[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
I probably should clarify this a bit. When I say my foot ‘rolls around’, I didn’t mean it was necessarily from shoe instability. My right foot just seems to do weird things sometimes during my squat. I’m hoping that experimenting with barefoot or different footwear will correct this.
Are you stretching out your calves and doing soft tissue work around your ankles? I’ve had that problem too and found out I had a bunch of trigger points all along my lower leg. I have a “mini-stick” that I use all around my ankle and calf, but a lacrosse or tennis ball can work too.
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I’ve always been good about stretching the calves, but I didn’t really start the soft tissue work until all the issues with my glute started. I found a ton of trigger points on the back and side of my left calf, but I didn’t seem to have those same trigger points on my right side. I also noticed that the numbness in my left foot really started to improve once I really started to dig into those trigger points.
The foot I’m having the issue with, as far as rolling around, is my right foot. Basically, what I notice most of the time is that the inside of my right foot will start to come off the ground and I’m putting most of my weight on the outside of the foot. I think this happens more as I’m coming up out of the hole, so I’m not sure if this indicates and issue with mobility or flexibility in the right side, or again, if it’s just a foot wear thing.
In either case, I think working on the right calf a little more is probably a good idea.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
I can relate. They gym here on base only has one squat rack as well…it irks me, every time I go in there and there is someone using it for lunges, or you know the other dreaded exercise people do in squat racks…
I just recently started wearing Airwalks(sort of like converse) to the gym…WHAT A DIFFERENCE!![/quote]
You should see the crap people do in my squat rack. Stretches, dumbbell lunges, curls and presses with just the bar, etc.
The weirdest one I saw though was this kid had setup to do seated shoulder pressed in the rack. Only he wasn’t racking the bar at shoulder level. He was racking the bar at his waist. He would start every set by taking the bar at his waist and then reverse curl it shoulder height and then do his presses. When he was done with the set he’d curl it back down to his waist and start over. He was only using 65 lbs though.
I went through my garage last night and I still have two pairs of Chuck’s, so I’ll give those a try next week (and the barefoot thing, too).
Thursday morning 10/23 - This morning I did my some mobility and SMR, focusing on the right shoulder and pec and the left glute and calf. The right shoulder pain seems to reduce significantly with each session, so I’m going to really hammer this area tonight when I get home.
As far as mobility, I did the usually spinal flossing movements, glute bridges and leg swings. I gave this mobility circuit a try today.
I really liked it. I noticed that I still feel a slight ‘pull’ in my glute when I do the first movement. When I swing my legs back over my head, that’s when I feel it.
hmm. I need to start doing something like that I think. That, and stretching after training, lol, I’ve been really bad about not doing any of that sutff…
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
The foot I’m having the issue with, as far as rolling around, is my right foot. Basically, what I notice most of the time is that the inside of my right foot will start to come off the ground and I’m putting most of my weight on the outside of the foot. I think this happens more as I’m coming up out of the hole, so I’m not sure if this indicates and issue with mobility or flexibility in the right side, or again, if it’s just a foot wear thing.
In either case, I think working on the right calf a little more is probably a good idea.[/quote]
Mine starts to do that when I am squatting with light weight and the suit on. I’ll talk to my coach and see what he thinks about it.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
The foot I’m having the issue with, as far as rolling around, is my right foot. Basically, what I notice most of the time is that the inside of my right foot will start to come off the ground and I’m putting most of my weight on the outside of the foot.
I think this happens more as I’m coming up out of the hole, so I’m not sure if this indicates and issue with mobility or flexibility in the right side, or again, if it’s just a foot wear thing.
In either case, I think working on the right calf a little more is probably a good idea.[/quote]
Sounds like your form is getting “lazy” for lack of a better term. The hips don’t want to work anymore, so the foot rolls so your knee stays out as the quad takes over. All your weight could be shifting to the left leg too, causing even more problems.
[quote]Doug Adams wrote:
AngryVader wrote:
The foot I’m having the issue with, as far as rolling around, is my right foot. Basically, what I notice most of the time is that the inside of my right foot will start to come off the ground and I’m putting most of my weight on the outside of the foot.
I think this happens more as I’m coming up out of the hole, so I’m not sure if this indicates and issue with mobility or flexibility in the right side, or again, if it’s just a foot wear thing.
In either case, I think working on the right calf a little more is probably a good idea.
Sounds like your form is getting “lazy” for lack of a better term. The hips don’t want to work anymore, so the foot rolls so your knee stays out as the quad takes over. All your weight could be shifting to the left leg too, causing even more problems.[/quote]
Well now I’m really confused. I’ve always felt like most of the weight was shifting to my right leg, even when the foot rolled.
Looks like I need to work on everything with my squat.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
hmm. I need to start doing something like that I think. That, and stretching after training, lol, I’ve been really bad about not doing any of that sutff…
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I’ve said this before, but don’t be like I used to be. I used to be bad about all of this stuff and I ended up paying the price. Learn from my mistakes here.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
Well now I’m really confused. I’ve always felt like most of the weight was shifting to my right leg, even when the foot rolled.
Looks like I need to work on everything with my squat.[/quote]
I’m really just throwing out possibilities. Don’t change too much at once.
Insert Obi-Wan voice
Patience…
Try the barefoot thing first because it could be something as simple as footwear.
[quote]mom-in-MD wrote:
My bet is on the footwear. Have you had these problems before?[/quote]
Yes, I had this problem with my squat before my current glute issue.
I’m not sure when I first noticed it though. I don’t remember this ever being an issue when I used to squat with Chucks.
However, around the time I had that back injury a few years ago, was also the same time I switched to Nike Frees. I don’t remember how long I was using them until I noticed the foot thing.
It could have been caused by the change in footwear, but perhaps I could changed something with my squat technique after the back injury. Tough to say at this point.
Anyway, like Doug said (in Obi-Wan voice), I’ll be patient and try one thing at a time. I start with the foot wear with next week’s quad session and go from there.
Vader just thought I’d chime in and let you know my girl got me the Vibram KSOs last week for my birthday and I have been lifting in them every day since and absolutely LOVE them. And I do think they look better in person than they do in the huge pictures on their website. I have the all black ones.
[quote]josh86 wrote:
Vader just thought I’d chime in and let you know my girl got me the Vibram KSOs last week for my birthday and I have been lifting in them every day since and absolutely LOVE them. And I do think they look better in person than they do in the huge pictures on their website. I have the all black ones. [/quote]
That’s good to know. I was worried they looked like Hobbit feet in person.
EDIT: And Happy Belated Birthday! I didn’t know it was your birthday last week. I hope you had a good one!
Seated Calf Raise: 100 x 20,18,16, back off set 75 x 22 - As always followed up with the 90 sec stretch on the leg press.
Probably one of the best hamstring workouts I’ve had in a while. Not because of the weight used, but I just felt everything better. I really felt the hamstrings working and had no twinges of glute pain.
I think I can finally say the left foot numbness isn’t bothering me anymore. Hopefully that won’t hold me back anymore on calf exercises.
[quote]AngryVader wrote:
josh86 wrote:
Vader just thought I’d chime in and let you know my girl got me the Vibram KSOs last week for my birthday and I have been lifting in them every day since and absolutely LOVE them. And I do think they look better in person than they do in the huge pictures on their website. I have the all black ones.
That’s good to know. I was worried they looked like Hobbit feet in person.
EDIT: And Happy Belated Birthday! I didn’t know it was your birthday last week. I hope you had a good one![/quote]
Haha thanks man, turned 22. Anyway about the shoes, even my gf who when I showed them to her online was like “Omg, wtf they are so ugly” said “Ok, I admit they aren’t nearly as bad as I thought” when we finally got them at the store.
The thing is online they look kind of bulky but really they are so thin and small that it almost just looks like I’m wearing black ankle socks.
Seriously though, I thought spinal flossing movements were frowned upon due to the whole stability vs mobility requirements of the spine.
That’s news to me. The first handful of exercises on the MM DVD are listed as spinal flossing movements.[/quote]
Yeah, I know, but I have the general impression that they decided to take back those movements later. I may have read it in a locker room, I don’t remember right now.
The article that stuck out is http://www.T-Nation.com/article/most_recent/how_not_to_warm_up and all of the general writing about how bad yoga can be for your spine. I don’t know I’ve just always stayed away from any sort of lumbar spine loosening movements.
Seriously though, I thought spinal flossing movements were frowned upon due to the whole stability vs mobility requirements of the spine.
That’s news to me. The first handful of exercises on the MM DVD are listed as spinal flossing movements.
Yeah, I know, but I have the general impression that they decided to take back those movements later. I may have read it in a locker room, I don’t remember right now.
The article that stuck out is http://www.T-Nation.com/article/most_recent/how_not_to_warm_up and all of the general writing about how bad yoga can be for your spine. I don’t know I’ve just always stayed away from any sort of lumbar spine loosening movements. [/quote]
Some of the spinal flossing stuff isn’t as severe as the stuff from the article. Sometimes I can’t even move in the morning if I don’t do some kind of spinal movement.
I did read recently (I think in the Locker Room) that they weren’t advising people do scorpions anymore, but I thought that was because most people don’t perform the correctly without guidance. I couldn’t do scorpions the first time I tried them, so I threw that movement out anyway.
If you recall anything specific, then please pass it on.
The piriformis stretch from the article you linked looks interesting. I’ll have to try that out and check out his website.
