Worked out at Crossfit Elite Fitness Academy in Monrovia with Eric LeClair. The place was pretty sweet, it has 4 olympic platforms parallel to to each other which were extended across the entire floor so it could fit at least 12 lifters at once and at least 4 squat racks. The bumper plates were rubber and a lot fatter than the ones at wooden so it looks like you lift a lot more than you do. Eric was helping me work on form for deadlift as well, keeping the back tight and getting more power from the hips.
Deadlift off blocks (used plates about 3 inches high)
275x3
295x3
315xfail
305x3
GHR
3 sets of 15
Overhead Squats
65x10x3
Showing posts with label overhead squat. Show all posts
Showing posts with label overhead squat. Show all posts
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Tuesday, June 9, 2009
rehab squat
my knees seem to be doing better...i've been making sure to ice them every day and i've been massaging the tendons. i'm pretty sure it's just tendinitis flaring up a bit.
however, my right hip area has been weird...it feels like it is super tight or jammed up? the psoas major/iliacus does not feel good when i am at the bottom of my squat.
taking it easy for now with squats...
135x1x6
165x1x4
185x2x4
hip area was not feeling so great so i did some light-weight overhead squats...
95x3x6
115x2x5
and then some light front squats. i'm starting to get used to holding the weight oly style.
95x3x6
115x2x5
rippetoe style press
115x5x5
finished with some captain's chair abs and LOTS of foam rolling.
i hate not being able to squat.
and jake (or whoever), please comment on this...when i was doing overhead squats and front squast, my knees were very much pointed out to the sides. this seemed to be the only way i could hit depth and stay balanced, and it felt very comfortable. for my normal squat, my knees don't point out nearly as much. should my knees be pointing out more on my normal squat? or is there some part of me that is sucks at flexibility and that is why my knees have to point out with the overhead/front squats?
also, any ideas on stretches/things to do for rehab of the psoas major/iliacus (aka the part of my hip/leg that is directly opposite my glutes)?
however, my right hip area has been weird...it feels like it is super tight or jammed up? the psoas major/iliacus does not feel good when i am at the bottom of my squat.
taking it easy for now with squats...
135x1x6
165x1x4
185x2x4
hip area was not feeling so great so i did some light-weight overhead squats...
95x3x6
115x2x5
and then some light front squats. i'm starting to get used to holding the weight oly style.
95x3x6
115x2x5
rippetoe style press
115x5x5
finished with some captain's chair abs and LOTS of foam rolling.
i hate not being able to squat.
and jake (or whoever), please comment on this...when i was doing overhead squats and front squast, my knees were very much pointed out to the sides. this seemed to be the only way i could hit depth and stay balanced, and it felt very comfortable. for my normal squat, my knees don't point out nearly as much. should my knees be pointing out more on my normal squat? or is there some part of me that is sucks at flexibility and that is why my knees have to point out with the overhead/front squats?
also, any ideas on stretches/things to do for rehab of the psoas major/iliacus (aka the part of my hip/leg that is directly opposite my glutes)?
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