On August 14 2009 14:22 travis wrote: I pulled my levator scapulae and I have been out of commission for 3 days. It's been a bummer.
Ouch.. how'd you do that?
I am really not sure. I was tightening a hold on my climbing wall and suddenly I felt a pain in my neck, and there was a lot of pain if I moved my head around. It was pretty weird, nothing much out of the ordinary happened that could have caused it.
You get that diagnosed?
Could be a misaligned vertebrae or subluxed rib... or strained muscle. Depends a lot on pain location and what you were doing.
Levator strain usually doesn't hurt with as many movements as I think you're indicating. Plus, it's unlikely in climbing that you'd be resisting scapular depression. But odder things have happened...
height 181cm / 5ft11~ Start weight 87kg ish - around 22 bf% Current weight 83kg - around 14 bf% Goal weight 81-83kg - around 6-8 bf%
This includes approx 7-8kg fat lost and a 3-3.5kg muscle gain. Body type has almost completely changed from semi-fatty to a pretty solid muscular structure. 7 months of going to the gym, though with a 6 months pause after 3 first months due to studying abroad.
Stage one = see serious improvement - check Stage two = be satisfied with body - soon there, 5-6 weeks should be enough Stage three = be proud of body - no idea, ETA maybe a year.
Ugh was on vacation @ Thailand for a week, and there was simply no way I could stick to even a remotely decent diet X_X.
Adding 2 weeks I think to target date, which I think falls around the end of November now. Some positives though I guess are (1) b/c I was diving, it did get me some form of exercise, (2) The terrible eating habits only set me back slightly and didn't cause major damage - I've gone straight back into my original diet now that i'm home. (3) I read Book 2 of Song of Ice and Fire during the week haha.
Aiming to adjusting my diet again to cut a few calories out since I overcompensated after finding out I was only consuming 1600'ish calories a day.
I think I can post progress pics compared to Bilzzcon2008 pics of me, and the difference is pretty striking P
On August 16 2009 20:51 thedeadhaji wrote: I think I can post progress pics compared to Bilzzcon2008 pics of me, and the difference is pretty striking P
On August 14 2009 21:06 Machine leg wrote: height 181cm / 5ft11~ Start weight 87kg ish - around 22 bf% Current weight 83kg - around 14 bf% Goal weight 81-83kg - around 6-8 bf%
This includes approx 7-8kg fat lost and a 3-3.5kg muscle gain. Body type has almost completely changed from semi-fatty to a pretty solid muscular structure. 7 months of going to the gym, though with a 6 months pause after 3 first months due to studying abroad.
Stage one = see serious improvement - check Stage two = be satisfied with body - soon there, 5-6 weeks should be enough Stage three = be proud of body - no idea, ETA maybe a year.
Great job mate, I'm about 8-12 weeks off stage three =).
On August 14 2009 14:22 travis wrote: I pulled my levator scapulae and I have been out of commission for 3 days. It's been a bummer.
Ouch.. how'd you do that?
I am really not sure. I was tightening a hold on my climbing wall and suddenly I felt a pain in my neck, and there was a lot of pain if I moved my head around. It was pretty weird, nothing much out of the ordinary happened that could have caused it.
You get that diagnosed?
Could be a misaligned vertebrae or subluxed rib... or strained muscle. Depends a lot on pain location and what you were doing.
Levator strain usually doesn't hurt with as many movements as I think you're indicating. Plus, it's unlikely in climbing that you'd be resisting scapular depression. But odder things have happened...
my sister is a doctor and she said that's what it seemed like it was
anyways it took longer than i wanted (about a week) but it's finally better now. even though i still wake up sore in the mornings
I don't think it was caused by climbing, I think it was caused by tightening a bolt with a hex key (not sure if that should cause it either but wtf i dunno)
need a little help guys. ok here's the situation: i do 3 shoulder exercises (lateral front and arnold). ive been able to do 3 sets of each exercise now for last 2 workout days (tue and sun). so my question is, should i continue on for 3 sets for each exercise until it becomes relatively easy or do i try and do 4 sets of each??
im only working out at home btw and don't have any cash for the gym atm advice would be greatly appreciated!
does anyone know any energy stuff i can take to make me lift weight harder? right now i feel like my body is not working out hard enough. when i bench, its not heavy but no matter how much i push it my muscles wont move. Im not using 100 % that i could
On August 19 2009 22:01 unknown.sam wrote: need a little help guys. ok here's the situation: i do 3 shoulder exercises (lateral front and arnold). ive been able to do 3 sets of each exercise now for last 2 workout days (tue and sun). so my question is, should i continue on for 3 sets for each exercise until it becomes relatively easy or do i try and do 4 sets of each??
im only working out at home btw and don't have any cash for the gym atm advice would be greatly appreciated!
Add weight if possible.
Otherwise, increase the reps or decrease the rest time
On August 20 2009 14:23 Ichigo1234551 wrote: does anyone know any energy stuff i can take to make me lift weight harder? right now i feel like my body is not working out hard enough. when i bench, its not heavy but no matter how much i push it my muscles wont move. Im not using 100 % that i could
Sleep, nutrition, stress levels all affect training ability. If one of those is lacking (besides a properly planned lifting program) then you may have difficulties progressing.
does anyone feel like their body is telling them to stop or they gonna die when they do squat? i weight 160 and i 190, and after my first set, when i try to do my 2nd set. my body is like really scared lol. It tells me to stop or ima die lol. But i keep going anyways. feels good yo
also does anyone here sprint? today after the gym, i tried to sprint to my car. I only sprint for 3 seconds but i swear it felt so good. It was like i was out of this world. also found this video its kool
On August 21 2009 23:32 Ichigo1234551 wrote: does anyone feel like their body is telling them to stop or they gonna die when they do squat? i weight 160 and i 190, and after my first set, when i try to do my 2nd set. my body is like really scared lol. It tells me to stop or ima die lol. But i keep going anyways. feels good yo
also does anyone here sprint? today after the gym, i tried to sprint to my car. I only sprint for 3 seconds but i swear it felt so good. It was like i was out of this world. also found this video its kool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GQfs2IS7bk
On August 21 2009 23:32 Ichigo1234551 wrote: does anyone feel like their body is telling them to stop or they gonna die when they do squat? i weight 160 and i 190, and after my first set, when i try to do my 2nd set. my body is like really scared lol. It tells me to stop or ima die lol. But i keep going anyways. feels good yo
also does anyone here sprint? today after the gym, i tried to sprint to my car. I only sprint for 3 seconds but i swear it felt so good. It was like i was out of this world. also found this video its kool
lol have you squated much? the only thing going through my mind is "stand the fuck back up" when i squat. and yes sprinting feels good when you hit top speed and you're practically flying ~~
since ive dropped some weight ive started working on cardio exercise. for obvious reasons i get tired earlier in the night, and since i dont really have a schedule to stick to atm ive been hitting the sack and getting up reasonably early. now my dilemma is that im still tired around mid-day sometimes regardless of the good night's sleep, does that mean my body wants to rest or should i just go to the gym as planned?
my workout really isn't intense, just frequent. ive been going daily(minus two) for two weeks. it started out as 10 min incline walk, 5 min run, 5 min inc.walk, 5 min run, etc till i'm pooped
but have moved onto 3-4 min intervals of both keeping bpm ~150 at brisk inc.walk pace and ~190 running
On August 22 2009 03:34 Duke wrote: since ive dropped some weight ive started working on cardio exercise. for obvious reasons i get tired earlier in the night, and since i dont really have a schedule to stick to atm ive been hitting the sack and getting up reasonably early. now my dilemma is that im still tired around mid-day sometimes regardless of the good night's sleep, does that mean my body wants to rest or should i just go to the gym as planned?
my workout really isn't intense, just frequent. ive been going daily(minus two) for two weeks. it started out as 10 min incline walk, 5 min run, 5 min inc.walk, 5 min run, etc till i'm pooped
but have moved onto 3-4 min intervals of both keeping bpm ~150 at brisk inc.walk pace and ~190 running
Always go to the gym as planned. You may feel more energetic after workout than before it. Getting tired midday is natural part of some people's daily rhythm. Some people might find it nice to nap in the middle of the day when they can. The cardio work out sounds good. Keep it up. How long do you do it? Is it an hour?
On August 22 2009 03:34 Duke wrote: since ive dropped some weight ive started working on cardio exercise. for obvious reasons i get tired earlier in the night, and since i dont really have a schedule to stick to atm ive been hitting the sack and getting up reasonably early. now my dilemma is that im still tired around mid-day sometimes regardless of the good night's sleep, does that mean my body wants to rest or should i just go to the gym as planned?
my workout really isn't intense, just frequent. ive been going daily(minus two) for two weeks. it started out as 10 min incline walk, 5 min run, 5 min inc.walk, 5 min run, etc till i'm pooped
but have moved onto 3-4 min intervals of both keeping bpm ~150 at brisk inc.walk pace and ~190 running
Dropping weight in general will make you tired because your body isn't used to using it's energy stores.
If you have too few cals your body will go into starvation mode. You want to aim for a deficit of about 300-500. Not anymore than that.
I find I get tired to the point where I have to go to take a nap (or i just stare like a zombie) if I delay one of my meals by more than like, a half hour. Otherwise I feel great!
On August 20 2009 19:00 eshlow wrote: Add weight if possible.
Otherwise, increase the reps or decrease the rest time
i tried adding weight yesterday. unfortunately the next set of plates i had were double the weight i was doing initially. after i did one set of lateral raises my left shoulder kinda started clicking a little (no pain tho) so yeah...pretty dumb thing to do. i'll just go back to the original weight and do more reps/sets.
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