<p>My dog took glucosamine, chondrotin & MSM, which seemed to help her a lot, but it isnt doing that much for me.
Busdriver, I also had an injection into the knee capsule of hylan polymers which sounds similar to your trainers supplement recommendation which didnt do anything either.
However I have noticed a little relief from acupuncture.
But if your joints are fine, why make your pee even more expensive?;)</p>
<p>I quit taking fish oil supplements after I read this,
[Fish-oil</a> supplements may do more harm than good, UBC researcher finds](<a href=“Home | Vancouver Sun”>Home | Vancouver Sun)</p>
<p>Oh man, emerald, now even fish oil supplements are suspect? I thought that was a no-brainer. Funny, why make one’s pee even more expensive. My pee is very expensive, with all the bio-identicals and supplements I already take. And alpha-lipoic supplements do not have a pleasant smell. To the point of which when I use the lav at work, I come back up and say, “We really need to write up that lav, it just smells awful!” Ha!</p>
<p>We’ve amped up our fish consumption lately and decreased beef (a lot) and chicken (somewhat) consumption. More Alaskan Cod and Tuna Fish and a bit less salmon.</p>
<p>I’m sleep-deprived and somewhat food-deprived. My wife isn’t feeling well and we haven’t kept the house well-stocked as we’re busy in cleaning mode.</p>
<p>2) My diet is not high in omega-6 vegetable oils. In fact, I have all but stopped using them completely, replacing them with heart healthy alternatives like butter and lard. :)</p>
<p>I believe my new doctor’s exact words looking at my cholesterol and lipid numbers from my last physical were, “All of these numbers are off the charts good…” He’d probably have a cow if I told him what I ate…</p>
<p>thanks, iDad. Do you have a YouTube of the painful pushaways? (never mind- found it) Notice the orange tights in the video- might be Lulu. Wonder if they are see-through?</p>
<p>MOWC, iDad mentioned Valerie Waters’ workouts recently. I did a YouTube search for Valerie Waters ValSlides and came across her best travel workout. I think you might be interested in seeing that one.</p>
<p>Idad: great Utube clip of NH–looks a lot like my part of MA (snowy and rural). </p>
<p>Congrats on the cool dress-size, CJane. </p>
<p>DadII–good that you can get you BP under control. </p>
<p>Supplements I take: fish oil capsule, Vitamin D (blood tests showed that I was really, really, low), and a B-complex (again–blood work showed B12 and folate deficiency). I don’t have serious joint pain, but my husband does and taking glucosamine helps him.</p>
<p>Walk this AM–3 miles outside. Followed by a workout with trainer; we did interval stuff–8 sets for 20 seconds followed by a rest. Sets included: leg raises on a step (first right/then left leg on step) mountain climbers, squats with one foot on step while holding/and raising (above head) a 13 lb. KB (right/left leg), ladder, stairs (up/down two flights), KB swings.
Signed up for spinning class tomorrow.</p>
<p>Another killer workout, Bromfield.
I am planning on checking out the spinning classes at my current gym. Problem is I’ve seen the lines queueing up prior to class – there doesn’t seem to be a system for reserving the apparently limited amount of bikes-- people seemed super uptight at the process. Also, I can’t get a sense of what the instructors are like. I would hate to go through all of that, just to end up disliking the instructor.
Going to have to suck it up and try anyway one of these days.</p>
<p>On another note my new waterproof shuffle arrived along with new goggles. So putting together a playlist to hopefully make the swim more fun.</p>
Hi all. I too celebrated spring in SNOWSHOES. Hi ho.
And re:
To give a bit of background, once upon a time in a land far away I was (ironically) the editor of a health and fitness magazine in another country. So supplementation is for me a complex, messy topic – the truth is out there, but none of us know where
Busdriver, in the USA, not only is the supplement industry virtually unregulated and research routinely financed by the mfg itself and ergo usually complete nonsense in scientific terms, but the USA also does not have a DIN system wherein supplements are even checked to see if they actually contain the stated amount of active ingredients.
In the product you’re referring the component levels are, IMHO, considerably lower than the standard therapeutic levels recommended for chrondroitin (200 mg instead of 800 mg, which has been trialed - with so/so reports of alleged efficacy that have not necessarily been reliably reproduced.) Chondroitin, which is expensive to source, is often found to be present in LESSER QUANTITY than reported on the bottle, according to Consumer Lab. (.com)
Collagen has been around for a while as a supplement for skin and nails, but this excerpt by a pharmacist-runner pretty much sums up my personal thinking on the matter:
As you can guess, I’d be inclined to eat Quinoa, chick peas, beef or cheese instead
Which is not to say I am against supplementation – our fresh food sources are berift of the kinds of trace minerals and nutrient value for which they were once touted. For the supplements that I use, I am fortunate that my trainer friend coaches a national competing team and has had all the supplements she recommends “tested” privately at an independent lab, at her own expense, to avoid any risk of doping/skewed tests. So I kind of go by that on what I am willing/comfortable to ingest
But a site I find helpful and pay a membership fee for is Consumerlab (dot) com. Consumerlab does not endorse any products, and has not tested all brands, but it does at least screen many many brands of supplements to determine the content of key components, and otherwise stays up to date on new research. It is not, however, free, and I have not used it long enough to assess its reliability – I just like that it exists.
I did try to look up that specific product for you (because I am a member) and could not find any reference, positive or negative, to it.
<p>iDad, it was a different one, The Best Travel Workout. At 3:40 she starts an exercise she calls clocks which look kind of like the painful pushaways but smaller motions.</p>
<p>CJane, that waterproof shuffle San-dee recommended seems like such a great idea.</p>
<p>Bromfield, the squat with step and KB sounds like it could be difficult just to keep coordinated.</p>
<p>Being able to turn each snowstorm into a fun outdoor activity had really made winter a lot more enjoyable this year. I’m thinking of heading to the mountains on Saturday, but I haven’t decided where. They’ve gotten a good bit of snow, so I’m thinking it will probably be snowshoes, which means I need something fairly short!</p>
<p>That’s fantastic. Those atomic pushups/knee tucks will be brutal. I’ve been doing them with the TRX/Jungle Gym and 30 seconds is really hard to do. I’ll try them with the ValSlides. They might be even harder…</p>
<p>The clocks exercise looks like the perfect way to get started with painful pushaways. As you get stronger, push out a little further and/or pause for a second in the extended position.</p>
<p>These exercises are tough because they force you to engage the core while, at the same time, working other big muscles. That’s not easy.</p>
<p>Thanks, Deborah. I’ll check that out. I need to start slowly, because I don’t want to get injured and screw up my running, or even be too sore or tired to run OK.</p>
<p>It was 20 degrees this morning and as I was about to get up to do a couple of miles before an early meeting, a black Ragdoll cat started purring so I abandoned the plan for 30 more minutes in bed. I’ll have to run after work which will also be after a 5K walk to check out the course for the company 5K.</p>
<p>I’ve got a real concern about WildChild. He’s over-trained, for one thing, but is really having what could be a serious health issue. His heart rate has been high for about 10 days- I mean REALLY high. Normal resting low 40s, now resting 80-100. He feels terrible, needless to say. He went to the ER last Sunday because he was going to be out of town on business and they did bloodwork and EKG. Both checked out OK, and they reluctantly let him go with an Ativan scrip and a diagnosis of chronic sleep deprivation (he’s had trouble sleeping). No improvement this week, so he’s going to the doc this afternoon. I want him sent immediately to a cardiologist for more tests. He’s beside himself, besides feeling like crap, since he’s training for St. Croix Half Ironman on May 5 where he’s trying to qualify for Kona. I told him to relax- that he’ll be fine since he’s so trained, but he needs to figure out what’s going on with his heart.</p>
<p>kmcmom, thank you for that very detailed analysis of the JointFlexPlus. I’m going to tell the trainer not a chance, as from the sound of it, the product seems pretty harmless, but useless for my purposes. And I agree with you, I’ll go for the beef, cheese, or quinoa instead. Thanks for looking into that!</p>
