Localeccentric
First Post
Greetings,
I just found out about Pavel from Tim Ferris' podcast, and I must say, I really like his training philosophy of building yourself up, instead of tearing yourself down every session.
Unfortunately, before discovering Pavel I was doing a 20 rep squat program, as in, 20 reps per set, followed by some vigorous bicycling for cardio, which has given me a pretty good case of quadriceps tendinitis. Squatting of any kind is pretty much off the table for me now, which is unfortunate because I really liked the look of Alexander Faleev's routine, the simple 5x5 of squat, deadlift, and bench, no more, no less.
My goals in general are to get stronger and in better shape. I'm doing cardio between 60-70% max heart rate for conditioning as well - jogging, which doesn't cause me any pain. I can do pretty much everything but squats. Surprisingly lunging movements haven't been bad for me. I can deadlift, bench, do turkish get ups, kettlebell swings, and obviously all the upper body only stuff.
So I was just wondering if someone could help me devise a good strength program, one in line with Pavel's principles that doesn't have any squatting in it? I'd very much appreciate the help. I was thinking a routine centered around deadlifts and turkish get ups, but I'm not sure how to devise such a routine. (I know the deadlifts should be 5x5 and what not, but I'm not sure on rep ranges and frequency with the get ups)
Also, any advice on quadriceps tendinitis if anyone has any would be really appreciated. I've tried giving this thing 4 weeks of rest and it hasn't seemed to have healed at all. I can't go on inactive; it drives me nuts; so I think to heal I'm going to have to devise a routine that allows for healing. I've started stretching since listening to Pavel too, which seems to have helped a bit.
Thanks so much in advance for any assistance!
Regards!
I just found out about Pavel from Tim Ferris' podcast, and I must say, I really like his training philosophy of building yourself up, instead of tearing yourself down every session.
Unfortunately, before discovering Pavel I was doing a 20 rep squat program, as in, 20 reps per set, followed by some vigorous bicycling for cardio, which has given me a pretty good case of quadriceps tendinitis. Squatting of any kind is pretty much off the table for me now, which is unfortunate because I really liked the look of Alexander Faleev's routine, the simple 5x5 of squat, deadlift, and bench, no more, no less.
My goals in general are to get stronger and in better shape. I'm doing cardio between 60-70% max heart rate for conditioning as well - jogging, which doesn't cause me any pain. I can do pretty much everything but squats. Surprisingly lunging movements haven't been bad for me. I can deadlift, bench, do turkish get ups, kettlebell swings, and obviously all the upper body only stuff.
So I was just wondering if someone could help me devise a good strength program, one in line with Pavel's principles that doesn't have any squatting in it? I'd very much appreciate the help. I was thinking a routine centered around deadlifts and turkish get ups, but I'm not sure how to devise such a routine. (I know the deadlifts should be 5x5 and what not, but I'm not sure on rep ranges and frequency with the get ups)
Also, any advice on quadriceps tendinitis if anyone has any would be really appreciated. I've tried giving this thing 4 weeks of rest and it hasn't seemed to have healed at all. I can't go on inactive; it drives me nuts; so I think to heal I'm going to have to devise a routine that allows for healing. I've started stretching since listening to Pavel too, which seems to have helped a bit.
Thanks so much in advance for any assistance!
Regards!
