Weakness on back when Squatting and pain on my lower leg. What to do?

[mohdgame]

Hello,
Stats:
142 pounds, 5'5", 1 years and 8 months lifting weight , 22 years old

I have just stronglifts program and worked my way up weight until I got this weird pain. I have a pain on my shins, the side of legs, also, it seems my lower back is giving out quickly. I took a break for 4 days and came back still.

Couldnt go squat max because my lower back felt weak and I was careful not to injure it.

I am planning to stop squatting 3 times a week. I worked my way to squatting 205 pounds.

What should I do? Deadlift feels uncomfortable but I could do max lifts. Still felt that my lower back is weak.

Should I cut squats off for a week? Or just work through this?

Note: The pain isnt that much. Most of the time it is absent, until I squat or go upstairs. For my lowerback, it just feels weak, fatigued and tight.

 

[joeblow12345]

Strengthen your lower back. In all of the big lifts, sq, dl, bench, ohp, the supporting muscles are crucial to getting better. Dont slack on assistance work. Train the lower back religiously 2-3 times a week. Until you bring up your weakness Id go 4xs a week. Do you have access to a reverse hyper? If not regular hypers, gm, stiff legg dl, pull throughs, banded gm etc. Will work. Also bring up your core strength. If your core was stronger then it could share the abuse. Having a 6 pack doesnt mean you have strong abs, it means your lean. You need to do heavy ab work to make them stronger. Train abs every time you go to the gym. It will hurt at first until you get stronger. And lastly improve sq technique, so that the load is evenly placed. If you lean forward your lower back will be in a bad position causing pain and risking injury.

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[Geovanni]

You should go get your back checked out. But in my opinion is seems injured or it may just need some extra work.


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[mohdgame]

I thought assistance work wasent important since the big exercises train all your needed muscles? I do conventional deadlifting, isnt that enough to strengthen the lower back?

So should I continue the workout with assistance exercises? OR should I stop completly for a week? The pain isnt that much, but I am abit paranoid, I dont want to push it through and end up badly injured. Last time I did that with my shoulders and I had to take a break for months... which sucked. But for my lower back, I dont get pain, it just feels weak.

Thanks alot!

 

[joeblow12345]

No. Training the lifts wont adress any muscle weaknesses. The muscle weaknesses will hold you back. You need to fix these in order to improve.

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[stevesmi]

why don't you post up a vid of your squatting... your technique probably needs work.

your body is telling you something is wrong, if it keeps hurting then you need to listen

lifting weights should never hurt the way you are describing. i don't understand how your shins are hurting from squatting.. could be a lot of things going on here. how is your nutrition? are you eating a lot of vitamins/minerals to strengthen everything up? are you working out your lower legs? are you doing too much cardio and overworking your legs?

 

[shirlene29]

Im gonna agree with technique and form...also...its often overlooked but very tight hamstrings will create a pain in the front of your legs
my other thought is a bulging disc ...it can be a refrred type of sciatica
and as far as acessory lifts...sometimes a body part lags and you have to strengthen that area before you can proceed..for me its always mid back because I have severe arthritis

 

[mohdgame]

Thanks for everyone times. I really appreciate it, I am not that experienced with lifting and I didnt know what to do.

I think I'll take a whole week off deadlifting and squats and do cardio & assistance exercises.

My lower back feels okay today, no weakness or fatigue or annoyance. Thank god. Lower back injury is one of the last thing I want honestly.

 

[joeblow12345]

Find someone who has some knowledge to show you proper technique. And practice it.

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[NoFatChicks91]

I had tons of problems with squatting man. Like they said, work on your lower back, but your problem is definately form and I would also suspect lack of mobility.

If you are not able to squat with proper form it hits your back, and if you squat too heavy with bad form you are in for hurt.

It took me a year to be able to squat ass to ground with perfect form because my hips were tight. You really need to look into mobility exercises. I actually learned all my mobility exercises when I was crossfitting, but I know youtube has some good videos on it. Without the flexibility, squatting can be a nightmare even at the lowest weight