Hello and welcome to the first edition of Mental Health Monday. The beautiful collaboration between !fitness@hexbear.net and !mentalhealth@hexbear.net.

Mental health and exercise go together perfectly. They are a classic combo on the level of peanut butter & jelly, pancakes & syrup, and capitalism & widening contradictions.

Exercise has been shown to improve mental health.

Pretty cool, huh? So from here on out were are going to work on the marriage of the two.

So as those who have gone through it know, it is nearly fucking impossible to exercise while in the midst of a panic attack or depressive episode. So if anyone has tips, tricks, or advice for someone dealing with anxiety, depression, or anything else that may be getting in the way drop it here.

Hopefully better advice than the meme (see how I brought that all around?)

:comfy: :comfy: :comfy: :comfy: :comfy:

:bottle: While you’re around add some tunes to the community workout playlist :bottle:

:party-parrot: Then use that playlist while you workout. :party-parrot:

:haram: Check out all the changes happening starting today and say if you like it or hate it :halal:

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We are not a crisis service. We can’t guarantee an immediate response. This does not mean no one cares. If you need to talk to someone at once, you may want to take a look at this directory of Hotline Numbers.

Rules

  1. Absolutely no fat-shaming, skinny-shaming, or shape-shaming.
  2. Be positive about people’s bodies but don’t be fetishistic.
  3. Don’t shame or disparage people for their fitness level.
  4. Do not offer unsolicited criticism.
  5. If you post a selfie, make special care that identifying marks are removed.
  6. No doomposting about your body.

Quotes

A fascist worked out today, did you?

“I’m an ardent believer in equality, and being in the Communist Party is a way to spread this form of socialism and freedom for all the people”-Jeff Monson

“Every worker sportsman must be a soldier of the revolution”-Spartakiad

Resources

Beginner’s Health and Fitness Guide: https://liamrosen.com/fitness.html

Databases for lifts/muscles:

https://exrx.net/

https://musclewiki.com/

Flexibility:

Becoming A Supple Leopard

Yoga poses for athletes

The R*ddit Wiki:

FitnessWiki

TDEE Calculator:

Please be aware that this calculator will ask if you’re male or female

TDEE calculator

Other cool shit:

How to make your own foam roller

Athletes guide to foam rolling

Beginner Triathlete

Couch to 5k

Enter the kettlebell

WIP Schedule

Friday: Weekly check-in. Discuss what went right and wrong in terms of goals from last week

Saturday: Declaration of goals+community focus. What tangible, numerical goals are you going for? Don’t know? We have ideas!

Sunday: Gals and enby pals take center stage

Monday: Meme Monday

Tuesday: Toot Your Horn Tuesday. Brag about what you’ve done, how good your progress is, who’s making googly eyes at you, etc.

Wednesday: Wing Chun Wednesday. All about martial arts

Thursday: Nutrition. What’s been bothering you about nutrition? Maybe we get some comrades from c/food to see if we can’t get you where you’re trying to go.

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