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Old 07-06-2009, 07:09 PM
frankie123 frankie123 is offline
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Default To maintain strength but not to overload!? HOW

ok so some of u guys might know from my previous posts that i got into a brain injury last year n luckily i survived... but that is not the end of the story... im suffering from the side effects right now n mainly its Ataxia[mainly my right arm is shaking like a bitch] that is bothering me... although doctors sed there is no cure to this ive been going to acupuncture and its getting slightly better

so today i was talking to the therapist 'bout how i weight train and he then sed i shud excercise to keep my muscle in shape but dont overload it because its gunna slow down my recovery since after overloading it even normal ppl shakes a bit n its completely from what the treatment is doing [stoping my arm from shaking] so what i was thinking was reducing the weight that ive been using by half but my question is ... is it easy to get bak to where i was once im allowed to overload my muscle again?

so for example

dumb bell curl from 30--->20lb
concentrated curl from 25----->15lb

[i know thats not half]

tricep push down from 60----->30lb
fricep kickbak from 25----->15lb

lat pulldown from 90 ------>50lb
row pull bak from 80------>40lb

peg fly from 130--------->70lb
dual axis chest press from 100------->50
--------------------------------12 reps / 3 sets----------------------------------

n keep my leg raises at 30reps
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