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Dec 2017
8:13pm, 6 Dec 2017
266 posts
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Brig
I find cossack squats pre lifting really helps stretch and activate my adductors and opens your hips too
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Dec 2017
8:19pm, 6 Dec 2017
75 posts
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CK2
Wow! 72.5kg is very impressive Idle Wilder!
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Dec 2017
8:27pm, 6 Dec 2017
12,458 posts
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Shark the Herald Angel
I just had to look up cossack squats, Brig! Bit like (but not the same as ) deep side lunges yeah?
I've only ever been taught very basic lifts. I think they're probably all I need for my athletics ... but a bit of variety can be nice!
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Dec 2017
8:34pm, 6 Dec 2017
37,245 posts
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While Raptor Knitted Socks by Night
72.5kg! How ... unladylike. Well done, idle_wilder, that's magnificent 
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Dec 2017
8:35pm, 6 Dec 2017
37,246 posts
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While Raptor Knitted Socks by Night
My lower abdomen has, predictably, started to ache a little this evening. However, I suspect by tomorrow it will pale into insignificance beside the way my legs will feel after waking up the treadmill.
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Dec 2017
8:37pm, 6 Dec 2017
1,089 posts
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idle_wilder
Interesting, Brig - sports massage guy suggested a similar stretch for my adductors, but not quite so deep, and with a kettlebell held to the chest for some extra weight. Didn't feel my right adductor as obviously as previous sessions - PT thought I was sitting too far back in the squat, and hingeing hips too much before knees, which was putting extra pressure on them.
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Dec 2017
8:41pm, 6 Dec 2017
1,090 posts
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idle_wilder
My abs were in bits after using the cable machine for oblique side choppers last weekend! I love weighted suitcase carries for ab work - walking around with a 20kg kettlebell, before swapping it to the other hand. Arms and chest still haven't quite forgiven me after upper body either!
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Dec 2017
8:44pm, 6 Dec 2017
267 posts
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Brig
I used a Kettlebell to help me get in to the squat at first but now can manage them without (unless I feel really tight)
Getting the squat right is hard isn't it! I was going to deep initially bit my last session felt super good!
I have a little pre lifting mobility thing I do now which I quite enjoy and feels beneficial so will continue whilst it works
Other BIG thing for me right now... SIDE PLANKS
Horrible and awesome
😃
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Dec 2017
8:44pm, 6 Dec 2017
12,459 posts
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Shark the Herald Angel
You do some very comprehensive workouts i-w. Impressive! Have weights become your main sport/exercise thing?
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Dec 2017
8:45pm, 6 Dec 2017
12,460 posts
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Shark the Herald Angel
I love (well that's perhaps too strong a word) side planks! So much less boring -and whisper it - easier - than front planks.
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