SQUATS

>inguinal canal hernia
you doofus, let me clarify since i suck at explaining things, it definetly a muscle or tendon, since I feel it whenever I activate that part. It's like the uppermost part of the front of the thigh, right bellow the addonis belt.

your little "between belly button and dick and to the left" was not a great discription, buddy. That description is much better. sounds like hip flexors

For some reason stretching seems to make it worse...
Could it be I'm tearing at a "wound"? or will stretching hurt anyway if its a tight as fuck muscle/tendon?

How about you go ask a professional or stop whining like a bitch and lift through the pain

No clue about what's wrong but hope it can get sorted out soon. One possible cause of it could be from all the squatting in SS. Hopefully that there hipdrive is getting its proper form on your behalf, but honestly consider changing routine to Phraks GSLP since its a version of the base SS routine that makes sense.

I feel like the high bar requires lest stretch than the low bar.

I squat three times a week, first and third session I do low bar, second session I do frog squat.

HIP FLEXORS, thank you, thats perfect.
Googling that shit now and it seems to be a common complaint, "pinching sensation in hip flexors when squatting"

Why would I when you guys are actually fucking helpful

>frog squat
>trips

I meant front squats

Goodmornings are about lower back.

Hip drive is just pushing the hips forward. If you feel like you're doing good mornings you're not driving the hips enough

>do lowbar squat for weeks feeling breddy gud
>weight increasing rapidly
>all of a sudden shoulder pain after work sets
>rear delts down to elbows feel like they've been ripped to shreds after my sets
What could this be? I think the bar is in the correct spot just under the spine of the scapula. Could it just be my muscles need to adapt to carrying a heavier load?

I've found that tight glutes somehow lead to my hips getting twinged like this easily.

>Could it just be my muscles need to adapt to carrying a heavier load?
Very possible. I had discomfort and such in the shoulder area from squats from time to time but it passed.

>tfw I feel like I'm not doing squats correctly
Progress is hard brehs... I started back in january and could do 5x50kg. In early february I switched to 8 reps and today I did 8x95kg on second to last set and 6x95kg on the final one. Is it too much to expect better progress? I am 5'10 190lbs and eat about 3k calories a day

All of my other lifts are way better, comparitively. I did 5x90kg last saturday. Deadlifts, OHP are ahead too. What do.

Why not just do 3x5 and add 2.5 kilo every session like in SS?

You're probably right. I'll try that.

You'll get your squat to a 120kilo 3x5 / 140 3x5 or even more just doing that so why not

Prefer front squat but my preference looks to be changing to high-bar back squat. Primarily due to my upper back rounding on heavy front squats, causing me to fail lifts that I have the leg strength for.

Otherwise, front squats are goat for guys with longer femurs like me.

I've been running the Russian squat program for coming on half-way through the fourth week. Been doing it using front squats only, as I have done for 2 months.

I tried back squats yesterday at a light weight, and my form improved enormously. Still have buttwink, but according to some of the lads my spine is neutral. Definitely more upright, and no lower back pain afterwards.

High bar, olympic-style squatter. Been squatting for 6 months. Best lift is 180kg, 3x5 last week. Doing 20 rep squats every other day today is 127.5kg. Goal is to squat 6pl8s by end of year.

I prefer high bar ass to grass squats. It is the mos t comfortable to me and fits my proportions. Just recently hit 3pl8.

front squats off of a low box. I only front squat...over the course of the week I feel that front squats, cleans, deadlifts, and leg press is more than enough to omit back squatting.

>not doing the horse position

Lads, I tweaked my hamstring 2 days ago. It feels very sore if I contract it, but doesn't hurt while resting. Can I still squat?

make sure you set those safety pins :o)

I do high-bar ATG for my working sets, front squats after.

You should ask to top next time, bottoming is always bad for your knees. Loads of gay porn stars before you have finished up their careers with shitty knees.

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>Current year
>Not doing skateboard squats
Enjoy your fucked up knees and back

Why don't they use a bed?

Only real variation I do for squats is paused squats and occasionally beltless paused squats.

Otherwise it's just 2x week squatting with volume/intensity focus.

How do I git gud at front squats? I can't seem to keep my torso vertical enough to hold the bar properly as I descend

THANKS FOR THE MILK, MARK!

Guys, how can I squat heavy without a squat rack? I've been asking the big dudes to help me

Regular old high-bar squats, ass to grass. No funny business.

My arms and shoulders are weird so I can never grip the bar with straight wrists. If I go low bar I can barely even touch it.

I also noticed that lots of low-bar squatters have some serious buttwink which I managed to avoid.

>home gym
>been squatting this entire time making good progress
>it "feels" deep
>decide to record myself to check my form
>my depth is the furthest left
Fuck I feel like I have wasted so much time, any advice for going deeper? My legs are really fucking tight too so it hurts

What's wrong with the third one?

if you're going a2g like that, you should let your knees track out past your toes like a traditional high-bar olympic squat. It helps prevent lumbar rounding and bad butt winking when you're under parallel.

I was in the exact same boat, had to scrap my form and everything. Problem is in order to go deep, your knees have to go somewhere. Chances are, you may have some forward knee travel, when in reality, they need to mainly be going out for you to hit parallel (especially if you're tall). With tight hips, that can be damn near impossible. This video on stretching fixed my squat 100%, but you WILL have to deload some weight. Proper squat form will humble you.

youtube.com/watch?v=pfJVhDaKrPw

Am I the only one who gets totally TRASHED after squats?

I can't even finish the rest of my routine because I feel tired as fuck

I'm going to solve your issue right now. are you ready?

Look up Psoas stretches. That's it. There's like 4 stetches that usualyl revolve around some kind of modified lunge.

Your welcome desu

Bump

I literally went to the doctor for this exact issue this morning. REEEEEE what is it

youtu.be/Fob2wWEC72s
watch this

Thanks for the milk, Mark!

Thanks for the milk Mark

THANKS FOR THE MILK, MARK!

you tweaked your adductor magnus, it's located in the same area

hamstring has negligible change in length during a squat (lombards paradox in biomechanics) so it is very unlikely you hurt your hamstring

Pretty noob question... In low bar, does the bar sit below the spine of scapula? Feels like my shoulders are so far stretched back for it to be there, but then I'm probably not that flexible here.
And is it normal to have to be a bit bent forwards so it doesn't slip further down?

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he's right, a few years ago i would have called him a dyel faggot but he's right

i keep squatting anyway though