Stick with dumbbells instead of barbells. Much less pressure on the joints and fuller ROM.
I switched from regular push-ups to using this thing called “perfect push-up.” Keeps my form a lot better and my shoulders overall feel better. Also increases the difficulty. Maybe give that a shot if you’re doing a lot of them.
It's a good thing to mix up programs every so often as it shocks the body and will make you more well-rounded.
Agree, plus it just gets boring doing the same thing all the time. Found another dumbbell only program that pretty cheap. Been subbing out p90x leg day for one of theirs and liked at a lot more.
Due to some of my old nagging injuries Im more limited in the exercises and routines I can do nowadays, but I do feel pretty damn strong for the exercises that I can do. The biggest thing is I have to avoid is military presses (one of my favorite) and lat pull downs.
. Can't wait to put it together and put it to work.
I haven't touched creatine. I need to really read about how to use it and any dangers it could have to any conditions I may have / things I need to watch out for. For now I just mainline protein like crazy. I eat about 180-200 grams of protein a day, but it's mostly lean since my avg saturated fat intake is only 14 grams daily. (So about 20oz of greek yogurt daily for example). I definitely want to make more progress though and see what else I can do to up my game. Adding a surplus of calories helped, and I'm making progress again. Maybe the creatine is the next step though?
What brand do you like and how much do you take a day?
Optimum Nutrition. Micronized. I take 1 full teasoon a day after 5 days of loading up. While loading up I took 3 teaspoons a day for 5 days.
You dont NEED to load, but it saturates the muscles faster if you do. I definitely feel stronger than before i started taking it. But that always happens. Ive taken creatine for many years off and on and always liked the results. As i said above its been a couple years since ive taken it.
So creatine's only potential downsides are some bloat or digestive discomfort. You definitely retain more water weight in your muscles with creatine, but not a big deal unless you're cutting weight for some weigh-in. The gut discomfort has happened to me. Seems to happen to me more with big loading doses mixed with a poor diet. I've heard of stuff like renal problems, but only from bro-science forum posts and things like that, never read anything to corroborate those claims from a real scientific study. My guess is those people were taking a hodge-podge of things and then blame the creatine.
I’ll look into getting some. Explosive strength I’m geared towards. My genetic report says I’m fast twitch fibers wise.
What genetic report? 23and me health report?
Yeah.
