J.Boogie,
I’ll check out that thread and see what advice I might be able to offer.
Take care,
Ryan
Is there any evidence that increased body weight at some point reduces logevity even if the person maintains a low body fat. For example, I’m 5’ 11" and weight about 200 and am fairly lean. If I was to gain 20 pounds of lean mass over the next couple of years naturally would there be expected negative impacts on my long term health?
Thanks
Doc, your forearms are huge, and I know it’s not from working on “heavy” patients all day. How do you train them?
Doug,
Unfortunately, I don’t have a good answer to that question. I don’t know if any studies have looked at body weight/longevity from a body composition perspective.
The studies I have seen just reference body weight in general and we all know that the majority of the country is overweight due to fat mass and not extra muscle.
Now, for the most part having some extra muscle should pose no extra risk, however, if you are 5’7" and weigh 280, I would think that there would be extra stress on the cardiovascular system.
I’ll have to do a search and see if there are any good studies the use body composition as a factor in the weight/longevity issue.
Take care,
Ryan
Dave,
Well personally I’ve found the grease the groove principle to work well in this instance. Multiple high rep daily jerk off seesions work wonders. Just kidding, no really, I’m just kidding.
Seriously, a majority of my forearm work is indirect from doing exercises like weighted pull-ups, shrugs, power upright rows, deadlifts, etc.
I do have the set of Ironmind grippers that I will work with from time to time. However, I’ve found that if I do them too much, the forearms start to get a little overtrained and I get some soreness around the insertion points on the elbows.
Take care,
Ryan
Hey Dr. Ryan,
Last thursday i pulled some ligaments in my knee. i did not know that at the time and continued to play in a game on friday and practice on monday. I finally went to the docotrs on tuesday, then to an orthopedic doctor today. he didint really give me much of an explanation of what was wrong, just saying some ligaments were pulled and that he doesnt think anything was torn.
I am going for an MRI tomarrow. if nothing is torn or severly damaged, how long do you think it would take to recover and be able to play again.
Hello Dr Ryan.
Instead of reprinting my post/thread, could you stop into this link and see if there is any advice you could give me? Thank you.
Whitelable,
It really depends on what tissues are involved and the degree of injury. Also, the demands of your position will also be a factor.
Do you have any restricted range of motion, swelling or weakness?
PM me when you get the MRI results and let me know what they found out.
Any additional info would be helpful.
They may be able to give you a supportive brace to facilitate your return to play.
Take care,
Ryan
On a different topic (but related to my thread):
I’ve seen you mention to others about a kind of “spillover” effect…let’s say the right bicep is injured so you work everything else but not it. And there can be some “carryover” into the right bicep.
Is there any way to maximize the chances of this happening?
Thank you for your time.
AlphaDragon,
Please see the thread you provided a link to for my reply.
Ryan
AlphaDragon,
Try searching the site for any Grease the Groove articles. This technique uses high frequency low volume non fatiguing daily exercise to help increase neural facilitation.
Actually, some people have suggested that visualizing the opposite side performing the exercise helps increase the carryover.
Take care,
Ryan
Hello, Dr. R,
What long term consequences can I expect from squatting given that I have lost the cartilage in my left hip due to a rugby accident? Rehab work was basically gluteus exercises. I can go down to close to parallel before my pelvis starts to drift to the left.
Cheers
TQB
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23 and beginner,
Well if it feels like it is giving out, it could be due to instability or a neurological mediated response due to pain.
It might be beause of the pain but i think it’s really an instability. When i squat i feel weak with 100 pounds on my back as well as with 300. I would think if it was because of the pain and my brain shutting down due to that i would at least feel some sort of pain with the low weights also.
Technique looks alike for 100 or 300. I am sometimes supprised about how much i can get on a 1RM. When i set the bars to try a new PR i typically perform the Bambi move. Also my low back seems to be pretty weak although my PR in the deadlift is something like 460 having really weak harmstrings and short legs pulling from the back a little more than i should. All i need to do to pull more is work on my harmstrings doing pull throughs and SLDL’s and the like and it goes up. When i pull something like 450 after not having done that for 8-10 weeks my whole body shakes like crazy. I think it’s just weak hips.
MRI stands for magnetic resonance imaging. It does look like a tube.
Thank you.
If there is a problem with a ligament or meniscus, the severity of the problem as well as the location would determine whether surgery is necessary or not.
Sounds reasonable.
What kind of leg training are you doing and what exercises can you perform without reproducing your symptoms?
Like i said squats (unless 1RM) pulls, SLDL’s are painfree. Extensions, leg press and splits hurt pretty bad. Jumping is the worst though, especially when the knee comes out in front of the ankle (like a Oly squat, oh by the way overhead squatting hurts alot and Oly squat also. I cannot do those at all)
My technique should be good on the heavy stuff because i used to frequently send videos of the pull and the squat to a few very good upcoming WPC as well as long time IPF lifters in Germany. I pull heavy almost every week, which gives me no pain at all. I do SLDL’s also. I do extensions sometimes, but those are only painfree in the range of 10-12 or with very light weight. The backside of my leg is a weak link for me so i work more on those than doing extensions. That kind of work is painfree.
I started doing splits recently but i experience a lot of unstability with the movement. I hurts when the left leg is out in front. I have been looking through all the Cressey articles and picking out leg exercises to try. Havn’t tried much so far though. I feel it must be something more severe and i need to get that out of the way before rehab. I think it might be to late for prehab stuff. I will just use 6RM weight and only do painfree stuff. I will also try splits without weight or with the bar only until i can see if it hepls or not . I won’t force it and i will get an MRI now.
Take care,
Ryan[/quote]
Thanks Dr. Ryan you are really helping me out here.
Thank you so much.
Peter