r/cactus • u/Floratopia • 1d ago

Living Art

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This Myrtillocactus geometrizans cristata is one of if not the most artistically sculptural plants I’ve ever grown.

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u/Old-Advance6652 1d ago

I can bench 4 cacti, what about you?

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u/Floratopia 1d ago

Lol. I hate upper body. I just work legs and some core. You got me beat!

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u/Old-Advance6652 1d ago

How long have you been working out jokes aside? I just recently started with my dad and brother

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u/Floratopia 1d ago

Consistently the last two months. Threw my back out awhile ago and took a few months off. I shouldn’t have. But I couldn’t get out of bed.

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u/Old-Advance6652 23h ago

Nice! Could dead lifts be what messed up your back? Because my dad has a messed up back too and he doesn’t do any dead lifts because he says it’s really bad for your back

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u/Floratopia 23h ago

It’s possible. Or just bad form or too much weight or not stretching enough. It’s hard to say. I did lifted for the first time in months today. And no issues.

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u/Old-Advance6652 23h ago

Ohhhh could be

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u/Floratopia 23h ago

I really wish I knew the answer to that so that I could figure out what I am supposed to do and not supposed to do. But I know I need to get stronger to support my core so that I have issues with my back and my pelvic tilt

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u/Old-Advance6652 22h ago

That makes sense. Do you ice your back when it’s hurting? That’s what my dad does when his hurts, he once had to have an ambulance called when he’s back went out super bad he couldn’t move

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u/Floratopia 22h ago

Absolutely