That's good news, Matt. Glad you're pointed in the right direction now.

Hello Steve,

I was wondering if you get a chance could you plz take a look at this thread I posted in Nutrition about the same stuff you've probably already repeated a thousand times?

http://weight-loss.fitness.com/nutri...tml#post609191

If not, Thanks for your time in this quick note.

Hey RG... honestly, Kara took the words right out of my mouth. I can't offer you anything beyond that. She's given you very good advice... I hope you listen.

Steve,
Any differences between front squats and back squats? Are they the same? is one better than the other? Reason I ask is i tried front squats and they seem easier for me.

I did watch the Squat Rx video on front squats but would like to hear your thoughts as well.



Thanks,

Matt

Huge differences, really. It has to do with the biomechanics of the movements... lever arms and all that jazz... stuff we don't need to get into. But due to the different positioning of the bar in relation to the hips, knees and back... the body is stressed differently.

Primarily, the quads are emphasized over the hamstrings and there is less stress placed on the lower back.

Generally speaking... people aren't able to handle the same sort of loads with FS as they can with BS.

Hey Steve, how's the foot?

Thanks for asking! I've been meaning up update the journal but haven't gotten around to it. The foot feels much better. Annoyingly, it still hurts though. I'm less worried about it though, which is nice. The doc said he believes it's tendonitis... seems to be the go to diagnosis for anything these days, lol. But I'm happy since the way it was hurting I was fearing I'd need surgery!

Sounds like a good update to me! Any improvement is less cause for concern.

Hopefully it'll get its self all healed up and you can resume your daily life without pain

Thanks

Great upper body workout tonight!

Overhead BB Press 2x3, 1x6
Weighted Dips 3x10
DB Bench 2x10
CG Pulldowns 3x12
CG Cable Rows 2x12
French Press 2x15
DB Curl 1x15, 1x12

Feeling very strong.

Today will be my first lower body strength day since my foot injury... I'm anxious to see how it holds up. I'll toy around with some deadlifts, GHRs, and leg presses if all goes well.

I've really been working on ankle, shoulder and thoracic mobility and I feel loads better. Exercises include thoracic extensions over a foam roller, foam rolling the thoracic spine, wall chest and lat stretches, bicep stretches, quadruped hip circles, birddogs, fire hyrdrants, 90/90 stretches, etc.

I do it daily while watching the evening news.

No one can sit still through the evening news

Got that right. Me especially... I always have to be doing something! I'll do enough relaxing when I'm dead!

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Crushed my legs last night....

Deadlifts 2x3, 1x10
Assisted GHRs 3x10
Leg Press 4x13, 1x14

Oh yea, and watched the movie "Taken" last night. Not the greatest but better than I expected.

Yesterday's training went like this:

Overhead BB Press - 1x5, 1x3, 1x5 (increasing intensity each set)
Weighted Dips - 3x10
DB Flat Bench Press - 2x10
Close Grip Cable Pulldowns - 3x12
Close Grip Cable Rows - 2x12
DB French Press - 2x15
DB Curl - 1x15

Today is deadlift day.

Phew, I'm getting burned out. This is a high intensity week so it makes sense... plus the timing is perfect since next week is a deload week.

Deadlifts - 1x5, 1x3, 1x5
Assisted GHRs - 3x10
Leg Press - 5x11
Planks