There is always room for improvement! šŸ’ŖšŸ¼

bluemax_1 said:
Yeah. Always have to be careful about overtraining.

Learned a similar lesson back in college. Went a little crazy doing donkey calf raises with a workout buddy (challenging/competing against each other has its pluses and minuses šŸ˜…). Donā€™t know how many hundred calf raises we did with each other on our backs, but hooooooo boy, the next few days sucked.

What I discovered with waaayyyy overtraining my calves; when I sat down for any appreciable amount of time, my calves would tighten up so much, I couldnā€™t straighten my legs.

For the next 2 days, after every single class ended, it literally took me a couple minutes to verrrryyyy slowly stand up, as I gradually stretched my calves to allow me to fully straighten my legs, to avoid tearing something (then it would happen again when I sat down in the next class).

Actually had a classmate ask, ā€œAre you OK?ā€. ā€œYep. Yep. Just fine. Went a little stupid on the workoutsā€ šŸ˜‚
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Dang it lol. That was my exact experience the last few days but it was my quads. Excruciating.
 
Wishfulthinker580 said:
Dang it lol. That was my exact experience the last few days but it was my quads. Excruciating.
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Bad enough in the calves. With the even larger quad musclesā€¦ Oof.

One thing Iā€™ve found, that helps with DOMS; is one of those percussive massagers. Tried one of the cheapo Chinese ones off Amazon, then a few years back, I decided to jump on a good BF sale on a Theragun Pro (4th gen).

It works even better (more power. Can apply significantly more force/pressure without stalling the motor. Greater percussive depth).

And one interesting thing thatā€™s difficult to fully appreciate until I used the Theragun vs the cheaper version; That proprietary triangular shaped handle of the Theragun is actually a well thought out ergonomic design. Coupled with the ability to adjust the angle of the percussive head, it allows the user (whether your using it on yourself solo, or have someone using it on you/using it on someone else) to hold it so you can apply more pressure/force in a straight line.

All the cheap versions have the same standard ā€˜Tā€™ shape. When you hold the handle, it applies torque to your wrist when you apply pressure, because your wrist isnā€™t inline with the head.

Like the trope says, I donā€™t always need/use it, but when I do, it was well worth the $$$ to me.
 
bluemax_1 said:
Bad enough in the calves. With the even larger quad musclesā€¦ Oof.

One thing Iā€™ve found, that helps with DOMS; is one of those percussive massagers. Tried one of the cheapo Chinese ones off Amazon, then a few years back, I decided to jump on a good BF sale on a Theragun Pro (4th gen).

It works even better (more power. Can apply significantly more force/pressure without stalling the motor. Greater percussive depth).

And one interesting thing thatā€™s difficult to fully appreciate until I used the Theragun vs the cheaper version; That proprietary triangular shaped handle of the Theragun is actually a well thought out ergonomic design. Coupled with the ability to adjust the angle of the percussive head, it allows the user (whether your using it on yourself solo, or have someone using it on you/using it on someone else) to hold it so you can apply more pressure/force in a straight line.

All the cheap versions have the same standard ā€˜Tā€™ shape. When you hold the handle, it applies torque to your wrist when you apply pressure, because your wrist isnā€™t inline with the head.

Like the trope says, I donā€™t always need/use it, but when I do, it was well worth the $$$ to me.
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Nice. Been thinking about getting one. Will look into it šŸ‘
 
I've never really done Bulgarian split squats before, but I started last night, adding them into my current workout. I did 8 total reps, because

bluemax_1 said:
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bluemax_1 said:
have to be careful about overtraining
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, whereas in the past I could do insane volume and feel fine the next day. I never was able to squat much (330 lb 1RM at my best), but I could do dozens of reps in a session with up to 75% max, three times a week in my thirties. In my 20s I was doing hundreds and sometimes over a thousand bodyweight (Hindu) squats every week. The last time I did a medium intensity high volume workout I was sore for a week. So quality over quantity is my modulus of elasticity to keep me feeling young. ;)
 
My nephew was bragging that he can almost do one arm pushups. I said "how do you know?" He said he does them from his knees. So I explained the ineffectual nature of starting from the knees as a form of pushup progression, due to the incorrect postural alignment and thus lack of proper transfer to the core and building faulty neural pathways. I proposed wall one arm pushup progressions instead, standing further and further from the wall as he gets stronger. So then of course he asked "How many one arm pushups can you do??"

I wish he had asked BEFORE I had eaten enough food for two days.... šŸ˜… But I said let's find out. By the time I got to the sixth rep on my right arm, I was pretty sure any more would have made a mess. šŸ¤¢

He's fifteen and weighs 110 soaking wet. He's got a long way to go, but his actual pushup form looks great. Much better than last time I visited with them. And he even took my advice to do them slow. This time I also suggested weighted pushups, and of course he had to push back against every suggestion. "I don't have weights". "Wer a backpack with books in it". "I don't want to do that" "Get a weight vest" "They're too expensive!" "They're forty bucks at Walmart!" etc.

I also renewed my recommendation of Hindu pushups, which he rejected last time. My brother told me that he had also suggested Hindu pushups a number of times since I recommended it last year and the boy kept pushing back. He pushes back without a reason other than to be contrary, it often feels like.

To his credit, I also discovered that he does lever-assisted one arm pushups, which I didn't think to suggest. That is a solid progression, and possibly more effective than wall one arm pushups. In fact, I think I will start working on them again, not because I need them to be able to accomplish the one arm pushup, but in an effort to tighten up my form, i.e. level out the shoulders more, and bring the feet in closer together. My one arm pushups are not Rocky Balboa bad, but they are definitely not perfect.
 
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