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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml to c/adhd@lemmy.world

Hey guys, I'm looking for a sport to do because I'm super skinny and I'd like to gain at least a bit of muscle. I've done cycling and bouldering in the past, but neither made me any less skinny.
The problem with sports is it's very hard to do any sort of exercise with ADHD because beyond giving you no stimulation, it gives you negative stimulation, like when doing the plank. What's more, it usually requires a ton of logistic prep/going somewhere, which itself is boring and becomes a barrier.
One thing I can see motivating me is doing it with other people (I enjoy chilling with people and having banter), but for that I might as well go to a pub/society where there's no pesky ball I have to kick around. Team sports like football never really appealed to me for some reason anyway.
Has anyone had success making sports fun?

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[-] TempermentalAnomaly@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Don't bring your phone for the first few weeks. There's something physiologically gratifying about lifting heavy.

And your muscles don't really "hurt" during or immediately after completing a set. They are stressed, but you should recover after a few minutes to do your working sets. Eventually, you'll be out of gas and your muscles won't be able to coordinate a lift, but you're sort of going for that. And then a day or two later, if you lifted to too much, you have some muscle soreness. That always sucked for me.

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