O_RYAN's Preparation for Sept 14th SPF Meet in Houston

[VayneZ]

Use all the pressure as fire on your side!!!

How's your spoas feeling these days bro?

[O_RYAN_007]

Use all the pressure as fire on your side!!!

How's your spoas feeling these days bro?

Spoas and hip flexors are still a little tight, I'm not quite at a 100% yet, but I was able to hit ME Squats last thursday with 85% without much pain at all. I've been stretching and rolling every afternoon since last week, and that's helped loosen me up tremendously! I'm down to 184 as of this morning. I didn't drink at all this weekend, so I'm down 2.5#s in 1 week. My strength hasn't suffered at all.

[h2s]

Spoas and hip flexors are still a little tight, I'm not quite at a 100% yet, but I was able to hit ME Squats last thursday with 85% without much pain at all. I've been stretching and rolling every afternoon since last week, and that's helped loosen me up tremendously! I'm down to 184 as of this morning. I didn't drink at all this weekend, so I'm down 2.5#s in 1 week. My strength hasn't suffered at all.

Nice update

[O_RYAN_007]

Today was squat day and I'm still feeling the pain in my hip flexor. It's just completely annoying at this time! I can do a couple squats without much pain, but today was RE squat day and we were doing sets of 8 with 65% of our max. It didn't feel too good, I just don't know what to do at this point. I'm not going to back out of the meet, but I'm worried if I push it too hard, I'm going to really fk things up. It doesn't bother me during deadlifts at all, it just hurts when i break parallel coming out of the whole.

I've been stretching everyday at lunch in the sauna, and rumble-rolling my entire body as well... So I'm doing everything I can do in the mobility/flexibility realm, but I still feel that damn pain. I don't think it's torn by any means, but I just can't figure it out.

[Rodja]

Have you tried flossing the hips?

[O_RYAN_007]

Have you tried flossing the hips?

I do it twice a week. I had my wife do some trigger point release therapy last night and she also massaged the area. Its just an extremely sore hip flexor. I guess i need to add flossing when i stretch. i typically floss before i deadlift and squats. howlong to you recommend doing it?

[Rodja]

I do it twice a week. I had my wife do some trigger point release therapy last night and she also massaged the area. Its just an extremely sore hip flexor. I guess i need to add flossing when i stretch. i typically floss before i deadlift and squats. howlong to you recommend doing it?

Which technique do you use for the hips? They're tricky in that one small adjustment in technique can make or break the efficacy. I floss my hips at least twice per week.

[O_RYAN_007]

Which technique do you use for the hips? They're tricky in that one small adjustment in technique can make or break the efficacy. I floss my hips at least twice per week.

Are you asking which type of flossing technique I use?

[Rodja]

Are you asking which type of flossing technique I use?

Yes.

[O_RYAN_007]

Yes.

This is close to the way I do it. Start at 30 sec.
New hip flossing tweaks for anterior chain muscle stiffness - YouTube

But I actually doing it standing, tighten the glutes, then lean back a little.