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| McMuffin_Gains |  | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 15:07 |
 Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | matthewvc said: 240kg squat looked piss easy on that - was thinking where's the lift not the warmup. Cheers, yeah it felt pretty strong. As I explained in a different thread Smolov troubled my already s**t calf muscles somewhat and by the 240 it was really hurting. Thought 250 was there for sure just didn't want to completely destroy my leg, it's still on the mend now, weeks later. | ||
| Buddha | | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 15:34 |
 Coached by deine Mutter Member 5887, 145 posts SQ 182, BP 115, DL 200497.0 kgs @ 83kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 24.10.2015 @ 15:38 PM by Buddha Did you tried to roll(foam) the calves out? And also the reason for your pain must not be the calves itself, that bad ankles could cause the painspot? Because i read you got the ST-Cuffs, did you tried to use them at your calves? | ||
| McMuffin_Gains | | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 16:04 |
Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | Buddha said:Did you tried to roll(foam) the calves out? And also the reason for your pain must not be the calves itself, that bad ankles could cause the painspot? Because i read you got the ST-Cuffs, did you tried to use them at your calves? I find the foam roller does very little for my calfs, I can get some tension out with a lacrosse ball however the only thing that has a very noticeable impact is soft tissue massage which is an expensive luxury I cannot always afford. It is very difficult to say what the cause of the issue is for certain. I believe inadequate ankle flexibility to be an issue which I am working on but there is definitely more to it. It is normally easily manageable but the volume of squatting I was doing had a compounding effect and it got worse faster than it recovered. The cuffs are for my elbows, the distal bicep tendon area specifically. I suffer from discomfort when pressing heavy and I already find the cuffs to be doing a great job of reducing this. The discomfort is due to what seems to be a chronic case of myofascial adhesion in the lower bicep and whilst I can manipulate this myself to an extent, soft tissue massage is once again the only thing to have a lasting effect. | ||
| Fazc |  | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 16:23 |
 Sports an extremely muscular arse. Member 38, 6253 posts | Post Edited: 24.10.2015 @ 16:33 PM by Fazc McMuffin_Gains said: Cheers, yeah it felt pretty strong. As I explained in a different thread Smolov troubled my already s**t calf muscles somewhat and by the 240 it was really hurting. Thought 250 was there for sure just didn't want to completely destroy my leg, it's still on the mend now, weeks later. For whatever reason frequency (4-6 times a week) killed my calves a couple years ago. A few of us found that paused work mitigated some of the damage, FYI. | ||
| McMuffin_Gains | | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 16:34 |
Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | Fazc said: For whatever reason frequency (4-6 to mess a week) killed my calves a couple years ago. A few of us found that paused work mitigated some of the damage, FYI. Thats interesting because I'm fairly certain the symptoms are worsened by rebound bouncing out of the hole so paused work giving you less grief would make sense. Cheers. | ||
| Buddha | | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 16:57 |
Coached by deine Mutter Member 5887, 145 posts SQ 182, BP 115, DL 200497.0 kgs @ 83kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 24.10.2015 @ 17:00 PM by Buddha If it helps, it is a commun issue, so Dan Green also had a answer: Unfortunately that is a common problem people get. It's basically from the compression of the hamstring and lower leg and ankle. Any tight muscles around the calves, achilles, peroneals, IT band and quad can all contribute. Because it's an overuse injury primarily, however, you'd likely just need to back off a bit, let the problem subside, then build up the weights and volumes at a speed that you CAN handle not necessarily the speed you WANT to handle. McMuffin_Gains said: Thats interesting because I'm fairly certain the symptoms are worsened by rebound bouncing out of the hole so paused work giving you less grief would make sense. Cheers. I actually had the problem with highbar pause squats and to deep frontsquats, when i started to mobilize practically everything and doing the weighted barbell stretch and a toe, ankle, calve stretch the problem vanished. http://sportivnypress.com/documents/54/htmlimport_cao_Lei_knee... | ||
| Rodger | | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 17:34 |
 salad dodger *missing* Member 1805, 10367 posts SQ 215, BP 121, DL 240576.0 kgs @ 100kgs UnEq | Do you do much ankle mobilization before squats and deads mate? | ||
| McMuffin_Gains | | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 18:21 |
Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | Rodger said:Do you do much ankle mobilization before squats and deads mate? I never did, never felt any need to as they didn't appear to be the cause of any problems i was having. That was until recently when I tried bodyweight squatting to depth and realised I couldn't without holding on to something to stop me falling backwards. That itself suggests the strain through my calf when forced into the hole with a loaded bar on my back must be of significance. So I have started doing so now but unfortunately as my calf is already f**ked, I can't tell if it's helping or not haha. | ||
| Buddha | | ... | 24-10-2015 @ 19:01 |
Coached by deine Mutter Member 5887, 145 posts SQ 182, BP 115, DL 200497.0 kgs @ 83kgs UnEq | Post Edited: 24.10.2015 @ 19:06 PM by Buddha McMuffin_Gains said: now but unfortunately as my calf is already f**ked, I can't tell if it's helping or not haha. Wait, but actually you got a strained calf(ice, ibu and rest?) weigh about 140ish and you still squat 200+ and deadlift 300+, don't you think it will make your condition worse, because you put alot of additional pressure at your body. Sorry, i accidentally read torn instead of strained. | ||
| McMuffin_Gains | | ... | 25-10-2015 @ 14:19 |
Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | Squats 60 x 3 100 x 3 140 x 2 160 x 2 180 x 2 200 x 2 210 x 2 220 x 1 Then some bicep work. Calf doesn't feel too bad today | ||
| McMuffin_Gains | | ... | 26-10-2015 @ 15:31 |
Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | Bench 60 x 5 80 x 5 100 x 3 130 x 3 130 x 3 130 x 3 140 x 1 - 2 board 145 x 1 - 2 board 150 x 1 - 2 board 155 x FAIL - 3 board - I believe I have found my sticking point, it reads odd as 3 board is quite high off the chest however upon review, considering I bench close grip in the three board position it is when I am at my most disadvantaged with the least amount of muscle recruited, sort of like benching from parallel. I am far stronger an inch or two either side of parallel. I will now utilise three board, paused repetition work with lighter weight to combat this weakness. I also did a lot of tricep and chest assistance work. | ||
| McMuffin_Gains | | ... | 27-10-2015 @ 21:22 |
Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | Today I squatted but suffered badly with elbow pain. I believe this is due to them been sore from yesterdays benching and also I believe tight shoulders/chest was limiting flexibility therefore placing further strain on the elbows. I then moved some strongman implements from my house over to my Dads new place which is massive. He is dedicating the entire double garage to gym space, it's a very large, neat space, plastered, painted etc and he is spending around £7000 on a rack, bars, weights and other essential equipment. It will be a great facility to have 10 minutes from my house. | ||
| b15ape1 | | ... | 27-10-2015 @ 22:23 |
 British bum sex champ Member 450, 1741 posts SQ 315, BP 212.5, DL 290817.5 kgs @ 137kgs Eq | McMuffin_Gains said: He is dedicating the entire double garage to gym space, it's a very large, neat space, plastered, painted etc and he is spending around £7000 on a rack, bars, weights and other essential equipment. It will be a great facility to have 10 minutes from my house. Sounds the dogs danglers tbh mate  | ||
| McMuffin_Gains | | ... | 29-10-2015 @ 21:03 |
Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | Deadlift singles. Warm-up 180 260 280 300 Light back assistance for half an hour. | ||
| McMuffin_Gains | | ... | 30-10-2015 @ 15:58 |
Help me rescue my Insulina. Member 5366, 1090 posts | Strict Press 40 x 5 60 x 5 70 x 3 80 x 3 90 x 3 Slingshot close grip bench 80 x 25 80 x 15 Tricep assistance for half hour | ||