Random health and exercise thoughts - Page 1633

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Originally Posted by Lagrangian 

hb is just better suited for some, i've always felt much more comfortable with it myself when compared to low bar.

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Originally Posted by Flame 

I'm fairly certain HB is knee break as opposed to LB's hip break, so knee over toes is likely unless you have short femurs?

Yeah, high-bar sitting almost straight down feels a lot more natural for me. I imagine some people have problems with ankle flexibility but I've got that covered from skateboarding. I don't know if this matters, but I'm 6'3 and my hamstrings have been tight for basically my whole life, so maybe high bar just suits me better? I also always read that squats should break at the hips, like RDL's and GMs, but that doesn't make sense at all high-bar.

Thanks for clearing it up. Feels good to finally take a step in the right direction.

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Originally Posted by conceptionist 

About bulking and making fast progress: I'm not even injured but due to my piss-poor lumbar and hamstring mobility, I haven't been able to push my squat and DL at all until recently, and I got "serious" about lifting last April. I probably would've made a lot better gains if I had fixed myself at the start.

 

That said, it finally feels like I'm getting somewhere with the squat and deadlift. My biggest problem was lumbar flexion and losing tension at the bottom, which lead to hyperextension on the way up. I found on today's squat session that I could maintain the tension and a tight core a lot easier if I squatted straight down high-bar style instead of trying to sit back. I still sit back a decent amount and go to parallel but knees shoot out a bit in front of toes and out to the sides. Knees over toes isn't necessarily bad high-bar, right?

 

It felt a lot more stable, I could maintain an upright torso and felt like I pushed up the weight from underneath, versus forcing it up with a curved spine.

Truer words were never spoken. To echo deadly7's comment about things lost on most e-bros, this tops my list. New lifters are so concerned with making strength gains, they spend years lifting with crappy form. Most people don't start taking technique seriously until they suffer a bad injury. Coaches make a big difference in this respect, but even if you are training yourself, spend the time focusing on getting the movement right before you think of lifting heavy weights. If you can't move your body through space properly, you've got no hope of moving external objects through space properly.