Re: Strong Women, Strong Bones: my book report

"Art S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message

> Hmm. Now how do I get you to post in MFW, where the standard response
> is "post jpegs"?

(the sound of "whoosh" as this goes over my head)

> Have you seen an Endocrinologist that has a lot of Osteoparetic
> patients? If not, there are probably some tests that should be
> done to see if they can find a specific cause.

Nope.  Haven't done the endo route.  Don't want to get overly hyped about
this.  My doctor did a battery of blood tests (liver, thyroid, blah blah
woof woof) and everything came out perfect perfect perfect.

> What is your exercise routine? (day, exercises, sets, reps, weight?) How
often
> do you increase the weights you are using?

Mon - shoulders and chest
Tues - back and abs
Wed - quads and glutes
Thur - biceps and triceps
Fri - whatever I feel like, a mix of all of the above, plus stretching
(hyperextensions, powerball, hangs)
Mon- Fri - 30 mins of elliptical
Sat & Sun - outdoor hiking and other outdoor sports

I work out for roughly an hour a day during the week, the hiking longer.

Work up to four sets of 20, upper body from 20 to 70 lbs, lower body 50 to
150 lbs.  I increase the weight as soon as I can do the fourth set of 20
without undue strain.  How often depends of which exercise.

> And why does your trainer have you rotate exercises so often? Right
> around the time you've learned how to do the exercise (so the fast gains
> stop and your body is using the muscles efficiently), you go and change
> the exercise and your body needs to start learning all over again.

I rotate the *type* of exercise for a particular body part.  For instance,
if I have been doing flys and military chest presses and low chest machine
presses for chest for six weeks, we'll change it to another chest routine.
Always trying to keep the body in "shock".  Doing the same old thing for too
long makes the body nonresponsive (or so my trainer tells me).  I notice it
right away in my cuts.

> I don't know how easily you can view web pages. If they don't
> cause a problem, take a look at http://www.stumptuous.com/weights.html
>
> I'm not sure that these will have much information that you need, but they
> may provide information for some of the others who are reading this post:
> http://www.stumptuous.com/bonebuilding.html
> http://www.stumptuous.com/personaltrainer.html
> http://www.stumptuous.com/old.html

Will check them out.  If I can't view the pages, I have others in the
household who can and will tell me.

> > I'm trying as hard as I can. I am curious about one thing - does the
book
> > mention anything about using a trampoline? I am getting my children a 12
> > foot outdoor trampoline (with padded safety cage) for Christmas. Would
> > trampoline work help with bone density?

> > (please tell me yes so that I have good reason to go out there and whoop
it
> > up ;-)
>
> Sorry - you need activity that will cause (microscopic) compression of the
> skeleton. This happens either by lifting more weight than your body is
> really adapted to (so it compresses) or through impact (your foot stopping
you
> from "falling" when you walk, jog, run, or jumping) that your body isn't
adapted
> to (If you've been walking a couple miles a day for a year, walking
probably
> won't add much). A trampoline is designed to absorb almost all impact by
> stretching to absorb the energy.
>
> If it is fun, then do it by all means. Fun is reason enough <g>. I just
wouldn't
> expect it to be very beneficial for your bone density.

Ah, crap.  I'll do it anyway for the fun of it.  And I get *plenty* of
opportunities for impact when hiking.  When doing heavy terrain, the foot
stopping you from falling business happens a *lot*, as well as jumping.  I
used to run quite a bit when I was younger, but now when I try, I get the
shin splinter sensations that are truly painful.  Also my knees hurt.
Hiking and rock climbing does not, however, produce this symptom.

Thanks for taking so much time to respond to my post.  I'm still shaking my
head at the "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation.  Actually, it
makes me laugh.  Which reminds me of an old sig quote of mine -
-- 
"That which does not kill us makes us stronger."
--Nietzsche