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Offline LePaul

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« on: December 21, 2007, 02:28:30 AM »
Holy crap, don't I miss that "rebound" factor.

A few days ago, I was feeling pretty good at the gym.  Apparently I was playing the right music and decided it was about time to push my cardio workout from 30 minutes to 60.  

Then the next day, I thought I'd do it again...then after that, I jumped on the exercise ball and did an excellent ab workout complete with medicine ball.

....and sweet geeezus, for the past 3 days, my back is just sooo darn sore.

Boy, I miss the 20's.  You know, work out, wake up the next day, go out and do it all again...what rebound time?

At 38, I'm pushing the door to 40...and today, its starting to feel like it!

YEOUCH!

My girlfriend has been silently snickering as I down ibuprofens and put the heating pad on my sore back  LOL.

This getting old thing sucks!
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« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2007, 02:54:03 AM »
<---- 38 also.

preachin to the choir brother.  

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« Reply #2 on: December 21, 2007, 03:10:01 AM »
I usually get sore only when I make a big change in the workout regimen.

I row my shell about an hour a day, and when forced to, I row my egrometer for at least a 1/2 hour, (6 out of 7 days anyway).

But when the lake gets ice covered, and I put my shell up for the winter, I decide I must go hit the weight room again, so last two weeks in November I am usually pretty sore.

For me it is bicep, pecs, calfs, and quads that get sore most, but those are used more in the weight room than the boat, so I think that is why those groups get sore for me.

When I bump the time and /or speed up on the rowing machine, it seems more like a dull overall ache, but it usually is not present the next day.  I feel some lactic build in the quads as I climb stairs, but it is just present, not painful.  Aerobic workout on the bike shouldn’t be painfull.

A sore back may mean you are using improper form, so be careful.

I take a very hot shower and sauna before and after weights and that seems to help.
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« Reply #3 on: December 21, 2007, 03:14:20 AM »
you'll have to forgive me for saying this holden, but with a butt like the one in your avatar, you really don't need to be going to all that effort.  is it photoshopped?


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« Reply #4 on: December 21, 2007, 03:46:04 AM »
As a computer person at work, a few years ago I developed the mouse-forearm.  You know, the sore forearm from being outstretched on the PC all day.  Worse was the pain in the pectoral muscle.  It was hard to explain to the nurse and the Dr I saw about it understood it well.  The body is a very balanced thing.  And it takes a while to put back.

But yesh, nursing that strained pec muscle for weeks was un-nerving.  It seemed like everytime I watched TV after work, it was one Bayer Asprin commercial or Plavix commercial after another  LOL!    NOT what you want to see when you are nursing any kind of chest pain!!  (Certainly kicks the paranoia up a notch)

In hindsight, I should've stretched a lot better and SLOWLY expanded my exercise range/duration.  But hey, when you are at the gym, surrounded by 20-somethings who are bench pressing small SUV's, you just feel the pressure to go for it :)

Ever since a coworker had a heart attack, it put the fear of God into me to take my health more seriously.  Granted, he was a 2-pack-a-day smoker who lived at fast food joints....but it sure made me take blood pressure, cholesterol, diet and nutrition more seriously.  And as my Dr said, that's a GOOD scared.  Toad shared some good info about his health scare and offered lots of good suggestions.

My problem now is I'm too scientific.  I read too much about this stuff, especially working at a hospital.  So anytime I have an ache or pain, my mind is racing.  Man, I wish I could get my mind to just stop doing that!  I miss my old, blissful days at times!
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« Reply #5 on: December 21, 2007, 04:41:48 AM »
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you'll have to forgive me for saying this holden, but with a butt like the one in your avatar, you really don't need to be going to all that effort.  is it photoshopped?


Look at the original Betty Grable WW2 poster, and you will see that it has been ... modified... with a little Keryn?  Keysha? Keyra? something like that.

But it has the idea of WW2 nose art.

I go thru what I do because I compete in age group rowing in the Northwest, and this region has some of the best.

The Olympic medal times are for 2000 meters and are between 7:00 and 6:40

We race 1000 m, but to medal in the region, I need to get to 3:45... 3:50 thats only 15 seconds off World Championship pace.

When I won in high school, 8:00 2000 m time was medal quality.  Now there are 60 year olds going that fast.

I think it's Kerya Augustina...
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« Reply #6 on: December 21, 2007, 07:49:02 AM »
I miss working out at 35....
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« Reply #7 on: December 21, 2007, 09:39:22 AM »
I'm 41 and I ran over 1600 miles this year... including two marathons, and no... my body doesn't rebound like it used to. The key is to only increase your activity about 10% per week. I know that is hard at first, but it can really help you avoid injury. Unfortunately... I have found that nothing stops you from hurting. =)

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« Reply #8 on: December 21, 2007, 11:01:04 AM »
The 15th was the twenty fifth anniversary of my thirty ninth birthday ... you young whippersnappers ain't got no idea about old. ;)

Slopes are open gotta go wax the skis. :D:D:D
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« Reply #9 on: December 21, 2007, 11:08:49 AM »
Over my life I have seen vital young men (as I was a child) grow old and die.

Getting old sucks, yes.  WHen I see a really old person my entire body shudders ever so slightly with dread, and I look away.  I know whats in store.  I can sense now at 43 the bodily pain and emotional suffering of a decrepid old person at 83.  How the body breaks down, the joints wear out, the eyesight gets bad, the hearing goes, the sense of smell and taste become weaker......what a way to go, getting old.
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« Reply #10 on: December 21, 2007, 11:42:41 AM »
Hehehe I remember the 40's...............I think :confused:

Getting old sucks but it beats the alternative. Take care of your back. Disk disease is cumulative and degenerative with no real symptoms until the darn thing bulges or goes away. Spend LOTS of time warming up and pay a lot of attention to the core muscle group to help support the spine. Lot's of crunches, bent leg lifts and isometric exercises. If you think the pain is bad now wait until you experience sciatica!

Don't ramp up the work out so dramatically do it in stages. If you are working out for 30 minutes of hard exercise, expand it by 10 minutes for a week, then increase 10 more if you like the next week. Any change in the routine such as new exercises may work muscles in a way they are not used to and irritate them. If it does, take it easy and work into it. Don't hurt yourself and put yourself in a position where exercise is very painful or injurious to you. That is counter productive. Take care of yourself since no one can do it for you. Good luck and keep at it.
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« Reply #11 on: December 21, 2007, 12:08:03 PM »
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Originally posted by LePaul
Holy crap, don't I miss that "rebound" factor.

A few days ago, I was feeling pretty good at the gym.  Apparently I was playing the right music and decided it was about time to push my cardio workout from 30 minutes to 60.  

Then the next day, I thought I'd do it again...then after that, I jumped on the exercise ball and did an excellent ab workout complete with medicine ball.

....and sweet geeezus, for the past 3 days, my back is just sooo darn sore.

Boy, I miss the 20's.  You know, work out, wake up the next day, go out and do it all again...what rebound time?

At 38, I'm pushing the door to 40...and today, its starting to feel like it!

YEOUCH!

My girlfriend has been silently snickering as I down ibuprofens and put the heating pad on my sore back  LOL.

This getting old thing sucks!
It gets worse, trust me.   I hadn't worked out since Oct when my Dad came to visit, well, the weeks went by and new job and all, I just dropped the ball. Went back to working out last week, did 1/2 the weight I usually do on stuff. After doing "arm day", I couldn't straighten out my dammed arms for 3 days because of lactic-acid induced soreness. I looked like a chimp running around the office! :mad: I wish they'd hurry up and finish my spa :mad:
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« Reply #12 on: December 21, 2007, 12:49:14 PM »
I looked like a chimp running around the office!
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« Reply #13 on: December 21, 2007, 12:54:59 PM »
I am 33 and i cant really feel that much of a different than my 20's. I have always been into fitness and i can remember being just as sore when i mixed up my regiment in college..

Any time you take a long brake and hit the gym for the first time its going to hurt the next day or two.

My rule is that if your going to start to workout you need to devote 6 months. I say 6 months because that the point for me when i can really see and feel the changes.
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Offline 68Wooley

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« Reply #14 on: December 21, 2007, 05:51:50 PM »
Don't exercise.

Problem solved. Next
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