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[gcs118]

Ass to the grass 8) Repping near 200 with ease on ATF squats is great!

[.V.]

Originally Posted by gcs118

Ass to the grass 8) Repping near 200 with ease on ATF squats is great!

Thanks. It may just be a fluke. Either way I'll take it. Felt way better than injuring myself doing 225.

[gcs118]

It wasn't a fluke after all the work you've put into it. You've more than earned it, and like you said they were easy. You probably do have the 225 in ya!

[seraph]

Originally Posted by gcs118

Ass to the grass 8) Repping near 200 with ease on ATF squats is great!

hell yeah :

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damn****damn****damn****damn****damn****.
I'll never get to lift heavy again.

I was looking forward to going for 200 on squats and sldl, moving on into my 3repx5set workouts.

Then, there goes the muscles in the lower back - while form was perfect, no mistakes...muscle spasms. Dammit.

Stretched, manipulated, got it to feeling great. Got my belt, started again...ouch, just not happening today. Looks like I'm getting an extra, unwanted day off.

So much for my friggin pipe dream of getting recovered and back into strength training. I guess I'm just stuck doing low weight and trying to build muscle over strength forever.

Let me know when you're ready to join the bodyweight-only fitness club and I'll give you a set of keys to the front door.

Sorry to hear about your injury and best wishes for a speedy heal.

Have a great day!

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Thanks Mr. P. However, I would end up very small from that. I think I'm going to have to rest well, and eat more. This week, I'm even dirtying things up a little. I'm having burritos today.

Andy, I don't know if this is of any value to you, but have you considered working your abs/core/lower back before doing your squat workouts.

I've recently added weighted squats to my training mix after not having done weights for over 2 years, and in my nervousness of getting injured, I go through about a 20-minute ab/core/lower back mix of exercises before I head to the squat rack. Ditto for when I do clean and push presses. I can't imagine not doing the ab/core/lower back work first.

[.V.]

No acutally, I haven't. This is an interesting approach. What do you think would be the benefit of doing them first?

I save them for very last so that my abs are ready to support all my other work by being fresh and not tired out yet. I flex and use my abdomen and lower back all together to use it for a weight belt for every rep of every set of every lift. Maybe I'm going about it wrong?

I find that by doing my ab/core/lower back first, those areas are rock solid and all the muscles are fired up to support the stress I will subject them to during squats/deadlifts/clean & push presses which I have been doing once a week. Maybe it is all in my head, but I wouldn't do it any other way.

[.V.]

I hadn't thought of it that way. Sounds like it's worth giving a try.

[.V.]

Long visit with the chiro today. Lots of discussion, re-taking of history, and a detailed examination. Apparently, the SI joint is supposed to move only 4mm. Mine moves 6+mm. The ligament is too loose, allowing my pelvis to "come apart", resulting in anterior sublaxation when I pull. It compresses, resulting in posterior sublaxation when I squat.

Other than taking his referral to a surgeon which I will not do because they are generally unsuccessful - there is nothing really to be done for it except build more muscle to support the area better. This means squats, deads... and get it manipulated when it's injured. Pretty much the same thing the MD and DO said, except they didn't suggest referral to a surgeon, they just told me that it wouldn't help and reccomended the chiropractor.

He said the only other things I can do are what I'm already doing. Belt for the heaviest weeks of training on all sets the closer to the end of the heavy time instead of just the last one occasionally. Wrap on the very heaviest day of my training cycle. He suggested briefs for all sets, including warmups to hold my pelvis together. I don't know if I'll go that far, but I'm going to order some as soon as I can and use them at least on heavier days.

[tim_mcf]

After my wife went through birth, her tendons were all over-stretchy and she went badly out of alignment. She went to a rolfer to get it taken care of. I had never heard of this before, but apparently it's like a chiropractor in a way except that they manipulate the soft tissue, not the skeleton. Might be something to take a look at for you...

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Damn, weighed today. I've lost 3 pounds this week. Not eating enough while not lifting. And I even went all out and had a McRib and Big Mac yesterday. And a turkey sandwich with baked potato. This was in addition to my morning shake and two chicken meals.

[.V.]

Yeah, I've actually looked for one that does active release - soft tissue manipulation. The closest one is a 3 hour drive away.