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So I am a small thing but I've always been a runner and went through a period of being obsessed with my legs rather than the rest of my body. Backfired as I can squat well over what I can bench, and it's starting to be more painful to do them than anything.
I was told my form is good and I try to do the whole 'back straight, butt out' form and it helps but still hurts like hell. Is there anything I can do or should I just switch machines? I can squat over 150 and I'm a tad paranoid using the one where I lie down and push up. Nobody believes me when I put what I can really do, considering my size, so 150 is a "realistic" number.
Except for the outliers, it is normal to squat more than you can bench. Only people who cannot are those extreme benchers, and people who never have leg day. Squating above your bodyw eight is rather normal, even my wife can do it and she is far from being a lifter or anything.
So to try and be specific, it's exactly where the bar would sit on my shoulders that hurts. I think it's mainly from the weight of them that hurts. I don't have a lot of back muscle as is, so could that be a reason?
I oddly prefer squats, so that's why I was asking, but I'd appreciate other exercises as well. Besides a treadmill. I'm the odd runner that HATES running on a treadmill. Feels like I'm being restricted.
If you want alternates to the squat because the bar hurts your shoulders, and if you workout at a gym that has a hack slide machine you could try hack squats.
As for the squat that you are doing now, depending on whether you are positioning the bar high or low on the shoulders, you can try a different positioning and see if that eliminates the pain. Or you might try using padding on the bar.
If you want alternates to the squat because the bar hurts your shoulders, and if you workout at a gym that has a hack slide machine you could try hack squats.
As for the squat that you are doing now, depending on whether you are positioning the bar high or low on the shoulders, you can try a different positioning and see if that eliminates the pain. Or you might try using padding on the bar.
Thanks for both, they look pretty awesome!
Not gonna like, I've never seen that Jefferson Squat being used so I guess I'll get weird looks but oh well.
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