How many times have you heard if you could only do 1 exercise, do squats? Well, I'm actually at that point right now. After a 3 week lay-off that turned into a 3 month lay-off, my shoulder hasn't gotten any better (that's another thread). Anyway, right now I can't do ANYTHING involving my arms. That leaves me with squats as the only primary exercise I can do. Obviously, I can also do back extensions and good mornings. It looks like this might also be a good opportunity to learn (and develop the strength) to do glute-ham raises off the floor. I'm starting back in slowly (i.e. very very light), but I still had pretty bad DOMS after the 1st workout. Took almost a week to recover. Anybody else ever found themselves in this position of not being able to do ANY upper body work?
BTW, I finally broke down and bought a copy of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training. Now I understand why everyone who bought it raved about it. At age 56 I thought I knew how to do the basic exercises until I read this book. For example, the power clean that I'd been doing off and on again over the years is so far removed from the exercise that Ripp painstakingly describes that it's embarrassing. If you don't have this book you are really depriving yourself. I guarantee that there's something you aren't doing right. And the younger you are the less bad habits you'll have to break and the more years you'll have to benefit from this invaluable information.
BTW, I finally broke down and bought a copy of Starting Strength: Basic Barbell Training. Now I understand why everyone who bought it raved about it. At age 56 I thought I knew how to do the basic exercises until I read this book. For example, the power clean that I'd been doing off and on again over the years is so far removed from the exercise that Ripp painstakingly describes that it's embarrassing. If you don't have this book you are really depriving yourself. I guarantee that there's something you aren't doing right. And the younger you are the less bad habits you'll have to break and the more years you'll have to benefit from this invaluable information.
