Hello, and a couple questions

[Serea]

Hi. I've been lurking on this board for a while now. I'd like to thank everyone for their time posting here, it's been a great education.

I'm trying to get muscular, but not huge. So I'd call myself a strength trainer/bodybuilder more than anything, or perhaps I'm a bodybuilder as opposed to a powerlifter.

Anyway, I have a couple questions.

Is it ok to elevate your heels while doing squats to hit the quads more, or will that injure the knees in any way? I seem to get my gluts a lot more sore than my quads when doing normal squats (and lunges).

When I do military press, standing or seated, my lower back/upper pelvis area gets very stressed. I think it's something to do with the sacroiliac. I do good-mornings and romanian deadlifts to strengthen that area, but it doesn't seem to help with the military press. Should I just avoid military press altogether and go for forward and lateral raises to hit the lateral deltoid?

Thanks very much for any help.

 

[The Red Dragon]

I heard lifting your heels is bad. If you want to hit quads more do front squats.
I don't know how to help you with your overhead press problem =/ sorry.

 

[T-Rage]

First, I have also read in countless books not to use the board under your heels for reasons I don't remember.

I can say this, though, it was probably a bodybuilding thing to help target more of the frontal quad area. I would NOT do it.

Regarding the lower back/hip thingy. My philosphy is that if you have a weak area don't simply avoid it (although you did try to target the area). I would continue trying different things to strengthen the core first and lower the weight you are using for military press. People think they can handle weight because their shoulders can but their core can't. Coming off a lower back injury I'm quite guilty of this. Take your time with lighter weights and they may allow you back/hip area to gain strenght indirectly.

 

[SofaGeorge]

Put a plate under your heals = knee problems down the road

 

[bigstve12]

the sacroiliac joint takes a lot of weight bearing, my guess is your using a barbell for your overhead stuff?? Try dumbells. If your already using dumbells then i dont know...sorry