My plan kinda got messed up, so I'm gonna go back to H-1

Irishman301 · 12-11-2007, 10:31 AM

I was doing lifter #2 - the guy who considers skinny an insult. I did H-1, H-2, S-1, and I started S-2, but I had a knee injury occur, and my doctor told me to stop squatting and deadlifting until I healed. In the meantime I've just been doing the upper body days of S-2, and I've been doing hamstring work on the days where I was supposed to be doing squat strength and deadlift strength. This upcoming Monday, I should be good to start squatting again, but I'm already like 3/4 done the upper body workouts from S-2, and I didn't even do the other days yet (except for the first squat day when my injury occured).

So.....I'm thinking that on Monday, I'm going to do H-1 again all the way through, then go back into S-2 and do the whole routine over. I will then continue with Lifter #2 from there. What do you think? Does that sound like a reasonable thing to do?

Hunter · 12-11-2007, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Irishman301

So.....I'm thinking that on Monday, I'm going to do H-1 again all the way through, then go back into S-2 and do the whole routine over.

I don't know what others will think, but in my opinion, if you try to do all of H-I on Monday, you'll be a wreck...hell, that'd be like 18 hours in the gym, wouldn't it?

Seriously, my advice: go through half of H-I and assess how you feel; if it's feeling easy, jump back to S-II. If not, finish H-I.

Good luck.

Irishman301 · 12-12-2007, 08:16 AM

Lol, but I want to do ALL of H-1 in one day!!!

Seriously, I think if I do start back up on H-1, I will do the whole thing over. I loved H-1, so once I start, I won't be able to stop halfway through.

Lisa~ · 12-12-2007, 08:35 AM

H1 is a great program and doing it again is a good idea. I encourage you to consider why you injured your knee and what rehab/prehab you need to include in your program to prevent a similar injury in the future. You might need to add some things to your warm-up and/or some corrective movements or stretching to your non-lifting days.

Irishman301 · 12-12-2007, 08:51 AM

It was S-1 where I got injured. The most I ever squatted before S-1 was 185 lbs. for about 10 reps. When I got to S-1, I added too much weight on the bar, and my form was crap. I was GMing out of the hole, my knees were buckling inward, and I was going down instead of back. During my recovery time, I've been reading, watching videos, and practicing my form like crazy. I now know how to squat without feeling any pressure on my knees. I'm gonna take it real slow with adding weight though too.