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i thought you forgot to close the strike through bbcode, ehe.
 

Hahaha I wish that was the case

i've had some weird knee stuff related to the calf, and perhaps popliteus also. i think the "sensations" caused by the pontential popliteus issues are the weirdest for me.

hope it's nothing ;/

Yeah I’m getting weird sensations at the top of calf, bottom of hamstring and then at the back of the knee. All at different times. Knee feels a little unstable too sometimes.

I’m going to back off completely on the squats and oly lifting for now, will still deadlift once this settles and gradually work my way back into it. Time for some single leg stuff I suppose.

Quote from: Coges on July 24, 2018, 09:12:56 pm

Quote from: adarqui on July 23, 2018, 11:46:18 pm

i thought you forgot to close the strike through bbcode, ehe.
 

Hahaha I wish that was the case

Quote from: adarqui on July 23, 2018, 11:46:18 pm

i've had some weird knee stuff related to the calf, and perhaps popliteus also. i think the "sensations" caused by the pontential popliteus issues are the weirdest for me.

hope it's nothing ;/

Yeah I’m getting weird sensations at the top of calf, bottom of hamstring and then at the back of the knee. All at different times. Knee feels a little unstable too sometimes.

I’m going to back off completely on the squats and oly lifting for now, will still deadlift once this settles and gradually work my way back into it. Time for some single leg stuff I suppose.

sounds familiar tbh.. when i get that weird thickness behind the knee, it really wrecks me for up to a week or so. if it's bad, have to stop training. usually it's mild/light, and i can train around it. that's why i mentioned popliteus. just seems too odd to be calf or hamstring, seems like something deep in there causing all kinds of weird referred pain and altering motor patterns. For me, it usually happens when I overstretch my hamstrings - which i've found to be when i also "overstretch my knee", ie straightening my leg out completely (perhaps even slightly hyper extending) while stretching hamstrings (ie after i've loosened them significantly). Seems like my hamstrings just protect me from triggering that problem, until I stretch them so much that I can straighten my leg out completely while in a stretch, seems like I trigger something in there. Doesn't really feel ligament related though, no real instability, just feels very weird & shuts me down.

dno. my experience with it, sounds potentially similar tho.

pc!

This is eerily similar. It's definitely that thickness behind the knee, top of the calf area. I'm hypermobile as well so sometimes I stand in that hyper extended position without even realising. I have been doing small amounts of stretching and SMR stuff but need more of that in the calf and achilles area.

It is somewhat better at the moment and I'm hoping that some rest over the next week will really settle it down.

31/07/2018

Warm Up-
Skipping, TKE's, monster walks

Deadlift- 1 rep every 20s x 9- bar x 10, 60 x 5, 100 x 3, 120 x 1 x 9
Standing Press- 2 reps every minute x 9- bar x 10, 30 x 5, 40 x 2 x 9

Chin Ups- 5x5
Dips- 5x5

Metcon style circuit- 21, 15, 9
16kg KB clean and press (each arm)
10kg slam ball
9:36s- dead

5/8/18
Weighted pull ups - bw x 5, +5 x 6, bw x 7, bw  x 4
Standing BB press - bar x 10, 40 x 3, 50 x 4, 45 x 6, 40 x 7
Bent over DB rows - 30 x 4-6, 26 x 8, 22 x
Incline DB Flies - 10kg DB x 15 + 4, 4, 4
Lateral raises 10kgwere x 12, 10, 10

7/8/18
Deadlift - bar x 10, 60 x 5, 100 x 3, 130 x 6, 115 x 6, 100 x 8
BSS - 20kg DB x 6, 16kg x 8
Leg ext - 50 x 8, 45 x 10, 41 x 15
Calf raises - 2 x 10 @ 60
Ab wheel - 2 x 10

5/8/18
Weighted pull ups - bw x 5, +10 x 6, +5 x 7, bw  x 7
Standing BB press - bar x 10, 40 x 3, 50 x 6, 45 x 8, 40 x 8
Bent over DB rows - 32 x 6, 28 x 8, 24 x 10
Incline DB Flies - 12kg DB x 15 + 5, 5, 5, 5
Lateral raises 12kg x 10, 10, 10

17/08/18
Incline BB bench press bar x 10, 40 x 5, 65 x 6,  60 x 8, 55 x 10
DB bench 32 x 4, 28 x 8, 24 x 10
Cable rows 63.5 x 12 + 4 sets of 5 reps
Incline DB curls 14 x 6, 12 x 8, 10 x 10
Cable rope pushdowns 31.8 x 6, 25 x 10, 20 x 12

All the benches at the gym were being used so I couldn't do flat bench. DB bench was fine but I realised how hard it is to get heavy DBs up to the starting position. Was almost harder than the actual set of 4. 

19/08/18
Weighted pull ups - bw x 5, +15 x 4, +5 x 6, bw x 7
Standing BB press - bar x 10, 40 x 3, 52.5 x 4, 45 x 6, 40 x 7
Bent over DB rows - 34 x 6, 30 x 8, 26 x 10
Incline DB Flies - 12 x 15 reps + 5, 5, 2, 5
Lateral raises 14 x 10, 10, 10


I was a little ambitious on the chins at +15 going up from +10 last week. Didn't feel too bad though and I ended up with more reps at +5 and then bodyweight so that's a win.

21/08/18
Deadlift bar x 10, 60 x 5, 100 x 3, 140 x 6, 125 x 8, 110 x 10 last set touch and go (top 3 sets mixed grip)
BSS 30kg x 6, 26 x 6
Long lunge 2x10@5kg
Weighted tailor pose- isos for a bit and 2x10@5kg
Weighted pancake @5kg x a bunch of stuff

Legs had been killing me since last week. Lack of movement was probably a factor though as I've been spending a ton of time either in my car or at a desk. Deadlifts felt great though. RPE of 7 on the top set and that last set at 110 felt so easy it was ridiculous. It was like when you stand in a doorway and push your arms out against the door frame for a minute then step out and your arms go up by themselves. That was the exact feeling. The weight just flew up. Legs also felt amazing after stretching. Seriously amazing and I'm ashamed I don't do that more often. With the long lunge I would suggest I am 2 or so weeks away from a very close front split. Really warmed up I would probably have an open split which would be cool. 

Quote from: Coges on August 15, 2018, 07:57:33 pm

Amazing how my knees feel after doing the bulgarian split squats. Glutes and hams hurt like hell but this results in the knees feeling golden.

I have that exact same feeling too after BSS...but I never do them enough. They really are a great exercise.

Haha yep. There are so many exercises like this I forget to do. BSS for me get the glutes, hams, VMO and adductors all going. Almost the perfect exercise.