Goblet squats felt easier, but in all honesty that’s probably because I was divebombing them
Finished with groin, hamstring, glute and hip flexor stretching. I swear no matter what I do I can’t get my hip flexors to loosen up. Any suggestions? @duketheslaya@caesium32@strongmanbrett
Band squat holds:
Next time your in the gym loop the band just above your knees and do a squat. Hold it in the bottom squat position for 30 seconds making sure your keeping your knees out and a good squat position. Repeat a few times or until hips feel better. Really opens the hips up
Try the band thingy during your warmup and cool down
My hips are pretty tight really but basically the only stretches I do when I rarely do them are:
The one Duke said
Lie on my back with one leg bent so my foot is flat on the bed then put the side of my other leg against my thigh and push my knee, so I’m externally rotating my hip of side not on the bed. Does that make sense?
Lie on my back and without rotating my body and with knees bent at 90 degrees and together, twist my legs to the side so the side of my leg touches the bed. This is probably more glutes and lower back but it’s my favourite.
What I will say though is why are you trying to stretch it? I used to always and never really felt any better for it now I don’t and I feel the exact same if not better. In your case it sounds like you’ve just tweaked something so I would just rest. But you seem very knowledgeable and I’m very lazy so maybe ignore me.
Probably a miscommunication on my behalf, but it’s only really my hip flexors (like upper quads) that are tight. For some reason I can do a full pigeon stretch and almost do the splits, so my groin and glutes are okay.
I’ve tried that classic hip flexor stretch, as well as doing it with a deeper bend in my knee but I never really feel I get a deep enough stretch, which is annoying because that seems to be the ‘best stretch available’
Last night I went at it with a rolling pin, which actually seemed to help, so maybe my issue is trigger points rather than tightness
Friday 21st of September Deadlifts: 3’s Wave, Week 3
Just wanna say, this session kicked some ass
Warm-Up:
Ankle Mobility
2x20 TKE’s
Hip Dynamic Warm-Up
Deadlifts: ss 10s/side SA RKC Plank
60x lots
72.5x3
85x3
95x3
107.5x3 belt on
120x3
120 moved so much better than when I went for it a month ago. Very promising.
Front Squats: ss with 10+10+10s RKC Planks
37.5x8
50x8 harder than I would’ve liked, made me worried
62.5x10 belt on PR
The last set was really easy. I think I had a huge mental block trying for 60x10, because finally getting that set, and hitting this set, was easier than expected.
I wonder if this is the problem I’m having with my Z-Press
. Adding two plates shouldn’t be that hard… right?