I strained my groin (just the right side) during pin squats in week 5 of the Bridge program (1.0). The pain was enough to wake me up several times over the next few days and movements like raising my foot from the gas pedal to the brake were difficult. I continued to train and belted/non-belted squats didn’t seem to be impacted. Week 6 of the bridge, my e1rm on pin squats increased and while I could feel some strain in that area, I don’t think it was a limiting factor. I’m now in week 7, had thought the issue was mostly resolved (pain has reduced significantly over the last 2 weeks, but still present) and just hurt it again on pin squats. The pain was enough that I got nauseous and vomited, but it seems to have settled down over the last hour and a half. I guess I will see how bad it is tonight.
I’m not sure about what to do for the pin squats in week 8. Should I reduce the weight some and pin squat? Would it make more sense to use a different variation such as a pause squat instead? I plan on doing the BBM hypertrophy program after week 8.
Thanks,