About four weeks ago I was stiff leg deadlifting when I pulled a hamstring. I was half way through the second set of 8, getting a real good squeeze on the muscle when - POP! - I hear that and feel my hamstring shorten. Felt like it had pulled up into my hip and hurt like hell. I panicked initially and thought I'd torn it, but went to the doc and he said I'd just pulled it good and that I should stay away from hip extension for a few weeks. Made sense.
I took about 2 weeks off from thigh work and just hammered my calves, but I've been squatting with my heels up on plates for the last two weeks and my legs haven't lost much size. My concern is this:
I'm not doing any direct hamstring work, but I'm still beating my quads up every 3 day and I'm worried that a strength imbalance might develop between the front and back leg. This has been good for my quad development, but I kind of prided myself on having strong and fairly well developed hammies. I've never had knee issues, but I know that strength imbalances between the quads/hams is a recipe for that.
Should I continue on with what I'm doing or just do something more along the lines of maintenance for the legs? It's feeling better every day, but I'm still thinking it'll be at least a month before I box squat more than 3 plates.
I took about 2 weeks off from thigh work and just hammered my calves, but I've been squatting with my heels up on plates for the last two weeks and my legs haven't lost much size. My concern is this:
I'm not doing any direct hamstring work, but I'm still beating my quads up every 3 day and I'm worried that a strength imbalance might develop between the front and back leg. This has been good for my quad development, but I kind of prided myself on having strong and fairly well developed hammies. I've never had knee issues, but I know that strength imbalances between the quads/hams is a recipe for that.
Should I continue on with what I'm doing or just do something more along the lines of maintenance for the legs? It's feeling better every day, but I'm still thinking it'll be at least a month before I box squat more than 3 plates.