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
    3•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
        1•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.