Message from @Nick-NJ
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Hmm, nice Pat!
Thanks man
Why does he look Italian
225 for 4x8 on front squats and 405 for 4x8 on deadlifts today with almost no pain. Tore my mcl and pcl 3 months ago
Bad knees is no excuse, fam
nice
I've recently been making a point to fix my squat for the best knee tracking possible, to avoid any of that stuff down the line
@Nick-NJ Nice lifts man. Have you had to make any slight adjustments to your form to not re-injure yourself?
Thanks @@Pat-MA At this point I really just need to make sure to slow my descent on squats and make sure my knees aren't caving in
My right knee's been hurting a bit after starting strong lifts, which involves squatting 3x a week
I had to stop
Form must be a bit off. I squat with my feet wider than shoulder length. Is that an issue?
@Reinhard Wolff You're training MMA. A lot of so-and-sos say that heavy squats and MMA is a no no
If you want to know how to take care of your joints, look to the advice of older professional lifters who *need* to do extra.
I'd recommend looking at stan efferding's advice
pretty impressive how he goes from "needing hip replacement surgery" and "painful throbbing knees" to zero pain and setting world records.
As far as squat form alteration goes, I think the main principles to that would just be avoiding excessive caving in or pushing out, and keeping constant knee tension.
I brought my feet in some to fix both of those, at the expense of some depth (still hitting proper depth though). Which is a good thing I beleive, since my knees don't lose tension from my joints resting on themselves in the bottom position.
Might even be worth posting a video on the form check channel. It's hard to diagnose without seeing the squat
Haven't tried knee sleeves, I should though
I'll post a video in <#401018844241723392> next week though. Thanks fellas.
We're making waves in the fitness community lads
Liftergate when?
wtf is the women's strength coalition
The lifting equivalent of Anita Sarkesian and her bunch
do they even post fizeek?
Hopefully not
America will be reclaimed by Nazi Hunks!
Did some reading today and learned about the anabolic window. Wow, do I feel stupid. 🙃
Please redpill me.
The way it was articulated to me and the way I understood it.. (Correct me if I’m wrong, Chads)
It’s not necessarily the case that your body can only absorb so much protein in a day, but more like it can only absorb so much at one time yet still your body will still need protein to conduct hypertrophic repairs. This means that if you’re stuffing 3 or so massive meals per day, your body won’t absorb all of that, you will feel stuffed, and it will waste much of the protein but, importantly, your body may very well cannibalize existing muscle fiber to repair itself. Hence, in general, 5 or more meals a day with 30 or so grams of protein each is better so that your body is constantly fed new protein to continue developing, never falling out of this anabolic window.
👍
Consistent calories is better than giant inconsistent meals
your metabolism is always running
I always thought the idea of the anabolic window was referring to the time shortly after your workout as the *supposed* optimal time to get calories in though?
Which isn't completely bro science either, muscle protein synthesis is elevated for some hours after your session.