The Wednesday Wellness threads are meant to encourage users to ask for and provide advice and motivation to improve their lives. It isn't intended as a 'containment thread' and any content which could go here could instead be posted in its own thread. You could post:
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Requests for advice and / or encouragement. On basically any topic and for any scale of problem.
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Updates to let us know how you are doing. This provides valuable feedback on past advice / encouragement and will hopefully make people feel a little more motivated to follow through. If you want to be reminded to post your update, see the post titled 'update reminders', below.
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Advice. This can be in response to a request for advice or just something that you think could be generally useful for many people here.
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Encouragement. Probably best directed at specific users, but if you feel like just encouraging people in general I don't think anyone is going to object. I don't think I really need to say this, but just to be clear; encouragement should have a generally positive tone and not shame people (if people feel that shame might be an effective tool for motivating people, please discuss this so we can form a group consensus on how to use it rather than just trying it).
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This is actually indeed a reason why some people use dumbbells instead of barbells for presses. Increased range of motion, increased engagement of stabilizers, and greater flexibility to perform the exercise how you feel most comfortable. A popular one is dumbbell bench instead of barbell; some claim it allows them greater ability to recruit the pecs (as opposed to the triceps and anterior deltoids dominating too much in the barbell bench). However, it comes with tradeoffs—dumbbells can more quickly deplete your grip strength and subtly tire you out through stabilizer recruitment. People have different preferences and Goldilocks zones for what feels just right.
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