I get pain in my left elbow and tricep when low bar squatting. It's a combination of poor shoulder flexibility and supporting too much of the weight with my arms. Could be the same thing for you.
I'm not sure what it is. I've had it very occasionally over the past few years from hockey when doing intense training for the drag flick (if you've ever played). Had it a bit when my bench got heavy-ish (over 80kg) but it came and went. However the past 2 squatting sessions have really aggravated it.
Could be that I'm supporting too much weight with my arms, I don't know.
Nothings been offered to me or even mentioned by either the hospital or my physio. Maybe I'm too young for them to be fiddling down there? Who knows... I'm pretty sure I won't be able to squat or dead again though.. already been through months and months of back rehab and numerous relapses in my discs! Just doesn't seem worth it.
All my squats and deadlifts so far have been beltless. I am going to buy one soon though, should probably get knee wraps also. Oly shoes will have to wait until I have more money to burn.
All my squats and deadlifts so far have been beltless. I am going to buy one soon though, should probably get knee wraps also. Oly shoes will have to wait until I have more money to burn.
Damn son. You strong.
Knee sleeves, not wraps. And go sbd or Rehbands. Don't go cheap or they'll suck and you'll end up buying decent ones as well later.
I don't see the point in knee sleeves other to add a little bit of weight to the bar
The concept of keeping a joint warm is daft imo - if you're concerned... trackies? There's no scientific basis to it, if anything with it adding compression to your knee in the way a knee wrap does it'll be more likely to injure you...
I don't see the point in knee sleeves other to add a little bit of weight to the bar
The concept of keeping a joint warm is daft imo - if you're concerned... trackies? There's no scientific basis to it, if anything with it adding compression to your knee in the way a knee wrap does it'll be more likely to injure you...
Inb4 you don't squat, you don't know etc
It a marketing gimmick imo
My two pence
Do some yoke runs without them and then with them. Your knees will thank you.
I don't see the point in knee sleeves other to add a little bit of weight to the bar
The concept of keeping a joint warm is daft imo - if you're concerned... trackies? There's no scientific basis to it, if anything with it adding compression to your knee in the way a knee wrap does it'll be more likely to injure you...
Inb4 you don't squat, you don't know etc
It a marketing gimmick imo
My two pence
Dunno what it is about them but my knees have always felt much better when I wear them.
I get pain in my left elbow and tricep when low bar squatting. It's a combination of poor shoulder flexibility and supporting too much of the weight with my arms. Could be the same thing for you.
What he said. You're probably intercepting the weight and not realising it. You could widen your grip a little, but not too much otherwise you'll shift the pain to your shoulders. Why not try pulling the bar into your back when it gets heavy. Also careful not to use your arms to rerack the bar and just walk it back in.
I've said it before but I think genetics play a much bigger role in how much progress you'll make lifting (both size and strength) than many of this forum are willing to admit.
You've clearly won the genetic lottery (at least for length strength!), crazy gains , well done!
I've said it before but I think genetics play a much bigger role in how much progress you'll make lifting (both size and strength) than many of this forum are willing to admit.
You've clearly won the genetic lottery (at least for length strength!), crazy gains , well done!
I contemplate on this every once in a while about how a lot of people praise people's 'hard work' for athletic abilities when in fact a lot of it is seemingly pre-determined from birth. I think jumping ability iirc is a good example of this as I think I remember something about that a person can spend an entire lifetime trying to increase their vertical by 30% or so but someone with good genetics can naturally just be better. Something to do with rate of force production being mostly genetic.
I remember a video I posted a while back however that strength and muscle gains in contrast can all be achieved to a good level despite starting with bad genetics due to something called epigenetics whereby genes can be activated and deactivated during a persons lifetime to make them better at lifting for example. Basically just means that it can take a long time if you start out with crappy genes.