Originally Posted by
Hayden-William Courtland
Hey Rodney,
We don't understand metabolic pathways as well as we would like. This is in part because the body is very good at compensating at the molecular level if certain genes aren't being expressed up to snuff (we know this from chromosome substitution studies). So, I would be careful in reading too much into that kind of data. Try not to let it paralyze you psychologically.
There are a lot of potential things you can tweak to help here, especially if you have Fibromyalgia. However, as Pete noted, you have a bunch of technique issues to fix. I would start with those, and you may need to remove the lifting shoes for the DL to better stay in balance. Based on your picture, you can get to depth no problem. So, to do this more consistently under a barbell I would suggest 1) pause some of your early warm-up reps in the bottom to get used to the bottom position. 2) descend down into the bottom a bit slower so that you have more awareness of where your body is in space. 3) push your knees out harder and keep them out in the bottom.
Once you dial the above in, we can see how any of those changes affected how you feel (removing variables from the equation). I would then look at your sleep, nutrition, and training program. For people with Fibromyalgia they often have to take things very slow and train less often.