I agree with eveything. A lot of possibilities here.
As for tear of the hip hinge function or other functions (main one would be knee flexion): That’s rather easy to determine by the location of the tear. Where exactly does it hurt or where was the bruising at the time?
It hurts near my glute. I didn’t even check for bruising last time, I just went “fuck, that’s a familiar pain” and kept on climbing (adrenaline).
The thing that’s different this time is if I do say deadlifts and then sit in an ordinary chair or a car seat I’ll be in a lot of pain. A lot.
Yeah that sounds like the part of the hamstring that assists in hip extension (the part that inserts at the tuber ischiadicum - approximately at your gluteal fold/ distal end of your glute). It’s easily palpable for a physio as it’s a pretty prominant muscle when you extend the hips.
A tear might trigger pain in a muscle function test. That’s a very quick and easy procedure to do.
It doesn’t matter too much but the hamstring is actually a group of muscles. Most of those are palpable.
Do you keep up with Martin Licis’ youtube videos? He has been dealing with hamstring pain for a long time and has gotten help from Dr. Aaron Horschig in his rehabilitation process. Maybe there are also some valusble bits in there.
I don’t, I’ll have a look. Appreciate all your input!
Warm-up
Mobility complex
Throws 10
| Main | Set | Reps | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Press | 0 | 10 | bar |
| 65% | 1 | 5 | 32 |
| 75% | 2 | 5 | 37 |
| 85% | 3 | 5 | 42 |
| 65% | 4 | 10 | 32 |
| 65% | 5 | 10 | 32 |
| 65% | 6 | 10 | 32 |
| 65% | 7 | 10 | 32 |
| 65% | 8 | 10 | 32 |
Assistance (supersetted with 5x10)
Ab-wheel 25 reps
Straight arm pull-down 40 reps
Smith Incline press
8/13/14 reps, weights???
Smith machine is out as a substitute for bench. Will try Dips, haven’t done those as a main movement so not sure how they feel if I haven’t benched first.
If all else fails I’ll use a overhead press variation until I get my impingement sorted. Like the log. Maybe I should just do that instead of searching 
Close grip board presses. Very solid lift.
Don’t have boards or one of them attachment thingies to bar. Definitely something I get in the future when I become strong though. Appreciate the suggestion
Built boulder problems for four hours or so today
Here’s a clip of me sending someone else’s problem (not one I built)
FYI, this video works so much better with the music from that prehab/rehab video playing in the background.
Haha, I’ll start adding audio to my videos x) I don’t try to put any “social media” effort into my stuff
Edit: damn, that was so good I might have to get that sorted
Everytime I see you bouldering in your log I remember how much I miss it.
If we’re going to talk “sirens call” programs, I think the “spend all morning fannying around in a bouldering room” program is it for me.
So easy to build that even I could do it, haha. If you ever find yourself wanting to try it, give me a shout.
Will do!
Reuploaded with music now!
Squats on a Tuesday, heresy.
Fucking awesome session though. And here’s why I’ve been writing SVR II-ish, as I knew I’d break the mold on this session because of my elbow and do a “supplemental” lift but keeping within the overall theme of the template.
Warm-up:
And a Javorek Complex. Why so little of a warm-up? Active day! Spent a lot of time on my hands working on my Half Au today which is basically trying to find balance in this position
And I also jogged quite a bit today, as I’m feeling athletic as fuck and light and springy and I’m on holiday leave so. Which, I’ll freely admit does not do any favours for my hamstring. I was worried I wasn’t going to be able to squat at all as I could feel the pain radiating down into my heel to the point of feeling physically sick so… no more running for a while. Fortunately, it’s not spring time. Anyway, I expect the reason running is so bad is because I’m absorbing so much force (I’ve read several multiples of bodyweight are absorbed when running). Or it might tell me something about the injury, any thoughts on that @Koestrizer ?
| Main | Set | Reps | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| A. Squat | -3 | 10 | bar |
| -2 | 5 | 40 | |
| -1 | 5 | 60 | |
| 0 | 2 | 70 | |
| 65% | 1 | 5 | 75 |
| 75% | 2 | 5 | 85 |
| 85% | 3 | 5 | 97 |
And then 10x5 (BBS) on Front Squats (rather than back squat). Next cycle I’ll do BBB (5x10) with the same weight.
In between sets I did ring muscle-ups (2 reps) until I couldn’t anymore (that’s a pull + push exercise, talk about training economy). And when I couldn’t do that I did ring archer push-ups and inverted rows but kept my entire body suspended in the air.
I did 12 total reps of muscle-ups, and then I did 2, 3, 4, 5 reps of archer push-ups (per side) and 5, 4, 3, 2 of those rows. Which brings me to 26 reps in push/pull.
And then I did 3x12 of GHRs/Russian Twists in the GHR.
Finisher was 100 walking lunges.
Hmmm… tough one (with my knowledge base anyway). The shock absorption from running could be part of it, depending on your running style.
More likely is the pain from repetitive hip extension. It would be helpful to know when and in which leg (stand or play) the pain occured.
Shoulder only hurts on horizontal pressing?
Muscle-ups were pain free, overhead pressing is usually benign. But it hurts doing a variety of things. The only thing that can’t be reduced to horizontal pressing that results in pain is maybe lying on the side in bed.
Stand or play?
