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Wellness Wednesday for August 5, 2026

The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:

  • Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.

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  • Advice. This can be in response to a request for advice or just something that you think could be generally useful for many people here.

  • Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).

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I pulled something in my ass. A couple of weeks ago I was unhappy with the activation levels of my glutes when doing deadlifts and learned a few warmup exercises to improve mind-glute connection. They worked so well that I flew through my set, but the next morning I felt a painful sensation in my buttock next to the coccyx. It's been a couple of weeks, and every time I thought I was fine, any kinds of hip hinges would bring it back.

On a more positive note, I'm getting close to benching my own weight again. And not because I'm losing weight.

So you’re saying you are butt hurt? Joke aside, I pulled an ass muscle once in Junior High School and it was the worst because it was extremely sore and painful for me to sit, and especially lay down on. I don’t sleep much, but every second felt so incredibly painful; I was constantly twisting and turning.