The Improvement Season Podcast
Jun 22, 2026 · 1 hr 31 min · 10 segments
In this episode, Steve and Magic Mike discuss their recent experiences with travel, fitness progress, and personal growth. They share insights on overcoming fears, optimizing routines, and enjoying…
One question I was gonna ask you actually, with the RDL still, are you still getting any kind of, um, SIJ kind of back soreness with that still or has that adapted?
Excellent.
Mm-hmm.
I don't know if it's been like a week yet, but maybe close to that, where I haven't really noticed it.
Where I'd notice it all the time, like I'd be lying in bed and I'd like abduct my leg-
Mm-hmm
... and I'd feel it during that or raise my leg, I should just say that, and I'd feel it, uh, on the side, whereas I haven't recently.
Whereas obviously I'd been, for example, approaching my pendulum squats to try and maximize quads and nothing else, and I'd found myself...
And I, I sometimes would look back at the videos and be like, "Man, that really isn't that much depth," but it just felt appropriate at the time.
Whereas today I was warming up and I was like, "It just feels appropriate to go deeper." It just felt better-
Mm-hmm
... to go deeper, and I wasn't sacrificing knee flexion and not getting excessive, uh, kind of glutes and hamstrings...
Uh, sorry, glutes and adductors involved, and I was just getting more hamstring to calf that way.
And I was just like, "I'm just gonna squat like this." And [chuckles] I used the same weight and it dropped my rep by more than half, which is just kind of hilarious.
Wow
One question I was gonna ask you actually, with the RDL still, are you still getting any kind of, um, SIJ kind of back soreness with that still or has that adapted?
Excellent.
Mm-hmm.
I don't know if it's been like a week yet, but maybe close to that, where I haven't really noticed it.
Where I'd notice it all the time, like I'd be lying in bed and I'd like abduct my leg-
Mm-hmm
... and I'd feel it during that or raise my leg, I should just say that, and I'd feel it, uh, on the side, whereas I haven't recently.
Whereas obviously I'd been, for example, approaching my pendulum squats to try and maximize quads and nothing else, and I'd found myself...
And I, I sometimes would look back at the videos and be like, "Man, that really isn't that much depth," but it just felt appropriate at the time.
Whereas today I was warming up and I was like, "It just feels appropriate to go deeper." It just felt better-
Mm-hmm
... to go deeper, and I wasn't sacrificing knee flexion and not getting excessive, uh, kind of glutes and hamstrings...
Uh, sorry, glutes and adductors involved, and I was just getting more hamstring to calf that way.
And I was just like, "I'm just gonna squat like this." And [chuckles] I used the same weight and it dropped my rep by more than half, which is just kind of hilarious.
Wow
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