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[Austin Baraki]

The recommendations for how to handle this are discussed in detail in the accompanying eBook, and annotated in the sheet. You should select variations...

[Austin Baraki]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8m-YxM-ByA

[Austin Baraki]

Indeed. I doubt he's used to being asked specifically about this, but an appeal to "common knowledge" is inadequate.

[Austin Baraki]

1. There is limited existing evidence to support the common assumption that strenuous endurance exercise bouts impair immune competency
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[Austin Baraki]

This would depend on a great many factors, including things like the ward setup, nursing ratios, isolation capabilities, availability of PPE and inpatient...

[Austin Baraki]

We aren't aware of direct evidence on this ourselves, but would need to do a more extensive dig into the literature too.

I would be curious...

[Austin Baraki]

I agree with the responses you've gotten so far.

Shin splints are a loading issue and I agree with the idea of finding a tolerable entry...

[Austin Baraki]

I would agree with the post above and the article that was linked. We also have a rehab podcast on the hip "impingement" concern (Pain &...

[Austin Baraki]

Hi,

Welcome and thanks for your question. We've addressed this a few times recently, so I'd start here.

https://forum.barb...

[Austin Baraki]

I'm not entirely clear on what your specific question is, but from the best that I can tell it seems you're asking whether you need a special / specific...

[Austin Baraki]

Thursday reading/listening


1. "How the Pandemic Will End"
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/03/how-...

[Austin Baraki]

Muscle mass and bone mass tend to track together across the lifespan. In other words, individuals with osteopenia / osteoporosis also tend to have sarcopenia...

[Austin Baraki]

No, this is not necessary.

I'm also not sure what you mean by "brace" for a pull-up. Some will take a held breath/valsalva for...

[Austin Baraki]

People can likely maintain more than they think during such times, but as with most things there will be a large amount of inter-individual variability...

[Austin Baraki]

Exercise in general is beneficial.

However, as usual, the dosage (particularly chronic dosage) probably matters -- sustaining extremely high...

[Austin Baraki]

Those labs are reassuring. Unless you've developed new/different symptoms from that initial evaluation, repeating those labs is unlikely to be helpful...

[Austin Baraki]

It's not absolutely necessary, no.

[Austin Baraki]

There are no magic exercises -- as with most of these questions, it depends on the degree of stimulus compared to the individual's existing level of adaptation....

[Austin Baraki]

No, not to any significant degree.

Is there any idea as to why you're experiencing recurrent episcleritis, like an autoimmune condition?

[Austin Baraki]

Yes, you can build bone mass. The specific amount is highly variable based on a number of factors (sex, age, genetics, training, other medical conditions,...