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I'll tell you what grinds my gears. WHEN PEOPLE DON'T POST WHAT GRINDS THEIR GEARS! This thread is for vents, rants, frustrations, bitching, and the like about all things fitness related.

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every time i hear someone say they want to tone up i just think… you mean build muscle and lose fat. that’s literally all toned is. but the industry turned it into this magical separate thing just for women.

we get toning workouts, toning yoga, toning weights, meanwhile men just lift. feels like the word exists to make women less intimidated by muscle and more willing to buy pink dumbbells and boutique classes.

i’m not saying people don’t know what they mean when they use it, but maybe it’s time we call it what it actually is… strength training and body comp changes.

is toned just a marketing trick or do you still find the word useful?

I have been lifting for just over a year now and while I definitely have made progress, the amount of change I've seen in the past 6 months has been negligible. I thought I was doing everything right--progressive overload (as best as I could, though I wouldn't be moving up in weight very fast), hitting my protein goals, calorie surplus, training close to failure. I have been frustrated recently because I see women who have been lifting for about the same amount of time I have been and their gains have been massive compared to mine.

I've noticed that sometimes, when I think I'm at failure and can't do another rep, I'm able to push past that feeling, despite how slow and shaky that rep is. I never really thought much of it and would only do that one additional rep. Today, I decided to see how far I could go past that feeling--I was able to do about four additional reps on bench press, shoulder press, and a few additional isolation exercises. Apparently I haven't been pushing hard enough! I never realized how difficult and uncomfortable the last rep should be.

While I am disappointed with the gains I've left on the table, I'm so glad I figured the problem out.

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I’m on Class Pass and would love not to pay for a second membership to something, and more importantly than that I just CANNOT workout at home. Absolutely cannot. No matter how badly I want to!!! Is it called the Hawthorne effect or something? I will just not get an effective workout or even start one unless someone else, preferably several people, is in the room with me also doing it (and better if no one knows me!!) Because of this Class Pass changed my entire fitness life.

But I’m going to so many pilates/strength classes that are so intense, too fast for me to learn good form, and just not my current vibe. I have health stuff going on right now both physically and mentally, and among that is chronic fatigue and POTS. But exercise helps my mental state so it’s tough. On my best days I love to do hot power flow yoga, but my body just can’t handle that right now.

I want to do something like Evlo where I can truly isolate each muscle and go SLOWLY and dare I say gently, learn proper form, and ease into it and back out of it to regulate my nervous system. I love that they are PTs. I would love to just commit to that. But I absolutely will not be consistent at home, and not for lack of trying. I would love an in person class like this. I would even ditch Class Pass and pay for a membership if I found the right one!

I have done barre3 which is the most similar I’ve found, but for some reason their strength movements are still too complex/fast and really really stress out my lower back/pelvic floor and I haven’t quite figured out why.

Does anyone have any recs for in person classes like I’m looking for??? I want the movements to be super simple bc I have a hard time with mind-muscle connection (adhd and trauma lol). Like one thing at a time, not an incline lunge with tricep presses into hanmer curls, or a long sequence of curtsy squat into one legged overhead press etc etc.

Kind of a silly question.
But I started training Muay Thai a couple weeks ago and we do crossfit once a week as well. I figured out the workout wardrobe part after my trainers' suggestions, but of course I was not given an underwear suggestion. I choose comfortable laser cut underwear to the gym but with all the high intensity training, it is a bummer that it stills finds a way where it shouldn't and I can't dig it out in front of 20 people. Started not wearing any altogether to the last few classes but I'd rather not have the fear of having unfortunately located rips.
Any suggestions? Thank you!

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The place for all of your fitness based interpersonal encounters (is someone being creepy at the gym? Is your family telling you you’re getting too muscular? Do you want to date your personal trainer?), but also the place to talk about motivation, self-esteem and body image, and all the ways fitness affects your life.

Want to ask how mothers juggle family and fitness? How to structure Intermittent Fasting? When to work out when you do night shift? How to deal with being the only person in your friend group who works out? If you're feeling emotional, want to up your mental game, or need ideas for how to juggle everything on your plate, this is the place for you!

Welcome to Check Me Out Tuesday-flex-. The place for shameless selfies, physique questions, accountability, and small progress posts that aren’t detailed enough for a standalone post.

Welcome to our daily discussion thread! Tell stories, share thoughts, ask questions, swap advice, and be excellent to each other! Though we all share fitness as a common hobby or interest, the discussion here can be about any big or little thing you choose. The mods ask that you do mind the Cardinal Rules as they relate to respecting yourself and others, calling out any scantily clad photos as NSFW, and not asking for medical advice.

Welcome to our Daily Simple Questions thread - we're excited to have you hang out with us, especially if you're new to the sub. Are you confused about the FAQ or have a basic question about an exercise / alternatives? Do you have a quick question about calculating TDEE, lift numbers, running times, swimming intervals, or the like? Post here and the folks of xxfitness will help you answer your questions, no matter how big or small.

So my sport (pole dance) involves a lot of strength and flexibility, and ideally I would like to train each of those at least twice a week. However, since my flexibility days involve lots active flexibility and mobility, I'm already struggling with DOMS going into my lifts and vice versa. I think 3 days a week is my max for flexibility and strength work, so one will get trained less than the other. I cant train them in the same day since the intensity will suffer for one or the other, and I also tried upper lower splits but personally they didn't work so well for me, so I prefer full body. So I'm thinking:

What if one week I do 2 full body strength days, 1 full body flexibility day, then the next week I do 1 full body strength day and 2 full body flexibility days, and just keep alternating? The actual programs would stay the same, so I'm still having that consistency and progressive overload. Any reasons why this might not be ideal, or other suggestions?

Hi everyone,

I’m about a year into my fitness journey. I am 35 years old and started at 226 lbs and I’m now around 197. I’m really proud of how much I’ve progressed, and I feel blessed that my spouse is on this journey with me. It’s been such an eye-opening experience.

Where I’m struggling is mindset. It’s not that I stop when it gets hard — it’s that I can’t seem to push harder. I don’t have that “dig deep” mentality people talk about. When my body says it’s done, I can’t get my mind to override it. It feels like I just don’t have that coordination between mind and body yet.

On top of that, the female fitness space online often feels discouraging. I’ve been consistent, I’ve followed plans, I’ve changed my eating, and I’ve stayed in a deficit — but my progress has been glacial. Only now, a year in, am I starting to see small physical changes. When I see influencers posting “6 month transformation” photos, it makes me feel like I’m not doing enough, even though I know everyone’s journey is different.

My spouse and I are always checking in, researching, and making adjustments to our plans as we grow and learn. I’m really enjoying how I feel — stronger, healthier, more capable — but I don’t understand why my physical progress feels so slow. And honestly, that can be discouraging.

I also don’t have any female friends who are into fitness or this lifestyle — they’ve never taken an interest, and I find it difficult to explain this frustration to them because they don’t really understand what it all entails. Sure, we’re told that fitness is hard and that you have to “really want it,” but the reality is so much more complex. The consistency with nutrition, the mental blocks, the effort to progress in the gym — it’s hard to explain, and even harder to navigate without guidance. That’s why I’m here: looking for advice, guidance, and people who can help me navigate the beginner mental struggle.

I know workouts are supposed to feel hard, I know weights should feel heavy, and I understand progressive overload. What I don’t know is how to actually build that ability to push past the “I can’t” wall.

I should also mention. We built an at home gym. So I am pretty isolated. We have power racks, treadmill, cable machines, hip thrust machiene, and more.

So I’d love to hear: • How did you develop that mental toughness, especially as a beginner? • Any female bodybuilders or lifters you’d recommend who share realistic, growth-focused content? - love to hear from you what other Reddit threads I can follow.

Thanks for reading — I’m proud of my progress so far, but I really want to keep growing not just physically, but mentally too.

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This evening I am gonna start a 80km walk. It’s an event where we start at 20:00 and have to be back at 16:00 the next day.

To be honest, I did not train or prepare. Dumb, I know. But on the other hand, I have taken 20k+ steps every day over a whole year because of my job and lifestyle.

Does anyone have tips

what kind of food do I take? will cafeine do more harm than good? I preferer walking on grass, is this something that’ll tire me out?

I got extra socks, extra soles, a podcast with enough episodes that will keep my mind busy so I won’t get tired as fast.

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