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Idoit40fans wrote:A lot of the weight you can put back on, especially given your situation, is gonna be leg muscle.
PensFanInDC wrote:16lbs in 4 months is 1 pound a week. It's not that hard and is doable. However, I would suggest you consult your doctor before starting any exercise program. Lower body work will be the toughest. Do you have access to a gym with machines? If so I would recommend (again, with your doctor's approval) that you use the quad lift and the hamstring lift machines in conjunction with upper body free weights.
shafnutz05 wrote:By far the hardest part of my diet to regulate is sodium. Trying to eat 2500 calories a day while somehow staying under 2.5g of sodium is nigh impossible. Thankfully I've never had an issue with high BP, but it's so tough to keep that sodium down.
Rylan wrote:PensFanInDC wrote:16lbs in 4 months is 1 pound a week. It's not that hard and is doable. However, I would suggest you consult your doctor before starting any exercise program. Lower body work will be the toughest. Do you have access to a gym with machines? If so I would recommend (again, with your doctor's approval) that you use the quad lift and the hamstring lift machines in conjunction with upper body free weights.
Yea, I would just go to the campus gym.
PensFanInDC wrote:shafnutz05 wrote:By far the hardest part of my diet to regulate is sodium. Trying to eat 2500 calories a day while somehow staying under 2.5g of sodium is nigh impossible. Thankfully I've never had an issue with high BP, but it's so tough to keep that sodium down.
Why are you trying to keep sodium so low if you don't have any BP issues? If you don't mind me asking...
PensFanInDC wrote:Rylan wrote:PensFanInDC wrote:16lbs in 4 months is 1 pound a week. It's not that hard and is doable. However, I would suggest you consult your doctor before starting any exercise program. Lower body work will be the toughest. Do you have access to a gym with machines? If so I would recommend (again, with your doctor's approval) that you use the quad lift and the hamstring lift machines in conjunction with upper body free weights.
Yea, I would just go to the campus gym.
How serious are you about putting on that weight? I can give you an eating plan to follow in addition to an exercise program to maximize mass building. I will again implore you to talk to your doctor first though. I may be a certified trainer but I'm certainly not a doctor.
yubb wrote:Anyone doing the Rachel Carson Challenge this year? A guy at work talked me into it.
http://www.rachelcarsontrails.org/ 36 miles, done on the Saturday closest the summer solstice.
JS© wrote:yubb wrote:Anyone doing the Rachel Carson Challenge this year? A guy at work talked me into it.
http://www.rachelcarsontrails.org/ 36 miles, done on the Saturday closest the summer solstice.
Is there a shuttle or anything at the end of the race? That's actually the weekend of my birthday, also the same weekend of the bike race in Morgantown.
I might be able to talk somebody into it, but he might be doing is own pace that wouldn't be close to mine. He'd probably aim to finish it in 5 hrs.
PensFanInDC wrote:This is a common complaint among P90Xers. I mean no offense by this, but your form was probably off while doing squats and other knee bending exercises. I know I've had to be corrected dozens of times until I got it right.
As for what you can do now, since the doctor found no problems I would suggest strengthening your quads, glutes, and hamstrings. Find a trainer that can show you (not just be in a video) how to squat properly. The more you strengthen the muscles that affect a joint the stronger the joint becomes.
Rylan wrote:Is gaining 16 lbs over 4 months too lofty a goal?
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