Anyone else workout in here?

Hey Matt,
You've got a very informative thread going on here.

Unless I've missed a post that addressed a rather unflattering side effect of eating green stuff. I've noticed you don't have beano as a supplement in your lists.

I don't know about anybody else, but when I change my diet to a more live food source diet I become a lot more musicalistic by degrees of decibels.

Are you guys who eat a live food diet not bothered by explosive nature of cabbage, broccoli, legumes and such?
I'm just a little curious how you guys deal these unfortunate side effects.

Yours in "song of the cargo ship in fog." Chuck
 
Matt,

Thank you VERY much. I'll look into your recommendations - prepare yourself for further questions!

Much appreciated,
H

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H,

Realistically, anything you do aside from sitting on the couch doing 12 ounce curls and finger presses is good. All those machines you listed all have their place in the physical fitness arena. The best investment you can make your for body would be to get a pull-up bar. You can work your back with pull ups (your biceps with chin ups) and you can really work your abs (by holding on to the bar and keeping your feet relatively straight and bringing your toes up to touch your hands holding the bar, that is GREAT for your core muscles!!!)

With your meniscus I would simply recommend that you concentrate on self myofascial release (buy a $3 foam pad and roll over your tight muscles to release the muscle fascia and increase your flexibility), deep tissue massages, and detoxification. You would also benefit from an EMS sstimulator, hell, you can get one for $50 bucks, even a digital one for $80, they aren't that expensive and they are a great investment for those of you with knee, back, and neck problems.

Running right now isn't the best thing for you, as your muscles are weak and you are very susceptible to injury. Use the EMS stimulator for about 2-3 weeks 10 minutes per day, then slowly ease yourself into the ellyptical, then the treadmill (a fast pace walk on a moderate incline is the most effective means of burning fat) and then eventually out on grass. Make sure you get some good running shoes too, SAucony is a great brand for running.

I hate to make all these recommendations for purchases and have you people thinking I"m some kind of 'marketing fitness guru' but when I tell you have I tried it all, I mean, I have tried it all. Being a former fat boy, you are born with a gullible gene and you will try anything to lose an inch off your waist. I have sense mutated my genes and I will only purchase and suggests those items that work.
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Quote from ElCubano:

elliptical is a great cardio workout hapa. In My gym they are right behind the treadmills making it a perfect exercise and viewing machine for the lovely ladies doing their daily walking...:D
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LOL! I'm sure the only thing that MIGHT detract you from that is if there's a Heat game on the tube....verdad?!? :)
 
Quote from chuck.ells:

... I don't know about anybody else, but when I change my diet to a more live food source diet
I become a lot more musicalistic by degrees of decibels.

Are you guys who eat a live food diet not bothered by explosive
nature of cabbage, broccoli, legumes and such?

I'm just a little curious how you guys deal these unfortunate side effects.

Yours in "song of the cargo ship in fog."...
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First, buy a tuning fork.

Second, read up on proper preparation (cooking, not - H).

"Combating the 'gas problem'

One problem that many people face in eating this group of foods is bloating and intestinal gas due to non-digestion of raffinose sugars. Let this not prevent from enjoying this healthy food group. There are ways and means to deal with the gas problem.

Never cook legumes in the water they have been soaked, because this water is loaded with raffinose.
Add a pinch of baking soda while cooking the legumes. In addition to removing raffinose sugars, it also helps the reduce cooking time.
If you are using canned beans, then thoroughly rinse them in lots of water. This will also help reduce the salt content.
Cooking legumes with a pinch of asafoetida is an age-old Aurvedic technique that helps prevent build up of intestinal gas.
If you are not used to eating legumes, start with a small serving and gradually increase the quantity.
If you still get into 'trouble', there is always Beano to rely on."

http://dailytiffin.blogspot.com/search/label/Health
 
Quote from chuck.ells:

... when I change my diet to a more live food source diet I become a lot more musicalistic by degrees of decibels.

Are you guys who eat a live food diet not bothered by explosive nature of cabbage, broccoli, legumes and such?
I'm just a little curious how you guys deal these unfortunate side effects....
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You'll no longer be the neighborhood foghorn, need a tuning fork nor any type of preparation with this quality organic stuff.
 
Quote from Matt24SPFL:


No, let's say that you are already experiencing such disaster. We can fix this by ridding the body of toxins and

Hope this helps.. :)
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Hi Matt,

You mentioned alkaline diet. Are there any online sources you can provide for such diets? Great thread :)

Jim
 
Quote from Matt24SPFL:

As a matter of fact, this is a very similar routine that NFL Pro Bowl Safety Troy Polumalu does.. He never lifts free weight, only bodyweight exercises and he is one of the best athletes in the league. :)
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Where did you read this? I don't see how you can do body weight exercises to strengthen your legs. Your legs are already strong enough to carry your own mass.... Unless you load 250 pounds into a backpack and do squats with it, but in that case I don't consider it a bodyweight exercise anymore. Even a weakling like me has outgrown bodyweight exercises.
 
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Most ligament/joint pain is due to tight muscles which is due to pockets of acid swelling the muscle up. Get a nice deep tissue massage, alkalize your body and most joint pain will disappear. If, however, you have done permanent damage to the joints, only a replacement surgery can help you there.

Ligaments are a bit more tricky. Acidity is where I would look first, however, if that doesn't work, a moderate dose of anavar (20-40mg/day) for 3-4 weeks would surely aid in recovery.
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umm, for anyone who reads this, I wouldn't blindly follow Matt's recommendation to take anavar for 3-4 weeks. It is an anabolic steroid and has risks such as stressing your liver, lowering your HDL and raising your LDL. If you're a woman, that much anavar will give you a mustache and do lord knows what to your period. Plus, no doctor would prescribe that much. 20-40mg is not a "moderate" dose. The theraputic dose is 5-7.5mg/day for men. Only athletes and bodybuilders would take 20-40mg/day, and it's obviously not under the care of a physician.
 
Quote from PoundTheRock:

Matt, thanks for the great information.

I have heard that the magic number for a well-defined six-pack is a body fat percentage of 8%, regardless of your ab workout intensity. Is that true?
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Not quite. If you have 8% bf and never work out, your abs will show but they won't be "well-defined", at least not to the extent of those fitness models you see in magazines. For your abs to be well-defined you need to do ab exercises and have good genes. Also bear in mind that models you see are standing under certain lighting which really highlights their abs.

I have been between 8 and 14% my whole life and never had a 6-pack until I did ab exercises. Even then, I will never have abs like a model because my genes suck.
 
Quote from deviltrader:

Where did you read this? I don't see how you can do body weight exercises to strengthen your legs. Your legs are already strong enough to carry your own mass.... Unless you load 250 pounds into a backpack and do squats with it, but in that case I don't consider it a bodyweight exercise anymore. Even a weakling like me has outgrown bodyweight exercises.
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jmo, dont want to but in , but.........

The real difference is in "effective "strength, usable strength, and body weight stuff can certainly do that.
Tonnes of lifters/bodybuilders can do outrageous squats and deadlifts etc, but not that many could pull that weight in a practical way, you know?

Those are very controlled exercises, quite different from actually using every muscle, ligament connection etc in an exerted, "unstable" arrangement, like football.
Look at the gracie brothers, (the brazilian ju-jitsu guys) or virtually any olympic level gymnast, their power to weight ratio just destroys these strongman contestants.
Not to suggest they could pull a locomotive, but practical, effective body strength.
 
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