Podcast recommendations
What are some podcast you all listen to? It is so hard for me to find podcast I love as much as you guys because within two minutes I can tell it is BS based on the things I have learned from you both. I need more motivating and inspiring podcast fitness related or just for mindset and growth and development .
Beginner help with moving from dumbbells to barbell
I’m a 58 year old woman. I’ve been doing dumbbell workouts but my weights only go up to 25 lbs and i know i need to lift heavier. My husband uses a smith machine and bowflex selectech dumbbells but i find those really awkward to hold because they are so wide. So, i’ve started learning the smith machine but when i lay on the bench my toes barely touch the floor. Is it ok to put my feet up on the bench or is there another way around this? I just want to avoid injury. Also, when i enter weight in the PPL spreadsheet do i include the weight of the bar or just the plates?
Nagging Injuries
How do you work through a nagging injury? Or a recurrent injury? I tore my acl and had surgery 20 years ago and my knee is easily tweaked and then sore for weeks. I have tried taking time off but it happens so frequently I would be taking months off lifting throughout the year. My chiro says my quad of my affected leg is weak and could be contributing so I focus on single leg isolations to strengthen it like extensions but this just seems to aggravate it more, not sure if working through it or going easy is best… if I work through it it’s typically sore for at least a month. sorry for the long question, any suggestions?!
Training during your cycle (piggy back on someone’s else question)
Someone here also touched on this. I personally find that cycle training is too much thinking an h Brian just can’t. I just take Tylenol the first day of my period and trading normal but not as intense as I would normally do. I track my period on an app just to know when is coming but changing my workouts based on what week I am, sounds complicating and annoying. lol why is this a thing? Marianna do you do it.