I’m sorry. Do RDLs instead. Nothing in life requires us to bend our knee against resistance anyway.
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Very true. I just want other guys on the internet to admire my legs. No homo.
I’ve recently ventured into trying some good mornings. I just used the bar but it felt good when I have some time to read up on the do’s and donts I’m gonna try some weighted ones
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You’ve honestly given so many little super helpful nuggets like this, dude. Like you just randomly say this stuff, and just give a little bit of info about a movement or a muscle and it’s really helpful. 'Prec.
'Prec the 'preciation, brah. Injury prevention and a proper mind-muscle connection has led to me being really (over)psyched about certain exercises, and I’ll share my tidbits of knowledge (that aren’t my own, since I learned them from various sources over the years) with anyone who’ll listen.
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And if training from home without access to a machine then you can set up a nice weighted donkey calf raise using a dip belt.
Good work in here @flappinit
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Superset 1
Incline Bench
185 3x10
Weighted pull-ups
+45 3x10
Superset 2
One arm cable rows 3x8
One arm tricep ext 3x10
3 sets of cable crossovers with a mechanical dropset to cable press, all to absolute failure
Just putzing around these days.
Made it to week 7 day 3/3 of the 8 week full body program before my race fucked my legs and the program up, but I’ll still count it as a mostly completed program. I really enjoyed the full body switch.
Come January I’m gonna do the kettlebell swing challenge again, this time with a 55 lb KB. Then I’d like to rotate bro split, upper lower, full body. Nice way to keep things moving along.
Right now though I’m in the market for something shiny!
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Did you all of a sudden get significantly stronger on your lifts or was I just not doing a good job paying attention?
Either way - great stuff!
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I only rarely notice my progress when I hit a PR and think back to where I was before. I’m still not very strong but I’m sure as shit working harder than I ever have before in the gym. Thanks for the encouragement dude, means a lot.
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“It hurts so good”. You can appreciate that statement flap!
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A good set of curls, or cable chest exercises where your pecs feel like they’ll rip in half, is a sadistically satisfying feeling!
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100%
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Badly strained my lower trap at the gym, 15 minutes into a workout. Don’t much care to log the workout. Can barely move my head, while kicking DBs up to shoulder height I felt and heard a sound like grinding sand in my neck and trap, and it has been all pain since then. It’s happened before, it’ll go away in a few days but it’s gonna hurt a lot in the meantime and I won’t sleep well.
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Can you sleep on your back at all? I’ve found when this happens, using an extra pillow to prop myself up and sleep like half seated (like you’d do to mitigate post nasal drip) helps a lot with the neck.
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I agree 100%
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Aww man that sucks.
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Neck and trap feeling mostly better.
I’m an idiot and bought HIIB 1, gonna be a miserable 30 days. Was only $24 with the discount code though, so even if it sucks it’s not a blow to the wallet.
@kleinhound I blame you. Day 1 starts tomorrow.
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I’m so used to things hurting all the time, I try not to get too worked up. I can go read @Frank_C’s log any time I’m feeling like I’ve had too many injuries, and he stays very positive for the most part, so what’s a half week of neck pain and no sleep?
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I just had exactly this. I don’t think we, “strain” lower trap muscles commonly, more the joints in your neck are unhappy and tighten the muscle. Three days of PT exercises completely fixed mine, so go see a PT if you have the $ and it doesn’t resolve on its own.
Haha. That works I guess. Lol. I hope all these injuries won’t come back to bite us in the ass when we’re old