Aswilli4
Level 5 Valued Member
Last week I began to feel a slight *tweak or pain in my Vastus Medialis. It's minimal pain but I have felt it throughout the week while performing hinging movements (Deadlift and KB Swings). From best I can tell and tracing back my logs I have implemented 4" Defecit deadlifts (Conventional) as my back seems to have become the weak area in my lift. Again this is just self diagnosis at best, but I noticed my knees became a little shaky the last 3rd & 4th sessions into my Deadlift Cycle and I believe this is what caused the slight ache. Today after coming into my 5th session of the cycle the pain has become more noticeable, I dropped the Defecit all together and performed regular deadlifts and then decided to ere on the side of caution and stop all together as the pain has become more noticeable.
Since we are about 10 weeks out for TSC I still want to compete but would be curious to hear others thoughts on ways to train around the movement pattern as these are 2 of the 3 events in the Contest. Also I will be performing Trigger Point Therapy on my self and icing. I considered doing the following in addition to working around this:
Option 1: Sumo Deadlifts and Seated Snatches (if no pain flares up) with lots of volume accessory work in Reverse Hypers and Glute Ham Raises
Option 2: Box Squats and Seated Snatches (if no pain flares up) with lots of volume accessory work in Reverse Hypers and Glute Ham Raises
Would love to hear others thoughts around this approach or any other considerations? Thanks for reading!
Since we are about 10 weeks out for TSC I still want to compete but would be curious to hear others thoughts on ways to train around the movement pattern as these are 2 of the 3 events in the Contest. Also I will be performing Trigger Point Therapy on my self and icing. I considered doing the following in addition to working around this:
Option 1: Sumo Deadlifts and Seated Snatches (if no pain flares up) with lots of volume accessory work in Reverse Hypers and Glute Ham Raises
Option 2: Box Squats and Seated Snatches (if no pain flares up) with lots of volume accessory work in Reverse Hypers and Glute Ham Raises
Would love to hear others thoughts around this approach or any other considerations? Thanks for reading!