Just venting.
Squat workout today. I warm up, starting with empty bar with few sets and continue warming up with small increments (95, 135, 180, 225, etc), leading to 3 heavy (for me) sets. Doing 5/3/1, and was on last week of cycle, so the last set was good and heavy-ish. I squat ATG, and got six good solid reps out for this last set.
Felt good. Rest up a bit.
I then drop down to an easy weight for 3x15 close stance back squats. 225 lbs here.
Crank out set one: 15 calf-to-hammie reps.
Crank out set two: 15 calf-to-hammie reps. Took slight breather between reps after the 12th.
Crank out set three: 8 solid reps. Going down for rep #9 and feel myself slip forward a bit. Pause in the down position and try to correct it so I don’t end up folded when pushing up and CRRRAAACK! My lower back makes an audible pop sound.
I rack the bar and clear the plates. Stagger out of the gym feeling like I’m 95 years old.
I’m surprised no one else could hear it. Closest guys were these two 20-somethings curling in the “smith rack” (yeah, Smith… go figure). Luckily they were talking throughout their sets so I’m sure they could hear nothing besides the incessant chatter.
Feels like the SI joint on the left side. I guess I get to work arms and shoulders for the next week.
Maybe there’s room for curls in the Smith “rack”.
Sometimes I hate being old.
–late_start
Maybe ATG is too deep, my form goes to crap if I go too deep. Parallel is good enough.
Hoping that isn’t the issue. Never had a problem going so deep before. Heck, going deep usually feels pretty good, and I always look forward to squats.
I think I just “corrected” the form too quickly, and will have to suffer the consequences for a week. Looks like no deadlifts this week either…
I’ll just focus on other movements until it heals (hopefully by next Monday). Even then, I won’t take a chance and will probably do the deload week next week to make sure full ROM doesn’t still hurt it before loading weight back on the bar.
I like the title of this a lot. The noise my joints make in the gym get me funny looks and comments more often than I like.
I think its pretty common for form to slip and injury to occur like that. You are intense and ready for maximal lifts but when your focus slips a little due to high reps with weight you take for granted you get hurt. It may not seem like a lot coming off a heavy lift but 15 reps with 225 is still a lot of work. Especially by the 3 set of that.
The worst part is as you get older you don’t just get injured more easily, it takes longer to heal up too. It’s like a double kick in the jewels.
You gotta do whats right for you but I don’t go as deep as I used to on squats either. I used to so I could get deep under heavy cleans and snatches, but now I just go to parallel most of the time. It just gets too hard on my knees.