Lets Be Proactive and Excercise Together for Better Health & Self Improvement

[Katerina]

Hope it's not too serious Cavey and heals up soon.

 

[Cavey]

Hope it's not too serious Cavey and heals up soon.

It turned out not to be a separated shoulder - I severely damaged my long thoracic nerve, which in turn paralysed my anterior serratus muscle. I still can't lift my right arm above my head. I still can't straighten it properly and I still have significant winging on my right scapula. I had physiotherapy for 8 weeks and now I'm a bit better, but it'll be a long road back to full strength and mobility.

In spite of this, I have decided to resurrect this thread - even if it dies again shortly after

Today, I went for a 5-7 mile walk in the early morning. I decided to run, but I'm recovering from a chest infection, so a few hundred metres was all I could manage before I was exhausted.

I spent about an hour or after that doing various exercises for biceps, triceps, lats, delts and pecs. Nothing too heavy or strenuous - just something to get me back into it again.

In the early afternoon, I had another impromptu exercise session when my delivery man seemed reticent to actually deliver my new weight plates and bars to my door. I ended up getting everything out of the back of his van and basically doing his job for him.

 

[ladyforsaken]

I want to do things like these, but I simply just can't. How annoying, makes me feel so ... bleargh and lethargic, since I was a lot more physically active before getting sick.

Sorry to read about what you're going through, Cavey.. I can't imagine how painful that must be to tolerate. Plus I know what it's like to have an arm that isn't functioning well... I kinda have something like that too at the moment but for other reasons really. Sending you wishes for a speedy recovery. You keep going now. Still as inspiring to me even though I can't follow suit.

 

[Cavey]

You can't for now, LadyF, but I have every faith that you will you will recover and become stronger than ever

You're the inspirational one here... and not just because of what you're currently facing, but because of a myriad of things you've faced in the past and still come out of it with a smile on your face and love in your heart.

 

[ladyforsaken]

Thank you, Cavey. I still think you're the inspirational one to keep this thread going.

Plus, look at you. Major changes just from all your working out. Surprised that there aren't a group of ladies following you around.

 

[Cavey]

Thank you, Cavey. I still think you're the inspirational one to keep this thread going.

Plus, look at you. Major changes just from all your working out. Surprised that there aren't a group of ladies following you around.

You're forgetting my legendary potato-like social skills. I'm guessing that monosyllabic babbling is a turn off for most women. The face that only a mother could love probably doesn't help either

Yesterday, I went for a long walk in the rain. I also did a bit of medium weight arm work with my dad. It's impressive that a guy approaching 70 and with a serious medical condition can still curl 60lb for reps with a little effort.

Today, I did 10 mins of stair running - it's more tiring than it sounds. I also did some squats and deadlifts.

 

[niceguysfinishlast]

Nice one!

Thought I'd join you guys on here. Not a big exerciser as a whole but I'm being doing more of late and it's good to see a thread like this. I live in a rural area so getting to a gym is that practical for me at the moment unless I'm prepared to spend a lot of time there. I do an hour dance cardio classes (zumba) once a week locally, plus twice more at home during the week about 2 hours worth at a time. I've just started to mess around a bit with some weights I have lying around so balance things out a bit. I also spend one day a week out in the countryside working on thing such as cutting down trees, digging ponds etc which is pretty tiring work.

As a result I've found my metabolism's shot up and I can eat a tonne now which makes no difference to my weight - in fact I find that I kind of have to so I don't lose weight.

How do you guys stay motivated for strength exercises? Being at home I'm using some music at the moment to keep me going but I'm worried I might wane in a couple of weeks.

I have that same problem with staying motivated to lift weights. However, riding my bike and jogging helps reduce stress for me. Normally i worry too much about everything but whenever i go on a bike ride or jog i just forget about them for a while. However, i think i'll try to lift weights and push-ups and pull-ups after holding it off for weeks. I just haven't motivated myself to do so. Perhaps impressing the ladies may be that motivation. XD

 

[Punisher]

Three sets of 10 -15 reps of dumbbell curls, hammer curls. barbell curl, tricep extension, dumbbell kickbacks, dumbbell shoulder press, dumbbell front raise, dumbbell lateral raise, dumbbell shrugs, dumbbell deadlift, and forearm extensions.

My arms feel so heavy now but I feel great.

 

[ladyforsaken]

Three sets of 10 -15 reps of dumbbell curls, hammer curls. barbell curl, tricep extension, dumbbell kickbacks, dumbbell shoulder press, dumbbell front raise, dumbbell lateral raise, dumbbell shrugs, dumbbell deadlift, and forearm extensions.

So tempting.... :0

Doing good there, Pun.

 

[Cavey]

I did 10 mins on the treadmill followed by 30 press ups and a few bicep curls just because I felt a bit 'small'. It's better than nothing.

 

[Katerina]

Still doing strength exercises with body weight. Normally I give bored after a month so I'm glad I've stuck at it. Seeing results too although it would be so much better if could 'level up' after all this grinding lol. Also I calorie counted last week out of curiosity as I am eating more now and wanted to get a ball park figure of what I was eating. Turns out it averages out at 2400 - higher than I thought, no putting on weight really though so that's alright

 

[zibafu]

Still doing strength exercises with body weight. Normally I give bored after a month so I'm glad I've stuck at it. Seeing results too although it would be so much better if could 'level up' after all this grinding lol. Also I calorie counted last week out of curiosity as I am eating more now and wanted to get a ball park figure of what I was eating. Turns out it averages out at 2400 - higher than I thought, no putting on weight really though so that's alright

technically you can "level up" change the body weight exercises to harder versions.



I was training in my garden today, running through some kung fu forms, practicing some kicks on my heavy bag, doing pushups n stuff.

saw my flat bench in the corner, decided to see if I can still do "dragon flags" on it.... turns out I can, which is pretty damn cool, but then after the third one, I felt the bench cracking where I was gripping it haha, methinks the wood has rotten underneath its padding so, no more dragon flags on that thing or itll probably break completely :club:


Today, also marked the first day that I managed to do head height roundhouse kicks without doing a proper warmup first, most days I'd need to do a ton of stretching and cardio to limber up, so, I guess I've progressed

 

[Peaches]

what is a dragon flag?

 

[Punisher]

Three sets of 10 -15 reps of dumbbell curls, hammer curls. barbell curl, tricep extension, dumbbell kickbacks, dumbbell shoulder press, dumbbell front raise, dumbbell lateral raise, dumbbell shrugs, dumbbell deadlift, and forearm extensions.

So tempting.... :0

Doing good there, Pun.

Thanks

Done the same again, but added dumbbell wide rows. I'll start chest exercises after I make enough space to get my bench out, and I'll start using barbells as well.

 

[zibafu]

what is a dragon flag?

this Obviously I am not rocky tho
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[ladyforsaken]

^That's pretty awesome that you can do that.

 

[Katerina]

I was wondering what they were too Looks like a nice abs exercise if you're fit enough. You're right Zibafu that you can 'level up' the exercises - I should probably look into doing that. For me it would be useful if something in my mind went 'Bing! Level up - you've reached level X' and have a progress bar lol.

Roundhouse kicks are very nice, you do martial arts then? That's cool, do you do it at a local club or classes?

 

[ladyforsaken]

I cannot say how much I look forward to exercising again after they say I can. I feel like a total blob.

 

[zibafu]

I was wondering what they were too Looks like a nice abs exercise if you're fit enough. You're right Zibafu that you can 'level up' the exercises - I should probably look into doing that. For me it would be useful if something in my mind went 'Bing! Level up - you've reached level X' and have a progress bar lol.

Roundhouse kicks are very nice, you do martial arts then? That's cool, do you do it at a local club or classes?

Yeah, its too bad though that my flat bench is splintering haha, so I won't be able to do them much anymore. I could buy another, but it annoys my mother having that in the garden - never mind the fact that I'm the only one who uses the garden and keeps it tidy anyhow, so I am not sure how these things affect her :club:


Yeah, making the exercises more difficult is the way to go. There is no point in just adding reps after a certain amount, I mean, is it a big deal if you can do 40 pushups, to have a goal to achieve 50 ? Or is it more logical to make the initial pushups more difficult.

And there is just so many options for alternative exercises to do, pushups you got normal, wide arm, narrow grip, spiderman, archer, russian, fingertip, back of hand, 1 handed, explosive etc, so why stick with the same one, when you can have the goal of doing a harder variation.
Same with those abdominals, yeah you can do situps, but then try leg raises, or learn to hold L sits, or various other exercises.
It can be applied to most every muscle group there is, so it makes no sense to do the same thing constantly.


I hate roundhouse kicks, nearly 3 years of training and I still suck at them, but more difficult kicks I am fine with, annoys the hell out of me.

Yeah, I do martial arts, more specifically shaolin based kung fu, more traditional though, very different from the modern day wushu you see with all the acrobatics.

It was a local club originally, but the teacher got promoted at work, so couldn't guarantee classes anymore, so we now train with his teacher, lovely 8 mile bike ride to get to classes now in the glorious thing that is British weather

 

[Katerina]

Yeah, its too bad though that my flat bench is splintering haha, so I won't be able to do them much anymore. I could buy another, but it annoys my mother having that in the garden - never mind the fact that I'm the only one who uses the garden and keeps it tidy anyhow, so I am not sure how these things affect her :club:


Yeah, making the exercises more difficult is the way to go. There is no point in just adding reps after a certain amount, I mean, is it a big deal if you can do 40 pushups, to have a goal to achieve 50 ? Or is it more logical to make the initial pushups more difficult.

And there is just so many options for alternative exercises to do, pushups you got normal, wide arm, narrow grip, spiderman, archer, russian, fingertip, back of hand, 1 handed, explosive etc, so why stick with the same one, when you can have the goal of doing a harder variation.
Same with those abdominals, yeah you can do situps, but then try leg raises, or learn to hold L sits, or various other exercises.
It can be applied to most every muscle group there is, so it makes no sense to do the same thing constantly.


I hate roundhouse kicks, nearly 3 years of training and I still suck at them, but more difficult kicks I am fine with, annoys the hell out of me.

Yeah, I do martial arts, more specifically shaolin based kung fu, more traditional though, very different from the modern day wushu you see with all the acrobatics.

It was a local club originally, but the teacher got promoted at work, so couldn't guarantee classes anymore, so we now train with his teacher, lovely 8 mile bike ride to get to classes now in the glorious thing that is British weather

I usually vary what I do quite a bit (get bored easily) so I might be putting enough reps in. Like abdominal exercises I think I do about 8 or so different things. I'm wondering if I should focus on certain exercises on certain days and do more sets to concentrate things a bit more.