I usually do strength and strongman type lifting, anything ridiculously heavy. I’m not in league of competition but then I’ve not used “extra help” from a needle but still some of the heaviest lifts in the gym are mine.
I’ve recently been working on increasing my cardiovascular health after a bout of basal pneumonia last year where I very nearly died. Long story short, my GP called paramedics after I thought I had man flu, spent half a day in A&E resuscitation (which is scary), and around 10 days in hospital and about 4-5 weeks after out of the gym. My lungs, breathing and en energy have not been the same since.
I recently had a iDXA (a type of DEXA Scan) Body Composition Scan done at Derbyshire University and it showed about 10-15% of my right lung is dark and cloudy, but about 40% of my left lungs dark and cloudy. Given its not a specific lung exam, I can’t take too much from this, but it matches up with my respiratory rate (the number of breaths you take per minute) increasing along with my resting pulse and the force of my breathing inout. It all seems to fit up, but I’m not an expert and I’m piecing things together rather tenuously.
I started the programme about 5 weeks ago, and about 4 weeks ago I changed my strength programme too, and it were a mistake…
Every time I change my routine or programme I get a little run down, so introducing an hour of lung stressing cardiovascular exercise with a new program has hit me with CNS Fatigue often called Over Training Syndrome.
CNS Fatigue – Over Training Syndrome
- Washed-out feeling, tired, drained, lack of energy.
- General aches and pains in muscles.
- Sore Joints.
- Reduced Performance in training.
- Neck Stiffness and Aches.
- Decreased Immunity (bring on the colds, and sore throats).
- Moodiness, Irritability and Feeling Down.
- Increased Incidence of Injuries.
I have about half of that and caught a damned cold, so a few days of rest for me.
A Manchester Based Photographer and Website Developer with interests in Strongman, Fitness and Geekery.
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