Thrice Weekly Thread of Fitness: Weekend Edition

Welcome everyone! Welcome!

In order to remind myself and others of keeping up with the exercise and creating a space so the people of the Plounge can discuss their routines and other exercise related things.

Here are some useful workouts you can try, which have various settings that adapt to your fitness level.

• The famed C25K running plan, usually for beginners. (Thanks u/Xandrez192 for the Rainbow Dash version of this graph! And thanks u/porkbacon for an improved version of it, with text and even more pony!)

• A version of C25K plan for treadmill! It is quite similar to the normal C25K plan but if you wish to use this one, here it is.

• The bridge to 10k program, to those who have already finished C25k!

• Two hundred sit-ups.

• Two hundred squats.

• One fifty dips.

• One hundred push-ups.

• Starting Strength. (Thanks u/JIVEprinting !)

• Stonglift 5x5 (Thanks u/thehorrorfrog)

You may also want to check out:

• r/Fitness

• r/bodyweightfitness

• r/mylittlegym which is a community specialized for people from the MLP community to discuss their workouts! (Thanks u/wtfhbk for the link!)

• The /r/running FAQ ! (Thanks to u/Seanachain )

• 30 Day Yoga Challenge! (Thanks u/wtfhbk !)

• High Intensity Interval Training for Beginners! (Thanks u/Xcoder62 !)

u/JIVEprinting made a fitness game centered around endurance. It's an interesting game, so I'd check it out and see if it's the kind of thing that would fit in my exercise goals, if I were you. If you're just starting up in your exercises, then I would not recommend you play this game. It's intense, but you can scale it down to whatever weight you need. This is just advertisement, of sorts, yes, but I think some of you would like it! Will update it when the full game is "released", so to speak. If you do end up playing it, have fun!

Remember to let your muscles cool down a bit between work outs, you can easily replace one for the other! Remember that rest is important!

And don't forget that your diet is also really important! In addition to the exercise you do, the food you eat can make a big impact on your health: if you eat more than you exercise, you'll gain weight (whether by muscle build-up or pure fat), and if you eat less than you exercise, you can lose weight (whether by muscle loss or fat).
According to "Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010" (note: a new version will come out next year), a calorie-deficient diet of 500 or more is a "common initial goal for weight loss for adults" (p. 13).
If you don't know how exactly to diet, check out these sections of r/Fitness that has a lot of helpful tools and some info for dieting!
As with physical exercise, keep your own health in mind when going on any sort of diet, and if you have any questions, ask your doctor, nutritionist, or health care provider.

Also, there are three people who post these Daily Fitness Threads: u/unluckysonofagun , u/Zanorfgor , and u/Jaabi , so keep on the lookout for these DFTs from these guys!

Hey everyone! How has your weekend been? Costume work for me. Freya's spear is coming along nicely.

So no topic today, because I'm a bit frazzled from working this weekend. Hope you had a good one!

Keep up the workouts and being healthy!