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03-04-2008, 04:01 AM
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Gender: | Gday Widdoes, Yeah the OH squats went ok. I was doing them at the start of this program. There a challenging exercise, although I actually like them. I was only using an olympic bar today. I might make a vid and see how they look. Good luck with the over heads tomorro mate. MaRvO. |
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03-06-2008, 01:34 AM
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Gender: | Thursday 6th March Dynamic Day Squat 87.5kg 10x2 Bench 60kg 10x3 Dlift 100kg 10x1 Chins 30kg 1x5,1x4. bw 1x8 HangLegRaise 2x10, 1x6 Calve Raise 460lbs 2x5, 1x4 I have had a little tenderness in the inner region of the knees. I think its the medial patellar area. Not when Im squating, just occasionly through the day. Any Ideas guys? Or is this just a part of heavy squating?? MaRvO. |
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03-06-2008, 03:53 AM
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Gender: | I am by no means a doctor, but I think all of the heavy squatting during the week may be aggravating that area. Cut back on the weight (I know....blasphemy) on a session or two and go for volume instead and see if it helps. On a side note, I tried the OH squats (with a broomstick) and I have to say it will take some work to get the form down. I think my flexibility is a little to stiff right now and the balance is going to take some getting used to (I found my core is not as strong as I thought  ). All in all I kinda liked them and will work them in. |
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03-06-2008, 10:01 AM
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Gender: | I'm working on the OH squats too. In fact I basically started back over on them. I can already see changes in my stance and things like that. Marv, I think sore knees is sort of a part of heavy squatting but you should by no means just 'work through it'. I can pretty much guarantee that it's getting time for you to include more dedicated posterior chain work. And like Widdoes said cut back the weight a bit. And my standard advice which is to substitute a single leg squat version for a bit. I prefer step ups for when the knees are sore. This is by no means meant to adress what may be specifically the problem but it is a general "can't hurt" and will probably help kinda thing. |
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03-06-2008, 12:05 PM
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Gender: | Gday Widdoes, Eric. Do Box Squats take any of the pressure off the Knees? I would like to learn these. Only problem there are no box's. Are the plastic step reboc type things strong enough if you build them up high enough?? I might start working on these. About the posterior chain work, I was thinking of trying a westside type program. Only problem is my gym doesnt have a reverse hyper or a glute/ham raise. Just the old Hyper Extension. Have fun with those OH squats guys. MaRvO. |
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03-06-2008, 01:54 PM
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Gender: | i searched for the ghetto ghr thread...but i could not find it  i can never find it when i want to...ugh.anyways...those might work good for you...if you can do them without knee pain...or...romanian deads is what eric is having me try out...and only squatting heavy once a week. |
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