My legs are incredibly sore still from monday, my quads and glutes are making it almost impossible to walk without it looking like I shit my pants. My chest and traps are only minimally sore.
Not sure whether to go back and do my next workout or just go take the dog on a really long walk today to try and ease them off.
I think I will have to drop the weight down even further, I finished all the sets without looking like failing but should I be this sore? I can’t see me being able to squat today, it hurts just sitting down and getting up from a chair.
[quote]Normsky wrote:
My legs are incredibly sore still from monday, my quads and glutes are making it almost impossible to walk without it looking like I shit my pants. My chest and traps are only minimally sore.
Not sure whether to go back and do my next workout or just go take the dog on a really long walk today to try and ease them off.
I think I will have to drop the weight down even further, I finished all the sets without looking like failing but should I be this sore? I can’t see me being able to squat today, it hurts just sitting down and getting up from a chair.[/quote]
Your body is lying to you. Don’t skip your next squat day no matter how sore you are. If you do that, you’ll never overcome the soreness and increase your work capacity. It will only take a couple of weeks for your legs to adjust to the training. You need to just keep right on going as though you weren’t sore at all.
I would listen to the strong guy who is giving you advice in real life and actually sees you squat. His lifts are not out of this world but are good enough that they didn’t get there by accident. Get off the internet and spend as much time with that guy and under a bar as you can.
[quote]Normsky wrote:
My legs are incredibly sore still from monday, my quads and glutes are making it almost impossible to walk without it looking like I shit my pants. My chest and traps are only minimally sore.
Not sure whether to go back and do my next workout or just go take the dog on a really long walk today to try and ease them off.
I think I will have to drop the weight down even further, I finished all the sets without looking like failing but should I be this sore? I can’t see me being able to squat today, it hurts just sitting down and getting up from a chair.[/quote]
You’re properly sore when you wake up from sleeping because of the ache and pain.
[quote]Normsky wrote:
My legs are incredibly sore still from monday, my quads and glutes are making it almost impossible to walk without it looking like I shit my pants. My chest and traps are only minimally sore.
Not sure whether to go back and do my next workout or just go take the dog on a really long walk today to try and ease them off.
I think I will have to drop the weight down even further, I finished all the sets without looking like failing but should I be this sore? I can’t see me being able to squat today, it hurts just sitting down and getting up from a chair.[/quote]
Don’t drop the weight. Yes, you should be this sore. Your body’s not accustomed to this workload, but it will adapt with practice. When I take a long lay-off from lifting (a month or more) I get the same soreness. The key is consistency. If you keep working, the soreness will go away. Generally speaking, the soreness should not affect your work capacity. It’s mostly a mental issue. You have to be willing to train hard when it’s uncomfortable.
[quote]Normsky wrote:
Not sure whether to go back and do my next workout or just go take the dog on a really long walk today to try and ease them off.[/quote]
Do both.
I think I was a worst-case scenario for squat soreness. I recall a period of about two months where the DOMS was a literal handicap for me with daily tasks.
But I was also 33, 330 or so pounds, a terrible squatter and coming off a solid decade of unrepentant sloth.
In all likelihood you won’t deal with it for so long. It goes away if you stay consistent. I haven’t been truly sore from squatting in about a year. Just the pleasant feeling of waking up with muscles that were put to work the night before.
My $0.02 is to follow the instruction of the person who is generous enough to give you his time and attention.
For the record, I am a Rippetoe devotee, although I squat beltless (not recommended by Rip) and in vibrams (Rip recommends squat shoes). For me, the low bar squatting experience has been all about taking in as much information as I can, applying the concepts that work for me, and making sure I have no pain that shouldn’t be there. Striving for continuous improvement in technique while persistently adding weight to the bar has been my recipe for squat success.
I would have loved to have a legit powerlifter showing me the ropes. Even if you only end up using, say , 50% of what he teaches you in the long run, such instruction is still a valuable asset in your lifting career.
Whether or not you advocate low or high…do what the boss tells you.
You have an opportunity to get some class coaching here.
Do what he says for at least 4-6 months and see where it takes you. You don’t know more than this guy. Hell, you apparently don’t know much so you don’t even have a base to build from to try to “experiment” in your training. I’m not trying to be insulting. I started lifting in my own small studio apartment without anyone to guide me and I know it sucks just having to rely on form checks online.
Even better if you can get him to program for you! You don’t have worry about numbers, your limits, and second guess yourself – you can focus on building your mental toughness which will be a huge help down the road.
I’m gonna go out on a limb and say that while you -think- you’re changing a lot from Rip’s style, you’re probably not. You’re still squatting low bar since he didn’t change your bar position, so unless you’ve got INSANE ankle flexibility, you’re squatting with a lot of forward lean still. You’re squatting upright relative to what you were doing before but your squat is not upright. You probably, like me, too hip drive and sitting back way too far and turned the squat into a major good morning, and he corrected you into proper patterns.