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Getbig Bodybuilding Boards => Training Q&A => Topic started by: Zach Trowbridge on April 17, 2008, 01:28:23 PM
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I've been doing a lot of front squatting lately since my back is having some issues and back squats are a big no-no. I used to use a hands-crossed grip similar to what you see most bodybuilders use. But lately I've been using an Olympic lifter's grip - hands shoulder width and elbows up high, "racking" the bar on my shoulders. I like the Olympic grip because it's easier to hold, but I have to drop the weight by about 20-30 lbs compared to if I cross my hands in front of me. Any idea what might be causing that? I would have expected to squat more since I'm more comfortable with the Olympic grip.
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I've been doing a lot of front squatting lately since my back is having some issues and back squats are a big no-no. I used to use a hands-crossed grip similar to what you see most bodybuilders use. But lately I've been using an Olympic lifter's grip - hands shoulder width and elbows up high, "racking" the bar on my shoulders. I like the Olympic grip because it's easier to hold, but I have to drop the weight by about 20-30 lbs compared to if I cross my hands in front of me. Any idea what might be causing that? I would have expected to squat more since I'm more comfortable with the Olympic grip.
Likely your wrist/forearm strength and flexibility. I had that problem too but it can be quickly alleviated.
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Likely your wrist/forearm strength and flexibility. I had that problem too but it can be quickly alleviated.
i have to do it the "bodybuilder way" for that reason..no fucking way my hands will ever get back that far!
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I've been doing a lot of front squatting lately since my back is having some issues and back squats are a big no-no. I used to use a hands-crossed grip similar to what you see most bodybuilders use. But lately I've been using an Olympic lifter's grip - hands shoulder width and elbows up high, "racking" the bar on my shoulders. I like the Olympic grip because it's easier to hold, but I have to drop the weight by about 20-30 lbs compared to if I cross my hands in front of me. Any idea what might be causing that? I would have expected to squat more since I'm more comfortable with the Olympic grip.
Why is your back having "some issues"? Previous injuries? How old are you?
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Why is your back having "some issues"? Previous injuries? How old are you?
Compressed disc in my lumbar spine due to deadlifts done with the 8-sided plates that you find at some gyms. When I brought the bar to the ground the plates on one side rolled away from me, and I was dumb and didn't reposition myself first.
So half of the bar was dragging my thigh, the other half was about 6 inches away from it. Since then a lot of the usual lifts that involve the lower back have been hard to do.
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Tape your wrists with athletic tape..............no more problems!