The Do You Work Out Zone

[Jet]

Well, no doc until the 5th.
So here's what I've done to relieve the pain:
Ice for couple of days and then ice and heat to loosen up my shoulder going into the bicep. Ibuprofen and slowly and gradually moving my arm in various directions like circles and reaches. The pain is sill there but not as bad.

[lipstixgal]

Originally Posted by Jet

Well, no doc until the 5th.
So here's what I've done to relieve the pain:
Ice for couple of days and then ice and heat to loosen up my shoulder going into the bicep. Ibuprofen and slowly and gradually moving my arm in various directions like circles and reaches. The pain is sill there but not as bad.

If you can't wait you could go to the emergencey room, I know its more expensive and the wait time is long (well here in NJ) but that's always an option!! Good luck and fell better soon...

[Jet]

The clinic closest to me doesn't take my insurance. i'm doing what I can on my own.

[Gemme]

Organic and I have been doing pretty well the past couple of days.

*happy dance*

[Laerkin]

Woke up and went right into an hour of Yin yoga. I swear that must be THE best way to wake up (okay...maybe not THE best, but close).

All Gumby-like and jello feeling now.

Tonight: Kundalini yoga!!!

[EnderD_503]

My own workouts are going pretty well. I'm right on track as far as all my goals for Jan. 1 are concerned. Still got my routine split up into 5 days a week with some new tweaks here and there. Monday - isolating Hamstrings/Glutes, Tuesday - Back/Chest, Wednesday - Legs, Thursday - Shoulders, Friday - Biceps/Triceps

As far as cardio, I'm doing 4 days a week lately, doing a lot of skipping and rowing since I still can't do treadmill sprints like I used to with the knee. I'm really liking the rowing though, and hope to make my 10,000 metre goal in 15 mins soon. Hopefully I'll be able to go back to practice soon...I thought I was gonna be able to go back a month ago, but the damned knee still bugs me.

Originally Posted by Jet

I dinged this shoulder really good this time from doing upright rows with heavy weights. I'm mentioning this as a caution for anybody doing exercises with weights. I stretched and warmed up too. I'm really pissed about this because I've starting making gains with P90x. Now another delay.
*shakes head* You wouldn't believe how many excerises engages the shoulders. Almost all of them.

Just noticed this now. It is possible that stretching may have been your problem, Jet. How long did you hold the stretch? Generally, holding a stretch more than 10 seconds before working out (talking about strength training here) is a bad idea. It elongates the muscle (especially with a 20 - 40 second hold) and if you're into serious lifting, a more compact muscle is less prone to injury than an elongated muscle.

The best warm-up for strength training is either a dynamic warm-up or a warm-up doing precisely what it is you're going to be working on that day. F.ex. if you're on a shoulder day then doing 1 or 2 sets of 10-12 reps with 50-60 % or your 1 rep max. If you're doing squats then squat etc. Makes you much less prone to injury. Unless I'm feeling especially tight I skip even a 10 second hold, then follow up my workout with stretching and foam rollers afterward.

And yeah, totally get ya on the "can't believe how many exercises involve this muscle" thing. When I screwed up my knee in a match this summer I nearly had to stop working out altogether for a few weeks. My knee was somehow engaged in 70% of every exercise. Same when I managed to tweak my mid trap doing jump squat pullups a month or so back...tried to carry on with at least the chest component of my workout and couldn't even lie down properly for a bench press lol Of course the jump squat pull-ups were my warm-up, which meant that whole workout was botched lol

[Jet]

I injured my shoulder doing upright rows, nothing more

[*euniique*]

Me and my younger sister are both naturally skinny, and unfortunately [yes, i want to GAIN weight] everything I eat doesn't stink. I don't know where it goes. According to Marine Corps standards I am 4 pounds from being underweight. It is mandatory for us to workout as a unit 3 times a week. That's all I do. It keeps me toned and that's all I need. I don't want to work out on my own unless its some crazy workout that will give me a few pounds. I'm 5'8" and 128lbs.

[Rockinonahigh]

[QUOTE=*euniique*;202607]Me and my younger sister are both naturally skinny, and unfortunately [yes, i want to GAIN weight] everything I eat doesn't stink. I don't know where it goes. According to Marine Corps standards I am 4 pounds from being underweight. It is mandatory for us to workout as a unit 3 times a week. That's all I do. It keeps me toned and that's all I need. I don't want to work out on my own unless its some crazy workout that will give me a few pounds. I'm 5'8" and 128lbs.[/QUOT

[Rockinonahigh]

OOOPs my bad..the last post I put in didnt works as I intended for it too sorry.
What I ment to say was...try some southern cooking it never fails to put weight on a body,im liveing proof.

[Jet]

Originally Posted by Rockinonahigh

OOOPs my bad..the last post I put in didnt works as I intended for it too sorry.
What I ment to say was...try some southern cooking it never fails to put weight on a body,im liveing proof.

you gotta be kidding. It's cholesterol-heart attack city. One of my dearest friends is an Executive Chef in North Carolina. She told me that the Obits columns are full of people who died in their 40s because of the fats and cholesterol in southern cooking. I personally won't touch it except maybe once a year. And she refuses to serve it in her restaurant. She wont; even serve sweet tea. I have yet to taste sweet tea.

[Rockinonahigh]

I didnt say southern cooking was good for you,but that anyone can gain weight eating it.

[Cowboi]

Originally Posted by Jet

you gotta be kidding. It's cholesterol-heart attack city. One of my dearest friends is an Executive Chef in North Carolina. She told me that the Obits columns are full of people who died in their 40s because of the fats and cholesterol in southern cooking. I personally won't touch it except maybe once a year. And she refuses to serve it in her restaurant. She wont; even serve sweet tea. I have yet to taste sweet tea.

Its a good thing you never tried sweet tea, you would be hooked!!! LoL

[Jet]

Yoga is amazing. The strength, agility and balance required are incredible. I love watching people who have mastered yoga.

[shadows papa]

Today was a lower body day in the weight room. Did four sets of everything to muscle failure on the last set. I figured out how to use the leg press machine to do a version of seated calf raises. Doing the calf raises with the knees flexed takes gastrocnemius out of the picture and puts the emphasis on soleus. By the time I finished the last set my calves were shaking and twitching REAL GOOD! I ended my workout with some serious ab work and now I'm STARVING!

[Laerkin]

Kundalini yoga tonight, Yin in the morning.

Namaste, all you work-out peeps - keep up the great work!

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by *euniique*

Me and my younger sister are both naturally skinny, and unfortunately [yes, i want to GAIN weight] everything I eat doesn't stink. I don't know where it goes. According to Marine Corps standards I am 4 pounds from being underweight. It is mandatory for us to workout as a unit 3 times a week. That's all I do. It keeps me toned and that's all I need. I don't want to work out on my own unless its some crazy workout that will give me a few pounds. I'm 5'8" and 128lbs.

Have you tried protein and weight gaining powders? You just add them into smoothies and shakes and they are supposed to help you add a little bit to your frame and help with muscle building, if you were to go that route.

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by *euniique*

Me and my younger sister are both naturally skinny, and unfortunately [yes, i want to GAIN weight] everything I eat doesn't stink. I don't know where it goes. According to Marine Corps standards I am 4 pounds from being underweight. It is mandatory for us to workout as a unit 3 times a week. That's all I do. It keeps me toned and that's all I need. I don't want to work out on my own unless its some crazy workout that will give me a few pounds. I'm 5'8" and 128lbs.

Ah, the plight of the ectomorph Have you tried cutting down weight training workouts to about 30 - 45 mins? Usually ectomorphs burn fuel pretty fast, so working out more than an hour without getting some quality food in doesn't help. Other than lifting heavy for shorter periods, try adding more protein to your diet if you're not already, and try to time the protein intake to post-workout, when you wake up in the morning and before bed. I'd also make sure to get in a good pre-workout meal/snack. If you're going to do any cardiovascular training, I'd carb up before hand.

There are some good articles on www.bodybuilding.com as far as ectomorph training/diet. Doesn't mean you have to become a bodybuilding, lol, but they definitely do have some good advice on defeating certain predispositions. Good luck!

[Jet]

Originally Posted by EnderD_503

Ah, the plight of the ectomorph Have you tried cutting down weight training workouts to about 30 - 45 mins? Usually ectomorphs burn fuel pretty fast, so working out more than an hour without getting some quality food in doesn't help. Other than lifting heavy for shorter periods, try adding more protein to your diet if you're not already, and try to time the protein intake to post-workout, when you wake up in the morning and before bed. I'd also make sure to get in a good pre-workout meal/snack. If you're going to do any cardiovascular training, I'd carb up before hand.

There are some good articles on www.bodybuilding.com as far as ectomorph training/diet. Doesn't mean you have to become a bodybuilding, lol, but they definitely do have some good advice on defeating certain predispositions. Good luck!

you don't know if she's ectomorph, maybe its metabolism or something medical. I wouldn't speculate with anybody here.

[EnderD_503]

Originally Posted by Jet

you don't know if she's ectomorph, maybe its metabolism or something medical. I wouldn't speculate with anybody here.

An extremely fast metabolism resulting in difficulty putting on weight is the primary and determining characteristic of a natural ectomorph. They wouldn't be ectomorphs otherwise, just as the defining characteristic of a true endomorph is a naturally extremely slow metabolism resulting in a difficulty in losing weight.

She wrote:

Me and my younger sister are both naturally skinny, and unfortunately [yes, i want to GAIN weight] everything I eat doesn't stink. I don't know where it goes. According to Marine Corps standards I am 4 pounds from being underweight. It is mandatory for us to workout as a unit 3 times a week. That's all I do. It keeps me toned and that's all I need. I don't want to work out on my own unless its some crazy workout that will give me a few pounds. I'm 5'8" and 128lbs.

I didn't assume a medical issue because she stated that she was naturally skinny (unless it's an inheritable disease like Cystic Fibrosis, in which case a similar approach would also help). If there is a serious medical issue, obviously that would be an entirely different story. She didn't give reason to assume, so I didn't.