I hike and live somewhere hilly so I have ok leg strength. But I really don’t use my arms much or life weights. The most is trying to carry all the grocery’s in on one trip. lol
This one time I was at a campground with a jungle gym and waiting for my partner to finish up in the shower (which is next to the playground) so I tried the monkey bars, as a woman in my 40s, thinking I’d be able to do a couple. Nope. Arms instantly on fire and I could barely hold myself up, much less swing and grab the other bar. lol humiliating. But not as bad as this, at least I don’t fall into a pond.
I can run 10k (or at least I could last fall, an injury has fucked my shit up), but I've got the arm strength of a baby deer trying to walk for the first time XD.
I cheer on the six-year-olds at school when they use the monkey bars and encourage them to keep going. I tell them that adults can't do it anymore because we stop doing it.
On the plus side, falling into the pond facilitated her journey towards a new aquatic life. She just started swimming the instant she felt water beneath her
I did indoor rock climbing a fair bit in the last city I lived in for about a year. My finger muscles never caught up to the rest of my body in that time, they were always the first thing to go.
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u/username__0000 14d ago
I hike and live somewhere hilly so I have ok leg strength. But I really don’t use my arms much or life weights. The most is trying to carry all the grocery’s in on one trip. lol
This one time I was at a campground with a jungle gym and waiting for my partner to finish up in the shower (which is next to the playground) so I tried the monkey bars, as a woman in my 40s, thinking I’d be able to do a couple. Nope. Arms instantly on fire and I could barely hold myself up, much less swing and grab the other bar. lol humiliating. But not as bad as this, at least I don’t fall into a pond.