Food/Diet and training hobbies
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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Afternoon all.
One for the weightlifters this.
I helped out a young lady in the gym today who was finding it difficult to get the most from hamstring exercises. Briefly explained the mind muscle connection to her and advised how she could try adjusting the exercises to help.
For myself I have a poor connection to my biceps and a REALLY shocking time with rear delts.
Those of you who lift, do you focus on weak areas specifically and what personal tricks do you use to help connect with your weak or troublesome areas?
If I feel I have a weak area then I will up the volume marginally, maybe a couple of extra sets or maybe add it nearer the start of the workout. If im struggling with a connection then I’ll try different rep ranges and different exercises until I feel that connection. I always struggled with biceps but feel I’ve found a very strict cable curl helps. For rear delts I’ve never done anything direct but I do heavy BB rows and seated cable row with quite a wide neutral grip….does absolute wonders for rear delts!
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Afternoon all.
One for the weightlifters this.
I helped out a young lady in the gym today who was finding it difficult to get the most from hamstring exercises. Briefly explained the mind muscle connection to her and advised how she could try adjusting the exercises to help.
For myself I have a poor connection to my biceps and a REALLY shocking time with rear delts.
Those of you who lift, do you focus on weak areas specifically and what personal tricks do you use to help connect with your weak or troublesome areas?
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@matt-wood Yes .. I think a few use it. Heston did for a while I think. I've never used it myself
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@mark-maguire In your time across the food / hospitality business did you ever come across Transglutaminase (better known as meat glue)?
If you know /knew about it I just wondered how widespread it was or was not.
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Christopher McDougall - Born To Run is the book that inspired me to start running (not barefoot but just in general), after literally decades of really not seeing the appeal and refusing to do more than about a mile
Orthotists, podiatrists etc hate it apparently because it caused a ton of people to go out and break their feet by switching to barefoot shoes. To be fair though, I do remember him cautioning against making the switch too quickly.
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@matt-wood said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@john-folan Haha yep a 50th will probably set you back a little :party_popper:
If you use your BP monitor, best to take either 3 or 5 readings at once and average them.
Keep up the good work, apart from next week though
Yeah I’ve sussed that one. Deffo can’t rely on the 1st one
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@john-folan Haha yep a 50th will probably set you back a little :party_popper:
If you use your BP monitor, best to take either 3 or 5 readings at once and average them.
Keep up the good work, apart from next week though
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Good to see this thread still going. I’m still doing an hour of cardio/weights three times a week. Even more important now I am approaching 50. By approaching I mean my birthday is next week lol.
I’ve got a blood pressure monitor as well and I have regular 3 month blood tests to make sure my levels are all as they should be.
I am working to lose that last stone. It’s coming off gradually. Although I will probably have a setback over the next week
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@matt-wood I am matey, managed to get uptown about 6.5K now!
I've noticed that I am slightly taller when I run for the duration of the run, I've done a lot of running over the years and been coached etc... I always started strong but by the end could end up leaning slightly - ZERO chance in barefoot lol your heels will scream at you.
I have noticed that I am not as tired running barefoot, the DOMs aren't as bad - except in the calves lol
Which ones did you go for?
I also recommend the book 'The Cool Impossible' that's made a HUGE difference.
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@Ryan Are you still running in your barefoot shoes?
Got a pair myself at Christmas and if it ever stops raining here I'm keen to try them out and start running again.
One of the reasons I wanted them is the reviews and studies I have seen about them making you run with a more upright posture due to foot placement on the road. This is something Id really benefit from due to my lower back.
Have you found your natural running posture change since using them at all?
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@ryan said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
@matt-wood That is crazy!
If you see the clip it really is madness! I think Derek from More Plates More Dates covered it.
Tiny little woman trying to squat 4 plates a side.
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@lee-woodman said in Food/Diet and training hobbies:
Just over 2 weeks since quitting smoking, got to say its not the easy thing to do but well worth the effort. And even though i have stopped i have to be conscious that its not just something i dont have to ever think about dealing with again
Anyone who thinks about doing it should read Allen Carr's 'Easy way to stop smoking' a couple of times. It definitely offers a shift in perspective from the usual thought process of quitting smoking being a negative process of depriving yourself
Agree with all of the above. The 2 week milestone is a big one, well done - it took me a few goes to give up and every single time, the two week point was where I had a lot of dreams about smoking and then after that, the cravings reduced massively!
