Thanks Fadi .. yeah this exercise was one of my favourites .. i was doing it with 20 kg weight 3X10 reps. but yeah ever since i m doing rippetoe i have stopped doing it. but surely i will get it back into my routine!! thanks heaps!Weighted back extensions, (not hyperextensions) would be another powerful tool to use to strengthen the whole lumbar region of your back.
Fadi.
With starting strength there should not be so much volume in it that your back is in trouble, if you are finding that so then you obviously have a erector problem (weakness, injury).
yeah Oliver strongly recommended me his book and dvd .. i got both .. certainly i m progressing .. intially i was doing squat with 140 with 3X5 sets .. but my depth for squat was barely parallel to the floor .. now i m doing full squat (hams touching calves) so the weights have dropped but i i feel more stronger now!!! his dvd is very informative and the book .. oh thats encyclopaedia of these main lifts!!
Oli, as far as I am concerned, I find the cleans to be most taxing of all movements (apart from the C&J of course). Here you have the pull and the front squat in one complete explosive movement. Squats is something a weightlifter looks forward to for some relaxation (or at least I did [could be my 5'4 frame]).Gents,
Squat comes first because its generally the most taxing.
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