What should we do on rest days? 

My stomach screams "ENOUGH!!!", but... my mind always screams "MORE!!!!"...

@@TechSupportDave called "urge surfing"

@@TechSupportDave wha

@@TechSupportDave -Fucking menace

@@shaolonmonke2791 u alright there buddy? U angry at something?

Azn

What do you mean get their act together?

@@Chopper140 ah yes ascension to gorilla our evolutionary duty... i seriously need to find a paper linking gymrats and retardation, there's bound to be one istg

@@Chopper140lmao not everyone wants to look like a gorilla

@@yhwh5568 what?

Piggybacking on this: For me, the term "productive" connotes somewhat more specific tasks, but obviously relaxing and creative activities are also very important, and I love the current trend of reclaiming those things as being validly productive in their own right. However, for me personally, if I decide to do something "productive" with my day, I still tend (despite knowing better) to fail to prioritize certain self-care and generally calming restful activities. So I use the term "intentional" instead, and strive to do a few truly _intentional_ things every day, rather than just doing whatever comes up passively/impulsively. It's also helpful on days when my various chronic illness/disability issues make feeling "productive" hard, but somehow the middle ground of doing something "intentional" feels more achievable while still feeling like I got something out of the day and didn't waste it. It feels like I'm putting the bar for a "good" or "successful" day all the way on the ground and just asking myself to take one step forward instead of making even a tiny hop. I guess it's my version of a progressive-exercise easier variation on conceptualizing a "productive" day lol. This word choice causes me to give myself much more effective permission to relax and create and care for myself and my environment, and lets me keep those things separate from tasks I'd usually call "tasks" and put on lists and have feelings about. It helps me choose forms of entertainment and socialization that I get more real juice out of, instead of just going "oh well I don't feel like being productive so I'm not going to make any real choices and oops there went my day". So yeah! Obviously everyone's psychology around terms is subjectively different, and also I'm brutally ADHD so I don't naturally have as much of a grip on my mindfulness/intentionality as many people do (so to many people my deliberate intentionality may be just like their usual bare minimum default self-control, which boy do I envy lol) and I don't really have a working/consistent sense of time ... so my needs are a little nichey, haha. Everyone's experience will vary. But I wanted to toss this out here because this slight shift in word choice has helped me a lot, especially on restful days, so I hope this comes in handy for some other reader!

@@ItsAsparageese "Intentional" is a good word in this context as well. My use of "productive" with the activities I list is mainly based on the idea that I gain, or produce, something for myself, even if it's just developing an artistic skill or building social relationships. I think it depends on how you want to frame and think of the tasks you want to do during the day.

I always feel like I haven't rested if I do any task I'm not motivated for. But then (possibly my adhd) will scream at me the entire day and I'll be highly anxious and not rest either. :)

@@c.karnstein3299 sometimes "true" rest makes us feel the least rested. The human brain can be funny like that.

"Whatever accomplishes something with effort" that is so brilliant and And just what I need to hear thank you!!

@weyo sad

It depends, in my opinion. From working out or having some kind of diet being hard on yourself maybe is good. But something like blaming yourself too much is obviously not good

Yes and no. It's like any other swinging pendulum. We grow and learn from mistakes on one side, we swing to the other, learn and grow there, swing back a bit, and eventually find a healthy middle ground. I, too, need to be quite tough on myself in a lot of ways, that's probably my default preference for mitigating my worst traits, but many of my most valuable personal growth arcs in life have involved learning to be gentler with myself too. Everyone's different and has different core needs and beliefs about themselves and has different priorities. There's no best angle for everyone at any given time. We all need to learn to crack down on some things and be permissive and supportive to ourselves about others, and we all will go back and forth on these things to at least some extent for our whole lives. As long as you're always listening to the string (observing your own progress) and ideally occasionally checking a tuner (therapy, healthy feedback from supportive social environment), any gradual progress towards being perfectly in-tune is all good progress, even if you nudge a little sharp or flat at times along the way.

Irrelevant, but can anyone tell me how do I feel energetic to workout? I started working out 2 months before and stopped since last 2 weeks, now I literally can't workout, I feel too lazy no matter what.

@@wild-. I need exercise to get a better sleep & to feel confident out there. Those 2 things are huge for me

@@wild-. Fatigue is a real and valid thing. It can be affected by health issues, nutrition, hydration, mental health, weather, all sorts of things. If you're tired, you're tired. If you're tired so persistently that it's bothering you, then it's definitely worth asking a medical professional about if you can.

adonisss

@@collisionsyt6909 The Jeffrey vs Adonis trilogy

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@@pakistanichad8739 you no Chad

I knew there would be this comment

That's amazing! Congrats on your journey and good luck for what's to come. Also, If your wrists hurt while doing push-ups what does that mean? Is it normal? Is it a bad thing? How do I do push-ups without the pain

@@en2p187 is say its normal if you are just starting out, just make sure your hands are straight and not to push yourself to injury because then you'd have a bigger problem after lol

@@UnitedHornet lol ok 👍

@@en2p187 if your wrists hurt you may want to do some warm up by general stretching or rotate your wrists in both directions before pushups Or you can also choose to do knuckle pushups

@@en2p187 or get some of those tiny push up bars to hold. Dunno where you are but decathlon in UK has them for fairly cheap. Your wrists are then in more neutral position.

Ha, sassy fish!

Indeed, I've tried his push up training for a week and a half and i already feel stronger. My shoulder didn't hurt as much when doing simple workout, and the best of all is that it motivated me to do more exercises. This channel is a godsend!