The more deadlifts and squats I do (I’ve been lifting for about a year and a half, with a couple months off for injury), the more my hips, especially interior and posterior, seem to pop. The tightness around there, and in the quads, is not surprising, but this snap crackle and pop shit is new.
On the upside, my low back hasn’t been nearly as bitchy, nor has turning quickly resulted in the bubble-wrap sounds emanating from it.
Anyone else experienced this, and if so, is it here for the long haul, or will it fade away?
are you doing any mobility work particularly for your hips, go check out the mobility for old farts
thread at the top of the page for some ideas you can incorporate into your training.
I would think about
foam rolling
stretching your hip/piriformas with the 90/90 stretch
[quote]kmcnyc wrote:
are you doing any mobility work particularly for your hips, go check out the mobility for old farts [/quote]
I do unweighted lunges throughout the day (desk job), as well as prison squats.
The popping is most prevalent when getting into / out of bed or when doing glute bridges - the posterior move with a little bit of adduction triggers it more or less reliably for the first handful of reps, which is a new development, and what prompted my question.
And, naturally, as soon as I posted how the deadlifting had helped un-fuck my back, I promptly went and pulled something in the vicinity of where the medial glute attaches to the sacral ridge. mutter