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I'm Over Squats

McFLy said:
I normally dont like machines goose but I had to hit the gym at oeak hour the other day and I couldn't get a rack surprisingly. There was no one roughly my height I coukd comfabley jump in with. 45 leg presses kill my back. So there was a an upside down lleg press just sitting there. Though id warm up. 8 sets later n I was satisfied to drop squats. Upside down leg press is the cadilac of leg presses. Big foot plate as well its pro made not just a snith machine like the old days. It was like heaven for my knee
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And eventually you'll totally fuck your lower back due to a completely inactive posterior chain.

Fix your squat.
 
I haven't squatted in a year and I am happy with my leg growth. Caused too many shoulder issues. I found leg press, hack squats and trap bar deads enough for me.
 
It's real easy to just say fix your shoulder. Sometimes not so easy to do in practice. I've been trying to fix my knees for over 5 years.

Often the best option can be just avoid the exercises that cause pain.
 
Bazza20 said:
It's real easy to just say fix your shoulder. Sometimes not so easy to do in practice. I've been trying to fix my knees for over 5 years.

Often the best option can be just avoid the exercises that cause pain.
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I had fucked shoulders. They're doing pretty good now.

It is a generalised response but in the majority of cases it rings true. Most people try to avoid the problem rather than fix it which is retarded. You might not be feeling the pain but you still have fucked shoulders...
 
El Freako said:
I had fucked shoulders. They're doing pretty good now.

It is a generalised response but in the majority of cases it rings true. Most people try to avoid the problem rather than fix it which is retarded. You might not be feeling the pain but you still have fucked shoulders...
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I've also got a fucked shoulder. Nothing but surgery is going to fix it. At the moment I would rather just avoid low bar squats and wide grip bench.

If I avoid them my shoulder is still fucked but it doesn't really hurt anymore so it doesn't really matter.

I'm not getting bloody surgery just to eventually be able to low bar squat or wide bench. So I'm just happy to avoid them.

Basically my point is that some injuries are not easy to fix.
 
Bazza20 said:
I've also got a fucked shoulder. Nothing but surgery is going to fix it. At the moment I would rather just avoid low bar squats and wide grip bench.

If I avoid them my shoulder is still fucked but it doesn't really hurt anymore so it doesn't really matter.

I'm not getting bloody surgery just to eventually be able to low bar squat or wide bench. So I'm just happy to avoid them.

Basically my point is that some injuries are not easy to fix.
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And as I said, its a generalised response. Yours is obviously not a general case if you need surgery. If it just needs some better mobility or some strengthening then you should fix that.
 
El Freako said:
And as I said, its a generalised response. Yours is obviously not a general case if you need surgery. If it just needs some better mobility or some strengthening then you should fix that.
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I've been addressing these issues. I've just been avoiding anything that causes pain. I don't do bench either. Besides for bodybuilding, no single exercise is really necessary or needed...
 
Alpha Moth said:
I've been addressing these issues. I've just been avoiding anything that causes pain. I don't do bench either.
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Thanks for clarification. That's the smart way of doing things.

Besides for bodybuilding, no single exercise is really necessary or needed...
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Lol. Bodybuilding. Been on a stage yet? :rolleyes:

No single exercise is necessary but there are a few that are pretty fucking indispensible.
 
Early on I had lotsa shoulder issues using low bar squats....

Improved my mobility plus lotsa squats and its no longer a problem....

Not saying that would fix others problems...but I had to work very hard to get where I an now and my squat is less then admirable...
 
El Freako said:
Lol. Bodybuilding. Been on a stage yet? :rolleyes:
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Yeah, bodybuilding: building the body.

Bodybuilding | Define Bodybuilding at Dictionary.com


No single exercise is necessary but there are a few that are pretty fucking indispensible.
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Sure, lemme guess - squat, bench press, deadlift. :rolleyes:


There are different paths. Each requires a different perspective. Your perspective might not match up very well with the bodybuilding path. This happens a lot on the interwebs...


edit: I seem to recall the OP arguing with me about something like this only a little while ago. He was saying that machines just can't cut it, etc. Ironic, certainly. :)
 
McKwl said:
Yeah, bodybuilding: building the body.

Bodybuilding | Define Bodybuilding at Dictionary.com


Sure, lemme guess - squat, bench press, deadlift. :rolleyes:


There are different paths. Each requires a different perspective. Your perspective might not match up very well with the bodybuilding path. This happens a lot on the interwebs...
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I "bodybuilt" before I powerlifted so don't think that I don't know what I'm talking about.

Different perspectives yes, but the general rules are pretty similar.
 
If you squat with no hands like that guy in the video, you've got less chance of getting sore shoulders right?
 
I don't see how they are generally similar, you probably train with:

- higher frequency
- less volume
- less reps
- way more rest
- more straps, chalk, dust, powder
- little to no interest in being lean
- less exercise variety generally
 
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