Recent content by teirrah

Hi there, sorry I have no training advice to offer you but when I went to a sports doctor about rotator cuff pain he did say ice but only for 15 minutes, light active recovery daily, try not to sleep on the problem shoulder and STAY OFF THE HEAVY WEIGHTS. Good luck for your recovery.

Thanks for your reply Realgains, and hope you don't think that I thought Cornholio's advice was "wrong". Yikes, I have nothing but total respect for the both of you and really appreciate all of the input on this thread from you guys and everyone else. Since volume and variety aren't really...

First a big thank you to everyone who took time and trouble to post suggestions, and sorry not to have replied more quickly. It looks like both Real Gains and Cornholio agree that the leg press can go but Corn suggests keeping the hacks and doing lunges and reversing the order ... Corn, I've...

Many thanks everyonefor these positive pointers, so it is gonna be a long slow road! Thats cool as I'm having the best time of my life lifting and am damn sure I'll still be training 20, 30 years down the track. So I have time, and now I have more knowledge. Interesting comments about not...

I'm wondering if anyone can suggest ways for me to make faster progress on my squats or whether its little by little slowly does it from here on out. I train legs once a week and start with 3 sets of squats, first set 8 to 12, then next two descending to faliure. Rest 2 to 3 minutes between sets...

Vitamin E cream used regularly may help them to fade a bit but basically once you've got them thats it.

Hi there! Just to add a quick 2 cents worth. Although 1500/ 1600 calories may seem like a lot of calories its not actually that many, so don't worry. If you look at the volume of clean food it represents that can be a bit of a shock too. It was for me when I revamped what I ate. I was amazed...

Hi there. I don't have any experience of your condition but I have over the past 6 months or so made big steps in managing my lower back pain, a legacy from a herniated disc surgery, including pelvic pain in my hip, sciatic pain down my leg. Maybe these points may help. Certainly they have...

I just got back from Europe and at the duty free on the way over picked up some fake tan. It is called St.Tropez and its brilliant, really natural brown, not remotely orange, lasts about 5 days, easy to apply/ reapply as it is colored to make missed bits easy to spot, can use the one product on...

Thanks everyone for your advice, prolly my first route is going to be Gladiola's suggestion for post work outs, which actually I think I would benefit from regardless, then if need be try the melatonin. I have seen it on sale here in Japan but at a price I imagine only the seriously going over...

Over the past month I have been training with a personal trainer twice a week and thanks to her, intensity has a whole new meaning. This is great but I've noticed that after these high intensity sessions, especially legs, I have real trouble sleeping. Training time of day, length of workout...

Go Spatts go! Whatever weight class you end up competing in, the whole board will be cheering you on. Best of luck.

Thanks everyone for the nice replies. Mrs. Puddles, I use a boxer's rope, which has heavy weighted handles and a leather rope. I think that the higher cost (like maybe 15 dollars vs 5) was well worth it because it moves fast and true and the weight of the handles makes you have to work to...

Mmm but as far as Japan goes I think the elderly represent a dying breed. Certainly they are much more sprightly and active than their European counterparts but middle aged and young Japanese don't live healthy lifestyles. They eat a lot of junk, don't exercise, smoke heavily and drink a lot...

I posted about cardio recently and there were some nice suggestions about doing a HIIT type thing rather than just trog along on the treadmill for 40 minutes. So a couple of days ago I dusted off my skipping rope and did just over 30 minutes; skipping for 3 minutes, resting for one, then...