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Get an MRI, and then if required get a ultra-sound guided anti-inflammatory steroid injection to the joint.
Cured me for 3 years, just had it done again as i was a spanner and reckless. Now pain free again.
Only caveat is you need to take a week off after, and ease back into heavy pushing (as well as avoid anything that aggravates it)
Its not too pricey to have either if going private.

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I do. heels are at the bottom of the plate. Feet no wider than 10″ at the heel.
Guess im doing everything i can already. I’ll just have to focus more on not recruiting my glutes for a while until it becomes habit. May also try and band some movements.

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@jdh

I’m the opposite. Dual im ok. Single leg hurts more.
Hit legs today are really focused on trying to keep glutes out of the movements. Didnt go rock bottom on leg presses either. Loading was slightly down but it seemed to help. I think i may need to drop the SLDLs as i could really feel these in my glutes and back today. I’ll try them with a lighter weight and different variation before completely dropping them. Its quite handy that i had glute PIP in each cheek as when i flex my glutes it hurts. So it was easy today to tell how much i was recruiting them. Surprisingly the hack didnt bother it, but the full depth leg presses sure did.

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Cheers. I always have a close stance when i squat or leg press. It actually reduces the load when i go with a wide stance. I tend to keep my feet 10-12 inches apart on leg presses and the v-squat. Hacks and Safety squats slightly wider for balance and i have knee issues which the hack flares up. I could try banding as im strong out the bottom of movements but tend to fail at the 1/2 way to 3/4 of lock out point. So banding may even this up a bit. I’ve also tried doing leg extensions first but i cant load them until im seriously warm around the knees. I did do 2 sets of 20-25 for a while but even that started to aggravate my knees after a few weeks.

I guess i was hoping for some secret trick to greatly reduce glute activation! haha

Also i dont think the DHB PIP helps the look. Thats made my arse twice the size.

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I just do Pull, Push, Legs but split it up M/W/F/Su.

So:-

Monday Pull 1
Wednesday Push 1
Friday Legs 1
Sunday Pull 2
Monday Push 2
Wednesday Legs 2
Friday Pull 3
Sun Push 3
Monday Legs 3
Wed Pull 1
Friday Push 1
Sunday Legs 1
Repeat but starting at pull 2

This way everything is still getting hit every 5 days, except the muscle you train on a monday has to wait 6 days till sunday. only factor is the last one i have legs on the sunday, then pull Monday. On this day i just limit any lower back movement on leg and pull day to one back off set. So legs wouldn’t have any SLDL or free squatting, and pull day would only have a set of bent over row. o i need to be a bit creative and the workouts arent 100% the same everytime but its still working well.

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Hi Jordan, You’re going from pushing up, to tidying up quite quickly. Do you not worry about losing the tissue gained in the short push up? I know anabolics are still high but surely when you get to your size it must be easier to drop muscle? Do you not feel the need to hold the weight for a few weeks anymore? I see from Kuba and Matt’s logs that little tidy ups are quite frequent.

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Agree 100% with the above. After dieting down lean i took on an U/L split and at first really enjoyed it. Sessions were 2 hrs long and brutal. Caloric needs shot up to higher than ever…………….. But, once i started to get back to all time strength i really started to suffer. I’d deload for a week and still felt fucked. In the end it got to the point where every 2-3 weeks id need a week off.

If you’re not that advanced or strong then yeah its great. Or if you are, but are happy to do lower intensity lifts (no bent over heavy rows, Stiff Leg deads, free squats etc) then you may be able to recover ok.

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I’ve used test that was about 2 years out of date. Didn’t die…

If its UGL then the use before is pointless anyway. Pharma i may take a bit more notice.

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Hi Jordan. Happy New Year to you and Corinne.

Now that you do RDLs on Back day rather than legs as you used to. Does it not take away from hamstring training when doing legs 2 days later?

Also watched the 6 plate Watson Hack video on Insta. That Hack is brutally heavy. All Watson stuff seems to be. 5 Plates humbled the crap out me the first time i used it. I remember having to use every muscle in my body to try and get a rep.

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Yeah ground rice is cheaper but I much prefer the texture of flakes, over ground or cream of rice.

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You’ll get softer cruising as you’lol lose fullness. If you’re getting fatter (notibly so) then eat less or move more. I tend to tidy up when cruising.

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No need for caber.

I use HCG at 500iu e5d regardless of blasting or cruising. I’m convinced it’s the reason I have 2 of my three kids. Both conceived with no planning when on B&C.

If however you haven’t used it from the beginning of your B&C, and the nuts have shrivelled then I’d say it’s pointless.

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Well it’s been 60hrs post jab and the PIP seems ok. Not gotten any worse in the last 12-18 hrs. It’s certainly been tolerable but ventro gluteal is a forgiving place to have PIP. Tomorrow’s Glute jab on the other side I’m not looking forward to. Glutes tends to give PIP for me at its the worst. Quads give the least but they’re too scarred up…..

Still, unless it’s awesome I doubt I’ll use it again.

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@christoph
Yeah the DHB has crashed pretty badly and needed heating up. Oil was smooth as hell though. Went through a 25G like water. Mixed it with 1ml Test E that I know is smooth so will see. Slight PIP 36hrs after shot but nothing note worthy. We’ll see how the next 36 pans out.

If it’s crippling each time I’ll ditch it. Can’t be doing with PIP. Spent too many of my early days hobbling about and having red lumps all over me. Hope it’s tolerable as heard good things of DHB.

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I tend to do a push session, day or two off, then blood work.
ALT, CK and all that came back OK last time doing that.