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My pug got sick yesterday, probably pancreatitis again so I'm just going to relax with her since she has bad anxiety when I'm gone...Yes someone out there loves me! haha jk. 

I didn't realise this until today but I actually got a PR last friday - BS 2x132.5kg which was nothing special cause i'd been using this weight for a while and usually doing more than one double at a time... but this was done at a bodyweight of 77.9kg....... which makes a ratio of 1.7! The first time i've ever got out of the 1.60s! And this is raw, no belt, so that's also special. I'm on the right track.. just have to keep chasing that ever elusive 2.0.

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my left leg might be slightly longer, my left foot is DEFINITELY bigger, but doubt that's it. i've had all kinds of injuries in the past from playing basketball and such. I also have some issues in my sacral spine (genetic) that have bugged me off and on since I was a teenager. In the end though, I think it's just all of the years of sports, injuries, compensation, and lack of mobility/flexibility training.

It's the same story with me, just that it is my left side. Left hip, SI joint and shoulder are often pretty stiff eventhough I do SMFR/mobility daily. My explanation is that I had two very severe ankle sprains a few years back from playing volleyball... one time I even tore two ligaments in my ankle. Since then my ankle has never really felt the same and eventhough I don't experience any pain it just feels odd. It's hard for me to get adequate ROM so I probably wouldn't be able to do front squats with good form without my romaleos. It seems that there are injuries that cannot be undone and you have to try your best to work around them. If that means avoiding certain exercises/activities, so be it. Sometimes you have to be smart instead of fighting through it. Better be save than sorry.

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BW:177.4

squat: 312.5x1, 322.5x1, 332.5xfail, 332.5x1 

SVJx5: 30.5", 30.5", 31", 31", 30.5"

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKOR-u4wSaI" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKOR-u4wSaI</a>

Not entirely sure about the depth, but I wasn't gonna do this shit a third time. Right leg looks parallel, left one for some reason does not. Camera angle maybe? I was really hoping firing up my CNS as much as I could would have a greater effect.

Edit: Ok, I outlined the squat in photoshop, overlapped it with 322.5 and the right leg is in the exact same position (right at parallel), but my left knee for some reason is dipping lower.

For what you're doing I think you'd need more water than the average person.

Also, deep tissue massages could help, usually depending on how screwed up you are they'd have you go in once a week or every other week and when you're better theyd suggest once a month.  I had probably 4-6 knots in my back, a few in my chest, lower back pain(constant) and basically all over and it was gone within a few sessions and I felt like a yogi for awhile.