Well, happy new year 2023 from GMT +8, Bernds!
I hope kc is still around and accessible because I was about to upload a video.
I absolutely don't understand the fun, I get it if it's some 10yo kids who get excited about it but no, it some fucking 30yo guys around here in this neighborhood who are shooting shit up, and they have been doing it since early in the day. Still fucking 2 hours to go until the subhuman explosion, I already get sick if I think of the smell and smoke and dirt in the street for fucking no good purpose. I am sure people could come up with some better way of celebrating a New Year if they really cared about it
I see, I asked because there are races that don’t get disturbed by fireworks. Mine is a mix of Dogo Argentino and something else I think and she has never been affected by the fireworks (she’s almost 9). I guess because the Dogos are hunting dogs they are used loud noises like guns.
Intradesting, this one is scared of wood bridges. She gets tense while crossing them. And hates to take baths.
Today, Bernd attended someone's wedding reception. It was sunny on 1st January 2023. Here's some photos of the event. It was packed with people so Bernd didn't have to stay for long since the seatings are limited and they're done traditional way, which means it's a buffet for everyone's invited via words of mouth. (Usually family, extended families, friends, coworkers). Food are prep by villagers and families of the newlyweds together. It's casual style, so you can dress however you want, preferably in traditional attires that are loose fittings due to the temperature outside. End report.
I mainly did strength training in general, used a lot of machines, not much traditional free form "weight lifting".
>maybe you should mix it up with cardio
The last workout I did was two hours long and consisted of like twenty exercises on ten different machines, for my new workout I plan something differently. Half an hour cardio (pic related) and other half some strength training.
>my muscles do get sore
Why? Are you new to weight lifting?
>how was covid for you?
Good, I was out one day, but after that I was fine. The "most severe" symptom was loss of taste, which I had for two weeks. Sucked hard.
started in May so I guess I am, although I'm getting less sore than I used to; have you tried HIIT? I've done 45 minutes of it yesterday and at the end I was just lying on the floor with 180bpm heart rate and it felt fantastic
any long term side effects? I still haven't managed to catch it and I don't think I will at this point
>started in May
Then I'm kinda surprised you're still getting sore. I was only getting sore for the first week, after that not so much.
>have you tried HIIT?
Not recently, no. Sadly I don't know many exercises, so I'd have to follow a video workout or something. Do you go to the gym or work out at home?
>any long term side effects?
None that I noticed (yet). Most of the time I worked in home office, but the one day I went to the office I caught it from a co-worker lmao. I guess, if you don't go among people like work or public transportation, you won't get it.
I get sore mostly after an intense training session, usually my muscles just shake towards the end of sets and afterwards they completely feel out of juice
if you want videos then you're in luck; this is a fantastic resource https://www.youtube.com/@fitnessblender/search?query=HIIT, very straight to the point and without any bullshit fake positivity or background music or other annoyances; I do weights at the gym and HIIT at home (also have a treadmill at home)
this past month I've been using public transportation every day, also last year I was living with someone who caught covid and still nothing; I'd say the only covid-related side effect I experienced was from the vaccine (it's kind of annoying but I'll live)
