well that’s kind of what I was thinking. The starting position is more like a squat so I’d be more likely to tolerate it than the usual straight bar deadlift.
It’d also mean I could lift “heavy” (being a relative term, of course) while I learn to use the belt.
Try your belt a little higher, like the bottom just above the navel.
Also for learning the belt, I have a repxsetxweight scheme for squats that has worked magic for me.
Do 10-15 sets of singles, doubles, or triples. Rest about 45-90 seconds between sets. The goal is to pick a weight that feels “effortless” (as in very little work from your legs) when your set up and brace correctly. It’s a little tricky to find the right load, but I try to find a weight that feels heavy as soon as my set up or bracing struggles, but as soon as my set up is correct it’s quite easy. For example I have squatted 535, and I use between 275 and 365 for these sets currently.
I have some reoccurring back issues too; to where I couldn’t even bend over on bad days (I’m only 28 so it’s a bit worrisome). Anyway, I switched to the trap bar deadlift as my primary pull mainly due to event carryover, but man I’m really loving the thing. It really falls right in the sweet spot and it’s never hurt my back even on max attempts. It’s also a lot harder to lose position in my opinion.
I tried the mobilitywod stretch…I’m so tight I couldn’t get my front foot forward into a lunge. With the help of a coffee table I was able to get a bit of a stretch but it was all in my rectus femoris.
I do the usual core stuff to help my back as well as keeping my DLs in the 3-5 rep range. No heavy singles and my squatting is of the goblet variety.
I really think my lack of hip flexion is the cause of my bad back. I was trying to get a deeper hip stretch the other day by laying prone and sliding a foam roller under my knee thinking the higher I went up my thigh the more of a stretch I could get. Within moments of laying on the roller my erector started to cramp. No bueno.
Tremendous story.
10/10.
Literally just started using the ab wheel. Fucking awesome…
I saw this and for some reason I thought of you. This is for you Yogi.
I can never unsee that.
Yeah my left isn’t so bad but the right hip is brutal. I actually break out in a sweat when I’m doing it the pain is so bad.
Maybe your psoas needs attending to?
While I love that you’re posting random weirdness in here, I do have to ask why that made you think of me?
Oh my! That was different.
This is also how I picture Yogi IRL
Reminds me of the old tanned Italian gentleman who dives in that iPhone commercial.
Kinda this, I guess.
Past few days I have been doing the couch stretch myself and I think so far it has made a difference to my lower back pain.
I think the key is to hang out in that position in the “pain cave”. I have always had done the “couch stretch” in my pre-gym routine, but I never spent more than 10-15 seconds in the position.
Im going to try and get into that position 3-4 times a day and spend some quality time in the “pain cave”. When it comes to mobility, I have learnt that frequency outweighs amplitude (if that makes sense).
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With all the injury talk this log reminds me of a hospital waiting room
I feel like my hips are pretty tight so I’ve tried the coach stretch a few times. I always feel it like midway up my thigh, like really intense, is this my hip flexors and am I supposed to feel it there? Or is it me doing it wrong or something?
A minute and a half generally has my back feeling a lot better before a workout. Throw in a few bird dogs and some clam raises and I’m gravy (ish).
Well it’s a quad/hip flexor stretch so I wouldn’t worry too much about it