young_squatters Single Factor 5x5 Journal

[RipStone]

Don't throw a good workout program out of the window just because you can't train legs for a while. I suggest you stick to the original program and just omit squats for a week or two. The time will soon pass.

Think of your body as having a certain amount of recouperative ability per week. Skipping legs for a few workouts will put less of a burden on you so your system will have some spare capacity to heal your leg. If you pound yourself into the ground with three hard days of upper body workouts, recovering from that is going to slow down the leg getting better.

The quickest thing to do is let it heal.

Great advice butters and I agree 100%.

Also, YS- I looked at the pic where you said your leg hurts. I actually had a similar problem a while back when I first started doing squats correctly. That is, using a power stance with my feet pointed out a little(kinda duck footed as they say). I took a little time off from doing squats and deadlifts and the pain subsided when I went to train those lifts again. I was POed too cus it was in the middle of CW's 10x3 cycle and I was finally seeing some increases in my lifts, but I basiclly thought just how Macdow dercribed you should think in his above post.

Here is a post I made about it from another forum...

http://forums.jpfitness.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?/ubb/get_topic/f/10/t/000368.html

 

[young_squatter]

Thanks guys

Anotherbutters- Ill keep the workout the same but I believe that this would be a good time to throw some assitance exercises in as well. So I am going to do this next week.

What do you think next week should look like? I need to throw in some upper back work and I also need some tricep work. Im have to do the program without the squats, I need to add some assitance in the program well I can.

So can you guys help me come up with a program for next week? MWF?

Also dont know if I should be doing deadlifts next week or not?

 

[Guinness5.0]

HEY GUYS CLICK ON THIS LINK, THE WHITE ARROW IS POINTING TO THE PART OF MY LEG THAT HURTS.

http://usera.imagecave.com/young_squatter/untitled.bmp.jpg

What's your BF% in that pic?

And yeah the routine you came up with is a mess. Do you know why?

 

[young_squatter]

What's your BF% in that pic?

And yeah the routine you came up with is a mess. Do you know why?

I dunno, but thats what I look like, I dont know what my bf is? want to estimate it for me? LOL.

Also the routine is a mess because I am a damn moron.


I just want some help with the routine I should be doing tomorrow, and also next week.

 

[Madcow2]

Dude, just do what's layed out and realize you won't be squatting. Oh well. If you can dead without it bothering your leg, do it. If not, maybe do some RDL or whatever for a while. Maybe partial pulls in the rack or some dynamic shrugging. There's no point in optimizing the hell out of a temporary stop gap until you heal up enough. I doubt you'll need more than a couple weeks. Life is long, worry less about the gym which for most people here is cosmetic anyway.

 

[young_squatter]

Dude, just do what's layed out and realize you won't be squatting. Oh well. If you can dead without it bothering your leg, do it. If not, maybe do some RDL or whatever for a while. Maybe partial pulls in the rack or some dynamic shrugging. There's no point in optimizing the hell out of a temporary stop gap until you heal up enough. I doubt you'll need more than a couple weeks. Life is long, worry less about the gym which for most people here is cosmetic anyway.

Thanks madcow, There is no way I am taking two weeks off legs. I would die from worry about them. Tomorrow Im going to replace squats with barbell rows. Or maybe some shurgs. Next week I will just sub another exercise in for squats, it all depends on how I feel. Im going to do what I feel I can do at the time.

Tomorrows and wed's workout is going to be like this

Barbell Rows or Shurgs
Military Press
Hyperextensions
Chin Ups
Tricep Exercise (This is a maybe)

Monday And Friday is going to be like this
Bench Press
Deadlifts if I can do them, Or SLDL if it dont hurt my leg or ill sub in dumbell Press if I cant do any deadlifts.
Either shurgs or barbell rows what ever I dont do on wed.
And maybe some really light squats just to see how the leg is doing on Friday.

 

[Vita]

you've got some dedication, just don't worry so much about plumping up so fast, it won't happen. and let your leg heal, it's not worth the risk of injury, then you really will HAVE to take more time off, and be kicking yourself in the ass for not taking care of it. good luck!

 

[young_squatter]

you've got some dedication, just don't worry so much about plumping up so fast, it won't happen. and let your leg heal, it's not worth the risk of injury, then you really will HAVE to take more time off, and be kicking yourself in the ass for not taking care of it. good luck!

Thanks man, The reason Im dedicated is because lifting literally saved my life.

 

[young_squatter]

11/3/05 Week2 Thursday

Cardio: Elipitical
Time: 30 Minutes
Distance:3.45 miles
Calories: 430

Stretching for my leg.


My leg was really sore this morning, I no that I did more damage to it then I should have by lifting on it when it was hurt. The cardio made it suprisingly feel a lot better, dont know why but it did. Now I am just trying to find out what my workout tomorrow and next week is going to look like without legs.

 

[anotherbutters]

Thanks man, The reason Im dedicated is because lifting literally saved my life.

Why?

Now I am just trying to find out what my workout tomorrow and next week is going to look like without legs.

Kinda short