Anyone done LISS for leaning/cutting up?

deadlyapp · Jun 11, 2024

purbeast0 said:
It's right below my knee cap and starts hurting the more I bend my knee. It will be tender to the point I can press it with my finger and can feel some tenderness.

But again, it's nagging. Like right now I don't even have it. It is triggered by when I am lifting and doesn't always happen. I am doing legs today so I'll see how it goes.

Last week I stuck with weight I could do 8 reps of pretty easily since the week before I did some that aggravated it more than ever, and it felt fine. Depending how it feels today once I have warmed up, I may end up doing the same. I'll just play it by feel.

If you don't do some soft tissue work regularly, you may want to. If you are quad dominant / quad dominant squatting, it can really mess with your patella position when your quads out balance your hamstrings and vice versa. I've found trying to keep my quads rolled out, lots of stretching of my hip flexors and quads/hamstrings can help when my knees start to feel bad.

ch33zw1z · Jun 11, 2024

^ yup, I can’t recommend the “couch stretch” enough

purbeast0 · Jun 11, 2024

Of course today squatting my knee felt fine, however my left hip was bothering me lol. It's always one thing or another. Getting old sucks.

This has also been a nagging thing but usually it doesn't hurt enough that I have to stop, if it hurts at all, but today on my 2nd heavy set after my 3rd rep I stopped because it just hurt too much and not worth it. It even hurts to the touch on my outer thigh almost like it feels bruised. This kind of comes and goes and I have no idea what triggers it. I'm probably overcompensating for something when the other hurts (knee or hip).

deadlyapp · Jun 12, 2024

purbeast0 said:
Of course today squatting my knee felt fine, however my left hip was bothering me lol. It's always one thing or another. Getting old sucks.

This has also been a nagging thing but usually it doesn't hurt enough that I have to stop, if it hurts at all, but today on my 2nd heavy set after my 3rd rep I stopped because it just hurt too much and not worth it. It even hurts to the touch on my outer thigh almost like it feels bruised. This kind of comes and goes and I have no idea what triggers it. I'm probably overcompensating for something when the other hurts (knee or hip).

Nailed it.

Generally my hips are the source of my imbalances (right side worst than left) but if I don't work on it and squat / DL / overuse it, it will cause issues into my knees, my low back, and hips.

Need to spend some work doing pre-hab work on your hips, knees, and core if you aren't already.

igor_kavinski · Jun 13, 2024

I've seen Youtube shorts extolling the virtues of this simple squat mostly ignored in modern developed nations: https://www.joachimstraining.com/post/squatting-in-the-third-world

It does feel kinda comfy and soothing to stay in this squat.

ch33zw1z · Jun 13, 2024

Yes, that movement is a very good one to have. I use this link above (it’s from the r/bodyweightfitness recommended routine warmup) and there’s tons of benefits.

I could barely even do it a year ago, but progressively gotten better at it. I get into it from a crab position and do “around the worlds” to get in and out of it at the beginning. The stretch on my hips and thoracic is just so good

It’s another move you’ll find at GMB as well.

Anyone done LISS for leaning/cutting up?

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