snowpatrol123
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Long story short, I got enthusiastic about catching my high-bar squats up to my old low-bar numbers and was trying to set PR's every leg day (every five days this cycle, zero breaks for the last four months) One morning my leg day got cut short to go boost my girlfriend's car so she could get to work, and that night I decided to do 20-30 mins of accessory work while waiting for my buddy to meet up with me. Wasn't warmed up or tired the way I normally am by the time I get to the quad extension machine, and decided to see how many reps I could do with all the plates...felt a little twinge in my right quad but no pain. The next morning I was reaching for my ice scraper in the car and my VMO seized up so hard I fell over. Tried squatting every two days of course to see if it was better and of course it wasnt.
So, I rested it for the last 8-10 days, and as of this morning on the advice of a knowledgeable powerlifter at my gym I'm trying to implement a variation of this protocol:
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Except subbing quad extension chair (which I believe is how I injured myself in the first place) for light high-bar squats and/or hack squats and/or leg press.
This morning was my first experiment squatting 10xbar, 10xbar, 10x95, 10x135, 10x185 to test discomfort...I definitely felt it slightly but no sharp/tearing pain.
Any criticisms of the proposed method (Table 1 on page two of that PDF sums it up pretty concisely) or my implementation would be fine, additional input also greatly appreciated.
So, I rested it for the last 8-10 days, and as of this morning on the advice of a knowledgeable powerlifter at my gym I'm trying to implement a variation of this protocol:
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Except subbing quad extension chair (which I believe is how I injured myself in the first place) for light high-bar squats and/or hack squats and/or leg press.
This morning was my first experiment squatting 10xbar, 10xbar, 10x95, 10x135, 10x185 to test discomfort...I definitely felt it slightly but no sharp/tearing pain.
Any criticisms of the proposed method (Table 1 on page two of that PDF sums it up pretty concisely) or my implementation would be fine, additional input also greatly appreciated.