Warm up sets vs working sets HELP!

[Mark Rippetoe]

Maybe not! Tore an adductor 4 days ago on the 4th rep at 480, first set.

Warm up was 44x5, 132x1, 220x1, 286x1, 352x1, 396x1, 431x1 (Converted from kg hence not 45,135, 225 etc.)

Today all I could squat was 55x15. Maybe if I had warmed up better I wouldn’t be injured and still progressing.

It's not always possible to associate a tear with a warmup mistake, or any mistake, really. Sometimes you hurt yourself, and there may not be a satisfying explanation for it. I tore a quad once, on the 8th set of 10 doubles: I was warm, my form was the same as my 7th set. Sometimes it happens. Part of the game.

[Theseahawk]

Ouch. I thought I’d never squat again with just this adductor tear. Feel a bit of a pussy now. I’m pleased with how good the rehab is working though. Using 330 lb now and can hardly feel the injury at all now.