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u/wang-bang · 1 pointr/leangains

First off, you don't need to worry at all about the concepts I bring up in this comment before you've spent a good 3-6 months getting into the routine I laid out earlier.

So about running

You have to run for a mile, 1600m, to burn around 100 calories; this takes 10-12 minutes to do. Which is roughly the same as one and a half of my big sugar free wheat biscuits. Or 2 simple low fat ham sandwiches.

Cardio for weight loss is a pointless waste of time. If you're going to do cardio then do it after strength work (so that you still keep good form during the strength work).

However, there are other valid reasons for doing cardio. Improved oxygen capacity helps against drowsiness and makes it easier to concentrate intently for longer periods of time. Very useful if your main job is mentally demanding. I also personally find it a lot easier to sleep on the days where I've run.

If you have feet issues, flat feet, then specific exercises to fix that with a later addition of barefoot running will keep it in check. This will have a knockon posture effect on the rest of your body.

So since I've mentioned that then lets get on with the very real preexisting issues you might be faced with as you begin hitting those 3 month and 6 month marks.

First off you need to cross off a checklist of extremely common body dysfunctions to make sure nothing will get worse as you lose weight and strength train.

We'll start in the order you will have to fix them in. The order is from the bottom to the top.

Because each muscle balance issue that exists lower in the body will affect the issues above it. If you decide to fix upper back issues first then that will simply stall out on its own or worsen your pelvic issues.

1.Preexisting injuries:

  • Broken a bone in your wrist? - > Add wrist mobility exercises

    Consequence if you do not add wrist mobility exercises: depends on the injury itself and how the healing/treatment went. At a minimum you can expect that that wrist will have less mobility, less range of motion, at worst you will develop chronic pain for a variety of reasons. A physiotherapist or doctor can fill you in there if you're interested. Visit the local clinic and ask /r/askdoctor for good measure.

    My local clinics for example are staffed by utter morons who can't fix a rotator cuff or send me to someone competent enough to devise a treatment plan to fix it if so their very own bare balls where on the line.

  • Dislocated shoulder? - > Add rotator cuff mobility & strengthening exercises (You probably should to rotator cuff strengthening exercises anyway for injury prevention) This book is very good. It exists as an ebook too.

    Consequence if you do not rotator cuff exercises: reduced mobility in shoulder girdle (especially upwards mobility), as strength grows in the shoulder girdle you will end up spontaneously dislocating your shoulder (I re-dislocated twice while stretching out laying in bed). Instability of the shoulder socket. Chronic radiating pain.

  • Flat feet? - > Do the towel toe grasping strength exercise and find strength progression exercises from there. I progressed to barefoot jogging in sand, and then in forests. For a couple of weeks I had an issue walking up stairs.
  • Any odd recurring aches or pain anywhere? - > Go see a physio to get it examined and cleared


    Consequence if you do not fix flat feet: Chronic pain. Difficulty walking. Knees will rotate inwards which in turn will lead to lordosis which in turn leads to kyphosis and forwardleaning vulture neck. Bones in the foot will fuse together (happened to a relative of mine).

    2.Check for/treat lordosis (Forward leaning pelvis. Inwardly rotated knees. Lower back pain/soreness.)

    Easy to check in the mirror: https://2xm0t92b1vo22py83u40kcv7-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/lordosis-treatment-kyphosis-treatment.jpg

    Another live photo: https://st2.depositphotos.com/2171279/11628/i/950/depositphotos_116289940-stock-photo-woman-with-impaired-posture-position.jpg

    Forward leaning pelvis example: https://2xm0t92b1vo22py83u40kcv7-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/anterior-pelvic-tilt.jpg

    As for the exercises to fix that I've pretty much forgotten what I used. Think it was weighted squats and then I used hip flexor stretches. Very simple fix. Still do the exercises today. You can look it up online and get a progression that works for you. The key thing here is progressively more difficult exercises until you hit the goal you want.

    The key thing is to activate the glutes and use them more while at the same time stretching out the hip flexors.

    Consequence if you do not fix lordosis: Lower back pain. Radiating pain down the leg. Leg weakness. Difficulty doing a proper deadlift. Possible hernias if you deadlift improperly with lordosis still there.

    3.Check for/treat Kyphosis (Hunchback, forward leaning posture, forward leaning neck, inwardly collapsed chest)

    This one is easy to check. If you are at a decent low BF % (10-20%) and look at your upper back then are the spinal ridges poking out more at around chest height than in other areas? Also check your shoulders, are they rounded and leaning forward?

    Take a picture from the decide and compare it to the example picture below.

    If any of those are true then you need to work at restoring thoracic mobility & stability (Your ability to twist and turn around the chest spine, as well as the core strength, spinal erector strength, and shoulder girdle strength needed to support it.

    Example picture: https://scoliosistreatmentalternatives.com/wp-content/uploads/Kyphosis-Normal-vs-Hyper.jpg

    I'll come back and add the exercises I use later with sources.

    Consequence if you do not fix kyphosis: Upper back pain, weak shoulder girdle, difficulty standing or sitting for medium to long periods of time (1 hour - 12 hours). Shallower breathing.

    4.Check for/treat forward neck

    Very easy to check, take a picture from the side with a relaxed posture.

    I'll come back and add the exercises I use later with sources.

    Consequence if you do not fix forward neck: Sore neck, pain, basically the higher up you go in these common dysfunctions the less serious and less debilitating the symptoms are.

    5.Learn how to sit and stand relaxed with good posture

    I personally use the esther gokhale method. It's easy, relaxing and helps me breathe better. Heres a preview of her book.

    Stretchsitting, that way of standing and stretchlying in particular have been big things for me. She also has a side chapter of exercises to fix common issues.

    6. Learn the main lift in the RPT (reverse pyramid training) strength routine that the leangains routine is based on, record your lifts, and stick to it

    From here on you simply reap gains and maybe add some accessory exercises when you run into trouble (hand grip strength for example).

    7.Do a dexa scan for 100-200$ every 3-9 months & Learn the numbers on how quick you can do a leangains cut at different body fat percentages. Also learn how to to a leangains bulk.

    That's it. You know have a perfectly healthy, practical, and safe routine that will keep you strong and lean until breathing appears to difficult and someone spends an afternoon shovelling dirt on top of you.

    If you want to add cardio for a specific purpose -> Fits into the routine after the strength training
    If you want to learn a complex physical movement (hanstands whatever) -> Do it after strength training.
    Want to stay nimble and mobile? -> Do a whole body stretch routine daily (starting stretch is a programme you can use. Then find progressions for the exercises there)

    Wanna do something sporadic like rock climbing? Go ahead, its low effort cardio and no issue whatsoever with your newfound strength.

    I know I've made a lot of unsourced claims in the past few comments and I'll set to fixing that during the week so you can check out the validity yourself. This is something I'm putting together for myself anyway.
u/[deleted] · 2 pointsr/leangains

my knowledge of this is self taught and not formal education, so take it with a block of salt. this is the book I mainly learnt from.

http://www.amazon.com/Metabolic-Regulation-Perspective-Keith-Frayn/dp/063206384X

>Nitpicking is sincerely appreciated. I know it won't deplete glycogen totally, just find it interesting as a possible mechanism.

-glycogen phosphorylase liberates stored glycogen (~100g liver, ~400g muscles: the latter amount is higher in people with, uh, more muscle)-liver can release into bloodstream (after a 12 hr fast or so it'll be reduced somewhat, mostly for brain fuel), but muscle glycogen cannot be re-released into the bloodstream, fasted or not
-under fasted conditions, increased catecholamines increases cAMP and then as a result, glycogen phosphorylase is increased as well (BUT muscle glycogen cannot really deplete without exercise, at all)

>Is it an off-on thing? Does it need to be all depleted or no super-compensatory effects will be established?

-supercompensation, as opposed to just regular compensation, only occurs in muscles that were exercised and depleted. So for our purposes, there wouldn't be any supercompensation (just regular)
-I am not sure if its an on/off thing, but I think depletion has to be done to a pretty high level (<-UD 2.0 requires 2 days of depletion, so I think its a strong requirement)

I haven't read it in a while, but lyle mcdonald's ud 2.0 discusses these topics in much better and educated detail. Some authors who wrote papers about this are Prevost, Alborg (sp?), Costil (don't have exact ones, on work computer right now)

u/eatsardines · 2 pointsr/leangains

This is true. The part about liver being awesome for you -- our bodies are meant to consume whole-animals -- not just skinless, bloodless lumps of hypertrophied chicken breast...For some great reading on this tip, check out Go Wild. I thought it was great.

u/j3r3m1ah · 1 pointr/leangains

It's nice to hear that you have similar issues and are finding progress. For two years I wore myself out trying a couple different PTs, a chiropractor, acupuncture and myofascial release. All had essentially no effect. Finally, I read Save Yourself from Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome and after a couple months of fastidious rest got back to symptom-free. I've, since, sworn off all the activities that cause the pain to recur: biking, squatting (like, to tie my shoe), running; and I'm cautious when hiking and on stairs.

Fast forward about a year and I just read Treat Your Own Knees. That got me restarted doing daily: quad stretch, hamstring stretch, ITB foamroll, quad foamroll. Just bending down picking up dumbbells has brought some of my symptoms back but I think the stretching is helping keep it at bay somewhat.

I'm curious to see if gradually increasing leg strength can get me past this problem, but I know from experience that squats or deadlifts (even bodyweight squats) are too much too soon. I'm thinking of trying a quad isometric for a few weeks then gradually working up to low-weight leg-press. I haven't tried lunges but I'm pessimistic.

Thanks for the encouragement.

u/CommonReview · 2 pointsr/leangains

So while this is sort of a dumb post, there is a point.

Individuals of west african descent, (notice I did not say black) do have a genetic predisposition to be advantaged at strength and power sports - They are usually naturally lean, have an increased neural drive, and put on muscle quite easily




The book Taboo: Why Black Athletes Dominate Sports And Why We're Afraid To Talk About It by Jon Entine is a really great read if anyones interested in finding out more.

u/MrSquat · 1 pointr/leangains

> correlated by co2 emission

Yeah, ok now we're talking together. The first time around you said vo2 ;) co2 is ofc different, that's the respiratory exchange ratio. Vo2 is oxygen uptake during exercise. One letter that makes a difference.

So, the 20-30% number is pretty much the bottom of glucose utilization in a non-keto adapted person, since the brain uses ~20% and pretty much just glucose.

Then it becomes an issue of liver glycogen being depleted once the time period lengthens, and that's when muscle breakdown kicks in as a means to feed glucose to the brain.

As the stores decrease, glucogenesis ramps up using mostly amino acids.

I'll quote a few passages from a textbook that shows the timeline of what's going on. Those are relevant quotes from the post absorptive metabolism section.

>When glycogenolysis is occurring, the synthesis of glycogen and triacylglycerols in the liver is diminished, and the de novo synthesis of glucose (gluconeogenesis) begins to help maintain blood glucose levels.

This is the start of the post absorptive phase. When liver glycogen starts breaking down, gluconeogenesis starts.

>The brain and other tissues of the CNS are extravagant consumers of glucose, oxidizing it for energy and releasing no gluconeogenic precursors in return. At rest, the brain uses about 20% of the available energy even though it is only about 2% of the body by weight.

Underlining the role of the brain in depleting liver glycogen. Those numbers ~equal the storage capacity of the liver, but the cns is not the only consumer of glucose at this time.

>In the course of an overnight fast, nearly all reserves of liver glycogen and most muscle glycogen have been depleted.

This varies of course, someone used to IF and with a high carb intake and a large evening meal will obviously not be glycogen depleted by morning but it still shows the time frame. An overnight fast is actually usually around 12h and not just the 8 spent sleeping though.

Source

u/leanloser · 2 pointsr/leangains

Pay $20 more to get a nice leather one that will last forever (i.e. one that won't break once you go above 90lbs). I like this one and have been using it for years:
http://www.amazon.com/Champion-Heavy-Duty-Leather-Belt/dp/B000BR3Z22/

However the chain was a tiny bit short for me (45lb plates would brush against my balls) so I had to extend it with a large carabiner (hell, you could probably just get a pack of carabiners and extend it that way if you have a wider waist--mine is ~31")

u/snipes0626 · 5 pointsr/leangains

https://www.amazon.com/Practical-Programming-Strength-Training-Rippetoe/dp/0982522754

This book has been eye opening as far as programming is concerned. I’m not an expert. Not trying to be. Not strong enough to be. But this book has helped me more clearly see the bigger picture and WHY strong people do what they do and WHY it works.

Try googling the Stress-Recovery-Adaptation Model or the Fitness Fatigue Model too.

u/bartmanx · 3 pointsr/leangains

I too enjoy cooking with oil that's sprayed on.

Also, agree that roasted veggies are far better than steamed; weather you use oil or not. Alternative to chilly flakes is garlic (and olive oil).

BTW: you can get sprays in disposable aerosol cans, but also one of these reusable bottles:

https://www.amazon.com/Misto-Brushed-Aluminum-Olive-Sprayer/dp/B00004SPZV/

u/lunarlumberjack · 2 pointsr/leangains

I use that stuff for baking and it also makes a good low carb pizza crust.

Lysine is cheap at Whalemart.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Spring-Valley-L-Lysine-Tablets-1000mg-100-count/17324899

I got this Gluten online for a good price

https://www.amazon.com/Bobs-Red-Mill-Vital-Gluten/dp/B000EDK5LM

u/imtakingcrazypills · 2 pointsr/leangains

I herniated my L5-S1 disc about a year ago. Couldn't move for 5 weeks, physical therapy, slowly got back to the gym. One year later I squat 315 and dead lift 285 (note that I am EXTREMELY careful with my DL, hence the lower number when compared to my squat- I have no desire to be bed ridden and on lortab again). Anyway, the physical therapy helped some, but I'll echo what others have said about Foundation Training. It helped so, so much.

Here is the book. Buy it, use it, check out their website too!!

As far as exercises, I just started with body weight squats and dead lift motions (found in the Foundation protocol), and then I VERY slowly added some weight. To be honest, my dead lift still isn't great, but I don't think it will ever be amazing again, but that's ok. I'd rather be pain free than try and best my old PR.

u/rironlung · 1 pointr/leangains

Pop cakes: http://www.cocofoods.com/

Wasa crisp and light are good too: http://www.amazon.com/Wasa-Crisp-Light-Grain-4-9-Ounce/dp/B000EUJLHE

Spread some tuna over these or protein pb powder

u/Felosele · 1 pointr/leangains

As below, I hope you are using a mixed grip- it immediately improved my DL by like 30 lbs. Having a similar effect was chalking up my hands. Turns out most of the slipperiness was sweat. Chalk is cheap as hell too. 12 bucks for eight bars or so. of the stuff

u/brigboy · 1 pointr/leangains

I removed the twist in ones, and actually use something like this, i.e. generic spring collars (that aren't even matching) http://www.amazon.com/SPRING-COLLAR-2inch-ONE-PAIR/dp/B000BKV08U

as they are way more convenient. I assume it won't be an issue, maybe once it's 100lbs on the dumbbell it's worth considering.

I think I'm still at the point where I still think about working out too much on my off days because I use to do a bro split (gym 4-5 times a day).

u/DudeOnACouch2 · 2 pointsr/leangains

This is the one that I have. I put a few knots in it to get it to the right length for me. But it swivels really well and it's not heavy.

u/HomeboySwole · 1 pointr/leangains

Might want to check out body weight exercises so you can get progressive overload http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Your-Own-Gym/dp/0345528581/

u/SailorKingCobra · 1 pointr/leangains

No. It takes several days of very low carb to get into ketosis. You can prove it to yourself by pissing on ketostix.