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You've squatted heavy before. Were your ankles an issue? My assumption would be that you were fine. Ergo, squat heavy and more. Wait. Is there an echo in here?
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A legit near 500 squat and weak/injury prone ankles?
Formerly squatted that much like 20 years ago :). I only do light squats nowdays. I used to clean and jerk above my head over 250 also, which IMHO is more impressive than sqatting 2x that much.
Clean and jerk requires stable ankles as well. I've had a couple close calls there.
I'm trying to walk you down the path to enlightenment.
You've squatted heavy before. Were your ankles an issue? My assumption would be that you were fine. Ergo, squat heavy and more. Wait. Is there an echo in here?
not trying to be a PITA, but yeah by ankles were always an issue. That said, when I was squatting almost 500lbs I was also playing high school football and that (with the crappy pot-hole practice field) made for hell on my ankles.
Things get better and worse again over time typically, repeat. I think getting older is starting to make things worse again. The big picture is I want healthy legs to walk on the rest of my life. There's lots of things I can do within my control:
- lose more weight (down about 20lbs from my heaviest)
- wear good footwear with inserts for my low arches
- strength, balance, & flexibility. Preventative maintenence (thus this topic)
- choose sports or activities that are a good match for my body type as not to abuse my ankles. Basketball admittedly is a bad choice but its fun and good excersize.