How to get the bar from my shoulders to the floor safely?

threnjen

Thanks Velmada! That was really great feedback

Everyone thinks my PT is awful now but I do have to defend her because she DID teach me how to do all of the SL moves properly, at my request. So I am so happy I had her.

I got the cage, yaaaay! Did not have to face my fear tonight of asking to work in! (I forgot the other point on working in that Velmada made which is that I also have to lower the bar EVERY set too. I'm sooo short. So working in will really be a hassle for the other person which is why I hesitate)

Wouldn't you know it, at the gym tonight I saw a dude doing EXACTLY what you all convinced me here not to do. Clean, push press, setting bar on back, doing squats, then doing a push press to get the bar off his back. Now to be fair he was not squatting that much compared to how burly he looked. He probably wanted the cage/rack but me and another girl were in them. I would bet he was going lower weight for safety but it was still funny to see after this discussion.

GiddyupTim

If you can clean the bar to your shoulders, how about learning the front squat? Then you don't have to push press the bar when you are fatigued after the squats.

dbmata

threnjen wrote: »

... I also have to lower the bar EVERY set too. I'm sooo short.

srsly, not an issue.

Like I said, I'll throw an easy curl on my back that way. Might go as heavy as 80-90 pounds, but my OHP is higher than that, and my squat is significantly higher than that. There's no good technique for it, so then it comes down to how well you can manhandle the weight, and even then it's not safe. Particularly for a newbie.