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Hey fitness Tumblr, I’m starting off on my fitness journey. I have certain areas of my body I want to decrease, stay the same, or increase. Can anyone help me with types of exercise of do for specifics?
Butt: More booty (squats?)
Tummy; Much less (sit ups, crunches?)
Chest; I want MUCH less boob they are HUGE boys but keep the width of my chest.
Arms: keep or increase shoulder width
Hips: keep or decrease
Thighs: I like thick thighs on any gender tbh so I’m fine there, though I assume the treadmill use will slim them. If they’re getting too slim I might find a way to make them thiccer.
My body shape is top heavy with most weight in tummy and boobs. My hips are slimmer, my chest and shoulders are wider. As a trans masc this is one thing I like about my body that I’m wider on top than bottom. I want to keep a masc shape to my frame.
My goal is to drop (tw numbers) a total of 95lbs which I know will take time but I’m hoping to get to a healthy weight and get my diabetes in remission. This would put me at a healthy weight of 130-135lbs for 5'2". I plan to do most by treadmill because eight years ago when I tried losing weight I did an hour on the treadmill each weekday and in three months lost 35lbs. I had to stop due to untreated chronic pain, but I have treatment now and I’m ready to try again.
I just don’t want to look thin though, I want to preserve my more masc shape.
Maybe building my upper arms would help?
I’ve also heard it’s good to build chest muscles if you’re considering top surgery but will that make my boobs look bigger?
Anyway, if anyone out there could help I’d love you. Pls rb so people can see, ty.
End fitness goal: like my body better, increase better hygiene which h currently suffers because I don’t like my body, go into remission for diabetes, reward my hard work by getting a custom made 1600s French outfit and wig so I can cosplay as Monsieur or Louis. If I reach my goal weight I might just feel like a Sun King.
I’m worried about loose skin especially in tummy and chest but I suppose I’ll cross that bridge when I come to it.
Ty for any help.
I may start making posts about my wl journey as a way to motivate myself but I will use tags and tw appropriately. I’ve had ed in the past so I understand. 💜 💪🎉
Other fitness goal long term: once I get a job, get back into tae kwon do classes. I got really far last time and I always regretted not getting the black belt. I want it I’m coming for you.
P.S. if you’re wondering how I’m working out while begging about money - the hotel has a free fitness room.
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The 12-Minute Metabolic Blueprint Revealed
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haven’t been great about posting runs on here the past few days so these were saturday’s then this morning’s runs. I felt like hot garbage before this past saturday’s run, having had the perfect storm the day before:
- WAY too much salt
- lack of actual water
- slept terribly, stayed up too late (hockey game, then wound up from it)
- tons of caffeine
this morning’s run was okay, though, and I felt more focused when I sat down to work.
I’ll be going into overdrive a little this week with runs as I have to skip this upcoming Saturday’s long run but want to get the mileage in nonetheless; this means slow runs and earlier start times, so we’ll see how it goes.
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Pure Main Character Energy
Getting stronger for yourself is the ultimate aesthetic. It’s not just about the physique; it’s about the mental shift that happens when you decide to level up.
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3/15 Workout
Was still sitting at 345 as of Saturday. Again, I know my eating hasn’t been great, so I’m not overly concerned about it.
Had a fairly decent weekend. Took my wife to a play on Friday, then spent Saturday with my partner and went to karaoke on Saturday. Unfortunately, some things went off the rails Saturday night that were not able to be resolved until late on Sunday, so was in a bit of a spiral for a lot of that. Things should hopefully be on the right track now.
Anyway, so as part of the issues that were occurring, I was unable to get to my local Planet Fitness before it closed on Sunday. My local is 24 hours during the week, but closes at 9 on Friday, then at 7 on Saturday and Sunday. Never asked, but I assume they either just weren’t seeing business overnight during those times or they just couldn’t get someone to work it. Dunno. So I packed my stuff and drove to another one. I’m fortunate in that I do have the ability to use other PF facilities and that I have at least 7 within a half hour’s drive.
This one was a little bigger than my usual one, with a few more machines and a much more robust free weight selection. But it was late and I was tired so I didn’t deviate from my usual schedule that much. Did play with one machine for a moment, but will get to that in a directly.
Treadmill: 10 min, 2mph
Chest Press: 5x5, 90 lbs
Leg Press: 1x5 220lbs, 2x5 240, 1x5 280, 1x5 300
Seated Row: 5x5, 100 lbs
Shoulder Press: 5x5, 60 lbs
Found a preacher curl machine and decided to give that a small go. Did 2x5 at 30 lbs and my elbows were SCREAMING. I don’t think it was the weight so much as the position. Really not sure. Next time I’m in the home gym I might try to knock out some dumbbell curls to see how my elbows feel so I can determine what the actual problem is. I know that one of the issues with machines is that they force you into a specific pattern of motion with no deviation. So it could be that my stance on the machine could have been wrong (either too low or too high) or something is just up with those joints. I am old, so it’s not outside the realm of possibility.
Anyway. Keeping it moving. Quick progress pic. Phone was dead so taken from desktop camera.
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just started running a mile because i used to run cross country a lot when i was a kid….when i was little i was in the bottom 5% bmi so im taking notes. anw i just started running so heres my mile time
9:16.31
izzat good….lemme know
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March 14 and 15 recap:
March 14 recap:
Skipped the gym and slept in instead. Hung out with gym friends and got Thai food for lunch with them. 🥰
March 15 recap:
Went to the 9:00 AM workout, went to CVS and Aldi and then came home to get cleaned up before going to see Hoppers with my sister and cousin.
The movie was so cute! I loved it! 🥰🦫🐻🦎
I got home just in time to meet with the couple who was interested in adopting my foster cat and my sister’s foster cat (they came to visit yesterday, but didn’t have carriers or time to do the adoption interview). These cats came from a household of 18 cats total, but the property manager told the owner that it wasn’t feasible. The rescue took 4 cats and my sister and I ended up with one each. Anyway, we figured this would be an easy match since these guys already lived together before. 😸😸 I hope this will be a smooth transition. 🤞🤞🤞
I am hoping for some better sleep tonight. My options were to have Buzz sleep with me but he wanted to be touching the whole night. OR he could sleep in the foster cat room and cry all night long. I opted for the former, but still. 😐
Currently working on a custom cat plushie. A friend requested it to give to another friend who had to put their cat down recently. 😔
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Sculpted To Absolute Perfection
There is a specific kind of confidence that only comes from putting in the work and seeing the results. This aesthetic is the ultimate motivation for a fresh start this week.
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The Ultimate Leg Day
Nothing compares to that post-workout burn when you know the progress is real. Your future self is thanking you for every single rep today.
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Leg day. Felt weaker today but unbothered because that’s just a result of going harder on ladder drills, stretches, and functional hip/pelvis exercises for kicks. Very confident and clean ass-to-ground squat at 235. Weaker overall sets at 3x225, 2x225, 3x225, 7x205, 5x205, 10x185, 5x185, 15x135.
Waited an eternity to deadlift after this dude who pooped in the bathroom for like 30 mins and got visibly heated when I did deadlifts after him, even though I literally waited so as to not seem like I was directly competing with him.
Hit 370lbs, failed the 375 again 🙄. Tiny progress I suppose. Then 5x315, 7x295, 5x295, 4x275, 8x225, 10x135 with no ground touch.
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Much more methodical and productive sets fueled by spite bc some grimy dude came in with gf to get absolutely no work done ‘with the bros’. Dude wears a beer t-shirt and leaves the most rancid fart in my corner of the gym. He sure left quickly though; Hope it was because my lifts made him feel small. I hate loser men like that who strut with nothing to show for it. Why even show up if you’re going to do absolutely nothing?
I know I am being unreasonably aggressive towards someone that did absolutely nothing wrong to me and I definitely should not think that way. I’m generalizing and being prejudiced solely because they seem like the type of person who tends to be racist, find joy in violence, and treat women like shit. I’m not being any better than the type of people I despise by assuming and being hateful with zero evidence…
I guess I hate my fellow man for no reason and that’s kinda ignorant and unhelpful. I think it stems from growing up in a hyper-feminist family and also being belittled a lot when growing up for daring to be effeminate and also openly supporting gay marriage when the states were still fighting for it (while it wasn’t “popular” or “cool” to do so yet). Now I feel I’m much more of a man than most and feel the need to take it out on the type of loser that would’ve 100% called me a f-slur back in the day.
I should really stop doing that, if only to preserve my own peace. Also, in a way, I became the exact thing I hated but in a different form… I guess it’s also very telling that I only have maybe like 1-2 straight men in my life that I actually consider my friends, while the rest are either bi/gay men or women.
I dunno, is this actually a terrible thing to be?
