Elbow pain doing low bar back squat

Blacktie. · 15-12-2011 07:20AM #1

Hey everyone I've been doing the low bar back squat for a while now and it's been grand bar two sessions. When I get to my work sets I'm finding that after them there's a real dull pain in my elbow. It's very sore and effects my lifts after the squats in that all I can do is my warm ups.

After a few hours my elbow is fine though I can still fell a slight twinge in it. I gave my next workout a miss and took a 4 day break before getting back to it and it was fine the first time I done squats but then it happened again today.

I've seen people recommend widening your grip and I've done that as much as i can. I'm not using my elbows or anything to do any of the lifting and the bar is positioned under my hand going below the bottom of my baby finger and bottom of my thumb. Any idea what could be causing this?

I've also seen going back to high bar squatting but 'd rather avoid that.

Hanley · 15-12-2011 08:23AM

Blacktie. wrote: »

Hey everyone I've been doing the low bar back squat for a while now and it's been grand bar two sessions. When I get to my work sets I'm finding that after them there's a real dull pain in my elbow. It's very sore and effects my lifts after the squats in that all I can do is my warm ups.

After a few hours my elbow is fine though I can still fell a slight twinge in it. I gave my next workout a miss and took a 4 day break before getting back to it and it was fine the first time I done squats but then it happened again today.

I've seen people recommend widening your grip and I've done that as much as i can. I'm not using my elbows or anything to do any of the lifting and the bar is positioned under my hand going below the bottom of my baby finger and bottom of my thumb. Any idea what could be causing this?

I've also seen going back to high bar squatting but 'd rather avoid that.

Are you doing any curls/direct bicep work?

Blacktie. · 15-12-2011 08:41AM

Nope just a very simple slightly modded SS-

Day 1-
Squats
Bench
Deadlift

Day 2-
Squats
Overhead Press
Wide grip pull ups

have been thinking of changing to a more intense workout as my numbers have gotten pretty much back tow ere they were. Small bit less but not too bad.

Da Za · 15-12-2011 09:31AM

What Hanley will say.........Throw in some curls at the end of your squat sessions.

Hanley · 15-12-2011 10:00AM

Da Za wrote: »

What Hanley will say.........Throw in some curls at the end of your squat sessions.

Bingo. Solves the problem for most. Wish I knew the reason why tho!!

Blacktie. · 15-12-2011 10:31AM

Sounds good. Should I lower my squat and build up some curls or just add them in with my current squat and the pain will go?

Hanley · 15-12-2011 12:19PM

Blacktie. wrote: »

Sounds good. Should I lower my squat and build up some curls or just add them in with my current squat and the pain will go?

Ehhh... who knows?

Generally adding in the curls and doing nothing else differently tends to help.

Blacktie. · 15-12-2011 12:23PM

Alright great thanks for the help Hanley

Elbow pain doing low bar back squat

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