Cardio is far easier when you've got a good piece of music to keep in time with. Fast, aggressive hip hop seems to keep me going.

Not really, but I've noticed I seem to push harder when there's a particularly fit woman in my eyeline at the gym. I suppose it makes sense on a base animalistic level, but it's still odd, isn't it?

>>4571

is it? I'm not sure why you exercise but for me part of it is to stand a better chance of shagging beautiful women, so being reminded of the end goal is inspiration to keep me going.

A picture of Ryan Newman when she was 14. I wonder if you're the same OP who was banned twice for posting pictures of that 12-year-old child model on /fit/ (and cross-posting).

>>4547
Keep us posted, Skeptam8.

>>4545

I recommend High5 zero tabs, they make water 'more water' . Water is a fucking bastard to carry (1L = 1Kg) and I find the electrolyte tabs make up for more water carried without.

>>4549

Agreed.

Evans Cycles are selling the Powerbar versions of these for less than a quid a tube at the moment. Certainly worth it.

>>4550

Just looked, out of stock.

>>4551

Ah, sorry.

Not surprising, I bought about 8 tubes when I saw the price.

I'd suggest getting in touch with Anxiety UK. They have a telephone advice line and offer a range of reduced-cost therapy services.

https://www.anxietyuk.org.uk/

The evidence suggests that good self-help books can be almost as effective as face-to-face therapy. Most local libraries now have a Books on Prescription section, with a selection of self-help books recommended by health professionals. The recommended book for health anxiety is Overcoming Health Anxiety by Rob Wilson and David Veale.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Overcoming-Health-Anxiety-David-Veale/dp/1845298241

If you're feeling really down, I'd encourage you to call The Samaritans on 116 123. Calls are free on any network and they're available 24/7. You don't have to be suicidal to call - they're ready to listen to whatever you have to say.

>>3931
Best make an appointment at the GP then, hadn't you.

I pissed in a mates living room earlier this year. I'd been drinking a lot, I was asleep on the sofa and another friend on the floor. I got up in the dark, he asked what I was doing, and apparently I said "not pissing in the river." He thought I was joking, but then I really did start to piss, so he was shouting that I should stop it, and I kept saying "I'm not even pissing," then he shouted our mutual friend and I woke up mid-stream. I tried to do the same thing a couple of months later and found out why you don't wake up sleepwalkers. I started throwing punches at him, don't remember that though (cos I was asleep, obviously) and it turned into a full fight. So I just woke up in the middle of a fight.

Still got the better of him though.

Also, about ten years ago I did it at an ex-girlfriends house, again after a lot of alcohol that evening, but unique to this incident, it was all over he dads clothes which were drying on a clothes horse. He wasn't happy.

>>3653
Jokes aside though, the real question you should be asking is why you didn't *at the very least* piss on her tits. I understand that you were asleep, so a proper arse-pissing would be a tricky manoeuvre - but come on.

It's happened again, the first time in about 20 months.

On this occasion I can't recall what I was dreaming about, so it's not the scenario of what's happened previously where I've pissed in a dream and it's actually happened in real life and I don't think it was preceded by a wet dream either.

I think it's because I didn't go for a wee immediately before going to sleep. Fortunately it was a relatively small trickle, but enough to dampen my bed clothes and the bedsheets a little, as I needed a monster piss when I woke up.

>>4536
Is the Mrs into water sports after all that?

Are you sure it's not fruit related? I have a mild allergy to uncooked apples / peaches / nectarines which gives me a sort of weird twinge in the throat.

Sounds a lot like asthma to me, OP.

>>4519

Lifelong asthmatic (diagnosed at nine) and self-inflicted (in late 20s/early 30s) leisure injury inflicted generalized anxiety / panic disorder sufferer here.

Telling the difference between an asthma attack and generalized anxiety is difficult at the best of times; nevermind differentiating between a full blow panic attack and a cardiac event.

One thing I've learned is that if I get up and go for a short walk and do something utterly distracting like phone my totally batty mum who'll fill be ear with who did what with her dustbins like it's a some bin men version of game of thrones makes the symptoms go away then it's likely just anxiety. If that doesn't help it's asthma. This was all stuff I learned while doing CBT to be able to differentiate between "I'm having a panic attack / I'm dying panic more".

Now that I'm fully diagnosed and all I just take a puff on my inhaler, pop a 0.25mg clonazepam wafer under my tongue and play a mobile game until whatever goes away (usually pretty quickly).

Anyway I hope that helps some, despite being a git garbled (I'm currently in the grips of some fever other in the 100-102oF range. I think I'm going to eat some paracetamol and go back to bed. Fuck this.)

Are you sure is not gastric reflux? I had it, and it was a real bitch. Cut down on greasy takeaways and get some Gaviscon

>>4521

Certain. It's never been a problem for me. I eat clean and my digestion is pretty good -- I've only had heartburn a handful of times in my life.

>>4518

I try to eat at least one piece of fruit (generally an apple) per day. Thinking back to when I didn't (low carb etc.), I still had similar symptoms -- no noticeable difference. I don't have any allergies I know of.

>>4519>>4520

This is a good shout. My siblings were diagnosed with asthma as kids, and while I did experience some throat/chest tightness, for whatever reason I coped and was never given an inhaler. They also had allergies, where I didn't seem to get the symptoms -- maybe I adapted to dog fur, pollen, whatever.

One thing I did get, though, were persistent throat infections throughout my childhood. It's sometimes hard to tell whether they're inflamed or not, but it's certainly easy to imagine there's a kind of persistent immune reaction going on around my tonsils. As an aside, the infections were something of a blessing as I became obsessed with oral hygiene since. I gargle mouthwash and water once per day. I could experiment with using saltwater or plain water rather than mouthwash... Or I could buy a waterpick and give my tonsils a blast each day.

The most noticeable factor is definitely fatigue and tension. The feeling simply isn't there when I'm well rested. I'm thinking this may a stress and general inflammation type thing -- I think I'll try introducing regular breathing exercises and try to get more kip.

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>>4506

Or if you do, have a spotter who is actually capable of lifting the weight off you, unlike that one scrawny kid in that video.

Still, this is tame compared to some of the videos I've seen - not a single anal prolapse or knees snapping and bending the wrong way.

>>4507

That's exactly what I was hoping for and was thoroughly disappointed. Up your game OP, I could have seen this just by scrolling numbly through Facebook.

>>4505

What do you know? There's a website that'll do that for you, because of course there would be.

https://bennyhillifier.com/?id=ghfGdEilxZg

>>4511

Hmmmm

>>4483
I think our environment has become a lot tamer since the shoe was originally invented in a way that you don't give credit. I go mountaineering and if you attempted some of the stuff I've done barefooted your foot would either get cut off or fall off. To me the necessity of shoes feels self-evident from what I expect of them.

I would have presumed the increased thickness of the heel would have come from a pure mechanical position. either based on that that is the area that would wear down quickest so making it thicker would mean you could go longer without replacing shoes or that if you step on something you put your full weight on your heel so if you don't want things going through the shoe and into your foot you need to make it thicker.

>>4486

I'm not a shoe historian or whatever but I can imagine the first shoe a hunter-gatherer wanting would just be a leather wrap, essentially - offering a bit of protection but still the 'feel' of the land, which would have been useful.

Thus something like those weird Vibrams would probably be pretty close.

My theory on prominent heels is because they'd have been useful for horseback riding, to keep your feet in stirrups - so a relatively modern invention, but a practical one at first. The fact they make you look taller and the shoes last longer probably helped make them the status quo, rather than people wanting that 16th century shwagga.

>>4484

It's amazing how hard wearing your feet get if you let them - I've worked on my feet for most of my life, in shite, tough boots, so my feet are hard as fuck on the bottom. I actually can stand on glass without it piercing my foot, so I can only imagine what someone who goes barefoot running or indeed the tribal folk who have never worn shoes must be able to handle.

>>4488
Heh, I've got a pair of those pictured (I use them as slippers). If you can stomach wearing five-fingers in public they might serve, but as comfortable as they are they do look like you wrapped your feet in rags. The "Icon" version, on the other hand, is comparatively stealthy. They look like trainers at the front (give or take being thin material, so if you wiggle your toes you can see it). I've worn the latter in public and have not yet drawn any comments from friends and colleagues.

>>4490

I use them for the gym mostly because it's nice to have something I can actually fold away into my bag.

I don't really mind how they look, I have the all black ones so they sort of blend in. They're fucking expensive, mind.

>>4445
>squat-heavy exercise regimens are promoted by bumders

You can tell by the mirror gazers at your average gym weights section that most of it is taken up by bumders. It is one of their conspiracies to try and make you join I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzOsDD8pqac

A lot of threads on /fat/ seem to start with "I'm doing x, will it help y?" and I'm left wondering where x came from in the first place.

The short answer is yes, OP, doing frequent challenging leg exercises will probably make your lower body muscles grow. Is it the ideal way to do it? I don't know, but if you do it consistently over a long period of time you're likely to get bigger legs.

Interestingly Stan Efferding talks about doing 20 rep sets for other reasons. Something about the hormone response, or cellular response, or oxygen debt from the extreme demands of getting to that 20th rep... I'll have to look it up.

>>4445

Hilarious, but I'm sure his are would look normal again if he cut some weight and started doing some variation.

>>4475
They are the weirdest legs I have ever seen.

I had a hat but I turned it into a makeshift balaclava, which I suppose could be a way of getting another hat.

If you come into possession of any money, I highly recommend exchanging it for a couple of Buffs® (or the dirt cheap unbranded ones you can get off Ebay or shops like trespass.)
You can squash them down to nothing in a back pocket, and you've got a hat or scarf whenever you need one.

>>4449
>Would earplugs work do you think?

Not him but I find headphones help so yeah. Earmuffs also work and that is one of the reasons they exist.

What is happening is cold air is getting into your ear canal which is covered with sensitive nerve endings and lacks anything in the way of protection from the cold. Combined this leads to a brain-freeze in the ear.

My problem with running outside is the first twenty minutes. I can do it on a machine, I can establish a nice rhythm, get over that first wheezing bit, and then I'm good for a long time - outside in the cold, it seems to take a lot longer and there is more chance I would give up early on a run.

>>4414
Well, since posting in this thread 7 weeks ago about getting back on the cardio, I have religiously walked at least 140k steps a week, cut slightly back on the alcohol, logged all my calories eaten and have lost 8 kilos.

>>4470
Yes I know some people who have done it and they all did it for that reason - it’s quite hard to make a living at it I understand, so many people give it away for free so as long as that’s what you have in mind I would definitely do it.

They're pretty good if you're serious about cycling, though I always think it's better to just get out there on the road. The issue for me was that it was just a bit boring to pedal in front of the telly and that. I'd either rather be at a gym or out in the real world.

Don't get an air resistance one, whatever you do. Fluid or magnetic is what you want. Also keep in mind that you WILL need some sort of fan pointing at you while you're doing it, you'll get incredibly hot very quickly.

I used them for years when I was training seriously. They work very well if they're set up properly. They don't feel like real riding, but they're close enough. It's boring as fuck, but it's not too bad if you listen to podcasts or whatever. I made a little desk that clipped onto my handlebars so I could catch up on my reading.

If you use slick tyres, a magnetic or fluid trainer and a concrete floor, they're reasonably quiet. Treaded tyres, a fan-based trainer or a hollow wooden floor will make a right old racket. I preferred the units with continually-variable resistance like the CycleOps Magneto - the ones with a resistance adjustment lever are a bit fiddly for interval training.

You'll probably want to do your turbo sessions in an unheated garage or shed, otherwise you'll boil your arse off. You don't get the cooling effect of the wind on a turbo, so you get hot quickly. You might still want to set up a fan if you tend to run hot. If you sweat heavily you'll want to drape a towel over your frame, otherwise your sweat will rot your paintwork.

>>4465
Thanks for the tip. It's for when the weather is poo outside.

>>4466
Wow I had no idea the sweat would be such a problem.

I can recommend using TrainerRoad. You'd either need a power meter or a cadence and speed sensor. TrainerRoad have a decent blog and podcast.

>>4467

Turbo manufacturers make these thong contraptions to protect your bike, but most people just use an old towel.

>>2681
>I found out that I sound somewhat like a pretentious cunt, apart from screeching. Not a pleasant discovery indeed but still better than ignorance.

When I speak quietly, my voice goes really deep. Also when I'm drunk enough, girls have told me it goes sexually deep, Barry White style. When I'm tense, however, or if I become animated, it can go high pitched. I've also realised that I mumble and mutter at least 50% of the time. It really is eye opening recording yourself and listening/watching back, I come across as a total gimp sometimes and then at others as Mega Mr Monty Confidanté the Sexy Baritone Sexagram Man. Your body language, posture, tone, choice of words, delivery, timing, and yes, pitch - all these things combine to create an emphasis and provide emotion (or lack of) to your topic or point, or offer an allusion to what else you've got going on behind the eyes. It might sound shallow, but I've noticed the different ways people react to me based on my uncontrollable shifts in all of those qualities I just listed.

Margaret Thatcher famously subjected herself to speech training when she was running for Prime Minister the first time, and by that time, she was well into middle age. If you see early footage of her, her voice had a quite unpleasant, annoyingly shrieky tone and pitch to it. Like an endlessly lamenting housewife or a stern Victorian headmistress. But she was able to smooth all that out... and even if you hated her and her way of politics, you had to admit that her voice was not unpleasant to listen to.

>>3920
That first video is incredible.

>>3985

Huun Huur Tu. They're Tuva's second best export (after high-quality cobalt ore). Their song "Orphan's Lament" is one of the most moving things I've ever heard.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbdkJ6cL4Aw

>>3920
I'll look this up, thank you.
>>3934
Can affirm about speaking quietly, to an extent. Should I raise it to normal levels, things go not so smoothly.

I still wonder why at times I mumble and mutter - just like you - and at times sound almost decent. I lost the access to the recordings db recently so no free listening.

do you find it enlarges your clitoris?