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re: The Greyskull Methods- A Primer
Posted on 7/30/21 at 5:08 pm to lsu777
Posted on 7/30/21 at 5:08 pm to lsu777
Two weeks back on greyskull and doing well except for squats. I managed to irritate my elbows doing low bar squats earlier. I did more high bar style squats for a bit and then lowered the position again, and this Monday my elbows started hurting pretty bad again... I tried putting the bar as high as possible today but it didn't feel great. There's a safety bar at the gym and I tried using it, and it didn't put so much pressure on arms but it didn't feel very comfortable overall.
Squatting has always been difficult, I get exhausted squatting but I never really get soreness in legs during or after workouts. It feels like I'm not activating leg muscles properly or something.
I'm thinking maybe I'll try high bar squat with normal bar next Monday and see if my elbows are OK. Or would it make sense to try some other variation like some kind of front squat? My mobility isn't great so I have never tried front squatting, low bar position feels the best if my elbows didn't hurt.
Squatting has always been difficult, I get exhausted squatting but I never really get soreness in legs during or after workouts. It feels like I'm not activating leg muscles properly or something.
I'm thinking maybe I'll try high bar squat with normal bar next Monday and see if my elbows are OK. Or would it make sense to try some other variation like some kind of front squat? My mobility isn't great so I have never tried front squatting, low bar position feels the best if my elbows didn't hurt.
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Posted on 7/30/21 at 5:53 pm to brielf
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I get exhausted squatting but I never really get soreness in legs during or after workouts. It feels like I'm not activating leg muscles properly or something.
Maybe you’re not doing enough reps. I don’t get particularly sore either, but my load and reps are steadily increasing so I don’t care for now.
Posted on 12/11/21 at 3:35 pm to brielf
I've been doing greyskull since I posted in July, gotten some progress on every lift but stalling a bit now:
Bench ~50 kg > failed 68 kg two weeks ago and back up to 65 kg today, got two more reps than last time.
OHP ~36 kg > failed 48 kg three weeks ago, been quite hard to progress, several resets already. Hit the same amount of reps (5) on 45 kg this week.
Squat ~70 kg > failed 102 kg this week, reprogressed several times and gotten a few kilos more each time, but getting quite tough.
DL (trap bar) 88 kg > 130 kg. haven't had to reset yet.
I've been changing accessory lifts a lot, stalling quite a bit on curls/chin ups/DB bench etc.
High bar squatting feels pretty good and there's no elbow pain while squatting. But I haven't been able to do home workouts because my elbows start hurting really bad when I do chin ups.
I've been eating 3330 kcal since mid July, gained ~10 kg since then (started using creatine in September) and because lifts have been stalling and weight gain is stalling a bit, increased calories to 3600 this week. I'm hoping more calories will help break plateaus, but maybe I should try switching main movements too, I've resetted all but DL several times now.
Bench ~50 kg > failed 68 kg two weeks ago and back up to 65 kg today, got two more reps than last time.
OHP ~36 kg > failed 48 kg three weeks ago, been quite hard to progress, several resets already. Hit the same amount of reps (5) on 45 kg this week.
Squat ~70 kg > failed 102 kg this week, reprogressed several times and gotten a few kilos more each time, but getting quite tough.
DL (trap bar) 88 kg > 130 kg. haven't had to reset yet.
I've been changing accessory lifts a lot, stalling quite a bit on curls/chin ups/DB bench etc.
High bar squatting feels pretty good and there's no elbow pain while squatting. But I haven't been able to do home workouts because my elbows start hurting really bad when I do chin ups.
I've been eating 3330 kcal since mid July, gained ~10 kg since then (started using creatine in September) and because lifts have been stalling and weight gain is stalling a bit, increased calories to 3600 this week. I'm hoping more calories will help break plateaus, but maybe I should try switching main movements too, I've resetted all but DL several times now.
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