Any Tips for squats???

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R.Lewis

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I have a power rack at my gym that I use for Squats. But when I get to about half my body weight I cant take the pressure on my shoulders. Ive tryed putting towls and boxing gloves on the bar but it still dont help.

Also to rack the bar at the end of the set you have to twist the bar to hook it. When I do this the bar is twisting onto my neck and is very painfull. Dont worry I only didt it a few times to work out what i was doing wrong. I usually do dead lift and m/c leg press.
 
I got this when I first started squating. It will go away eventually just tough it out you will be fine. Its most likely because your skinny.

Also, you could just do dumb bell squats. Or front squats. etc..
 
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It seems hardly worth doing. They weight Im squating is very light, and I dont feel im getting anything from it. R you sure the pain isnt bad, cos its extremly painfull, most of all when you have to roll the bar on to your neck.
 
Where a sweater and make sure the bar in not up to high. Back squats are pretty easy try some front squats, i have bruises on my delts right now.
 
Can someone point me in the direction of some good squat manuals? I was doing whet I thort were just standard squats ( I know there are many diff kinds)

I stand with my feet a little infront or the bar, and the bar rests on my traps and shoulder blades. is this right?
 
Well, I would suggest getting off the smith machine and using a barbell. For squats on the smith machine your feet have to be positioned almost perfectly or you end up pushing up on an angle. That is what it sounds like is happening here. If this is your only option for squats, experiment with your footing, and be sure to keep your spine as close to neutral as possible. Check that your knees are not moving too far out in front of your toes. It may be that you just need to get used to it.
 
Yeah I do use the smith machine. we have bar bells to, but we dont have a squat rack. Ive just writing up a 10x3 workout. I think im gonna go with dumbell squats and machine leg press. Thanks anyway
 
I think the problem is that you're not squeezing the shoulder blades back together to create a "table" for the bar to rest on. The other thing is your back is not straight enough. What you should try is squuezing your shoulder blades together so you can place the bar down a bit lower on the traps and work on keeping the elbows under the bar.
 
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