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Perhaps you should ask your doctor, because the caffeine may be countering the medicine you're taking.

Try to see a physiotherapist, because the wrong type of exercise can make your condition worse. They have the training and expertise to help you.

Since there are few to no studies in the effectiveness of creatine hcl, and the cost is so much higher, I'll stick with my creatine monohydrate. Cheap and effective.

Honestly, you don't have to concern yourself on protein/supplement timing (that's for advanced athletes) and the benefits are marginal. As for if you should take protein shakes, that all depends on if you are meeting your protein requirements through your daily food diet.

Taste is individual, some may like it, others not so much.

I've been using Kaizen's 100% pure whey isolate for a few years now. One serving has 35g of protein, 2g of carbs, and 0.5g of fat for a total of 150 cal. Best part is it tastes great, mixes easily.

I have a vivosmart, with the HRM that I like. The vivosmart is good to swim in, but it does not keep track of laps and the HRM will not work underwater. To keep track of cycling you need to install a speed sensor (sold separately) on your bicycle, pair it with the vivosmart and then it'll only track your speed and…

Common practice to workout fast twitch muscle fibers, are dynamic effort workouts, with explosive movements, and non-maximal weight. Slow twitch muscle fibers tend to have more of a workout through low intensity endurance work.

Since free weights do not seem to interest you, would bodyweight type routines? Examples would be convict conditioning, or one of Frank Medrano's routines.

In addition to the above, for strength training, you really should talk to a doctor or physiotherapist, that get set you up on a recovery plan that would best work with your ankle.

No, it doesn't stay on the whole time. It comes on initially when you start charging, but after a few seconds the display will go dark. If you move the band, the display will come back on, showing you the battery level.

Also when you workout your blood circulation increases. Part of the normal healing process is that a blood clot forms, but this clot can dislodge with the increased circulation. Best to wait 24-48 hours, if its been a couple of days you've had nose bleeds, to make sure it heals. It wouldn't hurt to have it checked out by a…

^THIS!^ Plus, people are than convinced that their gains on a deficit are not possible, so they start to believe that, even though the mirror, tells them otherwise.

@Karen_libert, I do take whey protein and creatine after working out, does it help my DOMS? It may, but just marginally, (it does help my strength and endurance, which is what I'm after) it's not until I started drinking more water, stretching, and foam rolling that I noticed a difference. The other thing I noticed, the…

Not all of us recover the same, just like not all of us react to the same training the same way. From my own personal experience, the day after heavy deadlifts or heavy squats, stairs are not my friend, I still handle the DOMS, but I still get them. I've been consistently lifting for over 5 years now and I haven't…

You can still get DOMS after being on the same regimen (if its based on a progression) for many years. It is how your particular body deals with the training, some are lucky to not experience it, or if so very little, others are not so fortunate.

DOMS can hit anywhere from a few hours to 48 hours after you've worked out. This is normal. Protein, and BCAA will help reduce it, but it will not eliminate it. Just as hydrating yourself, foam rolling, stretching, massages will also reduce and aid in recovering from DOMS, but it will not eliminate it. If your DOMS is so…

It was interesting, however, you can find just as many studies that say the opposite, so who do you believe? My question with the article is, what happens to your cardiovascular system, when you reduce the aerobic and anaerobic activities, what effect does it have on the cardiovascular system? Article seems to claim no…

Sumo style deadlifting is usually easier for people with shorter arms, and conventional for people with longer arms. Sumo style also requires more hip flexibility, and does put more strain on the knees. However, you shouldn't feel like you have to do one style, because of your body type and not the other, it does boil down…

@dwolfe1985 There are different schools of thought regarding the whole fat and carbs, some say fat intake needs to be increased, while carbs need to be decreased, while others say it's the other way around. Both sides seem to have countless studies to back up their views. Which is right, I really don't know. I personally…

Very simply strength training diets have changed over the years, originally it was based around the "see food" diet, pretty much, you see food, you eat it. Lots of protein, lots of carbs, lots of fat, LOTS of calories. Current strength training diets are much closer to bodybuilding diets, some go through a bulking phase,…

When I had a tooth pulled recently, my dentist told me to avoid lifting and exercise for a week. The reason as he explained, was because a blood clot forms (part of the healing process), and exercise can increase blood flow, causing the blood clot to dislodge. When that happens, a painful condition called dry socket can…

Since the bar on a smith machine has a fixed path, it doesn't work with all body types. For some it may do more harm than good.

Check your form, you may be bringing the bar down to high on your chest.

Well, actually they do build strength, and mass to a degree especially if you are doing more reps for each lift, thus stimulating muscle hypertrophy.

I've been doing dumbbell complexes as conditioning work to my regular barbell routine for about 6 months now. They give me a cardio workout like nothing else, plus added strength and endurance, but that's me, if you want more info on Complexes (barbell or dumbbell) you can check out the website below.…

I don't know why you are having that problem. Have you set up your custom strides under the settings in Garmin Connect. Don't know if this would help, but it's worth a try if you haven't. I set up my custom stride from the get go, and I haven't had that problem.

Since you are upping your deadlifting, your body is not going to be used to it initially, so chances are you may experience muscle fatigue first, but again, its individual, so it's hard to predict. I used to squat and deadlift only once a week, but I've upped that to twice a week, and I've been doing that for 14 weeks now…

The threshold would be individual, based on fitness level, hydration level, nutrition levels at a particular time. (Too many variables to predict) Pushing yourself physically at over 90% for too long without any rest will tax your CNS. When you can't think straight, and your motor skills are dropping, heart rate…

If it is actually CNS Fatigue, than 1-2 days of rest (without any physical exercises), combine with lots of fluids and eating right, should be enough to recover. In all honesty though, it is much easier to experience physical muscle fatigue, than CNS fatigue.