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11/3/2009 8:37:44 AM - Mike

Josh,

I am able to go very far below parallel on these with lighter weights. Unfortunately, all my weights are very light on these right now, though. Flexibility has always been a strong suit for me.

For what it's worth (and I'm not sure that's very much), I don't "feel" my hams, quads, or glutes in these. I do, however, feel a tremendous amount of pressure in my wrists and shoulders. I had assumed this was from trying to keep the bar from falling out the racked position on my shoulders. I also feel it quite a bit in my lower back, but again, I have been working under the assumption that this was due to falling forward.

Thanks for the quick response!

Mike,

The leaning forward is what is most likely causing the pain in your lower back, wrists and shoulders. It may be a problem where the bar is rolling slightly forward on the heavier weights from the rack position. The bar needs to be extremely close to your throat, if it gets away your technique will go to hell in a hand basket quickly. Make sure your elbows are up, if they drop at best you will have a forward lean but you may get hurt or lose the weight. Double check that your chest is up and make sure you are driving through your heels. You may want to give the cross armed rack position a try, even when I had the flexibility to front squat with the rack position, I had more success with cross armed technique not to mention it felt better on the wrists and elbows.

Good luck,
Josh Bryant

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