Quote (SKCRaynor @ Aug 30 2012 07:57am)

I would definitely go so far as to say that hypothyroidism definitely can cause depression.

If you have been taking synthroid (Levothyroxine), and your levels are normalized, so should the cause of the depression. HOWEVER, if the depression persists, there might be more to the story. We then must examine what is causing the hypo-active thyroid...AND the depression.

Have you have a complete blood panel done? If so, what were the results? Anything unusual?

Have you had an Xray panel, CTScan or MRI to examine your head and organs for unknown masses?

Quote (Aimed_Shot @ Aug 30 2012 12:20pm)

I'm not sure about the complete blood panel but I think so? They took a lot of blood from me. And it took like 30 minutes. They were screening for infectious disease.

None of the other stuff

Quote (SKCRaynor @ Aug 30 2012 06:52am)

Could be 2-3 months. I would advise constant R.I.C.E and increase your fish oil consumption to 3g per food meal.

Also you can try Universal Animal Flex (1 packet per day). Try to keep the area mobile, but don't over aggravate it with complex exercises like bench press. If you DO want to do these exercises, wrap the area with a good quality elbow wrap or use powerlifting sleeves.

Quote (OrkyMarquis @ Aug 30 2012 01:54pm)

By mobile you mean like working back and leg and avoiding push exercise? I get some pain during back probly due of inflammation

Quote (SKCRaynor @ Aug 24 2012 08:45pm)

If your goal is to improve swimming, a 3 day split would be best.

I would try to do the strength training AFTER swimming vs before.

Stick to 10 sets of each muscle group for a total of 20 sets per workout routine.

Stick to 2 exercises of 5 sets of each muscle group in the rep format of 8, 6, 5, 5, 3. With MAXIMUM intensity each time.

The exercises should be pure core exercises for each group, ie: bench press and incline DB press for chest, olympic curls and concentration curls for biceps, deadlifts and lat pulldowns for back, close-grip dips and kickbacks for triceps, military press and db shoulder press for shoulders, db and bb shrugs for traps, squats and lunges for legs, and situps and hanging leg raises for legs (both weighted obviously).

Quote (Shekkie @ Aug 30 2012 02:11pm)

just 1 more question
What muscles should i plan for the 3 day split.
i was doing
biceps/back
chest/triceps
shoulders/legs

BUT chest/triceps day was no bueno...
it destroyed me and i couldnt finish it up so i figured i need to change what muscles i work on each day

Quote (SKCRaynor @ Aug 30 2012 11:27am)

I would do:

Chest/bis
Back/Tris
Shoulders/Legs

Hit abs every day during that as well....15 mins after the other muscles are done.

Quote (Shekkie @ Aug 30 2012 02:43pm)

what reps should i be looking for ont he abs?
I've been doing about 5x 20
or 10x10 and just kind of mix matching depending on the intensity

Quote (SKCRaynor @ Aug 30 2012 10:04am)

Keeping it mobile means keeping it moving, but avoid putting excess weight on it.