Re: The 10-pound workout

"Steve Freides" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

"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.

This is why Zen needs a second opinion ASAP. His doctor clearly pulled
10 pounds out of his nether regions. If Zen can't lift more than 10
pounds ever again he's completely screwed. He won't even be able to
carry his groceries to the car. Seriously, how much does a gallon of
milk weigh?

Ten pounds is not weight lifting. I have boots that weigh almost that
much.

Unfortunately, doctors tend to be ridiculously conservative when they
get into areas where they don't really know what they are doing, and
even the best of doctors has areas that they haven't studied extensively
(or at all).

Now, it is possible that your doctor is 100% correct and that your
condition is serious enough that lifting anything over 10 pounds could
seriously screw you up. I just have a hard time believing that cardio
is ok, and that weights over 10 pounds are dangerous.

Jason
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