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post 1690386133 09-20-2023, 02:55 PM
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Why is lifting weights so mind-numbingly boring?

Have you ever wondered this?

Do you have to be on the spectrum to some degree to enjoy the same mind-numbinglynborimg chit over and over and over?

Pick up, put down, pull, push x 854,786.

Is in an inner desire to have people love, admire and accept us?
post 1690386213 09-20-2023, 02:56 PM
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whut
money, cars, clothes and hoes is all a miscer knows
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post 1690386383 09-20-2023, 02:59 PM
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Things that offer serious endorphin kicks:
really hot hot sauce
sex
rollercoasters
weightlifting

an exceptional list IMHO
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post 1690386483 09-20-2023, 03:00 PM
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It is super boring. That’s why i stopped for the past few years.
post 1690386523 09-20-2023, 03:01 PM
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
Why is lifting weights so mind-numbingly boring?
Because you're doing it wrong.
6'5" 210 lbs, 10.9% body fat

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post 1690386573 09-20-2023, 03:01 PM
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post 1690386603 09-20-2023, 03:02 PM
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Originally Posted By BrooksKoepka⏩
It is super boring. That’s why i stopped for the past few years.
Yes, you're really progressing in life by stalking some girl all day
post 1690386683 09-20-2023, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted By WishIWasJawBrah⏩
Yes, you're really progressing in life by stalking some girl all day
Don’t act like you’re better than me 👌🏿
post 1690386693 09-20-2023, 03:03 PM
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If all I focused on was picking something up, and putting it down, then yeah. I's boring.

I focus on when the pain and discomforts start, and learn to separate the pain from self. I don't think about it anymore, I feel it and learn to ignore the fatigue, and push past the pain. I found those who are masochists are the biggest in the gym.

It's about pushing yourself more than you did yesterday.

If you lift for others, you are doing it wrong.
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post 1690386703 09-20-2023, 03:03 PM
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Originally Posted By Deenur⏩
Things that offer serious endorphin kicks:
really hot hot sauce
sex
rollercoasters
weightlifting

an exceptional list IMHO
picking up a fooking weight over and over has never entered the realm of good hot sauce, sex and rollercoasters for me.
post 1690386723 09-20-2023, 03:04 PM
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Originally Posted By PaulJerome⏩
Because you're doing it wrong.
This.
Try HIIT on the rowing machine.
Pick a weight to work with.
Do 25 reps as fast as you can (but less than 45 seconds).
Rest for 45 seconds.
Repeat until you have 12-15 sets
Profit.

Then work on specific areas like arms, chest, legs, back
But do the HIIT every workout day.
Profit
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post 1690386743 09-20-2023, 03:04 PM
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Have you tried not being a ****hot?
post 1690387293 09-20-2023, 03:13 PM
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Originally Posted By Deenur⏩
This.
Try HIIT on the rowing machine.
Pick a weight to work with.
Do 25 reps as fast as you can (but less than 45 seconds).
Rest for 45 seconds.
Repeat until you have 12-15 sets
Profit.

Then work on specific areas like arms, chest, legs, back
But do the HIIT every workout day.
Profit
Sounds boring as fook/borderline spastic but thanks for the suggestion.
post 1690387603 09-20-2023, 03:18 PM
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Originally Posted By yewotm8⏩
Have you tried not being a ****hot?
Arrrr arr arrrr me main...me do mind-numbing chit and smile...arrrrrrrrrrr roarrrrr
post 1690387753 09-20-2023, 03:21 PM
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Originally Posted By BrooksKoepka⏩
Don’t act like you’re better than me 👌🏿
Everyone who posted in this thread is better than you
post 1690387963 09-20-2023, 03:26 PM
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I don't think it is. Lifting is a sort of zen mode for me. It brings peace and a sense of accomplishment few other activities provide.
post 1690388063 09-20-2023, 03:29 PM
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Originally Posted By GuineaDago585⏩
I don't think it is. Lifting is a sort of zen mode for me. It brings peace and a sense of accomplishment few other activities provide.
gawd damn son...you can't find zen doing anything other than picking up weights over and over and over and over and over and over??? bahahaha
post 1690388293 09-20-2023, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
Sounds boring as fook/borderline spastic but thanks for the suggestion.
So you're going to let a 60 year old man out do you?
60.

Yes, I'm 60 this year.
You pathetic weenie.
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Screenwriter- u mad brah?
post 1690388373 09-20-2023, 03:35 PM
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If you lift heavy, it’s far from boring. Trust me srs
post 1690388513 09-20-2023, 03:37 PM
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Originally Posted By Deenur⏩
So you're going to let a 60 year old man out do you?
60.

Yes, I'm 60 this year.
You pathetic weenie.
I'm just chillin' bro you coming at me all hard like that
post 1690388523 09-20-2023, 03:38 PM
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A supposed warm-blooded man who doesn't enjoy The Pump™?

post 1690388573 09-20-2023, 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
I'm just chillin' bro you coming at me all hard like that
You threw the first bomb baby.
But I will be chill also.
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

Screenwriter- u mad brah?
post 1690388643 09-20-2023, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted By MetroBrah⏩
If you lift heavy, it’s far from boring. Trust me srs
Splain it. What makes the weight of what you lift over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over for years and years and years any more entertaining?

i think some spectrum tests are in order for those who feel this way
post 1690388733 09-20-2023, 03:41 PM
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Originally Posted By Vorago⏩
A supposed warm-blooded man who doesn't enjoy The Pump™?

gonnnaaaa puuuuummmmpppp YOU uppppppppppppp
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
i think some spectrum tests are in order for those who feel this way
See this is not the talk of "chill"
It's the talk of a man asking for a fight
The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. Thomas Jefferson

Screenwriter- u mad brah?
post 1690388963 09-20-2023, 03:43 PM
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Originally Posted By Deenur⏩
See this is not the talk of "chill"
It's the talk of a man asking for a fight
not a fair fight with how you kill it sweatin all over a rowing machine lol
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Yeah I've been lifting weights on and off for 13 years and after about a year I just lose motivation to continue because it gets so mundane and repetitive. Those who have a passion for it generally are bodybuilders who want to get bigger and bigger until they look like freaks that most girls don't even find attractive

I want to get into some type of martial arts for this reason because at least you are learning a skill
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post 1690389173 09-20-2023, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted By eddiehaskell⏩
Splain it. What makes the weight of what you lift over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over for years and years and years any more entertaining?

i think some spectrum tests are in order for those who feel this way
You should be getting stronger over time. It’s a game to lift more weight each time. Not just lifting the same baby weights to infinity.

Take a scoop of Bucked Up pre workout, blast some heavy metal and try to lift as much as you can possibly lift for 2-3 reps
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Originally Posted By FinnaDietSrsNow⏩
This. The excitement of: Am I going to hit a new PR today? It could be for the barbell bench press or the leg extension machine. Never gets old.
who gives a fook about spending years and decades with an autistic dedication to hitting new PRs...unless you just want to roid up out the arse and think you can set some world records just for the novelty of it
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