faetal on 2/12/2013 at 15:25
Man, that makes my fatty liver seem trivial :(
Hope all goes well with the fitness and the op. You're in Oz aren't you? I hear good things about the healthcare there.
SubJeff on 2/12/2013 at 16:31
Honestly faetal, how much alcohol do you drink? And how much do you weigh? That's a serious amount of exercise to be doing off the bat. Good luck with it.
I've recently (for the past 3 months or so) being going to the gym twice a week for an hour with a personal trainer. He's an ex-Royal Marine and boy does he put me through my paces. For the firs month I was close to collapse or being sick during the session, and aching for days afterwards. It's really worked though - I'm much fitter and stronger, resting HR has dropped, and although I've only lost a small amount of weight I've changed shape.
I'm sticking with it for at least a year. If I keep up with it this time next year I'll be different person. I know PTs aren't for everyone but man am I glad I did this.
faetal on 2/12/2013 at 16:56
I've never been a heavy drinker - don't tend to drink at home, but I do tend to get smashed if I'm on a night out. Was having nights out 2-4 times a month and each time drinking around 8 or so pints, so not an alcoholic, but not a trivial amount either. These days, I tend to go out after work and nip it in the bud after 5 pints and only do that once a month, twice at most.
I did weigh 85 kilos - I'm about 180 cm tall, quite broad of shoulder, so not a rake or anything. I now weigh about 82 kg. It is a serious amount to do, you're right and it's very intimidating, but it's very much a part of the experience I'm going for - I don't know if I can do it yet, and the training will be driven by a kind of fear of letting myself and my friend down etc.. That's also part of the motivation for telling people I'm doing it as well, to ensure that I don't have a change of heart and try to back out, as Ill look like (more of) a tit.
The biggest difference for me lately is the core strengthening exercises. Every time I've got anywhere with weight training, my lower back (lumbar) ends up prone to a spasm followed by a week of incapacitating inflammation and then a month or two of precautionary rest. The core exercises are making my trunk feel a lot more stable. I'm hoping to get to the stage where I can start doing squats / deadlifts again, but that may not even be possible, since I'd sooner be doing an inferior workout than have to stop for ages again.
I think PTs are good. Any form of motivation in the form of another human automatically adds huge amounts to my performance effort. I tend to work out alone in the mornings because no one else wants to get up that early, but I sometimes really miss working out with a friend. Asking someone else in the gym to spot me doesn't quite feel the same as there's no continuum.
PigLick on 3/12/2013 at 00:30
Quote Posted by faetal
Man, that makes my fatty liver seem trivial :(
Hope all goes well with the fitness and the op. You're in Oz aren't you? I hear good things about the healthcare there.
Yeh I count myself as exceedingly lucky to be living in Australia, I am not paying one cent for the surgery, and the drugs I inject(humira for the record) would normally cost thousands, but I pay a small fraction of that.
Yakoob on 3/12/2013 at 02:24
Faetal, that sucks, sorry man. I've been gaining weight and trying to get some physical activity in me as well, in addition to my staple biking. I've been just doing some basic home routines (pushups, dips, etc.) but encountering the same problem I always do - my elbows start hurting after 2-3 sessions :/ I don't know if they're just weak, or if it's my form, or if I'm not eating enough. I've never had any upper body strength and all my efforts in building it up failed miserably (mostly due to me getting bored and not particularly interested in getting some MAD PECKS BRO).
SubJeff on 3/12/2013 at 09:26
That is just unlucky faetal. Sounds like you haven't really done enough to get a fatty liver, just been pretty damn unlucky. I've friends who have taken things to far greater excess before they got any changes.
Yakoob, might just be lack of use. The stabilising muscles probably need strengthening. My advice - go to a personal trainer. Seriously, I've been through med school. I know a little bit about anatomy and muscles and so on but these guys are the experts and going to one has really changed my fitness, my strength and (possibly most importantly) shown me what not to do. This ha helped my recovery time no end. All those aches I used to get that would last for days - all gone.
Muzman on 3/12/2013 at 09:43
At the risk of turning this into the injury thread; backs and knees are bad enough, but I've never had major troubles luckily. Knees not really as strong as I'd like. But working on that I managed to do ...something in the abdominal/rib cage area.
Do you know how many activities don't concern your abdomen?
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Just sitting on your ass and eating hurts.
Sulphur on 3/12/2013 at 09:56
That's really why you need a personal trainer for at least the first couple of months. Bad form on squats could injure your back. It's always a good idea to start easy and progress to gradually more difficult exercises, and for goodness' sake, don't forget to strengthen your core before you start exercising with the really intense compound stuff.
SubJeff on 3/12/2013 at 10:20
You given yourself a hernia Muz?
Muzman on 3/12/2013 at 10:29
Quote Posted by NuEffect
You given yourself a hernia Muz?
Well, apparently not, oddly enough. Exams and basic tests turned up no usual signs. There's still ...something going on down there. It's possible I just tore a muscle or two around the bottom of the ribs (so they say). It kinda clears up if I behave myself, and its possible I'm impatient (but geez you really can't do a thing that won't aggravate it when it flares up).
Further tests would be elective since I'm not dying or anything. So I grumpily wait and see a while longer.
