On October 04 2011 10:22 Kamais_Ookin wrote:
Motherfucking squats. I took a 3 day break and the pain dulled a bit in my legs. I managed to do a few sets instead of 1 rep this time but my legs still feel like a knife is cutting the tendons, the pain is so SHARP.

To be more specific, the only part of my legs that hurt is in the groin area, so the upper inner thighs section. The weight of the squat doesn't bother me, and even if I go down in weight I feel like it will be the same pain.

Is this a stretching/flexibility issue where you're going too far down for your muscles to handle?

Or is it soreness?

Or is it an actual injury?

It could be a minor groin strain since I seem to have some of it's symptoms but I don't know how to treat it if it were the case.

I have no problem going down parallel or lower. However, I'm thinking I probably didn't squeeze my glutes very well in my squat sessions which in turn forced me to squeeze with my inner thighs which is bad I think. Do you think that is the cause perhaps?

EDIT: Actually now I'm very sure that it's a groin strain. The causes could be anything from what I mentioned above to not enough adequate warm-up etc etc.

So should I stop doing squats for a week and just lightly do some groin stretches in the mean-time?

Don't stretch strains.

You can do mobility work to the edge of pain, but stretching is a no no.

http://www.eatmoveimprove.com/2010/01/on-muscle-strains/

Thanks so much for posting this haha, i recently strained my groin playing football. It happened on sunday and hurt so bad i couldn't sleep when i woke up in the morning i could barely walk and when i looked at my leg there was a gap. The doctors said i might need surgery but so far the meds and keeping it elevated seem to be doing wonders for me.

Ouch bro, that's a much more steep strain then mine. How long do you keep it elevated and how frequently btw?

Luckily i have an easy job, i sit here and watch sc2 all day basicly haha. I usually have it elevated for about 15 minutes every hour im not sure if this is to much or to little but it feels good to me. I also walk as normal as i can with no limp as long as i dont feel more pain. At the moment its a constant agonizing pain but i can deal with that when i walk just not the sharp shooting ones if i take a bad step haha. Im also thinking of applying heat to it but im not sure if thats advised, i think it would feel nice tho.

I read that later on heat is good because it forces blood to flow in that area just like doing light exercise. I'll try 15 mins like you are doing, hopefully we both get better soon!

xJupiter9x

United States150 Posts

October 05 2011 19:56 GMT

#12523

Testament that lifting heavy gives cardio. I havent ran since my seniOr year 3 years ago. Have only lifted heavy for the past 10 months. Just ran a 5:47 mile.

Hurricane

United States3939 Posts

October 05 2011 20:11 GMT

#12524

decaf you're not helping me cope with not being able to kill someone on a field.

FUCK I MISS FOOTBALL

Zafrumi

Switzerland1272 Posts

October 05 2011 20:20 GMT

#12525

On October 06 2011 03:46 BouBou.865 wrote:
Today's workout for me, posting after Nazarene np:

82.5kg squat 5-5-5
67.5kg bench press 5-5-4 (god damnit I wanted that last rep, I fought like a warrior though. Half of the gym was yelling at me)
110kg deadlift 1x5

Squats and deads were easy, bench was crazy heavy. Gonna smash 67.5kg next week and continue loading on my other lifts

move on to 70kg bench next workout IMO!!

infinity21

Canada6683 Posts

October 05 2011 20:36 GMT

#12526

Took it easy on the squats today to let my back recover. Still sore doing BW-135lb squats but I think my form is better now.
bench
45x10-5
95x5
150x5-5-5-1-5-5
Didn't grip the bar right on the 4th work set so I put it back and did it again

squat
45x10-10
135x5

chin
17.5x5-5-4
Grip gave out on the last set

sJarl

Iceland1699 Posts

October 05 2011 22:20 GMT

#12527

Just found out how awesome paused incline bb bench is.

Will continue doing them the next 6-8 weeks or so and post results.

ShaLLoW[baY]

Canada12499 Posts

October 05 2011 23:45 GMT

#12528

My snatch is coming together.

Slowly.

Surely.

I will unlock Dimsum-mode.

eshlow

United States5210 Posts

October 05 2011 23:55 GMT

#12529

On October 06 2011 04:56 xJupiter9x wrote:
Testament that lifting heavy gives cardio. I havent ran since my seniOr year 3 years ago. Have only lifted heavy for the past 10 months. Just ran a 5:47 mile.

Yeah man I keep telling people heavy lifting IS cardiovascular activity...

Your heart et al needs to get strong enough to withstand the forces of heavy weights on the system

Hurricane

United States3939 Posts

October 06 2011 00:19 GMT

#12530

Fucking third time getting 5-5-4 on 135lb press. I'm gonna eat like a fucking monster and kill that shit on monday. aaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh so frustrating. I even did 5-5-4-4 today because I need to fucking get this done fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.

phyre112

United States3090 Posts

October 06 2011 00:20 GMT

#12531

Between classes, practice, and the two other organizations I'm a part of here, I don't have time to lift right now, and it SUCKS =(. Snuck in to the gym today between classes and got some bench and some chinups done, but I can't fit in a full lift when squats alone take me 30 minutes to complete =/.

AoN.DimSum

United States2983 Posts

October 06 2011 01:17 GMT

#12532

hardgainers LOL

MeShiet

Canada290 Posts

October 06 2011 01:49 GMT

#12533

^ regardless of how accurate everything said in that video was, I have to admit, that was so funny to watch

Edit: OH GOD, their free flexor review killed me...

Kamais_Ookin

Canada4218 Posts

October 06 2011 02:06 GMT

#12534

On October 06 2011 10:17 AoN.DimSum wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMlFXE9bV-Q&

hardgainers LOL

I've gained 15lbs of muscle in only 2 months...

FiWiFaKi

Canada9859 Posts

October 06 2011 02:19 GMT

#12535

So today I did a 345lb squat (6x25lb on each side feels soo nice)

But pretty much, I intentionally did them as half squats, to get a similiar affect as the 45 leg press press, and I was wondering how damaging that is for my back. My quads got a really nice work out from it so... S;

Lemonwalrus

United States5465 Posts

October 06 2011 03:18 GMT

#12536

On October 06 2011 11:06 Kamais_Ookin wrote:

Show nested quote +

I've gained 15lbs of muscle in only 2 months...

I believe what they are saying is that just because you gained 15lbs while working out doesn't mean that all of it went to muscle.

Hurricane

United States3939 Posts

October 06 2011 03:24 GMT

#12537

I've put on 20-25 pounds in 2-3 months and at least 15 of it is muscle.

Kamais_Ookin

Canada4218 Posts

October 06 2011 03:30 GMT

#12538

On October 06 2011 12:18 Lemonwalrus wrote:

Show nested quote +

I believe what they are saying is that just because you gained 15lbs while working out doesn't mean that all of it went to muscle.

That's untrue as well. I'm less then 10% bodyfat and I'm absolutely ripped when I look in the mirror.

AoN.DimSum

United States2983 Posts

October 06 2011 03:41 GMT

#12539

you cant really judge by looking in the mirror right? I was 68kg a week or two ago and I looked no different in the mirror when I was 65.

Kamais_Ookin

Canada4218 Posts

October 06 2011 03:45 GMT

#12540

On October 06 2011 12:41 AoN.DimSum wrote:
you cant really judge by looking in the mirror right? I was 68kg a week or two ago and I looked no different in the mirror when I was 65.

15lbs is a lot man, my chest bulges out a lot more now and my back is bigger as well. My family and people I talk to have all commented that I look bigger too.