Arkk's Weight Lifting / Fitness Thread
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Shonuff
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What's the problem. Why are they shot? When I was 36, I started having knee problems. For a few months, I couldn't do legs. I started doing just leg extensions and leg curls, and eventually, that loosened up the knees and the pain went away. It was weird. I couldn't do 135 on squats without excruciating pain. I thought it was just getting old, but that's not true. All gone now.
Brahma
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I really don't know what's wrong. Just a few years ago I was fine. Now the pain is so bad in my right knee it is a pain to even get out the bed. Left knee is a sharp pain once in a while out of nowhere. I played 12 years of football...but never had any issues until recently. Will just make a doctors appointment and have them take a look.
Itlan
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Where is the pain located? Your knee "giving out" is a clear symptom. If your knees are buckling you need to see a doctor.
As for replacing squats as in a compound movement, nothing will do that. You'll need to isolate quads, hams, glutes, etc.
Can you lockout a deadlift without knee pain?
As for replacing squats as in a compound movement, nothing will do that. You'll need to isolate quads, hams, glutes, etc.
Can you lockout a deadlift without knee pain?
Brahma
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Just above my knee. My right knee buckled.
I don't deadlift because of my knees. LOL.
Shonuff
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When I had problems, they did an MRI and didn't find anything. But apparently, the scans don't show everything.
Kiroy
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I went up in weight too fast on my squat and deadlift about a year ago hurt my back, so after a couple weeks off I just did a flat out reset on both, plus only do squat once a week now. If you can do the motions with no weight and not have the pain I'd just do a full reset and start over, moving up 20 lbs or so a week until 185 or so then 5-10 lbs a week.
Itlan
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Lol I squat literally every day I'm in the gym. Low bar, high bar, front. I used to have some knee pain (I think my hips are misaligned) but squatting every day keeps everything loose is what I'm guessing and I have no pain.
Now my shoulders are a different issue.
Now my shoulders are a different issue.
Itlan
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Depends on the overall volume. The benefits of hitting a group multiple times per week is you can keep the intensity higher and you allow for better motor patterns, but the overall volume typically can't increase without another factor allowing for that. So if you're moving 40,000 pounds on your chest day, and you do that twice a week instead of moving 20,000 and 20,000, you'll never recover.
For instance, my "leg" day used to be multiple sets of triples in the 90% 1RM range. Now, because I'm back to squatting every day, I work up to a heavy single and call it a day.
For instance, my "leg" day used to be multiple sets of triples in the 90% 1RM range. Now, because I'm back to squatting every day, I work up to a heavy single and call it a day.
Gravel
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It's amazing someone can get that big without learning how to spot someone properly.
I did a 300 pound single squat yesterday at 163 bodyweight. Kind of disappointed (my 1RM was 315 at like 175, about 2 years ago).
I'm thinking I need to start squatting more often, but I hate leg days so much. Does anyone know of a 2-3x a week squat program to go from 3 to 4 plates (or really, like 275 to 365).
I did a 300 pound single squat yesterday at 163 bodyweight. Kind of disappointed (my 1RM was 315 at like 175, about 2 years ago).
I'm thinking I need to start squatting more often, but I hate leg days so much. Does anyone know of a 2-3x a week squat program to go from 3 to 4 plates (or really, like 275 to 365).
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