I don’t think you can overestimate the value of a good pair of workout shorts.
They have to be the right length so your thighs don’t stick to the vinyl of the seats of machines.
The legs need to slide over the skin easily so you don’t pants yourself on squats or other leg work.
The waistband needs to be snug but not really tight. Too loose and you’re in the “pants” yourself category again.
The material has to be breathable and light and wick the sweat away, because fuck! it gets hot when training.
I need to get some good shorts - another 4 or 5 pairs ideally.
I’m off deload as of yesterday. SSB sq was a good call, hip feels a lot better today than yesterday. Elbows, too for some reason. I felt underpowered yesterday doing squats, but still managed to get the 345, which surprised me.
I came home from gym yesterday and immediately crashed out, no dinner, just slept. Woke up starving about 2AM and ate the Mexican takeout my wife had gotten.
Only had an hour, so supersetted C&P with pullups and always started the next round before I was quite ready. I might have gotten 15 rounds. I didn’t keep close track.
I’ve tried foam rolling and lacrosse balls and it doesn’t do shit for me but make me irritated, like emotionally irritated. It’s great that it works for other folks, though I have to wonder whether it’s just a way to practice desensitizing the tissue rather than doing anything actually therapeutic.
Imho, it’s all about whether you’ve successfully increased blood flow to the trouble spot or not -the instrument or technique of choice is just the tool.
When I had patellar tendonitis, my left knee would start to radiate pain during long drives. In desperation, I took my thumb/fingers and started digging into all the assorted tendons around my kneecap -swear on a stack of bibles, noticeably alleviated the pain, it was not psychosomatic.
Now, I’m always digging into the assorted tendons around both kneecaps. Got this off a YouTubes video believe it or not, the interwebz can actually be a godsend sometimes.
Agree… usually when I have a joint that is pissed off I try to focus on the muscles around it. So for example if your elbows are killing ya you might want to try some direct forearm/bicep/tricep work for higher reps just to increase the blood flow to the joint. Just do it a few times per week for higher reps (maybe in the 15-20) range. Maybe something like this…
The goal here is not to piss off the joint further but to bring blood flow to it. Throw in some Vitamin C, collagen and some fish oil and you’ll be good in no time.
I want to do block pull, but I don’t really need them, the GMs have made that part of the pull no problem.
I’m slowest off the floor right now, more than I’ve ever been. And that means either halting DLs or deficit pulls, neither of which I like very much at the moment
maybe some snatch pulls- build that lo position strenf
when I suggested rolling- I cant foam roll - and LX ball
I ahve limited to feet or piriformis
I use a PVC pipe 4" its painful but I need to smoosh that facia
buts thats me.
I had this going on, and was doing the same thing. In the end the thing that fixed it was stretching. I’m pretty sure it was tight groin muscles screwing me up. For years. Now if it starts to bother me I sit on the floor, legs out straight in a V and lean forward. Object is to get my elbows to the floor in front of me. Pain goes away before I can manage to get that far but doing this once in a while keeps it gone.
The gym has a Rogue deadlift bar. I love the knurling on that thing. Really locks you in for the lift. A little chalk and you feel like there’s no way you could lose your grip.