Goals and responses

FRANK LOVERME said:

Thanks guys, for a serious response. Om, please explain "heavy" core
exercises. Are you talking about adding leg and arm weights? Jason, I'll
give it a try. I've not worked that routine, and I'm game for new patterns.
One question, though; What is a Romanian dead lift?

A Romanian deadlift is similar to the top half of a normal deadlift.
Instead of picking the weight up off of the ground you pick it up off
of the pins in your rack (or simply deadlift it up to the top). Then
you lower the weight to just past your knees concentrating on pushing
your hips back. Your knees shouldn't move. Once the bar clears your
knees you simply lift the weight back to where you would if you were
deadlifting. Once again, concentrate on moving the hips forward
instead of moving the bar up.

Quoted message said:

9antz, It amazes me, surgeons, still, cut through a well developed
set of abs, seemingly unaware of the labors and pain it took to
create them. If medicine wasn't so sloppy, there would be less
blood loss and less muscle deformity. Have those practitioners
thought of cutting on the outer edge of the obliques, and stretching
the abs, to get at the intended target? What with, new tracking
devices and mini surgical tools, one would think, the easiest and
most damaging surgical techniques could be more patient friendly.
So sorry, about what they did to you!

Crazy patchwork abs are awesome.

Jason

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FRANK LOVERME said:

Thanks guys, for a serious response. Om, please explain "heavy" core
exercises. Are you talking about adding leg and arm weights?

Uh, no, I believe I described "core exercises".

Squats, deadlifts and bench pressing.
I added rows and military presses but stress that those are a personal
(albeit popular) addition.

I'd still like to stress that you can lift all the weights you want and
you'll make no progress without a proper diet.

Why don't you outline your current plan to us so that we can render some
sage advice? What do you eat, how much, how often do you lift and what
is your routine?

Quoted message said:

Jason, I'll
give it a try. I've not worked that routine, and I'm game for new patterns.
One question, though; What is a Romanian dead lift?
9antz, It amazes me, surgeons, still, cut through a well developed set of
abs, seemingly unaware of the labors and pain it took to create them. If
medicine wasn't so sloppy, there would be less blood loss and less muscle
deformity. Have those practitioners thought of cutting on the outer edge of
the obliques, and stretching the abs, to get at the intended target? What
with, new tracking devices and mini surgical tools, one would think, the
easiest and most damaging surgical techniques could be more patient
friendly. So sorry, about what they did to you!

Depends on the surgeon... During my housemate's recent adventure with an
appendectomy, I was thrilled to learn that Dr. XXXXXXX was on call as I
know him to be careful. He parts muscle fibers instead of cutting across
them. He is expert in working in small spaces and tries to make the
smallest cuts possible. He excels in using fiber optics to minimize
cutting.

Some surgeons are butchers. :-(

His appendectomy scar is about 1/2 the size of others that I've seen,
but it's still taking quite awhile for the swelling to go down.

I imagine tho' that a liver transplant is somewhat more involved than a
simple appendectomy, so don't be so quick to judge.
--
Peace!
Om

"My mother never saw the irony in calling me a Son of a [censored]"
-- Jack Nicholson