Let's Squat!
samko1976
Posts: 125 Member
http://www.buzzfeed.com/sallytamarkin/take-buzzfeeds-squat-challenge
Anybody want to join me in some very unladylike squatting over the next 27 days.
I'll be starting tomorrow but anyone can join whenever. Feel free to friend me too
Anybody want to join me in some very unladylike squatting over the next 27 days.
I'll be starting tomorrow but anyone can join whenever. Feel free to friend me too
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I do squats as part of my regular lifting routine. So nice for the booty!0
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Sounds good. Bad knee might make it tough at first but count me in.0
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Sounds good. Bad knee might make it tough at first but count me in.
Check out Mark Rippetoe's videos on squat mechanics. If you can do a full squat (see how toddlers squat for reference), it should make the knees stronger and shouldn't put a lot of pressure on them (when you do a full, proper squat, the knees are just along for the ride).0 -
Thanks Dragonwolf. It's after the squatting it bothers me. (Like there's nothing there to hold me up). Also, took a kick by inexperienced fighter at Taekwondo t'ment yesterday right above the bad knee. She just about knocked me right over! ( the crowd would've loved seeing the ref go *kitten*-over-teakettle). Had a heck of a bruise, but Epsom salt/baking soda bath made it fade a lot.0
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Glad to see you guys are on board! The plan starts off gradually and with a rest days after a few days so I hope it does not aggravate your knee.
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Thanks I'll see how tomorrow goes & take it from there.0
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I'm in!0
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I'd love to @samko I used to do 100 most evenings but have let it go. I'd set the 'ping pong song' going and if you keep in time with that it's exactly 100 until the song ends LOL
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rh4Tos_eo5A0 -
isn't there an app for that?!?! Have been doing the 100 pushup challenge using an app and the flamin thing has me doing way more than 100 now - it lied to me!0
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I'll be passing on the squat challenge.
Still trying to survive the 100 pushups.0 -
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GrannyMayOz wrote: »I'd set the 'ping pong song' going and if you keep in time with that it's exactly 100 until the song ends LOL
https://youtube.com/watch?v=rh4Tos_eo5A
Cool only 10 today but will be useful in 27 days.
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Cool @x_tina324! I've done my 10 for the day!0
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Done! Yay,didn't have to call the paramedics!0
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I am in....did 10
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I'm in! Funny that this thread popped up for me today. I'm down 30 pounds and was just thinking this weekend that I need to get my butt in gear (LITERALLY) to start tightening things up. Last time I dropped this much I was active at Curves, so that really helped to keep the jiggle factor in control. This time, with no concentrated strength training yet, there are definitely some, um, problem areas. ;-)
Actually did my first 10 yesterday without knowing I was going to start a challenge...onward and downward!0 -
Awesome @Horsechick49 ! Glad you're in too!
[ I'm down 30 pounds and was just thinking this weekend that I need to get my butt in gear (LITERALLY) to start tightening things up. [/quote]
Congrats on the weight loss! I was thinking the same about my core muscles in general. I can't really do pushups and planks yet so think this will help get the strength to start next month.
Onward and downward!! 0 -
I do them daily, so i don't know if i shall join in or what? lol0
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Dragonwolf wrote: »Sounds good. Bad knee might make it tough at first but count me in.
Check out Mark Rippetoe's videos on squat mechanics. If you can do a full squat (see how toddlers squat for reference), it should make the knees stronger and shouldn't put a lot of pressure on them (when you do a full, proper squat, the knees are just along for the ride).
I followed Mark's Starting Strength for about 7 months at one point and got much stronger. For example, sets of 5 reps went from 135lbs to 315lbs. My other lifts really skyrocketed too. Before I started, I was an injured Vegan ultrarunner. Weak and unbalanced. I started eating meat/dairy and after about 7 months I was a new man. My knees no longer bothered me. But then I plateaued. I knew to continue my progress I would need to change up programming (Madcow, Texas Method, or something else), but I grew bored with it. Plus, it takes a huge amount of motivation to get under that squat bar when the easy gains aren't coming and it's stinkin' heavy! I'm sure I'm much weaker now, but still stronger than when I began and bodyweight exercises help maintain what I have.
All this to say, much of what people say about squats being bad for your knees is bogus. Doing squats improperly may be. But the strength you get helps to stabilize and strengthen your knee.0 -
Eeee! I know I'm a bit late chiming in, but I want to try. I was just talking to my friend this weekend that my once bubble butt is turning into pancake secretary butt. Squats!0
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Okay done my 15 for the day! 0
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thanks to your message, I just did my 15 too! Am I doing them wrong if I'm feeling it more in my thighs than my rear?0
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Did my 150
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I think as long as you feel it must be ok to begin with. It's supposed to get you started on strengthening your core in general. So try to use your abs, rear and thighs at the same time. I was feeling it at the bottom of my thighs today.0
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Apparently, (my husband loves to pick on me mercilessly when I do squats) I don't squat low enough, I don't keep my back bolt upright and blahde blahde blah. But I did 50 straight off. My quads felt well used by the end of it, but I've had no muscle soreness since. I almost never get muscle soreness no matter what I do anyway.
I've always thought I had really strong legs anyway. Either that, or hubby's right and I'm doing them so badly that I can do 50 with no prior training. I used to do 100 regularly, but that stopped 2 years ago and you may as well say I've done zero in the past 2 years.0 -
Awesome that you can do 50 at a time!
Not sure if you are supposed to feel the soreness or the burn! @GrannyMayOz I'm just going by the instructions here. You are supposed to go as deeply as flexibility allows but best thing is not to cause injury.
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BTW done my 20 for the day!0
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I reckon I'm doing it like that. I can't get as low as her - her thighs are nearly parallel to the ground, but I'm more than half way to that. And I do lean further forward too, but hopefully flexibility will improve as I do them. Until now I'd been taught that my toes had to point straight forward, which reduced my flexibility even more. I now have hope that I will improve.0
