Started wk 2 85% today. Still getting wrist pain from squats. One of these days I'll look into getting some wrist wraps.
Squat 225x4 275x2 320x6,4
Seated Ham Curl 115x5 140x5+115x4
Standing Calf Raise 235x9,7,6
Started wk 2 85% today. Still getting wrist pain from squats. One of these days I'll look into getting some wrist wraps.
Squat 225x4 275x2 320x6,4
Seated Ham Curl 115x5 140x5+115x4
Standing Calf Raise 235x9,7,6
Wrist pain during squats ? How about during bench press ?
How are you holding the bar ? If your gripping it with your hands like a normal squat , try holding your arms out wide and touching the plates and not gripping the bar. That could help you with the pain as the wrists will stay straight.
No pain while benching. For squats I use a low bar placement and a narrow grip so I'm using my hands a lot to pull the bar in tight. From the articles I've read a close grip = tight which is what you want although they did mention wrist pain. I'll try widening the grip some but I think what I need to focus on is flexing my wrists hard to bring them in to neutral because it's the awkward extended wrist position that is causing the pain.
Originally Posted by Talo
I use a wide grip with squat ( helps with my shoulders ) and can still keep it tight.
Focus more on keeping the traps tight an that will help with staying tight
Yeah, I've found that helps a lot. I started with just pulling my shoulder blades together but lately I've been making a conscious effort to retract my head back towards the bar. I use a grip like this but only slightly wider:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwuSTqA1FlU
I use a wide grip with squat ( helps with my shoulders ) and can still keep it tight.
Focus more on keeping the traps tight an that will help with staying tight
Bench Press 135x5 185x3 215x5(2)
Supinated Lat Pulldown 165x3 210x6 210x4+195x3+180x3
Dumbbell Laterals 30x10 35x6+30x4
85% Deadlift 225x3 295x1 345x5 345x2
Hack Squat 234x5 414x4+324x5
Standing Calf Raise 235x9 235x8 235x6
Military Press 95x5 135x5 135x4+ Push Press 135x2
Flat Dumbbell Press 65x4 85x9 85x5
Supinated Lat Pulldown 165x4 210x7 210x4+195x3
Today was heavy squat day. Would have liked to get more reps but I kinda messed up my back on the weekend. Was doing Parent n Tot gymnastics w/ my daughter and I was trying to show her how to do a butt drop on the trampoline. It was a heavy duty trampoline and I messed up the landing and jammed my back pretty good. I guess I'm too old/heavy to be messing around on trampolines.
Squat 225x3 275x1 325x1 355x1 355x1
Seated Ham Curl 130x8+2
Standing Calf Raise 235x9 235x8 235x7
Felt kinda weak today. Seemed like I was missing my groove for Bench and the weight felt heavier than I thought it would.
Bench Press 135x5 185x3 225x1 240x1(2)
Supinated Lat Pulldown 165x4 210x5 195x7+3
Dumbbell Lateral Raises 30x10 35x7 35x5
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