Usual disclaimer: I'm not an MD, an exercise phisiologist or a guru of
anything except for nerd related matters.

At 11:08 AM 1/18/00 -0600, Justin wrote:

>What type of exercises should I do for health.  Here's what I'm doing now.
>As far as exercise, I'm definitely improving, but I'm for sure if it's
>healthy.
>
>Monday -- Upper Body
>Hammer Strength Incline Press (2 work sets)
>Nautilus Machine Pullover (2 work sets)
>Curl-Grip Pulldown (2 work sets)
>Dumbbell Lat Raise (1 work set)
>Dumbbell Shoulder Press (1 work set)
>
>Thursday -- Lower Body
>Full Squats (2 works sets)
>Leg Extension (2 work sets)
>1-legged calf raises w/ dumbbell (2 works sets for each calf)
>
>Are squats considered a healthy exericse?  They do compress the spine, and I
>do spine extension to keep this to a minimum.  Would it be heathier to cut
>out the squats and just to leg presses (for legs) + hyperextensions (for
>lower back) and crunches (for abs).  The good thing that I like about squats
>is that I do *not* have to do lower-back and ab work b/c they get
>stabilization involvement in the squat.

Squats, if performed correctly, are the king of weightlifting.  If
performed incorrectly, you will kill your knees and spine.  Dr. Kim can
give you more of the pitfalls.  The bench press would be the queen.  If
performed incorrectly, you risk your elbows, shoulders and back (if you arch).

There is a slew of lifting sites on the web.  I would have a look at
www.cyberpump.com and also www.billpearl.com

James at Penn State