I'm only 23 years old, but I've been battling lower back pain for the past year or so. It really only bothers me at night, but its a problem because it will often wake me up in the middle of the night and I'll have to walk around and stretch out to get rid of it.
First I thought it was my bed, but then I got a new mattress and the problem persisted. then I thought it might have been how I was sitting in my chair at work (hunched over a computer all day), but I'm not quite sure its that either.
I think I may have figured it out though.
I recently got a new job, but there was a 3-week layoff between the time my old job ended and my new job started, so I went to my parent's house during that time. I kept my workout up, but because we did not have a squat rack, I was forced to get creative with lunges and some make shift box squats. During this time, my back didn't bother me at all.
Now I started my new job about a week ago and started doing regular squats again (did them for the first time yesterday). I woke up last night with the same back pain, so I'm pretty sure the squats are causing it.
So my question is (sorry it took me so long to get to it), does anyone else have this problem when doing regular back squats? I am a fairly tall guy (6-4, 180) with long legs and I have read that people with long femurs have a tough time squatting correctly. I can even feel myself arching my back sometimes to get the bar all the way back up. It's almost like a good morning for the last half of the squat.
Should I just drop some weight and focus on my form? Or is this just something I have to suck up?
First I thought it was my bed, but then I got a new mattress and the problem persisted. then I thought it might have been how I was sitting in my chair at work (hunched over a computer all day), but I'm not quite sure its that either.
I think I may have figured it out though.
I recently got a new job, but there was a 3-week layoff between the time my old job ended and my new job started, so I went to my parent's house during that time. I kept my workout up, but because we did not have a squat rack, I was forced to get creative with lunges and some make shift box squats. During this time, my back didn't bother me at all.
Now I started my new job about a week ago and started doing regular squats again (did them for the first time yesterday). I woke up last night with the same back pain, so I'm pretty sure the squats are causing it.
So my question is (sorry it took me so long to get to it), does anyone else have this problem when doing regular back squats? I am a fairly tall guy (6-4, 180) with long legs and I have read that people with long femurs have a tough time squatting correctly. I can even feel myself arching my back sometimes to get the bar all the way back up. It's almost like a good morning for the last half of the squat.
Should I just drop some weight and focus on my form? Or is this just something I have to suck up?