2.5 things....
1st.... we warm up the shoulders the same for squats as we do for bench. Have someone use a wrap to bowtie your shoulders ( see Donnie Thompson's video on how to do this) and/or use a big band choked off on a squat rack to pull the scapulae back while you work your shoulder open ( again, Donnie has a video on this)
2nd.... a lot of shoulder/elbow issues come from supporting the bar with your arms because it doesn't have a good purchase on your back. Learn how to get your shoulders pulled back as tight as possible ( like how you retract the scapulae to set up for a bench) so the bar is being supported by your rear delts instead of being held in place on your back with your hands.
2.5th .... not an answer to your question but it'll help..... If you absolutely have to low bar squat get a SSB and a Duffalo bar so you have options to use that won't tear up your shoulders every week. Rotate them every week. Or, work on finding a high(er) bar position that works for you..... I've always been a high bar squatter, but I spent a good 6 months working low bar because I like how it shortened my leverages at the torso. The downside was my bench going to crap because my traps are so big that the bar wouldn't bite on my rear delts so all the strain went to my elbows and shoulders..... when Chuck Vogelpohl came out to train and told me that I should just go back to high bar I gave up on it. Even he switched to high bar for the same reason.
Man, I sure do appreciate you chiming in as I was the only sap I knew with this issue, but then again I lift alone. I hardly have your thickness but 5'11 and 285 combined with other issues makes low bar too damn painful. I did some high bar today and it was still a bit tight as it was not a true high bar...somewhere in between. Nonetheless it was still so much better and my bench won't suffer.
I do think its gonna be some to get my high bar to what my low bar was, but at least I will be squatting and benching without pain.
I still need to check out the vids as my issues aren't gonna go away by ignoring then so I need some practical solutions.
Thanks again,
Hawk
2.5 things....
1st.... we warm up the shoulders the same for squats as we do for bench. Have someone use a wrap to bowtie your shoulders ( see Donnie Thompson's video on how to do this) and/or use a big band choked off on a squat rack to pull the scapulae back while you work your shoulder open ( again, Donnie has a video on this)
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