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Tagged with recovery injury-prevention
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How to figure out how long to rest in-between workouts?
I'm trying to figure out how to program rest days into my workouts so as to avoid injury. In this video, Dr Stu Mcgill explain, how even if we are working with safe tolerable loads, well under our ...
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Increasing muscle mass in my left leg considering the following conditions?
I had an operation for an ACL tear in my left knee and physiotherapy for tennis elbow in my right hand plus a weird problem in my right wrist.
What happened because of these - My left leg looks ...
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Should you massage then stretch or stretch then massage your muscles?
When you're doing both, should you use a roller to massage your muscles first, stretch first, or does it not matter?
My routine includes trying to do this twice a day which includes after running, ...
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Elbows cracking and popping [closed]
I recently began to use many movements that are stressful on elbows all at once — pull-ups, pull-up holds, L-sit on paralletes, etc.
My elbows were sore afterwards — so I sensibly chopped out most of ...
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Stretch marks during weight training
I am 15 and my height is 5 ft. 7. I started working out about two months ago. I only did tricep push ups, bicep curls, and skull crushers because I was warned that workouts will stunt my growth. I ...
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the gristle in my knee after torn PCL
I have an unsettling gristly noise in my right knee when I squat (only when I squat thank God!) that's related to my torn PCL. I am just now getting my stabilizing muscles reactivated and thus full ...
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Is having a cold shower right after squatting a risk to the health?
I'm doing this challenge where u do 50 squats the first day and 100 the second and 150 the third n so on for 30 days. I'm used to squatting so its really not a big deal for me. I have this habit of ...
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Pain after squats (sprain?)
After the latest legs day I had pain in the inner side of the place between leg and groin. It hurts only during the lowers part of the squat and press machine (I didn't notice anything during that ...
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Precautions for difficulty faced on first day of gym
This was quite bad day today in the gym and that too my first day. I vomited after doing just 20 sit ups in the final session of the day.
I'm newbie in fitness and don't know too much terms and i ...
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Avoiding Tendinopathy (suggested rest interval to prevent chronic pain)
tl;dr - Starting to feel slight tendon pain. How long should I rest before it's OK to hit the gym hard again.
Background:
I recently decided to end my winter hibernation and got back into rock ...
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Exercises to recover from mild pain around the 3rd lumbar vertebrae?
I am sitting a lot in the front of the computer, sometimes in not the very best position, mostly seated at the desk but also at home with the laptop not sited on the chair.
Sometimes I have a mild ...
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Is aqua sprinting a good replacement for track sessions whilst injured?
Last year I slightly tore a ligament and damaged the cartiledge in my left knee. I have since recovered and began sprinting again but recently hurt the LCL in both knees during a training session.
I ...
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How frequently can I hit the heavy bag?
I've heard that hitting a heavy bag is taxing enough that it is easy to overtrain using it, especially for beginners.
How much rest should the average person (i.e. NOT a boxer who grew up hitting ...
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Recovering from trochanteric (hip) bursitis
Last week I started noticing some pain building in my right hip after my morning runs, culminating on last Wednesday when I could barely walk without severe pain in the afternoon. I took a few days of ...
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