Q&A 56 #366

<div> <p>Matt & Niki and your lifting and life questions.</p> <p>Topics include coaching certifications oriented to coaching females, shoulder pain from presses & squats, adductor tears during squats, office strength groups, and power clean rack position.</p> <p>0:00 Introduction & BLOC Party Overview</p> </div> <div>8:16 Programming During Weight Cuts</div> <ul> <li>Gained a bunch of weight during LP, having a USSF meet coming up: still want to hit big numbers, but want to lean down</li> <li>Performance doesn't have to suffer very much with small weight cut if done intelligently</li> <li>Top set with volumes can really be a nice combination of hitting enough volume and still hitting the intensity</li> <li>Lots of volume can help maintain muscle mass</li> <li>Drive up that top set as much as possible</li> </ul> <div>15:21 Certification to Coach Females?</div> <ul> <li>Do you need to get a certification for coaching females? <strong>No</strong></li> <li>Need to improve your coaching, in general</li> <li>Need to relate to your clients</li> <li>Permission to coach mindset: more variation within group than between</li> <li>5x3 works well for lots of people with a deficiency of upper body muscle mass</li> </ul> <div>23:32 Shoulder Pain</div> <ul> <li>play with squat grip: probably bring it in</li> <li>guess at what it is: proximal bicep tendinopathy</li> <li>if it persists, put squat at the end of the workout (as squat tends to make rest of workout worse)</li> <li>be very specific in where things hurt</li> <li>do more sets of lower reps with slower, perfect form</li> <li>lower the weight, slow down the lift</li> <li>keep pain below a 3 and look for it to reduce over time</li> <li>incline dumbbell press?</li> <li>work to get the intensity back up</li> <li>can also play around with frequency</li> </ul> <div>30:14 Adductor Pain during Squats</div> <ul> <li>Where is the pain presenting itself? (middle or end of muscle)</li> <li>Is it at the tendon or in the muscle belly</li> <li>Did you bruise?</li> <li>Play with stance a