young_squatters Single Factor 5x5 Journal

[RipStone]

Sorry to hear about the leg. Its a good thing that you are calling a doc to get it checked out though cus it sounds like something might have been torn....I dunno but usually if its just something not too serious it goes away in a week or two if you rest the leg, but your did that and it still hasnt gone away...its sucks dude.

What kind of doc you gonna see? I am really pulling for you bro so hopefully everything is alright.

 

[young_squatter]

Sorry to hear about the leg. Its a good thing that you are calling a doc to get it checked out though cus it sounds like something might have been torn....I dunno but usually if its just something not too serious it goes away in a week or two if you rest the leg, but your did that and it still hasnt gone away...its sucks dude.

What kind of doc you gonna see? I am really pulling for you bro so hopefully everything is alright.

Just got back from the doc, and seriously I dont think he knew what he was talking about, but he said that it has something to do with my hip flexor and I should decrease my weight so it can heal, but I took 2 weeks off and it still didnt heal so I think he is wrong. So I am saying screw it and going for 275x5 deadlift tomorrow and also a 225x5 squat saturday. No pain no Gain.

 

[young_squatter]

11/23/05 Week2 Wed


Deadlifts
275x5 (This set was hard, but I had good form)...10LBPR
275x3 (I was dead after the first set, I think I rounded my back to much)
275x3 (Same as second set, last rep was horrible form, rounded my back way to much to get the weight up)

Leg Press 300x10, 350x10, 375x10 (These felt really good, I pyramided up to see how well my leg would do with the weight, very little pain with these, so next week I will up the weight to about 400-430.

Military Press
87.5x5
87.5x5...PR
87.5x3
(On Military Presses, I think im using to much of my back, when I get close to failure My body naturally leans back a little and I think this is not suppose to happen)

Duration: 72 minutes


Overall today was a ok workout. My first set of deads felt super heavy, but im pretty sure my form was ok on them, not perfect but ok. But the last 2 sets I am positive that I rounded my back a little to much. But the first set of 275 killed me. On Leg Press I pyramided the weights up a bit and still didnt go real heavy with 375, I went really deep on these to see how well my leg would handle this weight, and it didnt have pain. So I will be upping the weight next week on these. The Military Presses are going to stay at 87.5 until I can get the goss dang 3sets of 5, and I dont know if I am supposed to be leaning back at all on these, but I am. So I think I should start focusing more heavily on my form then my ego on some of my lifts.
On saturday if squats hurt, then next week I will be replacing them with another leg exercise for 3-5 weeks and continue to deadlift to work my legs and also leg press. So I dont think my squat will suffer from doing this, and even if it does ill get it back up in no time at all.
Also I am having a major problem staying motivated in lifting, I just think to myself that I am not pushing myself hard enough. So starting next week, im stopping all this bo crap going on in my head and getting 100 percent intense. I have to talk to derek about all this stuff and see what weights and exercises he recommends for next week.

P.S HAVE A WONDERFUL THANKSGIVING.

 

[djeclipse]

Just got back from the doc, and seriously I dont think he knew what he was talking about, but he said that it has something to do with my hip flexor and I should decrease my weight so it can heal, but I took 2 weeks off and it still didnt heal so I think he is wrong. So I am saying screw it and going for 275x5 deadlift tomorrow and also a 225x5 squat saturday. No pain no Gain.

From reading this thread it sounds like you are really impatient. You seem to want things to happen almost instantly and if they don't you get discouraged. You were getting advice from really experienced people on this board and Mark Ripptoe and only gave the routine a week or two before completely giving up on it. Now you've injured yourself and also want it to be healed instantly.

Some injuries can take month's to completely heal and if you don't give them time to heal they will haunt you for the rest of your life. No pain no gain is a good mind set to an extent, only you know just how bad the pain is, if it's really bad more time is needed to rest it.

On a good note, it is good to see you're making progress, congrats.

 

[young_squatter]

Thanks I think,

Yes I am really impatient when it comes to injuries, Im a lifter, and when I cant lift I get impatient. Im sure im not the only one like this.
Also about mark's routine, maybe you should read the whole journal on why I stopped it. First off I talked to mark about it and said that I could go back to him if I needed any more help, I simply could not down all the food he wanted.

And also I already discussed all of this with anotherbutters and other members in my journal. Im making good progress with my routine right now and if very pleased with my decision.

 

[young_squatter]

Incline Bench 125x5...5lbPR, 125x4, 125x3

Assisted Pullups 40x5,5...PR 30x4

Dumbell Curl 35x4, 30x5, 30x5

Skullcrushers 65x5,7,5... ALL THESE are PR.


Comments: Awesome Workout today, I walked in with my mind made up I was going to set PR. Incline Bench Felt really good, I stop like .5 to 1 inch before touching my chest because thats the farthest down I can go, All sets for Incline were stopped before failure, will bump that up to 130 next week.
Assited pullups were awesome, I had the mind muscle connection and it made them a lot easier then I thought they would be, felt awesome in the lats.
My dumbell curl was down, but I expected that due to the fact of setting PR on all my lat exercises today, which took a lot out of my biceps. No biggie.
Also some of my hypertrophy sets were down today only because I lifted at my gym back home and there machines are different then the ones at my school, there harder for some reason.

Also Did a little stretch for my leg today and it was hurting like a mother trucker. So tomorrow my main goal is to get 3sets of 225, but if I do my first set and I get pain I will drop the last 2 sets of squats and move to leg press for my last 2 sets. If it hurts from squats, then Next week squats will be replaced with leg press for strength for 3-5 weeks for my leg to most likely heal. Leg press doesnt hurt my leg like squats. And deadlifts will keep my legs in pretty good shape.

 

[anotherbutters]

I am inclined to agree with djeclipse, especially about being impatient in letting your leg heal. I was going to post something after post 212, but I thought I'd see how you got on. My own impatience led me to jumping into too much work after a week off and injuring myself. I'm also desperate to start squatting again, but I know the quickest thing I can do right now is heal.

We've both got to remember though, the biggest results come over time. What happens over a 2-3 week period is nothing when you look at the improvements over a year or two, or ten.

 

[RipStone]

Yea, well said anotherbutters. Keeping things in perspective is a good way to not only lift, but lead life in general.

Sounds like you had a "awsome" workout. Goes to show how a good attitdude will improve performance. I always strive to go into the gym with my game face on.....keep all distractions out of my lifting and focus on my goals.

 

[young_squatter]

Thanks guys, Like I said, when I squat 225 tomorrow, if I have pain I will stop and stop doing squats for 3-5 weeks and Replace it most likely with leg press for strength. I know deadlifts will keep my quads pretty strong for when I come back. It all depends on tomorrows workout.

 

[young_squatter]

Squats (Warmed up with only 95lbs and it hurt really bad, so I stopped right there, squats will be taken out of this program for a while. I am making an appointment to see a leg doctor for xrays, Im pretty sure I did some serious damage.)

Leg Press 420x10, 450x6, 460x9 (These are all PR, I was so upset with squats that I made up my mine I was going to do the leg press with 100% intensity, and thats what I did.)

SLDL 190x5, 190x5, 190x5 (PR, Bump this up to 200 next week)

Barbell shrug 175x5, x5,x5 (PR Bump this up to 185 next week)

Overall this workout was ok, the reason it was just ok is because squats have to be removed from my program which upsets me, their my favorite exercise, And I hate leg press, but I have no choice but to replace squats for a while. I most likely will not be squatting for 1 or 2 months, because this injury feels like its a lot more serious then I ever thought. I just hope deadlifts will keep my legs in good enough shape.
But awesome physiques are not built in a year, it takes many years. So I know that taking squats out for a while will let me fully recover. Leg Press doesnt hurt as bad as squats, It does make my upper leg a little sore, but nothing like squats.

HERE IS A PIC OF ME HOLDING THE PART OF MY LEG THAT HURTS WHEN I SQUAT. http://usera.imagecave.com/young_squatter/P1010006.JPG