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Q: Has anyone ever had a Hernia?
Last week at the gym I set a PR on the leg press (300kg) I did 2 sets 5-6 reps.I had a good leg work out.
The next morning I was fine,but that afternoon I went to pick up my son and felt something maybe tear a little.I can still bend down and stand up,it does not hurt but I do no something has happened.
I had a chest work out last friday no trouble (just light weights) sunday I did a light back work out and yesterday I did a light shoulder workout.(no legs no crunches)
I will go on saturday to get a scan or x ray.If it is a hernia then I prob have to have an operation.3-4 months out of the gym.
I have some fat around my midsection and I have lost 3 kg as Im trying to get to my goal weight of 100 kg.Right now Im 113kg.
Im a little nervous,not really looking forward to going to a Chinese hospital.
You've overdone it on the weights. You probably have a high level of visceral fat and a lot of that fat resides in your abdomen. When you strain a lot doing weights sometimes fat or other tissue can push it's way through a weak spot in your abdominal wall. One of the weak sections is near your navel. A hernia near your navel is called an umbilical hernia. Search umbilical hernia to find out more. Because you have high visceral fat in your abdominal area there is a good chance that the tissue that has breached your abdominal wall near your navel is just fat and not intestine or anything important.
Seeking professional medical help would be a good way to go but you have a fat chance of finding that in China.
300 kg leg press is crazy. I'm 35 and wouldn't dream of doing that. I think you are older than me Rob. You are better off doing more aerobic exercise if you want to lose weight. Weights are good but you should go for more reps at a lower weight. If you do this then there is less chance of you injuring yourself. If you injure yourself then you have to stop training - which is counter productive.
Lay off the weights that centre around your core and or bending your core. Focus on walking/running/cycling and a sensible diet. I recently lost 10kg (yes 10 kg) by going on the Atkins diet (low carb, no sugar, no alcohol) and focusing on aerobic exercise with a balanced weights program.
There is a strong possibility that your hernia will fix itself. It really depends on how it looks and how it feels. Surgery is an option but from what I've heard it's for more severe hernias that don't go away. I'd seek (professional) medical advice and I would save surgery for a last resort. I personally wouldn't want to get surgery in a Chinese hospital.
If you continue to lose weight then the pressure that has caused the breach will be lessened and it will have a better chance of correcting itself naturally. So lay off the beer and the sugar and get in a few good long walks.
Stiggs:
I've heard of the Atkins diet. I knew a guy who lost a lot of weight doing it.
One thing that bothered me about it though is that he needed to give up eating fruit ( that's what he told me at least, I assume he was doing it right) which just doesn't seem right to me.
I think more reps at a lower weight is good advice. And more cardio.nzteacher80:
I ate fruit - just not excessively sweet fruit, and not too much. No sugar, no alcohol and severely restricted carbohydrates makes you lose weight. Keep up fibre with vegetables and some fruit. Meat, eggs, cheese and dairy are fine. Just be wary of sugar hidden in things.
I've never had one, but you may want to check out the link here...
http://www.wikihow.com/Check-for-a-Hernia
Maybe you just strained something or pulled a muscle.
Anyway, good luck with it, hope you can avoid an operation.
I once worked in a clinic that specializes in helping patients recover from hernias without operation. They recover by doing light exercises to strengthen the muscles around the herniated disc. If your hernia is not serious you can consider that approach but you should research it a little more yourself.
You should exchange gym with jog in 'fresh' air. I would, if I would do 'get-off-weight' thingy.
In gym, you most likely overload your muscles, so injuries are frequent.
Watch your diet too. Reduce oil, fat, sugars, CH. Get onto scale every morning, and make notes of your size.
When going to gym because overweight, you are in the circle: 'burn fat in gym', and then return home, and 'replace lost fat' by munching extra food.
Better jog than gym IMO, despite air-freshness in China.
RobRocks:
I hate running,I work out 4 times a week and i ride my bike everyday.
all the running in the world will not make you lose weight,counting calories will.I was 116 kg now Iam 113.I am a work in progress.
RobRocks:
I love lifting weights it helps me with the outside world in China.
icnif77:
Stay away from MDs and Hospitals! Everywhere, not only in China.
'Running or walk till sweat' will do magic to your weight. Skip taxis and elevators whenever possible.
'height (in cm)' minus 100; minus 10% = 'ideal weight'
Shining_brow:
NO!! Running/jogging puts too much strain on the joints. Go swimming! MUCH better all-round exercise!
You've overdone it on the weights. You probably have a high level of visceral fat and a lot of that fat resides in your abdomen. When you strain a lot doing weights sometimes fat or other tissue can push it's way through a weak spot in your abdominal wall. One of the weak sections is near your navel. A hernia near your navel is called an umbilical hernia. Search umbilical hernia to find out more. Because you have high visceral fat in your abdominal area there is a good chance that the tissue that has breached your abdominal wall near your navel is just fat and not intestine or anything important.
Seeking professional medical help would be a good way to go but you have a fat chance of finding that in China.
300 kg leg press is crazy. I'm 35 and wouldn't dream of doing that. I think you are older than me Rob. You are better off doing more aerobic exercise if you want to lose weight. Weights are good but you should go for more reps at a lower weight. If you do this then there is less chance of you injuring yourself. If you injure yourself then you have to stop training - which is counter productive.
Lay off the weights that centre around your core and or bending your core. Focus on walking/running/cycling and a sensible diet. I recently lost 10kg (yes 10 kg) by going on the Atkins diet (low carb, no sugar, no alcohol) and focusing on aerobic exercise with a balanced weights program.
There is a strong possibility that your hernia will fix itself. It really depends on how it looks and how it feels. Surgery is an option but from what I've heard it's for more severe hernias that don't go away. I'd seek (professional) medical advice and I would save surgery for a last resort. I personally wouldn't want to get surgery in a Chinese hospital.
If you continue to lose weight then the pressure that has caused the breach will be lessened and it will have a better chance of correcting itself naturally. So lay off the beer and the sugar and get in a few good long walks.
Stiggs:
I've heard of the Atkins diet. I knew a guy who lost a lot of weight doing it.
One thing that bothered me about it though is that he needed to give up eating fruit ( that's what he told me at least, I assume he was doing it right) which just doesn't seem right to me.
I think more reps at a lower weight is good advice. And more cardio.nzteacher80:
I ate fruit - just not excessively sweet fruit, and not too much. No sugar, no alcohol and severely restricted carbohydrates makes you lose weight. Keep up fibre with vegetables and some fruit. Meat, eggs, cheese and dairy are fine. Just be wary of sugar hidden in things.
thanks for the advice
it does not hurt,it seems its very small,the last week I have not been lifting heavy,doing lighter weights more reps.
the thing is I have been lifting for 4 years,no serious injury.
anyway a big thankyou I will change up my diet and training.I really want to get down to 100 kg.
weightlifting builds muscle mass, which promptly transforms into more fat once you slack off your fitness routine. Even if you can maintain it indefinitely, muscles are heavy and will sooner increase your weight.
Go for endurance training: running, cycling, swimming, and lighter floor presses (stomach musles). You need to improve your muscle quality, not quantity. Heavy weightlifting looks awesome, but it's a counterproductive kwik-fix.
Can you do a 200m dash at decent pace without breaking a sweat? The reason spme people with half your muscle volume can, is endurance training. It's slow, tedious and exhausting, but it's what works.
My 110kg and beer belly say I don't speak from experience. Just theory.
hi2u:
Muscle does not turn into fat, nor vice versa. Believing so is utter scientific garbage, though I can't blame you for the mistake as this myth is taken as common knowledge.
coineineagh:
It's not scientific at all, just observation. Bodybuilders who slack off end up fatter than people who didn't train at all. I'm not hypothesizing that muscles turn into fat directly, but eventually that's what happens. It could be that they maintain the same calorie intake after stopping exercise, or that the body breaks down the superfluous muscle into fat. Whatever happens, weight gained from heavy weightlifting isn't easy to lose again.
Shining_brow:
Your observational theory is more closely connected to having a similar calorific intake, but without the same expenditure. The muscle is no longer developing at the same time as the carbs are being ingested... and that's why they get fatter after they stop pumping!
Btw, muscle mass is built up by doing high reps at lower weights - muscle strength is gained by doing less reps of actual strength work - ie, towards it's max.
Of course, metabolisms will affect this....
Muscle is heavy heavier than fat. How much fat do you have as opposed to muscle? Do you know your body mass index? Do you have 13 kg of body fat to lose or would you need to lose some muscle to get down to 100 kg?
If it's fat you need to lose fat then diet and cardio should do it. You wouldn't need to give up the weights, just spend a bit more time on cardio and watch the beers and burgers.
Shining_brow:
He said he's pushing 300kg... I think that gives and indication! Ever see a weight-lifter who wasn't huge?
Rob - as someone who has actually had some professional-level training in this field - you've left out a rather important detail - WHERE do you feel this twinge?
Secondly - x-rays pick up solid masses that the x-rays don't go through... this doesn't include most bits of the body... Are you thinking of a herniated disk?? Then maybe. MRI is a better option.
And, an even better option, if this is in a fairly superficial part of the body (including spine) is to get a physio to (literally) run their hands over it. Any good physio (and massage therapist - of the sports variety, that doesn't make you feel particularly happy at the end) can feel this sort of stuff very easily! 
(yes, coming from experience)
