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Banned deucer.
I did some yoga today
I honestly credit a lot of my success in rehabilitation to yoga or, as I like to call it, 'stretching.'
http://showandgotraining.com/simple-squat-fixes.htmlSo my hips and ankles and everything are beyond messed up.
This is really disappointing. All my life, I've not really had a problem with my legs or anything, but I would always take quite a wide stance and point my toes out (45 degrees or more) to be able to perform squats. My brother is a physical therapist, which is a really helpful resource because I live with him, and when I do a squat with a moderately closer stance (still more than shoulder width) and toes pointing out a little bit less, I can't even bring my quads close to parallel to the ground because I have no range of motion. He did some manipulations to try and loosen some muscles, recommended some stretching and specific isolation strength exercises to do to correct my insane muscle imbalance, as well has improve flexibility in my hips, hams, and calves. It's frustrating that my body literally can't do my most important exercise with proper form. O well, there's people that whine about their problems and there's people that stretch stretch stretch and focus on proper form until their problems disappear. I will be the latter
it's not easy to get your flexibility to where it needs to be but you have to do it. I've been pretty consistent in the last month or so but I'm still definitely not where I need to be for flexibility.My general rule is there’s a 1:1 ratio of time away/time spent. Meaning if I neglected my flexibility for 6 years, I should expect it to take 6 years of intensive work to bring it back to normal.
To expect anything more is ludicrous, like the overweight 35 year-old that gets frustrated he can’t undo 35 years of shitty eating and lack of exercise in 3 weeks. It doesn’t work that way.
If you’re a younger lifter, heed my warning – take 20 minutes/day to do static and dynamic stretches. Push a Prowler or do some “easy” cardio 3-4 days/week. The amount of time and effort to keep these things in balance is minimal, but the results will be extraordinary.
Sorry, just reposting this since I had the same issue today and I'm sort of worried that I'm wasting my timeHey guys, I just started the couch to 5k plan and just finished the first week of workouts (yeah I'm that unfit :/) and noticed that by the last workout I wasn't sweating as much as the first one. Does this mean I'm not working hard enough? I ended up doing some sprints to finish because I didn't feel like I was doing it right :/
IMO that's just a sign that you're making gains. The first time I decided to run I was pouring sweat in seconds. It started to take me longer to start sweating as my body started getting more fit. It could also be due to the winter coming in. There's not as much of a need to cool down your body if it's cold outside or wherever you're exercising. I guess it could also be due to different amounts of water in your body. You should always make sure to drink a lot of water.Hey guys, I just started the couch to 5k plan and just finished the first week of workouts (yeah I'm that unfit :/) and noticed that by the last workout I wasn't sweating as much as the first one. Does this mean I'm not working hard enough? I ended up doing some sprints to finish because I didn't feel like I was doing it right :/
such an oversimplification, I mean check out warrior threeI honestly credit a lot of my success in rehabilitation to yoga or, as I like to call it, 'stretching.'
a quick YouTube search yielded this video: http://youtu.be/jd5JdCl_qE4what yoga moves are good? please no downward dog
it can't take that much strength, recoome does that shit all the time and goku beat him with one shot
losing weight is nearly entirely diet. what you need to do is track everything you eat calorie-wise (myfitnesspal is great for this, there is an android/ios app). find out what your maintenance level is (like 2k/day from what you describe yourself), and eat X under that to lose weight. 3500 calories is equal to 1 lb, so if you want to lose a pound per week, eat 500 under. it can be kind of tough, but the main thing here is making your calories count: that means no grazing, no soda, and finding meals that you enjoy that also fill you up and are low calorie. plenty of resources for stuff like that.So I have compartment syndrome in both my legs and my feet and I had two surgeries for them. The legs feel quite a bit better in everyday activity and in walking on the treadmill, but if I start running then I begin to feel intense pain again. My feet have also improved, but I still see quite a bit of pain in them on a day to day basis. For example, if I am late for class and walking a bit faster than normal, I get quite a bit of pain. Also, if I bring my laptop to school or I am carrying a lot of books, my feet start hurting almost instantly.
I guess my question is for a person with those conditions who wants to lose some weight, (in addition to diet) what kinds of exercise would be best? I can bike with little to no pain in the feet or legs, but for some reason get tremendous pain in my knees. I can swim with little to no pain in the legs or feet, but my arms begin to hurt after only 50 meters. Lastly, doing walking on the treadmill is ok, as long as I don't go too fast.
Any tips you could give would be great.
On a somewhat unrelated note, I mentioned that my arms begin to hurt after 50 meters of swimming. I swam from 5-15 years old, and never had that problem. My surgeons suspect I got compartment syndrome from swimming. I was wondering if it is also possible I got compartment syndrome in my arms? It is harder to tell because I don't use them as much as I use my feet, but some things that are painful:
Raising my hand in class, drying my hair, other activities that involve raising the arms. Specifically, the pain is in my upper arms, between the elbow and shoulder for both arms.
My parents just think it is because I am out of shape, but I never noticed this problem until the past few years. It is a bit concerning to me because I really would like to swim again but it just isn't feasible with that kind of arm pain.
Thanks everybody
either 20 miles a week will get you nowhere or i am just doing everything wrong...as for my request: how do i get faster besides upping mileage? i have been running about 20 miles/week for the past 3 1/2 months, but i've plateaued recently. i'm going with the +10%/week for mileage, but are there specific things i can do with my miles to give me a leg up (hills, intervals, timed runs...?).