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What parts of this routine can be changed to more simple dumbbell exercises?

What parts of this routine can be changed to more simple dumbbell exercises?

I want to try this workout routine, but I have no idea what I'm doing and I can't fumble around with all of this in front of people in the gym, especially not without someone there with me. But my gym's guest pass system is ridiculous. I can only bring a guest 3 times per year. So I can't have a support person with me consistently enough unless they buy their own separate membership. This is a challenge to me because I'm autistic. I still want to start lifting/working out NOW even if I feel that I can't do all of this stuff just yet... I have my own dumbbells, but that's it. I'm curious which of these exercises can be replaced with a dumbbell one that accomplishes the same thing, or if there's any replacement exercises for any of these that would feel more simple and less embarrassing in front of people? The pull machines make me so nervous. I know I don't know how to have proper form either.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/1W1iX0C1bUncjduC9uQB3KbjBdZNCJm9Wl9327wOk3kg/htmlview

u/rb-04 — 16 hours ago

Gifypet not working on site

I put the code in that it gave me but I get an error on neocities that says "Named entity expected. Got none." Google says to replace every & symbol with "&" to fix it, but it's not registering as anything on my site when I do that. Just completely blank. I'm confused because earlier when I first pasted the code, even with the error, it was appearing on my site like normal. Now it isn't. But how do I fix it and get rid of the error? This is the code:

<iframe width="314" height="321" scrolling="no" src="https://gifypet.neocities.org/pet/pet.html?name=Wingnut&dob=1779239896&gender=f&element=Air&pet=https%3A%2F%2Frvburge04.neocities.org%2FMain%2520Site%2520Images%2Fwingnutpet.png&map=https%3A%2F%2Frvburge04.neocities.org%2FMain%2520Site%2520Images%2Fspac006.gif&background=&tablecolor=white&textcolor=white" frameborder="0"></iframe>

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u/rb-04 — 3 days ago

Stylesheet? style.css??

I don't know how on earth to set up another page and make it look the same. I'm new to this and used Sadgrl's layout builder for my start so that I could edit it how I want and learn some coding from there. It just says (I think) to copy and paste that line of text. I did, but nothing happened. The page is completely white. I don't know if I'm missing something or taking something too literal or what. Google isn't helping. Any advice?

u/rb-04 — 4 days ago

Only Dumbbells?

I'm interested in doing a PPL 3 day split, but I can't settle on any specific routine, and I can't consistently make it to the gym. I got my own set of dumbbells so that I can workout at home too, but is there a way to achieve muscle growth in the same way while doing simple (I mean very basic) dumbbell only exercises? Websites about this always have at least one exercise that isn't just dumbbells, such as pull ups or tricep dips. I cannot do these at home (well, I can't even do pull ups at all yet) so what can I do? I'm mostly interested in building muscle in my arms, shoulders, and back, but I know I need to workout other muscles as well.

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u/rb-04 — 6 days ago

Struggling with weight gain

I feel so insecure. I look so pudgy and bloated and I'm trying so hard to not freak out and relapse again. I weigh just a little bit more than my last SW (pre-relapse weight) but I had lost a lot for just a month during my last relapse so I'm now tw**ty pounds heavier (idk how to explain why Im freaking out without saying this)... I'm trying to just start a weight lifting routine and I know I need to eat less sweets and better portions of food but I genuinely have no clue what a normal portion is and I'm so scared of defaulting to not eating enough so I do bigger portions but I think I'm gaining past my normal weight:( I'm just such a mess. I recently gave myself a buzzcut and now I have no hair to hide my big face and my weird neck hump from bad posture and all of it just looks so bad. I can't help but worry that gaining muscle won't do anything about the fat, bloated face and body, and that starving is the only option for me to ever look good.

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u/rb-04 — 6 days ago

How to do at home massage comfortably??

I have some kind of chronic pain - especially in my back, shoulders, and neck, and massage helps to give me some relief. I can't afford professional massage as often as I'd need and my partner gets uncomfortable doing it because the massage situation is basically: I lie face down on the bed (with no hole to put my head in.. so I either just don't breathe or turn my head to one side, making neck massage difficult) while they sit on top of me to massage my back. But this position causes them back pain from holding themself up in that position for so long. It's not like we can afford to buy - or have space for - a massage table. And no, they can't stand on the floor. Our bed is too short :/ How do couples massage each other effectively??

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u/rb-04 — 9 days ago

Is there anyway to release music without the platform training AI off of your work anymore?

Just the question. Seems like the internet overall is quickly becoming unusable. I've wondered if there's even a point to releasing music online anymore. I do like Bandcamp. But big ones like Youtube or Spotify just don't feel like real options for people anymore. AIs being trained off of human art, and "AI artists" are getting all of the streams on apps like Spotify because they can pump out an inconceivable amount of songs per day... I've been curious how this all will impact music. I suspect it will push us back into folk music, and the practice of spreading music around locally, in person.

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u/rb-04 — 9 days ago

I've been on SSI for a few years and got it through direct deposit for most of that time, until they switched me to mailed checks for no reason when I went through the process of removing my representative payee.. even though I clarified that I wanted to continue with direct deposit and gave them my bank information for it. They also started sending the checks to my old address, even though I updated it. So, during a call I made to them a few months ago about both of these issues, they told me I can only switch back to direct deposit if I go in person to the office. I haven't had the time or energy to do so, so I've been stuck with physical checks for a bit. It honestly wouldn't be so bad if they weren't always at least a week late, sometimes up to 10-14 days late. I run out of money about halfway through the month and have to wait it out, so I really can't afford to wait nearly 2 weeks for more money because they can't manage to send the check on time. It's disheartening to check the mail every day just to find nothing over and over.. does anyone know why this happens or if it's common? What do you do when you can't get your check on time? My money was never late with direct deposit - in fact, it was usually days before the next month had even started - so I do want to switch back but I'm not sure when that can happen.

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u/rb-04 — 20 days ago