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Physical Therapy is a Challenge.

Staff — Tue, 28 Aug 2018 00:06:21 +0000

(BlackFitness101.com) In the battle to be strong and healthy, and stay that way, injury can pose some serious setbacks. Once injured, depending on the severity, you may find yourself in the hospital, enduring surgery, and coming to grips with physical therapy. If you are not an athlete whose been injured, or you’ve never been injured, this experience can be terrifying as you don’t know what to expect outside of pain. In your mind you might believe if I can just manage my pain everything will be okay. Dealing with pain is just the beginning of recovery. Once injury occurs it can definitely be hard to deal with mentally as you are trying to come to turns with limitations you are not use to accommodating. Furthermore, you might find it difficult to trust your body. Physical therapy is a critical part of recovery, but it is definitely a challenge not to be taken likely.

After an injury, a surgery, it is very easy to fall into inactivity. You want to do whatever you can to ease pain, and the last thing on your mind is forcing the body to move on purpose in ways that will make you want to scream. Sometimes long-term athletes have a better understanding going into recovery from an injury that physical therapy will be a serious challenge. They understand in some instances the road to recovery might be just as, if not more, painful as the initial injury. However, it is vital to gaining full use of the injured area going forward. Movement will be key, and mental preparedness will be a necessity. you will find that you must summon your will to get your body through the ordeal of injury.

You guessed it…the worse thing you can do is opt out of physical therapy and go home to sit. When this happens, you will become stiff and risk losing your range on motion in the area injured. Another unwise choice would be staying inactive post injury or surgery then deciding to just get up and go to the gym.

I understand watching the scale tip may motivate you back into your gym but going back cold turkey could cause you to re-injure yourself doing more damage. Series injuries and surgery causes loss of muscle memory. Physical therapy is an opportunity to train your muscles to regain muscle memory in the same fashion that a baby intuitively learns to walk by using those same muscle groups repetitively. Unfortunately, unlike with a baby learning to walk…this will be painful, and your body doesn’t have the same level of resilience.

Be sure to undertake physical therapy with a professional that is qualified to rehabilitate your body in the injured area. You want to be comfortable with the person you are working with, and that will help you get through the challenges you will face with physical therapy. Furthermore, working with the right therapist decreases the chances that you would do too much, or not enough in your session. There is a degree of pain that comes with the process, but there are pains that would indicate the rehabilitation is going south. Prepare your mind to recover you body so that you can return to a strong and healthy state. Don’t opt out of physical therapy…embrace the challenge. Your body will be the better for it.

Staff Writer; Christian Starr

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Keep the Fight Out of the Gym.

Staff — Fri, 17 Nov 2017 01:38:41 +0000

(BlackFitness101.com) Working out in the gym can bring out your ambition as you’re are in an intense battle with your body, as you work towards getting said body into its best shape. It’s understandable that some workout to alleviate stress. Life can be tough, and people can be a pain in the neck. Some choose to take out their aggression’s through their workout. This is indeed turning negative energy into productive energy. There are gym members that are rather solitary. They don’t really talk to others, outside of speaking as a mannerable gesture, and you always see them working out alone. Then there are those that tend to come into the gym in a group. Sometimes its co-workers, family or just friends…they are social, and want to have a good time while working out. Neither method is wrong as long as both are respectful of one another.

I was working out recently, and I’m the loner, minding my business on the dreaded treadmill. While trying to zone our listening to Kendrick Lamar I was brought back to reality by yelling that I could hear over my music. One treadmill from me were two ladies having a heated disagreement. At that moment someone should have asked them to take that outside or squash it. However, the situation escalated into a fight.

Ladies, the gym isn’t the place for a street fight. It’s a place where everyone is there for the betterment of themselves, and there is no room for that kind of energy which ruins the workout for everyone else. The group of women fighting had no idea what anyone else in the gym was dealing with. I for one tend to go to the gym to work out my grief regarding the loss of my dad when it becomes to much. The last thing I wanted to do was run off my treadmill to avoid the physical altercation that was hurling itself in my direction. Evening if you were to go to a boxing gym there are rules and guidelines.

Working out in a group may be fun, but if there are issues within the group please don’t wait until you get in the gym for situation to come to a head. Deal with the matter amongst yourself, or choose to workout separately. No one wants to be in the middle of a workout, and find themselves distracted by the arrival of the local police.

Quite a few people choose to end their workout early…I was one of them. It’s important to protect spaces that allow people to cope with the craziness in the world, and the things they are personally facing. The gym is no place to handle disagreements. Those involved are likely to hurt one another, but then innocent people can get hurt as well in an unnecessary situation.

Be mindful of your safety, and that of others around you in a gym community. Strive to keep the energy one that exudes wellness, betterment, and competing with self to become a stronger self. Keep the strife, and fighting out of the gym.

Staff Writer; Christian Starr

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Gym Courtesy is Important.

Staff — Wed, 27 Sep 2017 17:14:56 +0000

(BlackFitness101.com) As many move towards overall wellness and fitness the gym has become a frequented spot. This is a positive trend, but just like with anything one would want to be courteous of others in that space. Though the gym may feel comfortable, and like home to some, it’s not your house and there are spoken and unspoken rules. It’s important to be courteous in the gym so that your workout experience is not unpleasant for someone else. When joining a gym, it is important to find out the guidelines and adhere to them. The rules vary by location.

Some gyms are large with plenty of cardio equipment so there is no time limit, but others may have a cardio machine time limit that you would want to follow. Though a gym can evolve into a community for you it is very much so a different kind of community with a set purpose…working out. Often times this purpose can be lost in the need for conversation, loud phone conversations and the manner by which one chooses to dress in the gym. Below are just a few known gym courtesies, or rules, that allow the gym atmosphere to remain productive and comfortable for all members.

1. It would be wise to make sure your workout clothes are clean. Granted, many of us grew up watching “Rocky” and we remember the beat-up workout clothes…but Rocky worked out outside quite a bit. It’s hard to focus on one’s workout when the person next to you is smelly…and we don’t mean just sweat.

2. Though working out is not a fashion show if you want to be fashionable go right ahead. However, it would be courteous to make sure you are covered in a way by which your personal parts aren’t in someone’s face. Furthermore, gyms have lots of mirrors but they aren’t for make-up application.

3. Wiping the equipment when you are done is definitely a must. No one want to exercise in the previous persons sweat. That’s just nasty.

4. Put the equipment back when you are done. If you are strong enough to lift the weight you are strong enough to rack it. It is rather inconsiderate to use free weights, and leave them out. This is a safety hazard, but the next person lifting might not be able to move the weight. Just be courteous and rack what you use.

5. The primary purpose for the gym is working out, and though it can be social, be mindful that some are focused on their workout. If you want to talk to someone that looks like they are “n a zone” don’t interrupt. Consider speaking to them when they are in a rest period. Everyone in the gym is not going to be chatty.

6. If you are sick consider working out outside, or at home. There are some that use working out as a way to get better when sick. This is understandable but if you are coughing and sneezing everywhere there is a chance you will get others around you sick. Using a sauna is understandable, but just moving around the gym floor sick can harm others.

Gym courtesy goes a long way, and it allows us to respect each other as we work towards bettering ourselves. Everyone in the gym is different and those differences should be respected. Safety and gym guidelines should be known and followed. There is no need for bad experiences when working out can make us feel great.

Staff Writer; Christian Starr

May connect with this sister over at Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/christian.pierre.9809 and also Twitter; http://twitter.com/MrzZeta.

Glam at the Gym.

Staff — Wed, 24 May 2017 22:22:19 +0000

(BlackFitness101.com) As women, we tend to want to look nice where ever we go. There is absolutely nothing wrong with this, and that also applies to working out. There is an entire fashion market for workout apparel geared to give us the best look, and coverage during our workout. Women have more choices than ever from apparel to shoes. Some of us are definitely glam at the gym. However, if we aren’t careful glam can go too far and cause health and presentation problems.

Part of a good work out is working us a good sweat. When we do this our pores have an opportunity to release toxins and impurities through our skin by sweating. This can become complicated when one insists on wearing full face makeup to the gym. Your pores are encountering your full-face base when sweating which in some cases can also present a mess if you sweat a lot. No one wants to look off in the face so maybe considering a makeup conducive to working out, or saving the full face for after the workout would help.

Underway is very important. Some prefer to roll free or with specialized underwear but this is actually unsafe when working out. When you don’t wear the most supportive bra in an effort to rock your cleavage you can damage your breast tissue. When one chooses to wear thongs, and g strings, you can run into issues with boils or yeast infections if you aren’t careful. Again, sweating helps the body release toxins so not having the proper undergarments for absorbing that moisture is a problem. Furthermore, when using the equipment…it can just be nasty. Let’s be real everyone should wipe down equipment but they don’t. So, if you are free and sweating…then don’t wipe equipment after usage that’s just double nasty.

You can maintain your glam, and be appropriate. There are many kinds of people in the world, and some of them are not kind. We shouldn’t have to worry about safety at the gym, outside of making sure we use the equipment properly, but we do. Making sure you are not exposed can help you feel safe. When we neglect the right undergarments, we can end up feeling exposed on certain machines in ways we never intended regardless of if the gym is co-ed or women’s only. No one wants to be doing deep squats in front of the mirror and feel like our private areas are focused on because they are showing due to the nature of the exercise. No one wants to be on the treadmill, male or female, and end up exposed because the workout attire was lacking.

Feel free to be glamorous in everything you do including working out. It can help boost confidence and self-esteem. Just make sure you remember it’s a gym, and you want to be sure you are safe. Having the proper apparel that fits correctly is important to your health, and your sensibilities.

Staff Writer; Christian Starr

May connect with this sister over at Facebook; https://www.facebook.com/christian.pierre.9809 and also Twitter; http://twitter.com/MrzZeta.