Thursday, January 22, 2026

sport hatin gym rat

I've never been a sports person in my life. I hated playing soccer during breaks (which was the absolutely most common thing boys did) and I hated watching sports as well. I hated participating in gym class, only somewhat tolerated brännboll (baseball for babies) and basketball (because I was tall and it wasn't as endurance demanding as soccer).
I did try a couple of martial art classes (Judo and Karate) but I found the training to be rather boring and I noticed I had a sense of FOMO if I were to somehow skip a class. So for a big part of my life up until my early 20s I avoided exercising altogether.

I did try weightligting a few times before it truly stuck with me. I didn't know what I was doing or why I did specific exercises for or why a lot of workouts had rather redundant movements in the same workout sessions (turns out: they were bad).

So despite, frankly, not looking the part, I have been going to the gym for a majority of my adulthood and found the freedom of being able to train however I want whenever I want really rewarding. So it being good for my health and making me stronger really adds to the whole thing. Oh. And getting muscles. I honestly didn't know being swole(-ish) would feel as good as it does... it helps with the motivation sometimes as well.

Let's get the gains!

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