*** The 2013 Gym Rats Thread ***

I'm very much thinking when I eventually move on to my bulk phase, I will do the 'generic bulking routine' by Lyle Mcdonald. A friend swears by him and he is the one that I has been telling what to do so far and things have worked more or less.

So I'm gona continue and do this routine he suggests.

For those not familiar here is the routine. (More info)

Now the reason why I post is that I have knee issues. ATG squats is out of the question.

I suppose I could do partials, having done some work on the leg press my knees might be able to take it.... partial squats better than no squats right?

However curls of any kind are out of the question, which is what my physio has told me.

So with that in mind any one have any ideas of good leg mass/strength builders which they think wont be too taxing on the knees?

Where do kettle bell swings fit in? Are they considered a lower body exercise upper body or just fullbody?
 
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Delvis said:
Can I ask, what have you tried on your legs?

Squats? Lunges? Split squats? Hack squat? Leg press?
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Leg Press I do regularily.

Lunges I have tried and need practice. Physio wants me to do em.

Split squats never tried it, this was one thng freind wanted me to try. (I think I would have to start out pretty light on something like this.)

Squats, I tried a while back and that just caused me pain.
 
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Bulgarian split squats, start them at BW and see how they feel. Hell, you can try them right now with your sofa/chair/bed.

How much weight is on the leg press when you do it? What's your BW now?
 
Delvis said:
Bulgarian split squats, start them at BW and see how they feel. Hell, you can try them right now with your sofa/chair/bed.

How much weight is on the leg press when you do it? What's your BW now?
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I can go fairly heavy with the leg press, simply becuase it doesnt put the same kind of strain (thank god) as squats do on my knee, so it seems with this leg excersise at least the sky is the limit as to how heavy I can go.

I am currently pressing 107kg and am increasing 1.25kg a week so far. (and I'm dieting)

Oh and Im 65kg at the moment.
 
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Random ache pain in my lower bicep every 20 mins or so,I haven't been training.
and taken a week and a bit off from the gym =/

Should i go see a Dr?
 
Delvis, I seriously doubt that BSS are are good idea for a guy like opeth...

107.5 on a leg press...

WKN said:
Random ache pain in my lower bicep every 20 mins or so,I haven't been training.
and taken a week and a bit off from the gym =/

Should i go see a Dr?
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It's possible that you just have some jacked up tissue quality/tightness either around your elbow or shoulder.

Go to a physio.
 
icecold said:
Delvis, I seriously doubt that BSS are are good idea for a guy like opeth...

107.5 on a leg press...
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Probably not, but doing leg press all the time won't be doing much :p If he can leg press, you would presume some form of squatting pattern would work as well? :)

Anyway, it was more 'try them, if they hurt, don't do them'
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Would anyone check my form on squats? Doing 60kg in those videos but I would normally squat 75kg.





I think I'm doing high bar squats but I'm trying to do low bar squats. How far should the bar be down? Feels very uncomfortable holding it further down.
 
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mufcmark said:
Would anyone check my form on squats? Doing 60kg in those videos but I would normally squat 75kg.




I think I'm doing high bar squats but I'm trying to do low bar squats. How far should the bar be down? Feels very uncomfortable holding it further down.
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Post this in the form thread to keep things in one place. You will also find some videos in the OP which you should watch. Your squat certainly has some things to address.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18398834
 
Achived body weight dips today 3x10 for the first time ever!!

As for leg work... well the physio wanted me to do lunges so he must think they are beneficial.

How can I explain it... the physio told me that the reason why some things hurt and other things dont, is becuase there is only a patch of cartilidge that has been worn away.

The reason why curls, be that extensions or hamstring curls are a big no no, is becuase the knee cap will be under tension and being made to glide in it's full rom thus exposing bone to bone (which casues pain).

Same thing happens with Squats if I go down far enough. Which is why I thought, hang on, I can do partials then!

Fortunatly withthe leg press, there is no force or tension on the knee cap, so it is not coming in to contact 'bone to bone' and so doesnt casue me too much greif.

As for split squats, well I need to try em. I have done lunges before. Do they cause knee pain? Er, walking casues knee pain, so the answer to that is yes, but I live with it.

If I start light and slowly build up, I might be able to do it.

As for squats, will have to see, like I said ATG is not going to be possible and will just end in major disaster, but partials or a limited variety will most likely be very possible.
 
Post videos (privately to me if you want) of you doing those exercises you listed (leave out the extensions and curls), saying whether they hurt as you were doing them, and I'll give you my opinion of whether you can be fixed or not.

Your physio getting you to do lunges sounds a bit lolsy.
 
icecold said:
Post videos (privately to me if you want) of you doing those exercises you listed (leave out the extensions and curls), saying whether they hurt as you were doing them, and I'll give you my opinion of whether you can be fixed or not.

Your physio getting you to do lunges sounds a bit lolsy.
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Thank you for the offer, if I get a chance I will do so. I'm still a good few weeks off a bulk routine anyway. Still got flab to shift, but I'm getting there!!
 
I've always had a bad wrist since school. We were playing bulldog one day I got dump tackled but I landed on an already bent wrist, it didn't break but I got a bandage from the school nurse and it swelled for a few days. Ever since then every time I do wrist circumduction it clicks without fail. I do not get any pain doing anything like benching or deadlifting or anything like that. However if I ever do some cleans or something that requires your wrist to move quickly the day after I will have pain in my wrist if I try to rotate it, I get a sharp pain.

Also in this diagram slightly below where the arrow is, more on the wrist not the hand:


I can 'push' in a bone there and when I do that the pain goes away slightly and it feels like that's where my wrist should be however when I stop pushing it returns to the way it is.

I'm going to see a doctor/physio about it but I was wondering if anyone knows what it might be?
 
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mufcmark said:
Would anyone check my form on squats? Doing 60kg in those videos but I would normally squat 75kg.





I think I'm doing high bar squats but I'm trying to do low bar squats. How far should the bar be down? Feels very uncomfortable holding it further down.
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My nooby view =

You're doing high bar (bar is on traps). The path of the bar isn't straight (goes forward as you go down) as you're not pushing your knees out enough so you end up more bent over at the bottom than you should be. Knees out creates the space for your hips to drop into. Chest should be up. Also it does look like you're twisting (left/right imbalance?). Also stance could be a bit wider. /highbarsquatter
 
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