That’s an impressive dead, pk. No sign of a weak lower back there!
Just a little speculation, but if the groin muscle you pulled was the adductor magnus, it may have been due to synergystic dominance of that muscle in hip extension with the knees flexed - meaning your gluteus maximus could be weak and inhibited. The adductor magnus would have to work overtime to compensate for the weak glutes. I have the same problem, but I think the stretching of the hip flexors is really helping with this.
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You say you pulled your groin? Was that on squats and was it your hip flexors? It just that I pulled my illiopsoas when squatting cause they were too tight and my knees buckled in a bit. I found stretching them helped alot.
Surprised nobody has tossed this one out: You’re using too much weight. To compensate you transfer too much of the weight to the quads, perpetuating the imbalance and risking injury. So lower the weight to what you can do in proper form and gradually build up from there. It will feel much better when you get back to where you’re at now and be much safer with potential to make far greater improvements. Why do you think powerlifters are so adamant about form? Get a westside video or seminar, box squat, and de-emphasize your poundages for a brief correctional phase.
i definitely need to stretch more. all my body is very tight, even my upper body. Everytime i close my stance betwen my legs i get an extremely sharp pain right where my right leg connects with my trunk, whether standing or sitting. As far as having weak glutes, i can’t tell. all i know is that i don’t want my ass getting any larger cause it is already big. I’m around 9%bf so it’s not fat. Deep squating always gives me soreness in my quads, hams, glutes but i must say that i’ve neglected doing isolation movements for the adductors and abductors. laters pk