[The Professor]

Originally Posted by PeteSB75

Weird that the squat bothered you that much. I go with a relatively low back position, bar about the middle of my shoulder blades, and while occasionally, I will feel it in my wrists, my arms never do more than steady the bar. The full weight is always on my back. The only thing I can think of is that maybe you are not leaning forward enough? It does wind up being a more forward position the lower the bar is. At the bottom of my squat, the base of my ribcage is almost on my knees. When I am standing, I am leaning slightly forward, how much depends on the weight on the bar, more weight = more lean. I also go with a wide grip on the bar, my hands are at the outer edge of the knurl, almost to the plates, arms about 3/4 extended. Basically, your center of gravity is going to be over the middle of your feet. When you are lifting, that means the bar is over your feet for the whole lift - with a low back bar position, that puts you leaning quite a bit further forward than with a high back bar position. Gotta stick that butt out and keep your chest up.

I understand the mechanics of it. That's not the problem. The problem is a non-regulation bar (too fat) and poor joint mobility. I wrap my wrists (I have to given their effed up condition); but the movement requires more tris and bis than you'd think. Couple that with PRs on bench on Monday and one helluva back day (some tris there, too), and it's just a perfect storm. So I guess I can't blame it entirely on the squats. I just hit it a bit too hard this week and possibly didn't warm up enough this morning. oh well. I'm not Injured ... just hurt (if that makes sense).