Do I really have to exercise for the rest of my life?

>>76259827 (OP)
unfortunately, yes.

>>76259827 (OP)
Fortunately, yes.

>>76259827 (OP)
If you're lucky, you get to exercise for the rest of your life.

thats why you dont burn yourself out with super optimal routines that maximize gains, because you eventually just burn out.

It's far better to do a routine that you enjoy that is sub optimal than an optimal routine, fitness is a marathon, not a sprint.

>>76259878
This is a nuanced and sane take. Thank you.

>>76259827 (OP)
If you stop moving you're just waiting to die anyway so you do exercise all your life. Some people just stop way early

>>76259878
Wish i could hang something like this on my wall

not all parts of the body last the same, beware. cartilage doesn't regenerate, you can stress your joints a lot when you are young and everything will seem fine, but 20 or 30 years later the wall hits you even if you think you've always had a perfectly healthy and fit lifestyle, and you find yourself decrepit before 60

>>76259938
>cartilage doesn't regenerate
Hmm? Even your bones regenerate. Your body is constantly replacing tissue.

>>76259998
cartilage regenerates, you have chondrocytes in your joints that respond to stress by creating cartilage

Where problems arise is when the degree of degredation exceeds the amount of healing that can be done

>>76259836
I don't get this 'have to' mentality. The best part of my day is often the gym. Does my life just suck?

>>76259928
You can bro, you can.

>>76259827 (OP)
Not really, depends on your goals

>>76259827 (OP)
what am I looking at?

>>76260038
mri pictues

>>76260039
of what?

>>76260047
tits

>>76260020
>Does my life just suck?
That's why we're here

>>76259827 (OP)
Movement is the only way lymphs drain, even upside down movements help, so yes, stay moveable stay healthy. Stay still get fat get ded

>>76259998
>Even your bones regenerate
>even
Bones are the best regenerating tissue of your body, they have a lot of blood going in them and are continuously dissolved and recreated even without injury. Cartilage has no blood supply and is very bad at regeneration.

>>76259878
You have to learn to enjoy the optimal routine that maximise gains

>>76259827 (OP)
You don't "exercise" for the rest of your life, you have active lifestyle and do sports because they are fun.

>>76260020
Na you're normal. People suck. Weights are awesome.

>>76259827 (OP)
OP are you too lazy for 400 squats and 200 push-ups?
You can maintain muscle mass relative easily with just calisthenics if you had to.
You will lose most of your strength gains but you can maintain on a just a calisthenics routine.

>>76259827 (OP)
do it every day for a month. Then stop for a day. That day, you'll feel like shit. That 'shit', is how you felt your entire life without realizing it.

>>76260437
duuuude

>>76259827 (OP)
>Do I really have to exercise for the rest of my life?
only if you want to be able to.

But don't froget that that pic is also confirmation bias, that's the 70 year old triathaltete who didn't have some common or expected injury or wear & tear on hips, knees, etc.

>>76259827 (OP)
There are still lots of "people" on here who think of and treat lifting as a purely vain activity and act like le moderate light cardio and eating the food pyramid is the secret to longevity
No, strength training is the single healthiest thing you can do

>>76259928
Yeah but the law is the law, better not risk it

>>76260030
What a worthless post