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Maxing out on squats (because the bar hurts me)

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  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    The picture below is about the best I could find for bar position (high vs. low bar). Not only will the pad mess with stability, it also will change angles of the lift. You wouldn't think a 1/2 an inch would make a difference but it does.

    You also may simply need to build up your traps a bit also.


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    this.

    Sounds like bad bar placement- and odds are you don't have any back mass. Ladies- WORK YOUR BACKS!!!!!

    And FYI- neither of those pictures are wrong- it's high vs low bar- not that one is right one is wrong.
    The ultimate goal is to have the bar path travel straight up and straight down- doing high vs low makes a difference on torso angle. But if you not the high bar (left) it's still not on the shoulders and neck itself.

    I also wouldn't' use anything more than a thing towel/t-shirt between the bar if I had to use anything.

    Because at 120- you aren't anywhere near a place where you should be uncomfortable.
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