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Originally Posted by Espi
Good luck on your front squats today!
The hardest part is not the front squat itself, I actually prefer it for balance to back squats, which now make me topple forwards.
But it's how to hold onto the bar & where to put your fingertips.
Ideally you only hold on with the fingertips when the bar is positioned right on the collar bone. And the bar will almost feel like it's choking you. This feels so weird that it takes several weeks of 'getting used to' and it's best not to aim for big weight increases.. I think (also due to the fact that I had to clean all weigths from the floor) that I stuck to a max of 35kg for nearly a year.
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Thanks for the pointers - I actually tried for about 20 mins to figure out how to hold the bar - used several different grips- finally ended up just using DB's - which I don't think ended up being a true front squat. I'll have to try using just fingertips next time!
Here are details from today's workout:
(All for 3x10's, 60 sec rest between supersets)
A1 Front Squat 20 lb dbs
A2 Neutral Shoulder Press 15 lb dbs
B1 Cable Abduction 30 lbs (on bowflex)
B2 Scap Pushups
Side Plank (1x45 secs/side, 2x35 secs/side)
Followed by Flexibility/Mobility work
And, I just realized that I completely missed two complete exercises! DUH!! Somehow, when I was making my log for the week, I missed adding these two exercises:
Tricep Pushdown (was supposed to be SS with cable abduction)
Incline Flys on Swiss Ball (was supposed to be SS with Scap Pushups)
Guess there was a reason this workout seemed a little short!!! OOOOPPPPPPSSSSSSS!!!