So why does my low back hurt when I squat/deadlift then? Huh?

“Injury occurs when a load exceeds the body’s ability to adapt and cope with that load” Canadian Physiotherapist and Chiropractor Dr Greg

Lehman

There are three very likely scenarios you’re overloading your lower back whilst squatting and deadlifting; and this is due to:

1) Technique issues

2) Load management issues a.k.a programming issues

3) A combination of bothTechnique issues – why moving with load is completely different from an in-clinic assessment

Nancy: 5 RFT

400m of Cardio OR 75 Double-Unders

15 Overhead Squats

Annie: 50-40-30-20-10 reps

Double-unders

Sit-ups

Sunday 10.02.22 | REST| RESET |RESTORE

Cindy: AMRAP 20 minutes

5 pull-ups

10 press-ups

15 air squats

Helen: 3 rounds for time

400m run

21 KB swings

12 pull-ups

5 rounds for time of:

25 Push-Ups

50 Air Squats

100 Jump Rope (Single)

Tests done by physios, i.e ‘Do a bird dog’ are testing a skill, not your glute strength. You do not have weak glutes because you are unstable in an unfamiliar yoga pose. You’ve been lifting weights up and down. Your training is not specific to being good at yoga poses.. it’s specific to lifting weights up and down.

If I asked you to stand and balance on a bosu ball, unless you do this in your training, you’re going to suck at it.Therefore often these quick tests done with the physio aren’t able to accurately test your strength as they are not specific to what you do. They proves you are unadapted to a yoga pose, not that your ‘glutes don’t fire’.

21-15-9 reps for time of:

Deadlifts

Strict ring dips

12 power cleans

21 squats

20 minutes