Beginner Fitness: Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 20, 2020 |
- Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 20, 2020
- I would like to have more pronounced muscles so should I do more weightlifting, do a caloric deficit, or both?
- Why do you have to take such big exhales/inhales?
- Best Shoulder Workouts?
- How much training is too much?
- Breathing Techniques
- Arm can’t straighten after biceps curls.
- Lifting with leg length discrepancy
- Does muscle gained naturally stay on you longer even if you’re inactive?
- Struggling with leg Exercises for Dumbbell P/P/L
- How much weight fluctuation is normal?
- How to stop bad eating habits?
- Has there ever been a study done on Rack Pull carryover to the Deadlift?
- Question about walking to the gym.
- Are situps not supposed to feel like theyre doing anything?
- Build gluteus maximus, without squat or upper body?
| Daily Simple Questions Thread - August 20, 2020 Posted: 20 Aug 2020 03:04 AM PDT Welcome to the /r/Fitness Daily Simple Questions Thread - Our daily thread to ask about all things fitness. Post your questions here related to your diet and nutrition or your training routine and exercises. Anyone can post a question and the community as a whole is invited and encouraged to provide an answer. As always, be sure to read the wiki first. Like, all of it.Also, there's a handy-dandy search bar to your right, and if you didn't know, you can also use Google to search fittit by using the limiter "site:reddit.com/r/fitness" after your search topic. Other good resources to search are Exrx.net for exercise-related topics and Examine.com for nutrition and supplement science. Be aware that the more relevant information you add, the more relevant the answers you receive will be. And if you are posting about your routine, please make sure you follow the guidelines. (Please note: This is not a place for general small talk or chit-chat. Also, the community decided long ago that we keep jokes, trolling, and memes outside of the Daily Q&A threads. Please use the downvote / report button when necessary.) [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 04:13 PM PDT If someone wants more pronounced muscles, what exactly should they work towards? I assume it'd be both but I could be wrong. I am 19M, 150 lb, 5'8", BMI 22.8. [link] [comments] |
| Why do you have to take such big exhales/inhales? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 02:19 PM PDT I never really understood this, I was taught you do it to prevent passing out with the weight on top of you, but it was also with every single exercise, even bodyweight stuff. Why would I need to do this when using like a cable machine, or doing pushups? It seems impossible to pass out while doing pushups, or using cables, so why is this so important? I get it when doing Olympic and powerlifting stuff, but why during supersets, and isolation workouts? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 20 Aug 2020 04:31 AM PDT I've got pretty decent arms but my shoulders are way too small. I'm working hard to fix it now but maybe you guys can tell me some of the exercises you do for your shoulders? [link] [comments] |
| How much training is too much? Posted: 20 Aug 2020 03:56 AM PDT Hi all! I read the wiki and the rules and hope, that my question won't be disqualified. Anyway, I've been working out for 5 years now. I've started off with jogging and running up to marathons, but had to give it up because of my chronically inflammed knees. I started doing regular courses with mixed trainings instead, one focused on strength/power, one focused on speed and one focused on cardio, each with an endurance of around 60 minutes including cool down. Right now, I am doing one each other day and go for a hike every week on week ends (2 to 6 hours, varying difficulty, but usually with a very strenuous part in between either angle or speed wise). They all happen late in the evening, to cope with work. Now I have some problems with my core, which do not seem to have gotten any better over the last 2 years. I therefore want to add a short wake-up training each morning with a short jog. The idea is, to have enough rest in between my regular trainings and not to exert myself too much, so I was planning on doing a 30 mins strength/power and a 30 mins jogging part. In the power part I will start with planking for 2-5 mins (varying intensity), then push-ups (2-4 times 16; varying intensity and both wide and narrow), then crunches (2-4 times 20) and leg pulls to the side, laying on the floor (2-4 times 16, fully tilted to the max and with straight body in the air). I have varying multiplicators because I assume, that time will limit me during the initial phase and until I am properly accustomed to this. Jogging will be an easy 10 to max 13.5 km/h for 5 to 10 km, depending on time and accustomisation. I thought I'd build up from the 'other' days of training and first only do two of these each week, until a month has passed. Then I plan to introduce one at a training day and wait another month, until I am doing them each day. I still have some aches the day after my programs, but they are very low-key. TL:DR I want to add a morning routine to my 3 times a week program, because I am bored, but do not want to interfere with the rest periods of my weekly programs. Is my idea feasible? Is it too much, too little? [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 19 Aug 2020 01:04 PM PDT I have started weight training and more intense cardio recently and whilst I feel okay about it, I don't think I'm giving 100% to my workouts simply for the reason I struggle with correct breathing. I know it sounds stupid but I just feel like I don't breathe correctly when I am performing exercises and it makes me breathless quicker or even at times light headed. Note I do not have any medical conditions that would impact this. Does anyone have any techniques to help improve my breathing during exercise? [link] [comments] |
| Arm can’t straighten after biceps curls. Posted: 20 Aug 2020 04:44 AM PDT Just started lifting some weights and im unable to straighten my arm after biceps curls.. Can I still continue the exercise tomorrow? [link] [comments] |
| Lifting with leg length discrepancy Posted: 20 Aug 2020 02:43 AM PDT Basically my left leg is about an inch shorter than my right. I think it's the main cause of my lower back pain while doing deads and squats. I read somewhere that the wider your stance on those movements is, the less apparent the issue is, but I don't know if it's true and can't really wrap my mind around it. Also, does it make a difference if the discrepancy is caused by different length tibias or femurs, in terms of wearing shoe lifts/taking a wider stance while lifting. [link] [comments] |
| Does muscle gained naturally stay on you longer even if you’re inactive? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 10:31 PM PDT So I'm having to stay pretty inactive due to this metatarsal fracture I got a month ago. I'm 3 weeks in post surgery and my body really hasn't changed much despite not working out. My right calf got weaker at one point since I couldn't walk on it, and now the muscle is slowly coming back since I can put weight on my heel in a medical shoe the doctor gave me. I'm 5'11 220lbs. Not very lean but also not considered fat. I'm in the healthy bodyfat range. But to the point, I haven't lost any noticeable muscle size aside from my right calf. The thing I notice though is that whenever these big fitness personalities get injured they almost always lose a huge amount of size. And almost none of them are natural. So that's why I'm wondering if muscle built naturally stays on someone a lot longer with inactivity [link] [comments] |
| Struggling with leg Exercises for Dumbbell P/P/L Posted: 20 Aug 2020 02:02 AM PDT Been following this routine - https://www.reddit.com/r/Fitness/comments/2e79y4/dumbbell_ppl_proposed_alternative_to_dumbbell/ Issue is, I dont feel like my legs are being pushed- exercises like Goblet Squat, regular squats, the weights I use are based on what my arms can handle, not my legs. I know I can pile on more reps, but at a point I dont think thats beneficial. I saw the comment about pistol squats in the link above, but I couldnt keep my balance for a base pistol squat.. In the end, i feel like im barely working out my legs during leg day. What other leg exercises, dumbbell or body weight, that I can do to push my legs on leg day? [link] [comments] |
| How much weight fluctuation is normal? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 04:17 PM PDT Trying to dial in what my maintenance calorie total is. What is safe to consider constant? +- 1lb? 2lb? Or should I actually stay almost exactly the same weight? (I weigh myself post restroom every morning consistently) [link] [comments] |
| How to stop bad eating habits? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 11:21 PM PDT Hi everyone! I'm new to the fitness community. I apologize if my topic doesn't fit here (checked the rules, don't seem to be breaking any). I'm male, 17, 5'7", 160 lbs, and recently just picked up a membership to my YMCA. I have started to work out 3-4 times a week there for 1.5 - 2 hours, along with my regular semi-active lifestyle. My biggest problem fitness wise, which I'm not afraid to admit, is my eating. I eat/drink a lot of junk. Sugary cereals, 2 cans of pop a day, a lot of frozen dinners, frequent fast food, but I find it so hard to stop eating these types of items. I do drink a lot of water (4 20oz bottles/day on avg.) but I find it nearly impossible to stop with the junk. I'm not trying to completely cancel out these food/drinks, I think it's okay once and a while to indulge. But I'm aware with where my current consumption is, it's not healthy. I want to get to a point of having a healthy diet and not feeling like I NEED these items. I'm hoping you guys can give me pointers as I'm new to fitness. TIA! [link] [comments] |
| Has there ever been a study done on Rack Pull carryover to the Deadlift? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 10:15 PM PDT I'm asking this because I'm in my senior year of high school right now and we've been given the task to make a project where we basically delve into a specific topic, gather great amounts of information about it, etc; During the entire course of this semester or year. Strength training is something I'm passionate about and I've pondered on this topic for a while but so far, I've only ever seen anecdotal evidence proving/disproving it so I think it would be fun to perform an actual study to try and test the rack pull's carryover to the deadlift. As far as I've seen, no study has been done on this topic before but I'm not entirely sure yet so If anyone else could answer this question, I'd greatly appreciate it. [link] [comments] |
| Question about walking to the gym. Posted: 19 Aug 2020 09:56 PM PDT So I am currently going to get a membership, but the gym is just under 2 miles away (1.8) and I have no good way to get there other than walking or biking (I don't have a car). Would walking to the gym be a sufficient warmup/cardio to do weight lifting and then walk back as a cool down/more cardio? It would be a total of 3.6 miles. Edit: I could also do intermittent jogging cause I'm not a runner. [link] [comments] |
| Are situps not supposed to feel like theyre doing anything? Posted: 19 Aug 2020 08:52 PM PDT im trying to work my abs hence situps and i have look at many youtube vids and articles about situps and am sure im doing it right but it feels like its working my back more than anything. [link] [comments] |
| Build gluteus maximus, without squat or upper body? Posted: 20 Aug 2020 01:47 AM PDT Hi everyone, I'm a slim male wanting to build a bigger butt :)Is there an exercise that can destroy my gluteus maximus (or glutes in general) but is easy on knees. Also I don't want to work my upper body. Basically I have weak glutes, and want to strenghten and build mass ONLY in that area. Any tips appreciated thanks [link] [comments] |
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