Please do. It’s a pretty annoying tweak.
Squats are destructive but those shoes could be put to good use on some power cleans!
I still think my 315 power clean (although ugly) is more impressive than my 545 deadlift.
No way, your 545 DL was solid, strong, and technically sound. 10/10 lifters would rate your deadlift as much more impressive than that power clean. I’ve spent so much time avoiding squats due to injuries, but at this point I’m well aware that it must be a form issue or a weakness. I just have to locate the weakness and strengthen it, and isolate the form discrepancy and correct it.
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Took the wife out tonight and she had a few drinks, refuses to make exercise video for me 
found a picture that describes it.
This is what I’m doing. I have a 30lb band anchored to the bottom of my bench, I step out enough to where I double the size of the band, I then let me leg go behind me as far as possible and bring it out in front of me as high as I can go and hold that position for ~2 seconds. Then slowly release. 15 ish reps each leg for a few sets.
That is a modified version of what my PT gave me.
The other is using the same band, I stand side ways at the same doubled band distance and do single leg adductor work, making sure to touch my other non banded foot and hold under tension for a second before slowly releasing.
Let me know if none of this makes sense and tomorrow when she’s sober I’ll make her video me doing it.
Hopefully this will help, nonidea what you got going on but it’s helped me so far.
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Conditioning and Abs
4 rounds of:
25 KB swings, 40m prowler +90lbs spring
Hanging leg raises 3x10
Rope crunch 3x20
Hammer strength ab crunch 3x10
Med ball sit-ups 1x30
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https://www.instagram.com/p/By-Q4VCFHzH/?igshid=9051hb67wlni
This may interest you guys
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Essentially looks like it’s working the same thing I’m working. There are a bajillion different ways to donstuff exercise wise, it’s crazy.
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Yeah I used to do the move you do but with the cable machine. It really highlights weakness in the hip flexors.
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It’s amazing. I had (have) herniated discs and spent years stretching nonstop instead of strengthening what was weak, and finally when I started strengthening the right things, my back pain started to go away. I guess I didn’t learn my lesson, because I’ve been stretching the shit out of my hip flexor and just further exacerbating the weakness. Not to go overboard of course, but time to start strengthening this thing.
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Dude, I was doing the same thing. I showed my PT what I was doing, and he said you are indeed stretching the things you’re having issues with. Stop doing that. You’re making it worse.
Instead he switched me to strengthening the things I was having issues with and cutting all the stretching out minus the regular stuff to get loose for a workout.
He originally had me doing body weight only stuff with static holds. That got old quick and I wasn’t seeing the progression as fast as I wanted (I know I know, it takes time…) I asked him about adding resistance other than body weight and he thought it was a great idea as long as I wasn’t out there trying to set PR’s with my movements.
Once I found what worked for me it started to feel better almost instantly in terms of just walking around and doing normal things. From what little I’ve tested with the troubled exercises (squats), it seems night and day different.
Once you have the area identified and a strategy, ie making it stronger, I’d say try different things till you find that movement(s) where it just instantly feels like it hitting that area just right.
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@kd13 since you never clarified, wanted to ask - should I do the weighted stretches after the muscle group, or after every exercise?
Sorry i beleive its after the muscle group usually buddy.
DC-Inspired Program: Week 1, Day 1: Chest
Incline DB
30x5
50x5
75x3
85x8, 4, 2
Dips
BWx5
+25x10, 5, 3
Crossovers
5 on the stack x10
10 on the stack x12, 8, 5 ^
10 on the stack x9, switch to cable press x5
30 sec stretch with 20 lb DBs on flat bench
Seated Lateral Raises, wife lifting elbows on concentric when I hit failure for 8 more reps each weight
15s x30
15s x15+8 assisted, 10s x12+8 assisted, 5s x20+8 assisted
1000m on rowing machine
At 17-18 pounds lighter, I swear I look bigger. LOVING the intensity I can put into this program without worrying about 18 extra sets.
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I’ll definitely try this out.
Hopefully this doesn’t come across as gay as it sounds, but all the lifting Asians I know have some beefy quads and I’m always jealous of it. A sick pair of quads might be the coolest “big” body part to have. (Cue dick jokes from at least 2 people)
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Agreed I would love good leg development. With Playing competitive football, lots of leg and hip injuries and genetically fucked knees it’s always interfered with the consistancy it requires to grow big legs. I’m trying at the minute to up my leg game and also trying to strengthen certain weaknesses that could be a factor in the knee pain.
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They’re also like a foot shorter than us.
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It’s a great move, expect to cramp up!
DC-Inspired Program: Week 1, Day 2: Back
Pull-ups, just bodyweight, super-wide Grip, 5 second eccentric
12, 6, 3
BTN NG Pulldowns
10 on the stack x14, 8, 5 ^
Snatch Grip Deads
135x5
225x5
275x3
315x6
225x18
Cable Row
10 on the stack x16, 10, 8 ^
Rope Pullovers
6 on the stack x8, finish with static hold at almost lockout with tension on the muscle for my weighted stretch - both lats cramped up
Rear delt work and some traps
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Calves, Abs, Conditioning Day
Standing calf raise, 3 second eccentric
60x5
100x5
140x12
140x8, 80x15
Seated Calf Raise, 5 second eccentric, 2 second pause in stretch
1 plate x10
2 plates x8
2 plates x6, 1 plate x10
Machine donkey calf raise
110x5
150x15
150x10, 60x15
Forearm supported leg raise
2x20
Decline crunch holding 25 plate above me
1x15
1x15, drop plate, 1x10
Hammer strength ab crunch
60 2x10
Ab Wheel
1x8
1x6, crunch x20
2000m row in 9:50
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