Funny that you mention the stuff about ageism on people over 40. A friend of mine recently called me and told me to fix my social and relationship life as quickly as possible because, according to him and his great wisdom, people become irrelevant when they reach 40.
I'm still exercising even though my shoulder is fucked up since September last year. Bone Marrow edema on distal clavicle, bursitis etc. My ROM is pretty limited nowadays, can't get my arm above head level without pain.
Can't put the bar on my back anymore to squat because of my right shoulder. Also can't lat pulldown or bench with normal grip ( I can bench and push up with close grip but it hurts a little, so I try to avoid doing it).
Rowing exercises are still fine and pain free so I'm doing them the most . Squatting while holding dumbbells is fine but it feels so ineffective compared to back squats with a regular bar, it saddens me.
I'm going through some dark times.
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Weightlifting/exercise thread
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Rando - Glad you're doing well. No surprise on the kids being soft, most kids everywhere are soft.
Leandro - Sorry you're going through that. You're already doing what I usually suggest to people - do what you can without discomfort. Wish I had more for you. You may find something of use here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... lder+rehab
Keep us in the loop. Hope you feel better.
Leandro - Sorry you're going through that. You're already doing what I usually suggest to people - do what you can without discomfort. Wish I had more for you. You may find something of use here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... lder+rehab
Keep us in the loop. Hope you feel better.
You're sure to be in a fine haze about now, but don't think too hard about all of this. Just go out and kill a few beasts. It's for your own good. You know, it's just what hunters do! You'll get used to it.
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Thanks a lot Stevens! This athlean channel seems really good, I'm gonna implement those variations on my elastic band exercise rehab routine, that sword raise one I didn't try yetStevens wrote:Rando - Glad you're doing well. No surprise on the kids being soft, most kids everywhere are soft.
Leandro - Sorry you're going through that. You're already doing what I usually suggest to people - do what you can without discomfort. Wish I had more for you. You may find something of use here:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_ ... lder+rehab
Keep us in the loop. Hope you feel better.
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I like the athleanX channel, but I was doing some of the core stuff to make my core stronger and hopefully alleviate back pain and made it way worse. So, be careful. Don't just push through b/c it's supposed to help.
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I've made something of a ridiculous breakthrough when it comes to the hamster wheel. For some reason I feel like I can run forever. And when I stop, I'm only medium tired and not feeling-like-I'm-gonna-die tired. Highly unusual.
I doubted that I magically transcended the bounds of my human flesh, and gravitated to the one change I made in my life that could have had an impact: I'd been eating a couple handfuls of peanuts every day.
.... ..... the idea that I've been slightly anemic all of my life made me feel rather stupid. The only way to increase endurance is by generating more red blood cells, and I guess my body just couldn't do it with what I supplied it.
Since then, I've noticed some talk about magnesium deficiency. It's a nutrient completely absent in our corporate food, pretty much only seen in pricey greens or nuts. Hey google search AI, what's magnesium do?
"Magnesium is a key factor in making several parts of the body run smoothly: the heart, bones, muscles, nerves, and others. Without enough magnesium, these areas malfunction. This is summarized in research, which finds that a magnesium deficiency or low magnesium diet leads to health problems."
... that stuff sure sounds important, Harvard.edu!
Some anons have said they've even been bedridden throughout their lives before discovering this was the problem. The entire thing makes me kind of angry, since this really seems like it falls into the bucket of "important shit people really, really need to know". So, now I'm a bible thumper for peanuts.
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For strength training, my current experiment has abandoned my obsession for only caring about the number on the bar. It was a simple metric that was probably warping things, as simple metrics tend to do.
So now I do a single long workset. (And a little isolation work for the arms.) One thing I've been trying out is this thing I call "working the hinge", which is just moving a little bit up-and-down repeatedly on the last rep. Particularly at the places where a movement is at its weakest: at the hole in the bottom, and the transition point where the shoulders/ass hand off the weight to the triceps/quads. (Around the 90 degree angle.)
The ideas behind this are twofold: One is to have a surplus of strength when I increment the weight. If I can do 20 squats in a row plus some jackass dinkering around, adding a pound to the bar and doing 20 squats without the jackassing should be easier, right? Secondly is to smooth out a motion by having fewer "weak" points.
How much that works out in practice is still to be seen. Adding a pound is very significant at these large volumes, especially for the press. My projection is it'll take nearly two more years before I have any conclusive results about it.
I'd feel annoyed that bodybuilding bro science guys were right, if it does amount to anything decent.
I doubted that I magically transcended the bounds of my human flesh, and gravitated to the one change I made in my life that could have had an impact: I'd been eating a couple handfuls of peanuts every day.
.... ..... the idea that I've been slightly anemic all of my life made me feel rather stupid. The only way to increase endurance is by generating more red blood cells, and I guess my body just couldn't do it with what I supplied it.
Since then, I've noticed some talk about magnesium deficiency. It's a nutrient completely absent in our corporate food, pretty much only seen in pricey greens or nuts. Hey google search AI, what's magnesium do?
"Magnesium is a key factor in making several parts of the body run smoothly: the heart, bones, muscles, nerves, and others. Without enough magnesium, these areas malfunction. This is summarized in research, which finds that a magnesium deficiency or low magnesium diet leads to health problems."
... that stuff sure sounds important, Harvard.edu!
Some anons have said they've even been bedridden throughout their lives before discovering this was the problem. The entire thing makes me kind of angry, since this really seems like it falls into the bucket of "important shit people really, really need to know". So, now I'm a bible thumper for peanuts.
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For strength training, my current experiment has abandoned my obsession for only caring about the number on the bar. It was a simple metric that was probably warping things, as simple metrics tend to do.
So now I do a single long workset. (And a little isolation work for the arms.) One thing I've been trying out is this thing I call "working the hinge", which is just moving a little bit up-and-down repeatedly on the last rep. Particularly at the places where a movement is at its weakest: at the hole in the bottom, and the transition point where the shoulders/ass hand off the weight to the triceps/quads. (Around the 90 degree angle.)
The ideas behind this are twofold: One is to have a surplus of strength when I increment the weight. If I can do 20 squats in a row plus some jackass dinkering around, adding a pound to the bar and doing 20 squats without the jackassing should be easier, right? Secondly is to smooth out a motion by having fewer "weak" points.
How much that works out in practice is still to be seen. Adding a pound is very significant at these large volumes, especially for the press. My projection is it'll take nearly two more years before I have any conclusive results about it.
I'd feel annoyed that bodybuilding bro science guys were right, if it does amount to anything decent.
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A regular intake of peanuts figures into my diet- I jog 2 miles every morning barring inclement weather. In my mind both habits appear to be the most responsible for my daily wellspring of energy.
I am a fan of whole nuts and peanut butter, but I would also recommend you check out powdered peanut mixes like PB Fit, essentially dehydrated peanut butter but with far less fat. The nutrient ratio remains the same and the consistency is what you care to make of it with your chosen volume of water.
I am a fan of whole nuts and peanut butter, but I would also recommend you check out powdered peanut mixes like PB Fit, essentially dehydrated peanut butter but with far less fat. The nutrient ratio remains the same and the consistency is what you care to make of it with your chosen volume of water.
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I use PB2 for smoothies -- less fat, but more importantly, much easier to administer.
Update for the thread: I had a pretty good winter, but I topped it off w/ 2 weeks in Japan where fitness wasn't really happening (other than some walks). I'm back now and am hitting the gym today. Will get back into my daily core exercises (which are to maintain integrity for my back, not to get ripped). The gym will likely be re-entry for the rest of this week, and next week figuring out exactly what to do. It's April though, so, I will phase out roughly one weight exercise per muscle group and up the cardio.
Update for the thread: I had a pretty good winter, but I topped it off w/ 2 weeks in Japan where fitness wasn't really happening (other than some walks). I'm back now and am hitting the gym today. Will get back into my daily core exercises (which are to maintain integrity for my back, not to get ripped). The gym will likely be re-entry for the rest of this week, and next week figuring out exactly what to do. It's April though, so, I will phase out roughly one weight exercise per muscle group and up the cardio.
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I use peanut powder myself, but I do recall reading at some point that when you get rid of the oil some of the nutrients do go out along with it; feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this.
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Fair enough, I shall revise my perception of the stuff in light of that possibility. I compared the nutritional labels at some point in the past on a cursory level and was more concerned with the protein volume (along with the fact there weren't added oils like you get with a lot of peanut butter brands.)BulletMagnet wrote: ↑Wed Apr 03, 2024 11:43 pmI use peanut powder myself, but I do recall reading at some point that when you get rid of the oil some of the nutrients do go out along with it; feel free to correct me if I'm wrong on this.
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Yeah, macro-wise the protein's still there, but if memory serves some of the micros are in the fat.
A handful of other things I'd note for anyone who hasn't used PB powder before: 1) It's a ways more expensive than "regular" peanut butter, so be sure to factor your budget into it, 2) Most brands add salt and sugar or some other sweetener, and for good reason (powders without it have a particularly bitter taste), but usually not too much of either, so give the label a look to work out what fits into your diet, and 3) Flavored or not, don't expect it to be exactly like the real stuff, it isn't, but IMO it does get you most of the way there, and will cost you far less calories to snack on, especially for someone with a peanut butter weakness like myself.
A handful of other things I'd note for anyone who hasn't used PB powder before: 1) It's a ways more expensive than "regular" peanut butter, so be sure to factor your budget into it, 2) Most brands add salt and sugar or some other sweetener, and for good reason (powders without it have a particularly bitter taste), but usually not too much of either, so give the label a look to work out what fits into your diet, and 3) Flavored or not, don't expect it to be exactly like the real stuff, it isn't, but IMO it does get you most of the way there, and will cost you far less calories to snack on, especially for someone with a peanut butter weakness like myself.
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Most peanut butter in the US has sugar added. So fucking stupid.
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I've definitely been putting the controller down a lot more this year and getting my ass in gear. Prior to the pandemic I was 160lbs (I'm 5'7). Then when my gf-now-wife moved in to quarantine with me in 2020 I went back up to 190lbs in about 2 years. Doordashing man. Not even once.
So I am SLOWLY clawing my way back to a nice physique. MyFitnessPal has been a game changer and I absolutely don't mind paying $80/year for the barcode scanner function and full features. It's so much more streamlined for calculating calories and macros and I love having all that accumulated data on myself. As someone with ADHD, having to calculate every morsel of food by hand, especially when I'm hungry, is a tremendous drain of energy and will for me.
As of today I am down to 181lbs after about 2 months. For the first time in awhile I feel like I'm seeing tangible progress when I look in the mirror which is fucking nice. I had a minor setback last month with a week long destination wedding getaway where I stopped counting calories and just focused on damage control and a decent amount of moderation.
Yesterday I said fuck it and went really hard for funsies. Did an hour on the treadmill at brisk walking pace and gradually increased the incline every 5 minutes. The treadmill says I burned 626 calories, but whatever it tells me I cut in half when keeping track of calories. It definitely FELT strenuous as fuck though. I might just have to graduate to the stairmaster.
I'm 35 and as I've gotten older I've definitely shifted from an ego "powerlifting" style of lifting to a bodybuilding style. It just makes so much more sense to me now. I had so many 400lbs+ deadlifts and 300lbs+ squats in my 20s and if I had fucked up badly on ONE rep and had an accident during those years I could have messed up my back and had to deal with chronic pain. Luckily I wasn't TOO reckless and have 0 issues.
But yeah, I'd rather look and feel great than lift heavy now. It's nicer getting complements on weight loss and having big arms/shoulders from friends and coworkers than some random gymbro complementing a 450lbs deadlift that I sloppily grind out in favor of my ego over my health. Again, thank god for maturity. I read a study that says people with ADHD don't really have a fully matured brain with better impulse control until they hit my age vs average people getting that at 25. Definitely rings true in my case. I might be a slow learner, but I do learn dammit.
So I am SLOWLY clawing my way back to a nice physique. MyFitnessPal has been a game changer and I absolutely don't mind paying $80/year for the barcode scanner function and full features. It's so much more streamlined for calculating calories and macros and I love having all that accumulated data on myself. As someone with ADHD, having to calculate every morsel of food by hand, especially when I'm hungry, is a tremendous drain of energy and will for me.
As of today I am down to 181lbs after about 2 months. For the first time in awhile I feel like I'm seeing tangible progress when I look in the mirror which is fucking nice. I had a minor setback last month with a week long destination wedding getaway where I stopped counting calories and just focused on damage control and a decent amount of moderation.
Yesterday I said fuck it and went really hard for funsies. Did an hour on the treadmill at brisk walking pace and gradually increased the incline every 5 minutes. The treadmill says I burned 626 calories, but whatever it tells me I cut in half when keeping track of calories. It definitely FELT strenuous as fuck though. I might just have to graduate to the stairmaster.
I'm 35 and as I've gotten older I've definitely shifted from an ego "powerlifting" style of lifting to a bodybuilding style. It just makes so much more sense to me now. I had so many 400lbs+ deadlifts and 300lbs+ squats in my 20s and if I had fucked up badly on ONE rep and had an accident during those years I could have messed up my back and had to deal with chronic pain. Luckily I wasn't TOO reckless and have 0 issues.
But yeah, I'd rather look and feel great than lift heavy now. It's nicer getting complements on weight loss and having big arms/shoulders from friends and coworkers than some random gymbro complementing a 450lbs deadlift that I sloppily grind out in favor of my ego over my health. Again, thank god for maturity. I read a study that says people with ADHD don't really have a fully matured brain with better impulse control until they hit my age vs average people getting that at 25. Definitely rings true in my case. I might be a slow learner, but I do learn dammit.