Official: Gym/Workout Thread
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wnelax04sr5
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i can feel sharp pain on the back of my knee coming up only, basically from the top of the joint to the bottom, it feels almost like its a tendon type pain
TNRunner99
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Keep working at it.
In the past 4 weeks I've been working on increasing my deadlift.
Started out straining to do 315 and was compromising form.
Today, I knocked out 3 solid reps of 315 and did a 4th, but my form wasn't great. Next week I'm gonna do a small increase, maybe just add some 10lb plates. On my way to a 400lb deadlift and I will be happy.
Just an idea, but this program took me from 450 to 515 a couple of years ago. I'm thinking of running it again to get back to 500 post back injury. I remember it being a very difficult workout, though.
Tsampa.org: Coan-Phillipi 10 Week Deadlift Routine
Also, I skipped the lat pulldowns because I have no way of doing them in my basement. You could substitute pull ups, I suppose, but I did just fine without them. Like I said, just a suggestion to help you hit your 400lb goal.
Last night's squat workout went very well! didn't really follow my workout,all that well & instead went by how I felt. Not gonna list the other lifts, but for squats I did:
Empty bar X 8
135 X 5
185 X 3
230 X 2
280 X 2
320 X 2
370 X 2
405 X 2
Followed up with some rack pulls & a couple of other things.
I really did not expect to be able to do the last set of squats and was very surprised an how easy it felt. Perhaps I haven't lost as much strength as I thought.
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TNRunner99
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Awesome Thanks for the link. I just emailed the workout to myself to have at the gym. I've been wanting to mix up my routine a bit cause I don't like doing deadlifts on my leg day like I have been doing. I like to do them on back days like the workout has listed. My gym has a lat pulldown so no issue there. Thanks!
WillK
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Sorry man, I missed this last night...
No swelling? Is it acute pain? I'd say back-off lifts that bother perform some exercises to make sure your knee is strong like the one Eric posted a few posts ago. (Not the Hitler one, one before that one...)
My results may not be typical, but Ed Coan is a legend, so this should help you make some kind of increase. Hope it works as well for you as it did for me!
wnelax04sr5
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i get a little swelling under my kneecap, its not acute really, but if i had to pick one location where its the most sever, id say it was inside the joint itself, not like an outside kind of pain
WillK
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And a bad burning sensation when you pee....
Or if you get stabbed, or shot. Well, at least if it burns when you pee....
t4r4life
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You just take a pinnecillin and forget that night ever happened
wnelax04sr5
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I've never really had any instability, I've been playing basketball on and off, lacrosse occasionally, and still can jump, plant, and change direction no problem
TNRunner99
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May just have to rest it for a bit from lifting. Tendons and joints just take longer to recover. Hopefully thats it. I try to avoid the doc at all costs.
LandCruiser
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Now that I've moved and live 5 minutes away from the gym, I've been running on the hamster wheel (treadmill) daily and using the Nautilus machines.
I was hoping to lose weight, but instead muscle took its place.
Could be worse, I guess.
I was hoping to lose weight, but instead muscle took its place.
Could be worse, I guess.
TNRunner99
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The soreness always hits me 48 hrs. after I do legs.
wnelax04sr5
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just picked up a gig where i went to high school to help out after school with a weight lifting program, kinda like a supervisor/mentor, but the best part is i get to work out while I'm there 
WillK
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just picked up a gig where i went to high school to help out after school with a weight lifting program, kinda like a supervisor/mentor, but the best part is i get to work out while I'm there
Sweet!
