Past age 40, it can take a long time to gain some muscle, especially starting out (2nd OP post mentions a beginner routine), much longer than for someone, say, under 30.
According to your profile, you added 11 lbs in a month-and-a-half. So, assuming you still have the 30-inch waist, and taking your height into account, even if only half of that was muscle, you are...
One suggestion would be to use exercises that hit the muscles w/o straining the joints etc. too much. For one example, see link below (read down to point 5. or so...)
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He is doing flat bench twice per week, and inclines between those 2 workouts (see his 2nd post). That is an insane amount of work in a week if all three are max effort sessions (and I say "insane"...
For most people, it is very hard to get a thorough leg workout with squats alone. The reason for that is that almost everyone has some imbalance between quad strength and...
I would look up the difference between "tendinitis" and "tendinosis" (anyplace like wikipedia will do). Especially it it is something that keeps coming back, or persists for weeks.
I would pick a number of weeks or months and a target weight. Then, aim for losing 1-1.5 lb per week, but only during the first 8-10 weeks, and then lower the weight loss down to 1/2-1lb per week.
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If you usually wear shoes w. high heels, your calf muscles may shorten to compensate for the position of the foot, so that may be another factor. I am not 100% sure how that affects a full squat,...
I believe that is correct (not that you need a second opinion). I ran into this after one of my five (!) knee injuries. The doctor I was seeing at the time advised against putting a 1x4 under my...
Warmup ~10-15 minutes.
Workout ~50-60, (IF the equipment is free, :( )
Not including any cardio I may throw in at the end to purge some fo the lactic acid out of the muscle.
A few years ago I watched a bunch of guys play wheelchair basketball, and later do wheelchair sprints. Several of them had huge arms and shoulders, because they have to move themselves...
Unfortunately, alcohol works against building muscle for a variety of reasons, and if you consume enough, it can inhibit muscle growth completely. Not feeling tipsy does not change the amount of...