Thread: Trigger Points, Pain, Good News & Bad News

My plan is to keep active. I go to the dojo twice a week, and sometimes train a bit on my off days as well.
Staying in shape is a lot easier than getting into shape, esp when you get older.

Next time when you start working out, do so with a coach. Or just build up really slowly. Start with 5 times 1 pushup. Wait 1 or 2 days, then do 4 times 1 and one time 2. Repeat as needed, and add 1 push up when you feel ready. I know people starting to run have the same problem. The majority of people who start running after a long period of inactivity exert themselves way too much in the beginning, and then injure themselves.

Build up slowly and take care.

Originally Posted by Bruno

My plan is to keep active. I go to the dojo twice a week, and sometimes train a bit on my off days as well.
Staying in shape is a lot easier than getting into shape, esp when you get older.

Next time when you start working out, do so with a coach. Or just build up really slowly. Start with 5 times 1 pushup. Wait 1 or 2 days, then do 4 times 1 and one time 2. Repeat as needed, and add 1 push up when you feel ready. I know people starting to run have the same problem. The majority of people who start running after a long period of inactivity exert themselves way too much in the beginning, and then injure themselves.

Build up slowly and take care.

Amen, to that! But the larger issue is that "pushing harder when it hurts" is yet another part of the "AD" behavior that we see so frequently, here on SRP. Perhaps "collecting cures" -- even from well-informed lay people -- is just MOTS (More Of The Same)? Health insurance? No. Brushes and razors and stones? Oh my!! As someone I used to know was fond of saying, "Ya can't take it with ya." (translation: sell a couple or three razors, and use the money to see a friggin' doctor... then, reread Bruno's excellent post). Just my $0.02 -- YMMV.

Unfortunately, I see that day in and day out. People get bit w/ the fitness bug, go balls to the wall, and get hurt, or stay so sore they just give up all together. Talking w/ a local exercise physiologist (that's what I do for a living), NOT a personal trainer at a gym. Most of those guys took an online course. Hell for $300 I could make all of you a certified "personal trainer." Most of those people don't know their ass from a hole in the wall, or their elbow. They know what some other trainer told them, or they read in the online test book, which covers about 5% of the knowledge base that goes into prescribing the CORRECT exercise program for someone. When you talk to someone, ask what college they got their B.S. from, if they didn't, walk away...hell run (just don't pull a hammy! ). Just my professional advice.