Yep he does a great job of cutting through BS and telling people what's actually important. Especially for people newer to health and fitness
Help! I'm Fat - *** Official Exercise and Weight Thread ***
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Take a gander at my personal chart I shared in post #1405 if interested. Don't get discouraged and stick with what works for you - and remember it is a marathon, not a sprint.
I'm resigned to fluctuating +/- 5 lbs around my desired "target" weight, usually depending on nutrition.
The podcast guys I like have posted a couple episodes dealing with medical weightloss interventions - bariatric surgury and the recent medications. It's really good stuff.
Just went to gym and lifted weights for first time in 1.5 years. Squats, bench, shoulder press and seated rows.
From previous experience it’s a good bet that I’ll be ~immobile two days from now with delayed onset muscle soreness.
Anything I can do now to prevent or alleviate the impending doom?
FML.
From previous experience it’s a good bet that I’ll be ~immobile two days from now with delayed onset muscle soreness.
Anything I can do now to prevent or alleviate the impending doom?
FML.
Too late now, but I'd suggest dynamic stretching beforehand, and static stretching right after. Maybe even some light cardio afterwards to flush out metabolic waste and supply the muscles with fresh oxygenated blood.
Well after your session, I'd say foam roller or percussive massager on target areas. Some alternating heat / cold therapy may help, too.
OTC pain meds as needed.
I'm no fitness expert, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night...
Serious, multiple stretching sessiins, and hot jacuzzi, if available
Calorie intake is the biggest factor for excess weight.
Lift heavy things.
Don't eat or drink between 7PM to 8AM ( see how far you cant take it), in 6 months you will be in amazing shape.
Lift heavy things.
Don't eat or drink between 7PM to 8AM ( see how far you cant take it), in 6 months you will be in amazing shape.
Hot tub or bath. Get the blood flowing and loosen/heal things up.
I don't do New Years Resolutions but the holiday season coincides with more sitting and eating and changes need to be made.
I've been fighting a lingering hamstring strain since August that I can't turn the corner on. Can't do nothing or it won't heal correctly, can't do too much or it won't heal.
Anyone have experience with this?
I've gone to PT and got some good things to do but I'm impatient.
Just keep moving. Doesn't have to be exercise, but light activity throughout the day. Maybe some dynamic stretching or a few sets of bodyweight movements, staying far away from failure.
Going forward, consider doing a little more warm-up work. Try doing 2-4 sets of warm-ups, progressing from an empty barbell to 50-70% of your working weight. Don't take any rest between warm-ups - just load the bar and go. Then do your working sets. Do all your cardio at the end.
Depending on your goals, hypertrophy training tends to result in more soreness than strength training. It only takes a few reps at 80%+ to drive strength adaptations, but it takes a lot of time under tension to drive size adaptations.
The guys I follow say to just find what you can do without pain. Lower weights, change range of motion, change exercise variation, change exercise completely, etc. As it starts to feel better, you can begin working back towards your normal exercises. Don't be in a huge hurry to get back to "normal" - doing anything is better than doing nothing.
Yeah that's a lot of what I've been doing. It's taken a long time to figure out the balance of strengthening but not doing too much.
The hamstring is just one of those things that's really tricky. I tweaked it a while ago tying my shoe, for example. Too much of a stretch apparently.
Lots of water, stretch, make sure you do something cardio based to loosen up and it will help with soreness. All you can really do is keep going until you don't get sore anymore though.
Ive been dealing with hammy and IT band stuff on one side for a while too. Mine seems to feel better with some regular lifting. My problem seems to pop up when I'm benching. Something about the position of my hips, knees and feet causes it to get really angry.
I’m now at the stage of life where getting out of bed with bad form can lead to weeks of debilitating soft tissue injury
Yeah one PT move is bridges and it just doesn't work for me. It's too much of a load.
Eccentric stuff has been much easier and seems to help all the same.
Anyone doing Bulgarian Split Squats?
I'm burning up the internet trying to get an equivalent back squat weight (still).
All I know is those mother ******* are hard
I'm burning up the internet trying to get an equivalent back squat weight (still).
All I know is those mother ******* are hard
I topple over as it is. No chance I'm going yoga ball unless I wear pads and a helmet
Try widening your feet a bit, as far as shoulder width. Also focus on keeping your weight on your front foot, using the rear just to balance. And do it next to a wall or chair or something to hold on to until you get better at them.
I found that elevating the back foot on a weight bench made it a little easier to balance because I was more stable and forced to stay over my front foot.
You could also elevate the front foot on stairs, or a plyo box, or a stack of weight plates/yoga mats, or whatever else is available.
