Hi everyone! I'm new here and looking for some advice on how to increase my ferritin level, which is currently at 30. As a side note, I have long COVID and am dealing with a range of challenging symptoms. I suspect that my low ferritin is exacerbating these issues. Any tips or guidance would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

I have iron deficiency and I been taking 65 mg a day for 3 months dnt feel much better just wondering how much iron you can take a day . Anyone had good luck with just supplements? My ferritin level is 13.9 and my iron level is 51 very tired everyday , dizzy , hair loss , tinnitus , major anxiety , nervous all the time .

My ferritin level 45, feel low energy, shortness of breath while exercising, and before few weeks started iron bisglicynate and I see that my libido is now almost non exsist and erection quality is very poor. Why this can happen? I told iron should increase doapmine and also libido, not reduce.

I need help! My iron levels are low, 3.98 ( normal range is 4.20-5.40) … but my hemoglobin is normal range. Can someone tell me what this can possibly mean having low red blood count but normal hemoglobin !? Pleassseeee . Currently dealing with shortness of breath, loss of appetite , weight loss , coughing… etc

I'm taking 17mg heme iron once per day for the past 3 days. My poop color remains unchanged. Heard it should be black .

So I like a week and a bit ago I put a iron tablet that got the tiniest bit wet back into my container it comes in I've been taking them in the dark since then only tonight I realised they look like this and idk how long I've been having them for while they have been like this! 😩 What is happening to them are they safe I can't find anything

i’m 18f and i found out i had a ferritin of 29 a month ago and that i’m also deficient in vitamin D, my hemoglobin levels are normal however. i started with 45mg of elemental iron and now i take 90mg as well as 30mg of heme iron (all with vitamin C) and i don’t rlly notice a difference in my symptoms. i’m so exhausted all the time and my heart palpitations get really bad. i also get dizzy, can’t focus, etc… basically all the wonderful symptoms of being iron deficient, but my doctor ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT CARE and said everything in my labs were normal. i only started taking iron supplements bc of the research i have done on my own. if it doesn’t improve, is it worth trying to get an infusion? i hear you have to qualify and bc my hemoglobin is fine i’m not sure i would. i just want to feel better as soon as possible, i feel like i’m sleeping my life away. any advice is appreciated <3

I’ve struggled with iron deficiency anemia for 4+ years. I took a heme based iron (most bio available) and Lactoferrin to help my body. It wasn’t until I suggested to my doctor I’d like a hormone spit test that we discovered my deficiency in Progesterone. Online sources say progesterone can take iron from you but what it doesn’t talk about is if you’re deficient, your body isn’t able to convert iron the way it should. My body did a 180 so quickly I almost went into overload. I hope this helps someone defeat their anemia. Get tested and see if this is your issue.

Good day. I want to build and weld a fish tank stand put of angle iron... this is a 250 gallon tank on top and 55 gallon under it. Do you think 1x1 angle iron with supports in the center of a 73 inch piece would hold 5,000 lbs collectively?

ThanKS in advance!!

What's under your hood

Powerlifts + pump work to fill in the gaps

I'm quite minimalist in my workouts. If i see that a muscle gets hit hard then i wont do another exercise for it(hit hard doesnt mean it goes to failure and i know this is 'suboptimal'). For example my triceps in the bench press dont get worked to failure but work hard as hell still.

By the way, i do my powerlifts for strength and then do back off sets for hypertrophy

If you notice that i have no idea what muscles I'm hitting in my workout then please tell me

If anyone has sources on how to find out what exercises hit what muscles then please tell me

My workout goes like this: Mon- squat(quads, glutes), bicep curl(biceps get active recovery on back day if i do them here), calf raise Wed- bench(triceps, chest, front delt), lateral raise(side delt) Fri- deadlift(glutes, hammies, traps idk), ???? idk what else to round out my back

The problem is, i know that barbell rows and lat pulldowns will pretty much round out my back but i like to start off with a deadlift so i dont have to do work for my hammies (and maybe glutesif i find out squats dont hit my glutes hard).

What other exercise or exercises besides the deadlift will round out my back development approximately as much as barbell rows + lat pulldowns will??

Will i not need another exercise to reach that level of back development?

Also, i dont know how to deadlift for hypertrophy (only for strength) so can someone please drop a source on how to do that This is needed because i learned my powerlifting deadlift misses some muscles(i use andy Bolton's form and im not a competitive powerlifter). It even states this in any bolton's book. By the way, andy bolton did stuff in a way which his deadlift mostly gave him strength and he did quite a bit of back assistance. I do back off so yeah By the way i know how to breathe and brace for a deadlift

If someone wants to know my goals: I don't want to spend much time in the gym. Just want to get stronger in everyday life and i think aesthetics will follow that pursuit. Just want to be able to be physically capable like jump out of a burning fire. This means i wont really care if the 24th head of my quadricep is missed out.

My goals are broad athletic fitness. Power, explosion, some hypertrophy. Results are measured by improvements in sports that require speed and strength. In other words, muscle size isn't useful if you're slow or unflexible, power isn't useful if you're not explosive, and lift gains aren't useful if your technique is poor.

As a former football player, nothing in the weightlifting world hits me quite the same as a regular football workout, hence my motivation to develop this program. The highly technical lifting of pure Olympic lifts is more than I need. Deadlifts are good for the body, but I believe athletes need to do cleans just as much. (In other words, 'powerlifting' is too simplified). Not interested in the pure hypertrophy/bodybuilding programs. Crossfit can be used for good or bad, but it is focused more on endurance than maximum athletic gains.

My method for developing this is to hit each major compound movement (with my three of choice being: bench, squat, and clean) twice a week, once as a max effort and once as a secondary variant to help with muscle balance and muscle confusion.

I could probably add more conditioning and accessory work to this.

I also stretch before every workout, and I sometimes (but inconsistently) do core circuits after workouts.

I don't have any periodization here because I'm not at the point of where I'm no longer making gains just doing this. I think I would stick with these splits and merely introduce some rep/weight variation at a later stage. Maybe some band assistance and things of that nature too.

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Check out Muscle Mania Part VII for some research-backed answers: https://open.substack.com/pub/shortcutu/p/muscle-mania-part-vii-training-talk?r=qcnj7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Check out Shortcut U's review of the literature: https://shortcutu.substack.com/p/muscle-mania-part-vi-training-talk?r=qcnj7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Check out Muscle Mania Part V for some answers: https://shortcutu.substack.com/p/muscle-mania-part-v-training-talk?r=qcnj7&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Muscle Mania Part IV, exploring the mechanisms of hypertrophy: https://shortcutu.substack.com/p/muscle-mania-part-iv-macro-mechanisms?r=qcnj7&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Muscle Mania Part III: https://shortcutu.substack.com/p/muscle-mania-part-iii-mechanisms?r=qcnj7&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web