n=1, but I've certainly experienced permanent increased ROM from lifting and no stretching in addition.

Just do some yoga, like mattie.

Finally something I can get behind.

Mattie, that is.

Its certainly possible. Especially if you did slow controlled eccentrics.

3/3:

Well, today I decided that I wasn't going to run and that I wanted to try out some squats again. I did lots of warmups. Quad and hamstring stretches and some ab/adductor things I've been doing for the last couple days.

HBBS:

Slowly got to 225 and did a few sets of 5, Then I probably did 10 sets of 235x5 and then 5 at 245x5. Reps felt better and better after ~10 sets but I'm still not using my right glute/hamstring as much as I need to be. It's so obvious during the ascension how uneven I am. Well, hopefully squatting regularly again with lots of reps at low-ish weight will help. I plan to do this again in a few days

Bench:

Haven't benched in a while but the pushups are helping! Did 195x5x8 fairly easily and even a 200x5 to top it off. Before the pushups, I would feel a little uneven on my right side when I'd get tired on my 4th or 5th reps. My torso would twist and I'd use my left side a little more. However, today, I didn't notice any of that at all and was pretty stable and even even on my 5th reps. Good stuff.

Chipotle:

dbl meat + guac, obv.

Can you show us a video of your issues?

Yeah mean the hip thing? There are many issues lol.

I could take a vid from behind as to show how my right hip is that much higher than my right. I think that'll be a great idea actually.

Ok

I ment of the imbalance during squats. FYI it probably helps for spotting it if you don't wear a shirt, but I know how that sounds so maybe just tuck it nice and tight. If it's loose it just hides all the angles

Yeah I'm not going to squat shirtless in my gym, lol. But I will try and keep it tight so we can see angles

Can you at least reconsider?

3/5:

Pretty DOMSy from those squats the other day so didn't want to do legs at all.

Failed my 100pus today. 39, 32, 29 22, 26 17, 22+ 18. Yikes.

Afterwards did a million sets of OHP at 95 and 105. Mainly trying to focus on keeping my scap down on my right side. At heavier weights I'm going to cheat but I need to learn how to lift it properly first. Also supersetted with some banded rows to target my midtraps.

Did some other stuff. was at the gym like 2 hrs lol

3/6:

Legs feeling better so I made today a squat day. Lots of stretching and stuff beforehand while binging on HoC. Mostly just sitting on the ground, back against the couch, feet a foot or so from my butt. Deep stretch in my hips, mostly my right one where the issues are.

HBBS:

2 sets at 225x5 and about 13 sets of 245x5. I recorded one of my last sets:



And this was one of my best sets! That last rep = yikes. But it happens every set as I get tired. And as the weight goes up I do it on earlier reps as well.

This is some chaos and pain level squat training your doing. Mirin

You mean bc of the volume? It's light. Not really enough to tire me out, clearly

I mean, lol mobility and all that, but your right knee is significantly less external rotated than your left at every point of the lift. Pretty sure I have a similar issue.

You do know the only real solution to your problems is to stop lifting heavy weights, right? No ones body is mechanically perfect. But for most of us (at least through our 30s) our bodies are good enough to get by without too much pain or issues, unless we stress is too much, like say doing 15 sets of 5 of 245 pound squats.

They're basically airsquats

I meant right hip, but whatever

I'm caught up in the majesty of the last episode of Downtown Flabbey

Ah, yeah, but the knee follows the hip's path so it worked. I rewatched a few times and see the imbalance there as well.

3/7:

Attempted deadlifting today.

Did some reps at 135. 185 didn't feel great at first, but then it started to feel better so I went up to 225. That was okay at the start but quickly felt horrible. I went back down to 135 to get a ton of reps in (and looked ridiculous doing so, I'm sure) and then as things were feeling a lot better I went to 185 which was good as well. Eventually did 205 which was good. 235 after which was not great and I gave up.

I drew a graph of how the deadlifting went today:



Afterwards I did some OHP stuff, curls, abs, rows etc.

Finished with a 2mi run at 9mph. It was actually pretty easy. 13:17 was my time.

cliff notes of the hamstring issue?

I started getting this odd tightness in both of my upper hamstrings when deadlifting in the fall after not deadlifting for a long time. I didn't think much of it and continued squatting without issue. Eventually the hamstring discomfort started affecting my squats as I came out of the hole...it was as if my hamstrings turned off in the middle of the rep which would turn light weight into real grinders.

Basically I haven't been able to figure out how to deal with this issue yet, but I'm also noticing how my hips are uneven (see video from a few days ago) which may be related.

ftfy

Keep stretching those hip flexors and hams man. You'll get sorted for sure.

Odd tightness in upper hams? Gimme a ****ing break. I had such horrible hamstring tightness I posted a video trying to explain how bad it was. 6 months of following advice of an expert and I am pretty close to touching my toes with a pretty neutral back. Sure, I have long arms so that helps but I couldn't go barely reach a 45 degree hinge just a short while ago and stretched them for years and rolled them so much last couple of years. Now I never do any of that stupid meaningless **** and see improvements every week.

What is said expert advice? Asking for a friend.

Going to bed but off the top of my head - Dont stretch your hamstrings. Go rest and unload the areas/joints causing discomfort. Desensitize pain thus increase the pain threshold. Dont ****ing foam roll anything unless you are into some bdsm play and like the pain. Work on strengthing core (that takes load off other joints and increased ROM in distil joints while keeping spine stable) and do some single leg balance work to groove correct motor patterns. Clean up daily activities and movements that are otherwise reducing your overall capacity in the gym.

Or just keep spinning your wheels trying to stretch out a tight upper hamstring. It's utterly stupid logic.