T-Nation,
I haven’t forgotten about you all, and EC is taking up my slack today! Things are crazy at work and I will be sure to post responses to everything later tonight!
Stay strong
MR
[quote]Eric Cressey wrote:
fusion360 wrote:
Quick question guys that most people cant answer.
Whenever i seem to squat properly, my knees seem to move inward, possibly imbalances, could you explain what this could possibly be and what i could do to get rid of it?
Weak hip abductors, gluteus maximus, VMO, and rectus abdominus. Tight/overactive adductors, ITB/TFL, hip flexors, and vastus lateralis. Follow our NNM programs, paying specific attention to the mini-band side-steps, and you should be good to go in 4-6 weeks.[/quote]
Wow…that was a slam dunk. Nothing else from me!
Stay strong
MR
[quote]Dazman wrote:
Wow-I was just thinking about PM.ing you in the hope of a bit of advice and I log on to find this thread!! Hope I’m not too late.
I’m suffering from coccyx pain that seems to be aggravated by explosive movements- mostly lower body type movements, but I have also noticed sharp pain when punching the heavy bag. I am an intermediate level weighttrainer and a beginner sprint cyclist. The sprint cycling was the first incident I noticed that caused me trouble. The physio I have been seeing diagnosed poor posture, weak GMOs and multifidus,(x-ray showed nothin) but I haven’t been experiencing too much joy. After a 2 month rest I have worked up to about 80% of previous lifts without too much trouble, but the explosive movements are still painful. Went surfing yesterday and now feel coccyx pain when seated and flexing the spine in a crunch type movement. Have had a couple of minor deadlifting injuries to the lower back musculature in the past. Could this just be referred pain? I know it’s hard to make something out of my blather, but I thought it might be worth a shot as most people I have talked to only know about impact injuries to this area.[/quote]
Again, EC is right on here. I would also have him/her check out everything around the glutes and the ilio-lumbar ligaments as well. These suckers get way down in there and can be really painful.
Stay strong
MR
[quote]ckeller14 wrote:
Eric Cressey wrote:
I hate NSAIDs, so I won’t recommend them here. Iontophoresis and ultrasound can be quite effective in this regard, though.
Just a quick question, why don’t you like NSAID’s?
Thanks[/quote]
EC gave you the technical answer, I’ll give you my short answer.
- Tends to delay healing
- Masks pain
- Instead, use fish oils as they are a natural anti-inflammatory
Stay strong
MR
[quote]Eric Cressey wrote:
Heretic165 wrote:
well I’ll be dipped in shit if I am not the deadlift king! LOL! alright, lets set some guidelines…are we going gearless (belt only) or full sauced (suit, belt), cuz if thats the case, 600 may fall soon for me as well. either way, if any of us get it, it will be fuckin meaty. then we have to go by formula, I weighed 168 when I hit that 530 raw, so my coefficient is gnarly. LOL! man fuck it, something to shoot for, been wanting 600 since I was 6 years old. well, I need to get back to the forum and catch up on the knowledge. just saw that EC was kickinmy ass, so it got all my attention. later brothers.
Still got you beat on coefficient, buddy. Belt and singlet only. :)[/quote]
Well you’ve both got me beat on coefficient and total poundage. However, I did get 535 all the way up, they just said my knees weren’t totally locked 
Anyway, after hearing what EC did at that last meet (and hearing what JC did in the gym) it has totally re-invigorated my deadlift training. Just goes to show you that friendly competition will bring out the best in all of us!
Stay strong
MR
[quote]BradS wrote:
HI there,
I am involved in Judo and other martial arts and this is my latest workout design. I realize its hard to critique without knowing a person’s specific weaknesses but I am hoping you can tell me if it looks good overall. Strength without real hypertrophy is always my goal:
Day 1 Weighted chins 6x3
Close-grip bench 4x6
external rotations 3x10-12
Reverse barbell lunges 3x8-10
natural glute ham raise 3x8-10
gripwork
Day 2 Olympic style squat 6x3
Lunge with rear foot elevated
4x6
military press 3x 10-12
pullups 3x 10-12
db shrug-3x10 or farmer’s walk
gripwork
Day 3 deadlift 6x3
towel chins 4x max
dips or pushup variations-3x20
thick bar curls 4x8-10
1 leg back extension 3x 12
I guess I am trying the idea of having a max exercise each workout and the rest take on an auxiliary role. I basically just want to get in and out of the gym with an effective, no nonsense workout. I do ab work and GPP on off days. Is this any good?
Thanks a lot,
Brad [/quote]
Not too shabby, although you ought to add in some horizontal pulling. You probably won’t “get in and out” all that quickly, and I would drop the 3x20 stuff, but all in all, it’s a decent start. Then again, one week of training doesn’t say a whole lot in the grand scheme of things; how you manipulate all the training parameters over several micro- and macrocycles is more telling.
Ok all, I think that will do it for this version of the guest forum. I hope you all have gotten a lot of out it, as I know EC and I always have a great time helping out the loyal readers here at T-Nation.
Have a safe and happy New Year!
Stay strong
MR
Thanks to everyone for the questions and enthusiasm. Best wishes for 2005!
EC