How long does it take to see results using protein shakes?
For everyone who ask a how long will it take question. Please Please Please stop asking them. There is no way a person can honestly tell a person how long it will take for you to reach your goal. It only take just one variable to make this imposable to answer on the web. When the fact is that just based on I just do this, or that does not quantify tons of things. Meaning there is no way we know your experience level, your all around diet/nutrition from day to day, rest, workout program. intensity level, duration, time off between workouts, metabolism, ability to recover, day to day stress, knowledge level and so on. Some people may try to explain their workout in more detail such as I do so many repetitions and so many sets for so many hours. It still does not tell us how intense your workout is with each set, nor the intensity level for your whole workout. Just because you are taking a protein shake does not guarantee improved results due to these factors. Just like we cant actually know how much muscle a person may increase, or fat they may burn off during any given time because of these factors. For many people there is no telling if they will even see results given a week, month, year, or years if they do not understand and know how to balance all of these things for optimum results, where for others they may see better results in a week or two than most people will see their whole life for these very reasons. Even if you are taking steroids, I have seen people go not get results when taking steroids because their program and knowledge of all of these factors just was not there.
How does the body adapt to high rep training (20-100 reps)?
I do not know since I always train with high reps anyway but maybe you could tell us 3 months from now by trying it out for us? You could take photos of your body and muscle parts, and perform high rep sets (25–50 reps per set) for the first month, then 50–75 reps per set the next month and then finally 75–100 reps per set during month three and take more photos and show us the results.You will never get an armchair response from this athlete. Try it for yourself and give us your results, body type, % of fat lost during the three month period, and strength gains from at least 15 different exercise routines.I focus really on compound body weight exercises such as pull/chin ups, push ups, dips, leg raises with variations on these movements in angles and degrees (incline, decline).What is your definition of “adapt”? Adapt to what? on what level? Where? What is adapting? Cardio, strength? Agility? fast twitch or slow twitch? You have to be more specific but there are plenty of websites ExRx (Exercise Prescription) on the Internet that will satisfy your knowledge needs such as this one.Be personal in your inquiry - what do you want to adapt for your own body? This will not happen if you remain an armchair athlete. Get off the couch, step away from the desktop/tablet and try it for yourself - there are plenty of routines already out there for you to choose from, google : training exercises - and you will find them and try them for yourself and give us the results. Please.
How does the heart adapt to stress and exercise?
There are sensory receptors in the base of the aorta and at the base of each carotid artery in the neck that feed back to the hypothalamus of the brain. When CO2 levels rise, such as during exercise, the hypothalamus secretes a hormone that causes the adrenal glands to secrete epinephrine. This reacts on the AV node of the heart (the pacemaker) and causes heart rate to speed up and stroke volume to increase along with blood pressure. In other words, the heart beats faster and harder to send more blood to the cells of the body to supply them with glucose and oxygen faster and to remove CO2 faster. Respiration also increases to release the CO2 and take in more O2. When we are at rest, these same receptors feed back to the hypothalamus of the brain causing it to stimulate the adrenal glands to produce epinephrine, which has the reverse effect on the AV node of the heart. Heart rate slows, stroke volume decreases, and blood pressure decreases because we are at a resting state and do not need such rapid heart rate and stroke volume to supply our cells adequately. All day long our hearts respond to our activities or our emotional states and balance us out. This feedback mechanism is called the autonomic nervous system. Sympathetic nervous system output causes the rise of heart rate due to epinephrine output; the parasympathetic nervous system has the opposing effect, reducing heart rate and stroke volume. In this way, the heart rate is continually monitored and regulated in the body according to need.
How does the body adapt so fast to exercise routines?
You started ~2 weeks ago and are working on aerobic stuff. After a small break you noticed an improvement when you got back to it. 1. Exercise damages your body. Good news - you come back stronger. Bad news - you are temporarily weaker, and it takes a while (36 - 48 hours for me) before the parts you worked out are back up to the full strength you had prior to exercising. Wait longer and you might notice that they're stronger. This doesn't mean you shouldn't train every day, but it means that your day-to-day improvements will be masked by the damage you incurred training to make those improvements. Your maximum capacity when you started that 3-day break was good enough to handle that 'steep slope', but you weren't at maximum capacity.2. It sounds like you weren't taking any off days for recuperation, so it makes sense that after a break you'd be feeling great and performing better than when you left off. A three-day break is plenty of time for all the little pieces to heal and make you feel 'fresh'. My completely unprofessional opinion is to take at least one day off a week, unless you're taking steroids, in which case you should (STOP!) consult with your provider.3. As to how your body managed to improve at aerobic exercise, there are several components:Your nerves and brains get better at coordinating commands. Your vascular system gets better at directing blood away from your intestines/other parts and towards your legs and lungs. This includes adding more blood vessels to your legsYour red blood cells improve their efficiency and numberYour muscle fibers increased in size and numberYour bones become stronger and denserYour tendons become more stretchy and stronger(personal) You start to enjoy/value it more and are willing to work harder and suffer more pain and discomfort to do it. I consider this a huge step. It's the thing that will decide whether or not you keep going.As to how those processes happen, I don't know well enough to explain.
Will I see results with this workout, or does it not give my body enough time to recover?
You will see some results as you exercise more. However you will probably be disappointed in the results. Why?Firstly the body responds to stimulus. If you give it the same routine every day you stop stimulating it and it gets used to the stress. So your fitness gains will plateau. Variety of exercises and levels of intensity address this. Secondly doing this every day for 5 days a week for months.... This is seriously boring and I think you'll crack at some point and lose momentum. You'll never get it back. I'm a triathlete so I spend most of my time doing cardio stuff - what I'd recommend is finding a 10k run training programme and following that. Then pick up a strength training programme that helps you achieve your goals. And that leads me to the final point. What is the punt of this? What are your goals? A clear quantifiable goal is the best way to motivate yourself and deliver long lasting fitness gains. Chose one, a big one, as it will be easier to achieve and start working towards it. The rest will come
Can I exercise while fasting?
You asked,Can I exercise while fasting?First off, let’s assure the good readers here that we are talking about real, water-only fasting. Why?There’s way too much noise characterizing fasting as skipping meals (intermittent fasting, or IF), restricting calories, juicing, mono-diets, or perhaps just having a little broth, tea or diet soda to get by on that 10-day cleanse challenge. These are all fine pursuits for what they are, but they are NOT fasting.When anyone chooses to do any of these type practices feel free to exercise to one’s level of physical stamina without worry… but please stop calling what you’re doing fasting–it really, REALLY isn’t.When we do real, water-only fasting, whereby we drink only pure water for consecutive days and weeks (and potentially longer) and put NOTHING else into our mouths or bodies, then we must become more intentional and wise in realizing how to fast. So the answer to this question is a qualifiedYes and No……depending upon our current body/mind conditions and what we hope to accomplish by fasting:If we are depleted of health and well-being in mind, body and/or spirit and intend to restore ourselves (e.g. from chronic health conditions, acute illnesses or any other malaise), then NO… WE MUST CONVALESCE & REST AND NOT EXERCISE DURING OUR FAST; however,If we are already healthy in mind, body and/or spirit and intend to build additional gains upon our solid foundation (e.g. athletes desiring to accelerate physical strengthening of body, gain more efficient metabolism, hypertrophy, marathon endurance, repeat sprint ability, rapidly lose fat, etc.), then YES… WE MAY TRAIN AND EXERCISE FOR THE SPECIFIC IMPROVEMENTS WE SEEK TO GAIN.Since many, many people are now exploring fasting (and all the other dietary modifications noted above) as a way to lose fat, here’s your caveat:Whether or not we are obese, or simply trying to lose some excess fat gained over the holidays to look better, is always irrelevant and secondary to the above two dictates of baseline health–our current health and well-being conditions ALWAYS holds priority regarding how we fast.Always.Best wishes for your health, wellness and the extraordinary athletic abilities to come through training fasted…
How long does it take your body to adjust to drinking more water?
What goes in must come out either as err -- well you know, or as perperation.... The danger of drinking too much water is that it can wash the salt out of your blood. This is known as Hyponatremia -- it can kill you http://www.rice.edu/~jenky/sports/hyponatremia.html By taking in to much salt and not enough water you can get the opposite problem Hypernatremia http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/hypernatremia.jsp or http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypernatremia This condition makes your body hold on to too much water and is hard on the heart. This is why many Doctors (bless their little one track minds) tell people NOT to eat salt. What they all fail to mention is that the amount of salt in the body is critical and falls into a pretty narrow "normal range" If I were you I would consult with you physician, after you've read about both conditions on the web ...it never hurts to know more than the Doctor (they really hate that) and discuss your overall health, exercise regieme and reasons for drinking more water. If this a fad diet, that isn't a very good reason. If a doctor told you to do it, discuss WHY he told you to do it. I had to go 4 times to the emrgency room in 3 differant hospitals complaing of chest pain -- only the fourth Doctor said "GEE You're having a heart attack!" Well DUH! Unfortunately the damage had already been done by the time I got to the 4th Doctor, so now I am a 49 year old man with a triple bypassed 75 year old heart (yeah it's still my heart) Here is the sad condition of our medical community today -- the head Doctor of the AMA recently gave this recommendation to ALL physicians US wide; He said, "Doctors should use the Internet more often to obtain better diagnosises for their patients" I interpret this to mean that we as the American public are basiclly on our own. There is a statistic that I have seen that basiclly says "that you are 9000 times more likely to die as a result of a medical mistake, than you are from a handgun" I wish I could include the referace for that but I can't NLS sndz....
I have not had good results from working out. What can I do to make sure that my body grows?
What you need is: foods dense in calories. The most important prerequisite of building muscle is caloric surplus and positive nitrogen balance. Eat more calories, and make sure you get at least 100g of protein daily. For example some very healthy choices are: Top 5 High Calorie Foods That Are Good For You - BuiltLeanJust as a test try to add a burger like the one below to your daily diet for a week, and let me know if you start getting stronger. Getting stronger is a sign of gaining muscle. Remember, building muscle naturally takes a lot of time and the level of development depends on each individual response to physical stress and diet.
Is holding your breath during exercise improving your aerobic capacity?
No. Holding your breath while exercising does not help your aerobic capacity and, it’s actually counterproductive. Simply put, your body, especially the blood, needs oxygen to help it perform better. Extremes, such as hyperventilation (breathing too fast) and holding your breath, are bad for you. Those are two things you don’t want to do for an extended period of time.As it says in my bio, I suffer from Sleep Apnea and use a “CPAP” (Continuous Positive Airflow Pressure) machine to fight it. Think of the situation this way: if having “apneic” episodes (not breathing) while sleeping is bad for you, because your body isn’t getting enough (or any) oxygen to help it “repair itself”, what makes you think intentionally starving your body of oxygen while awake and exercising is a good thing?