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ha, I really want a video to check my form, but I don't know how best to go about it. Some guy actually brought a tripod in and set it up to the squat rack and it just seemed a little much

I've been out of things for a few months myself and it's been absolute misery. I had been trying to do my own PT at home for what I thought was a deltoid injury. Finally, the pain and lack of mobility got too much to bear so I went to see my PCP. He's like "that injury is more in your bicep." So I'd been stretching all the wrong goddamn muscles this whole time (for the most part). Immediately switched to some exercises recommended for biceps and feel 80% better. Hope to start lifting again soon, because not doing it has been the worst.

ha, I really want a video to check my form, but I don't know how best to go about it. Some guy actually brought a tripod in and set it up to the squat rack and it just seemed a little much

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Yeah, it's hard to find a way to do it, I usually just lean my phone against something. Tripods in the gym are like rolling backpacks -- they deserve to be clowned even if they serve some legitimate practical purpose.

yeah lean it against something, i took (slomo) video of my c&j just yesterday, lot to work on lol

hmmm i should really do the video thing. i see a lot of people doing it lately. seems like a good idea.

Took the summer off of weights due to injury and have been running + yoga and man, do I miss the weight room. My PT said I am squatting too low, and doing the butt wink past a certain point and that I need to come up at about parallel even though I do high bar squats, so I guess when I do go back to it I'll have to sort of re-learn the movement. I got used to a sort of hamstring bounce out of the hole which allowed me to probably lift heavier than I should have been, I guess. I'm still going to try to work in a day of yoga every week as I really like it and feel it has been very beneficial.

i've tried just doing yoga and running and i last like a week, can't not lift tbh. but lifting without the other two mixed in regularly though is.. like cooking without salt and pepper, or something.

my gym has a copy of 'becoming a supple leopard' which i should really look into more, it seems good. the squat diagram suggests spreading your knees a bit, which i've been doing lately and liking - my knees feel better protected, base is more stable and i've bumped up a few lbs.

is the 'butt wink' like a downward dip in your tailbone?

no its just when a butt winks at you

Yeah @ the downward dip. The PT said it doesn’t automatically result in back problems but I guess it puts you lower spine in a vulnerable position. She told me to warm up for squats by doing this thing where you tie a taut band around a pole (or squat rack) and then around your thigh where it creases at the hip and do this almost child pose thing.

Lol I felt "young again" the day I squatted but the two following days I've been so fucking tight. Still, no lower back pain so I think I'm good. I may just need to strengthen my hip flexors.

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My PT said I am squatting too low, and doing the butt wink past a certain point and that I need to come up at about parallel

ok, so I know that I butt wink when I squat. So stopping at parallel is a recommended fix for that or something?

She pressed a broom stick against my back, had me do a squat, and said I should be stopping at the point where my lower back doesn’t touch the stick anymore - if that makes any sense. For me that’s just lower than parallel.

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ya'll pigeon pose is the best

Man, I love the particular soreness that comes after a heavy barbell workout -- it feels like rippling hulk muscles are growing just under the surface and are going to bust out any moment

it's fun but deep soreness you know? time for another light week.

Been trying a wider squat stance with some success, also focusing a lot on bracing and tightening my upper back. Form looks better in the videos I take of myself. I also feel my inner thigh muscles a lot more after -- I think I probably have a little imbalance and this may be helping to correct it.

Suddenly the squat changes I’ve made gave me a breakthrough today (in combination with greater frequency and more sleep) and I was able to do 245 x 5. Generally going to the gym more frequently has been helping me and I feel less sore rather than more as my body seems to be adjusting.

nice

Two weeks ago I got a new-to-me ACL and this point it is hard to imagine that I will ever bear weight again, much less squat. BUT I SHALL. OH I SHALL.

In the meantime my PT is leg raises, which I do while imagining I am 1980s Jane Fonda.

Deadlifted 325 today and was also able to do my best match grip set ever - 255 x 5

i'm at my heaviest ever for everything more or less but taking a week off over christmas for travel

nothing like a yoga class to realize how stressed my body is from lifting. we did a high fish pose where you squeeze your shoulders back as hard as possible for like a minute. it isn't a super dynamic pose or anything but i was shaking. it's the first thing that has truly relieved tension in my constantly tight front deltoids in like a year.

class was excellent, three other people, small room, lots of hip stuff, $10. think i'll be doing it pretty much every sunday.

That's great!

I really pushed myself last week, doing 4 Hatha Flow classes, which is the most I've ever done in a week. My shoulder and knee feel slightly strained, but I want to keep up the pace through the end of the year, while I'm off work. I've definitely gained some muscle and flexibility, and reduced chronic pain. Been able to refine a lot of poses and do some stuff that was impossible for me previously.

6 weeks post ACL reconstruction and double meniscus repair, just got cleared by ortho for full weight bearing, meaning PT is gonna get pretty real.

Did my first "off the toilet unassisted by hands" today and felt very swole!

But some day I will squat again. I will!

hey, sw0le bros. 2019 has been my worst gym year in a long time. struggling with a lot of probably job-related fatigue and blahness, not caring about anything, skipping weeks at a time, just feeling weak. i decided that for a while i'm just going to do some treadmill running because getting sweaty and mentally torturing myself on that hell machine makes me feel like i've temporarily scrubbed my brain clean. feels good. also it will carry me through the bad time that is the gym in january, as there are usually enough treadmills in spite of the crowds.

BRANE-SCRUBBING is among all-time reasons to go to the gym - otm

also, i confess: i've long wanted to try the GERKIN and ARMY etc functions on the fancy gym treadmills, so i will work up to that and it helps to have something to work up to

I have never heard, and am afraid of, these "functions" of which you speak.

the damn pickle army

Lol. Anyone try the manual treadmills? Goddamn they kick my ass

Thinking bout joining a fancier gym for more $.

manual treadmills seems like a very 80s hotel gym kind of thing. I remember them. They were rough.

i tried one once idk

for me being able to set the pace of a regular treadmill is a big draw, but thats more a particular training for actual running thing rather than just general exercise

Ok whatever guys they’re good but i guess you just want to be haters

maybe you found a really nice one? my knees hurt just thinking about the friction.

manual treadmill feels like a pretty canonical piece of swolequipment

i am not sure what a manual treadmill is but my gym has like non-motorized treadmills where you can also pick up weighted handles to do farmer's walk. is that what it is?

yeah, this guy: https://www.woodway.com/products/curve/

def not 80s style. awesome and brutal. there's a learning curve to get a good pace going.

it's basically like a 4% incline that you have to constantly control based on where your toes land

my bro science opinion is that it's really good for hills and/or sprints

feels really different than running on a standard treadmill cuz you're powering everything.. i did 10 minutes on a manual then switched to a regular for a minute and my legs were v. confused

also it forces you to run on your forefeet

oh ok, that's not the one we have. it's this thing
https://www.fitnesszone.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/stairmaster-hiitmill-x-treadmill-1_270x270.jpg

woah!