"The Irish body was not made for this"

[@frognation_]

I made a love letter to the intrepid heroes. Do check it out here kzbin.info/www/bejne/aqi5i5qQiNyYfJo

[@piequals314]

being malnourished, sleep-deprived, and out of shape but still feeling invincible simply due to youth is relatable

[@RichardStrong86]

But when you age out of youth... oh boy, you'll wish you put in the effort earlier.

[@KUWAITGRIPSVEVO]

It’s funny that life is a thing where you’re just allowed to lean over a desk for decades and never stretch and then you get excruciating back pain that basically disables you for the rest of your life and it’s like 🤷 it is what it is lol you’re never getting those painless year back lol

[@samanthatyler9863]

I miss it.

[@TheConorCoyne]

As an Irishman who lived in LA, I can confirm this is exactly how I felt on a daily basis. We're built for rain and cold not sun and heat

[@cheez8Productions]

as someone who only recently learned they're half-Irish, this statement helps put a lot into perspective

[@IzzyKawaiichi]

I say this as a warning, not a threat: Don't ever come to the South. Especially in August.

[@haphazardlark1502]

Most intimidating last couple of seconds ever put to KZbin

[@frognation_]

Lmao

[@updownbanana]

the way brennan describes things like heatstroke and sleep deprivation is the most straightedge shit imaginable

[@jimmy_the_squid9456]

"Malnourished, sleep deprived and out of shape but "young" therefore "fit"" was basically my college experience, I can't even imagine doing hot yoga in that state

[@Retr0Whiskey]

That was me. Right up until my metabolism slammed on the brakes, right as I was working in a Carvery. I went from struggling to barely put any weight on - to struggling not to. The brakes *have* come off, but trying to shift what's there is a nightmare.

[@rearct]

I've struggled to explain how athletic yoga can be to multiple doctors who pulled faces when I answered their questions about exercise with yoga. It has a perception that it's just gentle stretching and some yoga does have a lot of gentle stretching! But some yoga will kick your ass

[@PropheticShadeZ]

It also depends on how flexible you are

[@froggieogreen]

You are 100% right. I can't really exercise because of a few medical conditions and super gentle yoga in very specific poses is theoretically safe for me, but all the "gentle" yoga I've come across is normal yoga with "take a break when you need to" lol.

[@rearct]

@@froggieogreen Hey feel free to ignore this but looking up "yin yoga" might help, or geriatric/elderly yoga. Yin yoga is very gentle, supported poses focused on stretching, whereas videos for geriatric yoga might be more focused on mobility and movement but still quite gentle.

[@DoinItforNewCommTech]

That "anyone who wants to" and "make sure you don't get the one with the fit people" bits killed me Been there. Went to a yoga class for the first time, and made the mistake of thinking because it had the word "class" in it, that I'd be "learning how to do yoga" Nope! Everyone was a freakin expert and I was DYING

[@_t0bi]

honestly brennan's so real for this tho coming from someone currently sitting with a bag of ice on my chest because i am so incredibly warm all the time lol

[@bitterspirit4845]

average irish-american

[@LindsAce]

My uncle is a yoga teacher and I've attended his senior class. Yoga aimed at 70+ y/o is right up my alley

[@Lordloss36]

Ive been doing yoga for a couple of years and one day my brother messaged me and said something like "hey what time do you normally do yoga, ive been thinking of getting into it as a way to recover from my normal workouts" which is an idea that he dropped when i explained to him that the most restful thing youll do in an hour of yoga is high plank. For context i normally take an hour long guided power flow class

[@lalalalalalalala8111]

This JUST came out🤣 You work so fast!!

[@frognation_]

Lolol . I am hungry for d20 content XD

[@Hamun002]

I completely forgot about DDP Yoga. Hes doing good all things considered.

[@four1629]

this is so discouraging because i'm 20 and make such an effort to get walks in and eat right, i take supplements and all that jazz, and i've had the same bone-deep exhaustion since i was in high school. i've been begging my body not to give up on me since i was 16, and you're telling me it gets worse???? i'll get MORE TIRED??

[@raixira]

Unfortunately. My bone-deep exhaustion didn't hit me until I was early 20s, but I'm in my 30s now. I believe it's a matter of, humans didn't evolve for the way modern society is currently organized. I can barely keep it together when I'm working, I love keeping house and cooking and stuff, but even if I had a partner and lived with them and they worked, it would be hard to support us both financially unless I also worked. Late stage capitalism is inherently exhausting.

[@four1629]

@@raixira it's so funny that i see this immediately after watching the philosophy tube video on walkable cities/gentrification, which of course talks about the effects of capitalism on our cities and therefore us. the most frustrating part is that i have to continue to function in this world stacked against me, and systems are literally built to get worse over time. i feel like for several years, me and everyone i know have been barely coasting by over waves while watching a tsunami build in power, and we're almost powerless to it. (emphasis on the almost bcs i'm not a nihilist, change is literally a guarantee and i simply hope that we can make that change better, not worse)

[@nickgrout2502]

My friend, i am saying this from being in the exact same place. Get more sleep. I dont care how much youre getting now, its not enough.

[@NickyKnickerson]

it wasn't that

[@frognation_]

Check out this beautiful cover of "Teenage Dirtbag" by Julius Greaser

[@michaelscott6022]

"Really, yoga isn't all that impressive, it's just fancy stretching. Same with Tai Chi, slow movement for old geezers--" "So you don't know Tai Chi is (last I checked) considered as one of the top four or five most 'effective'/deadly (traditional) martial arts in the world, right? Those 'slow movements' are to get the form right, so when they speed it up, you'll be taking a dirt nap before that 'old geezer'."

[@kuroneko4102]

FIRST

[@frognation_]

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