niZmo
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I have been working out since October, and when I had started I was a 115lb weakling, who was struggling to get the bare bar up in bench presses, 15lb dbs were a big obstacle, and dips were a myth..
today on the other hand, after 32 weeks of blood and sweat and (some but not many) tears, my 1RM is now 200, I can properly curl 35's, and I can easily out-dip all of my friends.
A few may have noticed that I fail to mention anything about my legs..that is because I just started to do them =\ (I am an idiot I know)
The area right above my knee caps are VERY weak, I used to do a lot of running in high school, but that was 7 years ago.
I did my first set of squats and dead-lifts last week. I started off with just the bare bar (12 reps) in an attempt to give my legs some sort of prep for what was coming, and I don't want to rush into it. Long story short I got to my third set (120lbs)..and the problem area really started to hurt. I was talking to a gentleman at the juice bar, telling him my problem hoping maybe he would have an answer..
"**** squats for now, spend 21-22 weeks doing just leg extensions, that should strengthen them."
Is this info correct? If not, is there anything I can do to maybe alleviate the pain?
Thanks!
Khalid
today on the other hand, after 32 weeks of blood and sweat and (some but not many) tears, my 1RM is now 200, I can properly curl 35's, and I can easily out-dip all of my friends.
A few may have noticed that I fail to mention anything about my legs..that is because I just started to do them =\ (I am an idiot I know)
The area right above my knee caps are VERY weak, I used to do a lot of running in high school, but that was 7 years ago.
I did my first set of squats and dead-lifts last week. I started off with just the bare bar (12 reps) in an attempt to give my legs some sort of prep for what was coming, and I don't want to rush into it. Long story short I got to my third set (120lbs)..and the problem area really started to hurt. I was talking to a gentleman at the juice bar, telling him my problem hoping maybe he would have an answer..
"**** squats for now, spend 21-22 weeks doing just leg extensions, that should strengthen them."
Is this info correct? If not, is there anything I can do to maybe alleviate the pain?
Thanks!
Khalid