Teamliquid Health and Fitness Initiative for 2014 - Page 52

On March 31 2014 04:27 mordek wrote:
Haha yes Ab ripper x does wreck your hip flexors, can confirm. Is there a quick credible write-up on creating use anyone would recommend? I'll just follow what it says

On March 31 2014 18:49 zatic wrote:
So I switched from only high bar to a front squat / low bar combination a while ago. I really wanted to do front squats and I felt together with high bar my squatting would become too quad heavy.

Unfortunately now I am running into the same issue that made me stop doing low bar 2 years ago: I get this insane pain in both of my arms. Basically my entire arm hurts, with intense spots just below the elbow and below the shoulder. It's so bad I can't do any push or pulling after, and keeps hurting for several days.

I have really no idea what the hell I am doing wrong. I take so much care to not ever hold the bar with my hands. I believe I have a very good overall setup and I feel very confident about squatting in general. But still my arms get this stupid pain at weights 90kg and more. Lower weights or high bar at any weight and I have zero problems.

Any ideas? Is there something like a nerve in the shoulder than I might press on with the bar that could cause this pain?

On March 31 2014 18:49 zatic wrote:
So I switched from only high bar to a front squat / low bar combination a while ago. I really wanted to do front squats and I felt together with high bar my squatting would become too quad heavy.

Unfortunately now I am running into the same issue that made me stop doing low bar 2 years ago: I get this insane pain in both of my arms. Basically my entire arm hurts, with intense spots just below the elbow and below the shoulder. It's so bad I can't do any push or pulling after, and keeps hurting for several days.

I have really no idea what the hell I am doing wrong. I take so much care to not ever hold the bar with my hands. I believe I have a very good overall setup and I feel very confident about squatting in general. But still my arms get this stupid pain at weights 90kg and more. Lower weights or high bar at any weight and I have zero problems.

Any ideas? Is there something like a nerve in the shoulder than I might press on with the bar that could cause this pain?

On April 01 2014 04:34 IgnE wrote:
Looked too easy. Probably could have gone heavier. One thing I would keep in mind is that you don't want to be looking up at the bottom like that. Keep your head in line with your back.

On April 01 2014 04:40 MtlGuitarist97 wrote:

I thought it felt easy too, but then when I tried to do more reps I couldn't even pull the bar off the floor, lol. Next time I deadlift I'll try to go a bit heavier. Also, was my back in an acceptable position in terms of rounding? Sometimes I see people saying that even having your back rounded to that degree is really bad for you, but it feels really hard to keep my back properly arched when the weight gets heavier.

On April 01 2014 04:34 IgnE wrote:
Looked too easy. Probably could have gone heavier. One thing I would keep in mind is that you don't want to be looking up at the bottom like that. Keep your head in line with your back.