CARDIO: FRIEND OR FOE? 5 Signs You’re Overdoing It on Cardio
Your heart rate is fast. Your resting heart rate should be slow and relaxed. If you
If you love the results you see from your cardio workouts, it’s possible you might want to increase how often you work out. But too much of a good thing can be detrimental, which includes cardio!
Here are five signs you’re doing too much cardio and need to give your routine a breather.
notice it stays high for a period of continuous days, this is a dangerous health concern that occurs when your heart forgets how to relax. This means it’s time to slow down — literally!
You’re fatigued. Overdoing cardio exercises increases the levels of stress hormones in our bodies and can lead to constantly feeling run down. There’s only so much stress we can place on our muscles and joints before our body lets us know it’s had enough! Your weight loss has plateaued or become sluggish. Excessive cardio can lead to a loss in muscle mass, which hinders your body’s ability to effectively burn fat and drastically slows weight loss. You’re constantly sore. When you first use a muscle group you haven’t used in a while or change up the exercise or weight, soreness is common. However, when you’re engaging in an activity familiar to your body, especially when it comes to cardio, you shouldn’t become sore as your body adapts. If you’re constantly feeling sore, this is your body’s way of asking for a break!
Your easy days are becoming hard. You’d think the more you do something, the easier it’d get. While this makes sense most of the time, when you overdo it and don’t allow your body enough proper recovery time, you may feel more challenged than usual, even with light cardio. So, how much cardio should you really be aiming for? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, adults should get 150 minutes of moderate aerobic activity or 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic activity each week. While cardio is pivotal for our health, too much cardio will do more harm than good!
In the Spirit of Turkey Breasts …
LET’S TALK BREAST AUGMENTATION
Turkey breasts are the talk of the town this month, but in our office, every month is about breasts! Breast augmentations, especially for women with micromastia or underdevelopment of breast tissue, or for women after childbirth and breastfeeding, are a popular and quick procedure with little downtime that creates a lasting impact on our patients. One of the greatest myths we hear is that women can “exercise” their way to larger and fuller breasts, but the reality is that performing exercises to target the chest muscles increases muscle size, but doesn’t enhance the breast tissue. Breasts are largely comprised of fatty tissue, connective tissue, ducts, and glands.
When Dr. Burgdorf first began practicing, saline was the main option, and before he graduated med school, silicone gel was extremely popular. For some time, gel implants went off the market due to multiple legal claims, but in 2006, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved their return after much research failed to find any links between gel implants and the alleged complications. Today, implants are in their seventh generation, and today’s options are stable, soft, and very natural-feeling. Breast augmentation procedures are relatively quick, lasting roughly 30–45 minutes. A small incision is made beneath the breast in the fold where the breast meets the chest wall, and then the implant is inserted beneath the chest muscle and precisely positioned. All that’s left behind is a 2-inch incision.
The recovery process is fairly simple — some patients have the procedure in the morning and go out to eat for dinner later that day! We always joke that a breast augmentation is just like doing 100 pushups — you’ll be sore for a few days, and we recommend no heavy lifting for a month post-surgery. We recommend you revisit our office once a year for a checkup to ensure the implants are maintaining their shape and not posing any risks or complications. Saline implants should be replaced every 10–15 years, and gel implants should be monitored with regular checkups to ensure they are behaving as they should. Overall, breast augmentations are quick procedures with minimal downtime and attractive results that can last for years!
Today, we have many options for breast implants, but that wasn’t always the case.
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