August 31, 2016
Dieting Osteogenesis Imperfecta and Keto Muscle Building
So once again I’m taking the lazy way out and going to the mailbag for a quick and dirty article.
Question: Hi Lyle, I am a big fan of your work and I have an important question. So I have ulnar nerve subluxation in my left arm and I am restricted in my training. I choose to avoid any pressing movements such as any bench press, any tricep movement, and any shoulder press. Every other lift I can do, I am cutting now and I am wondering what is the best way to go about preserving my muscle mass without bench press/shoulder press/tricep movements? Should I stick to heavy chest flies and Heavy shoulder raises? What about triceps? Thanks so much Lyle.
Answer: I wouldn’t diet while injured would be my suggestion unless you can find something workable for those muscles group. You will lose muscle in them without some type of training stimulus. If you’re determined to diet either accept the muscle loss or, I dunno, maybe isometrics of some sort. It’s better than nothing. Or see if what I’m going to talk about in the next question is workable.
Question: Dear Mr. McDonald, I´m writing this e-mail to you because I don´t know what to do anymore and neither do the “specialists” that I´ve already consulted. I was born with a gene deficiency called “Osteogenesis Imperfecta Type 1” or brittle bone disease. Luckily, it´s only Type 1, the mildest of all types (if I had any of the other types training in general would probably be off the table…). In short this means that my body has a malfunction regarding the production of collagen tissues (type 1) which pretty much can be found in almost all types of structures the human body consists of, but most of it can be found in the bones – that´s why they break easier and also why it´s called brittle bone disease.
Answer: The above question was much longer but mostly a reiteration of the above so I cut it for length. First and foremost, I’m not a doctor and I don’t even play one on television so take my comments under that clarification. However, I do think I can offer a bit of input on this.
In recent years, there has been a progressive amount of research showing that lighter load, higher repetition work can be as effective (but not better) than heavy training for growth and this is true in both untrained and trained individuals.
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