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Would you eat poop to be skinny?
New York Times today has an article showing that the bacteria in your gut may determine whether you are skinny or chubby. They found this out be having mice eat poop from skinny people and heavy people. Eating poop from skinny people produced skinny mice, and eating poop from fat people prodcued fat mice. Which raises the…
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Torn meniscus: Can I run? Lift?
I am looking for the experience of people who have had a torn meniscus and have not had surgery. I may have torn my meniscus a few months back. However, I am quite active and it has not stopped me. It has slowly, gradually been getting better. The swelling took some months to resolve completely, but it has now. I ran with…
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Never lift weights over your head!
I play tennis with a guy who says that his doctor, and his sister who is a physical therapist, tell him that one should never do weight training where you lift the weight above your head. They say the shoulder isn't built for that and it is a recipe for disaster! I am a bit skeptical. I am of the belief that medical…
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Lifting over the shoulders a no-no?
Help me out here. I have a friend I play tennis with. His shoulder is strained, and hurts him quite a bit. Though he can warm it up and get over the stiffness and discomfort, it is enough of a problem that he has consulted a few physical therapists. I suggested that he strengthen the shoulder with weights, before he does…
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Ibuprofen and exercise
I have a question for all the NSAID experts. I know that what I am doing is not smart. But.........I am a runner, so by definition, I tend to lack judgment and ignore prudence. It is just what we do when we run, because we run through pain and discomfort all the time, and that is not rational. Anyway, I have a Morton's…
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Crossfit Invitational
So I flipped by the channel showing the Crossfit Invitational from Madrid today. I noticed that both Rich Froning and Kara Webb (the only people I saw close up) had braces on their teeth. Oh no! Does anyone know about this?
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Fat shaming can kill?
Florida State researchers are reporting that they have data to suggest that people who experience weight discrimination die earlier. Yeah. Horrible! https://www.fsu.edu/indexTOFStory.html?lead.weight
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Slow runners come out ahead!
I am curious what people here think about the report cited here: http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/02/04/slow-runners-come-out-ahead/?_r=0 Many of the runners I know are talking about it and are of mixed opinion. But almost all, I am fairly certain, are going to ignore it and continue to run how they have always run. The…
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Wozniacki?
Who would have predicted that Caroline Wozniacki -- having never done a training run longer than 13 miles -- could finish the New York City Marathon in 3 hours and 26 minutes?
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Plantar fasciitis and continuing to run
My wife has PF in one foot. She has taken a break from running this past week in hopes of making it better. But, not running is torture for her. Plus, she usually runs the California International Marathon, which this year is in December. My question is: What is the recommendation regarding continuing to run? And/or does…
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Smells like MFP Spirit
This guy is generally not that funny. But in this one he sounds like half the people on the MFP forums. If only they would listen and learn.... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXiYC1ebkwc
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Building muscle on a calorie deficit?
Okay, so last night I was watching the most recent episode of the Biggest Loser -- that's right, I admit it! One particular contestant, who has lost 95 pounds over the 11 weeks of the season, has gained 19 pounds of muscle ! Now, on MFP, it is axiomatic that 'you cannot build any muscle on a deficit.' So, how do you…
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Injury leading to thigh cramping?
So, a number of weeks ago, I strained my lower back doing yoga, the day after a strenuous workout at the gym followed by two-and-a-half hours of singles tennis. Yeah. Yeah. I know. Wasn't wise. But, I cannot change. This healed, but led to a hip injury (probably a psoas strain), which in turn led to thigh cramping. For…
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Crossfit injury rate
Did you guys see this? Somebody finally tried to actually document how common injuries are in Crossfit. This link is to a news report on the research: http://www.stack.com/2014/01/16/crossfits-injury-rates/ What do you think? I, for one, am glad someone is finally putting this bad rap to bed!
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Compression socks -- More than a fashion statement?
Okay. Look. I guess I am trying to start a friendly argument because I am trying to figure out if I am the only person who does not believe in compression socks. My wife and I both believe that compression socks gave each one of us a Morton's neuroma -- that pain and numbness and tinging in between the base of your second…
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The wicked forehand
So, how do you guys neutralize the crusher forehand? Do you slice to their forehand side, so your ball stays low, they have to hit up, and they cannot hit so hard? Do you throw up moon-balls, to force them to hit on the rise or to hit from way-way back? Or what? I play a ton of guys with HUGE forehands -- guys who can pass…
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Squats and the meniscus
This question came up in one of the other groups, a Crossfit group. But it did not get a good answer. The OP has a torn meniscus, and his doctor told him he could do a leg press machine, but should not do squats anymore. I have a torn meniscus too (trimmed) so I am curious about this question too. Does anyone know why a…
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Can an untrained person win a half-marathon?
Okay, maybe I am bitter. I admit it. But, this is about my neighbor and he has never been very nice to us. Maybe I should be more charitable, and not so suspicious. But I am really skeptical about a recent accomplishment of his. Yesterday, my wife received a call from his wife. (Who, unlike her husband, is a peach.) She…
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Running to eat?
Okay, this is probably not the place to post this question. But, here goes anyway: Today I saw someone wearing one of those t-shirts that say: 'I pant and sweat so I can drink wine.' Or, something to that effect. I have also seen they say: 'so I can eat ice cream.' I get that these shirts are a joke. But, usually jokes…
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The tyranny of the GPS watch
What ever happened to the good old days when you didn't have to measure everything? When running was just about the beauty of movement and the freedom of the road or trail, and, maybe, the meditative aspect of a repetitive activity. When you didn't mark your minutes per mile, every mile. When, if you wanted to get better,…
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Obesity rate in US no longer increasing
Obesity rates in the fifty states leveled off last year in every state but one, countering a three decade trend of ever-increasing rates, according to a new report from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Arkansas is the one state that saw the percentage of its population who are obese rise. The rate in Arkansas grew from…
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Heart skips a beat . . .
Help, please. My wife is training for her third marathon (Chicago, October) in about a year. She has developed an arrhythmia -- or, at least, she notices her heart is skipping beats, more than a few times a day. She is going to the doctor. But, has anyone else experienced this? Is there anything anyone can tell me about…
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New Study: Running and Weight Loss
Hey, did anyone else see the New York Times Wellness blog today? It has a post about whether walking or running is better for you healthwise. Research says it depends -- of course. But, here is what is interesting to me: It mentions that a study published last year reported that running not only tends to burn more calories…
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The Mindful Brain
Has anybody read The Mindful Brain, by Daniel J. Siegel, a clinical professor at UCLA? So, coming from a Western and Christian perspective, which stresses compassion, love, charity, and giving as the path to spirituality and the way to enlarge oneself, I could never quite reconcile how Eastern meditation and yoga might be…
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Yoga and sports injury
So, as a long-time practitioner of yoga, and a big fan, I have to put this out there. Stretching does not prevent injuries associated with sports and other physical activities. At least, that is what the sports medicine experts say. In fact, I have heard a medical researcher, who has studied sports, injury and stretching,…
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Cross training for a half marathon
Hi all: I have a question for 'actual' runners. There is a thread on MFP about lifting weights and running. The poster is a woman who is training for a half-marathon, presumably her first. Her training program says she needs to cross train. Her program recommends that she cross train once a week. So, she asks: Should I do…
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Squats and deadlifts: same day?
Do you squat and deadlift the same day? And, if so, which do you do first, and why? I ask because they are both heavy lifts, obviously. I am a runner, so I squat almost every time I work out in the gym. I do squats first, because I find it easier to warm up with squats, and it is a better warm up. But, I suspect I do not…
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I knew it ! I just knew it !
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/04/really-timing-of-meals-affects-weight-loss/?src=recg
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five commonly repeated weight loss myths
Hey, Did anyone else see this ? An article in the New England Journal of Medicine, published last week, in which the researchers -- prominent obesity researchers -- described the most common weight loss myths they heard repeated all the time. Yes, I know we have had innumerable "top weight loss myth" threads. But, these…
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Whoa ATX-101! No really
Kythera Pharmaceuticals has announced that it has an injection that dissolves fat cells, and it works ! The company, which is made up of lovely people who cut their teeth with the company Allergan, maker of Botox, released the results of a placebo-controlled, phase III trial at a conference in Paris sometime in the last…
