Talk about gym fitness circle of friends

The core logic of posting in a circle of friends at the gym is never to have a perfect and self-disciplined persona, nor does it need to copy the template copywriting on the Internet. Your actual training status, even the trivial thoughts about making complaints about mistakes, as long as it is what you want to share, is the most suitable content for the circle of friends.

After squatting 120kg last week, I sat down on the ground with my legs weak. I took a photo that was so blurry that I couldn’t even see the number of barbell plates. I captioned it, “Today’s legs are not my legs, they are the hostages of the barbell.” The comment section exploded with acquaintances from the gym. Some asked if they wanted to send their pulse to the rescue. Some laughed. I had said the same thing last time when I squatted 100kg. They praised it three times more than the photo of my abs that I had been doing for half an hour and posing for 20 minutes.

Of course, not everyone likes to post these things. I know a veteran who has practiced powerlifting for 8 years. He has not updated any fitness-related content in his circle of friends for three years. The last time I talked to him about this, he still laughed: "Whether you have practiced well or not is clearer than anyone else in the mirror. People who don't understand will tell you that you are messing around every day. If you practice better than you, it will be like playing a big knife in front of Guan Gong. There is no need." ”There are also young girls who have just started practicing Pilates. They post a photo of a yoga mat with ice and an American style every day. The text is a check-in emoji, saying that posting it is equivalent to stamping today’s training. If she doesn’t post it, she always thinks about doing less two sets of core exercises. No one can say which one is right. After all, the circle of friends is their own territory.

If you really want to find content that is least likely to be criticized, it will be those fragmentary thoughts that have little "nutrition". A while ago, I practiced shoulder training to the point of exhaustion. I drove home and took out my keys for three minutes, but couldn't get them out. I took a picture of the red mark on my arm that had been pinched by the elastic band and wrote, "Nowadays, when drinking milk tea, I have to lower my head to hold the cup. Who understands." The bottom part was a resonance with my colleagues, and the other part was a friend asking me to go out to eat hot pot to replenish my energy. Also, the last time I saw a young man from the same gym, he sent out a cracked weightlifting belt with the caption "The belt gave up on my PR dream first", which made me laugh so hard that I almost lost my strength in the deadlift that day. It’s much more interesting than the cookie-cutter “Self-discipline gives me freedom”, and no one will say you’re pretentious.

If you want to post an action video, you should be careful. I once saw someone squatting and buckling his knees in until they were almost touching each other, with the caption "It feels so good to abuse my legs today." Underneath, the knowledgeable people quietly reminded me that menisci are easy to be injured. He thought they were jealous of how hard he practiced. It’s not that you can’t do it, but if you’re really not sure whether the movement is correct or not, ask your coach first to avoid misleading others and hurting your joints without knowing what the problem is.

Some people also say that those who post fitness posts on WeChat are inexperienced and like to show off. Damn, there’s no need to take this seriously. You’ve been practicing for three months and your body fat has dropped by 5%. You’re happy and want to show off. When you’re tired, you want to complain that the shower head in the gym is broken. Even today, after practicing paddling for 20 minutes, you want to go to a barbecue. If you want to post, you can post it. If you don’t want to, just save the record in the photo album and see it for yourself. After all, when it comes to fitness, it all comes down to whether your body feels good, whether you feel a pumping sensation in your shoulders, and whether your core is stable when squatting. This is much more important than having ten likes on your Moments.

Oh, by the way, last time I posted a photo of the calluses on my hands, my mom commented and asked me if I had gone out to move bricks. She is still telling my aunt that I work too hard at work, so it was an unexpected surprise when I posted it to fitness friends.