Matt's Mission For Size

Buffman · 3 Feb 2013 at 12:10

Pretty sure leg extensions can be pretty harsh on the knees.

Matutu · 3 Feb 2013 at 12:14

Yes but I thought very light to strengthen this small area of my quad and try and bring it up to scratch with my right leg?

mrthingyx · 3 Feb 2013 at 12:43

Just do what the physio suggests.

After that is better, Bulgarian split squats. For both legs.

Matutu · 4 Feb 2013 at 10:43

Guys,

Due to my knee obviously I have been keeping all my weight workouts to upper body parts....... This is deffo getting boring! Legs were my best day as I loved the compound elements.

Cant wait to get back to my Deads/Squats and leg press!

Matutu · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:09

Ok updated pic as its been a while up to 11stone flat now so keeping going, obviously not training legs but upper body abit more.

Syla5 · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:32

Do you have flat feet?

Matutu · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:35

Yes very flat footed

Syla5 · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:55

Damn

Matutu · 4 Feb 2013 at 19:55

Whys that Syla?

Syla5 · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:24

Oh I meant damn in general to flat feet, I have a very flat left foot. Maybe not surprisingly, I also have a very stiff left ankle, and also on long walks etc my left knee gets tired first. Flat feet suck, and I wouldn't be suprised if yours have been a contributing factor to your knee issue. Suprised as well the physio didn't pick up n them and give you some advise on counter them along with your knee stretches etc, or did they?

Matutu · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:26

Yes they did they have refereed me when im healed to have a GAIT running analysis which should correct my issues :S.

You should take a look at that xxxxxxx

Syla5 · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:31

For me it's less of an issue as I don't run, or do any cardio really, and I am actively working on fixing the issue with lots of mobility and soft tissue work, and making sure I walk properly.

With the gait analysis are they going to look at fixing the issue, or correcting it with decent footwear/orthotics?

Matutu · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:34

Both they should do!

Scon · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:39

Hey, what's that weight tracking app called?

Matutu · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:41

Targetweight IOS

Syla5 · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:41

For me I don't like the idea of orthotics, so I am going to try fix the issue , as I don't have cardio to contend with I have the luxury of time on my side. Also yours looks a lot worse then mine.

Scon · 4 Feb 2013 at 20:54

Matutu said:
Targetweight IOS

Thanks

Matutu · 6 Feb 2013 at 11:22

Well I keep thinking that I have not really put on any size/muscle in the 4months now it has been going, and its just majority of fat! (Bad side of head speaking I think).

So did a little side to side comparison and I am actually quite pleased with the results so far!

Also the knee is a lot better only pain now I get is going down stairs, Physio again tonight, but had him last night also and stated that I will be prescribed weight recovery exercises from Saturday so very low weight but high reps of various things!

GAIT analysis booked for next Wednesday as well.

Matutu · 18 Feb 2013 at 11:07

Well Knee is coming on leaps and bounds now!

Went on Saturday for a bit of a warm up of the legs and see how I did.... Ended up doing a good set of 350kg Leg press! Felt awesome! Dead Lifts very good as well.

Only thing I found was a no no was squats, I wasnt willing to risk the squat rack so Just tried a non weight Hack Squat and that did cause not pain but discomfort. So very pleased with the progress so far.

Just need to find a way to hit my Quads in the mean time as Leg Press etc always seem to hit Glutes really well but never quads

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mrthingyx · 18 Feb 2013 at 11:38

If squatting is hurting your knees you're doing it wrong.

However, I can't remember from your thread (not reading it again) what you actually injured, so this is probably being aggravated by bad movement.

Will have to dig out a paper on squatting and knee stress to look at the mechanics again...