Hi all,
Did a search, probably not long enough, about my question to no avail.
My question is regarding exercise selection on the knee rehab template. I just completed day 2 and for the isolation i choose split squats with tempo. This was a huge mistake. I understand they are a great isolation exercise but i didn’t get past 2 sets before just stopping because my legs were burning.
So my question is this, is it ok to do the same exercises?
For example i did single leg leg press on day 1, is it fine to just do again? I have box step ups planned for day 3 but most of the rest of the exercises i have never done before and wanted to do what i know.
One other question i have is, when doing sled drags how do i log them in the app? It’s not really sets/reps.
Thanks for all you do
Matt
Howdy!
Sounds like the split squats were quite challenging. I’d be curious as to how much weight you used and if going lighter or using assistance would make these a bit more accessible for you.
I would prefer you keep more variation in the template vs. less. I would prefer you do exercises that are unfamiliar with as well, which is part of the underlying principles in the template. You don’t have to follow this advice of course, as doing single leg leg press is certainly better than not doing anything. Just stating my preferences here.
I would log the sled drags as the weight used and effort level of each pull.
I used no weight. They were body weight split squats. The assistance i used was just balancing using a rack. As far as assistance. What would you suggest? Bands?
As low-tech as it sounds, I would either use a band peg or bar loaded in a rack to “pull” against, e.g. a Hatfield split squat. As an aside, I like those as a split squat variation regardless of knee symptomology.
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