ME Lower Body

Lower body warm-up

ME Squats:
1x8 135lbs
1x5 185lbs
1x5 205lbs
1x5 225lbs
1x3 245lbs
1x1 275lbs
1x1 295lbs
3x1 315lbs

Posterior:
3x5 35lbs GHR
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Aahh.. Finally, back to squatting! I suppose I never logged it, and truth be told, I haven't had much interest in logging these things lately, but two weeks ago, I injured myself through some drunken antics which caused my heel to not be able to touch the ground upon penalty of ridiculous pain. I still have a limp, actually, but I can squat again. The past two weeks have been nothing but upper body, and I probably should have just done machines while I was injured, but.. live and learn.

My legs get super sore, now, as i nticed on my first squat day since being injured on Thursday. I felt much more comfortable training 1RM today because I need to gradually get my legs back to doing high volume, but it seems okay with high intensity. Another thing I've noticed is that my ROM has decreased, so even though I got back to my former max, I was an inch above parallel. I need to spend more time on soft tissue work and stretching to see if that will help my squat get lower. All the same, it's just really nice to be able to squat again.

I avoided unilateral because after the squats, my legs were already feeling it and I expected there to be Parkour today (no one showed and I was sore, so I headed home). Gradually going back to the lower body will have to be the name of the game. I might do an RE on Thursday rather than a DE. We'll see.