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Help! I'm Fat - *** Official Exercise and Weight Thread ***
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This is a good tip. Even with a slight bit of weight on the elevated leg you will be pulling a bit and you might find your quad on your second leg fatiguing faster.
BSS are a great exercise though.
Now that might be the greatest humble brag ever. Yoga ball BSS while pregnant. That’s an accomplishment.
For me limiting carb intake was the key to losing weight and increasing it was the reason I gained much of it back.
Well I'm vertically challenged so my center of gravity is lower and actually it's a dumb move to do past halfway (shears the pelvis) so I didn't do it 2nd time when I knew better. It did feel pretty bad ass at the time
I can’t imagine doing that. Given how many pregnancies I have had, I am devoted to Kegels though. No adult diapers yet! Met a woman out walking the dog who is my age and in diapers and I just immediately doubled down on them.Well I'm vertically challenged so my center of gravity is lower and actually it's a dumb move to do past halfway (shears the pelvis) so I didn't do it 2nd time when I knew better. It did feel pretty bad ass at the time
Girl!!!! Don't! Unless you've been told to, kegels are not necessarily good. Pelvic floor issues can be a weak or tight floor issue and kegels worsen the latter. I have a whole spiel on this you didn't ask for lol but I always rec a pfpt probably hard to find in middle of Iowa. Think of pelvic floor as an elevator (in conjunction with your diaphragm, creating basically a balloon that operates on breath and pressure.) Kegels help go up floors. That's good. You also need to go down floors. Needs to move up and down and also be able to hold. Kegels do half of it but need the other half AND to avoid if you already have a pelvic floor that wants to stay top floor.
PFPT should be part of pregnancy and post partum care but why would we do that?!?! A huge reason senior women go into assisted living is incontinence issues, almost always related to childbearing. So you're definitely on the right track there.
Moves good for any state of pelvic floor are diaphragmatic breathing and bird dogs.
Sorry Carvers I get fired up on this one because kegels is also the only thing I was ever told (even by 1st ob) and it was hugely detrimental for me. Learned about the world of magical pt and now I'm an obnoxious evangelist frustrated with how little info we are given to take care of our own bodies.
Well I think she's got a dog that she takes for walks all the time so if it's a Lab, Setter, Pointer, or Retriever she should be good?
Actually had woman doctor recommend them when I kept getting UTI’s in my 50’s. Something helped with that. I also get my share of bird dogs and breathing as I do yoga daily. We have an instructor in town now who is also over 60.
Unfortunately my dog blew his CCL chasing a deer, after injuring it chasing another dog. Waiting to get him into ortho vet. So been driving him around to get him out of the house. I miss our hikes. Made my kids take turns hiking with me when they were here.
That reminds me of last summer when my wife would make one of our two high school kids walk with her. They would always argue about whose turn it was to “walk mom.”
I have five boys, so no one had to more than once over Christmas!
When suddenly everyone was walking when they couldn’t go anywhere else during Covid, I would go a bit before sunrise to avoid people. Some weird guy was asking me questions about when and how often I walked and made me nervous enough that my previous dog, who was old and gentle, was growling at him with the hairs on his back standing straight up. Decided that I needed company to feel safe at that point. That sweet old Pyrenees/Lab mix scared the crap out of him at least.
I shall cease my unnecessary evangelizing because you are already well equipped here! Daily yoga...I should put that on the list for 2024.
It’s the best part of the day now that the dog is out of commission for a while. Clears the demons from my head at least for a while.
I just started back up lifting weights after a 6 month hiatus. Stopped for a couple of reasons
1. Right elbow was giving me problems. (Most likely tennis elbow.)
2. Blood pressure was high. Consistently, stage 2 hypertension.
So I changed to treadmill workouts only for 6 months. Elbow feels better (still a little soreness at times but very minor) and dropped my blood pressure down to where it fluctuates between normal and elevated. Unfortunately, I lost a lot of upper body strength in the process.
Typically, I've lifted weights for bulk but I think I'm going to have to reevaluate. Definitely not a kid anymore.
1. Right elbow was giving me problems. (Most likely tennis elbow.)
2. Blood pressure was high. Consistently, stage 2 hypertension.
So I changed to treadmill workouts only for 6 months. Elbow feels better (still a little soreness at times but very minor) and dropped my blood pressure down to where it fluctuates between normal and elevated. Unfortunately, I lost a lot of upper body strength in the process.
Typically, I've lifted weights for bulk but I think I'm going to have to reevaluate. Definitely not a kid anymore.
I've seen guys belt themselves down to the bench before. Might help you if you're moving your SI joint while pressing?
Update: I've lost about 35 pounds over the last three months. At times I've been concerned about eating too few calories, but I'm eating big/nutritious meals (intermittent fasting about 5x a week). I've realized that I must have been really bad with snacks, soda and sweets. I haven't had a soda in three months and don't even crave it which is interesting. I alternate strength training and cardio/walking every other day. I am starting to notice some gains in the strength by the weights I am using so losing a bunch of muscle luckily isn't a huge issue.
I want to start doing kettlebell swings using the dumbbells I have. I heard that they can be really good for you both strength-wise (heavier weight) and as cardio (lighter weight). My concern is that I've always struggle with the technique and don't want to injure myself doing them wrong. I don't want to pay for a gym membership/personal trainers but is there a way to have someone more experience help me with the technique without paying for a gym membership/personal training?
I want to start doing kettlebell swings using the dumbbells I have. I heard that they can be really good for you both strength-wise (heavier weight) and as cardio (lighter weight). My concern is that I've always struggle with the technique and don't want to injure myself doing them wrong. I don't want to pay for a gym membership/personal trainers but is there a way to have someone more experience help me with the technique without paying for a gym membership/personal training?
