I say popped cuz I went down for that squat and when I tried coming up, something in my very lower abdomen felt like it just exploded. I’ve never had a hernia before, but I know what it is, so that’s the only explanation I can give.
And another thing for back squats, my right arm goes completely numb when I do them. Although it doesn’t really affect the rest of my exercises, the rest of my workouts are super uncomfortable to do. Is their anything else I can do to replace back squats? Or do I just bite the bullet and hope my arm doesnt fall off.
Umm I didn’t feel like looking through the 100 something pages, so Im hoping someone can help me out. Im 5’5 or 5’6 and 17 years old. But I want to get at least like 4-5 inches taller and I was wondering if any of you guys can help me out via guides, or tips, or anything.
Go see a doctor or a chiro…tomorrow. That’s not normal, get it worked on, don’t work around it.
Here’s the way I look at it. If you can squat a quarter of the way in perfect form, the next step is to drop ur hips lower, nothing about the form changes.
Break the hips, come back on the middles of ur feet, keep back arched and shoulders up…drive heels through the floor stand up straight. Wash, rinse, repeat.
huh, those squats look like they are slightly past parallel…they dont really look like but to the floor squats…
anyway, this week is heavy week and since normal body weight dips were easy to me i thought i would add some weight, so i did weighted dips today with 10lbs and it pretty easy…so next heavy week that comes i will increase the weight…
i mix fruit into it, maybe a banana, or strawberries…this is in adition to whey protein…sometimes ill throw creatine in there if I am actually on creatine lol…oh and i always mix it with milk and not water…
Magnus: I’m pretty much losing a lot of fat, and i’ve gained muscle but i’m still the same in terms of strength? However, i’m recovering way faster and i’ve noticed I can push myself a little bit more past “technical failure” and not be mad sore the next day. Normal? Or should I up my weight?
I’m also getting closer to my goal (time wise), and i’m not seeing visible abs yet so i’m thinknig of adding one more day of interval training, and going to change my workouts to more of a circuit style. In a alternating Push/Pull movement manner. Recommendations for rest or tweaks to work out for that?
Edit: There is also a sharp needle pain near my right shoulder blade when I do DEADLIFTS*, I know that needle pain is a bad sign and it has to be of poor form so i’m trying to fix it. Main bullet form guidelines to folllow?
What is everybodies thoughts on eating fruit while cutting? I’ve heard points going back and forth.
You’ve been cutting for like 5 or 6 weeks…take ur time…if you try to cut too fast you can lose quite a bit of muscle and that’s not the goal.
Cutting is mostly diet and cardio. If you want to make the workouts more metabolically expensive then cut the resting intervals down. 30s-1m is fine…and you can alternate sets…1 set of bench, rest 30s, 1 set of bent rows…etc.
It is very typically for people to lose strength while cutting…ur energy substrates are in short supply if you are in a caloric deficit. People usually see the biggest differences in both strength and endurance/recovery when cutting. If you want to become stronger, you may actually want to rest slightly longer and focus on getting more weight on the bar…of course all in good form. This is what I do, I try to improve on my lifts weekly.
And don’t lift a weight until ur form falls to shit. This is what we call poor motor programming. Sooner or Later it will become more acceptible to use subpar form and doing things improperly will become first nature.
This is a vid…note his spine remains neutral, starts the lift with his legs and his hips are set pretty low.
Sometimes pain is just pain, people use “poor form” as an excuse and ignore a potentially dangerous problem. If something hurts get it checked out. Your form may be spot on I don’t know. Also, be sure to warm up thoroughly and properly, if the problem persists, get it checked out or look for alternatives to the deadlift…do this bother you when you do different variations of the deadlift?
When it comes to fruits, yes they do have sugar…but it’s natural sugar, not high fructose corn syrup. At the same time I wouldn’t be eating a shit load of fruit everyday. A little here and there is fine and can be quite good for you. I think apples are one fruit that’s supposed to be very healthy. (?)
i would say you should at least get one fruit in a day, just for health purposes, and if you are cutting 1 fruit a day isnt going to kill your cutting…
the lighting isnt good, it is kinda shadowed around my arm, ill try to get a better one…
in the pic im at 139lbs, 12% body fat…this is after i droped from 160lbs (i looked way bigger but it was too bloated looking), so i droped and now am trying to ‘clean’ bulk or clean get bigger muscles is what i like to call it haha…
i added 1 set of weighted pullups at the end of the first upper day, thats after the accessory work…i dont think it will be an issue, but if this screws up the program you laid out let me know…also do you have a vid for the proper form for good mornings???, i dont even do them, as i decided to sub them for sumo leg presses, but i want to see how low people go and how much bend there is in the knees…
i am also doing 1-2 days of cardio, 15 min run on each day, i dont think it will affect muscle growth much since it is pretty light running and for a short period of time…let me know if you think this will have a dire affect…
I think the extra upper back work is fine. I know a guy who advocates a lil extra back work HIGHLY. I would still kinda treat it like accessory work, however, and still focus on the improvement of the main lifts.
The cardio is fine too. I HIGHLY recommend the cardio be HIIT style…as it can actually improve metabolism and your anaerobic capacity as well…whereas light jogging can only burn a few extra cals in the way of mobile fatty acids.
Here is a page on good morning form, it also has a link to a video at the top of the page. This is how I do them.
Also note mention of the instruction to hold breath until near completion of each repetition. I feel this is ABSOLUTELY important. Google “valsava maneauver” to learn more about why…