Intense Workout, Hormones,... Now What Do I Do?
Pinkturnip
Posts: 21 Member
I posted previously here about my intense workout. I stuck with it for about 2 months and I saw great results. My body was shaping up well but I wasn't feeling well at all. I noticed constant crying spells, moodiness, bitterness, irritability, weird nerves pain and aches. I did some blood work and it turns out my Prolactin levels went really high. My body is stressed apparently and it affected my hormones and disrupted my female cycle. I want to bring down my Prolactin levels so I can feel less like killing myself. I also do not want to stop working out and lose all the progress I did. I just don't know what to do now.
This was my typical workout program for 2 months:
Pre-workout: Stretching & activation exercises
- Elliptical run (10-15 mins)
- Elliptical sliding machine (wide slides) (10-15 mins)
- Chest press machines (blank/no weights - 10 reps x 3)
- Flat bench press (20lb/30lb - 10 reps x3)
- Floor exercise - hydrant dog + side kicks + leg raisers (each 15 reps x3)
- 45 angle sit up machine (10 reps x3)
Sometimes I run for 10 minutes after this (or)
Cycling 10 mins (or)
Cycling 5 minutes
Post-workout: Stretching
And that's it. I do this every other day.
I'm the type of person that likes cardio and finds its hard to do strength training without cardio first. How should I readjust this program? I want to continue to focus on shaping legs and glutes but not so much weight on arms because I have bulging neck disk and degenerative disease so I don't want to add more stress there.
This was my typical workout program for 2 months:
Pre-workout: Stretching & activation exercises
- Elliptical run (10-15 mins)
- Elliptical sliding machine (wide slides) (10-15 mins)
- Chest press machines (blank/no weights - 10 reps x 3)
- Flat bench press (20lb/30lb - 10 reps x3)
- Floor exercise - hydrant dog + side kicks + leg raisers (each 15 reps x3)
- 45 angle sit up machine (10 reps x3)
Sometimes I run for 10 minutes after this (or)
Cycling 10 mins (or)
Cycling 5 minutes
Post-workout: Stretching
And that's it. I do this every other day.
I'm the type of person that likes cardio and finds its hard to do strength training without cardio first. How should I readjust this program? I want to continue to focus on shaping legs and glutes but not so much weight on arms because I have bulging neck disk and degenerative disease so I don't want to add more stress there.
0
Replies
-
You need to talk with your doctor.1
-
Doctor said I need to reduce stress and Prolactin will go down. My post was about how to readjust my program to make it less intense but manage to keep working out.0
-
With your degenerative discs, you should ask for a recommendation to a physical therapist.0
Categories
- All Categories
- 1.4M Health, Wellness and Goals
- 393.4K Introduce Yourself
- 43.8K Getting Started
- 260.2K Health and Weight Loss
- 175.9K Food and Nutrition
- 47.4K Recipes
- 232.5K Fitness and Exercise
- 426 Sleep, Mindfulness and Overall Wellness
- 6.5K Goal: Maintaining Weight
- 8.5K Goal: Gaining Weight and Body Building
- 153K Motivation and Support
- 8K Challenges
- 1.3K Debate Club
- 96.3K Chit-Chat
- 2.5K Fun and Games
- 3.7K MyFitnessPal Information
- 24 News and Announcements
- 1.1K Feature Suggestions and Ideas
- 2.6K MyFitnessPal Tech Support Questions