5×5 Training
I took a week off, but I started back up again today. I’m going to be doing a 5×5 routine and I’ll post the details soon.
The gym was closing soon so I only had time for this:
Squats 5×5x135
Bench 5×5x135
18 varied grip pullups divided into two sets
I’m focusing on quality of movement as I have dropped the weight of my squat significantly. I’m doing an olympic style squat where my hips are going lower than my knees.
I’ll post the full routine for the coming weeks soon.
January 31, 2009 at 8:04 pm
Hips lower than knees - tough lift, but if you have the knees for it no doubt you’ll have some great results. Keep up the great work!
January 31, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Yeah, if you do squats incorrectly and turn them into a knee dominant excercise they can mess you up.
I’ve been trained on how to do them with perfect form (or at least I try my best), and that translates into it being a hip dominant excercise for me.
Sometimes too, people who experience knee pain don’t realize that the knee is just where the pain ended up, and that it was actually an imbalance or compensation in another part of the body that was causing the pain in the knee. Glutes not firing on a squat is common, for instance.
Also It’s interesting what researchers have found in recent years about this subject. They’re finding that leg extensions and leg curls are the cause of a lot of knee issues, and those are still what many trainers recommend instead of squats for many clients…. Still I take a joint support supplement (animal flex by universal) and about 6g of fish oil a day. Thankfully I am pain free so far!
February 3, 2009 at 9:21 pm
hai der! lol just stopping by to make sure you keep up the progress. I added some fish oil into my diet and I don’t do curls or extensions either ATM… starting to prefer lunges and SLDL to the isolation exercises