Questions tagged [exercise]
Making one's body work. Includes walking, jogging, running, lifting weights, playing sports, cycling and any active play. The opposite of watching TV.
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Does training legs affect recovery of upper body muscles given adequate carbohydrate and protein intake?
Simple question:
I have the following exercise regime (each line is another day):
Upper Body
Legs
Back
Legs
Upper Body
Legs
Back
I do 2-3 different exercise per day with 2-3 sets each.
My legs are ...
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Internal rotation in dips?
Here's a picture of athleanx demonstrating dips https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tMyFe-IL7Ks
I understand the forward lean is required in dips, but doesn't this make the exercise extremely susceptible ...
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Do muscles deform bones?
I remember reading about bones can have their shape deformed by muscles pulling on them.
also this website suggets that bones along the shaft get wider and thicker
These forces squash, twist and bend ...
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Shoulder Rod Stretch, Trying to gain flexibility and reached a limit
I am doing the following shoulder rod dislocation stretch. I seemed to have reached a cap on how far I can put my hands together. Right now they are 40 inches apart, at 30 degree from vertical. I was ...
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How much time do I have to recover for a football match after intense bicycling for 6 hours as a delivery person?
I am working as a Uber Eats in my bicycle this work is really intense I need to be faster than my competitors with motorbikers, fast for my competitors no take my orders.
I really like this job ...
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Overactivity in one muscle of the agonist-antagonist pair and eventual desirability in athletes
I used to be an amateur athlete until I was 16 and I was diagnosed with brain cancer in which case I was left wheelchair-bound because of paresis in my left leg and inability to step on it. I was left ...
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Pelvic Floor muscles, how to tighten exercise
I am trying to understand the pelvic floor muscles as man in Section 2, how to exercise and articulate them. As they have many health benefits, and are more hidden muscles.
"Sit on a chair with ...
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Pike Pushup: Hands and feet closer a healthy option?
This is an example of Pike Pushups. One progression is to place your feet on a high platform to make it harder. I was curious if another method would be to have feet and hands vertical closer to ...
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Front raises as main exercises
My second main exercise after front squats is the front raise from hanging barbell to overhead for personal reasons.
To increase the strength of the lift is it necessary to implement complementary ...
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How to use METS to estimate additional caloric expenditure and weekly recommendations
I have a question regarding metabolic equivalents for exercises (METS) that I've been unable to google an answer to. It seems that it's either so incredibly obvious that it doesn't make sense to ask ...
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As a beginner, should I match breathing to exercise or exercise to breathing?
I started light exercises in Ring Fit Adventure to get rid of some of corona-fat and rebuild stamina lost during chain of medical stuff. Its going well however I can't match breath-in breath-out tempo ...
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Replacing top poly exercises because of herniated discs
I have herniated discs at the bottom of my back.
I can't do OHP, or even horizontal unilateral dumbells rowing from now. I can't do kettlebell flexion of my top body for side abs for example. I think ...
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Any exercise tips for people with spinal fusion and those who are short, but want to maintain their weight?
I am an 18 year old who's 4 ft 10 who had a spinal fusion done five years ago. I am currently 93 lbs and have been working out on my recumbent bike since the beginning of January of 2019. Due to the ...
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Exercise Variation and Periodisation
I guess I can say it is widly known to change your workout routine from time to time (may that be to focus more on certain muscles, hit muscles a little different, rule out muscle imbalances or simply ...
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Are there any journals/studies on the benefits of full range of motion when doing an exercise?
I am quite curious if there are any papers in doing a full range of motion and the benefits towards them. Specifically, By training the full Range of motion, 1. Reduce muscular strength imbalances, ...
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Blood lactate and glucose
When you exercise blood lactate levels tend to increase as a function of intensity. At the same time, I have seen in a few research papers that blood glucose levels tend to drop as lactate increases
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Injury cause in elbow position
I have experienced two injuries:
one doing bent over dumb bell row like this
I got injured when my elbow left contact with my torso and flared up outside and got sharp pain in my shoulder.
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Extended chest pump - 1 and a half days
After a 6 month break after finishing a 10 week (5 day/week) fitness program, I restarted it last week.
Last week I only went to gym 2 days out of five (Monday & Friday) and this week all the way ...
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Fast-twitch hand muscle exercises?
A friend who spent some time in the military told me about a silent language in which the hands are signed in short, rapid bursts. Really, really rapid bursts, actually.
I've seen videos of both wing ...
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Gluteus Medius doesn't feel like it is doing the work?
I'm currently trying to train my gluteus medius in order to provide a more stable stance while squatting. My knees feel kind of wobbly while doing such motions and I read that this would help.
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Does training a muscle make it tighter or constantly contracted in its resting state?
It’s often said that training X muscle more than its antagonist(s) will result in a postural imbalance in favor of the more trained muscle.
Common examples people say:
Training the chest muscles too ...
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Does sticking to one exercise for a long time cause a plateau, where the body no longer makes improvements even after muscular failure?
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Does sticking to a single exercise cause a plateau, and by "plateau"
I mean: "a point in your training where neither reaching failure nor trying to push beyond failure on a ...
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Sled pull / drag harness attachment points on body
I'm getting into sled pulls and drags, and apparently enjoying it.
I would appreciate some tips about the set up.
There is a double rope coming from the sled. I can
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How to best incorporate Workout, Yoga, Shower and Eating together into a routine?
I'm trying to fit workouts, yoga, showering, and eating into a daily routine, preferably together. There are lots of approaches to the order and time gap of doing these which is really confusing for ...
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Recommendation how to select aerobic trainer for home
I am considering buying ab aerobic trainer for my home because I have relatively high cholesterol. But I have two constraints:
I have a relatively small space with dimensions 1m x 2m.
I'd like it to ...
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Brisk walking vs Brisk walking at home (in place)
I think some recommendations say that in order to get health benefits (e.g. have lower risk of some possible health issues in the future) one should do
"do at least 150 minutes of moderate ...
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uneven pull ups
when i do a pull up my right shoulder seems to be higher and i don’t know why. anyone know how to fix this? i am right handed if this helps
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Recommendation for exercises one can do during Shin splints
Please recommend some exercises which I can do if I've got shin splints. I want to keep my body fit during my recovery, so any exercise is a welcome. I don't have access to a pool or a bicycle so that ...
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Maintaining muscle with indirect work
Let's says a beginner builds a big chest from horizontal movements and then switches to vertical movements only. Would the chest atrophy or maintain it's strength and size?
Or vice versa, if someone ...
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Does intermittent fasting (e.g., time-restricted) without calorie reduction/increase make it easier or more difficult to gain muscles when exercising?
Does intermittent fasting (e.g., time-restricted such as 16-hour fasting and 8-hour eating windows) without calorie reduction/increase make it easier or more difficult to gain muscles when exercising?...
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Alternatives for exercises to prevent pain on inside of elbow
(Please note this is not a duplicate from https://fitness.stackexchange.com/questions/29643/treating-pain-on-inside-of-elbow-possibly-tendonitis. The background is the same hence the same start, but ...
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Arm workout similar to P4P's ab series?
I've been doing the 8 min ab exercises from passion4profession, and would like to do something similar for my arms.
The exercises in the video are all done without any equipment, they work their way ...
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What kind of bands exercise are appropriate for mini stepper
I bought a mini stepper with bands.
But I am curious:
What kind of band movements are appropriate for the mini steppers in general?
I saw this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfkpdMXEzuQ, but ...
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What are post-workout l-glutamine supplementation benefits?
This question excludes all possible benefits for the workout itself or exercise performance. It concerns post workout general well-being.
What does glutamine help with when it comes to post-workout ...
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