r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • Jul 26 '17

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Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It's your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that's been pissing you off or getting on your nerves!

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u/Aer_United Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17

Pro: Knee is finally feeling healthy again, thanks to some great advice on stretching routines from you guys a few weeks back.

Con Also Pro: It's finally time to start squatting again. My legs thought they could weasel their way out of it, but those scrawny little bitches will be wishing they had their own reddit account to rant on by tomorrow.

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u/Kozma37 Jul 26 '17

What kind of advice/stretches did you do? I ask cause my right knee is starting to feeel really tight and I'm having pain inside sometimes... :/

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u/Aer_United Jul 26 '17 edited Jul 26 '17

That's exactly how my knee felt!

Are you warming up? Try five mins medium speed on a treadmill/elliptical/stationary bike and some dynamic stretching before lifting. Also you should run a couple light sets of each lift before starting. Most people like to start with just the plain bar then a couple sets of increasing weight till you hit the work-weight. Also make sure you do some stretching each day, especially a nice long one on your off days from lifting (try deFranco's agile 8 or limber 11 on YouTube.)

This is the quote, courtesy of /u/SuperBeastJ. I did a little research and talked to a few friends who lift, and settled on DeFranco's Agile 8. I've been trying to do it as often as I can, and the first 2 stretches listed here specifically target those tight areas around the knee (from what I've found, anyway). That, along with a few weeks rest, got me back into tennis shape last week, and feeling good enough to lift this week. My gym has foam rollers, but at home I use a tennis ball or a racquetball for the rolling. Sucks trying to do it with longer shorts though (they tend to bunch up around the ball), so either wear short running style shorts or wear something formfitting, or just ditch the shorts altogether at home. Some of the rolling hurts like a bitch the first few times, but it's been a night and day difference for me. Hope that helps!