Full Squats

[Rex999]

I've recently started doing full squats.. I go down as far as I can instead of just to parallel. They seem to be better for quad development - I really feel a difference there. The only problem is about two hours after I do them, one of my hips starts hurting, and continues to hurt for 2 days or so. Today's the worst yet.. I've been limping. I haven't gone heavy.. just using 185-205 for sets of 5. Should I ditch them? Should I try to work on flexibility? The weird thing is they don't hurt while I'm doing them, only hours after, especially if I sit in one place for too long.

I do deadlifts as well, but they don't bother me. Any advice would be appreciated.

 

[bignate73]

stretch your hip flexors and inner thighs.

you could also implement box squats once in a while. that way you can practice releasing those hip flexors in the movement.

 

[TheOak84]

how would you stretch ur hip flexors, i need to do that once and a while

 

[gymtime]

One way is to do extended bodywieght lunges. Get down as low as you can, torso perpendicular to the floor, ten seconds each side. I do two or three of these on each side before I start legs.

 

[Rex999]

Thanks for the advice.. I will try to increase my flexibility