months ago. Don't feel safe with form so I started with just the barbell and now I am doing 15 kg left and right so about 50 kg (Barbell + Weights) for Squats and RDLs

10mo ago

Is my volume too low or okay?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 10mo ago

Kind of hard to track cause I keep changing exercise orders what "feels" better to me... so I couldn't really stick to a routine longer... well I sticked to the exercises, but changed order a few times which changes reps/ weight

12mo ago

Music Monday - what have you been listening to?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 12mo ago

Everything. And if I say everything, I mean everything. Here a short list during gym today:

(Alone during my gym session I listened to following):

Alan Jackson - Countryboy.... Parkway Drive - Crushed..... Bullet for my Valentine - Waking the Demon.......... Flogging Molly - Devils dance floor....... Jimmy Buffett - A pirate looks at forty...... Dub FX - Love someone...... Taylor Swift - Blank Space...... Carnifex - Die without hope....... Iron Maiden - Run to the Hills..... Jake Owen - Barefoot blue jeans night....... Shabboozey - A Bar song..... Luke Combs - When it rains it pours....... Parkway Drive - Sleepwalker........ Dropkick Murphys - The Seasons.......... The Notorious Big - Juicy....... Run DMC - It's Tricky........ Paris Hilton - Stars are blind....... Tupac - Changes.... XZibit - ...... ...

I listen to all genres, no genre is bad all good songs no songs bad. I never heard a song that was bad in my life.

Sometimes my gym sessions have all genres but most of the time it isn't all random. Sometimes I go to the gym and just listen to Metalcore, another time I listen to Country, Radio, ... another time the 90s HipHop or just random stuff.

12mo ago

What shitty stuff did you discovered when you became adult?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 12mo ago

I’ve worked in a few hospitals, and honestly, I wouldn’t want to be taken care of in any of the places I’ve worked. I’ve seen enough to know that. It’s funny—every nurse and doctor I meet says the same thing about the hospitals they’re in. It’s like a weird, unspoken truth in healthcare: we all agree it’s not ideal. So, in the end, maybe it’s better not to be in a hospital at all if you can help it.

It goes deeper than that though. The more I think about life in general, the more I realize it’s all a bit of a show. We’re all just putting on a facade. You see people who are supposed to be experts—whether it’s contractors, doctors, or even people you look up to personally—and then you see what they actually do behind the scenes. It’s basic, at best. I mean, I had "experts" drywalling for me recently, and what they did was laughable. These people were getting paid for this!

Same with my dad. Growing up, I thought he was this master of all trades—could do anything from building stuff in the yard to fixing things around the house. Now? I look at some of the things he’s done and realize it’s all just... okay. Not bad, but not perfect. And I think he knew that too, but we both kind of lived under the illusion that he was this all-knowing guy who could do everything.

It’s not that he’s bad at it, but perfection is something you rarely find unless you do it yourself. And if you’re like me, maybe you can’t even do it yourself. So, no matter what you do, you’re always left with something that’s just good enough.

I’ve seen million-dollar homes—didn’t buy one cause I’m not rich—but even those fancy places have problems behind the walls. No matter how much money they throw at things, it doesn’t make the work any better. The people doing the job don’t care as much as they should, because they know they’re getting paid no matter what. And the inspectors? They don’t care either. They’re just looking to check boxes, not actually do a good job.

It’s frustrating because this isn’t just about contractors or hospitals. It’s everything—in every job, in every aspect of life. People just don’t care. Even the so-called "experts" are often just figuring it out as they go, doing the bare minimum to get by. And honestly, I’m no different. I’m just getting by too, month after month, like most adults pretending they know what they’re doing.

It’s like, once you realize this, everything feels a little less magical. Perfection is out of reach. People aren’t who you think they are. And if you want something done right, you either need to do it yourself or accept that it’s never going to be perfect.

1y ago

Do y'all remember "the weird part of YouTube"?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

I watched (listened) to Linken Park songs and ended up at mr. pimple popper huge pimple exploding and some asians with blurry faces popping it.

Great time to be alive

1y ago

Thoughts on this training plan (hypertrophy)

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

Saw the videos but I don't feel like I am doing them right. Doing them without weight but it just hurts.

Even squating with a barbell and no weights feels wrong. I cant go all the way down

1y ago

Thoughts on this training plan (hypertrophy)

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

I dont know how to do squats and those other exercises. I am new to sport

1y ago

Thoughts on this training plan (hypertrophy)

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

Thanks for feedback.

I chose easy movements cause I dont understand deadlifts etc. without injuring myself.

Isnt it not better to do variations of all chest exercises?

Like on Push A Barbell Benchpress you can load heavier weight and on Push B I could load less cause of stabilising muscles for Dumbbell Bench?

1y ago

Thoughts on A/ B versions and /heavy/ light versions of workout plans?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

Just get thinner without losing too much muscle and if possible gain muscles.

I weight 77 kg 175 cm tall

1y ago

Thoughts on A/ B versions and /heavy/ light versions of workout plans?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

Yeah this was just an example od push days.

I do same with pull and legs

1y ago

Am I expecting too much from my friends, or is this just a natural drift?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

Well I offer my help where I can, but it always was like: "We are already enough people but thanks anyways." as responses before I built my house.

So I asked my one friend who is actually the "organizer" of our friend group if he needs help moving but he always said: "Thanks I'll reach out if we need more people but we are enough thanks." And he never really reached out and asked for my help. Same goes with two others I offered to help them when moving in 2021 during Covid but they declined cause of Covid rules.. So yeah I offered everyone my help in some way in the past but no one really needed my help.

So in my case I never helped anyone but I offered my help. That is one reason why I didn't directly ask my friends for help either because well I never helped them (even if I wanted to) so was hoping they'd just ask if I need help like I asked them.

But in the end I would have also refused to get help from them but it would have been nice if someone asked.

1y ago

How is your week going?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

Kind of okay.

I'm focusing a lot on myself since January and been going to the gym a lot.

I am noticing though that I am being excluded to things I haven't been excluded before by some of my friends. We use to go hang around and drink a lot, they still drink a lot in fact but it's just not my goal anymore.

I feel like I am slowly losing a ton of friends. And at the age of 33 it's really hard to find other friends. Not that I want to replace them or they did anything bad to me besides not asking me to go out anymore for obvious reasons that I don't want to drink anymore... but it's still kind of a scary process.

I am really wondering if I should just reduce gym and drink again. But at the same time I love going to the gym now and really am not in the mood for hangovers at 32.

1y ago

Anyone else feel like life is stressful, boring, and kind of quietly empty — all at once?

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

And once you did that all you have to do is

1y ago

Interesting that working out means you need rest days

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

Thanks man for your words.

Maybe my feelings towards routine are completly invalid because I work as a nurse many different shifts.

I can sometimes go 7 times a week and the next week only 4 times.

For me atleast it helped having a PPL and Upper/ Lower Split ready I can just use anytime I need it.

I dunno though but it also feels like most of my muscles don't have this 24 to 48 hour window. Some muscles I think can be used like the next day again while the bigger muscles really do need recovery. Like if someone says Push monday for chest shoulders triceps. What if I do that and the next day I feel my triceps has enough energy even though I went to failure on monday with my last iso exercises? Why would it be wrong to train them on tuesday after legs? Should I really wait til thursday?

Feels like I am missing out on potential if I wouldnt just throw them in before thursday but wednesday being a bad idea because of the push day on thursday.

I hope you know what I am trying to say. But other times I know and feel I shouldnt do triceps again. Or sometimes after PPLPPL - Rest. Really start with Push if you are still not feeling it monday while knowing your back and biceps feel more ready?

1y ago

I like going to gym but I feel like I am making ko progress

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

Do you think the exercises I chose are okay?

I am planning on doing a Push A, Pull A and Leg A and seperate from Push B, Pull B and Leg B cycle.

Like one week I do A and the next week I do B.

Push A, Pull A and Leg A would be the exercises I wrote above.

For the B version of all PPL days I'd remove one bigger exercise with a bigger calisthenics exercise. Instead of Triceps Pushdowns and Leg Raises on Push Day I'd take those two out and do Dips instead. Instead of starting with Lat pulldowns cable I'd do as many pull ups and negative pull ups as possible and then finish my lat on the machine with lighter weights. Instead of Cable rows I'd do Australien Pull Ups. Instead of Leg Press I'd do Dumbbell Squats in week B for leg day.

You know what I mean?

1y ago

I like going to gym but I feel like I am making ko progress

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Grogon @lemmy.world 1y ago

I weight 76,7 kg.

My goal is actually 74 kg but with a bit more muscles and less fat. Like maybe 15% body fat?

Right Now I guess I am at 18% fat and no muscles. I am skinny fat.

So I actually have no idea if I should lose weight or gain muscles first or how much to eat or not eat. I just try to get my protein in, work out hard and try not to eat to less and too much.