Exercise

[Umun]

This information, when seriously taken to heart, further research done where one's lacking and applied diligently can and will make the difference between success and the opposite which for us should not be an option.

Spiritual development in an unhealthy body eventually comes to a halt when that body cannot withstand the amount of power being used and even complications arise in the not fully functional areas.

I would like to encourage even the more seriously damaged people to do all they can to restore their physical health as much as possible and use the vast repository of knowledge and better informed brothers and sisters that we have here.

It may take a very long time and superhuman effort and discipline but everyone has the capacity to do it. Learn, apply and enjoy the effects consistently.

Great power can only abide in a fitting vessel.

My personal path to recovery is not an inspirational story worth recounting because it was more of a compilation of bad choices, a what not to do guide material, however when someone who sank so low to be almost irreparably damaged and given very bleak prognosis from doctors ("you'll probably be wheelchair bound and not have much time left") can spring back to enjoy extreme sports and do hard physical labor again then so can you.

Thank you High Priestess for bringing this up and I hope that in the future the health section on these forums can grow maybe to give rise to a new part of the website.

 

[Stormblood]

Excellent sermon!

If you can't press-ups, yes, don't do them on your knees. That's a different exercise. Instead, elevate your hands on a surface. It can be anything as short as a yoga block or as a tall as a study chair. Whatever helps you do at least 1.

The inclination will make the exercise easier, as you'll need to work less hard to do the press-up. In other words, less force is needed.

There's no need to worry if you can't afford a gym membership or can't buy equipment. Your body can do everything on its own. You just need to manipulate leverage. For that, you can read a book called Overcoming Gravity. You can find it on Amazon, and second-hand online bookstores as well. I bet it's on Annas Archive too.

You also don't need to worry about bulking up. Both bodyweight and weight exercises help you bulk to the maximum level, if you're committed and train smart.

The main difference between bodyweight and different styles of weight training (classic lifting, bodybuilding, power lifting, strongman, kettlebells, etc) is resistance. Bodyweight training works with internal resistance teaching you to master your body alongside awareness of your body in space; external weights works by teaching you how to manipulate external objects in space alongside developing the necessary spatial awareness for that, especially if you're not just doing poor-dimensional exercises like compound lifts.

That's enough explanation without getting too much of context for this sermon.

 

[VortexOfCreation]

Definitely needed to read this, I don't know if it was a coincidence or not but I reached out to my guardian telling him/her about my problems and then a day later this post comes out. The part about exercise giving a stronger will stuck out cause I was always doing the Directing Energy during my 10 minute meditation after yoga and a long time ago I was pretty efficient in it, energy in the legs and I'll send it straight to my crown chakra like nothing but now I struggle to move the energy around.

I really gotta take exercise seriously and form a proper routine but my biggest issue is my appetite and overall diet. I lose my appetite almost instantly after the first few bites, sometimes I can eat a whole meal of pasta which I have for lunch since I am meal prepping and is the highest calorie meal I have throughout the day and other times I can barely get a few mouthfuls in. Then going onto the diet since I am very limited especially with clean and healthy food it gets rather tiring having just pasta or chicken, rice and vegetables all the time. I'm doing okay so far off the junk food but those are my biggest issues what's mainly stopping me from working out: Bad diet for me is less motivation for exercise.

Okay I apologize for the rant but in conclusion I just wanna say thank you very much for this post High Priestess it really opened up some ideas I will check up on this topic every now and then for the advice presented and also advice given by other members.

 

[Aquarius]

If you're into crossfit just avoid their momentum driven pullups.

 

[Wotanwarrior]

If you're into crossfit just avoid their momentum driven pullups.

True, pull-ups should always be done with a fluid, strict movement; doing them the way they do in CrossFit can cause damage and injury to the shoulder rotators.

 

[Personal Growth]

Have you tried the Ashtanga Yoga primary series?

No I used to go to the Governments local leisure Centre and I preferred Hatha yoga's strong stances and breath work to their Ashtanga sweeping flowing yoga.

Yoga wise I pretty much only do the Sun Salutations 12 steps and Tree For Balance and the odd hip opening posture.

I also do the five Tibetan Rites every day.

 

[Egon]

I forgot to mention Judo could be the option as well because it covers one deficiency of Jiu-Jitsu (and Judo is the matrix of "Jiu-Jitsu" to begin with). There are several grappling styles that can be very useful in fitness and in self defense, but many can be physically taxing (specially for women), I won't list all of them but one can make their own research and see what fits their needs better.

Women should also learn self-defense imo (and anyone in this day and age). I'm not a specialist in Jiu-Jitsu but having practiced other martial arts and studied it, it is useful to restrain an agressor and does not bulk one up too much or demand a certain body type to work, one will also be fit in general, plus it works flexibility and understanding of the human anatomy so it might be handy for yoga.

To avoid the "cauliflower ears" from Jiu-Jitsu practice, any damage/breaking of the ear cartilage should be treated imediately by going to a proffesional and bleeding out the liquids of the broken cartilage.
Also avoid fake bs martial arts like Aikido.

 

[Aurora_Sol666]

Thank you for this motivation, HPS Lydia!

Has anyone here tried Reformer Pilates specifically? My gym has free classes and I've been thinking of giving it a go.

 

[Yagami Light]

Whatever exercise program you look for, your main (or only) goal should be to feel good – feel healthy, energetic, and vibrant.

Thank you so, so much for saying this. Working out always felt like such a chore to me (although I know I'll always feel good afterwards). I believe I had conditioned my mind to always think of it as a chore. Reading the above sentence gave me a sigh of relief.

 

[Henu the Great]

No I used to go to the Governments local leisure Centre and I preferred Hatha yoga's strong stances and breath work to their Ashtanga sweeping flowing yoga.

Yoga wise I pretty much only do the Sun Salutations 12 steps and Tree For Balance and the odd hip opening posture.

I also do the five Tibetan Rites every day.

Yeah, I asked you that because you said that yoga is easier than Pilates, but in my experience, Ashtanga Yoga is anything but easy. Haven't tried Pilates though, so maybe I am missing out on something, or maybe not. I am not into Pilates, haha.

 

[Aquarius]

Yeah, I asked you that because you said that yoga is easier than Pilates, but in my experience, Ashtanga Yoga is anything but easy. Haven't tried Pilates though, so maybe I am missing out on something, or maybe not. I am not into Pilates, haha.

Interestingly pilates was used to train WW1 soldiers, or WW2, can't remember exactly.

 

[alphamale666]

Thank you High Priestess Lydia. Exercise is life.

 

[hailourtruegod]

To confirm, yes, exercising does help train the mind.
If one has a hyperactive mind even if there's other factors at play to want to not to be "present", having the mind-set of still being centered and tranquility while the body pushes hard into the exercise is the right way to go. It helps meditations thru how meditations help the exercises minimizing mental strain as one pushes their body thru that pain of lactic acid that starts to build up that can be very distracting from having proper form. This goes on to help one understand the importance of meditation even more thru this physical manner.

 

[HPS Lydia]

Interestingly pilates was used to train WW1 soldiers, or WW2, can't remember exactly.

Scotland Yard, members who were injured. Pro athlete teams nowadays usually have a full-time instructor to train all team members. It's really great for working through injuries, but also preventing injuries.

It only became popular for women because famous ballerinas (they often get injured and crippled) found out that it helped them, so their female fans followed along. Evidently Joseph Pilate's first studio in New York (when he arrived from Britain after training Scotland Yard) was only a block away from the main ballet studio.