The Workout Thread

[The_Meach]

Plus it didn't help that I wasn't warming them up properly (even though I tried).

What were you doing then for w/u (that didn't work) and what are you doing now (that works)?

Also, do you squat high or low?

[Regus]

What were you doing then for w/u (that didn't work) and what are you doing now (that works)?

Also, do you squat high or low?

I squat low bar. What I used to do was just normal stetches I would I see other people do around the gym, like this:



I would also swing my arms around slowly with a very light weight in my hand, try some pull ups, stuff like that.

And it didn't really work, so now I attempt to do shoulder dislocations:
http://stronglifts.com/shoulders-dislocations/

Although I am not flexable enough to do them right, my arms don't bend back like the guy in the video.

Lately I've also tried using the Concept 2 Rowing Machine to warm my shoulders up. But the real winner has been foam rolling like I mentioned in my last post.

All of these things together help, but they're not %100, I'm still sore when I first go under the bar, it takes about two warm up sets with the empty bar to really warm my shoulders up.

[Kidnemo]

You can always try doing front squats or zercher squats too.

[Dyne]

What, my shoulders and squatting? If thats the case the reason my shoulders hurt is due to how I place the bar on my back. There are two different bar placement styles: Low Bar and High Bar. High Bar has the bar on top of your traps, while low bar is below that, across the spine of scapula resting on the posterior deltoids.

You have to bend your arms a lot to get in that position, especially since it is recommended to have a narrower grip on the bar in order to have the best stability. In the begining I was doing high bar, and when I switched to low bar it was murder on my shoulders. Plus it didn't help that I wasn't warming them up properly (even though I tried).

I was referring to the link you posted which mentions several times that what they're telling you to do hurts at first but you're supposed to work through it. I don't see how rolling against a small pvc pipe hurts as much as they seem to make it out as.

[Kidnemo]

I was referring to the link you posted which mentions several times that what they're telling you to do hurts at first but you're supposed to work through it. I don't see how rolling against a small pvc pipe hurts as much as they seem to make it out as.

Not to be a jerk, but there is a lot of things you don't see.

[Razor Ramon]

I have no idea how you guys work out five days a week at the gym. I combine everything to three days: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I'm way too busy to fit in more than that.

[Kidnemo]

I have no idea how you guys work out five days a week at the gym. I combine everything to three days: Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. I'm way too busy to fit in more than that.

"Busy" is all relative.

There is a woman who works out at one of the gyms I go to:

Divorced, has two kids (both teenagers), works full time in a hospital running a cancer survivor program, and works out six times per week while heavily monitoring her diet to compete in both body building shows as well as fitness related competitions (think triathalons, iron man, etc).

I figure if she can do it, I have no reason to complain about my schedule.

[Regus]

I was referring to the link you posted which mentions several times that what they're telling you to do hurts at first but you're supposed to work through it. I don't see how rolling against a small pvc pipe hurts as much as they seem to make it out as.

This is one of those things that you will not understand until you actually try it. When you roll over a sore muscle it hurts quite a lot at first but the pain eases off after a while, foam rolling really does help with sore muscles.

[Dyne]

This is one of those things that you will not understand until you actually try it. When you roll over a sore muscle it hurts quite a lot at first but the pain eases off after a while, foam rolling really does help with sore muscles.

See, I was unsure if they meant it hurts because the muscles are already sore from lifting, or if you just startied this without prior lifting soreness. No doubt rolling on already sore muscles would kill.

[Regus]

Yeah, chances are if you are looking into foam rolling you are already an active lifter so it is going to hurt at first.