Beyond body weight work outs you can try hip thrusts and Romanian dead lifts. Anything that works your glutes will help at least to some degree your abductors.
Not retarded. But try looking up other types of squats can even try box squats. Proper depth is generally your knees passing your hip greases.
Is it a problem with flexibility or that you can't get up when you got weight on?
Just looked it up. Thats a great idea to do after you do the normal squats and other variations.
I worked on my flexibility for 6 months before starting squats, I can pretty comfortably deep squat BW now and Asian Squat if I feel like it, however when I have weight on my back I can feel that once I go past a certain point (90 degree angle with my legs) I'm gonna fall on my ass or I wont be able to get back up.
I understand what you mean, I had the same way in the beginning too. A feeling of not having control with weight on your shoulders. It's not stupid to work your way up with less weight, it is what you should do. Correct technique is everything, and if you are working out your whole life. A few months or year has little to say.
Anderson was called The Mightiest Minister for a reason.
At the start, yes. After about 6 or so months of consistent training it gets a lot harder to gain strength without gaining weight.
I know that feel.. Sunday mornings are definitely the worst at my gym, it's like they have a massive party on Saturday nights, leave shit everywhere, and as it isn't staffed on Sundays, it's just left for us to deal with the next morning. The worst I've experienced is someone leaving their dirty fucking bandaids around the sled, not sure why they wouldn't just put them in the bin. I just kicked em out the way, no way I'm picking that shit up.Once again I find myself moments away from tard raging at weights not being unracked.
No better way to start my Sunday morning session than pulling off someone else's 5 x 10kg plates.
Seconding what the above post said, don't be afraid to ask people for help at the gym, most are happy to help. I've asked for help and had the same asked of me, just practice common sense and don't ask someone who is in the middle of their set.
Also might be a long shot asking here, is there a consensus (backed by study) in the weightlifting community on whether or not menstrual cycles affect your performance positively or negatively? I've seen arguments for both sides and on a personal level noticed better performance in some areas but much worse performance in others. I seem to have higher base strength but lower endurance during that time. I've been wondering about it or if I'm just psyching myself out.
Go in the morning before work. Waking up so early sucks, but I am similar to you, I know it's not happening after work.
Try preworkout.
True. But it gets easier after like 2 weeks. Once you have ghe habit it's no problem. But you have to do it consistently.
