For those of you who wanted to see a side view of my super wide-stance squat, here’s a vid. I had to do it outside the cage because I cannot get my feet wide enough. I definitely hit PLing depth and do a pretty good job keeping my chest up. Of course, it’s an empty bar!
Today was my first day on my new DL program. I picked a Coan program. Even though the weights were really light, I was very tired at its conclusion because I’m not used to so many total reps or having my rest periods timed!
RDL Stretch
8/45
Conventional DL
5/115
5/135
3/155
2/170 (1.5x BW)
Speed DL (90-sec. rest between sets)
8/3/135 (1.2x BW)
Wide-Stance Squat (Feet to maximum width inside the cage)
3/8/95 . . . I hate 8s
With hip flexibility like that I’m surprised your legs don’t slip out of their sockets. I know people with very flexible shoulders are far more likely to dislocate them.
Can you put your feet behind your head? I’m asking purely on a professional level of course!
I’ll be interested in what you think of the speed deads.
Do you have a link to the Coan DL program you are using? I’m still on remedial DLing myself, but am always interested in what you are up to.
I’m unsure I could squat that wide AT ALL. Just tried a super wide air squat and couldn’t break parallel. No wonder the guys are interested in your…flexibility.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Do you have a link to the Coan DL program you are using? I’m still on remedial DLing myself, but am always interested in what you are up to.
I’m unsure I could squat that wide AT ALL. Just tried a super wide air squat and couldn’t break parallel. No wonder the guys are interested in your…flexibility. [/quote]
Just from looking at what StrongSnapper did, I think she is using this program…
[quote]cavalier wrote:
Does your coach suggest programs or do you work them up yourself?[/quote]
Both. I picked or wrote all my programs for this training cycle.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
With hip flexibility like that I’m surprised your legs don’t slip out of their sockets.
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Hasn’t happened yet.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Can you put your feet behind your head? [/quote]
Only when I’m wearing high heels.
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
Just for the record I don’t want to know myself. Shame on you Farmer.[/quote]
Such a gentleman.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Do you have a link to the Coan DL program you are using?[/quote]
DixiesFinest has the correct link. I must admit that I purposefully underestimated my raw max. I will have time to run two cycles of the program before my next meet if I like it and can increase my max the second time around. I also threw in the wide-stance squats as additional accessory work since I want to squat twice a week.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
I’m unsure I could squat that wide AT ALL. Just tried a super wide air squat and couldn’t break parallel. No wonder the guys are interested in your…flexibility. [/quote]
Certainly the men are only interested in my athletic endeavors.
[quote]cavalier wrote:
Does your coach suggest programs or do you work them up yourself?[/quote]
Both. I picked or wrote all my programs for this training cycle.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
With hip flexibility like that I’m surprised your legs don’t slip out of their sockets.
[/quote]
Hasn’t happened yet.
[quote]FarmerBrett wrote:
Can you put your feet behind your head? [/quote]
Only when I’m wearing high heels.
[quote]bulldog9899 wrote:
Just for the record I don’t want to know myself. Shame on you Farmer.[/quote]
Such a gentleman.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
Do you have a link to the Coan DL program you are using?[/quote]
DixiesFinest has the correct link. I must admit that I purposefully underestimated my raw max. I will have time to run two cycles of the program before my next meet if I like it and can increase my max the second time around. I also threw in the wide-stance squats as additional accessory work since I want to squat twice a week.
[quote]kimbakimba wrote:
I’m unsure I could squat that wide AT ALL. Just tried a super wide air squat and couldn’t break parallel. No wonder the guys are interested in your…flexibility. [/quote]
Certainly the men are only interested in my athletic endeavors.
Heh, nice work, and I like the matching purple belt and chucks, I seriously looked for pink chucks when I went to get mine, but only found black and blue, and just went with the black.
aw i was hoping for both super wide stance and super dooper wide stance so i could compare. i’m suspecting that the more the knees go out the less the butt goes back / the torso leans forward to keep balanced. that wider stance uses adductors more than glutes / hammies. that wider stance might be because gear + adductors are stronger than gear + glutes / hammies because of the way the gear is tight around the hips. you did say something about how you are having trouble finding gear that is tight where it is supposed to be, though…
So I did cuff stuff on Saturday and, with the aid of my camera, had a bit of an epiphany that my repaired shoulder muscle really doesn’t work. On all direct cuff work, I “cheat,” either by shrugging or slightly changing the motion. When I directly isolate my “repaired” muscle, I have nothing more than range of motion; no strength.
Actually, my physique reinforces this notion since the hypertrophy in the surrounding muscles is much more dramatic in the affected shoulder. Bigger bicep, bigger delt, etc. And I believe it’s because those muscles are being required to work harder to compensate for the muscle/muscles that are asleep.
I’ve spent some time thinking about this. How dangerous is it to continue pushing my bench and DL? Should I go back to my PT and get a serious assessment? Should I ignore it as just another of life’s challenges and push on? Or is doing the latter just setting myself up for another injury?
Did you damage nerves when you injured it or do you think nerves were damaged during the repair?
I have no experience of this sort of thing at all, but the sensible, mature bit of me thinks it would not be wise to carry on regardless. Could you have an EMG to see if the muscle really isn’t working? I think the proper assessment is the way to go.
What would you say if someone was asking you this question?
Obviously you should talk to your PT but I’d hazard a guess that you are fine pushing your Dl given the way the force of the lift is manifested on that range of muscles. The bench on the other hand would worry be so I’d approach it very cautiously.
