leg press isn't bad for your spine

what u supposed to do when u hear popping and clicking sounds when u try to lift??

i stopped just to be safe. will try again tomorrow

My upper chest actually nonexistent that’s just an optical illusion created by my traps and the wife beater.

Depends where you hear those sounds

Ankles - keep on going.

Knees - stretch more and fix your form 99%

it was the knees i think. so i should be doing yoga before 🤔

Mfin leg day. Im so f***ing hungry tho oh my god. ive been constantly hungry. I think my lack of appetite was just a mental blockage

Oftentime knee pain is either poor movement or tightness in the quad

make sure your knees don't ever go inward when you do squats, presses, etc. Always force your knees outward.

Good stretches:

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I had knee problems forever, these two stretches fixed my issue. My quads were waaaay too tight and it f***ed up a lot of things. Do these stretches for 1 minute/2 minutes each leg depending on your tolerence.

Also, active warm-ups help a lot.

Lunges, RDLs to fire up the hamstrings, etc.

just did this yoga session for mobility. see if i notice a difference lifting tomorrow

It’s important to do it prior to working out too

ive seen conflicting stuff like ur not supposed to do anything before lifting. save all ur energy.
even in the video

whats the classic warmup?

i really dk what a warmup entails lmao

To some extent, yes.

But most injury preventive stretches are only going to help you perform better. For example, those knee/quad stretches I do allow me to actually get depth in my squats, etc. Active warm-ups don't allow me to get to the depth I need to get to.

Some stretching can make you "too loose" which would could hinder explosive movement if you're doing athletic exercises, but for 99% of scenarios... stretching & warming up before and after is generally a good idea.

Another example - my neck is f***ed from years of sports.

If I don't stretch my neck/shoulder beforehand on certain days (for example, shoulder day), doing something simple like shoulder press can cause a kink in my neck that can f*** me up for weeks.