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Trying high intensity cardio on first day back to fitness be like

This meme features Patrick Star from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, who is shown sweating heavily, visibly exhausted, stumbling and nearly collapsing as he attempts to keep exercising. The repeated caption on the meme reads "My fat ass trying to get back into fitness with a high intensity cardio workout on day 1", humorously depicting the relatable struggle of out-of-shape people who overexert themselves on their first day returning to working out, to the point of nearly passing out from exhaustion, matching the original poster's comment that they nearly passed out and need to take their fitness journey slower.
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I damn near passed out. Looks like i gotta take it slow.

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My fat ass trying to get back into fitness with a high intensity cardio workout on day 1

Overview

This meme features Patrick Star from the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, who is shown sweating heavily, visibly exhausted, stumbling and nearly collapsing as he attempts to keep exercising. The repeated caption on the meme reads "My fat ass trying to get back into fitness with a high intensity cardio workout on day 1", humorously depicting the relatable struggle of out-of-shape people who overexert themselves on their first day returning to working out, to the point of nearly passing out from exhaustion, matching the original poster's comment that they nearly passed out and need to take their fitness journey slower.

Origin notes

This meme was sourced from an RSS feed of the Reddit r/Meme subreddit. It uses footage of the character Patrick Star from the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, edited with captions using the Mematic mobile editing app to create a relatable joke about beginner workout struggles. The original poster shared it with the title "I damn near passed out. Looks like i gotta take it slow."

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