Ah, well that’s a different thing then. Maybe get an inhaler or something. Dunno, that’s really between you and the Dr. as it doesn’t sound like a standard fitness-related issue.
Regarding seats or whatever, can’t you people just duct tape a towel or small pillow to the saddle or whatever? I know they sell pretty cushy seat covers for you fancy types.
I had an antibody test for Covid and an xray of lungs and heart and they said nothing wrong or enlarged and suggested anti-anxiety meds and said ok. I can breath and yawn fully without issue almost always already. I was worried about either COVID or cholesterol or something lining my arteries though so that probably accentuated the anxiety.
This isn’t accentuated by the anxiety, this concern is likely just a manifestation of the anxiety. Perhaps the meds will help. If you’re getting 2+ hrs of strenuous fitness in per week, you’re likely healthy as an ox. High reps and lower reps lead to different types of adaptations, but anywhere along the range (strongman vs high endurance) is fit and healthy.
yup
I had noticeable anxiety before the 2016 election and then it stepped up a bit after. I started working out a lot more like I previously mentioned. That was enough to calm me down and was great. This summer around July 1st or so I started having shortness of breath. It continued until I went to the doctor. I never chalked it up to anxiety because I’ve pretty much grown up with anxiety and never had anything like heart palpitations or breathing issues so I was legit worried about real health issues.
Got an alert that bumper plates were in stock at getrxd so I snagged some. Between those and what I already had I’ve got about 300 lbs of various plates, curl bar, straight bar and a bench. Just need to snag a rack and I’ll be rolling. I’m converting our mudroom/storage room into a little gym, thinking of going with a folding wall rack to save on space
I mean, yes, those are good exercises. But let’s not kid anyone - the single most effective “equipment” for carving out stellar abs is a calorie deficit.
Right. Just an ab/core workout.
But you have to actually build up the ab muscle too right? When I cut down to my lowest body fat % this summer it was visible but it didn’t pop, I think it was because I didn’t have much muscle mass overall. I also seem to have the misfortune of storing by last reserves of fat in my lower stomach area, i was lean as hell everywhere else but that spot from my belly button down towards my groin was the last to go and as soon as I started bulking up a bit it came back
Yes you need some muscle tone in your core to have abs, but for most people if you’re lifting weights in a calorie deficit to drive down body fat % then you’re not going to have no ab muscles. Anyway, I guess my point is that low body fat is a necessary condition to having MIND BLOWING ABS. A lot of people waste time doing a bunch of crunches trying to get abs while carrying body fat.
My anxiety causes me to feel shortness of breath too, it’s really scary. Like, I can do an hour of intense exercise and my lungs are fine. I haven’t run seriously since high school (haven’t run at all in a few years), but I think I can probably bust out a mile in maybe 6:30 if I laced up right now and went to a track. But also I sit around all day feeling like I’m out of breath, which leads me to take really deep breaths all day just to make sure I can, which leads to weird strained muscles in my back/neck/shoulders that hurt sometimes when I take those deep breaths and further convince me my lungs are filled with Covid sputum.
I was in a pretty bad place with the breathing anxiety last year and then it kind of went away for much of 2020 but the past few months it’s been creeping back in. Blech.
I can’t even try to diet right now. I lose my mind one day into it. But I’m working out so much I’m not gaining weight. So that’s good.
My ab approach is to do two ab things after each workout - which is most days. One involves the Roman chair - usually hyper-extensions, but sometimes I do side-hypers or whatever they’re called. The other is a mix of lower, middle and upper ab stuff.
I also started doing these reverse-hypers every workout using the bench. This guy swears they’ll keep your lower back from hurting:
The bench is a little different. But so far it might be helping. It’s not hurting at least.
Hey, I’m not against fitness equipment. I have a possibly unhealthy amount of love for the Jacob’s Ladder at my gym (or what used to be my gym). I dont care if you get a calorie deficit by serious dieting or hammering out calories on a high intensity machine.
One thing I’ve learned from that guy above is try to do one movement that stretches the muscle you’re working.
When I first started doing hypers, I could barely touch the ground with my elbows. Now I can lay them flat and move them forward.
I just started doing barbell pullovers and I have no stretch in my lats whatsoever. I’m looking forward to watching that dumbbell go further and further back behind my head.
He’s also into doing a “corrective” exercise with every workout - but that’s over my head. Dumbbell high pulls on back day is the only one I’m doing right now.
I assumed this was true for most people as that just seems to be where most fat is stored. Fat seems to be used more or less uniformly from all parts of the body but when the rest is gone, you still have some left in that area. I could stand to lose maybe 5 more pounds so I don’t have to look at it and think, “well, that’s a shame”.
Right now, I have a solid 4 pack and a solid middle line down my stomach but can see lumps on my ribs while my rib lines are a bit visible. Fucking gross.
My last reserves of fat, when I lose everything else (I lost 60 lbs about 10 years ago), are in my chest and what I call “the wad” between my dick and beltline. I had a shredded 6-pack and man-boobs. It was awesome.
I don’t want to hear anything from people about stubborn fat in your stomach area. STFU
You mean nipples?
cellulite! I think. It’s lumpy and gross imo.