yes sir, that works perfectly for your purposes.

Hey there.

First of all, PLEASE consult your doctor before going any further. I am in medical school right now, but I am not a licensed physician yet.

Anyway, exercise in MOST cases helps RA. It is an ESSENTIAL part of anyone's life (who has RA) to exercise regularly.

A good rule to follow, however, is to avoid high intensity exercise which can damage joints further such as jogging on paved roads or HEAVY weight lifting.

A sample exercise plan could be:

Workout 1:

15 minute deep stretching warmup
30-60 minutes of upper body training (various machines and free weights at low/moderate intensity)
15-30 minutes low/medium intensity cardio (either eliptical, exercise bike, swimming)
15 minute deep stretching cooldown

Workout 2:

15 minute deep stretching warmup
30-60 minutes of lower body training (various machines and free weights at low/moderate intensity but AVOID SQUATS))
15-30 minutes low/medium intensity cardio (either eliptical, exercise bike, swimming)
15 minute deep stretching cooldown

Alternate these workouts every other day so you'd have something like:

Mon - workout 1
Tues - Workout 2
weds - Workout 1
Thurs - Workout 2
Fri - Workout 1
Sat - Workout 2
Sun - OFF

That makes your workouts a total of 1 hr 15 minutes MINIMUM or 2 hours MAXIMUM.

I recommend exercising 6 days a week, and on the 7th day, do some light stretching and maybe go for a swim or long walk to keep the joints supple.

Also I advise taking a good join supplement complex such as Universal Animal Flex as well as getting plenty of OMEGA 3-6-9 in your diet (NOW! Omega 3-6-9 is a good supplement, but try to get alot of omega fatty acid rich foods like fish/eggs/o oil, etc)

I hope this helps, and I wish you the best!

This post was edited by SKCRaynor on Oct 10 2010 09:38pm

i havent talked to my doctor about heavy weight lifting yet or any of that but i have an appointment and ill make sure to talk about it

im going to follow these workouts until i go to the appointment and if they say i shouldnt lift heavy weights then i'll do this pretty much

but if they say its fine you think you can workout a plan for me

much appreciated

This post was edited by burton_clash on Oct 10 2010 10:40pm

no problem, get back to me after you speak to your doctor.

what are the best quick meals to eat during 10 min break in university? must contain prot/carbs/fat with a 40/40/20 ratio or something.. cuz now im just cooking meat and rice and veggies with flax seed oil.. but it takes to long and requires a lot of plastic containers and so on..

tomorrow im spending from 8 am till 5 pm at uni so i need like 4 meals to eat it's frustrating

This post was edited by iloveualot on Oct 11 2010 11:51am

here are some easy suggestions:

protein bars (VPX vero impact are perfect)
cheese stick + ostrim stick + nuts
hard boiled eggs + whole grain crackers
granola bars + protein shake
sandwiches (meat cheese veggies)


Get creative! =)

I get around 7-8 hours of sleep during school nights
yet I still seem to fall asleep in class. It's usually my afternoon classes too,
and i just nap for around 20 minutes, any tips to help me stay awake beside caffeine pills.

I get around 2-3 meals by the time my afternoon class starts, so I don't know what's the problem

Hey there.

Generally, you might either need any of the following:

1. more sleep
2. more carbohydrates throughout the day
3. more vitamins or more proper nutrition with your 3 meals
4. more physical activity (either before/during/after) - I like to do pushups on breaks from class....keeps the blood flowing and prevents drowsiness.

lastly, you could try a good 0 sugar energy drink like Celsius or black coffee/green tea.

Is there an alternative for cottage cheese on the anabolic cutting

This post was edited by ReZZ_KING on Oct 12 2010 03:27am

Can u answer my question in this topic please? http://forums.d2jsp.org/topic.php?t=48744456&f=60

Thanks.