RE: Re: Remarkable CR effect and weight training

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I guess I'm still eating too much... while I've been lifting for years and don't normally get sore, I added an exercise back to my routine (front pull down- similar to chinning) that I hadn't done for years. Didn't notice any strain at the time but 2 days later at my next workout there was severe discomfort in my upper abdominal... the pain has subsided in subsequent workouts and now a week later there is no pain, but the lactic acid was there with bells for a few days after the first time.

I have personally experienced a loss of strength concurrent with loss of weight but there have also been job related and injury related interruptions to my weight training that confound direct causation from the weight loss.

Co-incidentally within the last few weeks I have stopped supplementing with ALA, L-carnatine, coQ10, and creatine. To my surprise I have gained some strength since stopping. This was unexpected as creatine alone was good for an almost 10% strength bump in my past experience, albeit at a higher dose.

Perhaps I'm seeing the benefit from a more structured approach to weight training (thank you for the good links/advice Suzanne).

JR

-----Original Message-----From: iamgoddard [mailto:Ian@...]Sent: Sunday, June 23, 2002 1:33 PM Subject: [ ] Re: Remarkable CR effect> I reported a similar experience on the other list:> > crsociety/message/13811> > I still get sore much less often in general. This is a dramatic change for> me. I have greater stamina and more energy as well. IAN: Wow, very similar to my report! And I like your hypothesis! I'm also doing acetyl-L-carnitine. I really did a strong workout on Friday evening and I could lift again today. Last summer before doing CR, even after lifing for several months, I always had to take two days off after a workout of almost any intensity. It was a sad example that I had grown older in a measurable way from my 20s. Everything I'm observing after doing CR dramatically points to a genunie increase of youth. I would never have believed it before I started. I only wish I had done a battery of blood tests before I statred. I did have some tests done last summer just as a general health check. I should look into what they covered. As I note in my May progress report, the increased energy is amazing; I would do CR even if that was the only benefit I might expect. In a world filled with anti-aging claims, I think those of us doing CR are the very few who actually have the real thing! But there are still a few things that have not cleared up. One is my eyes get so dry every night while sleeping I have to wake up and put eye drops in one to three times a night! This started in my early 30s and has been continuous for about seven years. I was hoping it might clear up with CR, but it seems to be persistent. It may have gotten a little better, but it's hard so say for sure. http://IanGoddard.net "To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals." Ben lin Caloric Restriction: http://IanGoddard.net/cr.htm Fat to Thin: http://IanGoddard.net/me-cr.htm