Weight Training

[Guest guest]

---And see, I am soo opposite, I cannot eat before I do weights. I

won't loose as much fat off of my arms. It is really weird... they

don't tone down enough. I mean they get big. I mean I want my muscle

to show, but they get ugly big so it works better for me to not eat.

And I have plenty of energy and I lift very heavy. In fact I also

feel sick if I eat before weights. If I drink too much water too I

get sick so I do better on an empty stomach with weights. I loose fat

better that way. So we are all different. You can experiment and see

which one works the best for you.

Kathi (who's just another name)

In , " Lynda " <lyndaesp@y...>

wrote:

> I would keel over if I tried to lift on an empty stomach! I think

it

> is necessary to get some fuel in before training. I usually eat CC

> and fruit about an hour before I lift.

>

>

> HTH,

> Lynda

[Guest guest]

I see so many people trying to make this program soooo hard to follow

and it just shouldn't be that way. This is supposed to be the

program that the average person can follow.

My own honest opinion (for what's it worth <smirk>) work out when you

can because it's better than not working out at all. If you are able

to work out 3 hours after you eat, then that's going to increase your

fat burning, but if you can't work out anyway. Most of the calorie

burning from weight training comes after the workouts finished and

the muscles are recovering/repairing. If I laze in bed in the

mornings and don't get my workouts done then I have to do them on

after I come home from work. That's usually when I have meal 5, on

the drive home from work. Let me tell, not once when I did that, did

anything horrible happen to my body. I didn't have cramps, I didn't

pass out, and all the fat didn't come pouring back on because I

didn't follow the " rules " to the letter.

Sorry, I think I must be in the grips of some major PMS today. The

family better watch out.

debra

> Hi, I'm sure this has been asked before, but is it imperative to

not

> eat for three hours prior to weight training, like you do with

> aerobics? Or is it okay to eat less than three hours prior to

doing

> weights?

[Guest guest]

I had a THR at age 45. I've always been very active up until about 2

years prior to the surgery when things started to go very badly with

the hip. Anyway, I'm 2 years out from the surgery and feeling great

and have joined the local YMCA. I had some 20-something (no offense to

anyone that young in here) personal trainer give me a free

weight/machine program with the new hip in mind. I started the

program, but as I started to add weights I just couldn't help but

wonder how good this really is or isn't for me - how much weight is too

much - especially for the lower body exercises. I'd like to get 20

years out of this hip (I know 15 years is good) but don't want to end

up reducing the implant's lifespan by doing something wrong early on.

Long story short: Does anyone have any experience or advice about

weight training with a THR? Thanks.

Jeff

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeff

Don't know about THR but with my knees the PT did weight training and told

me not to go above 10 pounds per leg ever. When they released me (insurance

ran out) I was up to 7 pounds per leg.

Can you call your Dr or your old PT and ask them?

Gloria

[Guest guest]

Jeff, what type of implant do you have? Large ball metal on metal

might hold up better than ceramic but I am no expert. I would ask a

PT that is familiar with hip replacement and weight training. During

my PT after surgery they had my pressing a good amount of weight

with my thighs and I have a weight machine in my home. I have no

restrictions but I don't over do it either and I am five months post-

op. I do know that high impact sports are not recommended but

strength training should be fine.

Deb

>

> I had a THR at age 45. I've always been very active up until

about 2

> years prior to the surgery when things started to go very badly

with

> the hip. Anyway, I'm 2 years out from the surgery and feeling

great

> and have joined the local YMCA. I had some 20-something (no

offense to

> anyone that young in here) personal trainer give me a free

> weight/machine program with the new hip in mind. I started the

> program, but as I started to add weights I just couldn't help but

> wonder how good this really is or isn't for me - how much weight

is too

> much - especially for the lower body exercises. I'd like to get

20

> years out of this hip (I know 15 years is good) but don't want to

end

> up reducing the implant's lifespan by doing something wrong early

on.

> Long story short: Does anyone have any experience or advice about

> weight training with a THR? Thanks.

> Jeff

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the input. BTW, I do have a large ball replacement and it

is a metal-on-metal hip. I've been avoiding asking the doctor for fear

that he's going to tell me something I really don't want to hear, but I

guess I'm going to need to just suck it up and call him. I could try

and see if the rehab center where I did my PT might be willing to

answer a question or two as well. Thanks again. Jeff

[Guest guest]

Hi Jeff

I used nautilus-type machines for lower body stuff, rather than

free weights, and the advice I was given by my PT was to be

particularly careful with using weight resistance for adduction

and abduction exercises, because that can put huge stress on

the muscles you need to keep your new hip joint stable. Build

up *very* gradually on those. I was told I was better off avoiding

them, but I'd been through more than one THR at this point.

With regular leg presses, again, I was told to keep the weight

lower than I'd think, and not to pull my knees to close to my

chest when working anywhere near my limits on weight/resistance.

I'd suggest you have a conversation about this with a very

experienced physio rather than a trainer in the gym, unless they

have worked extensively with people who have had joint

replacements because I've been given horrible advice by

trainers in the past.

hope that's of some help to you,

>

> I had a THR at age 45. I've always been very active up until about 2

> years prior to the surgery when things started to go very badly with

> the hip. Anyway, I'm 2 years out from the surgery and feeling great

> and have joined the local YMCA. I had some 20-something (no offense to

> anyone that young in here) personal trainer give me a free

> weight/machine program with the new hip in mind. I started the

> program, but as I started to add weights I just couldn't help but

> wonder how good this really is or isn't for me - how much weight is too

> much - especially for the lower body exercises. I'd like to get 20

> years out of this hip (I know 15 years is good) but don't want to end

> up reducing the implant's lifespan by doing something wrong early on.

> Long story short: Does anyone have any experience or advice about

> weight training with a THR? Thanks.

> Jeff

>