I have effectively permanent discoloration around my hips from a decade of belt use. And I still get the occasional bite, haha. It’s how you know it’s working! Congrats on the belt. I wish I had grabbed one from day 1, if I had to do it all over again.
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My belt is a $25 one off amazon. Suede leather and “prebroken in” so it never bit me.
Confessions
- that probably makes me a wuss, but I’m a woman so I get a free pass right
- I’m scrolling Tnation to procrastinate my next set
- I hate ab and arm work
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Sorry to hear that. Gyms have been closed for two stretches here (New Mexico.) Movie theaters and all other entertainment venues have been closed for 11 months and counting.
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I feel your pain… Haven’t been to a gym for nearly 11 months and don’t have a barbell
I confess I’m feeling increasingly left behind and am jealous of everyone with access to proper weights
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that said, I’ve never appreciated exercise as much. today I had to get up at zero dark thirty for a conference call to Korea and I felt like shit all morning. but then I had ballet class, and madame absolutely savaged us, and I could really feel the kettlebell swings, crunches, and six varieties of push-ups from the day before, and you know what? the headache and soreness and crankiness left.
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Ballet is no joke!
The only session I’ve ever regretted was the one I did the morning after arriving back from a trip from China the night before. And only because I managed to drop a barbell and a plate on my foot and stub my toe in the first 10 min
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you bet.
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Check the fine print on that pass, especially around pregnancy
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But I won’t get shamed for using a belt that’s pre- broken in right?
My belt is prebroken and everyone at my gym wants my belt 
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My first belt was a gift from someone at my gym in Shanghai. A trainer at that same gym also gave me a pair of straps and wrist wraps… lost the straps though
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Same!
I confess that the longer I’m out of the gym, the more I doubt whether I will ever get back to where I was.
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Yeah dude it’s a nice present to myself for all that happened the last year. Also, thank you uncle Sam for the stim. That’s the point, right? Lol
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Discretionary spending 
Supporting relatively small company
Not contributing to asset inflation
- looks like your doing it right
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Stop enabling me. Hahaha
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do it for the economy… 
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I looked at my arms and realized that I’ve lost my vascularity- it makes me sad, I can’t even blame water retention this time
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POIDH
[pics or it didn’t happen]
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