August Monthly [censored] Thread

[Bobby Digital]

I've been doing starting strength, so squatting 3 x per week and doing HIIT running 2 x per week. That was fine at first but I'm now up to 10 30 sec. sprints when I run and my squat has gone up. My legs are very fatigued and its affecting my squats. Should I drop a HIIT day, do shorter HIIT sessions, or do lighter squats once a week? Goal is to get to 180 lbs. by early Nov., I'm ~197 now.

[SmileyEH]

Make the midweek squat session very light.

[fatgirl_lover]

my weights down to 140 pounds and i benched 145 for a few reps, my friend told me that´s a milestone so that´s good. i´m going to start with olympic lifting, squatting and deadlifting now i couldn´t before due to leg injury and fear that my bad form will get me injured. there´s still a chance i´m going to injury myself with bad form but these excercises are too helpful to not do.

[kidcolin]

Bobby,

How long have you been doing HIIT? From what I've read, it's a good idea to take a week or two off every 6-8 weeks of it. I don't see the harm in skipping a few days to give your legs some extra recovery time.

[SmileyEH]

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Bobby,

How long have you been doing HIIT? From what I've read, it's a good idea to take a week or two off every 6-8 weeks of it. I don't see the harm in skipping a few days to give your legs some extra recovery time.

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I think a week off every 8 weeks is good advice for any trainee. Too bad I'm retarded and just injure myself every 2 months instead of taking a voluntary week off.

[cbloom]

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my weights down to 140 pounds and i benched 145 for a few reps, my friend told me that´s a milestone so that´s good. i´m going to start with olympic lifting, squatting and deadlifting now i couldn´t before due to leg injury and fear that my bad form will get me injured. there´s still a chance i´m going to injury myself with bad form but these excercises are too helpful to not do.

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Yeah, benching BW is a great milestone. Now work on getting your squat to 2X BW and you'll be in good form.

[fatgirl_lover]

quick question, say i pulled-strained my hamstring about 15 days agoand it{s a lotbetter but ifi do hard sprinting or stretch it i can feel it. should i be stretching it out a lot, stretching itlightly or just leave itbe until its all better?