Re: The 10-pound workout

"Zen Cohen" <aturny@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Zen Cohen" <aturny@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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My pulomonologist relented to my bugging him about letting me get
back to lifting weights -- but limited me to 10 pounds. I went to
the gym yesterday and did lateral raises with 10 pd weights for too
may reps to even count so I stopped and did some cardio instead
(which he says is OK). Should I even bother with weights? I'm not
very big but have OK definition. Anything I can do to maintain what
I have?

Get a second opinion. I'd start with asking a sports medicine
specialist for a specialist in your problem who deals with a lot of
athletes. 10 lbs. is likely a random, conservative number; maybe 25
lbs. is better ...

Good idea on the sports med specialist. 25 lbs would be a little more
tolerable if a doc would give me the go-ahead.

You realize, too, I hope, that the actual weight needs not be a
limitation. There are plenty of things you can do with your bodyweight
only, of course. My guess is that things like one-armed pushups and
one-legged squats probably go against the spirit, if not the letter, of
your doctor's intent, but they are certainly options. There are a lot
of ways to tweak both those movements to one's current level of ability,
e.g., raised feet for two-armed pushups to make them harder, likewise
feet normal but one arm out to the side or on an unstable and/or raised
surface.

-S-
http://www.kbnj.com


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