Posted by alexandra_k on August 14, 2009, at 6:50:36
In reply to Re: can you lift weights with plates in your bones » alexandra_k, posted by Deneb on August 14, 2009, at 5:40:50
> How many days are you going to the gym? My pdoc told me not to overdo myself when I first started exercising. You can make gains without the pain.
I don't think I'm (typically) suffering pain. Muscle fatigue is different from pain. I still need to read up on 'muscle burning' and whether I should work through that or not - but I'm definately not working through pain. I aimed to go 7 days a week - but the trainer who figured my program said not to do more than 6 to give me a day to rest. I've actually been going 5 days a week. I can tell that my body needs a rest after about 4 days training.
> I always found the bike was either too easy or too hard. I must not have been setting it up properly. I liked the recombent bike at the lowest setting after a good workout on the treadmill or elliptical. It was like resting but still exercising. LOL
Most people seem to think that the recombent bike gives you as good a workout as the regular bike - but there is some controversy. Seems that it partly depends on how you hold yourself but the upright bike has the potential to tone your abdominals / core a bit more than the recombent. I think that the recombent mainly appeals to guys (where their balls get in the way) or people who haven't developed the *ss muscles to feel okay on the upright bike. The settings... I aim to go for 30 minutes. But I also want to push myself. So... When I get a good workout on a setting (e.g., sweating, and feeling (at times) that I simply can't go on... And yet I'm going on... Then the endorphins start to flow and I feel both good and like I simply can't go on at the same time...) then I figure I've got it about right.
> I think you should ask your doctor about whether or not it is OK to do certain exercises. I dunno, doctor or some other professional who knows bones and stuff.
Talked to doc. Need to talk to orthopedic surgeon, yeah.
> Maybe try asking here:
> http://www.doctorslounge.com/forums/index.php
That site is more about professionals conversing than consumer inquiries... People are particularly worried about being sued in the US (for instance). But yeah... Suppose I could formulate it as such... But people will wonder about what I'm up to venturing away from Psychology / Psychiatry / Research lol.
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