If you are experiencing memory problems after your stroke, you should make an appointment with your doctor. Let them know what kinds of problems you hare having. The doctor will check to make sure there isn’t an underlying problem causing memory loss. If there is no underlying cause, your doctor will perform a cognitive assessment that will help gauge the scope of your memory loss. An occupational therapist can be very helpful when you are recovering from a stroke. They can help you learn coping strategies to deal with your impaired cognitive ability and work on techniques that can help improve your memory. They may help you cope by encouraging you to do things like writing down important things, using daily reminders, or leaving notes around your house. If your memory is not improving or your speech is affected, you may want to set up an appointment with a specialist. A neuropsychologist can help your with problems of cognitive function, concentration, and memory. A speech pathologist can help you recover verbal memory and communication skills after a stroke.
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One-sentence summary -- Talk to your doctor. Visit an occupational therapist. Consider a specialist.


Resting in between sets will allow your body to adjust and decrease the amount of fatigue that you'll feel. It's important that you keep up a decent tempo, but that you also don't tire yourself out. Test out different times and determine the right amount of time for your workout. On your last lift, you should give yourself an adequate cooldown period of a minute or two before starting your actual routine. Determine the type of routine or muscles that you are going to work out and do a very light warm-up of those muscle groups by performing the exercise at a lightweight. For example, if you are going to use a bench press, use the bar to warm up. Do not start off a high rate or repetitions that exceed eight or you may tire yourself out before you can start your real weight routine.  The only exception to this rule is if you are performing deadlifts. At many gyms, you will use a squat rack to elevate the level of your barbell. If you don't have access to that, you can even use 2 benches to suspend the bar rather than trying to lift more than you can.  If you are using barbells, use a low weight like 10 lbs (4.5 kgs) to start. Load 55% to 60% of your workout weight onto your bar or leg press. At this point, your workout should still be somewhat explosive with the lower weight. Increasing the amount of weight and decreasing the number of reps is known as "ramping up." Doing so will allow your nervous system and your muscles to adjust before you begin your actual workout.   Ramping up also increases the range of motion of your muscles and joints and can decrease the chance of injury.  Exercises  like the kettle ball swing, seated box jumps, and medicine ball reactive throws can help with your explosiveness. Continue to increase the amount of weight onto your bar. Remember that at this point you should not be tired because these are just the warm up lifts. If you do find your muscles to be excessively tired, consider reducing the weight for your warm up routine. Once you get to your fourth set, you should start to lift with a moderate tempo. Typically, the lighter the load, the quicker your pace needs to be for your lifts to be effective in warming you up. Once you do this, you've finished your warm up routine and can start working with your actual weight. Make sure that you don't feel fatigued or tired. The point of the warm up is to acclimate your body to lifting so that you can lift heavier weight for a longer period of time during your actual workout. Figuring out your one rep max will help you ramp up because you'll be able to calculate how much weight you should lift during a warm-up. To determine your one rep max, divide the max weight you can lift by the number of reps you can do as a percent. For instance, if you can lift 250 lbs (113.39 kg) for eight reps, then you divide 250 (113.39 kg) by .80 to get 312.5 (141.75 kg) one rep max. You can also determine your exact one rep max by using an online calculator and plugging in the amount of weight and reps you can usually do in a regular workout.    For example, if you can lift 150 lbs (68 kgs) 10 times, your one rep max would be 200 lbs (90.7 kgs).  There are also apps available that can help you determine your one rep max. Use these instead of continually lifting with increased weight to the point of total failure, as this can lead to injury.
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One-sentence summary -- Rest for 45-60 seconds in between sets. Lift the bar ten times. Load 55%-60% of your workout weight and do eight more reps. Lift 70% -75% of your workout weight five times. Lift 80% 85% of your workout weight three times. Lift your workout weight once. Determine your one rep max.


Wait 2 days after the Triops hatch to start feeding them. Crush 3-5 pieces of Triops food using a spoon and sprinkle it into the tank. If your kit didn’t come with Triops food, you can use green algae powder instead. For the 2nd feeding, crush 8 to 10 pellets and sprinkle them into the tank. Do this only once throughout the day. Be careful not to overfeed the Triops. Wait until all of the food from the 1st feeding is gone before you add more. Measure the amount of food using the spoon provided in the kit or with a teaspoon. On day 4, for example, crush enough food to fill 1 spoon if you have 5 or less Triops or 2 spoons if you have more than 5 Triops.  For days 5 and 6, feed 1 spoonful twice a day for 5 Triops or less and 2 spoonfuls once a day for more than 5. On day 7, feed 2 spoonfuls twice a day for 5 or less and 4 spoonfuls once a day for more than 5. Once the Triops are fully grown after day 7, give them uncrushed food 2 times a day. Space out the feedings so that all of the food from the 1st feeding is consumed before you give them more. If your Triops only eats 1 pellet a day instead of 2, that's okay. Just avoid giving them more than they can eat or the uneaten food will mold in the tank. To grow larger Triops, give them 1 teaspoon (6 g) of protein in the form of insect larvae, brine shrimp, or fish. Feed this to the Triops no more than 2 times a week. Make sure you cut up the food into the smallest pieces possible so it's easy for the Triops to digest them.
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Feed the Triops once a day starting on the 2nd day after they hatch. Increase the amount of food to 8 to 10 pieces on the 3rd day. Continue gradually increasing the amount of crushed food. Feed each Triops about 1 pellet twice a day starting on the 8th day. Supplement your Triops' diet with protein if you want them to get bigger.