[lol_lol]

Originally Posted by ChotooMotoo

There are lots of different ab exercises. Are you trying to get a 6-pack or what?

im trying to keep it toned, no i dont want a manly 6-pak.

[sally]

I hate going on vacation because even though I try to work out, my diet goes to hell. Fat fat fat fat. I'm obese. Ugh. And I didn't work out for 4 days. Thurs through Sun.


lol_lol, there are like a million different ways you can work out your abs. Google it.

[Timbit]

Weights before cardio or cardio first?

Also, do free weights even do anything if they don't weigh much? I have weak wrists due to having injured them and I can't lift crazy heavy things. If I stretch them properly though, then it's okay.

Any tips on strengthening my wrists and grip?

Also, this isn't about fitness but health:
echinacea to relieve a cold? Does it actually work? And should you be working out if you have a cold?

[TariqBinSleepin]

Originally Posted by Timbit

Weights before cardio or cardio first?

Also, do free weights even do anything if they don't weigh much? I have weak wrists due to having injured them and I can't lift crazy heavy things. If I stretch them properly though, then it's okay.

Any tips on strengthening my wrists and grip?

Also, this isn't about fitness but health:
echinacea to relieve a cold? Does it actually work? And should you be working out if you have a cold?

ASAK,

Hrmm. if you want to strengthen your wrist you should use one of those SQUEEZING SPRINGS.



That is to work your wrist. However, to use free weights i would use 15-20lb doubles or even smaller if you cant lift those. And Sit on a chair and just put your elbow on the knee and keep your arm straight out and just do small wrist lifts. Curl your WRIST, its very small but it works your FOREARMS.

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by TariqBinSleepin

That is to work your wrist. However, to use free weights i would use 15-20lb doubles or even smaller if you cant lift those.

Uh, yeah... I think I'll work my way up to there.
Where can I get one of those squeezing things?

I use my grandma's bathtub bench to sit on when doing weights.

[fatima]

Originally Posted by Timbit

Weights before cardio or cardio first?

Also, do free weights even do anything if they don't weigh much? I have weak wrists due to having injured them and I can't lift crazy heavy things. If I stretch them properly though, then it's okay.

Any tips on strengthening my wrists and grip?

Also, this isn't about fitness but health:
echinacea to relieve a cold? Does it actually work? And should you be working out if you have a cold?

yes, echinacea (as well as zinc and vitamin c) has been proven to decrease length and severity of cold/flu symptoms. its most effective if taken at the first sign, and not when youve got a full-blown cold. but yeah, it works

about the weights, do you go to a gym? maybe using weight machines instead of freeweights will take the pressure off your wrists and allow you to use more weight. if freeweights are the only thing you have access to....im not sure exactly, but i def dont think you should try too much too fast and end up hurting yourself. take it slow

i miss my old gym...the 'gym' at my apartment building has one weight machine but either its old and crappy or i cant figure out how to use it. cuz the only way i can do anything on it is if i take all the weights off, but then its too light, but the second i put any weight on it, i cant even move the things. its one of those 'home gym machine' things with lots of pulleys and crap, so im sure im doing something wrong. haha oh well

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by fatima

yes, echinacea (as well as zinc and vitamin c) has been proven to decrease length and severity of cold/flu symptoms. its most effective if taken at the first sign, and not when youve got a full-blown cold. but yeah, it works

about the weights, do you go to a gym? maybe using weight machines instead of freeweights will take the pressure off your wrists and allow you to use more weight. if freeweights are the only thing you have access to....im not sure exactly, but i def dont think you should try too much too fast and end up hurting yourself. take it slow

i miss my old gym...the 'gym' at my apartment building has one weight machine but either its old and crappy or i cant figure out how to use it. cuz the only way i can do anything on it is if i take all the weights off, but then its too light, but the second i put any weight on it, i cant even move the things. its one of those 'home gym machine' things with lots of pulleys and crap, so im sure im doing something wrong. haha oh well

Hey, you're a pharmacist, right?
Is the echinacea gonna interact with the tetracycline I'm taking? I think it's calcium and zinc that would, right?

Is Vitamin C better in pill form or in orange juice, say? To ward off a cold?

And yeah, I have access to weight macines and all that, but I like free weights better. I'd rather work out at home, than at the gym. Thanks. I think I'll just take it slow and stretch my wrists properly and all that.

[fatima]

Originally Posted by Timbit

Hey, you're a pharmacist, right?
Is the echinacea gonna interact with the tetracycline I'm taking? I think it's calcium and zinc that would, right?

Is Vitamin C better in pill form or in orange juice, say? To ward off a cold?

echinacea is not known to interact with tetracycline. With calcium and zinc, its not so much an interaction...but they complex together in the stomach and prevent absorbtion of the antibiotic. so you can take it, just make sure its either an hour before, or 2 hours after taking the tetracycline so it will have time to pass through and be absorbed first.

as far as the vitamin C...its usually pretty high doses of it that they say are effective. so i guess you could get it from orange juice...but thats a lot of juice (and lots of sugar/calories too). so i guess youre better off with a supplement. im not sure about canada, but here you can buy products like cold-eez cough drops and airborne...those have everything all together so you dont have to get them seperately.

[Timbit]

Originally Posted by fatima

echinacea is not known to interact with tetracycline. With calcium and zinc, its not so much an interaction...but they complex together in the stomach and prevent absorbtion of the antibiotic. so you can take it, just make sure its either an hour before, or 2 hours after taking the tetracycline so it will have time to pass through and be absorbed first.

as far as the vitamin C...its usually pretty high doses of it that they say are effective. so i guess you could get it from orange juice...but thats a lot of juice (and lots of sugar/calories too). so i guess youre better off with a supplement. im not sure about canada, but here you can buy products like cold-eez cough drops and airborne...those have everything all together so you dont have to get them seperately.

Orange juice doesn't have sugar. Does it?
But yeah... obviously you can't ever drink that much OJ.

I don't take calcium or zinc anyway; I was just wondering.
I think I should start taking a calcium supplement though, for my bones. Who wants osteoporosis, right? And I don't want my wrists to get worse. I'll see my doctor about it. Thanks for your help!

[displaced]

Originally Posted by fatima

echinacea is not known to interact with tetracycline. With calcium and zinc, its not so much an interaction...but they complex together in the stomach and prevent absorbtion of the antibiotic. so you can take it, just make sure its either an hour before, or 2 hours after taking the tetracycline so it will have time to pass through and be absorbed first.

as far as the vitamin C...its usually pretty high doses of it that they say are effective. so i guess you could get it from orange juice...but thats a lot of juice (and lots of sugar/calories too). so i guess youre better off with a supplement. im not sure about canada, but here you can buy products like cold-eez cough drops and airborne...those have everything all together so you dont have to get them seperately.

if you chronically take echinacea, it can have some liver toxicity effects...in which case you shouldn't be taking tylenol.

not very relevant but people usually think herbals are harmless when they aren't.

[fatima]

Originally Posted by displaced

if you chronically take echinacea, it can have some liver toxicity effects...in which case you shouldn't be taking tylenol.

not very relevant but people usually think herbals are harmless when they aren't.

oh yeah definitely, i didnt mean to come across as saying herbal meds are harmless. but most people take echinacea for 2-3 days at the onset of a cold...i dont think that can be classified as chronic

[Timbit]

Yeah, I took it for 3 days.
I meant to for longer 'cause the bottle said 10-21 days... but then I forgot and now I don't wanna start again.

I was doing free weights today and forgot to do the wrist curls. And the whole time, I was like "I know I'm forgetting something." I realized just now. Dammit.

Should you do strength training everyday?

[Variable]

Originally Posted by Timbit

Should you do strength training everyday?

On your wrist curls? If you do them light you can do them every day, but I still think it's best every second... but you'd have to ask a trainer/doctor. You have to go really light on them though, like if you're doing 12 and you're reaching exhaustion, def not every day. (you'll end up looking like Pop Eye too) But if you're getting up to 30+ reps and you're just getting tired, then you'd probably be alright to do it every second day. And that's the kind of thing that'll probably help you most, keeping it really light.

I am about to go down and do a full on work out , I'm almost fully back in the swing of things. I found if I do wide grip pushups, I avoid this annoying elbow pop that happened in the last month or two.