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squat pain
- Thread starter BuffinUp
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You can buy foam pads with velcro at most sportnig goods stores for that purpose, however nothing replaces having some healthy rear delt, trap, neck and upper back muscles.
Are you holding the bar on the back of your neck or down lower on the back of your shoulder? If you have it up on the back of your neck it will bite into the unprotected vertebre in your neck and there is nothing you can do to stop that. If you hold the bar down lower it is supported by the muscles of your shoulders and upper back and if they are tensed the pain is pretty mild (unless you are squating 300+ pounds and then it will hurt no matter what you do).
Are you holding the bar on the back of your neck or down lower on the back of your shoulder? If you have it up on the back of your neck it will bite into the unprotected vertebre in your neck and there is nothing you can do to stop that. If you hold the bar down lower it is supported by the muscles of your shoulders and upper back and if they are tensed the pain is pretty mild (unless you are squating 300+ pounds and then it will hurt no matter what you do).
I don't know about that but - this should probably be in the Nutrition section - but Zinc Magnesium (ZMA) has been shown to support testosterone levels. The magnesium supports restful sleep which can have a beneficail affect on hormone levels.
Also Tribestan, an herb, can stimulate the body to increase luteinizing hormone which has a beneficial effect on Testosterone.
Also Tribestan, an herb, can stimulate the body to increase luteinizing hormone which has a beneficial effect on Testosterone.
High intensity exercise stimulates muscle growth (prossibly through raising testosterone levels). The theory is your body recognizes highest intensity exercise through multiple stimulants, including nervous responces from a movement requiring balance and a degree of danger, recruitment of large amounts of muscle fibers, deep breathing (stimulating all the muscles of the torso that are involved in breating and the diaphram, causing your rib cage to stretch to it limits), etc. No other single exercise does all of this better than a set of squats, done to complete failure. One theory is the ultimate extension of this principle is "breathing squats", followed by breathing pullovers. Breathing squats are done such that on the last few reps you need to take 2 or 3 deep breaths between each repetition to keep from passing out. This usually requires relatively high reps (15-30?). Then you immediately begin pullovers with no rest period. Each pullover is begun with filling your lungs with air, expanding your chest to its maximum volume, then lowering and raising the weigh while holding your breath and continually trying to expand your chest farther.
The most effective exercises are those that recruit the most muscle fibres and the most nervous system involvement. The best exercises are those that require you to move your torso through space (squats, deadlifts, chins, dips, handstand pushups, pushups, etc.). Then second most effective are compound movements that require you to stabalise your torso in space (standing military press, bent row, etc). Next comes compound movements with free weights (bench press, seated military press, etc.). So for shoulders I would recommend handstand pushups, hindu pushups, and standing military press. For biceps chins, pull ups. standing barbell curls.
I dont like squads, and no dswithers i do have good traps delts etc. I get the same pain as buffinup does, plus as I have free weights the bar behind my neck is extremely disconcerting. So my way round it was dumbell squats. If you want large weight tho on the dumbells you gotta have to have big shoulders.