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Does anyone have any ideas for my wife? She has weak knees from years of dance. She can do about half to a little below half squats but past that it just hurts too much. Help?

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03-29-2012 , 06:32 PM

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she might not have enough weight on her back, were they just air (bodyweight) squats?

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03-29-2012 , 06:48 PM

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Yeah air squats

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03-29-2012 , 06:49 PM

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She says she has pain just walking up stairs.

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03-29-2012 , 06:51 PM

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Squats cure cancer, creaky old lady knees are no match for squats

I would almost guarantee that squatting can only makes things better, as it sounds like it would be hard to make them worse

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03-29-2012 , 07:09 PM

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thats what i thought

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03-29-2012 , 07:16 PM

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if it hurts to squat I would not recommend squatting.

My knees hurt when getting close to parallel at 200+ Cha said foam roll the **** out of your legs. I'm taking 10 days off from squatting and seeing how it goes. He says the biggest problem is going to be the lower quad, just don't forget the bottom of foot, IT band, hamstring, and glutes.

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03-30-2012 , 03:43 AM

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Kinda at a crossroads lately. Want to lose my gut, but don't want to sacrifice current strength or future gains. Is there anything I can do?

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03-30-2012 , 03:51 AM

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Want it more

With good dieting and a lot of WIM you could drop some serious poundage off your gut but not your lifts

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03-30-2012 , 08:20 AM

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This, although I would also use a lacrosse ball - it's really more effective. Add some dynamic warm-ups before squatting and I'd bet she's going to be good to go.

Jeff,
aiming for actual strength gains (beyond teeny tiny ones) while dropping serious poundage is wishful thinking for most people with non-rank novice levels of strength. At least without drugs. If I were you, I'd aim for either continuing to gain strength (eating at maintenance or slightly above if needed) or losing BF (eating at say a 25% deficit). Programming won't necessarily change too much between the two. If you are one of the lucky genetically blessed, your strength will still go up.

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03-30-2012 , 11:21 AM

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This, although I would also use a lacrosse ball - it's really more effective. Add some dynamic warm-ups before squatting and I'd bet she's going to be good to go.

^ This

If you don't roll a ton and have a PVC pipe or black foam roller, you can roll with the roller first on your legs and *then* once that superficial **** has been worked on a bit, get the lacrosse ball out and really relax into the tight spots from different angles imo.

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03-30-2012 , 05:42 PM

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bad workout today. failed on the fifth rep on my second set of squats. weight felt huge video of first set. totally spent after these. bench was the same story failed on the fifth rep of the first set. went to 150 for the last two sets. video of second set. deads were next, with how good i did last week i thought id smoke these. not so much, warm ups felt good even with hook grip. only got the bar up four times. annoyed.

squats fail @ 240
bench fail @ 155
deads fail @ 285

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03-30-2012 , 06:13 PM

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Also didn't think my deadlift looked that good. Honestly thought it was going to be cringe worthy.

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04-02-2012 , 08:23 PM

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Squats felt huge today, but I got em! 240 which is a new pr. It felt like I imagine 340 feeling. Took my rest and took big breaths and finished the sets. Ohp actually started off great. Got the first two sets with decent bar speed. Failed on the last rep of the last set after getting the bar past my head which was surprising to me. Skipped kroc rows because I was running late.

squats 3x5x240 pr!!!
ohp 2x5x120, 1x4x120

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04-02-2012 , 10:33 PM

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Nice job, dude! Congrats on PR!

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04-02-2012 , 10:44 PM

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use collars on the squats, no reason not to

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04-02-2012 , 11:25 PM

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use collars on the squats, no reason not to

+100

not to mention, set your pins higher

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04-02-2012 , 11:27 PM

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Spenda's right use collars. I sound like a broken record....... Keep your head up. Really watch your video and take a look at what is happening when you look down. Post 263 look at your last rep you are struggling and then watch where your head goes and you finish the rep. I would also get some chalk for the deads.

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04-03-2012 , 02:39 AM

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I guess I agree about the collars. I also need chalk and shoes. Do you really think I should set the pins higher?

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04-03-2012 , 02:58 AM

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yes, seeing how the bottom of your squat is 2 feet above it

we don't mean where the bar is sitting, we mean the safety bars at the bottom, can they be moved?

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04-03-2012 , 06:00 AM

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I get it now. Yeah I can move the pins and will next time I squat. I will also work on looking forward. I know were not supposed to look up but doesn't rip say look at 30degree downward angle?

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04-05-2012 , 06:14 AM

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I cannot make a decision on which shoes to buy. I have around $100 to spend, might go a bit more if its worth it. I have been on wishoes forever looking at the adidas powerlifting shoe but I'm worried about the eva heel. I don't want any give, and obviously right now it shouldn't be a problem. But I want a shoe that will last a while. I guess I'll keep looking.

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04-05-2012 , 06:59 AM

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I have the ironworks II, used them for 2.5 years without issues. The heel was a bit too high for my liking though so I had a cobbler (yeah, they still exist) file it down to half size. FYI if you have broad/wide feet they're not such a good fit.

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04-05-2012 , 09:13 PM

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From the cradle to the grave, it has been a walk of shame.

Today sucked. Slept crappy. Was tired. Got to the gym, warm ups were good. Smith machine 1/2 squatter next to me tilted me a lot. Failed on the first rep cause of a bad breath/too heavy. Went to 225 did three reps that were a grind. Don't really know what's up. Left after that. I'll go back saturday after some good food and some sleep.

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