u/AXS_Writing

Hey all! I’ve been thinking about more exciting ways to get my cardio in as I get into weight training. I want to be more athletic overall and get into hybrid training. Boxing seems to be very good cardio, it sharpens your reflexes, you’re light on your feet and jumping around, and it never hurts to be able to throw a good punch. I guess I’m saying all of this wondering if there are others here learning basic boxing as a form of cardio and what routines/equipment/videos you watch and follow to do such a thing. A lot of the stuff that I find online is for people trying to get more serious into amateur boxing as a sport but I want to use it just as cardio.

Hello everyone,

I guess this post is mainly a vent/rant about feelings that I get being a masculine passing trans guy with masculine hobbies. My husband and I always talk about wanting to make a friend group (we moved to a country where it’s super hard to make friends) and we went to a trans social meet up and while we had a good time, it was mainly trans fems.

There of course isn’t anything wrong about that but it’s so hard to not have anyone to relate to. I always get this feeling like I don’t belong because it’s so common for queer spaces to demonize masculinity. I’ve been getting into the gym and weight training and I just feel like I’m most circles if I talk about getting buff and stuff it just won’t stick because I look masculine.

Granted this hasn’t happened yet because I don’t get much time to socialize but I have a feeling that this will be the case based on what I see online and stuff that happened in groups I was in pre-transition. I just want bro friends that don’t make me feel ashamed for being masculine. That meet me at my level and at my interest. And I don’t wanna do it in a toxic masculinity way but masculinity isn’t inherently bad and I’m tired of it being shown as such.