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The Miseducation of Jimbo Slice
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Malteaser! wrote: »SRSLY???
You kept that one quiet!!
Now I understand why you wanted that extra bit of room in the suits!!
Haha yeah. It's my last chance to do something big as a junior, so if I have to be a little heavier than I'm comfortable with tto go after it then that's what I'll do!!0 -
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As promised;
High Bar
"Normal" Position (for me)
Low Bar (current position)
My hands are usually closer togethe when I'm squatting, but because I was using a broom stick I needed to take a wider grip so I could pull it down into my back. The low bar position will WRECK your shoulders if you're not flexible enough to do it, and I'd recommend takign a thumbless grip while doing it too to protect your wrists.0 -
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I was the same. Always much stronger with a closer stance. I think it was because I could dive bomb them and get a better drive off the bottom because my legs weren't really strong enough to do anything else. Now with all the core work my ability to leverage the weight up has improved a lot. And while my speed hasn't improved that much, I feel much more powerfuly and controlled with them.
Putting the bar lower is something that was bugging me too. I'd found a really nice shelf on my rear delts that I was squatting good numbers with, but my training partner was telling me he still thought it was too high. So I took it down much lower than I thought it should be and did some work there, obviously now I'm glad I did.
The positions are too hard to explain so I'll just snap some photos in a while and stick them up.
Glad to see you were able to figure out what I was saying, it was a bit unclear.
I tried some wide stances today and yeah its like you say, better drive with a close stance and much slower with the wide. I'm about 100% certain my core needs a lot of attention so will have to do much more work on that. Thanks for the pics too, very enlightening. I'd have the bar in the normal position usually, might try to loosen the shoulders and move it down gradually. Think I need to work on my wrist strength badly too, was getting pins and needles in my wrists and hands today. 
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brianthebard wrote: »Glad to see you were able to figure out what I was saying, it was a bit unclear. I tried some wide stances today and yeah its like you say, better drive with a close stance and much slower with the wide. I'm about 100% certain my core needs a lot of attention so will have to do much more work on that. Thanks for the pics too, very enlightening. I'd have the bar in the normal position usually, might try to loosen the shoulders and move it down gradually. Think I need to work on my wrist strength badly too, was getting pins and needles in my wrists and hands today.
Honestly, I can't squat without wrist wraps. I just won't do it. It causes me way too much pain. I put them on from liek 100kg up. Especially with low bars. The just thrash them.
I always warm up with shoulder dislocates before squatting or benching. I think it's a factor in how I'm able to place hte bar so low, and still get my hands relatively tight to my body (which increases upper back tightness and should lead to a bigger squat).0 -
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Why thank you!! Video is on the way!
As promised!!
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