[quote]Pistol Pete wrote:
Im 30 years old.
I just started doing Wendlers 5/3/1. 4 days a week. Each day starts with one designated main lift. Dead lift, Military press, Squat, then Bench. Each workout I add two sometimes three assistant lifts after the main lift.
I just started, so I cant say much else about it. From what I have read a lot of people have had success with it.
My Squat has been a problem due to injuries. I am going to try to train squats on Friday. I hope with enough warm up and stretching and perhaps some knee wraps I will be alright. I also just started taking joint supplements. Surgery is the last option.
My squat max is probably around 330 or so. Hard to say. All squats are done below parallel. It is definitely a weak point I need to work on.[/quote]
Well if you’re 30 then I’d say you have about 20 more years of lifting in you easy so hopefully I’ll be seeing a Road to 600lb Deadlift Log soon.
What exactly is wrong with your knee? I know from personal experience and reading other logs that squat strength and deadlifting strength are highly correlated. Its terrible that your knees give you trouble and probably prevent you from putting up the poundages you are capable of.
I hope it doesn’t come to surgery. Just on this site alone there are literally hundreds of prehab exercises and tissue repair methods that probably could do you a world of good. It amazes me sometimes that doctors are quick to recommend surgery or inactivity when just a few months of the right things can make the problem almost disappear.
I know when I squat I go ATG and it really works my glutes once I got below parallel and especially on the way up. That probably really helped with my pulling ability. So how’s your glute firing? Do you engage them when you pull or do you feel it more in your hammies and lower back?
If anyone is inspiring anyone here its that you’re inspiring me.
Most people in our society are content to live a life of nothing. Nobody wants to do anything that is hard or that isn’t instantly gratifying. The group of people probably most guilty of this is folks in your age group. They have a job they hate and they think its too late to change careers. They’re in debt and just accept it as a fact of life. Most of all though they are alot fatter and out of shape compared to when they were young and they have zero will power to change.
You sir are spitting in their fucking face. Most people are settling into their death routine at 30 and you are on a quest to pick 500lbs up off the ground. I’m young and have drive but what I really want is to have drive when I’m your age. You have it and I know you’ll achieve your goal.