Weight Training Thread
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Juan Mourep
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SherlockGT
Vital 1st Team Regular
Not if your diets protein content is high enough.
i.e if you weigh 200 pounds and already consume 160-200 grams of protein a day through your regular diet, a protein shake is unnecessary.
i.e if you weigh 200 pounds and already consume 160-200 grams of protein a day through your regular diet, a protein shake is unnecessary.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
I do Tarzan, I like the concentration of amino acids but also I have a massive appetite, I'm working out five days a week, bulking up and I'm not a spring chicken anymore. I find the shakes help keep my appetite to just obscene!
You can get your protein from other sources obviously. I don't consider a shake to be overkill though, especially as you are on the light side anyway.
You can get your protein from other sources obviously. I don't consider a shake to be overkill though, especially as you are on the light side anyway.
HeathfieldRoad1874
Miserable Sod
This is maybe a question for my Doctor, but there is so much knowledge here, I would love your opinion.
After years of suffering I found out that my poor health is effectively due to too much pressure inside the skull. When my Blood Pressure is normal, it gets too much in my head, so I now have to keep it on the low side of acceptable.
The trouble is that every time I try and exercise it rises, and I can lose two or three days to it. The other side of the coin is that being fitter would really help me control it.
I am trying to do gentle exercise each day, and slowly build it up, but every now and then I just do too much and then I'm back to square one. I cleared the garden out last week and went to the tip, and was useless for 4 days after.
My question is, are there any types of exercise that don't spike your blood pressure too much? I'm trying Pilates at the moment, but the bending over sometimes doesn't do me any good!!!
I miss the Gym. I did weight training for 8 years, 4 times a week, and do wonder if this triggered it in some way, as I had to quit when this all started.
Anyway, any thoughts much appreciated.
After years of suffering I found out that my poor health is effectively due to too much pressure inside the skull. When my Blood Pressure is normal, it gets too much in my head, so I now have to keep it on the low side of acceptable.
The trouble is that every time I try and exercise it rises, and I can lose two or three days to it. The other side of the coin is that being fitter would really help me control it.
I am trying to do gentle exercise each day, and slowly build it up, but every now and then I just do too much and then I'm back to square one. I cleared the garden out last week and went to the tip, and was useless for 4 days after.
My question is, are there any types of exercise that don't spike your blood pressure too much? I'm trying Pilates at the moment, but the bending over sometimes doesn't do me any good!!!
I miss the Gym. I did weight training for 8 years, 4 times a week, and do wonder if this triggered it in some way, as I had to quit when this all started.
Anyway, any thoughts much appreciated.
SherlockGT
Vital 1st Team Regular
I think all exercises will spike your blood pressure in the short term, but will be beneficial in the long term, so I would probably try swimming, walking or cycling for short sessions, as many times a week as you feel up to it. I'm no expert though, sorry I cant offer much help. :14:
HeathfieldRoad1874
Miserable Sod
Cheers for trying!!! I fixed my Bike up last summer, and started doing all the short local journeys on it. As long as I didn't go stupid (which I am prone to do) I did feel better. Hoping to get back to it soon, as I broke my foot recently and it is nearly mended.
Swimming - I think that could help. I'll give it a go.
The Fear
A Wise Man (once sat next to him)
Nope, no one should advise you on that heathfield, apart from a cranial or brain specialist. Unless you are 100% sure it is blood pressure, but then, not sure why that is just in the skull (no expertise in blood pressure so no idea)
Sounds more like something similar to my issue, csf pressure.
Swimming was the last thing I was able to do before 'giving up' (I didn't give up, I was dying so put ' ' as it was my body not me!) so worth a gentle go, but I would not rest until my doctor had given me every test under the sun and sent you to the right specialists. I fecking wish I'd fought back in the day, don't accept their incompetence, it nearly killed me and certainly fecked my quality of life.
Rant over, seriously, don't give them a moments peace until they let you know. It is fine for them to say 'this is what you have and we can't do anything about it' but not 'we don't know'
Sounds more like something similar to my issue, csf pressure.
Swimming was the last thing I was able to do before 'giving up' (I didn't give up, I was dying so put ' ' as it was my body not me!) so worth a gentle go, but I would not rest until my doctor had given me every test under the sun and sent you to the right specialists. I fecking wish I'd fought back in the day, don't accept their incompetence, it nearly killed me and certainly fecked my quality of life.
Rant over, seriously, don't give them a moments peace until they let you know. It is fine for them to say 'this is what you have and we can't do anything about it' but not 'we don't know'
Juan Mourep
Vital 1st Team Regular
I'm with Fear on this one, you need a definitive answer, a reason why at normal BP levels you have too much cranial pressure,when you have all of the information then you can plan your attack.
I can't see that your training would have caused these problems, sometimes the workload will highlight existing problems, but causing it, I doubt it.
The walking, swimming, cycling are good, pilates is okay, the modified pilates for physiotherapists is better, but you need a very good instructor who can get you to breath correctly while doing the exercises otherwise the blood pressure will rise.
My recommendation is Tai Chi, not only will it improve, strength, balance and flexibility, it also helps with focus, it's a form of mobile meditation, with no stress on the system and no raised BP, can't recommend it enough, it would be perfect for you, you would reap the benefits.
You can also weight train, but it has to be done slowly with the correct form and breathing, basically you need to see someone who really knows what they are doing.
But again, you need to find the cause, get that and get sorted.
I can't see that your training would have caused these problems, sometimes the workload will highlight existing problems, but causing it, I doubt it.
The walking, swimming, cycling are good, pilates is okay, the modified pilates for physiotherapists is better, but you need a very good instructor who can get you to breath correctly while doing the exercises otherwise the blood pressure will rise.
My recommendation is Tai Chi, not only will it improve, strength, balance and flexibility, it also helps with focus, it's a form of mobile meditation, with no stress on the system and no raised BP, can't recommend it enough, it would be perfect for you, you would reap the benefits.
You can also weight train, but it has to be done slowly with the correct form and breathing, basically you need to see someone who really knows what they are doing.
But again, you need to find the cause, get that and get sorted.
Juan Mourep
Vital 1st Team Regular
Yummy indeed!
Do you clear the room when you fart? If the answer is no, consume more protein.
Reading through the sticky and alot of what is on this thread has been super helpful considering I am a gym novice. Usually I do 4-5 sessions per week doing something along the lines.
1. Back (wide arm pull-ups, lat pull downs, 1 arm seated rows, double arm overhead rows, back extensions)
2. Triceps (skull crushers and close hand bench combined, weighted dips, rope tri extensions, overhead rope tri extensions, single arm tri extensions, diamond hand push ups)
3. Shoulders (over head standing db press, single arm front db raises, over head bb press, lateral flies, cable rear delt flies, internal and exteral rotation with theraband or low weighted cables)
4. Biceps (under hand chin ups, under hand over head pull downs, bb curls, db alt curls, bb preacher curls)
5. Chest (wide arms weighted dips, flat db bench press, standing cable flies, cable crossovers, pushups or clock pushups)
I usually throw in a partial legs session twice a week (combo of squats, leg press, extensions, stiff leg deads, calf raises).
Usually I do anywhere between 5 and 8 exercises (depending on body part) with 4 sets of 8 reps, increasing weight incrementally each set. Most of the time the final set I can only do 6 reps. I knowingly don't do abs sets as I ensure keeping very tight abs and core during exercises which helps me work on good form.
I've been doing this now for about 8-12 weeks and feel I'm getting a bit stale. My aim is to put on about another 2.5kg of lean muscle (already added about 2.5kg).
Any suggestions on mixing it up - i.e. new exercises, reducing or increasing sets or reps?
1. Back (wide arm pull-ups, lat pull downs, 1 arm seated rows, double arm overhead rows, back extensions)
2. Triceps (skull crushers and close hand bench combined, weighted dips, rope tri extensions, overhead rope tri extensions, single arm tri extensions, diamond hand push ups)
3. Shoulders (over head standing db press, single arm front db raises, over head bb press, lateral flies, cable rear delt flies, internal and exteral rotation with theraband or low weighted cables)
4. Biceps (under hand chin ups, under hand over head pull downs, bb curls, db alt curls, bb preacher curls)
5. Chest (wide arms weighted dips, flat db bench press, standing cable flies, cable crossovers, pushups or clock pushups)
I usually throw in a partial legs session twice a week (combo of squats, leg press, extensions, stiff leg deads, calf raises).
Usually I do anywhere between 5 and 8 exercises (depending on body part) with 4 sets of 8 reps, increasing weight incrementally each set. Most of the time the final set I can only do 6 reps. I knowingly don't do abs sets as I ensure keeping very tight abs and core during exercises which helps me work on good form.
I've been doing this now for about 8-12 weeks and feel I'm getting a bit stale. My aim is to put on about another 2.5kg of lean muscle (already added about 2.5kg).
Any suggestions on mixing it up - i.e. new exercises, reducing or increasing sets or reps?
