Lose Fat, Strengthen Joints

Hey everybody,

Ready for some more great tips and motivation? In this video series, I’ll be teaching you all about:

Joint Pain Relief – Move Like A Kid, Feel Like A Kid

Today’s video is titled ‘Muscle Balancing’. I’m going to show you how to feel like a kid and move like one too!

Hint:  Were you able to keep up?  If so, please comment below and tell us about your experience…

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Kareem

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I FEEL PAINS WHEN AM DOING THE EXERCISE

SO I DONT KNOW WHETHER TO CONTINUE OR NOT.

THANKS ALOT

Hey Chelsea,

No, you shouldn’t continue if you are experiencing pain when exercising. Then again, are you feeling the muscle being worked or is it in the joint? (i.e. dull, achy usually is muscle; sharp &/or shooting usually is the joint)

To be safe, I’d find the pain-free exercises and/or ranges of motion and only exercise them.

Where do you have pain?

No problems with any of the movements, the only aches were from my sore delts and biceps from this weeks’ workouts

However, big problem with the sound. I had my PC as well as the video sounds on full and could barely hear you

THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR KNOWLEDGE!..You share in such a way even I understand! phyllis from frisco colo.

This is a timely lesson, I must say. Just about to do my PT exercises. Poor little supraspinatus!

Thanks for the great lessons.
Rosemary

Hey Sarah,

Great to hear from you!

Care to share what made you so sore?

It sure would go along well with the Michelle Obama Arms post!

Sorry about the audio – it’s working fine on my side. (a little low, but bad at all)

Did anyone else have this problem?

You’re welcome, Phyllis!

Thanks for listening – please help me spread the word.

This community is certainly growing, but there are over
400 videos now up here and I’d love to share this info
with more people!

Just send them to: http://VideoFitnessBlog.com

poor little suprspinatus – I love that!

my pleasure, Rosemary.

Very practical and timely advise Dr. K. I’ve recently (shame on me!) incorporated more supraspinatus work in my training to build more structural integrity in my shoulder-girdle. From a physiological standpoint, is it just the relatively small size of the supraspinatus that makes working it with relatively small weight feel so brutal?

What’s up Jamaal,

Good to hear from you!

Yeah, the supraspinatus is a small muscle to begin with… plus, the length of your arm creates a lot of torque into the joint. This torque makes a small weight act as much more. Think about it this way… using a big screwdriver vs. a small screwdriver. What’s easier?

The big one, right… well, your arm is like a gigantic screw driver, so any weight placed in your hand becomes a lot of torque into your shoulder joint and is magnified as a result. In the case of the supraspinatus, there just isn’t enough cross-sectional area to produce a lot of force… (length + width + thickness of the muscle)

does this make sense?

“does this make sense?”

Yeah absolutely. Being that such is the case, is it advisable to do rotator cuff exercises at the beginning of an upper-body workout when they are less fatigued or at the end?

Hey Kareem,

Fascinating as always. Just got back from a couple of days of kayaking and hiking and I know that just went so much better after four months on LHPH.

But you got anything for bruises and sunburn!?

Hey Jamaal,

another great question…

here’s what I have to say about that – what’s your exercise goal? rehab/strengthening of the rotator cuff, bulking, fat loss, general conditioning, etc?

(i know… another question for your question

if the goal is to strengthen the rotator cuff, then i’d advise you to make that the priority and exercise it first. Otherwise, it’s more sensible to work big muscle groups to small, as with any other exercise (i.e. bench press before tricep extensions or dips)

actually… i do! (i’m going hiking and tubing this weekend)

try increasing intake of vitamin K and vitamin E – you’ll heal faster… or so is said

Thanks for the tip, bud. I don’t know much about vitamin K so I’ll have to check that out.

Enjoy your weekend and get yourself charged up with all those negative ions!

Hi Dr K,
Good info. could you do a vid on knee-hip muscle imbalances? I went to a PT they said the usual–I have weak glutes and gave me a bunch of leg exercises to do (3 sets of 10 reps each) plus a walkiing program. I feel stiffer than when I went to see the PT! Something is wrong with this picture.

sure, Mary. I’d be happy to do a video for you and try to help in any way I can… sorry things haven’t been going your way so far