It’s not painful and lingers literally for a few seconds, only after deads.
I think it’s because anatomically I try to get the most out of my deads (seeing I’m holding such a big weight, I want as much as possible from it) so as well as the pushing the earth away to begin with, I then use my back and pull my shoulder blades back for a good lat squeeze and at the ‘top’ of the lift I give it a pull for the traps and I Push my hips into it to get bang for my buck in the butt and hip area too. I guess it is this latter movement perhaps, maybe. Basically parts of the old bod doing extreme things they haven’t done in a while. Hope it’s not minor herniation, but I doubt it, though there is the expression ‘busting a nut’ to mean - as well as the sexual meaning - to overstrain.
If it becomes a problem (never did when got it from training before, just a twinge and then gone) I will certainly go to the docs!
Could it be a sign I’m lifting to much? Like I said I really try to get bang for my buck, and do 3 working sets of 5 reps with 2 mins rest between each.
I’d estimate once it’s off the ground and I’m standing with it and I’m fully upright and hips and knees extended, I hold it for about five seconds - is that too long? I also try and putt it down in a controlled almost opposite of the concentric lift, maybe I should just drop the damned bar instead?
Other than the above, go to exrx.net and I am doing exactly what the guy in the giff there is doing and have read about form; bar close to shins at beginning; start pull with legs pushing the earth away, then use back; lat squeeze, shoulder pull for traps with hip extension into the bar for basically hoping to get a good arse area workout.
If anything in my form or intensity seems wrong or too much (one light bar warm up x 10, one 180lb warm up x 5 reps and then 3 working sets of 5 at 220lbs) please let me know. Cheers.
I guess it would help to know my workout.
It aint great according to some posters, but I do ’
A
Squat - 4 x 8
row - 4 x 6-8
bench - 4 x 6-8
Mil press - 4 x 6-8
bicep curls 3 x 10
incline crunches 2 x faliure.
Two days rest and then
B
Deads (always first) 4 x 5 with 3 working sets of same weight
Incline bench or dips - 4 x 6-8
Lat pull downs 4 x 8 (until can rep chins)
Lateral delt d’bell raises 3 x 10
calf press 2 x 12
incline crunches
Then 2 or 3 days off until A again judging how recovered I feel. I do a two day full body due to my schedule and recovery ability.
I’m pretty sure I’m not doing ‘too many deads’ but maybe I should do less work sets or something?
Like I said, it’s just a ‘twinge’ like my left one pulls up slightly and then it goes back to normal after a few secs and only on deadlift day.
DO any of you also get a feeling of low blood pressure on your first few rep sets, like in your head, a slight dizzy feeling? I DO but it goes away after the first set.
If I’m doing to much volume there with the deads (first time training for over 2 years, been training three weeks now and those past two years were some heavy boozing years, which I quit two months ago.)
Maybe too much too fast with the deads there? Maybe nothing?
Cheers.
