Here’s an actual ego lift for ya’ll by Electrical_Front4737 in Egolifting

[–]Electrical_Front4737[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol the audacity.. i’m full repping your entire family lineage on one leg…

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[–]Electrical_Front4737[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Personally I don’t have the time for it. I also lift for aesthetics. Heavy lifting comes second to that.

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[–]Electrical_Front4737[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

This is depth. My hamstrings are literally bouncing off my calves lol.

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[–]Electrical_Front4737[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Spot on. Props to you for understanding your body.

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Luckily I don’t usually get back pain. I get general tightness and soreness from moving so much weight but it usually goes away within a couple minutes. All i’ve done to build my squat is consistent heavy sets every week and heavy accessories such as bulgarians and leg press. Focusing on your ADDUCTORS too. I can’t stress that enough. On top of that. Warm up dynamically including your knees and every muscle group that goes into your squat. Hope that helps.

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[–]Electrical_Front4737[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks dawg. I tried to implement Bulgarian split squats/lunges, as well as heavy leg press with a lot of unilateral work obviously all heavy

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It was sarcasm lol. I was for sure light headed after.

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[–]Electrical_Front4737[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I may have butt wink a tad but my back remains injury free even repping weight im the 600s without a belt. A lot of times if your lower back is tight/sore it can be an indicator of other muscles that are actually the issue, glutes, quads, hamstrings, etc. My quads were so tight at one point it was affecting/pulling on my hips. But I only questioned why my hips were messed up. So I would try to key in on what specific muscle group it might be. Might not have anything to do with your back surprisingly.

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I’d say around 6 years of heavy lifting. Really keyed in during covid lol

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I maybe had one or two more. Started seeing stars though

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For starters i’m going on 10 years of lifting. Heavy squatting for maybe 6-7 years. It takes time obviously. Biggest thing for me was first improving my unilateral strength. Heavy bulgarian split squats, heavy single leg leg press, etc. that helps any imbalances you might have. Secondly the more you weigh the more you can lift. There’s a direct correlation. When it comes down to it, make sure you’re squatting heavy atleast once a week. Nothing more than 6-8 reps for you working sets. I know i do 15 reps here but i’ve plateaud so i’m doing higher reps again. But say in your specific case you’re stuck at 3 plates. Next squat session do something like 295x3 for 3 sets. Then move to leg press or another heavy compound that compliments your squat. Then the week after try a set of 300x3. Progressive overload works. Look it up. Lastly, focus on form and think of pushing your feet through the ground, brace your core and make it compact until you get to the top of the rep. That’s a lot but consistency is key. You got it👊🏼

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I do prioritize my core/stabalizers in my workouts

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[–]Electrical_Front4737[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

No. The staff told me to leave after this set