First off the ridiculousness of these things never gets old for me.

A while back I was up to 4 sets of 10 with 205lbs deadlifting. Not amazing but I was proud of it. Then I pulled a glute muscle and generally my joints aren’t great so I took time to heal and to physically therapy. Been starting back slow and keep getting delayed cause work and life but I’m slowly working back up to it. Everything took a hit and weights been reduced across the board but I’m not gonna let myself get discouraged. Some progress better than no progress.

What are you all working towards? Have a strategy? Want to boast on your gains or vent your frustrations?

    • 201dberg@lemmygrad.mlOP
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      2 years ago

      Squats are the bane of my existence. My hip joints just don’t like bending that way and I’m there no way I’ll ever be able to do a deep squat. I’ve been doing weighted lunges to to try and work the muscles I can’t get low enough in a squat to hit. I’ve found my knees and glutes like the lunges more than squats to boot.

        • 201dberg@lemmygrad.mlOP
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          2 years ago

          I AM going to cut some wedges out of some 4X6 blocks I have and try those eventually. I just have to get off my butt and out to the barn to cut some. lol.

          I can get just low enough without to get to proper squat but it seems like there always a risk of pissing off something. My ankle mobility is fine when you measure how far I can bend them. I know it’s my hip joints. The physical therapist even said I should talk to my Dr about either x-rays or MRIs of them based on the pain I have and how my mobility is with them.