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Yes. The difference is that the scars from cutting leave you externally disfigured, while the scars from lifting leave you swole.
Again, assuming you don't horribly injure yourself in the process (such as by trying to squat over 300 lbs with bad knees).
Uhh, sorry if you've posted more extensively about your training history in the past and I didn't remember it. The only themotte fitness I readily recall is that 5hour is training for a century ride, jdizzler sometimes posts about veganism and general endurance training (mostly running I think), and Skookum did not actually attempt The Hock (though in my head canon he's still out there climbing the glacier).
Squats for (BW + BW load) x age
is decently advanced. Although I did say
I apologize if I completely misunderstand and you are 6'7" and yours knees are shot from playing O-line in the NFL. Based only on the implication that you do not lift weights regularly and weigh over 300 lbs, I would for sure suggest some easier scaling. If you are looking for a serious suggestion for a physical birthday activity for a total novice at >300# body weight <40 Years old, I would maybe suggest no external load and breaking it up into 5-10 sets of body weight squats.
I don't think some sort of physical challenge for your birthday is all that bad of an idea or even that unusual. For example @thejdizzler:
It's a way of regularly measuring where you're at. More importantly, it's a physically manifestation of facing the continuing but ultimately futile battle against entropy that makes up life.
@orthoxerox did already summarize the broader point I was gesturing to though:
It's not at all unusual for people to find that lifting (and other exercise, jdizzler making the rest of us look bad casually running 28 miles) can have a positive impact on physical and mental health.
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