There was a guy next to me in a squat rack setting it up to Bench Press… just like the bench press area is already set up… I expressed my disapproval… he left…
There was a guy next to me in a squat rack setting it up to Bench Press… just like the bench press area is already set up… I expressed my disapproval… he left… :p[/quote]
uummmm maybe he wanted to use the rails as a safety stop and didn’t know anyone to ask for a spot? I do that in my power rack for just that reason but I train alone with no one around to ask for a spot…
There was a guy next to me in a squat rack setting it up to Bench Press… just like the bench press area is already set up… I expressed my disapproval… he left… :p[/quote]
uummmm maybe he wanted to use the rails as a safety stop and didn’t know anyone to ask for a spot? I do that in my power rack for just that reason but I train alone with no one around to ask for a spot…
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No, he removed the safety rails and put them on the floor…
It was a busy time in the gym and the guy was lifting no more then 155. I understand that he may have had no idea what he was doing but they don’t call it a squat rack for nothing.
There was a guy next to me in a squat rack setting it up to Bench Press… just like the bench press area is already set up… I expressed my disapproval… he left… :p[/quote]
uummmm maybe he wanted to use the rails as a safety stop and didn’t know anyone to ask for a spot? I do that in my power rack for just that reason but I train alone with no one around to ask for a spot…
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No, he removed the safety rails and put them on the floor…
It was a busy time in the gym and the guy was lifting no more then 155. I understand that he may have had no idea what he was doing but they don’t call it a squat rack for nothing.[/quote]
Heh Ronda, I hear you. My right shoulder’s been a whiny bitch for the past 20 years and the left joins in every so often. And I have sciatica (on the left side, though). Getting old ain’t for pussies.
You said in your previous post that your glutes are tight - if you have piriformis syndrome then working on stretching and rolling the hip musculature will help somewhat. Sumo deadlifts are apparently not good for piriformis issues, either. I’d see a physio to assess what the problem is, since it could also be a low back issue since pain is often felt down the leg instead of at the source.
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Heh Ronda, I hear you. My right shoulder’s been a whiny bitch for the past 20 years and the left joins in every so often. And I have sciatica (on the left side, though). Getting old ain’t for pussies.
You said in your previous post that your glutes are tight - if you have piriformis syndrome then working on stretching and rolling the hip musculature will help somewhat. Sumo deadlifts are apparently not good for piriformis issues, either. I’d see a physio to assess what the problem is, since it could also be a low back issue since pain is often felt down the leg instead of at the source.
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How does one foam roll their hips? I have tried it and that bitch HURTS! I feel like I am rolling the bones.
I have been streching my quads which does help with the hamstring tightness and then I have been foam rolling them. I am still feeling the pins and needles feeling down the back of my leg though.
I don’t think I am going to be DLing anymore, at least not for anything over 200lbs. I want a good strong back and posterior chain but what I am doing now is causing more harm then good. I need to figure something out when I get back from FL.