Lactic acid build up

[DucTerry]

Probably the best part of my day at the gym is watching some guy with near 20 inch biceps go all pansy trying to deadlift or leg press. Without a strong lower body and core arm and chest size mean nothing.

I've been back at the gym a little over a month now and have had non-stop gains. I don't do flat bench, Incline press works better for me and I've gone from doing my sustained reps at 120 to 230 and max at 290. I haven't gotten too serious about working my deadlift again (I want to get my core back in target shape first), but I do shrugs using a bar so every set kind of incorporates a deadlift and usually rep at 365. Leg press is by far my forte, I do reps at 810 and the bar is full at 990 so I'm not sure what my max is.

 

[docjohn]

Just so we are clear guys, lactic acid in the muscle has squat,, get it:wink: to do with pain and fatigue days after a workout.Lactic acid and your bodies ability to clear it from your muscle and bloodstream has everything to do with how many reps and how quickly you can do them.Jin you have alot more going on than just doms or lactic acid ,you have a medical condition that not only decreases the flexability of your spine but can have more widespread autoimmune related arthritis.So again in your specific case I would talk to your rheumatologist.

 

[Ryanmcd2]

Probably the best part of my day at the gym is watching some guy with near 20 inch biceps go all pansy trying to deadlift or leg press. Without a strong lower body and core arm and chest size mean nothing.

I've been back at the gym a little over a month now and have had non-stop gains. I don't do flat bench, Incline press works better for me and I've gone from doing my sustained reps at 120 to 230 and max at 290. I haven't gotten too serious about working my deadlift again (I want to get my core back in target shape first), but I do shrugs using a bar so every set kind of incorporates a deadlift and usually rep at 365. Leg press is by far my forte, I do reps at 810 and the bar is full at 990 so I'm not sure what my max is.

I don't do the "ego" I mean leg press anymore I did 715 about a year about before I started working out, It seems hard on the knees and back loading up all that weight. I think a squat is better then the leg press. I can do 270 on the seated calf raise though, most I have seen people do is 4 plates and I can get 6 so that's my ego exercise

 

[Ryanmcd2]

This is my goal.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM_dLXKpf9c

 

[synergy004]

Just so we are clear guys, lactic acid in the muscle has squat,, get it:wink: to do with pain and fatigue days after a workout.Lactic acid and your bodies ability to clear it from your muscle and bloodstream has everything to do with how many reps and how quickly you can do them.Jin you have alot more going on than just doms or lactic acid ,you have a medical condition that not only decreases the flexability of your spine but can have more widespread autoimmune related arthritis.So again in your specific case I would talk to your rheumatologist.

DOCJon very good diagnosis, I do agree, by far the best advice. Jin I would look furthur into this and see a rheumatologist if you haven't done so.

 

[SilverStone05]

I don't do the "ego" I mean leg press anymore I did 715 about a year about before I started working out, It seems hard on the knees and back loading up all that weight. I think a squat is better then the leg press. I can do 270 on the seated calf raise though, most I have seen people do is 4 plates and I can get 6 so that's my ego exercise

Yea, I couldn't care less how much weight i'm lifting. I could be doing bicep curls with 5 lb dumbbells and benching 50 lbs as long as I look good.

 

[Ryanmcd2]

Yea, I couldn't care less how much weight i'm lifting. I could be doing bicep curls with 5 lb dumbbells and benching 50 lbs as long as I look good.

Looking good = low bodyfat. This new gym I am going to has people benching over 600 and squating 900+ and several of them are the strongest people in the world. Here is the link.

http://ngbb.net/Pages/Bio/Bio page.htm

 

[Jin1976]

I did talk to my rheumatologist. She said to do a lot of stratching exercise focusing on the back. I those stretching exercise everytime before weightlifting. I've also join the AS forum. Lots of guys their do weight training to strengthen their muscle. Now for exercise I focus on chinups for stretching the whole back which I find really helps with strengthening up the whole back for better straight postures. I might get one chinups bar installed at home.

Just so we are clear guys, lactic acid in the muscle has squat,, get it:wink: to do with pain and fatigue days after a workout.Lactic acid and your bodies ability to clear it from your muscle and bloodstream has everything to do with how many reps and how quickly you can do them.Jin you have alot more going on than just doms or lactic acid ,you have a medical condition that not only decreases the flexability of your spine but can have more widespread autoimmune related arthritis.So again in your specific case I would talk to your rheumatologist.

 

[steveny]

Hey is this acid the same thing that makes saliva taste bad after someone does exercises?

 

[docjohn]

Hey is this acid the same thing that makes saliva taste bad after someone does exercises?

google: ketosis :wink:

 

[Ryanmcd2]

google: ketosis :wink:

Ketosis is more of a state you get in when low carbs right? Also Ketosis takes more then a few hours for the body to get into that state. I did a Keto diet for a while and really love it, after the 1st few days you really don't even think about food and it's easy to eat on as well.

 

[Ryanmcd2]

I did talk to my rheumatologist. She said to do a lot of stratching exercise focusing on the back. I those stretching exercise everytime before weightlifting. I've also join the AS forum. Lots of guys their do weight training to strengthen their muscle. Now for exercise I focus on chinups for stretching the whole back which I find really helps with strengthening up the whole back for better straight postures. I might get one chinups bar installed at home.

Deadlifts are the best exercise you can do for your back, Chins are good too though. Any of the compound exercises are good.

Here is a great video on deadlifts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-O_MT72rck

 

[steveny]

I was asking about the saliva because I went swimming for about an hour in the pool and when I got out I was pretty tired and had a acidy type of taste in my mouth. I thought about this thread at the time.

 

[DocL]

I was asking about the saliva because I went swimming for about an hour in the pool and when I got out I was pretty tired and had a acidy type of taste in my mouth. I thought about this thread at the time.

Stop peeing in the pool and then you won't drink the uric acid in the water.

 

[Ryanmcd2]

Stop peeing in the pool and then you won't drink the uric acid in the water.

that's pretty sick but true.

 

[steveny]

Stop peeing in the pool and then you won't drink the uric acid in the water.

I don't pee in my pool I pee in yours

It's funny how my dog actually gets out of the pool opens the door by herself and then pees on the lawn then comes back in the pool. Shes a good dog. Now I just need to teach her how to close the door by herself.

 

[DucTerry]

One of the Docs here: Any particular reason my sweat has started to smell slightly acidic? Aside from the odor it doesn't bother me, no fatigue or other health issues that I can see. It's just kinda a pain in the ass having a gym bag after working out that smells bad enough I want to hang it out the car window.

 

[Ryanmcd2]

One of the Docs here: Any particular reason my sweat has started to smell slightly acidic? Aside from the odor it doesn't bother me, no fatigue or other health issues that I can see. It's just kinda a pain in the ass having a gym bag after working out that smells bad enough I want to hang it out the car window.

I got the EXACT same way, when I 1st started working out I did not smell as bad as I do now. Maybe it's due to your body using more energy as you move more weight?