Quote (Nevada @ Jan 25 2015 12:41pm)

2 Questions about sodium I always wondered

Let's say you consume like 5000 sodium in like 3 hours
You drink 1 gallon water to flush it all
Does it matter if u drank 90% of the water like 3-4-5 hours before u eat so much sodium or it only takes effect after?

Also if u eat 5000 sodium and u don't drink anything, 24-48h after can u still flush it all out easily by drinking water or its harder?

thanks!
May sounds like I dont know shit bcuz it is! lel

Quote (SKCRaynor @ 25 Jan 2015 13:45)

Consuming extremely high amounts of sodium, or water, or both, in a short period of time, is extremely dangerous as it disrupts your body's natural electrolyte balance.

However, assuming that you took in a high amount of sodium and counter-acted it with water, it would have a lessened effect on certain things like blood pressure.

As far as timing goes, it doesn't really matter, because your body will still absorb the sodium into the bloodstream as usual, drawing fluid from the body and constricting the vessels. Consuming water, later, would result in rehydration and thus a gradual reduction of the negative effects brought on by the excessive sodium intake.

If you were to literally consume water WITH the sodium, in the same general intake, you would dilute the sodium to a degree, reducing its effects. HOWEVER, regardless of dilution, you are still consuming that much sodium which would still have negative effects, and also you would be reducing calcium, magnesium, and potassium as well, from the excessive water intake in a short period, further disrupting electrolyte balance.

Quote (xVanished @ Jan 25 2015 02:53pm)

Just curious, if you substitute water with say a Gatorade at any point in this hypothetical equation question, would it make any noticeable difference in comparison to water?

Quote (TG3 @ Jan 26 2015 04:26am)

Im thinking of moving away from my powerlifting workouts to more of a P/P/L workout, whats a good PPL workout look like?
also whats a good form of HIIT training? Sorry but googling just leads to me being frustrated and annoyed at the generic answers.

Quote (Trev @ Jan 26 2015 03:26pm)

What would you recommend for a 4 day rotation lifting schedule? (Which muscle groups each day)

Realistically I'm only going to get 4 days or so working out before restarting my rotation if I can.

I'm on a 5x5 workout but decided I didn't like the arm day and would just add those in with chest/back.

However, which muscle groups would work best for the 4 day schedule for each day?

Thanks!

Quote (SKCRaynor @ Jan 24 2015 02:29pm)

Good Morning!

First of all, here is my bodyweight exercise list:

http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=21269614&f=60&p=331731288
Bodyweight exercises



Secondly, assuming you have ONLY dumbbells, you are extremely limited. If you have a BENCH with the dumbbells, you gain a lot more potential exercises.

As a result, to keep everything cheap, I would advise that you get adjustable dumbbells (5-100 lb) like the bowflex, as well as an adjustable bench. That would be the absolute cheapest solution for you.

You could then do the following exercises


Chest - DB Press, DB incline Press, DB Decline Press, DB Flies, DB Pullovers, Bench/Chair Dips, and Pushups (close and wide grip).

Back - DB Deadlifts, Bent Over DB Rows, DB Wide Rows, Lawnmower Rows, Pullups/Chinups, DB Back Flies

Shoulders - DB Shoulder Press (seated), Arnold Press, Front Raises, Lat Raises, DB, Standing DB Press, Rear Delt Raises, DB Upright Rows, DB Shrugs (side and front)

Legs - DB Squats, DB Lunges, and DB Calf Raises.

Arms - DB Curls (standing/seated), DB Hammer Curls, DB Reverse Curls, Concentration Curls, DB 21's, DB Kickbacks, DB Skullcrushers, Close grip chair/bench dips, Diamond Pushups, and Standing 1 arm DB extensions


You can train at least 4 exercises per muscle group, with at least 4 sets of each, going up in weight each set. The exception is legs, where you will train 5 sets of each of the 3 exercises.

Quote (Weird0ne @ Jan 28 2015 09:45am)

Trying to lose some weight.
5'7" at 23x lb at the moment.

How should I go about cutting and working out?