Warmup:
Jog 1/2 mile
Cat/Camel 16
Cult yoga prayer doohickey 16
Fire Hydrants 16
Working Sets:
Deadlift (From negative of 1 of those plyo steps w/o shoes) 133x10; 199x10; 243x10; 310x8
Very happy with these...as everything came up very easily. My hips are still shooting up, which Danny diagnoses as an inner thigh weakness, hence the following sets of leg presses. I'm inclined to think hes right, as my lower back feels (and looks) as strong as its ever been. I thought DL'ing from a negative would help me, but apparently it didn't. One more thing of note...my back didn't really arch and was pretty straight the entire time. I think this is a good thing as my my hips have a natural anterior tilt. Keeping my hips square with my body prevents impulse on my spine and hence the inflammation caused along L4 and L5 that gave me so much trouble from February to May.
Leg Press (Feet, knees in to hit inner thigh) 3 platesx12; 4 platesx12; 5 platesx8; 6 platesx6; 6 platesx3 (Fail)
So...yesterday Gordon identified a slight clicking noise in my right knee as my knee bend breaks 90. Needless to say during legpresses this was extremely disconcerting...definitely need to get this checked out, as I'm pretty sure this is a fairly new occurrence.
Russian Barbell Twist 25x17; 50x12
Hanging Knee Raise BWx24
Dick around/flash abs at mirror/harass Gordon/complain about horrific 80's music/generally make ass of self x25x8
Hey, it's a deload week. I was particularly pleased my dancing today to said horrific 80's music. Michael can attest I took a bad thing and made it 10 time worse.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
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Inner thigh? No one said anything about this. I think that there is a general problem with front thigh (= quads) weakness. Also, leg presses with knees not rotated out (but not in, unless you want to tear something) and closer stance, to avoid doing a semi-hip movement, and to put more stress on quads. Other good exercises: deeper squat variations with medium / close stance, every once in a while with pauses, leg press, hack squat, and no chains.
ReplyDeleteShit, I forgot to write this. What is the general plan starting next week (= tomorrow)? Still volume stuff? Why won't you train with Rene? There are several advantages:
ReplyDelete-- His organization makes more sense. And you can always do more stuff at the end, like biceps / calves / core / whatever.
-- He is much stronger, which is always good.
-- You can get fashion tips.
My knee clicks too after heavy squats, but it goes away after a few days. I think it's when I don't keep my knees out as much; hopefully not a big deal.
ReplyDelete>>Dick around/flash
I think you could have worded this better :O