Anna, I disagree with almost everything you say. Lots of good advice here. Try to listen to all of it and not just what you want to hear.
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Oh… that makes a lot of sense. I’d honestly never considered this
IN hindsight , yes. I wasn’t in the best mental state when posting
That’s crazy! I have a high pain tolerance, but not THAT high 
I’m not claiming to be elite by any stretch of the imagination. I guess that I’m pretty disappointed at what I can do, whether that’s mental or physical
School starts again tomorrow… Classes look great based on the syllabus, but I guess the break’s been too long and I’ve gotten lazy 
knocks on door
Hello?
Anybody in here?
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Yes, I’m here
Oh hai @anna_5588 . Looks nice in here, warm and cozy.
May I come in? I’ll behave. I promise
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yes
You have a very interesting definitions or “nice”, “warm” and "cozy "
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You gotta turn that frown upside down kiddo.
Take an inventory of your abilities as assets and stop comparing your insides to other people’s outsides.
Just off the top of my head I could rattle off a dozen great things about you, but until you can tell yourself these things they won’t mean anything.
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This is what my therapist and I are working on, but it’s very hard
THIS is the stuff I have been talking about when I say doing the things that are REALLY hard.
Anyone can squat until they puke: you are finally doing the hard things you need to do to reach your goals. Great work!
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Yeah. Simple doesn’t mean easy. It’s a very powerful tool though.
Love this. Stealing this.
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Yes!
There is a significant difference between “hard stuff I want to do” and “hard stuff I don’t want to do”.
You will feel mentally and physically exhausted when you exert yourself in pursuit of something you want to do, but it doesn’t bother you at the innate level that they do when you exert yourself in pursuit of something you don’t want to do!
That’s why I think it’s utter bullshit to argue that physical training will make you a mentally tougher person.
This is the problem with your approach. You keep starving yourself and training really hard and patting yourself in the back for doing so. But, as mentally and physically draining as they may feel, it is nothing compared to the mental and physical exertion required to actually address the issues you have!
You will be a mentally tougher person when there’s something you don’t want to do, but do it anyways because you recognize that you MUST do it in pursuit of your goals.
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Week 24: day 1
Sprints: 1x100m, 1x70m, 1x60m, 3x50m, 2x40m, 2x30m, 3x(sprint 10m, run backwards 10m+sprint 20m)
Broad jump: 2x6
Squat jump:3x5-25lbs
Burpees: 2x(2x15-EMOM)- wanted 7x15 EMOM but failed
- sprints and jumps felt really smooth and good,
- really really really bummed at burpees- i used to be so good at them and could always at least manage 110 in 7 min if not 115
@Voxel @T3hPwnisher i knew my conditioning had deteriorated since lockdown, but I had no idea just how unfit I’ve gotten., this is what I mean by “slipping”. I think I’m doing okay, but my perception of myself doesn’t is inflated… until I get a shocker like this
It hasn’t.
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I’m slightly confused. I’m able to do less work, I’ve noticed that my heart rate gets higher and I’m slower on my runs
I’ve always thought of myself as someone who’s “good at conditioning “ so this really hurts for me
Are you genuinely confused as to why this is?
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I’m confused why you think my conditioning hasn’t deteriorated
My conditioning has gotten worse because I’ve neglected it. Recently I’ve started tacking short pieces at the end of lifting sessions. Before that, there were a few months where I barely did any
It hasn’t.
Your body is breaking down from malnutrition.
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If that is indeed the case, then this is just depressing.
I’ve put on 7 lbs of questionable composition, conditioning performance is deteriorating despite bodyweight “moving in the right direction”, and it’ll be another couple of months before I can work with heavy weights and I’m stuck with online school… 
It is not questionable.
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