@maaikees@sw-development-is.social
2026-05-05 09:52 UTC
Replies (9)
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@rotnroll666@mastodon.social 2026-05-05 10:08
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social What a wonderful, personal post. Love it. Thanks for writing and sharing it.
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@flq@freiburg.social 2026-05-05 10:36
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social congratulations is all I can say :)
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@matthewbadger@mastodon.online 2026-05-05 10:45
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social this is great, really inspirational! I am currently on the “powerlifting is fun but it's easy to stay fat" train (speaking for myself, I started with a BMI of 32.5) and it's nice seeing musculature slowly reveal itself as I drop body fat while getting stronger. But you didn't answer your own “Now what?" question! Back to powerlifting in a lower weight class?
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@jrbe@scholar.social 2026-05-05 11:26
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social thanks for sharing. It helps to hear what a long-term project this has been.
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@steltenpower@social.edu.nl 2026-05-05 11:35
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social Good job! And very nice article too. Inspiring, thanks. "pull-up" made me think of how in previous houses I lived in, the bottom stairs allowed for safely doing pull-ups at the back side and I often did. Most houses lack that I think. Wondering how to easily change that in a DIY way without taking loads of space/money. Decades ago in student housing we hung a pipe horizontally around a chain, though as that allowed for rotation, it made hanging more difficult, let alone pull-ups.
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@sebug@hachyderm.io 2026-05-05 12:05
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social thank you for the write-up. Being a desk-dweller myself it‘s always interesting to see how much work goes into building muscle, I think the first thing on my list is to make it enjoyable - most people who get results really like the gym, while I only ever can stand the cardio stuff lest I get bored.
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@leah@chaos.social 2026-05-05 13:14
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social great write up! Especially as I asked myself what is needed to show of the muscles before. And dang, that are some great images of you! You look great!
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@gekitsu@toot.cat 2026-05-05 15:55
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social hell yeah, what a phenomenal broadside of positive effects! and how good those photos turned out!
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@dianea@lgbtqia.space 2026-05-23 18:01
@maaikees@sw-development-is.social I used to have a lifetime prescription for narcotic painkillers until I started working the muscles and the pain vanished. It's like my back and neck became young as ever within a day. Keeping the muscles activated has effectively removed decades from my physical age.